Spout handling and applying system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11667422
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16911621

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A machine for applying spouts to containers includes a heating tunnel for heating spouts, and a conveyor for conveying spouts through the heating tunnel for heating. The conveyor is a loop conveyor including a plurality of spout holding rack assemblies mounted thereon, wherein the loop conveyor defines a conveyor path from a spout loading zone, through the heating tunnel and then back to the spout loading zone. The machine includes (i) multi-material warp resistant rack holding assemblies, and/or (ii) a spout infeed track at a spout infeed side of the conveyor that includes an adjustment assembly for permitting adjustment of a number of spouts fed from the spout infeed track into an aligned spout holding rack assembly, and/or (iii) a spout emptying passage at a spout outfeed side of the conveyor, and/or (iv) a controller configured to track the position of each spout holding rack assembly along the conveyor path.

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ZALKIN AMERICAS LLC1965 STATHAM DRIVE STATHAM GA 30666

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chevalier, Julien Ferrières Saint Hilaire, FR 3 20
Guerrier, Simon Marolles, FR 1 0
Lainé, Benoist Caorches-Saint-Nicolas, FR 1 0
Marie, Quentin Lisieux, FR 1 0
Monroe, Andrew Athens, US 2 19

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