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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 22, 2018
AR Packaging Systems Ab, Lund, SE;
Simon Holka, Staffanstorp, SE;
Per Hagelqvist, Lund, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a positioning unit for positioning a container element in a container body, comprising a base plate of a rigid material, and a plunger skirt of a resiliently deformable material. A footprint surface of the base plate has a circumferential edge with a side edge portion comprising an inwardly curved segment. The plunger skirt is transformable between an unexpanded state and an expanded state by relative movement in relation to the base plate. The disclosure further relates to an attachment unit for attaching a container element to a container body and to an apparatus for attaching container elements to container bodies in a flow of containers. In addition, the disclosure relates to a method of positioning a container element in a container body by means of the positioning unit.