Patent ID: 7318305

Claim:
A packaging machine for wrapping packing pieces with packing film comprising a transport device for the packing pieces, at least one unspooling device for unspooling the packing film that is wound onto a roller, a film welding and cutting unit, and a film buffer positioned between the film welding and cutting unit and the unspooling device and designed to control run-up of packing film into the transport channel during the wrapping of said packing pieces, said film buffer including a first and second ends, said film buffer designed to at least partially support a length of said packing film that accumulates in waves and/or loops between said first and second ends of said film buffer and said at least one unspooling device and said film welding and cutting unit, said film buffer including a film support formed at least partially of a flexible anti-static material that inhibits said packing film from adhering to said anti-static material as said packing film moves along a surface of said anti-static material, said packing film designed to cover at least one side of the packing pieces.