US 5,184,996 AGranted

Carton assembly machine for assembling a base and a cover

AssigneeGasdorf Tool & Machine Co., Inc.

InventorsChris Rode, Steve Reigle

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Abstract

A carton assembly machine for assembling a cover on a base is disclosed. The machine includes a frame and a first conveyor for transporting a plurality of bases. A second conveyor transports a plurality of folded covers. At an unfolding station, suction cups grasp the folded cover and are pivoted to open the cover. The cover is then moved to an assembly station where it is positioned over a carton base. A plurality of hand assemblies are moved vertically downwardly to grasp the cover and move it into overlying relationship with the base. The hand assemblies are then removed and the assembled carton moved to a tape station where tape heads apply a strip of tape to the assembled cover and base. After taping, the assembled carton is removed from the carton assembly machine.

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Dependent claims

An assembly machine for a carton having a rectangular base and a cover, said machine including a frame, a first conveyor means for transporting a plurality of rectangular bases, a second conveyor means for transporting a plurality of folded covers, a first cover means for opening a cover and positioning said cover vertically adjacent one of said rectangular bases, a second cover means for grasping said cover and moving said cover downwardly into an overlying relationship with said rectangular base, said second cover means including a plurality of hand assemblies being vertically movable to a first down position within an open cover, selected ones of said plurality of hand assemblies being energized to move said selected ones into an engaging relationship with said open cover, and means for moving said selected ones vertically downwardly to said first position and to a second down position wherein said open cover overlies said prepositioned rectangular base and a taping means for applying tape to connect said cover to said rectangular base.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.