Apparatus and method for wrapping an article

Abstract

An apparatus for wrapping a substantially parallelepiped shaped article with a wrapper material web, the apparatus comprising: a wrapper applicator for positioning the wrapping material web in a wrapping configuration in which the wrapping material web is applied on upper and peripheral faces of the article; a fastening device for maintaining the wrapping material web in the wrapping configuration on the article; a backing member positioner for positioning a backing member between the wrapper material web and the article at a desired location along the article to allow one of fastening an overlying material web portion of the wrapping material web to an underlying material web portion of the wrapping material web extending under the overlying material web portion at the desired location, and fastening the wrapping material web to the backing member at the desired location. There is also provided a method for wrapping the article.

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