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US 2015/0119216 A1Published application
Container Sizing Method and System
AssigneeLinkx Systems Limited
InventorsDaniel Benterman, David Hayward
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InventorsDaniel Benterman, David Hayward
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A carton sizing system (1) that has a frame (2), a controller (4), one or more cutters (51) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4), one or more markers (61) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4). The carton sizing system (1) also has a measuring means (7) that is operatively connected to the controller (4) and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller (4) is configured to position the one or more cutters (51) based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers (61) based on the determined footprint and height and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.
A carton sizing system comprising a frame, a controller, one or more cutters movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller, one or more markers movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller and measuring means operatively connected to the controller and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton, wherein the controller is configured to position the one or more cutters based on the determined height, the controller being further configured to position the one or more markers based on the determined footprint and height and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.
A cartoning system comprising a carton sizing system and one or more of a carton blank feeding station, an erecting station, a folding and/or closing and/or gluing and/or taping station, a strapping station, a stacking station and a palletising station.
A method of forming a carton comprising the steps of determining the footprint of an open top carton using measuring means, determining the height of one or more objects contained within the carton using the measuring means, automatically determining the position of the vertical edges of the carton based on the determined footprint using a controller, automatically determining the required height of the carton based on the determined height of the one or more objects using the controller, causing the controller to position the one or more cutters to a position adjacent each of the vertical edges, cutting each of the vertical edges between an upper edge of the carton an a position at or adjacent the required carton height, causing the controller to position the one or more markers to a position adjacent each of the vertical walls of the carton and scoring or creasing each of the vertical walls between the vertical edges at a position at or adjacent the required carton height such that one or more foldable flaps or panels are defined in the vertical walls.
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