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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Philippe Saison, Daix, FR;
Thomas Bruneau, Chenove, FR;
Franck Menegazzi, Dijon, FR;
Yves Clauss, Gervy, FR;
Didier Desertot, Arc-sur-Tille, FR;
Philippe Saison, Daix, FR;
Thomas Bruneau, Chenove, FR;
Franck Menegazzi, Dijon, FR;
Yves Clauss, Gervy, FR;
Didier Desertot, Arc-sur-Tille, FR;
OTOR, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and device for transferring cutouts (), for manufacturing packaging boxes having polygonal cross-sections, from a magazine () from a vertical stack, consisting of at least one stack () of cutouts made of a cardboard or corrugated cardboard sheet material comprising notches. The method and device of the invention involve locating the top cutout of the stack using a camera (), preliminarily detaching the cutout from the remainder of the stack, gripping, by means of suction, the thus-located top cutout, moving said cutout by means of a robotic arm () and releasing same to a next station, for or prior to subsequent shaping, and repeating the above cycle of steps with the next top cutout.