Bag binding machine

A bag binding machine for binding a bag with a binding clip including leg portions, said machine comprising:

• a binding portion provided in a guide passage for guiding an opening portion of the bag;
• a handle;
• a carrier reciprocatively movable to said binding portion by an operation of said handle;
• a feed unit provided on said carrier, said feed unit including a holding portion for holding the binding clip and a crossing portion for crossing the leg portions of the binding clip;
• a crimping unit disposed in a side opposite to said feed unit, said crimping unit including crimping mechanism for crimping the crossed leg portions of the binding clip;
• and
• a delayer connecting said carrier to said crimping unit for transmitting reciprocating movement of said carrier to said crimping unit in a delayed manner,
• wherein, in a forward movement of said carrier, said feed unit is fed from an initial position to said binding portion to thereby operate the crossing portion of said feed unit before a crimping operation of said crimping unit is operated via said delayer, and
• wherein, in a backward motion of said carrier, the operation of said crossing portion of said feed unit is released and said feed unit is returned to the initial position before the crimping operation of said crimping unit is released via said delayer.