Patent ID: 7555876

Claim:
An apparatus for wrapping articles with a blank ( 10 ), the articles being packs ( 12 ) or groups ( 19 ) of packs, the apparatus comprising: a rotatable folding turret ( 21 ) having an outer circumference, a pocket ( 23 ) having a width and a height and extending radially through the turret ( 21 ), the pocket ( 23 ) being open at both sides and having entry openings into which the articles and the blank ( 10 ) can be pushed and fed through the folding turret ( 21 ) in a radial direction, belts ( 30 , 31 ) being arranged in the pocket ( 21 ), the belts ( 30 , 31 ) having conveying strands ( 32 , 33 ) that direct the articles horizontally, with one of the belts ( 30 ) directing a top side of the article and another one of the belts ( 31 ) directing an underside of the article, wherein the conveying strands ( 32 , 33 ) can fix top and bottom legs ( 27 , 28 ) regions of the blank ( 10 ) on the article during the pushing-in movement, and a movable stop component ( 37 ) comprising abutment surfaces ( 38 , 39 ), the stop component ( 37 ) being contained within the pocket ( 23 ) and being connected to the conveying strands ( 32 , 33 ) of the belts ( 30 , 31 ), wherein: a) the blank ( 10 ) is held ready on the outer circumference of the folding turret ( 21 ) such that one of the entry openings of the pocket ( 23 ) is covered by the blank ( 10 ), b) the article impinges the blank ( 10 ) during the pushing-in movement into the pocket ( 23 ), with the blank ( 10 ) being folded in a U-shape around the article, c) the stop component ( 37 ) fills a sub-region of the pocket ( 23 ) and extends over the width and height of the pocket ( 23 ), d) when entering the pocket ( 23 ) the article presses the blank ( 10 ) with a front surface area, relative to the direction of movement, against one of the abutment surfaces ( 38 , 39 ) of the stop component ( 37 ), e) the stop component ( 37 ) is movable within the pocket ( 23 ) between two end positions at which a respective one of the abutment surfaces ( 38 , 39 ) is flush with one of the entry openings of the pocket ( 23 ), and f) the stop component ( 37 ) is driven whereby the drive of the stop component ( 37 ) is transmitted to the belts ( 30 , 31 ) such that the belts ( 30 , 31 ) are moved by the stop component ( 37 ).