Patent ID: 11939097
Assignee: KHS GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method of attaching self-adhesive carrying handles to bundles of containers that are being conveyed by a transporter along a transport direction, said carrying handles having been cut from an endless band that has sections that have an adhesive layer, wherein attaching said handles comprises causing rotation of a handle applicator that is mounted on a base body above said transporter and is configured to be driven by a motor to rotate about a horizontal rotation axis that is transverse to said transport direction, said handle applicator comprising three arms that are radial to said rotation axis and that each extend along a longitudinal axis that intersects said rotation axis, causing an engager and a cutter at each of said arms to cooperate to separate a handle from an endless band of material and to press self-adhesive portions at free ends of said handle onto said bundle to attach said handle to said bundle, each engager comprising a suction region that uses negative pressure to hold and to guide said band, using a mark detector to detect position markings on said handle, moving a contact body that is mounted on said base body so as to interact with said handle applicator, said contact body being adjustable between a release position and a drawing position, wherein, in said release position, said handle applicator can be freely driven and wherein, in said drawing position, said contact body is brought into contact with an upper side of an endless band of material prior to said endless band being cut to form said handle, wherein moving said contact body comprises actuating a contact-body driver configured to move said contact body along a continuum of positions between said release position and said drawing position based on actual position data indicative of actual positions of position markings on said handle.