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AssigneeFuji Seal International, Inc.
InventorsMarinus Antonius Leonarda Van Heck, Frederik Gerardus Heeman, Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink
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The present disclosure relates to a container sleeving device, system and method for arranging sleeves on a plurality of containers, wherein the sleeves are made of tubular foil material made to pass over the circumferential outer surface of a spreading element, the container sleeving device comprising:—a spreading element configured to spread open the tubular foil material passing from a proximal spreading element portion (31) towards a distal spreading element portion (34);—a cutting unit (25) for cutting the spread-open tubular foil material to form a sleeve;—a sleeve discharge unit (28) configured to accelerate the sleeve to move over the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion so as to discharge the sleeve towards a container; wherein the distal spreading element portion and/or the proximal spreading element portion has one or more pressure regulating openings configured to regulate the pressure close to the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion and/or of the proximal spreading element portion.
Container sleeving device for arranging sleeves on a plurality of containers, wherein the sleeves are made of tubular foil material made to pass over the circumferential outer surface of a spreading element, the container sleeving device comprising:
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, the distal spreading element portion comprising a cavity connected to the air pressure regulating openings and to a region of ambient air pressure.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the air pressure regulating openings are radial openings.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the proximal spreading element portion comprises a substantially diverging part, wherein at least one of the air pressure regulating openings is arranged in the substantially diverging part.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the distal spreading element portion comprises a cylindrical wall and wherein the air pressure regulating openings are through-holes, wherein preferably also the intermediate spreading element portion between the proximal and distal spreading element portions comprises air pressure regulating openings.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the number of air pressure regulating openings is larger than 20.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the air pressure openings are substantially uniformly distributed along the circumferential outer surface of the distal spreading element portion.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the sleeve discharge unit comprising a set of inner discharge wheels arranged at a discharge position in the wall of the distal spreading element portion and a set of outer discharge wheels mounted to a frame, wherein the inner and outer discharge wheels are arranged to engage a sleeve on the discharge position and shoot the sleeve towards a container so as to arrange the sleeve on the container.
Container sleeving device as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the distal spreading element portion comprises a cylindrical wall along which the sleeve can be advanced, wherein the air pressure regulating openings in the cylindrical wall are configured to equalize the pressure outside and inside the spreading element.
Container sleeving system for arranging sleeves on a plurality of containers, comprising:
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