Patent ID: 9346580
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B65B,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A system for removing cartons from containers for loading into a product packaging machine, comprising: a magazine conveyor on which the containers, with stacks of the cartons contained therein, are received; a decasing assembly movable along the magazine conveyor, and including an adjustable frame carrying a series of containment rods that are adapted to be extensible into the containers adjacent the cartons and at least one side wall of the containers to facilitate removal of the cartons from the containers; wherein the decasing assembly receives the containers with the cartons stacked therein and removes the containers from the cartons with the cartons maintained in a stacked configuration upon removal of the containers from the cartons, and moves the stacks of cartons along the magazine conveyor toward a discharge point; and a stack pusher assembly for engaging and supporting the stacks of cartons as the cartons maintained in the stacked configuration with the containment rods, are moved along the magazine conveyor toward the discharge point for feeding to a magazine for the packaging machine.