Patent ID: 7707802
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A film roping assembly for use in connection with apparatus for wrapping an article within wrapping film, comprising: a framework across which a wrapping film, having a predetermined original width dimension, is moved such that the wrapping film is conveyed in a direction extending along a film path; a vertically oriented roping idler roller rotatably mounted, at opposite upper and lower end portions thereof upon upper and lower bracket portions of said framework, in a spaced manner with respect to a rear wall portion of said framework so as to define with said rear wall portion of said framework a space through which the wrapping film passes as the wrapping film is conveyed along said film path; and a single roping pulley, adapted to engage an upper edge portion of the wrapping film and movably mounted upon said framework for movement across the width of the wrapping film in a direction transverse to said film path as defined between the upper edge portion of the wrapping film and a lower edge portion of the wrapping film, so as to cooperate with said lower bracket portion of said framework in condensing the wrapping film into a roped film, having a reduced width dimension which is substantially less than the predetermined original width dimension of the wrapping film, while the wrapping film is also confined within said space defined between said rear wall portion of said framework and said vertically oriented roping idler roller.