Method and apparatus for packaging bars of plastic material

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF JUXTAPOSING AND WRAPPING BARS OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL INCLUDING THE STEPS OF LATERALLY SPACING A PLURALITY OF PORTIONS OF PLASTIC MATERIAL ON A WRAPPER INWARDLY OF THE LATERAL SIDE EDGES OF A WRAPPER WHEREBY AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF THE WRAPPER EXTENDS BETWEEN ADJACENT PORTIONS AND AN OUTER SECTION OF THE WRAPPER EXTENDS LATERALLY FROM THE OUTERMOST PORTIONS, FOLDING THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION UPWARDLY AT A MIDPOINT BETWEEN THE ADJACENT PORTIONS WHILE MOVING THE PORTIONS LATERALLY TOWARD EACH OTHER INTO CLOSE ADJACENCY WHEREBY THE INTERCENT SIDE FACES OF THE ADJACENT PORTIONS, AND THEREAFTER APPLYING A WRAPPER PIECE OVER THE TOP OF THE BARS TO SPAN LATERALLY ADJACENT BARS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO CLOSE ADJACENCY.