Device and method for attaching banderoles, security tags, label strips, and/or control strips to containers

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A container handling machine comprising:
a container holding arrangement comprising a plurality of container holders configured to receive and hold containers that are not rotationally symmetrical; an attachment arrangement being configured to attach an elongated strip comprising one of: a banderole, a security strip, a label strip, and a tax strip, to a closed container by attaching a portion of the strip to a removable container top and at least one other portion of the strip to the container neck area; at least one of (A) and (B):
(A) each of said container holders being configured to rotate a container held thereby about a vertical container axis to orient the container in a desired orientation with respect to an elongated strip to be attached to the container; and(B) said attachment arrangement being configured to rotate about its axis to orient an elongated strip to be attached to a container in a desired orientation with respect to the container.