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US 5,129,984 AGranted
Machine for wrapping foil about the tops and necks of bottles
AssigneeETI-TEC Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsJosef Tomashauser, Rudolf Zodrow
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Abstract
A bottle labelling machine for pressing labels on bottles. The machine includes a transport star wheel with receptacles for the bottles located on its circumference. A support located above the transport star wheel has application elements located on the circumference of said support. The circular orbit of the application elements has a smaller diameter than and diverges in relation to the orbit of the receptacles.
Claims19
A system for pressing foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles, said system comprising:
- rotatable bottle transport means for transporting bottles around a portion of a generally circular path;
- said generally circular path defining a plane and a first rotation axis;
- said rotatable bottle transport means being rotatable about said first rotation axis;
- said first rotation axis being generally orthogonal to said plane defined by said generally circular path;
- a plurality of foil pressing means for pressing foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles;
- support means for rotatably supporting said plurality of foil pressing means above said bottle transport means;
- said support means for lowering a portion, at any one time, of said plurality of foil pressing means onto the tops and necks of bottles to press foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles;
- said support means and said plurality of foil pressing means being rotatable about a second rotation axis;
- said rotatable bottle transport means and said support means being relatively positioned such that said first rotation axis diverges from said second rotation axis to form a substantial angle therebetween;
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- said first rotation axis diverges from said second rotation axis to form a substantial angle therebetween to thereby configure said support means and said plurality of foil pressing means such that rotating said plurality of foil pressing means directly results in lowering a portion, at any one time, of said plurality of foil pressing means onto the tops and necks of bottles to press foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles.
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A machine for pressing foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles comprising:
- rotatable bottle transport means for transporting bottles along a first path;
- said first path defining a generally horizontal first plane and a first axis of rotation;
- said rotatable bottle transport means being rotatable about said first axis of rotation;
- said first rotational axis being generally orthogonal to said plane defined by said first path;
- a plurality of foil pressing means for pressing foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles;
- support means for supporting said plurality of foil pressing means above said bottle transport means;
- said support means for rotating said plurality of foil pressing means along a generally circular second path and said support means for lowering a portion, at any one time, of said plurality of foil pressing means onto the tops and necks of bottles to press foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles;
- said generally circular second path defining a second plane and a second axis of rotation;
- said bottle transport means and said support means being relatively positioned such that said generally horizontal first plane forms a generally diverging angle with said second plane;
- the projection of the horizontal component of said generally circular path of said support means for forming a generally elliptical pattern on said generally horizontal first plane;
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- said generally horizontal first plane forms a generally diverging angle with said second plane to thereby configure said support means and said plurality of pressing means such that said rotating of said plurality of foil pressing means along a generally circular second path directly results in lowering a portion, at any one time, of said plurality of foil pressing means onto the tops and necks of bottles to press foil sheets onto the tops and necks of bottles.
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