Wrapping machine
US4887412A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1988 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B11/54
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wrapping machine used to wrap with a prescribed wrapper a commodity having the shape of a hexahedron having a length, a width, and a height, as well as a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a rear surface, a right side surface, and a left side surface; in this wrapping machine, the commodity being wrapped in a wrapping region, this wrapping region having a central position along the length of the commodity, and a reference wrapping position along the width of the commodity; the wrapping machine further comprising: a wrapping supply device that holds at least two wrappers of different sizes, and selectively supplies either of the wrappers to the wrapping region; a sensing device, provided in the wrapper supply device, that detects the sizes of the wrappers; a control device electrically connected to the sensing device, as well as operationally connected to the wrapper supply device; this control device has a display device, and it determines whether the sizes of the wrappers are within the usable range for wrapping the commodity or not; when the sizes of two or more of the wrappers are within the usable range for wrapping the commodity, it drives the wrapper supply dev…
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