Procedure for the covering of editorial items

A procedure for the covering of editorial items, comprising positioning an opened editorial object (10) to be covered on a thermoplastic film (11) fitted with folds (12, 13, 31, 32) on its sides, so that said opened editorial object (10), on the film fitted with folds (12, 13, 31, 32), has sides (14, 15) of its cover tucked within said folds (12, 13, 31, 32);

• contacting said editorial object (10) with a head weld (30) of said thermoplastic film so that it is in a suitable position for a cutting and trimming step wherein excess thermoplastic film and welds of said sides of said editorial object (10), are subjected to cutting and trimming operations which are carried out by the use of a lever (17, 22, 24) fitted with hot resistances (18, 23, 25), wherein said folded thermoplastic film (11) is fed by a reel (21) and said thermoplastic film (11) located on said reel (21) has a fixed fold (12), and where said open editorial object (10) is placed on the folded thermoplastic film (11) with a side of its cover (14) being tucked into the fold (12), and an opposite side of the cover (15) being tucked into the opposite fold (13).