METHOD FOR APPLYING A SHRINK SLEEVE TO THE CLOSURE END OF A CONTAINER AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SUCH METHOD

摘要

1. A method for applying a shrink sleeve to the closure end of a container in the act of being conveyed, and apparatus for performing the method. 2.1 A known apparatus of the type defined above operates intermittently for applying shrink sleeves to the closure ends of containers, specifically bottles, by the use of a mandrel. The bottles (4) have to be stopped for having the shrink sleeves applied thereto. As a result it is impossible to achieve high operating speed of the shrink sleeve applying operation. 2.2 The apparatus and method are base on the provision that the mandrel (7) is disposed at an inclined position relative to the conveying direction (F) of the bottles (4), so that the closure ends (3) of the bottles (4) enter the lower open ends of the shrink sleeves (2) as the bottles are being conveyed and before the respective shrink sleeves are cut off. 2.3 The method and apparatus are useful for sealing bottle closures by means of shrink sleeves. 3. Figure 1.