Patent ID: 9334071
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for packaging stacks of folded tissue products or the like with blanks of plastic film, the apparatus comprising: at least one pocket; an insertion device for inserting a single stack in said pocket, along an insertion direction, with the interposition and consequent folding of a corresponding blank, said pocket being operatively associated with stop means for stopping the stack completely inserted within said pocket, the apparatus further comprising control means for driving said stop means along said insertion direction in a coordinated manner with respect to the operation of said insertion device, and wherein said stop means comprise suction means adapted to keep hold of said film, and to hold off the same film at least in an extraction step wherein the stack is extracted from the pocket and wherein said control means are adapted to drive said stop means in a simultaneous manner with respect to said insertion device in order to provide an abutment to said stack during the whole insertion step in the pocket.