Apparatus and methods for securing articles to containers

Apparatus for manufacturing a package, comprising forming means for forming a container, filling means after said forming means for filling said container with contents, sealing means after said filling means for sealing the filled container, article attaching means after said sealing means for attaching said article to an external surface of the filled and sealed container, and conveying means extending past, in turn, said forming means, said filling means, said sealing means and said attaching means, wherein said attaching means was installed at said conveying means without said conveying means having been altered and wherein said displacing means comprises pivoting means for turning said receiver about an axis of pivoting.

Apparatus for receiving an article and placing said article on a selected panel of an erected container, said apparatus comprising a pivotally mounted, fluidic, piston-and-cylinder device having a reciprocable receiver provided thereon, a first stationarily mounted, fluidic, piston-and-cylinder device having a reciprocable abutment provided thereon for pushing said article from a track into said receiver, a second stationarily mounted, fluidic, piston-and-cylinder device having a reciprocable heated tool provided thereon for heating a surface of said article upon the pivoting of said article into alignment therewith by the pivotally mounted piston-and-cylinder device, the pivotally mounted piston-and-cylinder, after further pivoting thereof, serving to place said heated surface of said article on said selected panel.

A method comprising manufacturing a package by forming a container, filling the container with contents, sealing the filled container and then advancing the container by first conveying means, characterized by installing attaching means over said first conveying means without altering said first conveying means, and operating said attaching means to attach an article to an external surface of the filled and sealed container, wherein said first conveying means permits each container to move along and relative to said first conveying means while the container is advanced thereby, the installing of said attaching means is accompanied by the installing, at and in parallel with, said first conveying means and without altering said first conveying means, of second conveying means which prevents said container from moving relative to and along or across said second conveying means while the container is advanced thereby, and said advancing of said container past said attaching means is performed by said second conveying means.

A method comprising manufacturing a pair of packages by forming a pair of aligned containers, filling the containers with contents, sealing the filled containers and then advancing the containers by first conveying means, characterized by installing dual attaching means over said first conveying means without altering said first conveying means, and operating said dual attaching means to attach an article to an external surface of each filled and sealed container, wherein said first conveying means permits each container to move along and relative to said first conveying means while the container is advanced thereby, the installing of said attaching means is accompanied by the installing, at and in parallel with, said first conveying means and without altering said first conveying means, of second conveying means which prevents said container from moving relative to and along or across said second conveying means while the containers are advanced thereby, and said advancing of said containers past said dual attaching means is performed by said second conveying means.