Apparatus for the manufacture of laminated bulk boxes

In an apparatus for laminating a liner to a blank, said apparatus having supports for stacks of box blanks and liners, a laminating table disposed to receive said blanks and liners, shuttle means disposed between said supports and said laminating table, said shuttle means having means for gripping and lifting said blanks and liners and being adapted to take alternately blanks and liners from said stacks on said supports to said laminating table and place a blank in registered position on the laminating table and a liner in registered position on the blank, first stop means projecting upwardly from the laminating table to limit the forward and side motions of the blank and register it in position as it is placed on the laminating table, second stop means movable into position over the blank to limit the forward and side motions of the liner and register it in position on the blank, adhesive applying means disposed to apply adhesive to the liner as it moves from the stack of liners to the laminating table, and means to convey the laminated liner-blank from the laminating table, wherein said shuttle means of said apparatus comprises:

• blank shuttle means movable in a first direction;
• liner shuttle means movable in a second direction, and
• pusher means disposed to successively register both said blank and liner in a cross-machine direction on said laminating table.