Article wrapping apparatus

Article wrapping apparatus, comprising means for feeding a wrapper web, first severing means for severing successive leading end portions of the web into wrapper sections of predetermined length, means for conveying articles to be wrapped along a path, means for conveying successive wrapper sections to a position at which they are respectively intercepted by successive articles conveyed along said path and thereby initiating wrapping of the articles, second severing means upstream of said first severing means for performing a separate severing operation on the web so that at least one such operation is performed on each portion of the web corresponding to a wrapper section, means defining a variable length path for the web between said first and second severing means, first drive means for said wrapper section conveying means, second drive means for said article conveying means, third drive means for said first severing means, fourth drive means for said second severing means, fifth drive means for moving said path length defining means to vary the length of said path, and control means for said first, second, third, fourth and fifth drive means, said control means including means for synchronising said drives for operation at a plurality of different predetermined lengths of wrapper sections and means for controlling said fifth drive means to maintain said variable path length in a predetermined relationship with the length of a wrapper section.