Patent ID: 11897639
Assignee: SERPA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for applied packaging to grouped containers, comprising:
a grouping station for organizing a plurality of containers into a pre-determined arrangement;
an applicator station for receiving said plurality of containers in said pre-determined arrangement;
an applicator carriage having an applicator surface for receiving a ring carrier, said applicator surface having apertures for receiving an upper aspect of each of said containers in said predetermined arrangement, pivoting retainer structures for holding said ring carrier in alignment with said applicator surface, the applicator carriage operable to fixedly apply said ring carrier to said upper aspects of said containers by a single axis vertical motion;
a magazine operable to contain a plurality of ring carriers in a vertical stack, said magazine positioned adjacent to said applicator station, and allowing said applicator carriage to move between said magazine and said applicator station along a single plane of motion; and
an applicator carriage translating assembly operable to move said applicator carriage between said magazine and said applicator station.