Apparatus for foil wrapping bottle necks

Abstract

Abstract METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOIL WRAPPING BOTTLE NECKS AND THE LIKE PRECUT FOIL WRAPPERS STORED IN A MAGAZINE AND COMPRISING ADVANCING UNWRAPED BOTTLES ALONG A PATH, SUCCESSIVELY FEEDING INDIVIDUAL FOIL WRAPPERS FROM THE MAGAZINE TOWARD A BOTTLE STATION ALONG SAID PATH, APPLYING A LEADING PORTION OF THE WRAPPER TO THE BOTTLE NECK, ROLLING THE WRAPPER AROUND THE BOTTLE NECK TO WRAP PORTION OF THE WRAPPER TO THE BOTTLE NECK, EXPOSING A TOP MARGIN OF THE WRAPPER UPWARDLY BEYOND THE TOP OF THE BOTTLE WHILE ROLLING IT ONTO THE BOTTLE NECK, PRESSING THE EXPOSED TOP MARGIN OF THE WRAPPER INWARDLY IN FOLDS, AND FLATTENING THE INWARDLY PRESSED AND FOLDED WRAPPER MARGIN AGAINST THE BOTTLE TOP. THE CONVEYOR CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUAL BOTTLE IN VERTICAL ORIENTATION WHILE IT IS ROTATED AGAINST FLAPS, PADS, AND BRUSHES, ETC., TO SMOOTH THE WRAPPER ONTO THE BOTTLE. AN INFEED STAR WHEEL HAS SPACED PLATES WITH PERIPHERAL POCKETS WHICH ARE ALIGNED VERTICALLY AND WHICH HOLD THE BOTTLE IN VERTICAL ORIENTATION. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 Karl Dullinger

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