Method and device for forming packaging units
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorWilfried Ehmer
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Abstract
A closure unit includes a closure head that closes a container by applying a closure onto a container opening thereof, a grouper that brings bring closed containers close together to form a bundle of closed containers, and an adhesive applicator that applies adhesive to a circumferential side wall of a container.
Claims22
1-19 (canceled)
An apparatus comprising a closure unit and a container-delivery element structured and configured to deliver unclosed containers to said closure unit, said closure unit comprising a closure head, a grouper, and an adhesive applicator, each of which is disposed within said closure unit, wherein said closure head is structured and configured to close a container by applying a closure onto a container opening thereof, wherein said grouper is structured and configured to bring closed containers close together to form a bundle of closed containers, and wherein said adhesive applicator is structured and configured to apply adhesive to a circumferential side wall of a container.
A method comprising forming a bundle of containers, wherein forming a bundle comprises delivering filled containers to a closure unit, at said closure unit, closing each of said containers with a corresponding closure, applying adhesive onto a circumferential side walls of said containers, bringing said containers together to promote adhesive engagement between said containers after having closed said containers, and compacting said containers to form said bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.