attaches spouts and other fitments to paperboard cartons and the like in automated packaging equipment the applicator features a rotatable and translatable anvil housing having a plurality of radially extending lobes each lobe having an anvil thereon said anvil having an energy ring thereon to facilitate ultrasonic attachment of the spout to the carton a mandrel or other engagement mechanism on each lobe engages and holds spouts for attachment to a container the anvil inserts a spout into a container hole and an ultrasonic sealer ultrasonically vibrates the carton wall against the energy ring of the anvil to weld the spout to the carton application_number US 10245698 A description the specific function of applicator 14 fig5 is to attach a spout 34 to each of partially formed cartons 30 fig1 is a top plan view of one of the paperboard blanks 26 blank 26 is conventional and for clarity is shown completely unfolded as is well known the paperboard of blank 26 is laminated with heat sealing plastic one side of the blank may also be laminated with barrier material such as metal or other material when folded by a rotary carton forming station not shown panels 36 38 40 and 42 form sidewalls of partially formed carton 30 as illustrated in fig2 when sealed by the sealing station not shown panels 44 and 46 form the angled sides of a gabled top as illustrated in fig3 referring to fig1 and 3 a die cut hole 48 is formed completely through panel 44 for snugly receiving one of spouts 34 fig4 is an exploded side view of one of spouts 34 each.