Patent ID: 8549974
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B26D,B29C,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that conditions plastic containers for use, comprising: a pre-separation station with container blocks received therein in conveying steps, the container blocks each having a plurality of containers molded to one another side by side at parting lines; one oscillating knife for each parting line of the container blocks in the pre-separation station; and a common drive coupled to each oscillating knife for moving each oscillating knife through a cutting stroke producing a pre-separation incision at each parting line, at least one oscillating knife being offset on the common drive relative to another oscillating knife relative to the cutting strokes thereof in an offset time sequence of cutting strokes; whereby, the containers in each of the container blocks can be separated from one another by the separation incisions formed in the container blocks at the parting lines.