Patent ID: 9637255
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B65B

Claim:
1. A load wrapping and transporting vehicle, comprising: a vehicle frame; a load support connected to said vehicle frame for supporting a palletized load; an endless track connected to said vehicle frame and extending about said load support; a spindle supporting a roll of wrapping film and guided by said endless track about said load support to wrap the palletized load with wrapping film dispensed by the roll of wrapping film; a carrier supported by said endless track and guided about said load support, said carrier movably supporting said spindle and the roll of wrapping film; and a controller configured to analyze a vehicle motion parameter, wherein said endless track defines an endless path along which said carrier is guided about said load support, said carrier defines a linear path along which said spindle and the roll of wrapping film are movable, said endless path being disposed in a horizontal plane and said linear path being disposed in a vertical plane perpendicular to said horizontal plane such that said spindle and the roll of wrapping film are guided in a helical path about said load support to wrap the palletized load, and wherein said controller is configured to displace said spindle to guide said roll of wrapping film along said helical path and wrap said palletized load with film dispensed by said roll of wrapping film while transporting said palletized load if said vehicle motion parameter is within a predetermined range, and to inhibit said spindle from guiding said roll of wrapping film along said helical path and wrapping said palletized load while transporting said palletized load if said vehicle motion parameter is not within said predetermined range.