US 12,384,127 B2
Box erecting apparatus and method
Szu-Chen Huang, Hsinchu (TW); Po-Hsien Chiu, Hsinchu (TW); Mao-Jung Chiu, Hsinchu (TW); Mao-Shun Lien, Hsinchu (TW); and Fu-Hsien Li, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,393.
Application 18/415,393 is a continuation of application No. 17/870,640, filed on Jul. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,911,991.
Application 17/870,640 is a continuation of application No. 16/943,865, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,426,965, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157665 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B31B 50/00 (2017.01); B31B 50/02 (2017.01); B31B 50/07 (2017.01); B31B 50/52 (2017.01); B31B 100/00 (2017.01)
CPC B31B 50/005 (2017.08) [B31B 50/006 (2017.08); B31B 50/022 (2017.08); B31B 50/07 (2017.08); B31B 50/52 (2017.08); B31B 2100/00 (2017.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for expanding a box blank, comprising:
an arm assembly, including:
a base having a surface;
a first arm coupled to the surface of the base through a rotation joint, the first arm having a box blank contact surface perpendicular to the surface of the base; and
an actuator, including:
a body, coupled to the surface of the base; and
an actuator arm coupled to the first arm;
a box blank conveyor, which, in operation, moves the box blank against the box blank contact surface of the first arm of the arm assembly, expanding the box blank;
a camera having a field of view including a feature of the box blank;
a controller electrically coupled to the camera, the controller in operation, receives an image from the camera, determines a position of the feature of the box blank in the field of view and moves the arm assembly in a first direction using the actuator based on the position of the feature in the field of view; and
a box blank rejection mechanism, the box blank rejection mechanism including at least one suction cup coupled to a bracket, the bracket coupled to a gantry via a rotor.