Patent ID: 9643743
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B29C,B65B,B65C

Claim:
1. Sleeving device for arranging a sleeve around a product, such as a container, the device comprising: a frame; a foil feeding unit for feeding foil, a mandrel suspended in the frame, the mandrel (i) having a substantially tubular outer surface around which the foil is fed and (ii) configured to (a) be electrically isolated from a ground and (b) open the foil; a cutting unit configured to cut a sleeve from the foil; a sleeve discharging unit configured to arrange a sleeve around a container; and an inside sleeve discharge unit comprising (i) a charge collector attached to a discharge end of the mandrel, the charge collector (a) having a cylindrical shape and including electrically conductive material arranged along at least a part of a circumferential surface of the mandrel, wherein the mandrel and the charge collector share a common longitudinal axis and (b) configured to collect a charge from an inside surface of the sleeve, and (ii) a discharger mounted on the frame at a short distance from the charge collector, the discharger being connected to the ground.