Infeed guide system
AssigneePacksize LLC
InventorNiklas Pettersson
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Abstract
Methods, devices, apparatus, and assemblies for converting fanfold material into packaging templates are disclosed. A converting system includes a converting machine that performs various conversion functions on the fanfold material. An infeed guide system directs the fanfold material from one or more stacks into the converting machine without folding, creasing, or otherwise compromising the fanfold material. The infeed guide system includes infeed guides with substantially S-shaped segments. The infeed guide system also includes a frame structure that substantially maintains the curvature of the substantially S-shaped segments within a desired range to prevent damage to or jamming of the fanfold material in the infeed guide system.
Claims19
A feed system for feeding raw material into a converting machine, the feed system comprising:
- a plurality of infeed guides, each of the plurality of infeed guides comprising a first end, a second end disposed adjacent said converting machine, and a S-shaped segment between the first and second ends, the S-shaped segment having a center portion, wherein raw material can be fed between the first and second ends through the S-shaped segment, wherein the plurality of infeed guides comprises two or more vertically spaced apart infeed guides that define one or more guide passages through which the raw material can be passed;
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- a frame supporting the plurality of infeed guides, the frame comprising a pivoting frame that is adapted to selectively change the height of the center portion of each S-shaped segment of the plurality of infeed guides.
A converting system used to convert fanfold material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the fanfold material being stacked and having score lines separating layers of the fanfold material, wherein the converting system comprises:
- a converting machine configured to receive and perform one or more conversion functions on said fanfold material, the one or more conversion functions including creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, scoring, or any combination thereof, to create said packaging template;
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- an infeed guide system disposed adjacent to the converting machine, the infeed guide system comprising:
- a plurality of infeed guides adapted to direct said fanfold material into the converting machine, each of the plurality of infeed guides having a first end, a second end disposed adjacent the converting machine, and a S-shaped segment between the first and second ends, wherein the second end of each infeed guide is adapted for vertical repositioning;
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- a grate connected to the plurality of infeed guides, wherein the grate is adapted to vertically reposition a center portion of the S-shaped segments of the plurality of infeed guides when the second ends of the infeed guides are vertically repositioned.
A guide system comprising:
- a plurality of infeed guides, each of the plurality of infeed guides comprising a first end, a second end, and a S-shaped segment between the first and second ends, the S-shaped segment having a center portion, wherein planar material can be fed between the first and second ends through the S-shaped segments, and wherein the second ends of the infeed guides are adapted for vertical repositioning;
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- a frame supporting the plurality of infeed guides, the frame comprising a grate connected to the center portions of the S-shaped segments, wherein the height and vertical orientation of the grate changes as the second ends of the infeed guides are vertically repositioned, whereby the curvature of the S-shaped segments is maintained within a predetermined range as the second ends of the infeed guides are vertically repositioned.
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