Patent ID: 6820672
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for affixing objects to products moving in a row, the device comprising a holder for a stock of the objects and affixing means further comprising at least one suction nozzle on a carrier for removing one of the objects from the holder and moving the object, wherein the affixing means is capable of rotary movement about an axis of rotation wherein the affixing means is further capable of being driven intermittently between rotation and standstill, wherein during standstill of the affixing means the carrier is positioned in alignment with an object in a holder and is moveable in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation for attaching the at least one suction nozzle to the object and for removing the object from the holder, wherein the at least one suction nozzle of the carrier directly faces the object within the holder and wherein the device further comprises means for moving said products along a path, said path extending such that if tangentially approaches the rotational path of the affixing means at a position substantially centrally between the position of two carriers during standstill, such that the affixing means is capable of affixing the object to a moving product during rotary movement of the affixing means, and means for synchronizing the movement of the affixing means and the products, such that during rotary movement of the affixing means the speed of movement of the object is substantially equal to the speed of movement of the product.