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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
George A. Morden, Coralville, IA (US);
Cletus E. Kreher, Marion, IA (US);
George A. Morden, Coralville, IA (US);
Cletus E. Kreher, Marion, IA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A carton closure method wherein heated end side walls of the open end of a carton are initially infolded to partially close the open end of the carton and thereafter subjected to capture between a backup pad and a pressure pad by a linearly reciprocative cam to which pressure is applied by a cam follower driven in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of linear movement of the cam relative to the backup pad, whereby the cam is moved between positions wherein there is applied pressure against the partially infolded portions of the end side walls of a carton blank to effect a sealing pressure against such infolded portions and a position wherein no material pressure is applied to the partially infolded end side walls of the carton blank, the cam movement being facilitated by a multi-faceted geometry of the camming face of the cam.