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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Avercon Bvba, Eeklo, BE;
David Michel Provoost, Oudenaarde, BE;
Herman Germain De Dycker, Wichelen, BE;
Dimitri Daniël Raphaël Van Steenkiste, Wingene, BE;
Stefaan Albert Marie-Louise Hamerlinck, Watervliet, BE;
Avercon BVBA, Eeklo, BE;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods of forming boxes from template blanks includes moving the blank forward on a drive line while one or more side panel fingers raise and lower various side panels of the blank in an alternating fashion. One or more holders maintain the side panels in position as the blank moves forward on the drive line. The raised and lowered side panels rigidify various panels from which they extend. The rigidified panels may be less susceptible to bending along false scores that extend transversely across the blank during folding and bending steps of the box forming process.