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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Bernard Morisod, Crissier, CH;
Assignee:
Bobst SA, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493142 ; 493181 ; 493423 ; 493441 ;
Abstract
A device supported on a tubular frame and having a vertical cheek supporting pulleys including drive pulley and tension pulley, a belt having a circular cross section running over these pulleys and cooperating with a lower conveyor to fold parts of a composite flap of a box blank as the blank passes therebeneath. Depending on the construction of the box blank, several cheeks with associated pulleys and belts can be positioned above the conveyor conveying the blanks therethrough. Preferably, the belt has a circular cross section and moves at a linear speed approximately the same as the conveyor of the device.