Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Of receptacle or cover feed or adjunct feed or application
Patent
1983-08-04
1986-01-07
Spruill, Robert L.
Package making
With means responsive to a sensed condition
Of receptacle or cover feed or adjunct feed or application
53292, 53296, 53314, 29775, B67B 503, B65B 5700, B65B 5302
Patent
active
045626847
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for applying a tubular member over an article includes a supply of individual tubular members. A pair of opposed gripping members that are movable towards and away from each other are disposed on a rotatable pick-up and deposit wheel. As the wheel rotates, the gripping members come together to mechanically grip a tubular member from the supply. A vacuum is connected to the gripping members after they have mechanically gripped the tubular member, and the gripping members are moved apart as the wheel rotates them towards the application station so as to open the tubular member. The article is conveyed to the application station at a speed greater than that of the tubular member such that at the application station, the article meets the tubular member, is threaded therein, and pulls it fully open and around the article by a camming action. The vacuum is then disconnected so that the tubular member rests loosely around the container for further processing such as heat shrinking.
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Culbro Corporation
Folkerts Michael D.
Spruill Robert L.
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