Patent ID: 7721511

Claim:
Banding machine for logs of sheet material, comprising: a conveyor belt adapted to carry a log in said banding machine; means for packaging the log, said means for packaging being adapted to put a web for banding the log in a position adapted to receive the log and to band the log, thereby creating a tubular wrapper around the log; and pushing means adapted to push the log from said conveyor belt towards said means for packaging; wherein said conveyor belt and said means for packaging are arranged at different heights, respectively at a first and a second height; wherein said pushing means comprises at least a first pusher at said first height and at least a second pusher at said second height independent from each other; wherein a lifting means is provided constructed and arranged to bring a log from said first to said second height, at said first height said first pusher pushing the log from said conveyor belt to said lifting means, and at said second height said second pusher pushing the log from said lifting means against the web in said means for packaging; and wherein two different means for packaging are provided which are located respectively at said second height and at a third height.