摘要 |
An apparatus for packaging an article (C) in a wrapping (I) of a sheet material surrounding the article and closed in a fantail configuration (F), comprising: - shaping means (10, 12) suited to wrapping the article (C) with the said wrapping (I) of sheet material and shaping the wrapping (I) into a general cup-like configuration formed into a plurality of loops (A1, A2, A3, A4) surmounting the article, - holding means (14, 18) suited to grasping the upper portions of the wrapping (I) shaped in said manner in the connecting zones (R) between said loops (A1, A2, A3, A4), to maintain said portions in an upright position, - opposed pushing means (20) which are intended to be operated subsequently to said holding means (14, 18) and which are displaceable between a retracted position and an advanced position, in which they interfere with the loops (A1, A2, A3, A4) of the wrapping (I) to impart a generally flattened configuration to the wrapping (I) in the zone extending above the article (C), and - opposed fastening means (28, 34) displaceable in a direction substantially at right angles to the direction of motion of said pushing means (20), and intended to be operated subsequently to said pushing means (20) to fasten the wrapping (I), which is held in the flattened configuration by said pushing means (20), to form a pinched neck of the wrapping (I).
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