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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
August Artois, Erps-Kwerps, BE;
Lars Georg Howald Brus, Jarfälla, SE;
Magnus Renman, Tyresö, SE;
Wim Wouters, Wiljgmaal, BE;
SCA Packaging Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of a packaging blank of sheet material, such as cardboard, for forming into a box is disclosed. Digitally stored details of a predetermined number of basic box shapes are displayed for selection in accordance with the items to be packaged. The selected basic shape then provides a number of basic designs of box based on the shape, from which a design is selected. A blank in accordance with this design is then displayed, for the user to make further modifications to the design. The details of the final design are stored digitally and used to control a cutting machine to reproduce the blank from sheet material.