APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING HINGED TOP CIGARETTE BOX

摘要

An apparatus for forming a hinged top cigarette box having a cross-section with one or more arcuate surfaces from a one piece blank 100 is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a) a frame 50; b) a hopper 201 connected to the frame for holding a supply of one piece blanks; c) a mandrel 203 rotatably mounted on the frame for wrapping the one piece blank upon itself; d) a transfer means 207,208 adjacent the hopper for transferring a one piece blank from the hopper to the mandrel; and e) an ultrasonic sealing device 206 movably mounted on the frame and having an acoustical horn 210 for engagement with the mandrel for sealing the one piece blank after it has been wrapped upon itself.