Drinking straw attachment device and method
First Claim
1. Method for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers, comprising feeding the drinking straws in the form of a drinking straw band (6, 26) provided on one side with a glue layer (8) by a feeder device (12) to the beverage containers (2), severing the drinking straw band (6, 26) with a cutting device (14) in the area of the feeder device (12) between two drinking straws, piercing the cutting device (14) through the glue layer (8) and the drinking straw into a circumferential groove (58) provided on the feeder device (12) corresponding in its height position to the glue layer (8) and the height extension (h1) of which at least corresponds to the width (h2) of the glue band, and glueing the individual drinking straws onto the respective beverage containers.
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Abstract
A drinking straw attachment device for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers, wherein the drinking straws are fed in the form of a drinking straw band provided with a glue layer, with a feeder device having, at least the point where the cutting device severs two drinking straws from each other, a recess matched in its height position with the glue layer and the height extension of which corresponds at least to the width of the glue layer. A method for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers includes cutting device drinking straw band into pieces between each of the two drinking straws with a cutting device in the area of the feeder device, and piercing the cutting device through the glue layer and the drinking straw band into a recess provided on the feeder device in a height position corresponding to the glue layer, and whereby the height extension of the recess corresponds at least to the width of the glue band.
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20 Claims
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1. Method for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers, comprising feeding the drinking straws in the form of a drinking straw band (6, 26) provided on one side with a glue layer (8) by a feeder device (12) to the beverage containers (2), severing the drinking straw band (6, 26) with a cutting device (14) in the area of the feeder device (12) between two drinking straws, piercing the cutting device (14) through the glue layer (8) and the drinking straw into a circumferential groove (58) provided on the feeder device (12) corresponding in its height position to the glue layer (8) and the height extension (h1) of which at least corresponds to the width (h2) of the glue band, and glueing the individual drinking straws onto the respective beverage containers.
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2. Drinking straw attachment device for attaching drinking straws to beverage containers, wherein the drinking straws (4) are fed in the form of a drinking straw band (6, 26) which has been provided on a first side with a glue layer (8), the drinking straw attachment device comprising:
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a conveyer device (10) for transporting the beverage containers (2) along a conveyor belt;
a feeder device (12) for feeding the drinking straw band (6, 26) to the conveyor belt, wherein the drinking straw band engages a second side on the feeder device (12) which has not been provided with a glue layer;
a cutting device (14) in the area of the feeder device (12) for severing the drinking straw band (6, 26) between two drinking straws (4) each;
at least one pressing device (16a, 16b) for pressing a drinking straw (4) to a foil bag (2b) in such a manner that the drinking straw sticks with the glue layer (8) to the beverage container; and
the feeder device (12) at least at any point where the cutting device (14) severs two drinking straws (4) from each other has at least a first circumferential groove which in its height position is matched to the glue layer (8) and whose height extension (h1) corresponds at least to the width (h2) of the glue layer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for attaching drinking straws to a beverage container comprising:
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a plurality of straw packets formed in a straw band, the straw band having a glue band applied at a predetermined location; and
a feeder device adapted to deliver individual straw packets to the beverage containers, the feeder device having at least one circumferential groove formed around the periphery thereof at a height corresponding to the location of the glue band. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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