Patent ID: 8356456

Claim:
A wrapping apparatus for wrapping a product characterized by a product profile, the apparatus comprising: a. a wrap bar for engaging and directing a wrapper about the product; b. a wrap bar carrier having opposing first and second end portions, said wrap bar extending from said first end portion of said opposing first and second end portions; c. a carrier block, translatingly retaining said wrap bar carrier intermediate said opposing end portions thereof, said carrier block drivingly rotatable about a wrapping axis of the apparatus so as to thereby rotatingly drive said wrap bar about said wrapping axis via rotation of said wrap bar carrier; and, d. a drive assembly, operatively linked to said wrap bar carrier, so as to translate said wrap bar carrier in relation to said carrier block during driven rotation of said wrap bar carrier, a radial distance for said wrap bar from said wrapping axis being thereby established in furtherance of delimiting a wrap bar travel path commensurate with the product profile of the product.