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US 2019/0240943 A1Published application
Packaging assembly system
AssigneeSealed Air Corporation (US)
InventorsThomas Orsini, Daniel Lafrance, Christof Hammerschmidt
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Abstract
A system for assembling a packaging assembly of a box and a frame (i) a conveyor for transporting the box along a path of travel in an inverted position with the front and rear closure flaps extending in an open configuration, (ii) an adhesive application station for applying adhesive to the front and rear closure flaps in selected regions, and (iii) a compression station downstream from the adhesive application station to compress (1) the front panel flap to the front closure flap and (2) the rear panel flap to the rear closure flap in the selected regions.
Claims25
A system for assembling a packaging assembly of a box and a frame:
- (a) the box having:
- (a) a box having:
- a left wall,
- a right wall opposing the left wall,
- a front wall extending from the left wall to the right wall,
- a rear wall opposing the front wall, extending from the left wall to the right wall;
- a front closure flap foldably connected to the top of the front wall along a front closure flap fold line;
- a rear closure flap foldably connected to the top of the rear wall along a rear closure flap fold line;
- a box length from the interior of the left wall to the interior of the right wall, and a box width from the interior of the front wall to the interior of the rear wall;
- and
- (b) the frame having:
- (i) a panel having:
- a panel width from the front edge to the rear edge of the panel, wherein the panel width is greater than the box width;
- a front panel flap fold zone extending generally perpendicularly from the left edge to the right edge of the panel and comprising one or more front panel flap fold lines, wherein the front panel flap fold zone corresponds to the front closure flap fold line of the box;
- and
- a rear panel flap fold zone extending generally perpendicularly from the left edge to the right edge of the panel and comprising one or more rear panel flap fold lines, wherein the rear panel flap fold zone corresponds to the rear closure flap fold line of the box;
- a central panel portion extending between the front and rear panel flap fold zones;
- a front panel flap extending from the front panel flap fold zone to the front edge of the panel;
- a rear panel flap extending from the rear panel flap fold zone to the rear edge of the panel;
- and
- a detachment line extending from the left edge to the right edge of the panel in the central panel portion to delineate:
- a front central panel portion between the detachment line and the front panel flap fold zone;
- and
- a rear central panel portion between the detachment line and the rear panel flap fold zone;
- and
- (ii) a sheet extending across the central panel portion and attached to the panel at opposing regions of the panel outside of the central panel portion;
- the system comprising:
- a conveyor for transporting the box along a path of travel in an inverted position with the front and rear closure flaps extending in an open configuration;
- an adhesive application station for applying adhesive to the front and rear closure flaps in selected regions;
- and
- a compression station downstream from the adhesive application station to compress (i) the front panel flap to the front closure flap and (ii) the rear panel flap to the rear closure flap in the selected regions.
28 more elements
A method of assembling a packaging assembly of a box and a frame wherein:
- (a) the box has:
- a left wall,
- a right wall opposing the left wall,
- a front wall extending from the left wall to the right wall,
- a rear wall opposing the front wall, extending from the left wall to the right wall;
- a front closure flap foldably connected to the top of the front wall along a front closure flap fold line;
- a rear closure flap foldably connected to the top of the rear wall along a rear closure flap fold line;
- a box length from the interior of the left wall to the interior of the right wall, and
- a box width from the interior of the front wall to the interior of the rear wall;
- and
- (b) the frame has:
- (i) a panel having:
- a panel width from the front edge to the rear edge of the panel, wherein the panel width is greater than the box width;
- a front panel flap fold zone extending generally perpendicularly from the left edge to the right edge of the panel and comprising one or more front panel flap fold lines, wherein the front panel flap fold zone corresponds to the front closure flap fold line of the box;
- and
- a rear panel flap fold zone extending generally perpendicularly from the left edge to the right edge of the panel and comprising one or more rear panel flap fold lines, wherein the rear panel flap fold zone corresponds to the rear closure flap fold line of the box;
- a central panel portion extending between the front and rear panel flap fold zones;
- a front panel flap extending from the front panel flap fold zone to the front edge of the panel;
- a rear panel flap extending from the rear panel flap fold zone to the rear edge of the panel;
- and
- a detachment line extending from the left edge to the right edge of the panel in the central panel portion to delineate:
- a front central panel portion between the detachment line and the front panel flap fold zone;
- and
- a rear central panel portion between the detachment line and the rear panel flap fold zone;
- and
- (ii) a sheet extending across the central panel portion and attached to the panel at opposing regions of the panel outside of the central panel portion;
- the method comprising:
- conveying a box along a path of travel in an inverted position with the front and rear closure flaps extending in an open configuration;
- applying adhesive to the front and rear closure flaps in selected regions while the box is along the path of travel;
- and
- subsequently compressing (i) the front panel flap to the front closure flap and (ii) the rear panel flap to the rear closure flap in the selected regions so that the front panel flap fold zone is aligned with the front closure flap fold line of the box and the rear panel flap fold zone is aligned with the rear closure flap fold line of the box.
28 more elements
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