Method and apparatus for closing cartons
CA 2003313 A1 · Owner: Bonar Carton Systems Limited · Inventors: Hemus, David Stanley
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An apparatus for closing lidded cartons has a turning station including a flightless horizontal conveyor, and a chain conveyor which extends along one side of the flightless conveyor and has light restraint members pivotally mounted on its links. The chain conveyor is moved in the same direction as the horizontal conveyor, but at a slower speed. Part way along the chain conveyor an upwardly directed air jet moves the restraint members individually but in succession to temporary raised positions in which they are available for engagement by a carton which is moving along the flightless conveyor in overlapping relation to the chain conveyor. A restraint member engaged by a carton in this way …
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- Filed November 17, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 17, 2009.
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