Patent ID: 6935091

Claim:
A method for wrapping articles within a packaging sheet, comprising the steps of: moving groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ) to be packaged horizontally along a feeding line ( 1 ), the groups of articles arranged orderly and having a lateral narrow side extension oriented parallel to a forward movement direction (A); moving single packaging sheets ( 3 ) along side of said feeding line ( 1 ), in suitable phase relation with the forward movement of said groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ) along said feeding line ( 1 ); transferring said groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ), crosswise with respect to said feeding line ( 1 ), so that the groups of articles hit said packaging sheets ( 3 ) with said lateral narrow side extension to fold said packaging sheets ( 3 ) around said groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ); joining the folded edges of said packaging sheets ( 3 ) along an opposite side of said groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ), which present a corresponding lateral narrow side extension; transferring the groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ) wrapped respectively with said packaging sheets ( 3 ) crosswise to the forward movement direction along said feeding line ( 1 ), maintaining unchanged the orientation of the groups of articles ( 2 , 22 ) to close the packages in the region of the opposite ends of said articles ( 2 , 22 ).