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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Philip G Scherer, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Werner K Diehl, Parkland, FL (US);
Mima, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A gantry film wrapping system and method useable for wrapping film about an elongated load. The system includes an overhead frame with first and second lateral support members for supporting opposing end portions of a carriage, which is reciprocatably translatable back and forth along the first and second lateral support members. A film wrapping apparatus having a rotary arm is coupled to the carriage, and a film wrapping carriage is coupled to a dependent member extending from an end portion of the rotary arm. The rotary arm and film wrapping carriage are rotatable in approximately 180 degree rotational increments between and during back and forth translations of the carriage along the first and second lateral support members of the overhead frame, wherein the film wrapping carriage is orbital in a substantially oval orbit about an elongated load disposed below the overhead frame.