Method for protectively covering container necks

摘要

Method for applying cover or cladding elements of heat shrinkable plastics material upon the externally screw threaded metal necks of dispensing containers such as toothpaste tubes comprises for mounting a succession of containers and presenting them at an insert applying station having means for advancing the tubular open end of a continuous length of synthetic plastics tubing toward a positioned container neck and for operating upon the leading end of the tubing to separate therefrom successive cover or cladding elements of desired length and dispose each on a container neck prior to a heat shrinking operation for permanently securing the elements upon the threaded necks.