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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1978
Marshall G Brummett, Toledo, OH (US);
Owens-Illinois, Inc., , OH (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a brush assembly that is shaped to an elongated longitudinal contour corresponding with the path for articles carried by a conveyor between an assembly station, whereat sleeves of heat shrinkable thermoplastic are telescopically placed thereon, and a tunnel-like oven. The sleeves are positioned in the assembly station in a position for subsequent heat shrinkage. The sleeves are each engaged by flexible bristle or like projections of the brush assembly during movement between assembly and the oven which hold the sleeve in place on the article. The disclosed brush assembly is an improvement when added to the machine of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,012,271, and in one preferred form of the invention the brush assembly is used in conjunction with the water-cooled support bar of that disclosure. An adjustable support means is also disclosed for locating the brush assembly in relation to an elevation of the article and toward or away from said article.