US 12,466,599 B2
Fast changeover cartoner
Fredrik Myllykangas, Uddevalla (SE); Daniel Brännwik, Uddevalla (SE); and Lars Krewer, Uddevalla (SE)
Assigned to Graniten Engineering AB, Uddevalla (SE)
Appl. No. 17/596,451
Filed by Graniten Engineering AB, Uddevalla (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050604
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/251465, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1950697-1 (SE), filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306331 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 43/16 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 43/54 (2006.01); B65B 49/04 (2006.01); B65B 57/04 (2006.01); B65B 59/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 59/003 (2019.05) [B65B 43/165 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 43/54 (2013.01); B65B 49/04 (2013.01); B65B 57/04 (2013.01); B65B 59/005 (2013.01); B65B 59/02 (2013.01); B65B 2210/04 (2013.01); B65B 2220/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartoner, comprising:
an entrance section;
a loading section;
an exit section;
a transport system connecting said entrance section to said loading section, and said loading section to said exit section, respectively; and
a controller;
said entrance section being configured for picking carton blanks from a magazine;
said loading section being configured for loading a product into a carton made from one of the carton blanks;
said exit section being configured for closing a side of the loaded carton;
said transport system comprising a rail and carriers running along said rail;
said controller being arranged for controlling said transport system;
said controller being further arranged for adapting, for each carton, a distance between two consecutive carriers of said transport system in dependence of a size of said carton;
at least one of the entrance section or the exit section comprising a carton sealing tool capable of sealing a multitude of carton sizes;
said at least one of the entrance section or the exit section comprising a robot arranged for moving said carton along a predetermined path relative to said carton sealing tool;
said carton sealing tool having a geometrical shape that folds tabs of said carton;
said entrance section being further configured for folding a first side of the carton to form a first-side-folded carton;
said loading section being configured for loading the product into said first-side-folded carton;
said transport system being configured for transporting said first-side-folded carton from said entrance section to said loading section and transporting said loaded carton from said loading section to said exit section;
said side of the loaded carton that is closed by said exit section being a second side which is opposite to said first side;
said controller being arranged for further controlling an operation of said entrance section, said loading section, and said exit section, thereby following each carton through said cartoner;
said controller being further arranged for driving said two consecutive carriers along said rail while maintaining said distance; and
said controller being further arranged to control said entrance section and/or said loading section to place said first-side-folded carton and/or said loaded carton, respectively, between said two consecutive carriers.