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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Ring Container Technologies, Llc, Oakland, TN (US);
Rusty Shaver, Oakland, TN (US);
Daniel Futral, Somerville, TN (US);
Doug Dygert, Olive Branch, MS (US);
Carl Ring, Memphis, TN (US);
RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Oakland, TN (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus for applying a bail handle to a container. The applicator includes a pickup mandrel for picking up the bail handle to be applied to a container; a stationary mandrel for receiving the bail handle from the pickup mandrel, the stationary mandrel having an engaging surface which has a diameter larger than an inner diameter of the bail handle when picked up by the pickup mandrel; and an applicator mandrel for receiving the bail handle from the pickup mandrel, the applicator mandrel having an engaging surface which has a diameter equal to or smaller than the stationary mandrel.