Abstract: An automatic bagging machine for placing transparent plastic bags over garments so as to enclose individual garments. The apparatus includes a turntable which has a number of upright garment stands, and an indexing system for rotating the turntable. The garments are carried by the stands on the turntable from a loading station to an operative station and then to an unloading station. The apparatus also includes an assembly for placing a plastic tube from a supply of plastic tubular material over a garment located at the loading station and then cutting and sealing this tube at an upper portion to form a transparent bag for the garment. Thereafter, the garment in its bag is moved to the unloading station and then is transported to a storage rack.

Abstract: A semi-automatic bagging machine for assisting an operator in bagging clothing garments is disclosed. The bags are formed from a polyethylene material supplied in continuous, tubular form from a roll, by transversely sealing the material at a desired location and severing it near the seal, thereby closing the top of one bag and leaving an open end of the continuous material for the bottom of the next bag. A series of perforated, hollow plastic spheres, of the type known as "wiffle balls", is supported by the apparatus, within the path of the tubular material, for spreading and maintaining the material apart, thereby greatly facilitating the operator in manually drawing the material over the garment.