Method for packaging articles in boxes and packaging device operating according to such a method
AssigneeR.A. Jones & Co. Inc.
InventorsAndrea Biondi, Luca Cavazza, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Enrico Campagnoli, Marco Ghini, Luca Borderi
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Abstract
A method for packaging articles in boxes includes composing a mandrel from separate units, depositing at least one article inside the mandrel, wrapping a blank around the mandrel to form a box that is at least partially closed around the article deposited in the mandrel, decomposing the mandrel in the plurality of separate units, and leaving the article inside the box. The disclosure also includes a packaging device configured to operate according to such a method.
Claims24
A method for packaging articles in boxes, comprising:
- composing a mandrel from separate units,
- depositing at least one article inside said mandrel,
- wrapping a blank around said mandrel to form a box that is at least partially closed around said at least one article deposited in said mandrel,
- decomposing said mandrel into said separate units, and
- leaving said at least one article inside said box.
A device for packaging articles in boxes, comprising:
- a mandrel comprising separate units,
- a movement system of said separate units configured to displace said separate units with respect to each other between:
- (a) an operating position, in which said separate units are configured to accommodate one of said articles inside said mandrel and to abut a blank when said blank is wrapped externally around said mandrel, and
- (b) a non-operating position in which said mandrel is decomposed.
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