Patent ID: 8333054

Claim:
A method for producing a plurality of packages of liquid containers comprising the following steps: providing a packaging machine with a film without handles from a supply roll; applying one separate handle for each wrapping to a portion of the film in the packaging machine, wherein the handle is applied in parallel with a direction of travel of the film between at least one application head in the packaging machine and an application roller positioned opposite the application head, and wherein the at least one handle is applied to the film while the film of the packaging machine is still located in a feeding area for the film and before the liquid containers are wrapped with the film; advancing the film in the feeding area with the application roller to a dancer in the feeding area; dividing the film into film portions only after the handles have been applied; arranging the liquid containers into groups representing the packages; supplying one single film portion, to which at least one handle is applied, to each of the groups of liquid containers via the feeding area; and, wrapping each group of liquid containers with the single film portion and the applied handle, thereby completing the packages.