Efficient sheet stack packaging technique
US5878554A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B25/141
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The system involves the use of shallow boxes having an integral base and lid, with the lid being foldable down to close the box as part of the automated packaging of stacks of sheets of labels or other sheet material. The system involves one or more accumulators having buffering capability between sheet stackers and the cartoning equipment. The lids may be scored and subject to a pre-breaking step so that their three layer construction may be readily formed into boxes in the course of the packaging process.
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