Wrapping apparatus for irregular bundles

Claim 1

WRAPPING APPARATUS FOR FOLDING A WRAPPER SHEET ABOUT A BUNDLE AT A WRAPPING STATION, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) CONVEYOR MEANS FOR MOVING A BUNDLE THROUGH A WRAPPING STATION; (B) A WRAPPER GUIDE POSITIONED ADJACENT THE WRAPPING STATION, (1) AND HAVING MEANS FORMING AN OPENING FOR PERMITTING A BUNDLE TO BE CONVEYED THERETHROUGH; (C) WRAPPER FEED MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ADVANCING WRAPPER SHEET MATERIAL THROUGH SAID WRAPPER GUIDE; (D) A WRAPPER CUTTER POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID WRAPPER GUIDE COMPRISING, (1) A CUTTER MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT ACROSS A WRAPPER IN SAID WRAPPER GUIDE, AND (2) TIMED MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CUTTER MEMBER TO CUT SAID WRAPPER TO THE PROPER LENGTH; (E) A TOP PLATE SUSPENDED AT THE WRAPPING STATION, (1) SAID TOP PLATE BEING UNIVERSALLY VERTICALLY MOVABLE BY A BUNDLE PASSING THEREUNDER; (F) FIRST FOLD PADDLES URGED AGAINST EACH SIDE OF THE BUNDLE AS IT PASSES INTO THE WRAPPING STATION; (G) A LOWER SIDE FLAP FOLDER ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUNDLE AT THE WRAPPING STATION, (1) SAID LOWER FLAP FOLDERS BEING RESILIENTLY URGED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH LOWER FLAPS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUNDLE FORMED AFTER ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST FOLD PADDLES, (2) MEANS ON SAID LOWER FLAP FOLDERS FOR CONTINUALLY URGING THE LOWER FLAPS OF THE BUNDLE UPWARDLY ABOUT THE BUNDLE DURING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; (H) AN UPPER SIDE FLAP HOLDER MOUNTED ON SAID TOP PLATE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUNDLE AT THE WRAPPING STATION, (1) SAID UPPER FLAP FOLDERS BEING RESILIENTLY URGED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER FLAPS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUNDLE FORMED AFTER ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST FOLD PADDLES, (2) AND MEANS ON SAID UPPER FLAP FOLDERS FOR CONTINUALLY URGING THE UPPER FLAPS OF THE BUNDLE DOWNWARDLY AROUND THE BUNDLE DURING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH.