Machine for opening shipping cases from the flat
Abstract
Abstract A DEVICE FOR OPENING COLLAPSIBLE SHIPPING CASES, CLOSING THE FOLDABLE FLAPS THEREOF, AND GLUING THE FLAPS IN A CLOSED POSITION INCLUDING A MAGAZINE FOR RECEIVING THE CASES IN A FLAT, COLLAPSED CONDITION, A STRIPPER FOR DISPLACING CASES INDIVIDUALLY FROM THE MAGAZINE, A VACUUM ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING EACH CASE WHILE VERTICALLY MOVING THE SAME, A FOLDING ASSEMBLY FOR CLOSING THE END FLAPS OF THE OPENED CASE, AN INDEXING ASSEMBLY FOR ADVANCING EACH OPENED CASE WITH THE END FLAPS THEREOF FOLDED CLOSED, A GLUE APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO THE CLOSED END FLAPS, ANOTHER FOLDING ASSEMBLY FOR CLOSING THE SIDE FLAPS OF EACH CASE OVER THE GLUED END FLAPS THEREOF, AND A SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR PRESSING THE END AND SIDE FLAPS TOGETHER IN A CLOSED POSITION UNTIL THE ADHESIVE SETS.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald G Reichert
- 👤 Earl Petrikin
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