Machine for erecting sleeve type cartons
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorRodney K. Calvert
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Abstract
A machine for sequentially withdrawing collapsed sleeve type end loading cartons having face contacting panels in one of which panels an aperture is formed and for initiating set up of the carton into open ended condition, the machine comprising a carton pick up device for sequentially engaging and withdrawing collapsed cartons from the hopper, and an elongated support rod on which the carton pick up device is slidably mounted, the support rod being arranged so that one end thereof extends through the aperture in one of the carton panels and into engagement with the other face contacting panel so as to initiate a set up condition of the carton in coordination with sliding movement of the carton pick up device relative to the elongated support rod.
Claims9
A machine for sequentially manipulating out of a hopper collapsed sleeve type end loading cartons having face contacting panels in one of which an aperture is formed and for initiating set up thereof into open ended condition, said machine comprising a rotatable shaft, carton pick up means for sequentially engaging and withdrawing collapsed cartons from the hopper, a rotatable elongated support rod having one end thereof secured to said shaft and on which said carton pick up means is mounted for sliding reciprocal movement thereon, means for moving said elongated support rod and carton pick up means so that the other end of said elongated support extends through the aperture in said one face contacting panel and into engagement with the other of said face contacting panels so as to initiate a set up condition of the carton in coordination with sliding movement of said carton pick up means relative to said elongated support rod in a direction away from said hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.