Outfeed table
AssigneePacksize LLC
InventorsRyan Osterhout, Niklas Pettersson
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Abstract
A system that converts fanfold material into packaging templates includes a converting machine and an outfeed table. The converting machine has a converting assembly that performs conversion functions, such as cutting, creasing, and scoring, on fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting machine. The outfeed table guides the packaging templates out of the converting machine in a first direction. The outfeed table then directs the packaging templates to a user side of the outfeed table so that a user may readily retrieve the packaging templates from the user side of the outfeed table.
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An outfeed table for use in connection with a converting machine that converts fanfold material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the outfeed table comprising:
- a frame;
- an outfeed guide connected to the frame, the outfeed guide being configured to guide a packaging template out of a converting machine, the packaging template being formed from fanfold material from a fanfold bale, the outfeed guide being configured to be horizontally offset from a center a gravity of the packaging template such that the outfeed guide is not positioned under the center of gravity of the packaging template;
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- a retrieval guide connected to the frame, the retrieval guide having a first side and a second side, the second side being positioned adjacent to the outfeed guide and the first side being positioned away from the outfeed guide, the retrieval guide comprising an angled surface such that the first side is vertically lower than the second side to enable a packaging template to slide across the angled surfacing towards the first side, where the packaging template can be retrieved.
An outfeed table for use in connection with a converting machine that converts fanfold material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the outfeed table comprising:
- a frame;
- a first outfeed guide connected to the frame, the first outfeed guide being configured to guide a first packaging template out of a converting machine, the packaging template being formed from fanfold material from a first fanfold bale, the first outfeed guide being configured to be horizontally offset from a center a gravity of the first packaging template such that the first outfeed guide is not positioned under the center of gravity of the first packaging template;
- a second outfeed guide connected to the frame, the second outfeed guide being configured to guide a second packaging template out of a converting machine, the second packaging template being formed from fanfold material from a second fanfold bale, the second outfeed guide being configured to be horizontally offset from a center a gravity of the second packaging template such that the second outfeed guide is not positioned under the center of gravity of the second packaging template, the second outfeed guide being horizontally offset from the first outfeed guide;
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- a retrieval guide connected to the frame, the retrieval guide having a first side and a second side, the second side being positioned adjacent to the first outfeed guide and the first side being positioned away from the first outfeed guide, the retrieval guide comprising an angled surface such that the first side is vertically lower than the second side to enable the first packaging template to slide across the angled surfacing towards the first side, where the first packaging template can be retrieved.
An outfeed table for use in connection with a converting machine that converts fanfold material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the outfeed table comprising:
- a first outfeed guide configured to guide a first packaging template out of a converting machine, the packaging template being formed from fanfold material from a first fanfold bale, the first outfeed guide being configured to be horizontally offset from a center a gravity of the first packaging template such that the first outfeed guide is not positioned under the center of gravity of the first packaging template;
- a second outfeed guide configured to guide a second packaging template out of a converting machine, the second packaging template being formed from fanfold material from a second fanfold bale, the second outfeed guide being configured to be horizontally offset from a center a gravity of the second packaging template such that the second outfeed guide is not positioned under the center of gravity of the second packaging template, the second outfeed guide being horizontally offset from the first outfeed guide;
- a first retrieval guide associated with the first outfeed guide, the first retrieval guide having a first side and a second side, the second side being positioned adjacent to the first outfeed guide and the first side being positioned away from the first outfeed guide, the first retrieval guide comprising an angled surface such that the first side is vertically lower than the second side to enable the first packaging template to slide across the angled surfacing towards the first side, where the first packaging template can be retrieved;
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- a second retrieval guide associated with the second outfeed guide, the second retrieval guide having a first side and a second side, the second side being positioned adjacent to the second outfeed guide and the first side being positioned away from the second outfeed guide, the second retrieval guide comprising an angled surface such that the first side is vertically lower than the second side to enable the second packaging template to slide across the angled surfacing towards the first side, where the second packaging template can be retrieved.
A method for guiding packaging templates out of a converting machine, the method comprising:
- guiding a packaging template out of a converting machine in a first direction by supporting the packaging template from underneath at a location away from a center of gravity of the packaging template;
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- changing the direction of movement of the packaging template from the first direction to a second direction by allowing the packaging template to slide down an inclined surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.