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Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B65B 25/02 (2006.01) A01G 5/04 (2006.01) A47G 7/08 (2006.01) B65B 11/00 (2006.01) B65D 85/50 (2006.01) B65D 85/52 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2127658
An apparatus and method for forming a cover about an article and for automatically fastening the cover to the article, and optionally for automatically placing a label on the covered article. The article may be an article such as a potted plant and the cover may be a decorative cover. The apparatus comprises a platform having at least one opening sized to allow passage therethrough of an article. A conveyable cover forming assembly is supported on a conveying assembly. A sheet of material can be supported in a position generally over the opening. The article can be pushed into the cover forming assembly, causing the sheet to be formed into a cover about the article. The apparatus also comprises a tying device for automatically applying a band or fastener about a portion of the outer surface of the covered article for fastening the cover about the article after the sheet is formed into a cover about the article. The apparatus may further comprise a sheet feeder, a pick and place apparatus, and an apparatus for automatically removing the covered article from the opening of the conveyable cover forming assembly.
Straeter Joseph G.
Weder Donald E.
Smart & Biggar
Southpac Trust International Inc.
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