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

Claim 12:
13. 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 operable to fixedly apply said ring carrier to said upper aspects of said containers by a single axis vertical motion; and
a container arresting mechanism operable to stop the advance of said containers into said grouping station.