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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney K Calvert, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Alton J Fishback, Austell, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493315 ; 493317 ;
Abstract
A stack of collapsed sleeve type end loading cartons are disposed in a hopper and the lowermost carton is engaged and fed out of the hopper by a carton pick up device which rotates in one direction. An auxiliary device rotates in the opposite direction from the direction of rotation of the carton pick up device and engages a carton wall so as to move it out of collapsed condition thereby to initiate set up of the carton.