METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES

专利名称：METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

PACKAGING ARTICLES

发明人：LATTKE H,US申请号：US37395D申请日：19710519公开号：US37395A公开日：19730619

摘要：An automatic machine is disclosed for packaging an array, or slug, of articles,such as cans, in a paperboard carton, wherein the carton is first provided in a flat blankform, is then preliminarily formed into a U-shaped configuration, and then final wrappedaround the array of articles, to be subsequently glued up and sealed so as to form a verycompact paperboard carton for the articles. The machine includes a frame having avertically movable elevator structure which is equipped with laterally opposed plows forengaging side panels of the paperboard blank, and for folding the side panels upwardlyinto a U-shaped configuration around the funnel portion of a packer in which the articlesare held prior to being dropped onto the bottom panel of the blank. After the articlesare positioned thereon, the elevator structure lowers the U-shaped blank, together withthe articles, onto a pocket chain conveyor where the carton is fed laterally off theelevator to fold the top panel, and to fold the end panels associated with the sidepanels, as well as those associated with the top and bottom panels, into place. Aconventional vertical compression unit is also used, and the manufacturer's tab or flap isglued and folded in this portion of the machine.

申请人：EMHART CORP,US

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