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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
F.l. Auto S.r.l., Rome, IT;
Giuseppe Ponti, Cerbara-Citta' di Castello, IT;
F.L. AUTO S.R.L., Rome, IT;
Abstract
A conveyor receives a cardboard box formed about an article, with a first lateral flank uncovered. An inlet receives the cardboard box with the first lateral closing wall coplanar with a base wall, a second lateral closing box wall folded to cover a second lateral article flank, a third lateral closing box wall folded to cover a third lateral article flank, a fourth lateral closing box wall folded to cover a fourth lateral article flank, and an upper closing box wall folded to cover an upper article face. An arrest stops the box, a first folding component rotates and folds the first lateral closing box wall to cover the first lateral article flank, and second folding component rotates a closing tab (AC), hinged to the upper closing wall to fold and bring a closing tab against the first lateral closing wall for closing the cardboard box.