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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1978
Filed:
May. 03, 1976
Iver L Nelson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for automatically applying tape to effect the closing of a carton, such tape to be placed not only across the top surface but also continuously down each end of the carton. The apparatus includes means for advancing the containers with the top flaps in folded position into an initial station where the leading end has applied to it one end of a length of tape and where the end flaps and tape are pressed into position by downwardly extending rollers. The rollers are then retracted and the carton is moved under a tape supply which tapes the top of the carton and moves the carton into a second station at which point a mechanism cuts the trailing edge of the tape to size and the carton is moved upwardly into a stacking chute having side rails which engage the taped ends of the carton insuring that they are folded into position and holding them in position while the adhesive has time to set.