# US 2014/0155238 A1 · Multiple Blank Carton Former and Carton Production Method

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- Number: US 2014/0155238 A1
- Document ID: US20140155238A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/096,473
- Filed: 2013-12-04
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05
- Assignees: Delkor Systems, Inc.
- Applicants: Delkor Systems, Inc.
- Inventors: Ronald Scott Thompson; Thomas Partridge; Adam Koller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155238A1

## CPC

- B31B 50/28: around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms
- B31B 50/00: Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B31B 50/44: by plungers moving through folding dies
- B31B 50/788: {by introducing the blanks into undeformable holders, e.g. on a drum or on chains}
- B31B 2105/00: Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs
- B31B 2105/0025: {Making boxes by uniting two U-shaped blanks}
- B31B 2110/35: rectangular, e.g. square
- B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B)

## Abstract

A carton forming machine has a forming assembly, a first carton dispenser, and a second carton dispenser. The forming assembly includes a forming head and a plurality of forming stations including a first forming station and a second forming station. The forming head has an axis of travel along which it moves to form a carton from multiple carton blanks. The first forming station is aligned with the second forming station along the axis of travel, and the forming head travels through the first and second forming stations.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A carton forming machine comprising:
a forming assembly, the forming assembly comprising a forming head and a plurality of forming stations including a first forming station and a second forming station;
the forming head having an axis of travel, the first forming station being aligned with the second forming station along the axis of travel;
wherein the forming head is moveable along the axis of travel through the first and second forming stations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The carton forming machine of claim 1 further comprising a first carton dispenser and a second carton dispenser.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The carton forming machine of claim 2, wherein the first carton dispenser is located on a first side of the forming assembly and the second carton dispenser is located on a side of the forming assembly opposite the first side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The carton forming machine of claim 3, wherein each of the first and second carton dispensers comprise a blank pick arm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The carton forming machine of claim 1, wherein the forming assembly further comprises a compression shelf, the compression shelf having a compression plate attached thereto.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The carton forming machine of claim 5, wherein the compression plate is attached to the compression shelf via at least one resilient member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The carton forming machine of claim 6, wherein the resilient member is a coil spring.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The carton forming machine of claim 1 further comprising a carton track assembly.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The carton forming machine of claim 8, wherein the carton track assembly comprises at least one pallet configured for receipt of a carton therein.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The carton forming machine of claim 9, wherein the at least one pallet is moveable along the carton track assembly.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The carton forming machine of claim 9 further comprising at least one pallet carrier, the pallet carrier configured to retain the pallet and move the pallet along the carton track assembly.