Patent ID: 9475247
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B31B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A machine configured to transition a box cutout comprising: (a) a backstop configured to halt forward movement in a plunging area of a box cutout that is in a flat unfolded configuration; (b) a plunger located in the plunging area configured to apply force to a central portion of a box cutout in a flat unfolded configuration disposed below the plunger so as to effect downward movement thereof; (c) a first detector configured to detect the presence of a box cutout in the plunging area and trigger plunging thereof by the plunger, and a second detector configured to detect plunges of the plunger; (d) opposed grab wheels located below the plunging area, the grab wheels being configured to engage a box cutout that has been plunged downward by the plunger, facilitate collapse thereof into a collapsed box configuration in an upright orientation, and propel such box cutout further downward to a collection area located below the plunging area; and (e) a collector and a collection pen located in the collection area, the collector configured to move into the collection pen a box cutout that is in the collapsed box configuration in an upright orientation that has been propelled downward to the collection area by the opposed grab wheels; (f) wherein the collector is further configured to elevate, based on a count of plunges detected by the second detector, particular box cutouts in the collection pen; and (g) wherein each box cutout is maintained in the collapsed box configuration in an upright orientation in the collection pen.