Apparatus for setting up folded cartons
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1. An apparatus for setting up folded cartons comprising in combination:
- a frame;
carton conveyor means for conveying set-up cartons thereon;
said carton conveyor means being attached to said frame and having a carton discharge at one end of said carton conveyor means;
carton set-up means located at the other end of said conveyor means for setting up a folded carton fed thereto;
said carton set-up means having at least one vacuum cup for grasping folded cartons on each side during set-up of a carton;
folded carton magazine means located to one side of said set-up means for positioning a stack of folded cartons;
folded carton feed means for feeding folded cartons from said folded carton magazine means to said carton set-up means, said feed means having at least one suction cup for grasping the bottom carton of a stack of folded cartons in said magazine and sliding means for sliding said suction cup and bottom folded carton from said folded carton magazine means to said carton set-up means and returning to engage the next folded carton in said magazine; and
vacuum pump and vacuum control system for controlling the vacuum on said carton set-up means vacuum cups and said feed means vacuum cup, said vacuum control system having at least one vacuum switch coupled to each said carton set-up means vacuum cup and to said feed means vacuum cup, said switch switching the vacuum between said carton set-up means and said feed means as said feed feed means delivers a folded carton to said carton set-up means whereby said switch simultaneously switches the vacuum back and forth from said carton set-up means to said feed means vacuum cup.
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Abstract
An apparatus for setting up folded cartons in which a frame has a folded carton magazine attached thereto adjacent a carton conveyor. A carton set-up station is mounted at one end of the conveyor adjacent the magazine, and the bottom carton in the magazine is grasped by suction cups and moved to the set-up station. The carton is set-up in the set-up station and fed to the conveyor as the minor flaps are folded, glued, and the major flaps folded, and finally, the major and minor flaps compressed for the glue to dry and the carton discharged.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for setting up folded cartons comprising in combination:
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a frame; carton conveyor means for conveying set-up cartons thereon;
said carton conveyor means being attached to said frame and having a carton discharge at one end of said carton conveyor means;carton set-up means located at the other end of said conveyor means for setting up a folded carton fed thereto; said carton set-up means having at least one vacuum cup for grasping folded cartons on each side during set-up of a carton; folded carton magazine means located to one side of said set-up means for positioning a stack of folded cartons; folded carton feed means for feeding folded cartons from said folded carton magazine means to said carton set-up means, said feed means having at least one suction cup for grasping the bottom carton of a stack of folded cartons in said magazine and sliding means for sliding said suction cup and bottom folded carton from said folded carton magazine means to said carton set-up means and returning to engage the next folded carton in said magazine; and vacuum pump and vacuum control system for controlling the vacuum on said carton set-up means vacuum cups and said feed means vacuum cup, said vacuum control system having at least one vacuum switch coupled to each said carton set-up means vacuum cup and to said feed means vacuum cup, said switch switching the vacuum between said carton set-up means and said feed means as said feed feed means delivers a folded carton to said carton set-up means whereby said switch simultaneously switches the vacuum back and forth from said carton set-up means to said feed means vacuum cup. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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