Class 493/310 - Including overfolding or reverse bending

Subclass of Class 493 - Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
Definition: Method or apparatus comprising (a) movement of one wall
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 11/30/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7841975	Inflator bag for vehicle occupant restraining apparatus and method for manufacturing the same By forming a resin sheet or a metal sheet, an angular-box-shaped bag main body having gore portions on surrounding side faces to ensure its height is formed. A valley line is formed in an intermediate portion of each of the gore portions in a height direction. A tri...	11/30/2010
7422552	Carton flap gripping system A carton flap gripping system including an adjustable pin holder is provided. ...	09/09/2008
7361130	System for production and subsequent palletizing of tube segments, bags or sacks A system for the production and subsequent palletizing of tube segments, bags, or sacks has at least one functional unit for production of tube segments, bags, or sacks, at least one device for depositing and stacking, which places and stacks the finished tube segme...	04/22/2008
7328561	Apparatus for erecting boxes and setting them on a conveyor A sun wheel is centered on a sun axis between a magazine and a conveyor, a planet carrier is rotatable about the sun axis and defines a planet axis generally parallel to but offset from the sun axis, and a gripper shaft is journaled in the planet carrier at the plan...	02/12/2008
7329218	Feed apparatus and method for feeding blanks into container forming machines The feed apparatus for feeding container blanks into a container forming machine comprises a hopper at or near its first end for holding a plurality of blanks, a selecting mechanism for selecting one of the blanks, a moving mechanism to move the blanks toward the el...	02/12/2008
7303519	Automatic machine and method for forming a corrugated pallet A folding and gluing machine is provided for converting a corrugated blank into a panel having at least two parallel struts formed from the blank. The machine forms the struts by having compression chains on each side that exert pressure on the sides of the blank so...	12/04/2007
7179216	Catch hook for a folding box gluing machine An apparatus in a folding box gluing machine has a catch hook mounted such that it can rotate about an axis in order to initiate a leading fold in a product. The apparatus further has a restoring device for the catch hook. The restoring device has at least one elast...	02/20/2007
6991592	Method of folding flat bottom bag A method for folding a polymeric flat bottom bag. The process includes, in general, opening the partially folded bottom of the unfinished bag, pulling the bag bottom taught in the transverse direction, and forming a fin where the two material edges join. A sharp cre...	01/31/2006
6913164	Adjustable drawer organizer A versatile drawer organizer structure for segregating a plurality of items. The structure includes a front and back wall and a blank of sheet material wherein a filler is sandwiched between a lower liner and an upper liner. The blank is folded transversely along br...	07/05/2005
5605030	Carton end closure score line pre-breaking method and mechanism A carton end closure score line breaker mechanism for pre-breaking the top closure score lines before the filling and closing and sealing steps does not include a center post, or any components which extend into the inside of a carton end closure, elimina...	02/25/1997
5562581	Device for withdrawing and opening cases made of sheet material and for feeding them to a packaging line The device has a rotating member including pulleys that and joined to a belt conveyor along which flat folded cases advance. Suction cups are mounted on shafts situated along the periphery of the rotary member and a coaxial drum, rotating in synchrony wit...	10/08/1996
5533954	One-piece corrugated tray A one-piece corrugated tray is formed of a blank of sheet material wherein a filler is sandwiched between an lower liner and an upper liner. The blank is slit scored transversely to define end panels, end walls, dividing walls, and floor panels between su...	07/09/1996
5382217	System for breaking in creases of a box blank A box tube blank having first, second, third, and fourth panels joined together at first, second, third, and forth creases is broken in starting with the blank oriented in a starting plane with the first and third creases superposed and the second and fou...	01/17/1995
5194065	Carton squaring mechanism A carton squaring mechanism in a carrier for effectuating and maintaining a four-sided side-seamed open-topped carton in a squared configuration. The carrier includes a plurality of compartments, wherein adjacent compartments are separated by a pair of sp...	03/16/1993
5193328	Method and device for folding packing blanks along preformed bend lines A method and device for folding packing blanks along preformed bend lines, whereby a blank, before being positioned with its intermediate portion contacting the product, and folded in a U about the product with two lateral portions contacting the same, is...	03/16/1993
5120295	Apparatus for erecting tubular carton blanks Apparatus is provided for erecting tubular carton blanks from a flattened to an open tubular state and includes two blank erection stations positioned sequentially along a conveyor for conveying a succession of blanks to the stations. In each station a su...	06/09/1992
5067937	System for erecting cartons A system for erecting boxes has a magazine holding supply of flattened boxes having panels separated at respective fold lines, a support wheel generally continuously rotating about an axis adjacent the supply, a grab on the support wheel, an unfolder on t...	11/26/1991
5033975	Method of and a device for raising flattened parallelepipedic blanks A method and device are disclosed for raising rimpled and flattened parallelepipedic blanks to form rectangular parallelepipeds. A supply of flattened parallelepipedic blanks are rolled out in a first rolling direction through a pair of discharging roller...	07/23/1991
4983154	Carton assembling method and equipment Disclosed are carton assembling method and equipment for sucking and taking out flatwise folded cartons one by one from a magazine by means of suction cups, unfolding each carton squarely on a conveyance path while transferring it downward along a rotativ...	01/08/1991
4908009	Corner-forming unit of a carton container-forming machine A corner forming unit of a package forming machine which employs an H-shaped guide over which the packaging material passes after it has been longitudinally sealed. A pair of rollers outside of the tube of material forms the edges of the packaging materia...	03/13/1990
4870804	Method of forming a parallelepiped container made of machine-glazed paper to be filled with liquid Method of forming a parallelepiped container from a roll of packaging material by sequentially folding and sealing the longitudinal edge of the paper material, forming corners in the web of material, cutting the material into flat tubes, sealing the botto...	10/03/1989
4650450	Apparatus for supplying wrapping material to packaging machines The invention relates to apparatus for supplying wrapping elements (2, 57) comprising elongate portions of card (2) having a series of zones (6, 7, 8, 9), separated by transverse creases (a, b), and flaps (10) defined by creases (c) disposed longitudinall...	03/17/1987
4573957	System for the transport and raising of packing container blanks A system for the transport and raising of packing container blanks to be utilized in packing machines which convert flattened, tubular packing container blanks to filled and closed packages. A simple and space-saving arrangement of this invention comprise...	03/04/1986
4493687	Arrangement for the raising and transporting of packing container blanks An arrangement for the raising and transporting of packing container blanks is used in a packaging machine of the type which converts tubular packing container blanks to filled and sealed packing containers. The arrangement has a carrier plate which by a ...	01/15/1985
4493682	Apparatus and method for forming and debowing cartons with pinching wheels An apparatus and method for forming flat cut carton blanks into erected cartons with debowed carton side panels is disclosed. The apparatus includes a forming head receiving and directing a carton blank through forming guides. Pinching wheels rotatably se...	01/15/1985
4468214	Method and apparatus for shaping a rectangular carton blank In folding boxes forming a conveyor chain, rectangular, tubular carton blanks are introduced stepwise into two juxtaposed mirror-image designed folding stations. In the folding stations, the carton blanks are defomed by means of fingers and clamps so that...	08/28/1984
4464155	Apparatus and method for forming and debowing cartons An apparatus and method for forming flat cut carton blanks into erected cartons with debowed carton side panels is disclosed. The apparatus includes a forming head receiving and directing a carton blank through forming guides, side walls engaging and supp...	08/07/1984
4331436	Machine for erecting and counterfolding collapsed boxes A device for erecting and countercollapsing boxes from preformed blanks comprises a carrier arm pivotally attached to a chain drive and guided by a generally oval track to engage at a feed station the back edge of a blank for pushing the same through a pa...	05/25/1982
4283190	Method for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side flaps and end flaps has a hinge panel joining the two sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a supply stack to a feed carriage which transfers the blank past sprays that apply glue t...	08/11/1981
4211153	Carton erecting apparatus The cartoner utilizes a rotary feeder to pick-up a carton blank on a dead stop from a hopper; to break the carton on itself on a breaking plate during movement in an arcuate path from the hopper; and to deposit the blank on a dead stop on a conveyor. The ...	07/08/1980
4066009	Method for opening and erecting cartons A plurality of collapsed open ended sleeve-type cartons are withdrawn in sequence from a hopper by feeder means which engages a single wall of each carton and moves in such a direction as to cause another wall of the carton to engage fixed cam means havin...	01/03/1978
4057008	Carton erecting apparatus Method and apparatus for erecting cartons wherein a flat folded carton blank is conveyed to the apparatus where it is momentarily stopped. Suction cups pull the under side of the blank downwardly against a breaker bar to bow the under side downwardly pull...	11/08/1977
4056047	Method and apparatus for assembling a package The present invention is a method and apparatus for assembling a package comprising an open-topped receptacle and a slide actuated closure member. The closure member is comprised of a slide portion connected to a closure portion by a hinge portion. The op...	11/01/1977
4044657	Case erector A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i...	08/30/1977
4041850	Method of erecting carton blanks A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i...	08/16/1977
4029001	Case erector A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i...	06/14/1977
3991660	Carton expander A plurality of collapsed open ended sleeve-type cartons are withdrawn in sequence from a hopper by feeder means which engages a single wall of each carton and moves in such a direction as to cause another wall of the carton to engage fixed cam means havin...	11/16/1976
3952636	Case erector A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i...	04/27/1976
3937131	Carton feeding apparatus Carton feeding and erecting apparatus for transferring flattened cartons from one location to another while simultaneously unfolding the cartons to an erect, or partially erect, condition. The apparatus is particularly useful in high speed packaging opera...	02/10/1976

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Class 493/310 - Including overfolding or reverse bending