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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Damien Cirette, Corcelles-les-Citeaux, FR;
Arnaud Prieur, Corcelles-les-Citeaux, FR;
SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the forming of a container by folding a cardboard sheet with at least vertical flaps, using a forming device and a forming method. Such a device comprises an upstream conveyor driving said cardboard sheet in a direction of travel, a downstream conveyor, means for folding the vertical flaps, said folding means being situated symmetrically about said upstream conveyor, and is characterized in that, on each side, said folding means comprise a pair of downstream and upstream pushers forming a gripper, said pushers being actuated jointly from an open position toward a closed position of folding said corresponding vertical flaps, a support for each gripper, said support being mobile in said direction of travel.