Patent ID: 7788887
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for filling a container with collapsible boxes the device comprising a web-forming station, a filling station, a sampling station, and a retrieval station; a first box conveyor for conveying boxes exiting a folder-gluer to the web-forming station and for forwarding the boxes-from the web-forming station to the filling station along a forwarding path; a second box conveyor for conveying boxes forwarded by the first box conveyor and for transferring the boxes from the sampling station to the retrieval station along a transfer path; wherein the forwarding path defines an essentially convex surface and the transfer path is located inside the concavity of the convex surface; and the first box conveyor is divided into two parts in the sampling station comprising: a rear part that terminates in a pair of front-end rollers and a front part that commences with a pair of rear-end rollers.