Appeal No. 2000-2024
Application No. 09/059,207
of Konaka and Hardigg;
(4) Claim 22, unpatentable over Konaka in view of Hardigg;
(5) Claim 24, unpatentable over Bachner in view of Konaka and
Hardigg.
Rejection (1)
Keeler discloses apparatus wherein cartons 12 on a
continuous line conveyor 22 have been formed, filled and
sealed. At the end of conveyor 22 a mechanism may be
retrofitted for applying spout fitments to the cartons, this
mechanism consisting of a flight conveyor 24 with a fitment
application station 20 thereover, and an intermediate conveyor
60 between conveyors 22 and 24.
Claim 1 may be summarized as reciting a method of
forming, filling and sealing a first container and then
advancing the first container by first conveying means,
"subsequently installing attaching means over said first
conveying means without altering said first conveying means,"
forming, filling and sealing a second container, advancing the
second container by the first conveying means, and operating
the attaching means to attach an article to the second
container.
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