Patent ID: 6892508
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for manufacturing a container, the apparatus comprising: a seriatim forming, filling, and sealing machine configured to form, fill and seal containers; a conveyor extending past the forming, filling, and sealing machine and configured to serially advance containers past the machine as the containers are being formed, filled, and sealed; and an article applicator configured to be retrofit adjacent the conveyor downstream from the machine and configured to attach a plurality of articles to respective external surfaces of filled and sealed containers while the conveyor is holding the containers the article applicator further comprising: a heater configured to heat to a predetermined temperature a portion of respective external surfaces of filled and sealed containers; a receiver configured to receive articles from a supply source; a heat source configured to heat respective surface portions of received articles to a predetermined temperature; a displacer configured to move the receiver so as to expose articles received therein to the heat source and to move the receiver further so as to place respective heated surface portions of received articles onto respective heated surface portions of filled and sealed containers; a cooled anvil; and a press configured to press the cooled anvil against selected surfaces of received articles to bond respective heated surface portions of received articles to respective heated surface portions of filled and sealed containers.