Application Device and Method for Applying Additional Elements in an Application Direction

An application device for applying additional elements, in particular straws, to packages, preferably cardboard composite packages, having at least one transport device for transporting the packages along a transport track and having at least one application apparatus comprising at least one applicator for applying the additional elements to the package, wherein the applicator is provided on the application apparatus to be adjustable from a pick-up position for picking up the additional elements, to an application position for applying the additional elements to the packages and back, wherein

• the at least one application apparatus, as a result of an adjustment, in particular of the applicator, overlapping with the adjustment of the applicator from the pick-up position to the application position, is designed for picking up the additional elements in a pick-up orientation in space by the applicator and for applying the additional elements in an application orientation inclined from the pick-up orientation in space by the applicator and wherein the at least one applicator is associated with a control device for controlling the adjustment of the applicator between the pick-up orientation and the application orientation,
• characterised in that
• the control device is designed for the forced adjustment of the applicator as a result of the adjustment of the applicator between the pick-up position and the application position and in that the at least one control device comprises at least one roller for rolling along on a control cam of the application apparatus when adjusting the applicator between the pick-up position and the application position.