Blank feeder for packaging machine
US4708707A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB31B2120/30
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A blank feeder for a packaging machine for use with folded flat blanks unfoldable into tubes of square to rectangular cross section and having different lengths to form containers of different capacities. The feeder includes a magazine for containing a stack of flat container blanks. The magazine comprises an inclined frame defining a downward delivery opening and having opposite side members, an upper member and a lower member, a pair of blank unfolding pawls provided at the bottom surfaces of the upper and lower frame members and partly projecting into the opening, and a pair of movable blank supports reciprocatingly movable between an upper position above the frame and a lower position below the frame through the opening. The upper frame member is movable by a hydraulic cylinder longitudinally of the frame to adjust the distance between the unfolding pawls to the length of the blank. Blanks are supplied by an elevator to the movable blank supports in the upper position and then placed on fixed blank supports at the frame bottom by lowering the movable supports. When the movable supports are raised to the upper position to remove the remaining blanks from the magazine after packa…
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