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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2021
Swedish Match North Europe Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Daniel Hafstad, Frillesås, SE;
SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus () and a method for attaching a lid () to a base portion (). The lid and the base portion form parts of a container, such as a user container () for a pouched product for oral use. The apparatus () comprises a support (), a base portion feeder (), adapted to place a base portion on the support, alid positioner () comprising a lid holder (), and a mover (), adapted to move the base portion and the lid as a combined unit () in a travel direction (TD). The lid positioner is movable between a lid pick-up position and a lid attachment position, the lid holder in the lid pick-up position of the lid positioner being adapted to pick up the lid. The lid holder has a front portion () and a rear portion () as seen in the travel direction when the lidpositioner is in the attachment position. The lid holder is, in the attachment position of the lid positioner, adapted to hold the lid in a predefinable position in relation to the base portion by the lid holder assuming an angle (α) in relation to the support, with the front portion of the lid holder being located closer to the support than the rear portion of the lid holder. The mover is adapted to move the combined unit in the travel direction from the 15 rear portion towards the front portion of the lid holder.