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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Loris Grepioni, Castel Maggiore, IT;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53450 ; 53547 ; 53550 ; 533743 ;
Abstract
A product wrapping method and machine whereby a continuous tubular wrapping, formed gradually about an orderly succession of equally spaced products with a first given spacing, is fed through an operating station and divided into segments, each enclosing a respective product; and the segments and respective products, rotated 90.degree. about an axis crosswise to a transfer plane, are transferred with a second given spacing along a substantially straight path to an output conveyor by a transfer device, which grips each product and the respective segment before the product leaves the operating station.