Patent ID: 6106450
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
A method of setting-up a non-rectangular container with an oblique wall panel from a knock-down-fiat (KDF) precursor formed of scored, slotted and folded panels of sheet material, said method comprising:opening said KDF precursor to form a rectangular tube;advancing a ram head assembly into said rectangular tube, said head assembly including a base and a plow movable toward and away from said base;actuating said plow to move away from said base and into engagement with an interior side of said rectangular tube, to thereby form an oblique wall panel of said container angled obliquely with respect to two adjoining container wall panels;folding over end flaps of said container into contact with each other;securing said end flaps to each other while said plow is engaged with said interior side;actuating said plow to retract from said interior side following said securing; andretracting the ram head assembly out of the resultant container;wherein said method is performed as an automated conveyor line operation.