Pizza tray and forming assembly
AssigneeDelkor Systems, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Mark Mate', Thomas Murdock Partridge, David Lee Belden
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Abstract
A forming assembly and process for forming a carton from a carton blank are herein disclosed. The finished carton can have an odd number of sides and/or an angle between two adjacent sides that is less than 90 degrees. The forming assembly includes a forming head and a forming cavity. The forming head acts as an inner die and the forming cavity acts as an outer die. In addition, the forming cavity includes at least one cavity side plate that desirably folds tabs on the carton blank to secure the tabs to one another and form the finished carton.
Claims6
A carton forming assembly for forming a carton having a plurality of sides, wherein at least two of the sides are separated by an angle less than 90 degrees, the forming assembly comprising:
- a forming head, a forming cavity, and at least one minor folding member;
- the forming cavity comprising a plurality of cavity side plates, at least two of the plurality of cavity side plates separated by an angle that is less than 90 degrees;
- at least one of the plurality of cavity side plates having a forming surface and a raised surface, the raised surface extending along a portion of the forming surface;
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- the at least one minor folding member having an angled surface and a reference surface, the angled surface being adjacent to the reference surface, the angled surface forming an angle of between 120 and 160 degrees with respect to reference surface.
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