Patent ID: 6925778

Claim:
A method of wrapping an object with wrapping material, said method comprising the steps of providing a wrapping machine comprising a film dispensing unit which comprises: first and second supporting elements for rotatably supporting first and second wrapping film reels, respectively, first and second deflecting elements over which first and second wrapping films are unreeled from the first and second wrapping film reels, respectively, can be passed to the object, said second deflecting element being movable between a first position, in which the end of the second wrapping film is in contact with the first wrapping film to cause the first and second wrapping films to adhere to each other bringing the wrapping films one over the other onto the object, and a second position, in which the second deflecting element is at a distance from the first wrapping film so that the second wrapping film is clear of contact with and adhesion to the first wrapping film, an actuator for moving the second deflecting element between the first position and the second position, and a severing device arranged to sever the second wrapping film; wrapping the first wrapping film around the object during a first portion of a wrapping cycle by revolving the film dispensing unit about the object; and simultaneously wrapping the first and second wrapping films around the object during a second portion of the wrapping cycle, said step of simultaneously wrapping the first and second wrapping films comprising: bringing the second wrapping film into contact with the first wrapping film by moving, using the actuator, the second deflecting element to the first position, thereby causing the second wrapping film to adhere to the first wrapping film, revolving the film dispensing unit about the object to simultaneously wrap the object with the adhered first and second wrapping films, moving the second deflecting element to the second position by the actuator and severing the second wrapping film with the severing device, after a predetermined length of the second wrapping film has been wrapped onto the object.