Abstract A male-female member and a female scoring element cooperate with a uniform size scoring rule to locate the female scoring element on a scoring cylinder. The male-female member is removed and replaced by a second male-female member having a bead or land entering the groove of the female scoring element. The width of the groove of the female scoring element is chosen in accordance with the caliper of paperboard being scored, and the land enters the groove of the female scoring element to an extent placing a proper score in the board. The distance between the cylinder supporting the female scoring element and the rule chase and the dimensions of the male-female member and the female scoring element are so chosen that the paperboard fits nicely between the male-female member and female scoring element, which are in confronting relationship, so that deformation of the paperboard takes place only at the score being formed.
Elements for use in the preparation and positioning of scoring die of a flat bed and rotatable cylinder for the production of paperboard carton blanks, comprising: a. a chase mounted on said flat bed; b. a rule locked in said chase and extending therefrom; c. a male-female locating member positioned in releasable locking engagement with said rule; d. a female scoring element mounted releasably on said male-female locating member and adapted to be secured to said rotatable cylinder in properly oriented position by said male-female locating member; e. a male-female scoring member selected responsive to the caliper of paperboard and adapted to replace said male-female locating member after said female scoring element is secured to said rotatable cylinder and to be in engagement with said rule for defining with said female scoring element cooperating scoring elements for said paperboard blank.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Elements according to claim 2 wherein said male-female scoring member has a land thereon entrant into said female scoring element.
Claim 3
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Elements according to claim 3 wherein said male-female scoring member is selected according to the size of said land.