Apparatus for and method of applying wrap to article clusters

Details Apparatus for and method of applying wrap to article clusters Apparatus for and method of applying wrap to article clusters

1985-10-16

1987-09-01

Culver, Horace M.

Package making

Methods

Applying a partial cover

53462, 53466, 53 48, 53233, B65B 2124, B65B 4910, B65B 4914

Patent

active

046899340

ABSTRACT:
A wrapping machine wherein article units are wrapped by a shrinkable web to form a package. The machine includes a conveyor which includes an upper article supporting run. The conveyor has regularly spaced openings and associated with the rear of each opening is a web pulling bar. Article units are fed to the conveyor run in timed relation to conveyor movement and a series of retarder bars, moving at a slower rate, pull the web in front of each article unit to be wrapped with the article unit then bearing against the retarder bar and being slowed to the speed of the retarder bar with the conveyor moving therebeneath. A clamp bar moves down behind each article unit, draws the web down behind the article unit and then clamps the web to the article unit. In advance of this, and before the clamp bar engages the article unit, web drawing means engages the web between two adjacent article units and draws the same down into the associated conveyor opening and engages the web with the article pulling means. When the article pulling means engages the web, the clamp bar engages the rear of the article unit and the article pulling means ruptures the web. Further relative movement of the conveyor with respect to the article unit results in the drawing of a trailing part of a separated web portion beneath the article unit followed by discharge rolls moving the lead part of the web portion back beneath the article unit and under the leading end of the trailing part.

REFERENCES:
patent: Re28535 (1975-09-01), Ganz
patent: 2882665 (1959-04-01), Cross
patent: 3220160 (1965-11-01), Roberts
patent: 4083163 (1978-04-01), Ganz

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