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AssigneeElopack System AG
InventorsMorten Abrahamsen, William Lee Clack, Michael Dale Clayton, Anthony John Lukasiewicz
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An applicator (10a) affixes fitments (12) to paperboard cartons (20), each fitment (12) comprising a screw cap on a pour spout. An ultrasonic horn (18) reciprocates between a retracted position for receiving a fitment (12) and an advanced position for depositing the fitment (12) on an outer surface of a carton (20). A duct (26) extends and provides fluid communication between an air handler and a fitment-holding recess (30) formed in the horn (18). The air handler is actuable to evacuate the duct (26) to retain a fitment (12) in the recess (30) by suction while transporting the fitment (12) to be affixed to the container wall. The air handler also supplies pressurized gas to the duct (26) to blow the fitment (12) from the horn (18) before the horn returns to the retracted position. A receiver reciprocates between a pick-up position for receiving a fitment (12) and a delivery position for passing the fitment (12) to the horn (18), the receiver comprising a head (34c) with a suction opening (40a) formed in the end portion thereof for communication with the interior of the fitment.
1-42. (canceled)
Apparatus for use in attaching a cap-form fitment to a container, comprising a support, a head projecting transversely from said support for receiving said fitment over a free end portion thereof, and a suction opening formed in said end portion for communicating with at least a part of the interior of said fitment, which part is bounded by an end wall of said interior.
A method of applying a cap-form fitment to a container, including causing the fitment to be received over a free end portion of an element, and producing suction between said end portion and an end wall of the interior of said fitment, thereby to promote retention of said fitment on said end portion.
Apparatus for use in attaching a cap-form fitment to a container, said apparatus including a support, an internally threaded blind bore formed transversely in said support, and an externally threaded spigot screwed into said bore and including a free end portion for receiving said fitment thereover.
Apparatus for affixing a fitment to an outside surface of a container, comprising:
A method of affixing a fitment to an outside surface of a container, comprising:
Apparatus for affixing fitments to containers where each fitment includes a cap screwed onto a circumferentially-flanged cylindrical pour spout, the apparatus comprising:
A method for affixing a fitment to a container where the fitment includes a screw cap on a circumferentially-flanged cylindrical pour spout, the method including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.