Wrapping machine

Claim 1

A WRAPPING MACHINE COMPRISING A TABLE FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES TO BE WRAPPED, A LEDGE ADJACENT SAID TABLE FOR RECEIVING THE ARTICLES, SAID LEDGE BEING IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID TABLE, A MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON THE LEDGE FOR ENGAGING AN ARTICLE THEREON AND MOVING IT ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TABLE AND LEDGE ONTO THE TABLE, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF WRAPPING SHEET MATERIAL ABOVE SAID TABLE, MEANS FOR HOLDING AND VERTICALLY POSITIONING AN END PORTION OF THE SHEET MATERIAL IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID TABLE AND LEDGE, WHEREBY WHEN THE ARTICLE TO BE WRAPPED IS MOVED BY SAID SLIDABLE MEMBER FROM THE LEDGE TO THE TABLE, THE ARTICLE ENCOUNTERS AND BECOMES PARTIALLY ENVELOPED IN SAID PORTION BETWEEN AN UPPER SECTION AND A LOWER SECTION THEREOF, A CARRIAGE UNIT MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION BETWEEN A POSITION ABOVE AND A POSITION BETWEEN SAID LEDGE AND TABLE, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID CARRIAGE BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS, A HORIZONTAL MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID CARRIAGE FOR ENGAGING DURING ITS DOWNWARD MOVEMENT AN AREA OF THE SAID UPPER SECTION OF THE WRAPPING SHEET PORTION AND BRINGING IT IN CONTACT WITH A CORRESPONDING UNDERLYING AREA OF THE LOWER SECTION, MEANS FOR SEALING SAID AREAS TO EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR SEVERING SAID PORTION FROM THE REMAINING PART OF THE WRAPPING SHEET SUPPLY, AND A RESILIENT HOLDING MEMBER CARRIED BY THE CARRIAGE FOR CONTACTING THE UPPER SECTION OF THE WRAPPING SHEET PORTION AND HOLDING IT AGAINST THE ARTICLE DURING THE SEALING AND SEVERING OPERATIONS, AND A PAIR OF VERTICAL ARMS SECURED TO THE CARRIAGE IN SPACED RELATION AND TO THE ENDS OF SAID RESILIENT MEMBER.