Process for attaching drinking straws to packaging containers and apparatus for carrying out the process

Patent 4707965 Issued on November 24, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 12, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Becker, Gert

Assignee

Overbeck GmbH & Co.

Application

No. 06/906366 filed on 09/12/1986

US Classes:

53/410, Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to a cover53/133.1, Adjunct comprising provision to allow access to contents, e.g., spout, straw, drain, opening, etc.53/133.2, Fitment to dispense flowable contents, e.g., spout53/52WITH MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A SENSED CONDITION

Examiners

Primary: Spruill, Robert L.
Assistant: Weihrouch, Steven P.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak, and Seas

International Class

B65B 61/20 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1985-09-14 DE

Abstract

When drinking straws are fastened to packs, it is particularly difficult to press the drinking straws precisely onto glue spots previously applied to the packs. For this purpose, it is proposed to determine the position of the packs on their conveyor and then actuate the glue applicator device or a press-on means for drinking straws when this point of the conveyor has been reached and consequently the pack has arrived in front of the glue applicator device or the straw press-on means. Alternatively, the control is determined by measuring the position and speed of the particular pack to be processed.