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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2022
Westrock Shared Services, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Amer Aganovic, Orlando, FL (US);
Theodore Hammond, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Craig William Buscema, Douglasville, GA (US);
John Philip Dwyer, Stillwater, MN (US);
WestRock Shared Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A machine for forming a container from a blank of sheet material includes a frame and an identification tag applicator mounted to the frame. The blank includes a first surface that forms an interior surface of the container and a second surface that forms an exterior surface of the container. The identification tag applicator is configured to apply an identification tag to the first surface of the blank. The machine also includes a mandrel assembly mounted to the frame and located operationally downstream from the identification tag applicator. The mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an external shape complimentary to an internal shape of at least a portion of the container. The machine also includes a lift assembly configured to lift the blank having the identification tag adhered thereto towards the mandrel and wrap the blank about the mandrel.