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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Luca Antoniazzi, Bologna, IT;
Andrea Cinotti, Bologna, IT;
Innopack SRL, Calderara di Reno, IT;
Abstract
A method of packing rearms of sheets, wherein each ream is defined by sheets stacked to form a rectangular-base prism of a given height, and has two base faces defined by respective end sheets in the ream, two lateral faces perpendicular to the base faces, and two end faces. The method providing for feeding the ream along a given path in a feed direction parallel to the base faces. Placing a sheet of packing material along the path of the ream and perpendicular to the feed direction, and conveying the ream and the sheet of packing material in the feed direction through a folding spindle to fold the sheet of packing material into a U about the ream.