Apparatus for covering pallets with tubular shaped foil or sheeting
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A FLATTENED FOIL TUBE PARTICULARLY OF SHRINKABLE FOIL OVER A LOADED PALLET SUPPORTED ON A FRAME IN WHICH THE FLATENED TUBE IS FED TO UNITS MOVABLY CONNECTED WITH THE FRAME FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE FED TUBE, WITH SUCH UNITS HAVING SUCTION AIR INLETS AND CLAMPING MEANS OPERABLE SO THAT THE TUBE IS INITIALLY SEPARATED OR PULLED APART BY THE SUCTION AIR ACTION ON OPPOSITE SURFACES OF THE TUBE AFTER WHICH THE CLAMPING MEANS FUNCTIONS TO CLAMP THE TUBE AND FURTHER SEPARATE THE TUBE WITH THE AIR SUCTION INLETS BEING INACTIVE AND FURTHER GRIPPING MEANS MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE UNITS BEING EFFECTIVE TO GRIP THE THUS SEPARATED TUBE AND AFTER INACTIVATION OF THE CLAMPING MEANS MOVE THE TUBE TO A POSITION COVERING THE LOADED PALLET.
Inventors
- 👤 Diethelm Grocke
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