Patent ID: 9003744
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for packaging a load having an upper wall, a bottom wall, and side walls with film from a film supply from which the film can be fed, the apparatus comprising: a first wrapping device that forms from the fed film a first film curtain that can be attached to all walls of the load; a folding device in the first wrapping device that can fold a film section of the film fed from the film supply such that, after wrapping the load with the first film curtain, the film is attached to the side walls in a lower region of the side walls of the load in a double-layer manner according to the width of the folded film section; and a second wrapping device that forms from the fed film a second film curtain that the second wrapping device also attaches to the upper wall, to two side walls and to the bottom wall of the load.