| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for performing a plurality of successive processing operations with individual container sections or joined container sections forming containers. The processing operations include the dispensing of container sections and the assembly, filling and sealing of the containers. On a single platform, a plurality of spaced processing units are rotatably mounted. Each unit includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier stations for moving container sections or containers about the unit axis of rotation. A plurality of spaced star wheel transfer units are disposed intermediate and adjacent the processing units. The star wheels receive container sections or containers from and deliver them to the processing units at transfer zones defined generally tangentially of each of the processing units and an adjacently disposed star wheel unit. The transfer unit is rotatably mounted on the platform and includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier stations for moving the container sections or containers about the axis of rotation. The circumferential spacing of said carrier station on the transfer and processing units is substantially the same throughout; and the transfer and processing units are geared together for simultaneous rotation, with said carrier stations of each of the processing units and an adjacently disposed transfer unit rotating in opposite angular directions. The initial processing units are comprised of first and second denesters for supplying individual container sections to an adjacent transfer unit.</p> |
