Cup making machine having applicator mechanism
AssigneeSherwood Tool, Incorporated
InventorWarren E. Johnson
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Abstract
A cup making machine having a turret for indexing a cup forming mandrel to successive forming stations and a hot melt applicator mechanism including a nozzle for applying a bead of hot melt material to a partially formed cup blank carried by the mandrel as it is indexed into position at one forming station. The nozzle is supported for compound movement relative to the mandrel in response to indexing movement of the turret so that a relatively straight bead of hot melt material is applied to a portion of the cup blank which travels in an arcuate indexing path.
Claims10
An applicator mechanism for a container making machine having a frame, a rotary turret supported on said frame for indexing movement about an axis to a plurality of successive container forming stations, and a container forming mandrel mounted in cantilever position on said turret with the axis of said mandrel extending radially outwardly from said turret, said applicator mechanism comprising applicator means for applying fluent material to an associated surface of a container blank carried by the moving mandrel as said mandrel indexes from one to another of said forming stations, said associated surface being disposed generally within a radial plane relative to the axis of said turret, means supporting said applicator means for movement relative to said turret, and means for moving said applicator means in material applying relation to a moving container blank carried by said moving mandrel in response to the indexing movement of said turret relative to said frame to apply a rectilinear strip of the fluent material to said associated surface of said moving container blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.