Method and apparatus for forming a package
OwnerPhilippe LeBrasinventor
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Abstract
A method for forming a package (11) from a carton blank (10) comprising; providing a carton blank (10) having series of panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming carton walls in flat collapsed form locating a mandrel (60a, 60b, 62) on an inner surface of a first panel (16) of the carton blank, sequentially folding the series of panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) of the carton blank about the mandrel (60a, 60b, 62) whereby forming the carton walls; securing the at least two of the series of panels (12, 20) together to maintain the carton in an assembled form.
Claims14
A method for forming a package from a carton blank comprising;
- providing a carton blank having series of panels for forming carton walls and a keel structure in flat collapsed form, erecting the keel structure from one of the series of panels, locating a mandrel on a surface of said one panel of the carton blank so that it supports the erected keel structure, folding panels of the carton blank adjacent said one panel about the mandrel thereby forming the remainder of the carton walls, securing a pair of panels to the keel structure and to overly the said one panel so that the secured panels and the said one panel are spaced apart by the keel structure and thereby maintaining the carton in an assembled form and removing the mandrels from the set up carton.
An apparatus for forming a package comprising a magazine for supplying carton blanks, the carton blanks having a series of panels for forming carton walls, and being supplied in flat collapsed form, a mandrel for assembling a carton by folding the series of panels of the carton blank about the mandrel using a folding device, and a securing means for securing the carton in a set up condition.
A method for forming a package from a carton blank comprising;
- providing a carton blank having series of panels for forming carton walls in flat collapsed form
- locating a mandrel on an inner surface of a first panel of the carton blank,
- sequentially folding the series of panels of the carton blank about the mandrel whereby forming the carton walls;
- securing the at least two of the series of panels together to maintain the carton in an assembled form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.