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Box erector

  • US 5,156,582 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1991
  • Issued: 10/20/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for erecting a rectangular box from a folded knock-down box, said rectangular box having a pair of spaced apart sides, a pair of spaced apart ends, a pair of bottom end flaps and a pair of bottom side flaps, and a pair of top end flaps and a pair of top side flaps, said apparatus comprising:

  • an inventory section which includes inventory means for maintaining a stack of said knock-down boxes with a top box in a pick-up position;

    a transfer section which includes transfer means for engaging a first side of a top box which is disposed on top of said stack of knock-down boxes and picking up and transferring said top box to a box-opening position, and said transfer means includes box opening position, and said transfer means includes box opening means for engaging a second side of said top box and opening said box into an open rectangular box at said box-opening position;

    a closure section which receives said rectangular box at a box closure position, and said closure section includes closure means for folding a pair of said end and side flaps of said box inward for closure;

    said transfer means transferring said open rectangular box from said box-opening position to said closure section after said box has been opened and said transfer means rotating said first side of said box generally ninety degrees during transfer from said inventory section to said closure section; and

    a taping section which includes taping means form securing said end and side flaps in a closed configuration to form a box enclosure.

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