Ejector for a strapping machine

A device for strapping objects using a flat strap, comprising:

• at least one strap guide frame;
• a cover frame;
• an ejector;
• and
• a flat strap channel, provided in the at least one strap guide frame, that is open on a narrow side that lets out into a first side surface of the strap guide frame, wherein the cover frame is moveable relative to the strap guide frame between a closed position and an open position so that the cover frame abuts against the first side surface of the strap guide frame in the closed position and covers the narrow side of the strap channel and, in the open position, the cover frame is at a distance from the narrow side of the strap channel, and wherein the ejector is mounted to a mounting element in such a manner that the ejector protrudes from a second side surface of the strap guide frame into the strap channel, wherein the second side surface is opposite the first side surface of the strap guide frame, the ejector being a flat component with two legs at an angle to one another, wherein a free end of the first leg is mounted to the mounting element and a free end of the second leg protrudes, with little play, into a flat opening that protrudes through the strap guide frame, extends across the strap channel and has a height that is greater than the height of the strap channel transverse to the plane of the strap, wherein the mounting element is a fastening spigot that has a base portion that is connected to the cover frame and has a head portion on which the ejector is mounted and wherein the head portion of the fastening spigot has a slot to take up the free end of the first leg of the ejector.