Apparatus for adhering traveling strip material to folded blank boxes
AssigneeGenco International
InventorGunter Heitmann
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Abstract
An apparatus for adhering strips of predetermined length that previously have been severed from a running web of material to folded blank boxes which includes cutting the strips to length, advancing them by a conveyor seriatim past an adhesive activation station and then coordinating the leading edge of the strip with the arrival of the folded blank box at a roller assembly station where the strip is secured to the box and then discharged.
Claims8
An apparatus for progressively feeding folded blank boxes and a predetermined length of severed strip material to be assembled therewith to an assembly station comprising, a supply source for a traveling length of strip material, first means for advancing a leading edge of said strip to a severing station, back-up means in said station adapted to provide a support surface for the advancing strip, and cutter means arranged to cooperate with said back-up means to permit severing a strip of predetermined length from said traveling length of material, means for advancing said severed strip to a conveyor means, means for activating the severed strip while on said conveyor means to prepare it for attachment to the folded blank box power-operated braking means are included to stop strip travel to the activation means upon failure of boxes to flow to said conveyor and further means coupled with said first means for advancing said strip to a point of assembly with the blank box and thereafter discharging the box from the apparatus.
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