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

Claim 20:
21. An apparatus for use in erecting a carton, comprising:
a conveyor for conveying a knockdown carton to a pick-up location;
a shuttle having a bed with a horizontally extending base having a base gripper;
a shuttle drive apparatus for driving said shuttle in a horizontal advancement direction;
an end effector having an end effector gripper;
an end effector movement device for moving said end effector;
a controller operatively associated with said shuttle drive apparatus, said end effector movement device and said base gripper and said end effector gripper, and configured to:
operate said movement device and end effector to grip a top side panel of a knock-down carton blank and place said knock-down carton blank on said horizontally extending base of said shuttle such that a bottom side panel of said knock-down carton blank abuts said horizontally extending base;
activate said base gripper to grip said bottom side panel of said blank;
operate said movement device to raise said top side panel of said knock-down carton blank with said end effector while horizontally advancing said shuttle in order to open said knock-down carton blank into a carton sleeve;, wherein said horizontal direction of advancement of said shuttle is a first horizontal direction and wherein said end effector movement device has two degrees of freedom, a first degree of freedom providing movement of said end effector in a vertical direction and a second degree of freedom providing movement of said end effector in a second horizontal direction transverse to said first horizontal direction.