Patent ID: 7454886
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A device for packaging products having a head and a stick, in wraps, comprising a frame including first supply means for supplying the products, second means for supplying a web of wrapping material, means for cutting a wrap from the web, a wrapping station having a driven series of means for retaining the products circulating in a first direction about a horizontal shaft, and a drum driven in the same direction having means for enveloping the product heads with a wrap and means for securing the wrap on the products, the securing means comprising pairs of heat welding arms, that are also part of the enveloping means and forming a kind of diaphragm in there, the drum furthermore being provided with means for moving the heat welding arms between a first position in which they define a passage for the product head and a second position in which the wrap is secured by heat welding, the heat welding arms being provided with welding heads that are connected to a power source by means of bendable strips of conductive material, wherein the conductive strips being conductively connected to conductors that are fixed to the drum, at a location between the strip ends and the strips being connected at the ends to parts that are fixed to the heat welding arms.