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US3306004A
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Packaging machine
Assignee: Primerica Inc
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Filing: 1964-11-05
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1984-11-05
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert K Galloway
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 03:02
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B43/00; B65B43/42; B65B43/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
IN A MACHINE FOR ERECTING, FILLING AND CLOSING PAPERBOARD CARTONS, MEANS FOR RECEIVING, SUPPORTING, AND TRANSFERRING SQUARED TUBULAR CARTON SHELL SUPPLIED FROM A FEEDING DEVICE WHILE SAID SHELLS ARE FILLED AND CLOSED, WHICH COMPRISES (A) FIRST AND SECOND ADJACENT PARALLEL RECIPROCAL RAIL ASSEMBLIES ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID SHELLS WITH THE AXIS PASSING THROUGH THE OPEN ENDS THEREOF POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES, (B) MEANS FOR OPPOSITELY RECIPROCATING SAID RAIL ASSEMBILIES LENGHTWISE, (C) MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR INTERMITTENTLY MOVING CARTONS ON THE FORWARD STROKES OF THE RECIPROCATION ALONG A UNIDIRECTIONAL LINEAR PATH PARALLEL TO SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES, (D) MEANS ADJACENT SAID PATH FOR FILLING SAID CARTONS, AND (E) MEANS ACTING ON SAID CARTONS TO CLOSE THE ENDS THEREOF AS SAID CARTONS ARE MOVED ALONG SAID PATH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
IN A MACHINE FOR ERECTING, FILLING AND CLOSING PAPERBOARD CARTONS, MEANS FOR RECEIVING, SUPPORTING, AND TRANSFERRING SQUARED TUBULAR CARTON SHELL SUPPLIED FROM A FEEDING DEVICE WHILE SAID SHELLS ARE FILLED AND CLOSED, WHICH COMPRISES (A) FIRST AND SECOND ADJACENT PARALLEL RECIPROCAL RAIL ASSEMBLIES ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID SHELLS WITH THE AXIS PASSING THROUGH THE OPEN ENDS THEREOF POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES, (B) MEANS FOR OPPOSITELY RECIPROCATING SAID RAIL ASSEMBILIES LENGHTWISE, (C) MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR INTERMITTENTLY MOVING CARTONS ON THE FORWARD STROKES OF THE RECIPROCATION ALONG A UNIDIRECTIONAL LINEAR PATH PARALLEL TO SAID RAIL ASSEMBLIES, (D) MEANS ADJACENT SAID PATH FOR FILLING SAID CARTONS, AND (E) MEANS ACTING ON SAID CARTONS TO CLOSE THE ENDS THEREOF AS SAID CARTONS ARE MOVED ALONG SAID PATH.
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