1. APPARATUS FOR BINDING PACKAGES WITH AN ELONGATED BINDER, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FRAME, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING PACKAGES TO BE BOUND, ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS ARRANGED AROUND SAID SUPPORT MEANS, GRIPPER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS FOR ENGAGING A LENGTH OF ELONGATED BINDER; DRIVE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS AND SAID GRIPPER MEANS AROUND A PACKAGE LOCATED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR GUIDING SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS AROUND THE PACKAGE, AND A KNOTTER DEVICE OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID GRIPPER MEANS FOR KNOTTING THE BINDER SUBSEQUENT TO ITS GUIDING AROUND THE PACKAGE, SAID GRIPPER COMPRISING: A FIRST MEMBER ON SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS, SPIGOT MEANS MOUNTED ON, AND PROJECTING FROM, SAID FIRST MEMBER, A SECOND MEMBER MOUNTED FOR DISPLACEMENT LOGITUDINALLY OF SAID SPIGOT MEANS, STOP MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SPIGOT MEANS, AND RESILIENT MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID STOP MEANS AND SAID SECOND MEMBER FOR URGING SAID SECOND MEMBER TOWARD SAID FIRST MEMBER.