Patent ID: 11897222
Assignee: nan
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of erecting a carton, comprising:
(a) placing a knock-down carton blank on a base of a bed of a shuttle such that a bottom side panel of said knock-down carton blank abuts said base;
(b) gripping said bottom side panel of said blank with a gripper of said base;
(c) raising a top side panel of said knock-down carton blank while advancing said shuttle in a horizontal direction so as to open said knock-down carton blank into a carton sleeve;
wherein a side panel is hingedly connected to said top side panel and to said bottom side panel of said carton blank;
wherein said raising opens said knock-down blank so that said side panel is brought into abutment with a generally vertically extending back wall of said shuttle;

and wherein said method further comprises:
(d) after said raising, gripping said side panel of said knock-down carton blank with a gripper of said back wall;
(e) with said gripper of said back wall gripping said side panel of said knock-down carton blank, releasing said top side panel of said knock-down carton blank.