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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2024
Applicant:

Graphic Packaging International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Timothy W. Hendricks, Acworth, GA (US);

Pete Karst, Canton, GA (US);

Kevin T. May, Kennesaw, GA (US);

Ryan Dye, Marietta, GA (US);

Carlos Molina Pena, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 50/04 (2017.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/08 (2006.01); B65H 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 50/046 (2017.08); B65H 5/023 (2013.01); B65H 5/085 (2013.01); B65H 5/18 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1764 (2013.01); B65H 2801/81 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of moving a blank in a product packaging system, the method including positioning the blank on a blank feeding assembly, the blank feeding assembly defining a first machine direction, advancing the blank from the blank feeding assembly toward a product conveyor assembly configured to move at least one product in a second machine direction, the second machine direction offset from the first machine direction, and moving the blank along a blank turning assembly, the blank turning assembly having a plurality of turning rails following at least one of a curved path and an angled path between the blank feeding assembly and the product conveyor assembly.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hendricks, Timothy. (2026). Blank turning assembly, related systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 12766805). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12766805

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