Box erecting method and system
AssigneePacksize LLC
InventorNiklas Pettersson
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Abstract
A method and a system for erecting boxes from box templates of different sizes, said method comprising the steps of: adjusting a size of a frame (5; 105) according to a size of a box template (3; 103) which should be erected; wrapping the box template (3; 103) to be erected around the frame (5; 105); and separating the frame (5; 105) from the box template.
Claims18
A box erecting system for erecting boxes from box templates of different sizes, said box erecting system comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- adjustable parts defining a size of the frame;
- extendable pushing arms configured for pushing two second opposing bottom flaps of the box template outwards from each other at least during an initial part of a folding of two first opposing bottom flaps of the box template for forming a bottom of the box;
- and
- a control system connected to said frame and configured for:
- adjusting a size of the frame by adjusting said adjustable parts according to a size of a box template which should be erected;
- wrapping the box template to be erected around the frame;
- and
- retracting the extendable pushing arms before folding the two second opposing bottom flaps for forming a bottom of the box.
A box erecting system for erecting boxes from box templates of different sizes, said box erecting system comprising:
- a frame comprising four adjustable corner posts defining a size of the frame, each of the four adjustable corner posts being separate and distinct from one another, distances between each of the four adjustable corner posts and the other corner posts being selectively adjustable;
- and
- a control system connected to said frame and configured for:
- adjusting a size of the frame by adjusting the distances between the four adjustable corner posts according to a size of a box template which should be erected;
- and
- wrapping the box template to be erected around the frame.
A box erecting system for erecting boxes from box templates of different sizes, said box erecting system comprising:
- a frame comprising four adjustable corner posts defining a size of the frame, each of the four adjustable corner posts having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes of the four adjustable corner posts being generally parallel to one another, the frame being selectively rotatable about an axis that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axes of the four adjustable corner posts;
- and
- a control system connected to said frame and configured for:
- adjusting a size of the frame by adjusting the four adjustable corner posts according to a size of a box template which should be erected;
- and
- wrapping the box template to be erected around the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.