Title:
MACHINE FOR PACKAGING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES IN A CARTON, AND METHOD OF FORMING A CARTON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999036317
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A packaging machine for loading a plurality of articles (A) into a carton (52) which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for partly erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell (C1), means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, means for separating said grouped articles from an adjacent like group of articles, means for loading said grouped articles into said first article receiving cell through an open end thereof in the packaging carton and a means for completing the construction of the carton. There also comprises a mechanism for forming a carton including a pair of article receiving cells comprising complementary die members, each said die member being mounted to a rotating wheel wherein each said complementing die member is adapted to interengage when a blank is positioned between the two members, such that said die members cause the blank to be folded to define said article receiving cells.
Inventors:
PORTRAIT PASCAL (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/000853
Publication Date:
April 17, 2003
Filing Date:
January 15, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEAD CORP (US)
PORTRAIT PASCAL (FR)
PORTRAIT PASCAL (FR)
International Classes:
B31B50/20; B65B5/02; B65B5/10; B65B35/44; B65B35/58; B65B43/26; (IPC1-7): B65B5/02; B65B35/44; B65B35/58; B31B1/20; B65B43/26
Foreign References:
| US5454211A | 1995-10-03 | |||
| FR2286708A1 | 1976-04-30 |
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