Carton opening, filling and closing apparatus

Details Carton opening, filling and closing apparatus Carton opening, filling and closing apparatus

1974-11-06

1976-05-18

Spruill, Robert L.

Package making

Multiple bottle or can carrier type package

Wrap

53154, 53159, 53186, 53202, 53251, B65B 510, B65B 3544, B65B 4326

Patent

active

039568687

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for opening collapsed tubular cartons, filling the same with a plurality of product filled beverage cans, or the like, and closing the carton flaps wherein successive cartons, in flattened form, are fed onto a traveling conveyor with end closure flaps extending at opposite sides of the conveyor and double rows of the can units are advanced on infeed conveyor lines traveling along opposite sides of the carton conveyor while the carton carrying conveyor advances the cartons through associated mechanism which co-operates with the conveyor in opening the cartons into tubular form as they are advanced to a filling area or station where the cans are grouped and the required number guided into the opposite open ends of each carton by a series of traveling chains having can engaging lugs thereon which are spaced to properly group the cans and control their movement into the cartons in proper timed relation to the movement of the conveyor which then advances the filled cartons through associated mechanism for closing and locking the flaps at opposite ends of the cartons.

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patent: 3766704 (1973-10-01), Ganz
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