Apparatus and method for sealing or tying products

Bundle of products, tied by at least an adhesive tape extending around and adhered to a peripheral portion thereof, wherein between the tape and the bundle of products an item is enclosed at least partly.

Method for sealing or tying products, wherein adhesive tape is led over an open side of a cell of a star wheel, an adhesive side of the adhesive tape facing away from the star wheel, wherein a product or a bundle of products is pushed against the tape and into the cell, adhering at least part of the adhesive tape around at least part of the product or bundle of products, and rotating the star wheel around an axis, wherein the cell with the product or bundle of products is preferably moved along a feeding station for feeding a second tape, preferably non adhesive tape, over the cell and the product or bundle, adhering to the adhesive tape, tying the tape round the product or the bundle of products, wherein the star wheel is rotated further and the tape is or the two adhered tapes are cut, allowing the bundle to be removed from the cell, wherein an item is adhered to the tape prior to entering the product or bundle of products into a cell, such that the item is pushed into the same cell.

Use of a sealer with a star wheel, an adhesive tape dispenser and a tape dispenser for a second tape, easier tearable than the adhesive tape, for binding products, especially fresh produce, wherein adhesive tape is dispensed form the dispenser and wound around at least part of a bundle of products using the star wheel, where after a second tape is adhered to the adhesive tape, such that ends of the adhesive tape are covered by the second tape and do not adhere to each other, wherein the bundle of products is pushed into and temporarily held in the cell by an urging device and/or a pressing device, wherein preferably also an item is pushed into the cell, between the adhesive tape and the bundle of products.

Use of tape for tying a bundle of products, wherein an item is adhered to the tape, where after the tape with the item is wound around at least part of said bundle of products and adhered thereto and/or to itself, such that the item is enclosed at least partly between the bundle of products and the tape.