Wrapping method and apparatus

Abstract

Abstract A WRAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS WHEREIN THE WRAPPING MATERIAL UTILIZED TO WRAP THE OBJECTS IS TAKEN FROM A SINGLE ROLL OR SUPPLY OF WRAPPING MATERIAL. THE LOOSE END OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL IS HELD SO THAT THE MATERIAL EXTENDS IN A VERTICAL PLANE, THE OBJECT TO BE WRAPPED IS THRUST THROUGH THE PLANE OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL SO THAT THE WRAPPING MATERIAL EXTENDS AROUND THE BOTTOM, LEADING END AND TOP OF THE OBJECT, AND THE TRAILING PORTION OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL IS PRESSED AND SEALED TOGETHER, AND CUT AWAY FROM THE OBJECT. THE LOOSE WRAPPING MATERIAL AT THE SIDES OF THE OBJECT IS SIMILARLY PRESSED AND SEALED TOGETHER, SO THAT THE OBJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE WRAPPING MATERIAL. THE PORTION OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL CUT AWAY FROM THE TRAILING END OF THE OBJECT IS ALSO PRESSED AND SEALED TOGETHER, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATERIAL IS ADVANCED FROM THE ROLL OF MATERIAL TOWARD THE POINT WHERE THE LOOSE END OF THE MATERIAL IS HELD, TO REMOVE THE SEAM FORMED BY THE PREVIOUS WRAPPING FUNCTION FROM THE PATH OF THE NEXT OBJECT TO BE WRAPPED.

Inventors

• 👤 Fred J Faletti
• 👤 Ollie B Wilson Jr

Bibliographic Details