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Method and apparatus for closing containers

US4833864A · kind A · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1987
Grant dateMay 30, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B7/2842
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for closing containers with a cover foil. In the method and with the apparatus of the invention, the containers are conveyed without change in vertical position and without stopping between rotation systems bearing the closure tools and rotating above and below the plane of the conveyor belt, and provided with covers.

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