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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1987
Istvan Foldesi, Laval, CA;
Ludwik Cudnoch, Montreal, CA;
Marcel P Belanger, Ste-Julie-de-Vercheres, CA;
Montreal Milling Cutter Co., Inc., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
An in-line sealer apparatus for applying and sealing foils to the mouth of sequentially presented containers. The apparatus includes a rotatable turret having a pocket wheel containing angularly spaced pockets for accommodating containers. Each pocket has a foil transfer and sealing mechanism which is associated therewith and mounted on the turret arrangement for rotation therewith. Each mechanism includes a stacker unit which removably attaches to the turret and stores therein a stack of foils. Each mechanism also includes a foil transfer and applying unit which is disposed below the stacker and includes a movable foil-engaging head for removing the lowermost foil in the stack, and thereafter transferring the foil and applying it to the mouth of the container positioned within the respective pocket. When so positioned, the container moves through a heating channel, while the head presses the foil against the container mouth, to seal the foil to the mouth, following which the head is removed and the container discharged from the turret arrangement.