Patent ID: 6237307
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for manually wrapping film around an article, comprising:a wrapping station at which an article to be wrapped in film can be disposed;a roll of film from which film can be dispensed so as to wrap an article disposed at said wrapping station within said dispensed film;support means, having said roll of film mounted upon said support means, rotatable about a vertical axis defined at said wrapping station for permitting film from said roll of film to be wrapped around an article disposed at said wrapping station as said film is dispensed from said roll of film;manual means operatively connected to said support means for enabling an operator to move said support means, and said roll of film mounted thereon, in a substantially circular locus around said vertical axis of said wrapping station, as well as in a predetermined vertical direction substantially parallel to said vertical axis of said wrapping station, so as to achieve wrapping of an article disposed at said wrapping station within film dispensed from said roll of film; andcounterbalancing means operatively connected to said support means and movable in a vertical direction which is substantially opposite to said predetermined vertical direction of movement of said support means, and said roll of film disposed thereon, for counterbalancing the weight of said support means and said roll of film such that an operator does not have to support said support means and said roll of film while the operator is moving said support means, and said roll of film mounted thereon, along said substantially circular locus so as to wrap an article disposed at said wrapping station within film dispensed from said roll of film.