Patent ID: 9126380
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
1. A case erector system, comprising: a track; a mounting unit slidably affixed to the track, the mounting unit comprising an axle; an integrated picker and erector unit removably and reversibly affixed to the mounting unit such that the picker and erector unit when oriented in a first direction in a first configuration may be removed from the mounting unit, oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and reattached to the mounting unit in the second direction to form a second configuration; an erector arm unit in the picker and erector unit configured to engage a first side of a case unit; and a picker arm unit in the picker and erector unit configured to engage a second side of the case unit, wherein the erector arm unit is configured to move from a position generally parallel to the picker arm unit to a position generally transverse to the picker arm unit while both the picker arm unit and erector arm unit engage the case unit, and wherein the picker and erector unit is freely rotatable about the axle and opens a first type of case in the first configuration and a second type of case in the second configuration.