Forming unit and method for forming a container and packing apparatus with such a forming unit
AssigneeG.D S.p.A.
InventorsSalvatore CARBONI, Antonio VITALI
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Abstract
A forming unit for a container from a blank of the container. The unit includes a conveyor and at least one equipment secured to the conveyor. The equipment includes a forming device moving with continuous movement and forming a container from the blank during a predetermined forming path on the conveyor.
Claims21
-21. (canceled)
A forming unit for forming a container from a blank of said container, comprising:
- a conveyor, and
- at least one equipment secured to said conveyor, said equipment comprising at least one forming device configured to move with continuous movement and arranged to form a container from said blank during a predetermined forming path on said conveyor.
The forming unit according to 24, wherein said conveyor is a rotary carousel having a vertical orientation axis and said predefined trajectory has an orientation substantially parallel with said vertical rotation axis of said rotary carousel.
A method for forming a container from a blank, comprising:
- providing a forming unit comprising a conveyor and at least one equipment secured to the conveyor, the equipment including a forming device to form said container from said blank,
- moving said conveyor,
- supplying said blank to said conveyor at said forming device, and
- continuously forming said container from said blank by said forming device while said conveyor is moving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.