Method of fitting products with stretchable sleeves
AssigneeProtection Decoration Conditionnement Europe
InventorsJean-Claude René Vandevoorde, Philippe Jacques Thebault
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Abstract
Method of fitting products with stretchable sleeves. A stretchable sheath is placed on a reel by forming a tubular sheath made from a stretchable plastic material of the dimension required to fit the product, flattening the sheath whilst forming a gusset in each side of the contour to reduce the width of the flattened sheath, and winding the sheath onto a reel. The stretchable sleeves are placed on the products by unreeling the sheath with its gussets, aligning the sheath with the production line, feeding the flat sheath into the cutter in order to cut a sleeve, and picking up the cut sleeve in order to place it on the product.
Claims2
Method of fitting products with stretchable sleeves, comprising
- forming a tubular sheath from a elastic plastic material of the dimension required to fit the product,
- printing the sheath,
- after printing the sheath, flattening the sheath whilst forming a gusset in each side of the contour to reduce the width of the flattened sheath,
- winding the sheath onto a reel,
- unreeling the sheath with its gussets,
- aligning the sheath with the production line,
- feeding the fiat sheath into a cutter in order to cut a sleeve,
- picking up the cut sleeve stretching the cut sleeve, and
- placing the cut sleeve on the product.
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