Patent ID: 6231491
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B31B,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A method of transporting a fitment from a first station to a second station, comprisingproviding a fitment at said first station, said fitment having a spout flange, a spout projecting upward from said flange having an upper and a lower end and an inner and an outer wall surface, a detachable membrane in said spout closing off said spout and dividing said inner wall surface into an upper inner wall surface portion and a lower inner wall surface portion, said lower inner wall surface portion being below said membrane and extending upward from said lower end, said inner wall surface portion having a first length and a first inside diameter,and a holder-engaging portion formed on said lower inner wall surface portion, said holder-engaging portion having a second length less than said first length and a minimum second inside diameter less than said first inside diameter,said lower inner wall surface portion having a substantial cylindrical shape,providing a container having an apertured wall at said second station,providing a fitment holder having a fitment-engaging portion,detachably engaging said holder-engaging portion with said fitment-engaging portion at said first station to prevent unintentional disengagement of said holder from said fitment by inserting said fitment engaging portion into said lower end so that said fitment-engaging portion engages said fitment,moving said holder and fitment thereon from said first station to said second station,fitting said fitment inside said container at said second station with said flange engaging an inner surface of said apertured wall, anddisengaging said holder from said fitment.