Patent ID: 6931823
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An insulation blanket-packaging machine, comprising: an insulation blanket loading station for successively receiving insulation blankets; the insulation blankets each having a length and a width that define major surfaces of the insulation blanket and a thickness; the insulation blankets each being compressible; an insulation blanket transfer station for successively receiving insulation blankets from the insulation blanket loading station and vertically transferring the insulation blankets from the insulation blanket loading station to an insulation blanket compression station; vertical insulation blanket moving means for successively elevating groupings of one or more insulation blankets at a time in a generally vertical direction from the insulation blanket loading station up through the insulation blanket transfer station into the insulation blanket compression station while simultaneously permitting insulation blankets to be fed into the loading station; the insulation blanket compression station comprising upper and lower compression conveyors for successively receiving there between the groupings of one or more insulation blankets moved from the insulation blanket loading station through the insulation blanket transfer station into the insulation blanket compression station by the vertical insulation blanket moving means; the upper and lower compression conveyors being movable relative to each other for successively compressing each grouping of one or more insulation blankets located intermediate the upper and lower compression conveyors to successively form groupings of one or more compressed insulation blankets; the upper and lower compression conveyors being operable to successively move each grouping of one or more compressed insulation blankets from the insulation blanket compression station into an insulation blanket packaging station; and the insulation blanket packaging station comprising means for successively enveloping each grouping of one or more compressed insulation blankets fed from the insulation blanket compression station into the insulation blanket packaging station within sheet material to successively form packages of each grouping of one or more compressed insulation blankets fed from the insulation blanket compression station into the insulation blanket packaging station.