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US 5,341,624 AGranted
Panel placer
AssigneeThiele Engineering Company
InventorStephen Kaye
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Abstract
Automatic panel placer having a rotary table upon which cardboard sleeves and trays are placed to form a combined sleeve and tray. The rotary table is advanced about its center through a plurality of station positions where a sleeve is first placed upon the table followed by placement of and securement of a plastic tray on the cardboard sleeve.
Claims11
Automatic panel placer comprising:
- a. a rotary table;
- b. a plurality of radially aligned product holders on said rotary table;
- c. a first process station about said rotary table for placing a sleeve on a first of said plurality of product holders;
- d. a second process station about said rotary table for applying adhesive to a first portion of said sleeve;
- e. a third process station about said rotary table for placing a tray having a flip-top on said adhesive;
- f. a fourth process station about said rotary table for compressing said tray on said adhesive;
- g. a fifth process station about said rotary table for raising said flip-top and for commencing the positioning of a second portion of said sleeve over said tray;
- h. a sixth process station about said rotary table for closing said flip-top over said second portion of said sleeve;
- and,
- i. a seventh process station about said rotary table for removing said tray and sleeve combination from said first product holder.
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An automatic panel placer comprising:
- a. a product holder for holding a cardboard sleeve;
- b. adhesive means for applying adhesive to a first portion of the sleeve;
- c. placement means for placing a plastic tray having a flip-flop on the adhesive on the sleeve;
- d. compression means for compressing said tray against the adhesive;
- e. means for raising the flip-top of the tray;
- f. means for lifting a second portion of the sleeve and folding it over the tray;
- and,
- g. means for closing the flip-top over the second portion of the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.