Patent ID: 9694553
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B31B

Claim:
1. A method of forming a container from a blank, the method comprising: obtaining a tool comprising a first tool assembly, a second tool assembly, and a blank positioning system, wherein the blank positioning system comprises a blank infeed table adjacent the at least one of the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly, wherein the blank infeed table has an upper face and a blank guiding surface comprising a contoured upper portion adjacent the upper face, and the blank positioning system further comprises a pair of blank guides, each blank guide of the pair of blank guides extending above the upper face of the blank infeed table, each blank guide of the pair of blank guides is spaced from the blank infeed table in a downstream direction, each blank guide of the pair of blank guides is oblique with respect to the downstream direction; obtaining a blank to be formed into the container; positioning at least one of the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly in an open position of the tool; conveying the blank to the blank positioning system to position the blank between the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly, the conveying the blank comprises moving the blank in the downstream direction from an upstream end of the tool along the upper face of the blank infeed table and then engaging the blank with the blank guiding surface of the blank infeed table, and the conveying the blank further comprises engaging the blank with at least one of the blank guides of the pair of blank guides; and positioning at least one of the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly in a closed position of the tool and pressing the blank between the tool assemblies to form the blank into the container.