MACHINE FOR BRUSHING AND STACKING CARTON BLANKS

摘要

A machine which spreads carton blanks on a belt conveyor and brushes loose bits of paperboard from upper and lower faces of the carton blanks and edges of the carton blanks. The carton blanks are counted and then stacked on an elevator which is gradually lowered as a stack of carton blanks builds up on the elevator. The stack is then advanced onto a discharge conveyor where an outer carton can be placed over the stack of carton blanks. Finally, the stack and the outer carton are inverted on a turntable and the outer carton with the stack of carton blanks thereinside is discharged from the machine.