Box template production system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214032-B2
Application number	US-201716310406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2017
Priority date	Jun 16, 2016
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A method and a box template production system comprising a converting part which is configured for converting a fanfolded sheet material into box templates, wherein said converting is accomplished to the sheet material when a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part of the system is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein said angle is between 20 and 90 degrees.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A box template production system comprising:
a converting part which is configured for cutting or creasing a sheet material from at least one sheet material source to convert the sheet material into box templates, wherein the converting is performed to the sheet material when a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part of the system is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein the angle is between 20 and 90 degrees;
a plurality of feed guides configured for receiving the sheet material from the at least one sheet material source, wherein only one feed guide of the plurality of feed guides is provided for each sheet material source, wherein each feed guide is configured for allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide, and
a feed changer provided between the plurality of feed guides and the converting part, the feed changer being configured to control from which sheet material source sheet material is provided to the converting part, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to the plane of the floor.

2. The box template production system according to claim 1 , wherein the angle is between 30 and 70 degrees.

3. The box template production system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sheet material source is positioned at an inlet side of the system, wherein each of the plurality of feed guides is configured for guiding the sheet material up to a top position, wherein the converting part of the system is configured for receiving the sheet material from the plurality of feed guides or from one or more connecting guide parts on its way down from the top position.

4. The box template production system according to claim 3 , wherein each feed guide is configured for receiving the sheet material such that it slides over the feed guide.

5. The box template production system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of feed guides is provided as an arc starting at a start position where the sheet material is provided to the respective feed guide, the arc further comprising a top position, wherein each of the plurality of feed guides has a width being less than one fifth of the width of the sheet material.

6. The box template production system according to claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a printer configured and positioned for printing on the sheet material in a direction being perpendicular to the feed direction of the sheet material when the sheet material is converted in the converting part of the system.

7. A method for converting a sheet material into a box template, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
selecting with a feed changer a sheet material from a plurality of sheet material sources;
feeding the selected sheet material into a box template production system over one feed guide of a plurality of feed guides, each feed guide being associated with sheet material from a separate sheet material source of the plurality of sheet material sources, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein feeding the selected sheet material comprises allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide;
converting the sheet material into box templates when a feed direction of the sheet material through a converting part of the box template production system is along an axis having an angle towards the plane of the floor, wherein the angle is between 20 and 90 degrees.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the angle is between 30 and 70 degrees.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the step of feeding comprises guiding the sheet material into the box template production system by the one feed guide of the plurality of feed guides, wherein the guiding comprises guiding the sheet material up to a top position and then further down from the top position to the converting part of the system.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising printing on the sheet material in a direction being perpendicular to the feed direction of the sheet material when the sheet material is converted in the converting part of the system.

11. A box template production system configured for converting a sheet material into box templates, wherein the box template production system comprises:
a plurality of feed guides, each feed guide configured for receiving sheet material from sheet material sources and guiding it up to a top position, wherein each feed guide is configured for allowing the sheet material to tilt sideways around the feed guide;
a converting part configured for receiving the sheet material from each of the plurality of feed guides or from one or more connecting guide parts, the converting part being configured to cut or crease the sheet material to convert the sheet material into box templates, wherein a feed direction of the sheet material through the converting part is along an axis having an angle towards a plane of a floor onto which the system stands, wherein said angle is between 20 and 90 degrees,
wherein only one feed guide of the plurality of feed guides is provided for each sheet material source and wherein each feed guide is configured for receiving an associated sheet material such that the associated sheet material slides over the feed guide; and
a feed changer provided between the plurality of feed guides and the converting part, the feed changer being configured to select which sheet material is fed into the converting part, wherein the feed changer is configured to receive the sheet material from each feed guide in a downward direction relative to the plane of the floor.

12. The box template production system according to claim 11 , further comprising a printer configured and positioned for printing on the sheet material in a direction being perpendicular to the feed direction of the sheet material when the sheet material is converted in the converting part of the system.

13. The box template production system according to claim 11 , wherein each feed guide of the plurality of feed guides is provided as an arc starting at a start position where the sheet material is provided to the feed guide, the arc further comprising the top position, wherein the feed guide has a width being less than one fifth of a width of the sheet material.

Assignees

• Packsize Llc

Inventors

• Pettersson Niklas
• Blomberg Johan
• Bertolino Graziano
• Thunell Björn
• Osterhout Ryan

Classifications

• B31B50/10

  Feeding or positioning webs · CPC title

• B31B70/14

  Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming (cutting window openings B31B70/83) · CPC title

• B31B50/022 Primary

  Holders for feeding or positioning blanks or webs · CPC title

• B31B50/046

  involving changing orientation or changing direction of transport · CPC title

• B31B70/25

  Surface scoring · CPC title