Patent ID: 6658819
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method for packaging at least one stack of compactable multiply articles comprising the steps of:a) feeding the at least one stack of multiply articles between pressing means having an upper member and a lower member, compacting the stack between the upper member and the lower member of said pressing means, to a height equal to a distance between facing conveying means including belt conveyors situated downstream of said pressing means; b) longitudinally moving said stack and said pressing means for engaging a wrapping foil, vertically located between said pressing means and said facing conveying means; c) longitudinally moving said stack and said pressing means to a forward position close to said facing conveying means, stretching said wrapping foil with said pressing means; and, d) longitudinally transferring and inserting the compacted stack between said facing conveying means, drawing said stretched wrapping foil between said conveying means and around the compacted stack for wrapping three sides of said compacted stack, thereby partially wrapping the stack within said stretched wrapping foil while inserting the compacted stack between said facing conveying means.