Apparatus for manufacture of cellulosic products

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING A PLURALITY OF COMPRESSIBLE ARTICLES COMPRISING A ROTATABLY DRIVEN TURRET PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE RECEIVING POCKETS, MEANS FOR DELIVERING PANELS OF FLEXIBLE WRAPPING MATERIAL IN SHEET FORM TO THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE TURRET WITH EACH PANEL MAINTAINED BRIDGED ACROSS A POCKET WITH LEADING AND TRAILING PORTIONS THEREOF EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE POCKETS AND PANEL PORTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY OF THE TURRET, MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY DEPOSITING ARTICLES INTO THE POCKETS WHILE DRAWING A MAJOR PANEL PORTION THEREWITH ABOUT THE ARTICLE WITH LEADING AND TRAILING PORTIONS POSITIONED TO EXTEND RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE TURRET, MEANS FOR DOWNFOLDING THE TRAILING PANEL PORTION AGAINST THE EXPOSED OUTERMOST ARTICLE SURFACE, MEANS FOR DOWNFOLDING THE LEADING PANEL PORTION IN OVERLAPPED RELATION AGAINST THE FOLDED TRAILING PORTION, MEANS FOR INFOLDING, WHILE SAID PARTIALLY WRAPPED ARTICLE IS MAINTAINED IN A TURRET POCKET, THE RESULTANT LATERALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR PANEL PORTIONS TO FORM A PAIR OF RADIALLY DISPOSED TABS INTERMEDIATE RESULTANT LEADING AND TRAILING NON-FOLDED LATERALLY EXTENDING TABS, AND MEANS FOR DOWNFOLDING THE TRAILING LATERAL TABS AGAINST THE RADIALLY DISPOSED TABS COMPRISING A PAIR OF TUCKER BLADES DRIVEN IN COUNTER ROTATION IN A PLANE TANGENTIALLY OF THE TURRET PERIPHERY AND SO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE TURRET SPEED AS TO ENGAGE AND DOWNFOLD THE TRAILING TAB FROM THE REAR THEREOF AS THE POCKETED ARTICLE MOVES THROUGH THE OPERATING AREA OF SAID TUCKER BLADES.