US 4,213,285 AGranted

Cartoning apparatus

AssigneeConsumers Glass Company Limited

InventorDerek V. Mancini

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Abstract

The specification describes a cartoning apparatus adapted to carry out a plurality of cartoning steps which in the past have been carried out by individual independent machines. The cartoning apparatus includes a set-up station for the opening of flat carton blanks, a conveyor for advancing the opened carton blanks along the apparatus, and closure means downstream of the set-up station for closing the bottom and/or top of the carton. The closure means is adapted to both fold and tape the carton and automatically apply the required amount of tape to each carton. It includes means for applying the strip of tape extending between adjacent spaced apart cartons and a plunger member for plunging between the cartons to sever the extended strip of tape and to apply the thusly provided free tape ends to the opposing end walls of the adjacent cartons.

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Dependent claims

Carton forming and filling apparatus comprising means for supplying flat carton blanks to a set-up station;

means for loading and means for opening a carton blank in the set-up station;
conveyor means for intermittently conveying the open carton blanks and subsequently formed cartons in fixed spaced relation to one another;
carton bottom forming means consisting of bottom folding means;
means for taping the folded bottoms, means for restricting upward movement of the open carton blanks cooperating with the carton bottom forming means in forming the carton bottoms;
carton filling means;
carton top folding means;
and top taping means for taping the folded carton tops, wherein the means for opening a carton blank consists of a separation member adapted to penetrate the carton blank, separate the carton sidewalls, and partially open the carton blank thereby causing a hinging action at the corner creases of the carton blanks between the carton end walls and sidewalls and a deflecting member positioned in the feed path to the set-up station for deflecting the carton end walls to complete the hinging action and fully open the carton blank.

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