Counter ejector and box former

A box former comprising:

• a feed section that feeds a corrugated board sheet one at a time;
• a print section that prints on the corrugated board sheet fed from the feed section;
• a slotter creaser section that ejects the corrugated board sheet printed in the print section;
• a die cutting section that die-cuts the corrugated board sheet ejected from the slotter creaser section;
• a folder gluer section that glues and folds the edge of the corrugated board sheet processed by the die cutting section to thereby form a sheet-shaped corrugated board box;
• and
• a counter ejector section that counts and piles the sheet-shaped corrugated board box processed by the folder gluer section, wherein
• the counter ejector section comprising:
• a front stop that defines a hopper and stops the sheet-shaped corrugated board box forwarded from an upstream side;
• an elevator that comprises a mount that receives the sheet-shaped corrugated board box falling after hitting the front stop;
• a ledge that is activated when the number of sheet-shaped corrugated board box forming a stack piled on the mount reaches a predetermined number and that receives a sheet-shaped corrugated board box that is to form a next stack;
• a support ledge that is disposed under the front of the hopper and that receives the stack formed on the ledge;
• and
• a position setting mechanism that variably sets a vertical position of the support ledge.