Patent ID: 9701089
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B31B,B65D

Claim:
1. A machine configured to transition a box cutout, comprising: (a) a plunger located in a plunging area and configured to apply force to a central portion of a box cutout located below the plunger so as to effect downward movement thereof; (b) a detector configured to detect plunging of the plunger; (c) means for engaging a box cutout that has been plunged downward by the plunger, facilitating collapse of the box cutout into a collapsed upright orientation, and propelling the box cutout further downward to a collection area located below the plunging area; and (d) a collector located in the collection area and configured to move a box cutout in the collapsed upright orientation into a collection pen; (e) wherein the collector is further configured to elevate a particular box cutout in the collapsed upright orientation, when the particular box cutout is moved into the collection pen, based on a count of plunges of the plunger detected by the detector.