Abstract:
The invention is embodied in a high-speed case-erecting machine characterized by a bottom-feed hopper, a pneumatic picker and a pair of live transfer rollers for transferring from the hopper flattened, knocked-down cases to be received at a case-squaring station equipped with vertically separable pneumatic cups for squaring the cases, a chain-driven, reciprocating conveyor of adjustable modular construction for transferring squared cases through a series of flap-manipulating stations at which the flaps located at one end of each case are closed and sealed, thus to provide a series of erected cases.
Abstract:
A packaging system has a conveyor, a coil of a web of box material, and a box-making unit adjacent the coil for pulling the box-material web from its coil, printing on the box-material web, cutting the printed box-material web into individual carton blanks, forming the blanks into individual upwardly open boxes, and depositing the boxes on the conveyor. A coil of label material is provided adjacent a label-making unit that pulls the label-material web from the coil, prints on the label-material web, cuts the printed label-material coil into individual labels, applies the labels to objects secured from a source of the objects, and loads respective pluralities of the labeled objects into respective ones of the open boxes on the conveyor. Another coil of insert material is provided adjacent an insert-making unit that pulls the insert-material web from its coil, prints on the insert-material web, cuts the printed insert-material coil into individual inserts, and puts the inserts into respective ones of the open boxes. The boxes are closed after insertion thereinto of the objects and inserts. A computer is connected to the box-, label-, and insert-making unit for synchronously operating same in accordance with a program.
Abstract:
A folding box gluing machine to be used for the production of packages is provided with a lateral wall situated on the operator's side of the machine which consists of a plate making up the machine frame. The plate has several apertures providing access to, and inspection of, the inner machine area. The full or closed areas of the plate are covered up by hollow panels in which the machine components can be lodged. The apertures are closed by transparent panels which are removable and are provided with safety detectors preventing the machine operation as long as they are not closed. The height of the panels is sufficiently high so that the wall will be able to ensure a noise absorbing or blocking effect.
Abstract:
The disclosure illustrates and describes a modular forming, sterilizing, filling and sealing machine for containers, including a front bottom forming and sealing section; an intermediate sterilizing section; and a rear filling, top forming and sealing section; and separate conveyor means in each section. The conveyor means in the sterilizing section is adapted to receive the containers from the conveyor means in the bottom forming and sealing section in an upright, open-topped condition and convey same transverse to the line of travel in the forming and sealing sections through a sterilant vapor atmosphere wherein the sterilant vapor condenses on all surfaces of each upright, open-topped container, and then rotates the containers from the upright position to an upside-down condition through a heated and air blown atmosphere, and back to an upright condition onto the conveyor means in the filling, top forming and sealing section.
Abstract:
Feedstock is delivered perpendicular to the line of applied glue in an automated gluing machine, thereby simplifying operation and better accommodating other in-line factory or assembly processes. The machine comprises an input nip for receiving the head end and the tail end of a sheet stock in overlapping registration, with the tail end being longer than the head end. A clamp mechanism holds the overlapping sheet stock in position while a glue applicator applies glue to one side of the tail end. An output nip holds the glued side of the tail end against the head end, and apparatus is provided for ejecting the sheet stock once the tail end has been glued to the head end. The glued stock may be ejected back toward the operator or away from the operator and through the machine, enabling the machine to be placed in-line with other machines for a continuous directional or linear flow.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for producing a gusseted container, which method includes the steps of feeding unfolded, corrugated paper, die cut blanks sequentially from the feed module of a corrugated paper box folding apparatus through the prefold, fold and final fold modules, applying glue to the die cut blanks, creasing three gusset areas of the blanks, gathering and pleating the gusset areas, folding a panel tab against the adjacent blank panel, pressing the folded gussets and panel tab against the glue on the blanks and folding the blanks and panel tab to define the gusseted container. The apparatus for producing the gusseted container includes lifting fingers or creasing bars for creasing the respective gusset areas of the die cut blanks, variable speed gathering wheels for gathering the gusset areas to define gussets, upper and lower skis for supporting and stabilizing the blanks, tracker wheels for further stabilizing the blanks on the lower skis, guide bars, fold bars and a folding shoe for biasing the gussets and a panel tab onto the respective adjacent panels of the die cut blanks, glue heads for applying glue to the gussets and panel tab prior to folding the gussets and panel tab against the panels, creasing swords for creasing the gusset panel margins and fold belts for folding the respective blank panels after the respective gussets have been glued to the panels.
Abstract:
A corrugated cardboard box making machine wherein the units such as feed unit, printing unit and slotting unit are separably connected in alignment with a driving shaft being provided on each one of the units, and on an external gear which is one element of a coupling arranged between the driving shafts engaging projections are provided and on an internal gear which is the other element, there are provided engaging concave portions to automatically receive the engaging projections only when rotational positions of both of the gears are coincided. The machine is further arranged to automatically and accurately perform smooth connecting operation of each driving shaft when each unit is reconnected after such work as printing plate exchange is finished.
Abstract:
Feedstock is delivered perpendicular to the line of applied glue in an automated gluing machine, thereby simplifying operation and better accommodating other in-line factory or assembly processes. The machine comprises an input nip for receiving the head end and the tail end of a sheet stock in overlapping registration, with the tail end being longer than the head end. A clamp mechanism holds the overlapping sheet stock in position while a glue applicator applies glue to one side of the tail end. An output nip holds the glued side of the tail end against the head end, and apparatus is provided for ejecting the sheet stock once the tail end has been glued to the head end. The glued stock may be ejected back toward the operator or away from the operator and through the machine, enabling the machine to be placed in-line with other machines for a continuous directional or linear flow.
Abstract:
A modular machine for making cardboard packages having a plurality of modules. A controlling automatic indexing device is provided which cooperates with a length of shaft and blocking means attached to each module for stopping the length of shaft at a predetermined indexing angular position. Thus, when the machine is stopped in order to change or clean the rotary members of the modules, each length of shaft of each module is stopped in the same position of the cycle and remains at its angular position during separation of the modules.
Abstract:
A carton folding apparatus which is characterized by multiple folder/gluer modules, including a feed module for receiving and delivering unfolded cartons, prefold/fold, fold and final fold modules for effecting specified folding and gluing operations, a delivery module for completing the folding operations and further including a stacker unit for receiving and stacking the folded and glued cartons. Each of the folder/gluer modules is capable of being removed from the apparatus line and is characterized by separate, independently driven upper and lower belt feed mechanisms for driving the cartons through that module. The feed module includes adjustable upper and lower feed assemblies and the remaining prefold/fold, fold, delivery and final fold modules include upper and lower carriages, which upper carriages may be adjusted upwardly with respect to the feed assembly and bottom carriages, respectively, and both carriages in the prefold/fold, fold, delivery and final fold modules are laterally adjustable to accommodate cartons of various width. While the respective belts in each of the folder/gluer modules are independently driven, all belt drive motors are synchronized to insure that the belts operate at the same speed. The belt-carrying mechanisms in all of the folder/gluer modules are designed to facilitate optimum belt replacement without the necessity of dismantling the carrying mechanisms.