Apparatus for and method of binding electric cables

A binding article for binding an object to be bound, comprising:

• (a) an elongated binding band for binding the object to be bound by winding the band around the object in a loop-like fashion and formed with a plurality of convex-like gears in a rack-like fashion on a surface of the binding band;
• (b) a stopper having:
• i) an opening portion through which the binding band is inserted with respective back faces of the binding band overlapping, said binding band having a portion protruding from the stopper;
• ii) an inside wall of the opening portion having two opposing portions;
• iii) an opening end of the opening portion;
• and
• iv) a pair of pawl members, each pawl member being concurrently projected from one of the opposing portions of the inside wall of the opening portion, each pawl member engaging with said convex-like gears of the binding band, and each pawl member having a top, unattached end;
• and
• (c) parallel ribs protrusively formed on both sides of the opening end of the opening portion of said stopper, said opening end facing the top, unattached end of the pawl members and a space being formed between the parallel ribs so that a cutter for cutting said protruding portion of said binding band may pass between the ribs.