Lidding system and lidding method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsYuji TANOUE, Kanta YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya HIRAHARA, Takamasa SAITO
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Abstract
A lidding system includes a transfer apparatus configured to transfer a container which is put on the transfer apparatus such that a bottom of the container contacts the transfer apparatus, the container having an opening opposite to the bottom and a side wall extending from the bottom to the opening; a holding apparatus configured to hold the side wall of the container at a lidding position; and a lidding apparatus configured to press a lid against the container held by the holding apparatus to close the opening.
Claims20
A lidding system comprising:
- a transfer apparatus configured to transfer a container which is put on the transfer apparatus such that a bottom of the container contacts the transfer apparatus, the container having an opening opposite to the bottom and a side wall extending from the bottom to the opening;
- a holding apparatus configured to hold the side wall of the container at a lidding position;
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- a lidding apparatus configured to press a lid against the container held by the holding apparatus to close the opening.
A lidding method comprising:
- transferring a container which is put on a transfer apparatus such that a bottom of the container contacts the transfer apparatus, the container having an opening opposite to the bottom and a side wall extending from the bottom to the opening;
- holding the side wall of the container at a lidding position;
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- pressing a lid against the container while the side wall of the container is held at the lidding position to close the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.