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US3176978A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Blank feeders for box forming machines

Assignee: BRADFORD SPEED PACKAGING AND D
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Filing: 1962-09-07
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Granted: 1965-04-06
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Expires: 1982-09-07
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Abstract

Abstract 968,827. Feeding sheets. ATLAS GENERAL INDUSTRIES Inc. Aug. 27, 1963 [Sept. 7, 1962], No. 33798/63. Heading B6B. Apparatus for separating box blanks from a stack thereof, includes a drive arm 25 pivoted at 26, a carrier head 32 pivoted at 29 to said drive arm, suction separators 30 supported by the carrier head, and drive means for imparting a complex oscillating motion to the drive arm, so that the pivot 29 moves in an arc 6 from I to IV, where the separators engage the stack, from IV back to V, to partially separate the foremost blank from the stack and permit air to enter therebehind, from V to IV, to jog the stack and assist in subsequent complete separation of the foremost blank from the stack and movement of the remaining blanks up to the retaining lips 36, and finally from IV back to I, where the blank is deposited on box forming mechanism. A channel-shaped guide 33 fixed to carrier head 32, engages a fixed pin 34, to rotate the carrier head anticlockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1, during movement of the drive arm in a clockwise sense about the pivot 26. The drive means consists of a rotating shaft 11 which oscillates an L- shaped member 15, pivoted at 20, by means of crank-arms 13, 14. A connecting rod 23 is pivotally connected to arms 17 and 27 of member 15 and drive arm 25, respectively.

Inventors

  • 👤 Thomas R Baker
  • 👤 Willard E Cartwright

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 18:48
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B43/00; B65B43/12; B65B43/14; B65B43/16; B65B43/18; B65B43/185; B65H; B65H3/00; B65H3/36; B65H3/38; B31; B31B; B31B50/00; B31B50/02; B31B50/04; B31B50/06; B31B50/062

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 260 words
A BLANK FEEDING MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING A BLANK FROM A PICKUP STATION OF A FOLDING BOX MACHINE TO A BLANK DEPOSIT STATION, THE MECHANISM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A POWER OPERATED CRANK; A FIRST ANGLE LEVER HAVING TWO ARMS; A FIRST LINK CONNECTING SAID CRANK TO ONE ARM OF SAID FIRST LEVER; A SECOND ANGLE LEVER HAVING TWO ARMS; A SECOND LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND ARM OF THE FIRST LEVER AND TO THE FIRST ARM OF THE SECOND LEVER, THE POINTS OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION MOVING ON ARCS WHEN SAID FIRST LEVER IS OSCILLATED BY ROTATION OF SAID CRANK, A FEED CARRIER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE SECOND ARM OF SAID SECOND LEVER, SAID FEED CARRIER COMPRISING SUCTION CUP MEANS FOR GRASPING A BLANK; A FIXED CONTROL PIVOT; AND A CONTROL ARM FIXED ON SAID CARRIER AND HAVING SLIDABLE AS WALL AS PIVOTAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTROL PIVOT FOR VARYING THE INCLINATION OF THE FEED CARRIER WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL DURING OSCILLATION OF THE SECOND ANGLE LEVER; THE RELATIVE DISPOSITION OF THE AXES OF THE ANGLE LEVERS AND THE PIVOT AXES AT WHICH SAID SECOND LINK IS CONNECTED TO SAID ANGLE LEVERS BEING SUCH THAT, BETWEEN THE END POSITIONS OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE SECOND LINK ON THE FIRST ANGLE LEVER, SAID LAST NAMED PIVOT AXIS MOVES FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HYPOTHETICAL STRAIGHT LINE CONNECTING THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST ANGLE LEVER WITH THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID SECOND LINK ON SAID SECOND ANGLE LEVER, BEYOND SAID LINE, TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 260 words
A BLANK FEEDING MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING A BLANK FROM A PICKUP STATION OF A FOLDING BOX MACHINE TO A BLANK DEPOSIT STATION, THE MECHANISM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A POWER OPERATED CRANK; A FIRST ANGLE LEVER HAVING TWO ARMS; A FIRST LINK CONNECTING SAID CRANK TO ONE ARM OF SAID FIRST LEVER; A SECOND ANGLE LEVER HAVING TWO ARMS; A SECOND LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND ARM OF THE FIRST LEVER AND TO THE FIRST ARM OF THE SECOND LEVER, THE POINTS OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION MOVING ON ARCS WHEN SAID FIRST LEVER IS OSCILLATED BY ROTATION OF SAID CRANK, A FEED CARRIER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE SECOND ARM OF SAID SECOND LEVER, SAID FEED CARRIER COMPRISING SUCTION CUP MEANS FOR GRASPING A BLANK; A FIXED CONTROL PIVOT; AND A CONTROL ARM FIXED ON SAID CARRIER AND HAVING SLIDABLE AS WALL AS PIVOTAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTROL PIVOT FOR VARYING THE INCLINATION OF THE FEED CARRIER WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL DURING OSCILLATION OF THE SECOND ANGLE LEVER; THE RELATIVE DISPOSITION OF THE AXES OF THE ANGLE LEVERS AND THE PIVOT AXES AT WHICH SAID SECOND LINK IS CONNECTED TO SAID ANGLE LEVERS BEING SUCH THAT, BETWEEN THE END POSITIONS OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE SECOND LINK ON THE FIRST ANGLE LEVER, SAID LAST NAMED PIVOT AXIS MOVES FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HYPOTHETICAL STRAIGHT LINE CONNECTING THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST ANGLE LEVER WITH THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID SECOND LINK ON SAID SECOND ANGLE LEVER, BEYOND SAID LINE, TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LINE.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-04-05 1968-10-05 1969-04-06 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-04-05 1972-10-05 1973-04-06 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-04-05 1976-10-05 1977-04-06 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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