Patent ID: 7302781
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A bander apparatus for wrapping stacks of web product with wrap web material supplied from a supply roll, the bander apparatus comprising: a conveyor for supporting and moving the stacks to be wrapped along a conveying path; a cutting assembly operable to cut wrap sheets from the wrap web material, a first wrap sheet having a first length; a wrapping assembly including a drive assembly operable to receive wrap web material from the supply roll and positively feed the wrap web material to the conveying path; and a controller operable to control the cutting assembly and select a speed of the supply roll and a feed rate of wrap web material so that the first length is equal to a second length, the second length being defined between a leading edge of a first stack and a trailing edge of the first stack, the second length being defined parallel to movement of the conveyor along the conveying path.