METHOD OF AND AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMPRESSING AND BANDING A STACK OF ARTICLES

摘要

A stack of articles is fed forwardly along a path and a pair of banding or wrapper sheets are brought into engagement with stack. The stack is compressed between oppositely directed forces and ends of the two wrapping sheets are overlapped and joined to form an endless band about the articles. When the compressing forces are relieved, the articles are held in a compressed and stacked state by the band. Preferably, the stacks are compressed between a pair of endless, continuously moving belts; and individual wrapper sheets are severed from long supply webs prior to being joined into an endless band about a compressed stack.