Packaging machine with free floating compression section
CA 2227450 A1 · Owner: Moncreif, Frank · Inventors: Moncreif, Frank; Disrud, Jeff
Overview
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An article packaging machine comprises a frame (12) a carton conveyor (18) , mounted to the frame for conveying cartons (81) along a carton path and an , infeed conveyor assembly for grouping articles such as beverage cans into groups of predetermined size and moving them toward and into open cartons moving along the carton path. When the cartons are packed with articles adhesive is applied to the flaps of their open ends and the flaps are folded over onto themselves. A spring biased free floating compression section has a pair of opposed compression belt assemblies (26 27) that are yieldably spring , biased toward each other to apply pressure to the ends of the containers to set the …
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- Filed March 25, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 25, 2017.
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