Patent ID: 6990785

Claim:
Method for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers, comprising feeding the drinking straws in the form of a drinking straw band ( 6 , 26 ) provided on one side with a glue layer ( 8 ) by a feeder device ( 12 ) to the beverage containers ( 2 ), severing the drinking straw band ( 6 , 26 ) with a cutting device ( 14 ) in the area of the feeder device ( 12 ) between two drinking straws, piercing the cutting device ( 14 ) through the glue layer ( 8 ) and the drinking straw into a circumferential groove ( 58 ) provided on the feeder device ( 12 ) corresponding in its height position to the glue layer ( 8 ) and the height extension (h 1 ) of which at least corresponds to the width (h 2 ) of the glue band, and glueing the individual drinking straws onto the respective beverage containers.