Package blank normalizing system
US12115750B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2023 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB31B50/624
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A normalizing system for use with a case former, the system's components function and use are provided. Components of the system include a frame that defines a blank magazine area and a case forming area. Case pickers within the blank magazine area are configured to engage and lift a top-most case blank from the magazine. The pickers transfer the blank to left and right clamp assemblies, which grasp respective edges of the blank and then advance the blank toward the case forming area along a linear pathway. Alignment sensors positioned across the pathway detect if the case blank is in alignment as determined by the value of the angle(s) that the leading edge of the blank forms where it intersects each of the alignment sensors. If misalignment is detected, servos which control the rate of advancement of the clamp assemblies, adjust that rate to bring the blank back into alignment.
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