Patent ID: 6513305
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B31B,B65B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of wrapping edible products comprising the steps of advancing wrapping sheets in an ordered succession along a first path and in a first direction, spaced apart at a predetermined and constant pitch in such a way that the trailing edge of one wrapping sheet and the leading edge of the successive sheet are separated by a predetermined distance; causing a continuous ribbon of minimal transverse dimensions, compared with the transverse dimensions of the wrapping sheet, to advance in a second direction and along a second path; cutting the continuous ribbon to produce discrete slivers and advancing each sliver along the second path toward an assembling station where the second path merges with the first path; associating and stably uniting each sliver of ribbon with a respective sheet in such a manner that each sliver presents a portion projecting from the trailing edge of the corresponding sheet; directing the wrapping sheets in ordered succession, each associated with a relative sliver of ribbon, in a third direction, toward wrapping means; and directing an ordered succession of products for wrapping toward the selfsame wrapping means, synchronously with the wrapping sheets.