Article selection and placement assembly and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8458874
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12797154

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An apparatus is disclosed for applying tags with attached elastic anchor bands onto the tops of objects such as bottles in a high speed packaging application. The apparatus includes an infeed assembly for feeding a web, a conveyor assembly that receives a web and conveys it along a path in an upstream direction, a rotating selector wheel, a placement assembly, a pair of rotating jaw assemblies, a vacuum cup of the selector wheel, and stretched elastic bands over the tops of respective bottles being conveyed along a path below the placing assembly. The elastic bands then snap onto the tops of their respective bottles to secure the tags to the bottles.

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GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC1500 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 100 9TH FLOOR ATLANTA GA 30328

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ziegler, Kelly Crosby, US 15 115

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