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Wrap around caser

  • US 5,528,882 A
  • Filed: 10/18/1993
  • Issued: 06/25/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wrap around caser comprising:

  • a collection station for collecting articles, which are being transported by transporting means along a first predetermined path, in a predetermined arrangement, said collection station being defined at a predetermined location on said first predetermined path;

    supplying means for supplying a plurality of blank sheets of predetermined shape to a receiving station one by one from a storing station storing a number of blank sheets, each of said blank sheets lying substantially flat horizontally when supplied to said receiving station, said receiving station being at least laterally spaced apart from said collection station; and

    holding and moving means for individually holding a predetermined number of two or more of said articles in a suspended manner at said collection station at the same time and moving said suspended articles along a path in the air and downward onto a predetermined portion of said blank sheet at said receiving station and then downward with said blank sheet to a bottom of a folding station located below said receiving station along a second predetermined path so as to have said blank sheet folded in a predetermined manner by a descending motion of said holding and moving means to have said articles wrapped by said blank sheet so folded as a carton box about sides of the articles with the so-folded carton box having an open top when reaching the bottom of said folding station while keeping said articles held by said holding and moving means until said articles reach the bottom of said folding stations, said holding and moving means being a single unit.

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