Carrier applicator

Apparatus for applying a carrier to a pair of upstanding containers each having a neck with a flange, the carrier having means adapted to engage the neck of each container below the flange thereon, the apparatus comprising means for placing a carrier on the containers with the engaging means aligned with the necks of the containers, means for seating the engaging means below the flanges and means for supporting and moving the containers, with the carrier thereon, relative to said seating means, said seating means comprising first and second discs, each having a substantially continuous deformable periphery, and means for mounting said discs in spaced relation such that their respective peripheries are separated by a distance less than the distance between the outer peripheries of the flanges, but great enough to permit the flanges to pass therebetween, as the containers are moved relative to said seating means, each flange deforming the periphery of a different disc and each disc periphery exerting a force, towards said moving means, on the carrier at a location thereon adjacent the outer periphery of the respective flange.