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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Ipn Ip B.v., DC Houten, NL;

Inventors:

Laurens Last, Monaco, MC;

Willem Jan Adriaan Oosterling, SL Loon Op Zand, NL;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/02 (2006.01); B65B 61/18 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/02 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 7/2807 (2013.01); B65B 7/2835 (2013.01); B65B 61/186 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an assembly machine adapted to assemble caps () onto spouts () and a method of assembling caps onto spouts, wherein use is made of such an assembly machine. The assembly machine comprises a spout supply (), a cap supply () and a frame comprising a cap guide arc (). The frame further comprises a turret assembly () comprising a circular spout transporter (), a cap positioning element () provided above the cap guide arc () and a cap assembly unit () provided above the spout transporter (). The cap assembly unit () is adapted to pick up the cap at a pick-up position (C) and assemble the cap onto the spout at an assembly position (D).


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