Patent ID: 7694499

Claim:
Equipment ( 10 ) for continuously making packages ( 100 ) of stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″) along a work flow (F) comprising a working conveyor ( 14 ), fed from said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″) and from which said packages ( 100 ) exit, a first element ( 19 ) for feeding a plastic film ( 20 ) on top of said working conveyor ( 14 ) projecting laterally below said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″), a second element ( 17 , 17 ′) for feeding two laminar elements ( 18 , 18 ′) parallel to each other on top of said plastic film ( 20 ), laterally projecting below said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″), means ( 24 ) for vertically lifting and upper winding of said projecting portions of said plastic film ( 20 ) around said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″) as they advance along said working conveyor, a longitudinal welding device ( 22 ) for welding superimposed edges of said wound plastic film ( 20 ) and a front/rear transverse welding device ( 25 ) for welding said plastic film ( 20 ) wound and welded around said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″) wherein said second element for feeding ( 17 , 17 ′) two laminar elements ( 18 , 18 ′) comprises means ( 30 ) for cutting and longitudinally separating said laminar elements ( 18 , 18 ′), said means ( 30 ) for cutting and longitudinally separating said laminar elements ( 18 , 18 ′) also being adapted to feed said laminar elements onto said working conveyor ( 14 ) where said laminar elements are separated by a length corresponding to said stacks of tiles ( 11 , 11 ′, 11 ″).