Patent ID: 11958643
Assignee: YASKAWA NORDIC AB
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A carton loading device comprising a gripper assembly, which comprises at least one gripper arranged to grip and hold a product item from above and to lower the product item from above into a carton, wherein the carton along first parallel sides thereof comprises bottom side flaps and top side flaps and along second parallel sides thereof comprises bottom end flaps and top end flaps,
characterized in that
the gripper assembly is arranged to move said product item from a pick-up station of the carton loading device to a carton loading station thereof and to lower said product item into the carton while the carton in the carton loading station is presented in a sleeve state with all flaps unfolded,
that the gripper assembly comprises a pinching means arranged to pinch and hold the top side flaps of the carton in the carton loading station,
that the gripper assembly is arranged to hold and move the carton and said product item jointly to a carton closing station of the carton loading device, and
that the gripper assembly is arranged to release said product item and the carton once the bottom side flaps and the bottom end flaps have been folded in and secured.