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CARTON FEEDING SYSTEM AND METHOD AND RELATED CARTON FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE

  • US 20160159026A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2015
  • Published: 06/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A carton feed assembly for delivering folded cartons to a carton erecting mechanism, comprising:

  • a carton blank storage rack holding a carton blank stack formed by plurality of folded carton blanks, the folded carton blanks stacked vertically one atop another such that additional folded carton blanks can be added to the top of the carton blank stack;

    a carton blank transport device arranged below the carton blank stack and configured to pick a bottommost folded carton blank from the bottom of the stack and transport it along a conveyance path toward a carton erecting mechanism; and

    a carton blank push up device toward an end of the conveyance path that receives the folded carton blank and reorients the folded carton blank from a substantially horizontal orientation to an upright orientation.

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