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Aligning apparatus for rotary carton feeder

US4779860A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 1987
Grant dateOct 25, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1764
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cartoner has a generally horizontal magazine and a rotary feeder at the discharge end of the magazine, the rotary feeder having a knife that is generally parallel to the plane of the cartons to slice the cartons one at a time from the stack in the magazine. A mechanism is provided for pivoting the plane of the slicing blade to follow the plane of the upper edges of the cartons in the event that the cartons become twisted in the magazine.

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