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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Dieter Schateikis, Stolberg, DE;
Markus Bohn, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Dieter Schateikis, Stolberg, DE;
Markus Bohn, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Gruenenthal GmbH, Aachen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a device relating to handling caps for drinking straws is provided. In particular, the method and device provide for examining caps and discarding incomplete sets of caps and/or sets of caps in which at least one cap is aligned incorrectly.