Method for securing a load to a pallet with a roped film web

US8037660B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lantech.com, LLC · US

Inventors

• Patrick R. Lancaster, III · Louisville, US
• David Eldridge · Fern Creek, US
• Willie Martin Hall · Taylorsville, US
• Richard L. Johnson · Crestwood, US
• Curtis Martin · New Albany, US
• Philip R. Moore · Taylorsville, US
• Joseph Donald Norris · Shelbyville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B2210/20
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for wrapping a palletized load are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a film dispenser for dispensing a film web, at least one drive down roller configured to engage the width of the film web, and at least one roping mechanism. The at least one roping mechanism may be a cable rolling element configured to roll a portion of the film web into a rolled cable of film. The apparatus may also include an assembly for providing relative rotation between the load and the dispenser to wrap a roped portion of the film web around a base of the load/top portion of a pallet supporting the load.