Patent ID: 6910315

Claim:
Wrapping machine for wrapping a wrapping film around an object (P), said wrapping machine comprising a film dispensing unit ( 1 ), which comprises first supporting elements ( 2 ) for rotatably supporting on the film dispensing unit a first wrapping film reel ( 3 ) containing a web of first wrapping film ( 4 ) wound up on it, first deflecting elements ( 5 1 . . . 5 10 ) over which the first wrapping film unreeled from the first wrapping film reel can be passed to the object to be wrapped, characterized in that the film dispensing unit ( 1 ) comprises second supporting elements ( 6 ) for rotatably supporting on the film dispensing unit a second wrapping film reel ( 7 ) containing a web of second wrapping film ( 8 ) wound up on it, a second deflecting element ( 9 ), over which the second wrapping film ( 8 ) unreeled from the second wrapping film reel ( 7 ) can be passed, said second deflecting element being mounted on the film dispensing unit ( 1 ) so as to be movable between two positions (I, II), a first position (I), in which the end of the second wrapping film ( 8 ) is in contact with the first wrapping film ( 4 ) to cause the first and second wrapping films to adhere to each other during the wrapping process in order to bring them one over the other onto the object to be wrapped, and a second position (II), in which the second deflecting element ( 9 ) is at a distance from the first wrapping film ( 4 ) so that the second wrapping film ( 9 ) is clear of contact with and adhesion to the first wrapping film ( 4 ), an actuator ( 10 ) for moving the second deflecting element ( 9 ) between the first position (I) and the second position (II), and a severing device ( 11 ) arranged to sever the second wrapping film ( 8 ) at a point after the second deflecting element ( 9 ) as seen in the direction of advance when the second deflecting element is being moved from the first position (I) to the second position (II).