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US 12,654,896 B2Granted
Wrapping machine with wrapping-zone indicator
AssigneeSignode Bulgaria EOOD
InventorsPavel Basharanov, Roslan Danadzhiev
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wrapping machine that includes an indicating device including one or more light sources configured to project a visible wrapping-zone indicator. The wrapping-zone indicator includes a boundary at least partially surrounding a wrapping zone of the wrapping machine to indicate the wrapping zone.
Claims17
A wrapping machine comprising:
- a wrapping-material carriage configured to support a roll of wrapping material;
- an actuator operably connected to the wrapping-material carriage and configured to move the wrapping-material carriage along a path, wherein the path defines a wrapping zone;
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- an indicating device configured to project a visible loading-zone indicator including a loading-zone boundary at least partially surrounding a loading zone of the wrapping machine, wherein the loading zone is an area in which a load is positioned to be wrapped by the wrapping machine.
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A method of operating a wrapping machine, the method comprising:
- projecting, onto a support surface, a visible loading-zone indicator including a loading-zone boundary at least partially surrounding a loading zone of the wrapping machine;
- after a load has been positioned in the loading zone, moving a wrapping-material carriage along a path around the load, the path defining a wrapping zone;
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- while moving the wrapping-material carriage along the path, applying wrapping material from a roll of wrapping material on the wrapping-material carriage to the load.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.