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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M Rogalski, Pinckney, MI (US);
Barry C Owen, Southfield, MI (US);
Mark R Kucera, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Elopak Systems AG, Glattbrugg, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493102 ; 493 14 ; 493 87 ;
Abstract
A four-armed pour spout fitment applicator adaptable to rotating two of the arms into open-topped cartons and applying flanged pour spout fitments outwardly through openings in a pair of adjacent carton top panels, while the other two arms are adapted to substantially receive two additional fitments transferred thereto by two air cylinders. External ultrasonic sealers have horns serving to engage the outer panel surfaces to seal the flanges of the fitments to the inner surfaces of the top panels around the openings.