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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1976
Filed:
May. 06, 1975
Francis H Bourgeois, Oak Park, IL (US);
Edward J McArdle, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A machine and method for applying an apertured carrier to containers to form a carrier pack are disclosed. The machine includes a lug wheel which draws a carrier web from a stock and positions the carrier web at a preliminary station. A plurality of angularly spaced pins are mounted on each side of a pinwheel, and these pins engage secondary carrier apertures formed at locations spaced apart from the primary apertures. As the pinwheel turns, a spreader cam forces the pins axially apart to transversely deform the carrier without substantially deforming it in a longitudinal direction. So oriented, the carrier is forced over a plurality of containers to form a pack. A plow then positively disengages the carrier and containers constituting the pack from the pins.