Automatic Carton Stacker/Collator
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsTimothy W. Hendricks, Jeff Disrud, Frank Moncrief
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Abstract
A system for automatically forming stacks of cartons for feeding a magazine for supplying cartons to a packaging machine includes a primary support on which the stacks of cartons are formed, and a secondary support for temporarily receiving a series of the cartons thereon as a previously formed stack of cartons is removed from the primary support. The stack of cartons collected on the primary support is moved onto a transport conveyor for transport to a loader for the magazine for feeding into the packaging machine.
Claims7
A system for stacking and collating cartons for delivery to a packaging machine, comprising:
- a movable primary support having an upper surface on which the cartons are received to form a stack of cartons;
- a secondary support moveable from a first position to a second position after a sufficient stack of cartons has accumulated on said primary support for receiving additional cartons thereon as the stack of cartons is moved from said primary support;
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- a pusher mechanism positioned upstream from said primary support and moveable in a direction substantially parallel to said upper surface of said primary support to urge the stack of cartons off of said primary support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.