Air jet apparatus for extending end panels of a carton sleeve as an article group is loaded therein

摘要

An air jet carton re-opening apparatus (10) produces an optionally pulsed stream of pressurized gas (air) (68) that opens carton sleeves (16), and in particular the top flaps 58, to receive articles (14) for packaging. The movement of the carton sleeves, the opening of the top flaps and the loading of the contents into the opened carton sleeves is synchronized.