Patent ID: 6904736

Claim:
A method for automated wrapping of a bundle with a resilient stretchable film, comprising the steps of: (i) unrolling a desired length of said film from a roll said film having a first panel overlapping a second panel, said panels being interconnected at a sealed first end; (ii) sealing a second end of said panels to bond them together bya second seal at said desired length; (iii) cutting said film along said second seal to form a tube; (iv) separating said first panel of maid tube from said second panel by grasping a portion of each said panels, whereby said tube may be opened; (v) loading said tube in an opened position on an expandable frame, whereby at least a portion of said tube is accumulated in a folded condition on said expandable frame; (vi) stretching said tube by expanding said expandable frame; and (vii) covering the bundle with said tube, by displacing said expandable frame towards the bundle, whereby said stretched tube is gradually released therefrom onto said bundle in a stretched resilient condition.