Package making – Methods – Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-28
2006-11-28
Sipos, John (Department: 3721)
Package making
Methods
Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
C053S491000, C053S377200, C493S476000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07140165
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for sealing a box having four top flaps initially disposed in an open position. The apparatus includes a conveying system for conveying the box from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a flap folding system for folding the top flaps of the box into folded and horizontal positions as the box is conveyed from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The flap folding system has a first flap folding member configured to fold a fourth top flap of the box, a second flap folding member configured to fold a second top flap of the box, and a pair of oppositely disposed side flap folding members configured to fold a first and third top flaps of the box so as to abut each other. A tape dispensing system is configured to dispense tape across at least a portion of the third and fourth top flaps of the box in order to maintain the third and fourth top flaps in abutment with each other, thereby sealing the box.
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Serafin Albarran
Ventura Leon P.
Dole Food Company, Inc.
Morrison & Foerster / LLP
Sipos John
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