Banding and packaging device

A banding and packaging device, comprising:

• an article carry-in mechanism that transports an article to a packaging position;
• a film piece transporting mechanism that transports a piece of film formed in a band shape onto the article at the packaging position;
• a film piece pressing mechanism that presses the piece of film on the article against the article at the packaging position and that further presses ends of the piece of film on both sides thereof downward;
• a film piece attaching mechanism that winds the piece of film around a bottom surface of the article and that attaches the ends pressed downward by the film piece pressing mechanism to the bottom surface;
• an article carry-out mechanism that transports from the packaging position the article wound with the piece of film, with the ends thereof being attached to the bottom surface;
• and
• a relaying mechanism that receives and supports the article being transported from below at a position between the article carry-in mechanism and the article carry-out mechanism, wherein
• the packaging position is set to locate between the article carry-in mechanism and the article carry-out mechanism, and
• the relaying mechanism receives and supports the article in a center part of the article in a direction of width of the article orthogonal to a direction of transport of the article.