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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Claas Fritsche, Dortmund, DE;
Lutz Deckert, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Inventors:
Claas Fritsche, Dortmund, DE;
Lutz Deckert, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C 1/04 (2006.01); B65C 3/20 (2006.01); B65C 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C 3/20 (2013.01); B65C 9/06 (2013.01); B65C 9/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A container handling machine and method of handling containers, in which an attachment arrangement is used to attach an elongated strip, such as a banderole, a security strip, a label strip, or a tax strip, to the removable top of a closed container. Either or both of the container holder and the attachment arrangement which attaches the strips can be rotated in order to place the strip in a particular orientation with respect to the container.