Patent · US Expired

Packaging machine

US4776830A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 20, 1986
Grant dateOct 11, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B3/025
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A packaging machine including a rotor having a plurality of radial mandrels each for carrying a container as fitted therearound and intermittently drivingly rotatable so that the mandrels successively stop at processing stations equal in number to the number of the mandrels, a container bottom breaker provided at one of the processing stations, and a container holding device provided at the same processing station as the container bottom breaker and having at least one container pressing member to be pressed against the mandrel at rest at said same processing station over the container fitted around the mandrel.

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