PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sequentially connect a shaft part of an article by a bottle-like knot.SOLUTION: A connector includes: a table body 6 that is driven so that a holding part 8 can sequentially stop in knot forming positions a winding mechanism 84 that forms a bottle-like knot, formed from one braid S, in a shaft part C of an article P held by the holding part 8 of the table body 6 a bobbin mechanism 88 in which a first loop is made by the winding mechanism 84 and a tension mechanism 138 for firmly forming the bottle-like knot of the braid S in the shaft part C of the article P by straining the braid S.
