Apparatus for the packaging of newspapers or the like

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING NEWSPAPERS COMPRISING MEANS FOR RECEIVING A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP; MEANS FOR RECEIVING A STACK OF PROTECTIVE WRAPPERS FOR SAID NEWSPAPERS; MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE OF THE NEWSPAPERS AND ONE OF THE WRAPPERS IN RESPECTIVE STACKS THEREOF FOR SHIFTING THE SAME INTO SUPERIMPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE MARGIN OF THE WRAPPER PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE ADJACENT EDGE OF THE NEWSPAPER; MEANS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE SAID ONE NEWSPAPER AND SAID ONE WRAPPER AND FOLD THE SAME IN HALF TRANSVERSELY THEREOF IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE THE WRAPPER TO BE DISPOSED ON THE NORMALLY OUTER FACE OF THE FOLDED NEWSPAPER; MEANS OPERABLE TO FOLD SAID ONE MARGIN OF THE WRAPPER OVER THE ADJACENT SUPERIMPOSED EDGES OF THE NEWSPAPER AND AGAINST THE NORMALLY OUTER FACE OF THE WRAPPER; MEANS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE FACE OF THE WRAPPER HAVING SAID ONE MARGIN FOLDED THEREOVER AND OPERABLE TO AGAIN FOLD THE NEWSPAPER IN HALF TRANSVERSELY THEREOF IN A DIRECTION WITH THE WRAPPER STILL DISPOSED ON THE OUTER FACE OF THE FOLDED NEWSPAPER AND SAID ON MARGIN OF THE WRAPPER LOCATED BETWEEN THE LAST FORMED FOLDS IN THE NEWSPAPER; AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A MEMBER TO THE OUTER FACE OF THE ONE WRAPPER AROUND SAID ONE NEWSPAPER TO MAINTAIN THE LATTER IN THE FULLY FOLDED CONDITION THEREOF.