Lumber wrapping apparatus with glue applying mechanism associated therewith

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A LUMBER WRAPPING APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING SELECT PIECES OF LUMBER COMPRISING A DISPENSING SECTION FOR CUTTING AND DISPENSING SECTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL INCLUDING A CUTTING TABLE HAVING MEANS ADAPTED TO ROTATABLY MOUNT A ROLL OF WRAPPING MATERIAL, FEED MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND FEED WRAPPING MATERIAL FROM SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND CUTTING MEANS ADAPTED TO CUT A SECTION FROM THE WRAPPING MATERIAL FED FROM SAID ROLL AND A WRAPPING SECTION INCLUDING A WRAPPING TABLE FOR RECEIVING SECTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FROM SAID SUPPORT TABLE HAVING MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SECTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED POSITION AND MEANS FOR FOLDING SAID SECTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL ABOUT A STACK OF LUMBER PLACED ON SAID SECTION, SAID CUTTING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS ADAPTED TO FORM A TRANSVERSE CUT THROUGH SAID WRAPPING MATERIAL BEING DISPENSED FROM SAID ROLL AND A SERIES OF BLIND TRANSVERSE SPACED AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CUTS THROUGH SAID WRAPPING MATERIAL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TRANSVERSE CUT IN ORDER TO FORM A PAIR OF TOP END FLAPS AND OPPOSITE SIDE FLAPS AS WELL AS A SINGLE BOTTOM END FLAP ON BOTH ENDS OF SECTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL BEING DISPENSED FROM SAID ROLL, SAID CUTTING MEANS COMPRISING A CUTTING MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR SURFACE OVER WHICH WRAPPING MATERIAL FROM SAID ROLL IS ADAPTED TO PASS, A HEAD MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID PLANAR SURFACE AND HAVING A FACE GENERALLY PARALLELING SAID SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES PROJECTING FROM SAID SURFACE AND TOWARD SAID FACE AND INCLUDING A SINGLE BLADE AND SHORT LATERALLY SPACED BLADES EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO AND FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SINGLE BLADE, SAID HEAD BEING MOVABLE TO A POSITION WITH THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID BLADES CONTACTING SAID SURFACE WHEREBY TO CUT WRAPPING MATERIAL POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID HEAD AND BACKING MEMBER.