Patent ID: 7647750
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B65B,B65C,B65D,B67B

Abstract:
1. A wrapping member attaching method for attaching a wrapping member to a container comprising the steps of: conveying the container; preheating the container in such a manner that the container collides with a contact means to rotate the container in a circumferential direction while entering a gap between a first and a second container preheating means along the contact means, the first and the second container preheating means arranged to face with each other in parallel, each having a blowout face for preheating a portion of the container and arranged inclined with respect to the conveying direction of the container, the contact means is included in the first container preheating means and is arranged adjacent to the blowout face of the first container preheating means; surrounding the container with the wrapping member; and heating the wrapping member by a wrapping member heating means at a temperature not less than a shrinkage starting temperature of the wrapping member so as to shrink the wrapping member around the container and attach the wrapping member to the container.