Title: Band applying apparatus

Abstract: A banding machine for feeding sleeves of banding material onto bottle necks and the like when the sleeves are of tough material requiring use of a sharp cutting edge. The mandrel along which the tubular banding material is fed is formed to provide a radially outwardly opening groove at which the cutter cuts the material. The groove is closed when the mandrel and material are moved relatively.

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Inventors: Rice, Harold B. (Walnut Creek, CA, US)

Application Number: 582379
Filing Date: 1975-05-30
Publication_date: 1977-03-22
Assignee: John Burton Machine Corporation (Rodeo, CA)
Primary Class(es): 82/70.2 53/291, 82/91, 82/102
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US Patent Ref:

2586424	Feb, 1952	Gazette	82/91.
2623673	Dec, 1952	Holstein	53/291.
2765607	Oct, 1956	Aquilar et al.	53/291.
2846835	Aug, 1958	Aquilar et al.	53/291.
2860468	Nov, 1958	Aquilar et al.	53/291.

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Primary Examiner: Hinson, Harrison L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Wood; Gordon