Patent ID: 6192658
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fitting a sheet-like article including a fixture with an opening formed therein which is adapted to be fitted around the neck of a vessel and a portion extending from the fixture around a vessel which is contained in a case having a partition, comprising the steps ofholding the sheet-like article with holder means at a location toward the fixture;moving the holder means while maintaining the portion which extends from the fixture declined downward, bringing the lower surface of said portion into abutment against a top end of the partition at a location which is adjacent to a particular vessel around which the sheet-like article is to be fitted;relatively moving the holder means toward said particular vessel until the holder means is located above the particular vessel, whereupon the abutment of the sheet-like article against the top end of the partition is terminated;and fitting the sheet-like article around the particular vessel while it is inserted into a space defined by the partition in which the particular vessel is received.