Apparatus for automatically attaching a carton to a display card

Abstract

Abstract CARTONS, SUCH AS RECTANGULAR TOOTHPASTE CARTONS, ARE AUTOMATICALLY LOCATED AND SCURED ACCURATELY IN POSITION UPON DISPLAY CARDS. THE CARTONS AND CARDS ARE LATERALLY FED INTO SEPARATE SLIDE GUIDES IN THE APPARATUS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, WITH THE CARTON AT THE HIGHER LEVEL, AND ASSOCIATED CARDS AND CARTONS ARE ADVANCED LONGITUDINALLY TOGETHER IN LATERAL REGISTRY ALONG THE GUIDES IN CORRECT RELATIVE LOCATION FOR ASSEMBLY, BY MOVING CONVEYOR FINGER MEANS. ONE SIDE OF THE CARTON AND ONE SIDE OF THE CARD SIDES OF THE GUIDES THAT LIE IN A COMMON VERTICAL PLANE. THE UPPER SURFACE OF EACH CARD IS ADHESIVE COATED AS IT MOVES ALONG THE LOWER GUIDE. THE UPPER GUIDE DESCENDS TO DEPOSIT ACH MOVING CARTON IN TURN UPON THE UPPER ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE OF THE MOVING CARD BENEATH IT, AND THEN AS THE ASSEMBLY MOVES ALONG THE LOWER GUIDE A SPRING PRESSES THE CARTON FIRMLY AGAINST THE CARD TO INSURE A GOOD BOND IN THE MOVING ASSEMBLY.

Inventors

• 👤 Winston G Rockefeller

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