Patent ID: 6729106
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
In combination, a machine for wrapping a load that extends into a wrapping space and a forklift truck for supporting the load at least partially within the wrapping space, the machine comprising: a base, a track mounted on the base, and a carriage mounted to the track, the track supporting and guiding the carriage for forward and reverse movement along a travel direction, the carriage including a frame and a dispenser for a packaging wrap material mounted to the frame for movement relative to the frame along a path that defines a substantially vertical wrapping plane that is transverse to the travel direction, wherein the wrapping space is defined by the path of the dispenser as it circumscribes the wrapping space and the length of travel of the carriage along the track, and the length of travel of the carriage along the track defines a length of the wrapping space.