Patent ID: 9604743
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B65B,B65G,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for producing a container pack with containers received from a plurality of single-track container flows that have been converted by lane division from a wide container stream, wherein a grouping device that compartmentalizes and compresses a predetermined number of containers has formed said containers into part-container packs that are to be subsequently combined to form said container pack, wherein applicator elements provide at least one of said containers of said container pack with an adhesive on a location on said at least one of said containers, said location being selected from the, group consisting of a contact surface on said at least one of said containers and an interface on said at least one of said containers, said adhesive being selected from the group consisting of a bonding agent and an adhesive agent, said apparatus comprising a linear transporter for transporting in a transport direction, applicator elements, and head guides, wherein said linear transporter comprises a first section, a second section, and a third section, wherein transport surfaces run parallel to one another in said first section, wherein said transport surfaces are oriented at an angle to one another in said second section, and wherein said transport surfaces again run parallel to one another in said third section, wherein said second section comprises said applicator elements, wherein said head guides are transversely displaceable and rotatable far single-container transport along said first, second, and third sections, wherein said apparatus is configured to bring containers together in said third section to form said pack and to transport said pack towards a discharge side, wherein the grouping device is selected from the group consisting of a compartment unit and a compressor unit.