CPC B65B 11/025 (2013.01) [B65B 41/16 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. Apparatus (10) for wrapping a film (6) around an object (4), wherein said apparatus (10) comprises
a) a carriage (1) adapted to house a reel of said film (6),
b) an opening (11) in said carriage (1) to allow said film (6) to exit the carriage (1),
c) a motorized roller (7) adapted to facilitate said exit of the film (6) from the carriage (1) through said opening (11); and
d) a device (19) placed inside the carriage (1) at said opening (11) along the path traveled by the film (6) exiting the carriage (1) and adapted to be electrostatically charged and transmit said charge to the leading end portion of film (6) exiting said carriage (1) to fix the leading end portion of film (6) to the object (4) to be wrapped.
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