Patent ID: 6526725
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
In an apparatus for separating straws from a web at a high rate of speed and attaching each of said straws to one of a plurality of containers, the improvement comprising:means, rotating in a first direction and having a plurality of slots, for receiving said web of straws; means, rotating in a second opposite direction and having a plurality of blades, for cutting each of said straws from said web; means, disposed adjacent to said straw receiving means, for pressing each of said straws into one of said plurality of said slots, wherein said pressing means rolls along an outer surface of said straw receiving means to facilitate said high rate of speed; and means for controlling said receiving means and said cutting means, said receiving means disposed adjacent to said cutting means wherein each of said plurality of blades serially enters a slot on said receiving means to accomplish said cutting.