METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING LOADABLE OBJECTS

摘要

PURPOSE: A method of and apparatus for wrapping loadable objects is provided to permit film to be easily wrapped around the loadable object both about its horizontal and about its vertical axes. CONSTITUTION: A film is wound spirally around the loadable object by revolving film feeders along a circular path about a horizontal axis while advancing the object past the inside of the circular path along a path of the horizontal axis in one direction. After the loadable object is so spirally wrapped, it is rotated in a horizontal or vertical plane by an angle of 90 degrees. The loadable object is then advanced in the reverse direction again past the inside of the circular path while the film feeders are revolved as before to cause another film from the film feeders to be wound spirally around the loadable object. One film feeder may furnish a continuous strip of film and another a continuous string of film reformed by compression from such a strip-like film.