序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
1 Assembly for severing sheet material US733601 1991-07-22 US5140882A 1992-08-25 L. Edward Hyder
A cut and score die apparatus is provided for progressively converting a sheet of material into blanks. The apparatus includes a punching section for punching scrap material from the sheet of material to define an array of interconnected blanks arranged in a grid of rows and columns on the sheet of material. A scoring section is provided for simultaneously scoring a first predetermined pattern on a trailing portion of a first row of blanks and a second predetermined pattern on the leading portion of a second, succeeding row of blanks on the sheet of material. A blanking section is also provided for piercing the sheet of material in a predetermined pattern to cut blanks from the sheet of material without producing any additional scrap material.
2 Method and apparatus for erecting a carton with integral interior partitions US504529 1983-06-21 US4500306A 1985-02-19 Ulrich G. Nowacki
An apparatus and method are disclosed for erecting from a single blank a carton having integral interior partitions. Blanks are supplied to the machine and, in three folding stations, are folded along score lines and cuts and then sealed to form the finished carton. Erection of the carton and provision of interior partitions is accomplished by a single machine in a continuous process.
3 Machine for erecting strawberry lug US953703 1978-10-23 US4217815A 1980-08-19 Ulrich G. Nowacki
Method and apparatus for forming a tray are disclosed. The tray has at least one transverse hollow wall formed by a pair of substantially parallel, spaced flaps that are folded down from a transverse bridge. Each flap is secured to a tab folded upwards from the bottom of the tray. A pair of pivotally-mounted folding arms located above the tray rotate the two flaps downwardly while a mandrel located beneath the tray forces the two tabs upwardly into a substantially parallel, spaced relationship, whereby each tab contacts and becomes secured to its respective flap.
4 Bottle packaging machine US506098 1974-09-16 US3981120A 1976-09-21 Robert H. Ganz
An apparatus for automatically closing the end panels or flaps of cartons or carriers of the type which are in the form of a tube disposed over an assembly of bottles or the like, specifically, bottom loaded beverage bottle carriers or cartons, in which there is a conveyor means for advancing the carton and bottle assemblies along a path between oppositely disposed runs of horizontally disposed, traveling conveyors having panel engaging fingers which co-operate with associated plow members in closing the top end panels and in holding the same in properly aligned and closed position while overlapped margins are locked together by interengaging latching and locking elements thereon, together with fixed plow type members disposed along the path of advance of the assemblies for closing bottom wall forming panels and interengaging latching and locking elements on these panels so as to lock the same in bottom wall forming position.
5 Cut and score die apparatus and method US475816 1990-02-06 US5052992A 1991-10-01 L. Edward Hyder
A cut and score die apparatus is provided for progressively converting a sheet of material into blanks. The apparatus includes a punching section for punching scrap material from the sheet of material to define an array of interconnected blanks arranged in a grid of rows and columns on the sheet of material. A scoring section is provided for simultaneously scoring a first predetermined pattern on a trailing portion of a first row of blanks and a second predetermined pattern on the leading portion of a second, succeeding row of blanks on the sheet of material. A blanking section is also provided for piercing the sheet of material in a predetermined pattern to cut blanks from the sheet of material without producing any additional scrap material.
6 Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier US674235 1984-11-23 US4611712A 1986-09-16 Orison W. Stone
Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier. The carrier is initially formed as a flat folded tube having a bottom wall, a top wall and transversely creased end walls, the top wall forming a central partition. The apparatus has a longitudinal partition former which is spaced to create a longitudinal slot and end formers which are spaced from the longitudinal formers to create end slots. A blade passing through a hole in the bottom wall engages the inside surface of the top wall to drive it into the longitudinal slot. This operation creates the central partition and simultaneously erects the end walls as the carrier is thrust into the forming apparatus.
7 Apparatus for feeding from a hopper and for setting up collapsed article carriers US342179 1982-01-25 US4512756A 1985-04-23 Willie M. Fields
Carriers of the top gripping type and having downwardly depending side and end walls and stacked in collapsed condition in a hopper are fed in sequence by oscillatable feeder means which engages a lower planar element of the lowermost carton in the stack of cartons and draws that element outwardly from its associated face contacting element by means of inwardly extending projections fixedly mounted on the hopper and arranged to engage parts of the upper planar elements which coincide with edge notches formed on the lower planar element so that movement of the lower planar element away from the upper planar element initiates setting up of the carrier and also effects withdrawal of the lowermost carrier from the hopper.
8 Article carrier erecting mechanism US161796 1980-06-23 US4340380A 1982-07-20 Rodney K. Calvert
An erector mechanism for setting-up article carriers of the basket type from a collapsed condition to a set-up condition comprises a pivotal arm arranged to oscillate between a pair of spaced carrier erector locations. The erector locations each include a pivotal leg having suction elements to withdraw collapsed carriers from a supply and maintain them in position for setting-up and the pivotal arm includes two opposed sets of suction elements for cooperation with the suction elements of the respective pivotal legs in that position so that the carrier side walls are drawn apart to set up the carrier. The pivotal legs are timed from a cam system to withdraw carriers from a supply at each erector section alternately and the pivotal arm is synchronized by the cam system to cooperate in the carrier setting-up procedure with each pivotal leg in turn while the other pivotal leg is actuated to withdraw the next succeeding carrier.
9 Machine for manipulating a collapsed basket style carton into set-up condition and for adhering end flaps to end panels at each end of the carton US963202 1978-11-24 US4201118A 1980-05-06 Rodney K. Calvert; Alton J. Fishback
A reciprocable feeder arm (10) includes a projecting portion (12) for engaging an edge of a collapsed carton (C) in a hopper (1) and with the aid of a suction cup (13) removes the collapsed carton (C) from the hopper (1) and into a position adjacent but spaced from fixed suction cup means (3) into engagement with which one side wall (A1) of the carton is driven by movable suction cup means (4) which engages the opposite side wall (A) of the carton so that subsequent movement of the movable suction cup means (4) away from the fixed suction cup means (3) moves the carton side walls apart and tends to manipulate the carton into set-up condition during which movement a pair of spaced guides (6) engage end wall panels (B,D,B1,D1) at each end of the carrier and aid further in setting the carrier up while an arcuate fixed guide (6a) disposed adjacent the path of movement of the carton engages its bottom wall (E) so as to hold a pair of end flaps (F,G) foldably joined to the ends of the bottom wall are moved into approximately coplanar relation with the bottom wall so that a pair of fixed adhesive applicators (7) may apply adhesive to the inner surfaces of the end flaps (F,G) following which movement a reciprocable pusher element (8) engages the set-up carton (C4) along its upper edges and moves the carton between a pair of spaced plates (9) which engage the carton end flaps and force such flaps (F,G) into firm flat face contacting engagement with the end panels (B,D,B1,D1) at each end of the carton.
10 Packaging machine US650175 1976-01-19 US4012887A 1977-03-22 Rodney K. Calvert; Dale K. Scott
A machine withdraws collapsed sleeve type containers in sequence from a hopper and sets up each collapsed blank into a condition for receiving bottles through the open ends thereof and includes an oscillatable loading arm disposed adjacent an open end of the set-up sleeve for engaging articles and for moving those articles into the open end of the sleeve together with movable end flap folding means for engaging end flaps disposed on one end edge of a trailing side wall together with a fixed plow which engages end flaps foldably joined to an end edge of a leading side wall to manipulate those flaps into closed condition following loading, and fixed top and bottom end flap folding plows engage the top and bottom end flaps in sequence to fold those flaps into closed condition following operation of glue applying means which applies glue to the outer surface of the upper end flap immediately prior to engagement of that surface by the inner surface of the lower end flap.
11 Method of making a folded up egg pack US737826 1985-05-24 US4621484A 1986-11-11 Toni Casutt
In an egg box made from slitted cardboard blanks of which one provides wave strips joined only at their wave crests for folding around to make pockets for the eggs and the other blank provides flat bottom and side panel or cover strips which brace the wave strips by being glued to the wave trough bottoms of the wave strips, top cover strips respectively glued to the half width wave strips that come together (when the top wave strips are folded around the eggs already packed in the pockets previously formed,) do not both correspond in width to the top wave strips, but one of them has an overlapping free edge the underside of which is bonded adhesively to the other top panel strip. The adhesive bonding is done with a hot-sticking adhesive which when cooled without being covered is no longer sticky. The adhesive is laid down in strips on the wider and shorter blank which provides the cover strips at locations corresponding to the wave trough bottoms that are to be glued on. While it is hot the longer and narrower wave blank, bent into waves, is glued on, leaving the edge portion of the wider blank with spaced cross-ribbons of adhesive which are allowed to cool so that they are no longer sticky. The glued blanks are then filled at a packing station but before they are folded to make pockets, for the eggs, the free edge strip is heated with hot air to soften the adhesive ribbons and then the box is set up and filled and after the top of the box is folded into place, the overlapping free edge strip is pressed against the underlying cover strip to stick the two together. When the adhesive has cooled the pack is secured.
12 Vacuum belt carton erector US645230 1984-08-29 US4596544A 1986-06-24 Kent D. Hull
A machine to erect flat-folded cartons, especially such as carry beverage containers, from a flat-folded storage configuration to three dimensional carrying configuration. The machine feeds folded containers from a storage hopper, in singulated fashion, between two endless forwardly flaring vacuum belts which hold the carton sides and move them simultaneously therealong to initialy expand the container. The partially expanded container is then completely expanded and fastened by a cooperating over-head positioning chain structure and an underlying cam wheel and thereafter delivered for further operation. The assembly operations are sequentially timed. The vacuum belts are particularly configured to allow a continuous, rapid operation with low air flow.
13 Apparatus and method for setting up a basket-type carrier US642048 1984-08-17 US4596543A 1986-06-24 Carl J. Reiser; Charles F. Abernathy
Apparatus and method are provided for setting up a basket-type carrier from a collapsed state. The carrier includes pair of foldable end panels connected to opposite ends of a slotted base panel, side panels foldably connected to opposite sides of base panel, and pair of foldably connected panel sections forming a handle. Each end panel has foldably connected upper and lower sections initially in face-to-face relation. Each upper section has side segments foldably connected to ends of the panel sections. A U-shaped insert piece is assembled with the carrier and has upstanding legs extending through the slotted base panel and retaining the handle panel sections in face-to-face relation. The panel sections of the collapsed carrier are in coplanar relation and when the collapsed carrier is at a first station, external force is applied to the panel sections causing same to fold relative to one another into upright face-to-face relation. As the panel sections move to face-to-face relation, the upper and lower sections of each end panel partially unfold. The carrier is moved to a second station wherein the upper and lower sections of each end panel assume an upright coplanar relation. The carrier is moved to a third section wherein adhesive is applied to areas of the side panels. The carrier is moved to a fourth station during which the side panels are folded to upright positions and secured to the end panels. The insert piece is assembled on the carrier slotted base panel at a fifth station.
14 Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier US473012 1983-03-07 US4512755A 1985-04-23 Orison W. Stone
Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier. The carrier is initially formed as a flat folded tube having a bottom wall, a top wall and transversely creased end walls, the top wall forming a central partition. The apparatus has a longitudinal partition former which is spaced to create a longitudinal slot and end formers which are spaced from the longitudinal formers to create end slots. A blade passing through a hole in the bottom wall engages the inside surface of the top wall to drive it into the longitudinal slot. This operation creates the central partition and simultaneously erects the end walls as the carrier is thrust into the forming apparatus.
15 Packaging machine and method US161799 1980-06-23 US4332123A 1982-06-01 Rodney K. Calvert
A packaging machine includes a bottle carrier erector section, a bottle infeed and carrier transfer section and a bottle loading section. The erector section continuously sets up carriers which are then transferred to the loading section and at the same time bottles continuously are supplied to the loading section. The loading section includes a suspension feed line for the bottles and a carrier feed line to feed carriers in the same direction as and below the suspension feed line. The carrier feed line and bottle feed line converge and are so timed that each bottle arrives at a position directly above a carrier when the convergence of the feed lines has brought the bottle into close proximity with a carrier. Each bottle is caused to enter a carrier at an angle to the vertical and means are provided for controlling the bottle attitude and for causing detachment from the suspension feed line to deposit the bottle in a carrier at the appropriate moment.
16 Bottle packaging machine US470036 1974-05-15 US3940907A 1976-03-02 Robert H. Ganz
An apparatus for automatically opening and loading collapsed bottle carriers or cartons, which are formed of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material and which are adapted to be loaded through an open bottom after being set up into tubular condition, which apparatus comprises conveyor mechanism for advancing successive collapsed cartons and associated plow members for opening the same into tubular shape, with the cartons assuming a vertical position above a bottle carrying and grouping conveyor which delivers successive groups of the bottles to an assembly area where the cartons are lowered onto the bottle groups and thereafter advanced through mechanism which closes top and bottom wall forming panels and engages locking and latching members formed in overlapping margins of the panels so as to complete the packaging operation.This invention relates to packaging machinery or apparatus and is more particularly concerned with improvements in apparatus for opening collapsed or flattened carriers or cartons for beverage bottles, or similar articles, and filling the same with a predetermined number of bottles wherein the carriers are of the type which are initially formed as a collapsed tube with top and bottom wall forming panels extended in the plane of the side wall forming panels and having overlapping margins witth interengageable locking and latching elements herein.In the marketing of products such as bottled and canned beverages and the like, many different packaging arrangements have been employed. Generally, each new packaging design has resulted in the development of new machinery for handling the packaging operations. Two general types of packages have proven most acceptable to the beverage bottling and canning industry, both of which are adapted to contain a multiplicity of the product elements, usually six, eight or twelve bottles or cans. One form of package, used most often for canned beverages, is formed by wrapping an elongate rectangular blank, which is especially cut and scored, about an assembly of cans or bottles with its end secured so as to tightly enclose the assembly. Another type of package which is used for bottled beverages employs a carton which is in the form of a cellular basket with an open top and having a collapsed cell-forming partition structure which is opened up to receive the bottles when the initially collapsed carrier is set up. In loading this type carrier the bottles are dropped into the cells through the open top of the carrier. This involves considerable handling of the bottles which is undesirable. More recently there has been developed a package which employs a carton having some of the characteristics of both the basket type and the wraparound type and which is fabricated in collapsed or flattened condition with bottom wall forming panels initially extended in the plane of the side walls and enabling the container to be opened into tubular form and dropped over an assembly of bottles after which the bottom wall panels, and in some designs also the top wall panels, are folded to closed position and connected by interengaging locking and latching elements. A carton design of the latter type is disclosed in the application of Edwin A. Arneson and Guelfo A. Manizza, Ser. No. 368,825, filed June 11, 1973. It is a general object of the present invention to provide a machine which will open up a carton or carrier of this general type, drop it over an assembly of bottles, close and latch the panels forming the top and bottom wall of the package, which machine will operate efficiently at a relatively high rate of speed so as to be adapted for use in high speed beverage bottling and canning lines.It is a more specific object of the invention to provide an apparatus for automatically opening, or setting up, collapsed bottle carriers or cartons and filling the same, the cartons being of the type which are adapted to be opened, and to be filled or loaded by depositing them on groups or assemblies of bottles which are advancing on a conveyor in a bottling line or the like, and thereafter closing the bottoms by folding and latching bottom wall forming panels.It is another object of the invention to provide a machine for opening up collapsed bottle carriers or cartons which are of the type which are initially formed in collapsed tubular condition and with bottom wall forming panels extending in the plane of the side wall panels wherein the machine includes an entrance conveyor having a top run onto which successive collapsed cartons are fed and advanced to an opening station where they are each swung to an upright position and simultaneously opened into tubular condition for deposit from the top into an assembly of bottles carried on a conveyor beneath the carton supporting and feeding conveyor.It is another object of the invention to provide an apparatus for opening up collapsed bottle packaging cartons which are adapted to be loaded through the bottom wherein the apparatus comprises a horizontally disposed conveyor run on which the collapsed cartons are advanced and opened by means of associated mechanism for turning a bottom wall forming panel into a vertical plane and thereafter swinging the remainder of the carton upwardly while opening it into squared up condition so as to enable it to be advanced to a station or area where it is aligned with and dropped down over an assembly of bottles advancing on a feeding conveyor traveling in a path beneath the carton conveyor.It is another object of the invention to provide an apparatus for opening up bottle packaging cartons which are initially formed in collapsed tubular condition wherein the apparatus comprises a horizontally disposed conveyor run on which the cartons are advanced and associated mechanism for confining in a predetermined path one of a pair of bottom wall forming panels while turning the carton about the hinge connection of the confined panel with the side wall, into an upright position, and simultaneously squaring up the carton into tubular form, the apparatus including also mechanism enabling successive cartons to be deposited on an assembly of bottles after which the assembly is advanced through mechanism for folding top and bottom wall forming panels into closed position and for latching the same.
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