Abstract: A method of wrapping articles in plastic, whereby the cross-section of the article dictates variations in the length of plastic web required at various times, with a mechanical wrapper that revolves around the article and has at least one take-off cylinder rotating at a rate controlled in accordance with a sequence of values that depends on the article's cross-section, and releasing plastic in the length required at a particular time. The sequence of values exploited for controlling the take-off cylinder (7) is determined during at least the first revolution of the winder (5) by measuring the stress on the web downstream of the take-off cylinder in the accordance with the angle (.PHI.) of the winder, is stored in a memory (15), and is appropriately standardized for varying the rate of rotation of the take-off cylinder.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for covering portions of an object having an outer peripheral surface with a sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface with a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the lower surface by wrapping the sheet of material about portions of the outer peripheral surface and positioning the sheet of material so that the pressure sensitive coating either contacts portions of the outer peripheral surface of the object and is bonded thereto or contacts overlapping portions of the sheet of material and is bonded to other adjacent portions of the sheet of material having the pressure sensitive coating thereon or overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded by the pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A material dispenser for dispensing sheets of material with an adhesive applied thereto. The material is passed through a material applicator and the material applicator includes a contact portion with adhesive in contact with a portion of the material for applying adhesive to the material. The material in one embodiment is a non-heat sealable, non-shape sustaining material and the material is wrapped about a floral grouping.

Abstract: A feeder of wrapping paper is located adjacent to a coin wrapping machine. The feeder comprises a frame, a turntable rotatably mounted on the frame, a motor positioned within the frame for rotating the turntable, guide plates for guiding the wrapping paper along a predetermined path, and a controller for controlling the operation of the motor. The turntable forms a substantially horizontal plane on which an operator can place a roll of the wrapping paper and is provided with a plurality of opening areas for accommodating the operator's fingers supporting a lower side surface of the roll. The controller controls the operation of the motor in association with a feed roller constituting a wrapping device of the coin wrapping machine. The roll of wrapping paper on the turntable is rotated with the rotation of the turntable by the motor so as to deliver the wrapping paper in association with the feed roller.

Abstract: A wipe down method for use on web wrapping devices used to unitize a multiple unit wrapped load. The wipe down method has multible steps including an extensible wiper support and a wiper element having one or more strips, one of which is doubled back along a portion of its length to form a load engaging loop. The strips being flexible along focal points when in contact with a load and moving parallel with the load wiping the wrapped load as it passes the wiper support.

Abstract: A method of wrapping cylindrical bales of crop material with sheet material, such as net or plastic film, includes gripping a tail of the sheet material in a dispensing mechanism during formation of a cylindrical bale in a bale forming chamber of an agricultural baler. After the bale is completed, the dispensing mechanism is moved from a retracted position to a dispensing position and the tail of the sheet material is inserted into the bale forming chamber of the baler. The sheet material is wrapped circumferentially around the bale while it is disposed in the bale forming chamber, and the dispensing mechanism is returned to the retracted position after one or more layers of the sheet material have been wrapped around the bale. When the dispensing mechanism has returned to the retracted position, the sheet material is cut by a cutting mechanism.

Abstract: The ends of a tubular wrapper are gathered up and folded flat utilizing a method and a device whereby a first actuator flattens a first portion of the projecting endmost strip against the corresponding end surface of the commodity enveloped by the wrapper, whereupon the remainder of the strip is folded in successive portions by respective second folders, carried frontally on the periphery of a disk and engaging the strip epicyclically, the disk itself being rotated about an axis offset from and parallel to the wrapper axis, while orbiting about the wrapper axis at the same time.

Abstract: A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material such as paper, cellophane, foil, or man-made organic polymer film and a cling material such as polyethylene secured to a portion of the sheet of material. The cling material connects to the sheet of material and/or itself as the wrapping material is wrapped about an item thereby securing the sheet of material about the item. A method of wrapping an item such as a floral arrangement, Easter basket or a gift container by wrapping the item with the wrapping material.

Abstract: A wrapping for wrapping items such as floral arrangements comprising a material having a first end, a second end and a preset curl in the material whereby the material rolls over itself in an unrestrained condition. A method of wrapping an item whereby at least one item is disposed on the material while the material is in a restrained condition and releasing at least one end of the material so that an end of the material rolls over the item thereby wrapping the item.

Abstract: A machine for wrapping generally cylindrical articles, includes a supply reel rotatably mounted in the machine for unreeling a web of sheet material, a conveyor for transporting the articles along a predetermined path, an inclined infeed table for supplying the articles by means of a gravity feed to the conveyor, and an article infeed mechanism disposed adjacent the infeed table for successively feeding the articles to the conveyor. The articles infeed mechanism is movable between a first position in which it stops the feed of the articles fed thereto and a second position in which the articles are allowed to successively move by gravity forward for deposit on the conveyor. A device is provided for successively adhering the leading edge of the sheet material to the articles and a transverse parting wire serves to sever a predetermined portion of the sheet material so that it may be wrapped around the article as it rolls forward toward the conveyor. A method for wrapping cylindrical articles is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for spreading of a top wrapping flm in wrapping in a wrapping machine. The wrapping machine is provided with a top film device which has a top film roll as well as devices for feeding and pulling the top film. These devices are arranged to spread the top film above the product to be packaged and to cut the top film to the specified dimension. The device is provided, as well, with a press plate which presses the product to be packaged from above, for the purpose of keeping the product to be packaged in position during the wrapping. The devices for feeding and for pulling of the top film are arranged on a frame of the wrapping machine, to be simultaneously movable in opposite directions with respect to one another. When products to be packaged are being exchanged and when the wrapping is interrupted, the feed device is arranged to pull a top film out of a top film roll substantially to a middle of the wrapping station.

Abstract: A machine for wrapping cylindrical rolls of paper wound on a reel having a central core has a loading conveyor and vertically adjustable drive rolls which raise the reel so that its longitudinal axis is placed on an axis of rotation of the wrapping machine. A wrapping head winds wrapping material endwise around the paper roll which is rotated about its longitudinal axis during the wrapping operation by the drive rollers. The wrapping head is tilted at an angle to the vertical so that the endwise wrapping takes place in a plane at an angle to the axis of rotation of the roll so that the wrapping does not cover the ends of the core of the reel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of packaging vials containing diagnostic specimens for purposes of transport. The method is comprised of the steps of: firstly, wrapping a vial in shock absorbing material; secondly, inserting the vial wrapped in shock absorbing material in a pressure vessel, the pressure vessel having moisture absorbing material lining the bottom; thirdly, wrapping the sides of the pressure vessel with a plurality of layers of cardboard; fourthly, shielding the top and bottom of the pressure vessel with a plurality of layers of cardboard; and fifthly, sealing the pressure vessel with cardboard wrap and shielding in a cardboard box.

Abstract: A method of taping a product and a tape dispenser. A support for a roll of tape is mounted in a frame and a lever unit is pivotally mounted in the frame. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the roller to the cutter head, with the adhesive side of the tape exposed and away from the components of the dispenser. The cutter head is pivotally mounted on the lever unit and a linkage provides for pivoting the cutter head from a tab folding position to a cutting position as tape is pulled from the roll, over the roller and onto the product. The taped product is cut from the remainder of the tape at the cutter thereby releasing the pulling force on the lever unit which returns to its original position producing slack in the tape which is folded over to produce the desired tab.

Abstract: A sandwich wrapper is formed from a substantially rectangular sheet by providing a plurality of overlapping folds which are positioned into a substantially pleated arrangement. Two substantially parallel lines of adhesive, glue, or adhesive tape are used to attach spaced apart zones of the folded areas to each other. The dimensions of the sheet with respect to an article to be wrapped, spacing between the adhesive lines, and dimensions of the fold can be calculated to provide an efficient and cost-effective food wrapper.

Abstract: A wrapped roll of coins in which the wrapper comprises a flexible substrate. The wrapper has pressure sensitive adhesive on its inner surface which can be selectively cleanly released from the coins. And a process for applying and removing the wrapper.

Abstract: A total system and method for storage and delivery of heads of various sizes is disclosed. The system and method are particularly adapted for application of circular disc heads to the end of a paper roll during a roll wrapping operation. A plurality of vertically spaced storage racks are provided for handling different sized heads, and a head dispenser including a pickup mechanism for lifting an uppermost head from a storage rack and delivering it to a pickup platen is also provided. The storage racks are preferably inclined to allow gravity feed to indexing positions at the lower ends of each rack. The pickup platen operates independently of the pickup mechanism so that heads can be lifted from the storage rack while the platen is enroute to the pickup location.

Abstract: A rod-like stack of coins is introduced between packing rollers. A packing paper is fed between the stack of coins and the packing rollers at a low speed which is the same speed as the rotation of the packing rollers, and the stack of coins is then partially packed at the low speed. Thereafter the stack of coins is packed at a higher speed.

Abstract: The specification discloses an apparatus and method for wrapping paper rolls with a paper coated with a thermoplastic material. The leading edge of the wrapper is adhered to the roll by softening the thermoplastic. After the wrapper is wrapped about the roll, the trailing edge of the wrapper is adhered to the wrapped roll by softening the thermoplastic. The wrapping apparatus includes a heatable transport bar for heating the desired portions of the wrapper and contacting the heated portions to the roll.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a machine for wrapping a band of self adhering transparent stretch plastic film around a roll of wound sheet material.

Abstract: (a) Method of putting stacks of coins into cartridges,(b) Method characterized in that a sheet of paper (9) is rolled up partially to form at least one circumference of a tube, the stack of coins is placed within this tube and the stack of coins and the tube are displaced towards one of the ends of a track (4) bounded by two surfaces having parallel generatrices of which one (1) is adapted for movement in the direction of movement of the stack and of the tube, this direction being such that it displaces the tube along this track by rolling on the non-moving surface (2).

Abstract: A rotatable film wrapping apparatus for wrapping a load on a conveyor with an overwrap of stretched plastic film web, having a ring-mounted film web pre-stretch mechanism which stretches and dispenses film at a varying speed controlled independently of variations in film tension and speed between the pre-stretch mechanism and the load, and a supply speed control mechanism which varies the supply speed of web from the pre-stretch mechanism as the ring rotates. The supply speed control mechanism is configured as a predetermined model of the load to minimize variation in film elongation and containment as successive load edges intercept film web during wrapping, thereby locking in these characteristics at predetermined levels for film web wrapped across the load side which ends at the edge.

Abstract: A machine for wrapping large cylindrical hay bales features a horizontal table for supporting a bale on one of its ends. The table is rotated while sheet wrapping material is fed from an adjacent roll and wound around the bale. Means are provided for getting an unwrapped bale from the ground onto the table and then back to the ground after wrapping.

Abstract: In wrapping cylindrical goods or articles the article (1) is rotated about its axis, a stretch film (14) being wrapped round the article (1) substantially in a plane containing the axis of the article. A web-like wrapping material (24) is pressed against the cylindrical surface of the article (1) for rolling out on the article by rotation thereof. The stretch film (14) is wound over the material web (24). The stretch film can be one with a smooth and a sticky side, and which is pulled out from a supply (4). Winding the stretch film can be interrupted when the supply (4) is opposite one end surface of the article while the article rotation is continued a half turn, whereby the stretch film is laterally reversed in relation to the article. The film (14) can be initially wound with its smooth side in contact with the article (1) and later easily laterally reversed so that its smooth side is turned outwards to form the exterior of the article wrapping.

Abstract: A stretch wrapping apparatus and process for wrapping and sealing random-sized loads, in which the load is surrounded with a plurality of tube forming support members which extend along the length of the load. A conveyor directly beneath the load supports the load and preferably incorporates at least one upper and one lower endless belt, rotating so that the upper surface of the upper belt and the lower surface of the lower belt are both carried in the same downstream direction at the same speed. The tube forming support members converge to the load with skids which do not support the load, and preferably have endless conveyor belts with an outer surface circulating in the same downstream direction and at the same speed as the lower dual conveyor. A stretched film web is wrapped around the tube forming support members, conveyor, and load by a film dispenser, wrapping the load as well as space in front of and behind the load.

Abstract: A coin wrapper having a paper substrate and a clean releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive is disclosed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for packaging paper rolls (2), wherein a wrapper sheet (1) of such a size as to exceed the axial length of the roll is wrapped around the roll and the width of the wrapper sheet is reduced to a size corresponding to the length of the roll by removing the part (5, 6) of the wrapper sheet which extends over the ends of the roll. The header sheet (14, 15) which is bigger than the end surface of the roll, is placed on the ends of the roll and reduced to a size corresponding to the diameter of the roll or smaller by removing at least the part of the header sheet extending over the end surface. Thereafter the header (14, 15) and the wrapper (25) are secured to each other so that a tight joint is formed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a cylindrical package in which a cylindrically shaped coil of a long steel strip having a peripheral surface, two end surfaces and a hollow cylindrical center is completely wrapped with a wrapping sheet material so as to have neatly folded closures on both end surfaces with a ring member inserted into the cylindrical hollow center of the coil. At first the wrapping sheet is wrapped around the coil so as to project from either end of the coil by a length l greater than the thickness t between the outermost layer and the innermost layer of the coil. The projecting portions are folded onto the end surfaces by pusher plates with pleat forming rods provided therebetween to form crease lines.

Abstract: Wrapping of a coiled strip of thin sheet of steel or other metal produced in a rolling mill is accomplished by placing under the coiled strip a wrapping paper of a suitable width cut to a length sufficient to encircle the outer periphery of the coiled strip, winding the leading half of the wrapping paper on a rolling core, fixing the tail end of the wrapping paper in position, rotating the aforementioned rolling core in the direction of unwinding the wound wrapping paper and at the same time, revolving the rolling core around the outer periphery of the coiled strip thereby winding the unwound wrapping paper on the coiled strip, thereafter superposing the leading end and the tail end of the wrapping paper one over the other and joining the overlapping ends fast to each other.

Abstract: A stretch wrapping system including apparatus and process is disclosed in which rotation of a noncylindrical or off-centered load draws film web at a continually fluctuating speed from a film roll through a prestretching device to wrap the load. The prestretching device includes an upstream roller coupled to a braking device and a downstream roller coupled to a positive torque device. The speed of the downstream roller is proportional to the take-up speed of the web on the load and the feedback device continually senses the speed of both rollers and adjusts the braking device so that the speed ratio of the rollers produces a constant stretch of the film web above its yield point. The feedback device also continually senses the forces contributed by the braking device and the torque device and continually adjusts the torque device so that the force on the web between the downstream roller and the load is held constant at a level below the yield point of the web.

Abstract: A food processing machine for folding rolled sandwich type food products comprising a plurality of conveyor bands for conveying food products through first, second, third and fourth folding mechanisms, the first, third and fourth folding mechanisms each including a U-shaped bracket member with tines extending between said conveyor bands and mounted for movement in an arcuate path over said conveyor bands whereby during passage of said food product said tines lift a front portion of said product and fold it back over a following portion of said product, and the second folding mechanism comprising additional conveyor bands positioned to the outer sides of said first mentioned conveyor bands with the tangent line between the last mentioned bands changing progressively along the path of travel of said bands from essentially a horizontal orientation to a near vertical orientation whereby the side portions of a food product carried therethrough are lifted and folded over a center portion of said food product; addit

Abstract: For enveloping a composite group of items in a stretchable film, a pair of initially spaced wrapping cage assemblies are moved inwardly toward each other so as to form a wrapping cage for supporting the composite group of items to be wrapped and for capturing a part of an elongated stretchable film between parts of the wrapping cage and of the composite group of items, rotating the wrapping cage assemblies so as to cause the stretchable film to envelop the composite group of items, withdrawing the wrapping cage assemblies outwardly so as to disengage the film and the composite group of items about which the stretchable film is wrapped and finally severing the stretchable film.

Abstract: A process for preparing a foodstuff, like for instance a meat bird, comprising folding of a wrap around a stuffing, whereby the wrap is wider at one end than at the opposite end, the stuffing being deposed on the wrap at the wide end of the wrap and folding onto the upper side of the stuffing those parts of the wider end of the wrap which protrude beyond the stuffing, after which the stuffing with the thus folded wide end of the wrap are rolled up towards the narrower end of the wrap such that the wrap is rolled around the stuffing.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for applying stretchable plastic film to loads for containment of the loads using two connected sets of powered rollers driven at different speeds to elongate the plastic film beyond its yield point and simultaneously connecting the stretched film to a rotating load whose surface is moving at approximately the same rate of speed as the surface of the faster and final of the two sets of rollers. A powered or force loaded film accumulator such as a dancer bar can be added to compensate for corners of the load where significant length-width distortions exist. In addition, a web narrowing device may be placed upstream or downstream from the rollers to reduce the hazard of edge tear under high elongation forces. Closure of the film ends can be accomplished by a mechanical closure mechanism.

Abstract: A composite stretched film having one surface adhesive, while the other nonadhesive is wrapped spirally or helically about an article to be packed to form first and second superposed layers. After forming a first layer, the composite film is inverted so that the first and second layers are bonded together with their adhesive surfaces, while the nonadhesive surface of the first layer is brought to contact with the article and the nonadhesive surface of the second layer is faced outward.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for pre-stretching a plastic film material above its yield point in a roller assembly comprising at least two rollers connected for rotation at different speeds during a load wrapping operation. The downstream roller is at least partially driven by the film web connected to a turntable while the upstream roller rotates at a predetermined speed slower than that of the downstream roller to induce film elongation between the rollers. The force on the film between the roller assembly and the load is reduced by a powered constant torque device connected to the rollers to bring the force to the load down to a level permitting the film elongation between the roller assembly and the load to be equal to (balanced) or less than the elongation incurred between the rollers.

Abstract: Hat-like inserts for use with supply rolls comprised of a hollow cylindrical core having an elongated web of indeterminate length wrapped about said core. The hat-like inserts have a slightly tapered, generally cylindrical shaped side wall terminating at the narrow diameter end in an integral closed end surface and being opened at the wider diameter end thereof and having an integral continuous flange encircling said open end and extending radially outward therefrom. The inserts are pressed into opposing ends of the hollow core with said flanges overlying at least the adjacent end of said core and preferably a portion of the end of the rolled up web. A curvature provided in the region where the open end of said cylindrical side wall joins said flange maintains the flange a spaced distance from at least the adjacent core to prevent surface contact therebetween and thereby reduce frictional drag.

Abstract: A cylindrical package to be wrapped with stretch film sheet material is supported on a pair of parallel, horizontally spaced, horizontally extending support rollers, one of which is rotatably driven and the other of which is a slave roll which rotates idly. A stretch film supply means is mounted on a movable carriage with the axis of the film supply means parallel to the axis of rotation of the package. The carriage is caused to reciprocate along a path parallel to the axis of rotation of the package and the support rollers. The reciprocation occurs between a first position where the film material extends beyond one end of the package a distance at least as great as the radius of the package and a second position where the film extends beyond the other end of the package a similar distance. The film material is wrapped while tension is applied thereto.

Abstract: A device and a method for wrapping a bale of hay with flexible sheet material. The device which preferably is in the form of a unit arranged to be hitched to a tractor supports a roll of the material and it has a pair of bale holding discs rotationally carried by swing arms mounted on the two sides of the device for rocking movement about vertical axes between an open and a closed position. With the discs in open position, the device is backed against a bale on the ground; the swing arms with their discs are rocked into closed position so that the two ends of the bale are engaged by the discs; then the discs and the bale between them are rotated together with a holding element urging the sheet material against the bale, by more than one revolution, with the bale slightly off the ground so that upon release of the bale the overlapping leading and trailing portions of the wrapped material are held in position by the weight of the bale; and the material is then cut.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for applying stretchable plastic film to loads for containment of the loads using two connected rollers driven by the film web so that the rollers are driven at different speeds to elongate the plastic film beyond its yield point and wrapping the elongated film after it has been stretched past its yield point around a rotating load. A roller can be added to the apparatus to increase the set time for the elongated film after it is stretched by the connected rollers. In addition, a web narrowing device may be placed upstream or downstream from the apparatus to reduce the hazard of edge tear under high elongation forces.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of setting packaging papers. The method is used in a coin packaging machine wherein the position of a cutting blade is determined to cut off a necessary amount of a packaging paper suitable for the diameter of coins to be packaged, in accordance with the coin kind setting operation. The method comprises the steps of, shifting the cutting blade to a predetermined position for facilitating the cutting operation when a portion of the packaging paper is required to be cut off, and returning the cutting blade to a preset position for the restarting of packaging operation after the portion of the packaging paper has been cut off.

Abstract: Cylindrical rolls of paper (1, 96, 315) are completely enclosed with wrapping material (105) by simultaneously rotating the roll about its longitudinal axis and rotating the roll end-for-end. A turntable (35, 200) may be used to rotate the roll end-for-end, and a drive roll (65, 265) carried by the turntable is driven to rotate the roll about its longitudinal axis during rotation of the turntable.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for automatically wrapping packages with a full-web or spiral overwrap. The apparatus includes a film handling assembly in which stretched film is wrapped around the load rotated by a turntable. When the load is stopped in a home position a cutting and sealing assembly is transported into the film path, engaging the film and displacing it out of its original dispensed path. Rotatable clamps mounted on the turntable are rotated upward to grab the lower portion of the stretched film web while the sealing mechanism of the assembly engages the trailing edge of the film web to hold it against the film wrap, after which a cutter blade of the assembly is extended into the film web, severing the film web so that the load can be transported off the conveyor with the sealing mechanism pressing the trailing edge of the film onto the package wrap.

Abstract: Method of and means for wrapping generally cylindrical products with plastic film in which the film extends from a supply roll over a supporting means and terminates in a free end. The product is placed on the supporting means, the free end of the film is transferred to the product and the product is rotated to draw film from the supply roll and cause it to be wrapped around the product. The wrapped product is removed from the supporting means and the film is severed.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed in wrapping apparatus for palletized loads of the kind having a rotatable platform where the load is received, and a roll of plastic film mounted adjacent to the platform for vertical movement so that plastic film can be dispensed onto the load while the platform rotates, in order to enwrap the load helically. The improvement is the provision of an elongated roller member pivoted adjacent one of its ends to the platform so that is can swing between two positions through an arc in a vertical plane. In the first position the member bears against a frictional surface on the platform, and in the second position it is spaced from the frictional surface. In swinging from the second to the first position at the end of a wrapping operation, the elongated roller member catches the film and pinches it between itself and the frictional surface.