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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:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth W Franklin, Leaming Spa, GB;
Assignee:
Bishopbarn Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493125 ; 493136 ; 493139 ; 493183 ; 493316 ;
Abstract
A machine for erecting packing cases of a kind comprising two major and two minor sides and four base flaps foldable to form a base comprises supports for holding a folded flat case by its sides and for opening its sides to a rectangular form with the case at a first station, three sequentially operated flap folding elements arranged to fold three of the flaps into the base plane; and a traversable carriage having a guide arranged to engage the other flap as the carriage moves towards the case and to deflect that flap into the base plane in the required sequence.