Container forming apparatus having in-line blanker
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising a paper receptacle forming machine having a receptacle body forming station, a vertically disposed upwardly open magazine for receiving and containing a supply of vertically stacked receptacle blanks and defined at least in part by a plurality of vertically upwardly extending members, and means for feeding successive receptacle blanks from the bottom of a stack of a receptacle blanks in said magazine to said forming station, and a separate portable blanking machine operable independently of said receptacle forming machine and having blanking means disposed above the level of said magazine for forming a succession of receptacle blanks, and guide means mounted on and depending from said blanking machine for directing from said blanking means into said magazine receptacle blanks received from said blanking means, said guide means cooperating with said upwardly extending members and forming a substantial upward extension of said magazine.
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Abstract
Apparatus for making paper receptacles includes a magazine fed rotary turret receptacle forming machine having a magazine defined by a plurality of spaced apart and upwardly extending magazine rods. An independently operable blanking machine continuously supplies receptacle blanks to the forming machine and includes a die set and a plurality of spaced apart guide rods which depend from the die set and form an upward extension of the magazine.
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- 1. Apparatus comprising a paper receptacle forming machine having a receptacle body forming station, a vertically disposed upwardly open magazine for receiving and containing a supply of vertically stacked receptacle blanks and defined at least in part by a plurality of vertically upwardly extending members, and means for feeding successive receptacle blanks from the bottom of a stack of a receptacle blanks in said magazine to said forming station, and a separate portable blanking machine operable independently of said receptacle forming machine and having blanking means disposed above the level of said magazine for forming a succession of receptacle blanks, and guide means mounted on and depending from said blanking machine for directing from said blanking means into said magazine receptacle blanks received from said blanking means, said guide means cooperating with said upwardly extending members and forming a substantial upward extension of said magazine.
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13. Apparatus comprising a paper receptacle forming machine having a receptacle body forming station, a vertically disposed upwardly open magazine for receiving and containing a supply of vertically stacked receptacle blanks, said magazine being defined at least in part by a plurality of horizontally spaced vertically upwardly extending magazine rods having free upper ends, and means for feeding successive receptacle blanks from the bottom of a stack of receptacle blanks in said magazine to said forming station, and a separate portable blanking machine mounted on casters for movement along a floor and relative to said receptacle forming machine and operable independently of said receptacle forming machine, said blanking machine having blanking means disposed above the level of said magazine for forming a succession of receptacle blanks, guide means for directing from said blanking means into said magazine receptacle blanks received from said blanking means and defined at least in part by a plurality of horizontally spaced downwardly extending guide rods having free lower ends and depending from said blanking means, said free lower ends being disposed below the level of said free upper ends, said guide rods cooperating with said magazine rods to form a substantial upward extension of said magazine, means for aligning said portable blanking machine relative to said receptacle forming machine to align said guide rods in magazine defining relation with said magazine rods, and blank engaging means for separating each successive blanks formed by said blanking means from said blanking means and urging it toward said guide means.
- 14. Apparatus comprising a paper receptacle forming machine having a receptacle body forming station, an upwardly open magazine for receiving and containing a supply of vertically stacked receptacle blanks, and means for feeding successive receptacle blanks from said magazine to said forming station, and a blanking machine operable independently of said receptacle forming machine and having blanking means for forming a succession of receptacle blanks, guide means forming a vertical extending portion of said magazine for directing from said blanking means into said magazine receptacle blanks received from said blanking means, and blank engaging means for separating each successive container blank from said blanking means and urging it toward said guide means and including at least one fluid motor having a fixed part mounted in fixed position on said blanking means and a movable plunger operable in timed relation to the operation of said blanking means for engaging a blank formed by said blanking means to urge the blank into said magazine.
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