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US 2023/0075478 A1Published application
Container forming apparatus and method
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorsAmer Aganovic, Thomas Dean Graham
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Abstract
An apparatus for forming a container from a blank is provided. The apparatus includes a blank feeder assembly, and a compression assembly including a mandrel assembly, an upper folding arm assembly including a plurality of folding arms moveable between a first position and a second position, a compression plate, and a rollover arm assembly.
Claims10
A method of forming a container, said method comprising:
- positioning a blank in a blank feeder assembly;
- feeding the blank to a compression assembly;
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- forming the container from the blank within the compression assembly, wherein the compression assembly includes a mandrel assembly, an upper folding arm assembly including a plurality of folding arms moveable between a first position and a second position, a compression plate, and a rollover arm assembly.
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