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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Goran Petersson, Wheeling, IL (US);
Sven-Arne Andersson, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, SA, Pully, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53458 ; 53168 ; 53202 ; 53250 ; 53468 ; 53565 ;
Abstract
A packaging system having a multiple magazine for providing different carton blanks to a single form, fill and seal packaging machine is disclosed in the present invention. The packaging system has the multiple magazine apparatus, the packaging machine, a carton opener and optionally an automatic carton loader. The present invention also discloses the multiple magazine apparatus having a plurality of magazines, and means for retrieving blanks therefrom.