Newspaper wrapping machine

Claim 1

An attachment for a newspaper rolling machine to apply a weatherproof wrapping to a newspaper, the rolling machine having rolling forks and pressure rollers to roll the paper, characterized in that the attachment has mounting means to mount the attachment to the newspaper rolling machine, the attachment having supporting means to support a roll of the wrapping material, the wrapping material being of plastics material and adapted to adhere to itself when in contact with itself, pair of spring loaded dancing rollers to feed the wrapping material to spring loaded feed rollers mounted at one end of a pivoted feed arm to position the end of said wrapping material to the rolling forks and newspaper for rolling therewith, means for pivoting said feed arm to a feeding position adjacent said rolling forks, a spring loaded lever pivoted at one end on said feed arm adjacent said feed rollers, a hot wire cutter attached to the other end of said lever, spring means biasing said cutter end of said lever away from said feed rollers and the path of the wrapping material, a cutter cam fixed relative to the movement of said feed arm and said lever and adapted to be engaged by said lever, whereby when said feed arm is moved away from the feeding position the lever contacts said cam at a position on said lever intermediate said cutter and said pivoted end, and on further movement of said feed arm and said feed rollers the lever pivots against said spring to apply said hot wire cutter to said wrapping material to sever same.