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US 2026/0097876 A1Published application
Systems and methods for packaging articles within a carton
OwnerJean-Christophe BONNAIN, Emmanuel DAVAILLONinventors
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Abstract
A packaging system includes a conveyor configured to convey a group of articles and a blank along a packaging path. The packaging system includes a folding machine configured to fold a first end panel of the blank relative to a main panel of the blank and to fold a second end panel of the blank relative to the main panel, after the first end panel is folded, as the group of articles and the blank travel along the packaging path. The packaging system includes an alignment machine configured to position a first side panel and a second side panel of the blank at a predetermined angle relative to the main panel as the group of articles and the blank travel along the packaging path.
Claims22
A system (100) for forming a carton (104) about articles (102), the system (100) comprising:
- a conveyor (236) configured to convey a group of articles (102) and a blank (106), applied to an upper end (246) of the articles (102), along a packaging path;
- a folding machine (228) configured to:
- fold a first end panel (142) of the blank (106) relative to a main panel (108) of the blank (106) as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a second end panel (144) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108) of the blank (106), after the first end panel (142) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a first end flap (150) of the blank (106) relative to the first end panel (142), after the first end panel (142) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a second end flap (152) of the blank (106) relative to the second end panel (144), after the second end panel (144) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a first side panel (110) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108), after the first end flap (150) and the second end flap (152) are folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a second side panel (112) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108), after the first end flap (150) and the second end flap (152) are folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- fold a first cover panel (118) of the blank (106) relative to the first side panel (110), after the first side panel (110) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
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- fold a second cover panel (120) of the blank (106) relative to the second side panel (112), after the second side panel (112) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
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- an alignment machine (230) configured to position the first side panel (110) and the second side panel (112) at a predetermined angle (282) relative to the main panel (108) while the first cover panel (118) and the second cover panel (120) are folded.
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A packaging system (100) comprising:
- a conveyor (236) configured to convey a group of articles (102) and a blank (106), applied to an upper end (246) of the articles (102), along a packaging path;
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- a folding machine (228) configured to:
- fold a first end panel (142) of the blank (106) relative to a main panel (108) of the blank (106) as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
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- fold a second end panel (144) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108) of the blank (106), after the first end panel (142) is folded, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path.
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A packaging system (100) comprising:
- a conveyor (236) configured to convey a group of articles (102) and a blank (106), folded about the articles (102), along a packaging path;
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- an alignment machine (230) configured to position a first side panel (110) and a second side panel (112) of the blank (106) at a predetermined angle (282) relative to a main panel (108) of the blank (106) as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path.
A packaging method comprising steps of:
- conveying a group of articles (102) and a blank (106), applied to an upper end (246) of the articles (102), along a packaging path;
- folding a first end panel (142) of the blank (106) relative to a main panel (108) of the blank (106) as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- folding a second end panel (144) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108) of the blank (106), after folding the first end panel (142), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- folding a first end flap (150) of the blank (106) relative to the first end panel (142), after folding the first end panel (142), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- folding a second end flap (152) of the blank (106) relative to the second end panel (144), after folding the second end panel (144), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- folding a first side panel (110) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108), after folding the first end flap (150) and the second end flap (152), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- folding a second side panel (112) of the blank (106) relative to the main panel (108), after folding the first end flap (150) and the second end flap (152, as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
- positioning the first side panel (110) and the second side panel (112) at a predetermined angle (282) relative to the main panel (108), after folding the first side panel (110) and the second side panel (112);
- folding a first cover panel (118) of the blank (106) relative to the first side panel (110), while maintaining the first side panel (110) at the predetermined angle (282), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path;
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- folding a second cover panel (120) of the blank (106) relative to the second side panel (112), while maintaining the second side panel (112) at the predetermined angle (282), as the group of articles (102) and the blank (106) travel along the packaging path.
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