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(11) EP 0 479 110 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.04.1992 Bulletin 1992/15

(21) Application number: 91116339.2

(22) Date of filing: 25.09.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5B31B 3/46
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 02.10.1990 IT 2162390

(71) Applicant: BINI & C. S.r.l.
I-40050 Monte S. Pietro (Bologna) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bini, Anselmo
    I-40050 Monte S. Pietro (Bologna) (IT)

(74) Representative: Marietti, Giuseppe 
MARIETTI e GISLON S.r.l. Via Larga, 16
I-20122 Milano
I-20122 Milano (IT)


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    (54) An equipment and process for the production of open-top containers and related containers


    (57) An equipment for the production of open-tio containers made of paperboard or the like, starting from punched sheets, comprises means (5) to feed the sheets from a pile (2) to a bending position (A), along a track (4) and as far as a positioning retainer; means (7) to apply a bonding agent to the sheet during its feeding along the track (4); a mandrel (8) having slanting side surfaces, vertically movable to fold the sheet with the cooperation of pressing rollers (10) and bending rods (11), as well as driving and supporting means (9) to pile up and mutually inserting the containers formed on top of the mandrel. The invention further relates to a corresponding container forming process an to the open-top container having a top opening larger than the base thereof.







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