Banding machine

Claim 1

IN A BANDING MACHINE FOR APPLYING A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF BANDING MATERIAL TO A PACKAGE COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF FEED MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PACKAGE IN A PREDETERMINED STRAIGHT LINE OF TRAVEL, MEANS FOR DISPOSING SAID PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF BANDING MATERIAL ACROSS SAID LINE OF TRAVEL, MEANS FOR DRAPING SAID BANDING MATERIAL ACROSS THE LEADING FACE AND REARWARDLY ACROSS THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF SAID PACKAGE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID PACKAGE IN SAID LINE OF TRAVEL, MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID PACKAGE IN THE PLANE OF SAID LINE OF TRAVEL UPON THE COMPLETION THEREOF, A LOWER FOLD MEMBER MOVABLE UPWARDLY IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE TRAILING FACE OF SAID PACKAGE FOR FOLDING THE LOWER TRAILING END OF SAID BANDING MATERIAL AGAINST THE TRAILING FACE OF SAID PACKAGE, AND AN UPPER FOLD MEMBER MOVABLE DOWNWARDLY SEQUENTIALLY TO THE FOLDING MOVEMENT OF SAID LOWER FOLD MEMBER AND IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE TRAILING FACE OF SAID PACKAGE AND ACROSS SAID TRAILING FACE FOR FOLDING THE UPPER TRAILING END OF SAID BANDING MATERIAL AGAINST SAID TRAILING FACE, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FOLD MEMBERS, SAID MACHINE BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY SAID HOLDING MEANS COMPRISING PRESSURE PLATES POSITIONED IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP ONE OF SAID PLATES BEING ADJUSTABLE IN UP OR DOWN RELATION TO THE OTHER OF SAID PLATES FOR ACCOMMODATING PACKAGES OF VARYING HEIGHTS.