Package making – Methods – Applying a partial cover
Patent
1992-01-31
1993-03-30
Sipos, John
Package making
Methods
Applying a partial cover
53585, 53291, 19880314, B65B 5302
Patent
active
051972590
ABSTRACT:
The present invention entails a conveyor system for use in conjunction with a band application machine that applies tamper-evident bands to containers being conveyed by the conveyor system. The conveyor includes a conveyor with an upper run and a lower run. Connected to the conveyor and moving with the conveyor is a series of band support plates that each define an individual container opening. A container support plate extends beneath the conveyor's upper run and below the band support plates being conveyed along the conveyor's upper run. Each container is inserted into an individual container opening such that the container is vertically supported by the container support plate and such that the band support plate extends around the container. The band support plates are positionable at a selected vertical position about the containers by varying the relative height of the container support plate beneath the band support plates. The inserted containers are slid along the container support plate by the band support plates toward the band application machine. The band application machine places tamper-evident bands about the top of containers and the tamper-evident bands are supported by the band support plates at a selected vertical position on the container. The band support plates encircle the containers and provide continuous support for the tamper-evident bands placed about the container. While the bands are supported by the band support plates at a selected position about the containers, the bands are spot-heated or heat shrunken to fix the tamper-evident bands about the containers.
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Moon Daniel
Sipos John
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