Patent ID: 9162782
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for packaging stacks of folded tissue products with blanks of plastic film, the apparatus comprising: at least one pocket comprising a plurality of side walls disposed within a drum having a longitudinal axis, said pocket having a leading edge coexistant with an outer surface of said drum; a plurality of adjacent grooves disposed upon said side walls within said pocket, each of said grooves having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said drum, said plurality of grooves extending from said leading edge to a position internal to said pocket; insertion means for inserting a single stack in said pocket, along an insertion direction, with the interposition and consequent folding of a corresponding blank, said pocket being operatively associated with stop means of the stack completely inserted within said pocket; control means adapted to drive said stop means along said insertion direction in a coordinated manner with respect to the operation of said insertion means, said stop means comprising suction means adapted to keep hold of said film, and to hold off the same film at least in an extraction step wherein the stack is extracted from the pocket.