Method for applying a shrink sleeve to the closure end of a container and apparatus for performing such method

US5001887A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Krones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik · DE

Inventors

• Erich Eder · Donaustauf, DE
• Horst Winter · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 1989
• Grant date: Mar 26, 1991
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/303
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for applying a shrink sleeve to the closure end of a conveyed container and apparatus for performing the method. Shrink sleeves supplied in the form of a hose are expanded over a mandrel which is disposed at an inclined position relative to the conveying direction of the containers such that the closure ends of the containers enter the lower open ends of the shrink sleeves as the containers are conveyed and before the respective shrink sleeves are cut off.