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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Seiji Sato, Tokushima, JP;
Masafumi Fujimoto, Tokushima, JP;
Kiyomi Yoshida, Tokushima, JP;
Michio Ueda, Tokushima, JP;
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
A container-forming device comprises a container conveyor ( ) having a plurality of holders ( ) which each include a bottom plate ( ) and side plates ( ) projecting upwardly from the bottom plate for receiving the container body M and intermittently drivable so as to halt the holders ( ) at an ear bonding station (S ) in succession, and upper ear pressing member ( ) disposed above the ear bonding station (S ) and being moveable upward or downward for pressing upper ears (U ) against an upper wall of a container body (M ), and a pair of lower ear pressing members ( ) arranged at opposite sides of the ear bonding station (S ) and being openable or closable for pressing lower ears (L ) against respective side walls of the container body (M ). Lock members ( ) are provided for locking the side plates ( ) of adjacent holders ( ) to prevent the upper ends of the side plates from moving away from each other when the upper ear pressing member ( ) and the lower ear pressing members ( ) press the ears (U ), (L ) against the container body (M ).