method and apparatus for converting fustellati in boxes formed but suppressed

摘要

A method and apparatus for converting box blanks into formed but collapsed cases, the apparatus comprising means (15, 16) for receiving a vertical stack(s) of blanks, means (18, 19) for elevating and supporting the stack such that the top of the stack is continually elevated into position against a feeding mechanism at a fixed elevated level, the apparatus further comprising a line of casemaking machinery (10a, 10b, 11, 12, 13, 14), all arranged at the elevated level of the feeding mechanism (17). IMAGE