Wrapper folding apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING THE FOLDING OF A WRAPPER AROUND A BUNDLE PARTIALLY WRAPPED PREVIOUSLY BY AN UPPER WRAPPING SHEET AND A LOWER WRAPPING SHEET COVERING THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BUNDLE, RESPECTIVELY, AN OVERLAPPING BY THEIR EDGES ALONG THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE BUNDLE AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE END SURFACES THEREOF BY TUBULAR ENDS, COMPRISING A CONVEYING PATH FOR DIRECTING THE BUNDLE TO THE FOLDING APPARATUS, A PAIR OF UPPER CARRIERS PROVIDED ON A LEVEL ABOVE SAID PATH ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, EACH UPPER CARRIER COMPRISING A MAIN BODY AND TWO BRACKETS CONNECTED THERETO BY PARALLEL HORIZONTAL PIVOTS, A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE TURNTABLE PROVIDED IN SAID PATH CENTRALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPPER CARRIERS FOR RAISING THE BUNDLE CLEAR OF THE CONVEYING PATH AND TURNING IT SO AS TO HAVE ITS ENDS FACING THE UPPER CARRIERS, TWO MEMBERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH UPPER CARRIER FOR FOLDING THE VERTICAL SIDES OF THE WRAPPER END FACING THE CARRIER TOWARDS THE RESPECTIVE END SURFACE OF THE BUNDLE, SAID TWO MEMBERS COMPRISING PLATES EACH SUPPORTED BY AN INDVIDUAL ONE OF SAID BRACKETS BY BEING SECURED TO A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET IN SUCH A WAY AS TO HAVE ITS AXIS SITUATED IN A VERTICAL PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE BRACKET, SO THAT THE SIDE FOLDING PLATE MAY BE TURNED BETWEEN A POSITION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID VERTICAL PLANE AND A POSITION PARALLEL THERWITH FOR ALLOWING IT TO PERFORM ITS FOLDING OPERATION, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN BODIES OF THE UPPER CARRIERS FOR FOLDING THE TOP PROJECTING ENDS OF THE WRAPPER AGAINST THE BUNDLE ENDS, AND MEANS PROVIDED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CONVEYING PATH FOR FOLDING THE BOTTOM PROJECTING ENDS OF THE WRAPPER AGAINST THE BUNDLE ENDS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING THE FOLDING OF A WRAPPER AROUND A BUNDLE PARTIALLY WRAPPED PREVIOUSLY BY AN UPPER WRAPPING SHEET AND A LOWER WRAPPING SHEET COVERING THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BUNDLE, RESPECTIVELY, AN OVERLAPPING BY THEIR EDGES ALONG THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE BUNDLE AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE END SURFACES THEREOF BY TUBULAR ENDS, COMPRISING A CONVEYING PATH FOR DIRECTING THE BUNDLE TO THE FOLDING APPARATUS, A PAIR OF UPPER CARRIERS PROVIDED ON A LEVEL ABOVE SAID PATH ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, EACH UPPER CARRIER COMPRISING A MAIN BODY AND TWO BRACKETS CONNECTED THERETO BY PARALLEL HORIZONTAL PIVOTS, A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE TURNTABLE PROVIDED IN SAID PATH CENTRALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPPER CARRIERS FOR RAISING THE BUNDLE CLEAR OF THE CONVEYING PATH AND TURNING IT SO AS TO HAVE ITS ENDS FACING THE UPPER CARRIERS, TWO MEMBERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH UPPER CARRIER FOR FOLDING THE VERTICAL SIDES OF THE WRAPPER END FACING THE CARRIER TOWARDS THE RESPECTIVE END SURFACE OF THE BUNDLE, SAID TWO MEMBERS COMPRISING PLATES EACH SUPPORTED BY AN INDVIDUAL ONE OF SAID BRACKETS BY BEING SECURED TO A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET IN SUCH A WAY AS TO HAVE ITS AXIS SITUATED IN A VERTICAL PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE BRACKET, SO THAT THE SIDE FOLDING PLATE MAY BE TURNED BETWEEN A POSITION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID VERTICAL PLANE AND A POSITION PARALLEL THERWITH FOR ALLOWING IT TO PERFORM ITS FOLDING OPERATION, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN BODIES OF THE UPPER CARRIERS FOR FOLDING THE TOP PROJECTING ENDS OF THE WRAPPER AGAINST THE BUNDLE ENDS, AND MEANS PROVIDED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CONVEYING PATH FOR FOLDING THE BOTTOM PROJECTING ENDS OF THE WRAPPER AGAINST THE BUNDLE ENDS.