Method for applying a cutting strip to a container
AssigneeContinental Can Company of Canada Limited
InventorsWilliam Macdonald, George Webb, Peter Waldburger, Robert G. Hughes
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Abstract
A container which has a plastic cutting strip is described wherein the edge of the cutting strip is preferably serrated and the strip is adhered to the container throughout the length of the strip. A method is also described for applying the strip to containers using a continuous length of strip wherein the strip is serrated, is then applied and cut simultaneously as the blank passes thereunder.
Claims3
A method of providing a container with a suitable tear strip of flexible material including feeding the containers one by one, simultaneously feeding a continuous strip of plastic material, forming a serrated cutting edge on at least one edge of the strip as the strip is being advanced prior to its application to the container, feeding the continuous strip and the containers to an application station, sensing and determining the length of the area of each container on which the tear strip is to extend, applying before the application station adhesive to the continuous area on the container and controlling the application of adhesive to the length determined, applying the lead end of the continuous strip to the area on the container, cutting a length of the strip in accordance with the determined length while applying the strip to the container with the adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.