Global Patent Index - EP 0716017 B1

EP 0716017 B1 20000322 - Machine for covering bottles with a protecting coating

Title (en)

Machine for covering bottles with a protecting coating

Title (de)

Maschine zum Umhüllen von Flaschen mit einer Schutzbeschichtung

Title (fr)

Machine pour gainer des bouteilles avec un revêtement protecteur.

Publication

EP 0716017 B1 20000322 (FR)

Application

EP 94402839 A 19941209

Priority

EP 94402839 A 19941209

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0716017A1] The applicator, designed to give bottles a protective sleeve to prevent damage in transit and storage, consists of a series of supports (4) on a rotary unit with a feed and an outlet. Each support comprises a cylindrical block (16) with inner ducts (19) linked to a vacuum source which enables it to pick up a strip of material by section and apply it to a bottle. Each cylindrical block is mounted on a fixed axle (15), about which it can rotate, and has a base in the form of a Geneva mechanism (23, 25, 27) which rotates it through given angles. The blocks are also interchangeable, depending on the dimensions of the bottles being sleeves. During operation the sleeves are taken one at a time from a stack and applied to the bottles as they rotate, being stuck in place by an adhesive edge on each sleeve, which is made preferably from corrugated cardboard.

IPC 1-7

B65B 21/00; B65B 61/20

IPC 8 full level

B65B 61/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65B 21/26 (2013.01); B65B 61/207 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0716017 A1 19960612; EP 0716017 B1 20000322; DE 69423632 D1 20000427

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 94402839 A 19941209; DE 69423632 T 19941209