Straw applicator
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsJonas Lindback, Gert Hansson
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying drinking straws on prefabricated packaging containers includes a drive device for continuous belts of drinking straws wrapped in protective sleeves or envelopes, a conveyor for moving packaging containers past the drinking straw applicator, a separator for separating drinking straws from the belt, as well as an applicator for applying the drinking straw on a side wall of the packaging container. The drinking straw applicator include at least one excenter which is excentrically disposed on a shaft mounted adjacent the drive device. During rotation of the shaft, the excenter is moved from an inner position to an outer position, a drinking straw is picked up at the inner position and is applied on a packaging container at the outer position.
Claims12
An apparatus for applying drinking straws on prefabricated packaging containers, comprising a drive means for continuous belts of drinking straws wrapped in protective sleeves or envelopes, a conveyor for moving packaging containers past the drinking straw applicator, means for separating drinking straws from the belt and means for applying the drinking straw on the side wall of the packaging container, wherein said means for applying the drinking straw comprises at least one excenter which is excentrically disposed on a shaft which is mounted adjacent the drive means, said excenter, during rotation of the shaft, being moved from an inner position to an outer position, a drinking straw being picked up at the inner position and applied on a packaging container at the outer position.
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