Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1992-05-29
1993-11-30
Coan, James F.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53148, 53236, 53500, B65B 5720, B65B 1934
Patent
active
052653986
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an automatic counting and boxing machine. The machine employs a rotatable drum with a plurality of vanes deposited on the outside surface thereof running parallel to the central axis of the drum. Adjacent to the drum is a mechanism for inserting in front of each vane of the drum long cylindrical objects. As the drum rotates it then deposits the long cylindrical objects into an adjacent collection chamber. The collection chamber has an elevator plate which can be moved between an upper and lower position. When the elevator plate is in an upper position, a compression plate extends and moves the long cylindrical objects into a box loading chamber which has a floor coplaner with the elevator plate when it is in its upper position. When the straws are transferred to the box loading chamber, the elevator plate drops to its lower position and continues to receive straws from the drum. After the compression plate retracts the elevator plate moves back to its original position. As a further enhancement, adjacent to the automatic counting and boxing machine is a box erection machine which erects flat folded boxes into fully formed boxes. The box assembler has a box receiver at its top to hold flat unformed boxes and a shuttle station at its bottom to receive the fully formed boxes. The boxes are drawn through an erection chamber between the box receiver and the shuttle station where the boxes are erected. A shuttle at the shuttle station receives the fully erected box and moves the box to a position adjacent to the box loading chamber to receive cylindrical objects contained therein.
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Klump Gerald B.
VanAlstine Terrance L.
Coan James F.
Superior Quality Products, Inc.
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