CPC B65B 11/585 (2013.01) [B65B 11/025 (2013.01); B65B 61/22 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A device for applying top sheets to palletised loads, comprising at least one support for at least one palletised load, feeding means for supplying top sheets to be applied to palletised loads, suitable for unwinding at least one film reel from which a plurality of said top sheets can be obtained, and at least one applicator member suitable for arranging individually each of the top sheets obtained from said at least one film reel over the top of the corresponding palletised loads, wherein said applicator member comprises at least one robotic arm, having at least one operating end, and at least a winding and unwinding member rotatably connected with said at least one operating end of the at least one robotic arm, said winding and unwinding member for wrapping said sheet, taken from said reel, on a wrapping surface, so as to take on a substantially tube-shaped configuration and then to unwind it over the top of the palletised load in a stretched configuration.
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