Method and installation for producing a pack
AssigneeDS Smith Packaging Deutschland Stiftung & Co. KG
InventorsJakob Lindt, Werner Allmang, Manfred Roos
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a packaging and a system for such. The method includes the following steps: providing a precut blank (1) consisting of a foldable material having a bottom (3) and hinged to it, lateral panels (4), a rear panel (6) and a front panel (5), fastening of an unstressed elastic element (15) to the front panel (5) or to connecting flaps (7) that are hinged to the front panel (5), erecting the lateral panels (4), the rear panel (6) and the front panel (5) out of a flat transport condition into an unfolded usable condition and connecting the lateral walls (4) with the rear panel (6) and the front panel (5) and tensioning the elastic element (15).
Claims12
A method for producing a packaging, the method comprising:
- a) providing a precut blank consisting of a foldable material that has a bottom and, hinged to the bottom, two lateral panels, a rear panel, and a front panel,
- b) subsequently fastening an unstressed elastic element having two free ends pointing away from each other to connecting flaps that are hinged to the front panel,
- c) subsequently erecting the lateral panels, the rear panel and the front panel out of a flat transport condition into an unfolded usable condition and connecting the lateral panels with the rear panel and the front panel,
- d) subsequently tensioning the elastic element.
A system for producing a packaging, in particular a tray, out of a flat precut blank that has a bottom and, hinged to the bottom, two lateral panels, a rear panel, and a front panel, wherein a first two connecting flaps are hinged to the front panel and a second two connecting flaps are hinged to the rear panel for connecting the lateral panels with the front panel and the rear panel, the precut blank further comprising an elastic element fastened to the first two connecting flaps of the precut blank at two ends, the system comprising:
- a first station for erecting and connecting the lateral panels, the rear panel and the front panel, and
- a second station downstream of the first station for tensioning the elastic element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.