Package wrapping machine

Claim 1

IN A PACKAGE WRAPPING MACHINE, A TABLE TOP FOR RECEPTION OF A SHEET OF WRAPPING PAPER AND A PACKAGE TO BE WRAPPED, THE PACKAGE BEING POSITIONED UPON ONE SIDE PORTION OF THE PAPER SHEET, ONE END PORTION OF THE TABLE TOP RECEIVING THE OTHER SIDE PORTION OF THE PAPER SHEET AND HAVING AN ORIFICE THEREIN ACROSS WHICH SAID PORTION EXTENDS, A PAIR OF ARMS POSITIONED ABOVE THE TABLE TOP AND PROTRUDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE ORIFICE PAST THE ENDS OF THE PORTION OF THE PAPER SHEET EXTENDING ACROSS THE ORIFICE, A SPRING LOADED ROLLER ROTATABLY MOUNTED UPON THE ARMS TO EXTEND THEREBETWEEN AND INITIALLY POSITIONED UNDERNEATH THE PAPER SHEET, A FABRIC OVERWRAPPER ROLLED AROUND THE ROLLER AND UNROLLABLE THEREFROM AGAINST THE SPRING LOAD OF THE ROLLER, A MEMBER LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TOP AND MOVEABLE IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION TOWARDS THE PORTION OF THE TABLE TOP UPON WHICH THE PACKAGE IS RECEIVED AND TO WHICH THE FREE END OF THE OVERWRAPPER IS ATTACHED, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SWINGING THE ARMS AND THEIR ROLLER UPWARDLY IN A PATH OF MOVEMENT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE PACKAGE AND UNDER WHICH MOVEMENT THE OVERWRAPPER UNROLLS UPWARDLY FROM THE ROLLER IN FOLLOWING THE MOVEMENT OF THE ROLLER TO BEAR AGAINST AND LIFT THE PORTION OF THE SHEET OF WRAPPING PAPER EXTENDING ACROSS THE ORIFICE AND DEPOSIT SAID PORTION AGAINST ONE SIDE FACE AND THE TOP FACE OF THE PACKAGE IN THE ROLLER''S MOVEMENT ACROSS THE TOP FACE OF THE PACKAGE, A RECIPROCAL ELEMENT MOVEABLE DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS THE TABLE TOP OF ENGAGE THE PORTION OF THE SHEET OF WRAPPING PAPER DEPOSITED ON THE TOP FACE OF THE PACKAGE AND FOLDING SAID PORTION DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE FACE OF THE PACKAGE, RECIPROCAL MEANS MOVEABLE UPWARDLY TOWARDS THE TABLE TOP AN DENGAGING THE PORTION OF THE SHEET OF WRAPPING PAPER UPON WHICH THE PACKAGE IS POSITIONED AND FOLDING SAID PORTION OF THE SHEET UPWARDLY TO LIE ALONGSIDE THE PORTION OF THE SHEET DOWNTURNED BY THE RECIPROCAL ELEMENT AND THUS PARTLY WRAP THE PACKAGE, AND MEANS FOR SUBSEQUENTLY FOLFING THE END FLAPS OF THE SHEET OF WRAPPING PAPER ABOUT THE END FACES OF THE PARTLY WRAPPED PACKAGE.