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A LOW SPEED CONTAINER PACKAGING MACHINE FOR APPLYING PLASTIC CARRIERS (9) TO CONTAINERS (42) TO HOLD THEM IN PACKAGES COMPRISES, A CONVEYOR (5) MOVING CONTAINERS (42) IN DOUBLE ROWS AND INTRODUCES THEM TO THE CARRIER APPLYING SECTION, AND A COUPLE OF STARWHEELS (12) TO LOCATE THEM IN SYNCHRONOUS POSITIONS BELOW JAW PLATES (11) WHICH APPLY THE CARRIER STOCK (9) TO THEM. THE JAWS (15) ARE MOUNTED ON THE PLATES (11) WHICH SPIN ON TWO AXIS AT PRESET ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PLANES AND WHICH ARE LOCATEDSYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MACHINE. THE PLATES, UPON SPINNING TAKE THE CARRIER STRIP (9) FROM A FEEDTHROUGH (13) AND WITH THEIR JAWS (15), STRETCH THEM THE CARRIER SO THAT IT FITS OVER THE END OF THE CONTAINERS (42). A CENTRALLY POSITIONED RELEASE PLATE (19) REMOVES THE CARRIER STOCK (9) FROM THE JAW PLATES (11) AND, DEPOSITS IT ON THE CONTAINERS (42). ONCE THE CARRIER (9) IS APPLIED TO THE CONTAINERS (42), THESE ENTER A CUTTING STATION IN WHICH PACKAGES OF 2, 4, 6, 8 OR MORE CONTAINERS ARE FORMED BY MEANS OF A CUTTING SYSTEM WHICH CUTS THE CARRIER STOCK (9). (FIGURE 5)
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