Patent ID: 9580205
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B31B,B65D

Claim:
1. A shipping method comprising: receiving stacks of flat die cut corrugated material blanks from a corrugator or sheet plant; loading said stacks of said blanks into a pallet assembly machine; said pallet assembly machine folding said blanks together and producing a corrugated material pallet; providing said corrugated material pallets for shipping items to a receiver; said pallet assembly machine folding said blanks using intermittent motion of said blanks and said pallet assembly machine comprising multiple folding sections wherein said sections operate by positioning, clamping and folding said blanks; said pallet assembly machine overcoming misalignment and shifting of said stacks of said blanks by picking up said blanks from the top of said stacks using vacuum and adjusting alignment of said blanks after picked up but prior to being fed into the first folding section of said pallet assembly machine.