Patent ID: 6141939
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An apparatus for sequentially applying panels composed by a plurality of interconnected plastic caps to upwardly open containers placed in a group arrangement, each panel including at least one row of caps arranged so as to correspond to the group arrangement of said containers, said caps being connected to each other by radial tabs, the apparatus comprising:a belt conveyor for feeding in sequence group arrangements of containers already filled with product and sealed; a feeding path for feeding said cap panels above said belt conveyor;stopping means for stopping each cap panel at an end region of said feeding path, said stopping means comprising at least one abutment element arranged along said feeding path so as to abut at said radial tabs without interfering with said caps; andpressure means, arranged at said belt conveyor downstream of said end region of said feeding path, for pressing down successive rows of caps so as to apply the caps to the containers placed in the group arrangement fed on said belt conveyor.