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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Signode Industrial Group Llc, Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Bryce J. Fox, Honesdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B31B 50/02 (2017.01); B31B 50/26 (2017.01); B31B 50/62 (2017.01); B65B 43/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/265 (2013.01); B31B 50/02 (2017.08); B31B 50/262 (2017.08); B31B 50/62 (2017.08); B65B 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a case former configured to receive a case in a blank configuration, open the case into a tubular configuration, fold the lower minor flaps to manipulate the case into a partially closed-bottom configuration, square the case while in the partially dosed-bottom configuration, and fold and tape the lower major flaps shut to manipulate the case into a closed-bottom configuration. The squaring step ensures that the case has a rectangular cross-section after taping rather than a rhomboid cross-section.