Patent ID: 11952153
Assignee: ROBOPAC S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. Self-propelled wrapping machine movable around a load to wrap the load with a film made of plastic material in a wrapping cycle, comprising a self-propelled carriage and a upright fixed to said carriage and slidably supporting an unwinding unit provided at least with a reel of film, characterized in that it comprises:
a first gripping unit that is supported by, and connected to, said carriage, and is movable and arranged to hold and unwind an initial flap of film from said unwinding unit in an initial step of said wrapping cycle; and
a second gripping unit that is supported by, and connected to, said carriage, and is movable and arranged to position and release an anchoring element on said initial flap of film unwound from said first gripping unit, in said initial step of said wrapping cycle, so as to fix said initial flap of film to a supporting plane on which said self-propelled wrapping machine moves, and to grasp and lift said anchoring element from said supporting plane so as to disengage it from said initial flap of film after at least one turn of said self-propelled wrapping machine around said load wrapping the load with said film supplied by said unwinding unit.