US 6,643,992 B2 · Process and machine for fastening objects into a box having a square or rectangular cross-section

Abstract

Process for the fastening of objects into a box made of a bottom and of at least four lateral sides including introducing, into this box, a sheet of a flexible material, for example, made of cardboard, this sheet consisting of a central part having dimensions that are approximately the same as the bottom of the box, in a manner so as to be able to be displaced in a direction to the bottom of the box and, on at least two opposing sides of this central part, at least one flexible folding panel. The flexible folding panels are folded up to the top. The fastening sheet is shaped, prepared, inserted and pushed into the box until the sheet contacts the upper surface of the objects housed in the box. The folding panels are pushed back, applied and fixed, for example, by gluing, against the internal side of the lateral walls of this box, in a manner so as to create solid fixation of the fastening sheet onto the lateral walls of the box, and, as a result, the fastening of the objects housed in it.

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Dependent claims

A process for fastening of objects of varying heights into a box comprising:

forming a box bottom having a bottom surface and at least four lateral sides extending upwardly from said bottom surface, said bottom surface having length and width dimensions;
forming a sheet of rigid or semi-rigid flexible material, said sheet having a central part with length and width dimensions approximately equal to said length and width dimensions of said bottom surface, said sheet having a plurality of flexible folding panels jointedly connected to said central part and extending upwardly therefrom;
placing the objects of varying height onto said bottom surface of said box bottom, the objects of varying height having an uppermost surface;
pushing said sheet into said box bottom to any level below the top of said lateral sides until a bottom surface of said sheet contacts the uppermost surface of the objects;
pushing the folding panels respectively toward the lateral sides of said to any level below that of said lateral box bottom;
and
fixing the folding panels respectively to the lateral sides of said box bottom.

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An apparatus for fastening objects of varying height within a box, the box having a bottom of square rectangular shape and at least four lateral sides extending upwardly from the bottom, the box having a fastening sheet formed of a rigid or semi-rigid flexible material, the fastening sheet having a central part with dimensions that are approximately equal to dimensions of the bottom, the fastening sheet having at least one flexible folding panel respectively on at least two opposing sides of the fastening sheet, the apparatus comprising:

a gluing means positioned adjacent the fastening sheet, said gluing means for applying beads of glue on a lower side of the folding panels;
a folding means positioned downstream of said gluing means, said folding means for folding the folding panels at an angle with respect to an upper side of the cental part;
and
an insertion means positioned downstream of said folding means, said insertion means for inserting and pushing the sheet into the box such that a lower side of the central part contacts an uppermost surface of the objects of varying height.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Process and machine for fastening objects into a box having a square or rectangular cross-section

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Process and machine for fastening objects into a box having a square or rectangular cross-section

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Abstract

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