Universal mandrel for container forming apparatus

摘要

Means are disclosed which allow one to quickly modify the circumferential dimension or shape of the container that can be formed by an apparatus which forms a tubular container by first clamping a flat blank of sheet material against a basic mandrel with a clamping means and then folding the thus clamped blank around the mandrel sleeve. Also disclosed is an apparatus including that means, which apparatus can be easily modified to form tubular containers of various circumferential dimensions or shapes from flat blanks of sheet material.