US 12,465,527 B2
Device and method for joining multi-part tampon applicators
Samuel Schuler, Basel (CH); Patrik Scheiber, Niederhasli (CH); and Antonello Zuddas, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Assigned to Ruggli AG, Koblenz (CH)
Appl. No. 17/916,859
Filed by Ruggli AG, Koblenz (CH)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058822
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/204732, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 412/20 (CH), filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157902 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/26 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B65G 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/2097 (2013.01) [A61F 13/2082 (2013.01); A61F 13/263 (2013.01); A61F 13/266 (2013.01); B29C 49/42095 (2022.05); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B65G 29/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for joining multi-part tampon applicators, wherein the multi-part tampon applicators comprise an outer cylinder and a first inner cylinder, the device comprising:
a. at least one joining station with at least one receiving finger for receiving one outer cylinder and one first inner cylinder each;
b. a first inner cylinder supply for loading the at least one receiving finger with at least one first inner cylinder;
c. an outer cylinder supply for loading the at least one receiving finger with at least one outer cylinder;
d. a first processing station for joining the at least one outer cylinder to the at least one first inner cylinder;
wherein the at least one joining station is arranged radially on a circular disk in such a way that the at least one receiving finger is oriented essentially radially.