| 摘要 |
A device for applying molded plastic clips to unattached containers to form multiple container packages which includes a container alignment device for aligning the unattached containers for application of the clips by generating uniform forces between the unattached containers during the application of the clips. This is accomplished by a series of star wheels that generate a predetermined downstream force and a predetermined upstream force by adjusting the predetermined phase angle between the star wheel means. This results in a substantially zero resultant force which ensures uniform expansion and precise alignment of the containers during application of the clips. Also disclosed is a clip orienting device for reorienting plastic molded clips from a transverse cross configuration to a longitudinal cross configuration which includes an alignment guide device for transporting clips in a transverse cross configuration, a retaining device for releasably retaining the clips in the alignment guide, such that the clips can be removed from the alignment guide at a predetermined angle, a clip removal device for sequentially displacing the clips from the retaining device at the predetermined angle, and an alignment track means disposed to engage the clips upon displacement from the retaining device at the predetermined angle such that the clips are disposed in the alignment track means in a longitudinal cross configuration.
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