Edge protector delivery and positioning apparatus and method

Details Edge protector delivery and positioning apparatus and method Edge protector delivery and positioning apparatus and method

1992-12-10

1994-03-01

Culver, Horace M.

Package making

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Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...

531397, B65B 6122

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052896684

ABSTRACT:
A positioning apparatus for positioning and retaining an edge protector at an edge of a package to be looped with a strapping comprising an edge protector magazine for retaining stacked, nested edge protectors including a magazine delivery station for systematically dispensing individual edge protectors to be dispensed, a saddle shuttle assembly for transporting each individual edge protector from the magazine delivery station to the edge of the package, the saddle shuttle assembly including at least one forwardly extending clip orienting and retaining each individual edge protector on the saddle shuttle assembly while it is being transported to the package edge, a pusher for selectively driving an edge protector from the magazine delivery station onto the saddle shuttle assembly, the pusher including a pushing surface normal to the longitudinal axis of the edge protector and a device to reciprocate the pusher between the magazine delivery station and the saddle shuttle assembly and a retainer bar for applying a substantially normal force to a package non-contacting surface of the edge protector, the retainer bar retaining the edge protector immediately adjacent the package edge and an edge protector package contacting surface in conforming relation to the edge while the package is looped with a strapping.

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