Patent ID: 7114313

Claim:
An apparatus for wrapping a bundle with a resilient stretchable film comprising: a dispensing apparatus for receiving film from a roll, the film having a first panel over a second panel, the panels being interconnected at a fold line, the dispensing apparatus having: a sealing device for forming seals between the first panel and the second panel; and a cutting device associated with the sealing device to cut the film along the seals to form a bag; a stretching apparatus associated with the dispensing apparatus, the stretching apparatus having: arms to grasp portions of the bag from the dispensing apparatus, and open the bag; handling assemblies to receive the opened bag from the arms, the handling assemblies being displaceable with respect to one another to stretch the bag; and actuators to displace the bag stretched on the handling assemblies onto a bundle, whereby the stretched bag is gradually released from the stretching apparatus to the bundle.