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公开(公告)号:US20230192334A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US18063141
申请日:2022-12-08
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: Bryce J. Fox
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a case-handling device including movable folding guides positionable relative to a case to facilitate folding the case's upper major flaps outwardly along their respective fold lines before the case's upper minor flaps are closed.
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公开(公告)号:US11358744B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16353708
申请日:2019-03-14
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: William J. Menta , Bryce J. Fox
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer. The case sealer includes a top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). This maximizes the speed of the top-head assembly while limiting overshoot (when ascending) and preventing damage to the case (when descending). In certain embodiments the case sealer includes a tape cartridge configured to limit the forces imparted onto the leading and top surfaces of the case during sealing. These features result in increased throughput as compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.
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公开(公告)号:US11242169B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16353687
申请日:2019-03-14
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: William J. Menta , Bryce J. Fox
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer. The case sealer includes a top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). This maximizes the speed of the top-head assembly while limiting overshoot (when ascending) and preventing damage to the case (when descending). In certain embodiments the case sealer includes a tape cartridge configured to limit the forces imparted onto the leading and top surfaces of the case during sealing. These features result in increased throughput as compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.
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公开(公告)号:US20190283914A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16353687
申请日:2019-03-14
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: William J. Menta , Bryce J. Fox
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer. The case sealer includes a top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). This maximizes the speed of the top-head assembly while limiting overshoot (when ascending) and preventing damage to the case (when descending). In certain embodiments the case sealer includes a tape cartridge configured to limit the forces imparted onto the leading and top surfaces of the case during sealing. These features result in increased throughput as compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.
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公开(公告)号:US12151449B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18176804
申请日:2023-03-01
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: Bryce J. Fox , Robert Thane Rickard
IPC: B31B50/00 , B31B50/94 , B31B110/35
Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
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公开(公告)号:US20240166392A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18550501
申请日:2022-04-01
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: Bryce J. Fox , William J. Menta , Joseph E. Lininger , Paul Szadziewicz , Drew Wenrich
CPC classification number: B65B51/067 , B65B57/02 , B65B59/02
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer including a case lifter configured to lift a case out of engagement with a lower drive element 115 (such as a drive belt) of the case sealer as the case reaches a holding position beneath the top-head assembly 400 and, afterwards, to lower the case into engagement with the lower drive element once the top-head assembly has descended to within a designated distance of the top surface of the case. In certain of these embodiments, the case lifter includes a case blocker 215 positioned to stop the case from moving any further beneath the top-head assembly once it reaches the holding position.
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公开(公告)号:US20230303284A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18327263
申请日:2023-06-01
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: William J. Menta , Bryce J. Fox
CPC classification number: B65B59/02 , B65B61/06 , B65B51/067 , B65B57/02 , B65B59/005 , B65B67/02 , B65H35/0013 , B65H2701/377 , B65B2210/04
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer. The case sealer includes a top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). This maximizes the speed of the top-head assembly while limiting overshoot (when ascending) and preventing damage to the case (when descending). In certain embodiments the case sealer includes a tape cartridge configured to limit the forces imparted onto the leading and top surfaces of the case during sealing. These features result in increased throughput as compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.
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公开(公告)号:US20230286242A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18176804
申请日:2023-03-01
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: Bryce J. Fox , Robert Thane Rickard
CPC classification number: B31B50/0044 , B31B50/006 , B31B50/94 , B31B2110/35
Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
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公开(公告)号:US11975877B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17654494
申请日:2022-03-11
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: Bryce J. Fox
CPC classification number: B65B43/265 , B31B50/02 , B31B50/262 , B31B50/62 , B65B43/10
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a case former configured to receive a case in a blank configuration, open the case into a tubular configuration, fold the lower minor flaps to manipulate the case into a partially closed-bottom configuration, square the case while in the partially closed-bottom configuration, and fold and tape the lower major flaps shut to manipulate the case into a closed-bottom configuration. The squaring step ensures that the case has a rectangular cross-section after taping rather than a rhomboid cross-section.
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公开(公告)号:US11702237B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US17575384
申请日:2022-01-13
Applicant: Signode Industrial Group LLC
Inventor: William J. Menta , Bryce J. Fox
CPC classification number: B65B59/02 , B65B51/067 , B65B57/02 , B65B59/005 , B65B61/06 , B65B67/02 , B65H35/0013 , B65B2210/04 , B65H2701/377
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer. The case sealer includes a top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). This maximizes the speed of the top-head assembly while limiting overshoot (when ascending) and preventing damage to the case (when descending). In certain embodiments the case sealer includes a tape cartridge configured to limit the forces imparted onto the leading and top surfaces of the case during sealing. These features result in increased throughput as compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.
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