Patent ID: 6170225
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A low speed packaging machine for applying a plastic carrier to a set of containers, comprising:conveyor means for conveying a plurality of containers along a predetermined horizontal path toward a carrier application station;carrier reel means for housing a supply of a plastic carrier to be installed upon a set of containers at said carrier application station when said set of containers is conveyed to said carrier application station by said conveyor means;a pair of carrier applicator plates, respectively having axes about which said pair of carrier applicator plates are rotatable, and disposed adjacent to said carrier application station for receiving said plastic carrier from said carrier reel means and for applying said plastic carrier upon a set of containers disposed at said carrier application station; andmeans for mounting said pair of carrier applicator plates such that said rotary axes are inclined, and not co-linear, with respect to each other through means of a first predetermined angle within a vertical plane, and are inclined, and not co-linear, with respect to each other through means of a second predetermined angle within a horizontal plane.