Wrapping machines

Claim 1

A WRAPPING MACHINE, ADAPTED FOR WRAPPING SOFT AND LIMP ARTICLES, WHICH INCLUDES GRIPPERS FOR SUPPORTING AN ARTICLE WITH A WRAPPER FOLDED AROUNG THREE SURFACES THEREOF IN U FORMATION WITH A PROJECTING TAIL, SAID GRIPPERS CONTACTING THE PORTIONS OF THE U-SHAPED PARTIALLY FOLDED WRAPPER WHICH COVER THE SIDE WALLS OF THE ARTICLE AND THUS AID IN PRESERVING THE SHAPE OF SAID ARTICLE, AN ELONGATED FOLDER DISPOSED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT OF THE REMAINING UNCOVERED SURFACE FROM WHICH THE TAIL PROJECTS, AND MEANS FOR IMPARTING TO SAID FOLDER A MOVEMENT FROM A POINT LATERALLY OF SAID ARTICLE WHICH MOVEMENT IS EXCLUSIVELY A LINEAR MOVEMENT IN THE PLANE OF SAID FLODER ACROSS SAID SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE FROM WHICH SAID TAIL PROJECTS TO FOLD SAID TAIL AGAINST SAID SURFACE; SAID FOLDER COMPRISING A RIGID SUPPORT, A ROTATABLE ROLLER AT THE LEADING END OF SAID SUPPORT, AND A SMOOTH THIN FLEXIBLE BELT FIXED AT ONE END THEREOF TO AN ANCHORAGE APPROXIMATELY IN THE PLANE OF SAID SURFACE BUT LOCATED FURTHER AWAY FROM SAID ARTICLE THAN SAID ROLLER, AND EXTENDING FROM SAID ANCHORAGE OVER THE SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT WHICH FACES SAID SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE AND AROUND SAID ROLLER, MEANS FOR ANCHORING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BELT TO MAINTAIN THE NECESSARY TAUNTNESS IN THE BELT DURING OPERATION; SAID BELT ADAPTED, UPON ADVANCE OF SAID FOLDER, TO BE DRAWN AROUND SAID ROLLER AND EXTENDED PROGRESSIVELY LINEARLY FORWARD FROM SAID ANCHORAGE OVER SAID SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE TO ENGAGE SAID TAIL OF THE WRAPPER AND APPLY IT PROGRESSIVELY AGAINST SAID SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE WITHOUT THE EXERTION OF FRICTION OR PRESSURE ON THE ARTICLE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE FOLDER.