Patent ID: 9493260
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for packaging articles in a box blank having folding lines and at least one of side flaps, lid flaps and base flaps, the apparatus comprising: a feed for feeding a stream of articles; a divider for dividing up the articles into groups; a box blank feed for feeding individual box blanks to the groups or for combining the groups and the box blanks, the box blank feed having a conveying direction and a conveying plane; and a former for forming a box and for folding in the side flaps using folding-in elements rotating about an axis perpendicular to the conveying plane or to the conveying direction, each of the folding-in elements comprising at least one pair of folding-in devices moved in a common plane, the two folding-in devices moved independently of one another and controlled or regulated independently of one another, the pair of folding-in devices including a first finger and a second finger, the first and second fingers each having bow-shaped curves with convex sides facing each other.