method and machine for automatic packaging on the individual straws to drink, or similar articles configurantamente, 'weldable films

摘要

A process and relevant machine and has for its object to provide a means for packing individual drinking straws, or similarly shaped articles, in sealed strips consisting of two "films" which can be either hot or cold welded. The stages of said process are as follows: (a) formation of a compact line of straws arranged and cross fed along an inclined plane onto which they are released from a hopper where they are stacked; (b) removal of the first straw from the aforesaid line with the simultaneous arrest of the second one; (c) conduction of each straw into cut-outs provided in welding rollers.