摘要 |
<p>A station (10) for capping an article set in a capping zone by means of a flexible tubular casing (12). It comprises means (17) of gripping the outside of the casing that are mobile to grip an edge of the end of the casing fed to them and they are equipped with means (26) of traction and curling the wall of the casing starting from this end edge to accommodate the curly part in a zone of accumulation (30) within the gripping means. The gripping means (17) being moreover mobile to insert the casing on the article in the capping zone gradually releasing the curled portion in the zone of accumulation. The gripping means (17) comprise blowing means (40) to form a cushion of air between a sliding wall (41) of the zone of accumulation and the curled wall of the casing to help unwind the casing from the zone of accumulation during capping.</p> |