Box template production system and method
AssigneePacksize LLC
InventorsNiklas Pettersson, Johan Blomberg, Graziano Bertolino, Björn Thunell, Ryan Osterhout
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Abstract
A method and a box template production system comprising a converting part which is configured for converting a fanfolded sheet material into box templates, wherein said converting is accomplished to the sheet material when a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part of the system is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein said angle is between 20 and 90 degrees.
Claims13
A box template production system comprising:
- a converting part which is configured for cutting or creasing a sheet material from at least one sheet material source to convert the sheet material into box templates, wherein the converting is performed to the sheet material when a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part of the system is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein the angle is between 20 and 90 degrees;
- a plurality of feed guides configured for receiving the sheet material from the at least one sheet material source, wherein only one feed guide of the plurality of feed guides is provided for each sheet material source, wherein each feed guide is configured for allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide, and
- a feed changer provided between the plurality of feed guides and the converting part, the feed changer being configured to control from which sheet material source sheet material is provided to the converting part, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to the plane of the floor.
A method for converting a sheet material into a box template, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- selecting with a feed changer a sheet material from a plurality of sheet material sources;
- feeding the selected sheet material into a box template production system over one feed guide of a plurality of feed guides, each feed guide being associated with sheet material from a separate sheet material source of the plurality of sheet material sources, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein feeding the selected sheet material comprises allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide;
- converting the sheet material into box templates when a feed direction of the sheet material through a converting part of the box template production system is along an axis having an angle towards the plane of the floor, wherein the angle is between 20 and 90 degrees.
A box template production system configured for converting a sheet material into box templates, wherein the box template production system comprises:
- a plurality of feed guides, each feed guide configured for receiving sheet material from sheet material sources and guiding it up to a top position, wherein each feed guide is configured for allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide;
- a converting part configured for receiving the sheet material from each of the plurality of feed guides or from one or more connecting guide parts, the converting part being configured to cut or crease the sheet material to convert the sheet material into box templates, wherein a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein said angle is between 20 and 90 degrees,
- wherein only one feed guide of the plurality of feed guides is provided for each sheet material source and wherein each feed guide is configured for receiving an associated sheet material such that the associated sheet material slides over the feed guide;
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- a feed changer provided between the plurality of feed guides and the converting part, the feed changer being configured to select which sheet material is fed into the converting part, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to the plane of the floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.