CARTON FEEDING SYSTEM AND METHOD AND RELATED CARTON FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE

摘要

A carton feeding assembly includes a carton blank storage rack for holding a stack of horizontally oriented folded carton blanks, a carton blank transport device for picking a bottommost folded carton blank from the stack and conveying it along a conveyance path, and a carton blank push up device that reorients the folded carton blank into an upright position suitable for movement into engagement with a case erector.

主权项

1. A carton feed assembly for delivering folded cartons to a carton erecting mechanism, comprising:
a carton blank storage rack holding a carton blank stack formed by plurality of folded carton blanks, the folded carton blanks stacked vertically one atop another such that additional folded carton blanks can be added to the top of the carton blank stack; a carton blank transport device arranged below the carton blank stack and configured to pick a bottommost folded carton blank from the bottom of the stack and transport it along a conveyance path toward a carton erecting mechanism; and a carton blank push up device toward an end of the conveyance path that receives the folded carton blank and reorients the folded carton blank from a substantially horizontal orientation to an upright orientation.