Machine and method for loading a plurality of articles into a carton

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EP 1 350 723 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/41

(21)	Application number: 03002938.3

(22)	Date of filing: 15.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65B 35/58, B65B 5/02, B65B 5/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

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Priority:

16.01.1998 GB 9800884

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	99902269.2 / 1047595

(71)	Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION
	Dayton Ohio 45463 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Portrait, Pascal 36500 Vendouevres (FR)

(74)	Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm et al
	Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)

(54)	Machine and method for loading a plurality of articles into a carton

(57) A packaging machine for loading a plurality of articles into a carton which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for part erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell, means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, means for separating said grouped articles from an adjacent like group of articles, means for loading said grouped articles into said first article receiving cell through an open end thereof in the packaging carton and a means for completing the construction of the carton. There also comprises a mechanism for forming a carton including a pair of article receiving cells comprising complementary die members, each said die member being mounted to a rotating wheel wherein each said complementing die member is adapted to inter engage when a blank is positioned between the two members, such that said die members cause the blank to be folded to define said article receiving cells.

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