Carton forming apparatus

Details Carton forming apparatus Carton forming apparatus

1975-09-19

1977-05-24

McGehee, Travis S.

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93 53R, B65B 4332

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040246930

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is disclosed for opening a folded paper box blank, inserting a product filled container into the opened blank, and closing and sealing the end flaps of the blank. The apparatus comprises a magazine for storing a vertical pile of the folded blanks, separating cams and feeding rollers for discharging the lowest blank, elongate transport screws, a transfer plate for standing up the discharged blank and delivering the blank to the transport screws, and a cylindrical cam for engaging the sides of the folded blank and, upon rotation thereof, for compressing and hence opening the folded blank thereby forming an opened rectangular box. The apparatus also comprises an endless conveyor system that includes a plurality of carrier trays, each tray for securely holding an opened box and conveying the box to a plurality of stations where the end flaps are folded in and sealed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2116607 (1938-05-01), Milmoe
patent: 3060659 (1962-10-01), Blais et al.

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