Floating flap tucker
US5729964A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B49/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Flap tucker assembly and cam actuators for tucking and/or closing a box container flap. One or more flap tucker assemblies, the major elements of which include a slider body, a pivotable tucker blade and a face closer assembly, are carried by a tucker transporter system which presents members of the tucker assembly to be reciprocatingly actuated by cam operators to horizontally and transversely actuate the slide body, to vertically actuate the pivotable tucker blade, and to horizontally and transversely actuate the face closer assembly in sequence as the flap tucker assembly is carried parallel to a box container conveyor.
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