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FR3101858B1
FR3101858B1 FR1911235A FR1911235A FR3101858B1 FR 3101858 B1 FR3101858 B1 FR 3101858B1 FR 1911235 A FR1911235 A FR 1911235A FR 1911235 A FR1911235 A FR 1911235A FR 3101858 B1 FR3101858 B1 FR 3101858B1
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Damien Cirette
Arnaud Prieur
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Priority to HUE20792565A priority patent/HUE065854T2/hu
Priority to CN202080068006.6A priority patent/CN114466798B/zh
Priority to EP20792565.2A priority patent/EP4041539B1/fr
Priority to PCT/EP2020/078364 priority patent/WO2021069637A1/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
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    • B65B43/265—Opening, erecting or setting-up boxes, cartons or carton blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B31B2100/0022—Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by folding single-piece sheets, blanks or webs characterised by the shape of the blank from which they are formed made from tubular webs or blanks, including by tube or bottom forming operations
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    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/02—Feeding or positioning sheets, blanks or webs
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/105—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents the axis of the tube being parallel to the conveying direction

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne le formage de conteneur par pliage de plaque cartonnée avec au moins un couvercle et notamment une languette, au travers d'un dispositif de (2) formage comprenant au moins un convoyeur (3) entraînant ladite plaque (100) cartonnée selon une direction de déplacement ; des moyens (5) de rabattage dudit couvercle 104 ; lesdits moyens (5) de rabattage comprenant au moins une surface (50) d'appui avec ledit couvercle (104), ladite surface (50) d'appui étant actionnée selon un mouvement depuis une position initiale vers une position déployée en rabattage dudit couvercle (104), et inversement ; caractérisé par le fait que ladite surface (50) d'appui est mobile selon ladite direction de déplacement. Figure pour l'abrégé : Fig. 7
FR1911235A 2019-10-10 2019-10-10 Dispositif et procédé de formage de conteneur par pliage Active FR3101858B1 (fr)

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FR1911235A FR3101858B1 (fr) 2019-10-10 2019-10-10 Dispositif et procédé de formage de conteneur par pliage
HUE20792565A HUE065854T2 (hu) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 Berendezés és eljárás tároló hajtogatással történõ alakítására
CN202080068006.6A CN114466798B (zh) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 用于通过折叠形成容器的装置和方法
EP20792565.2A EP4041539B1 (fr) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 Dispositif et procede de formage de conteneur par pliage
US17/767,708 US20240116261A1 (en) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 Device and method for forming a container by folding
PCT/EP2020/078364 WO2021069637A1 (fr) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 Dispositif et procede de formage de conteneur par pliage
PL20792565.2T PL4041539T3 (pl) 2019-10-10 2020-10-09 Urządzenie i sposób formowania pojemnika poprzez składanie

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CN114466798B (zh) 2023-12-08
CN114466798A (zh) 2022-05-10
PL4041539T3 (pl) 2024-06-10
FR3101858A1 (fr) 2021-04-16
WO2021069637A1 (fr) 2021-04-15
EP4041539A1 (fr) 2022-08-17
HUE065854T2 (hu) 2024-06-28
US20240116261A1 (en) 2024-04-11

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