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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johannes Jänen, Troisdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Riverwood International Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/124 ; B65G 1/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/124 ; B65G 1/512 ;
Abstract
There is provided for a packaging machine an overhead boom arrangement,having a number of endless belts,driven around sets of rollers,The belts,contact the tops of articles/bottles,or carton blanks,and are driven at the same speed as the speed of the articles through the packaging machine. At least one of the belts,is height adjustable relative to the other belt or belts,The boom arrangement holds the articles,whilst the blanks,are being folded around.