Patent ID: 6357623
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
A method of unmatching and making available folded cardboard boxes, said method comprising the steps of:arranging a stack of folded cardboard boxes in a magazine, the folded cardboard boxes each having a plane of main extension and two parallel side edges, the folded cardboard boxes arriving in the stack in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of main extension, the two parallel side edges of the first folded cardboard box in the stack being contacted and supported by a first and by a second stop; conveying the first folded cardboard box in the direction toward the second stop within the plane of main extension until the first folded cardboard box enters an opening being located in the region of the second stop; freeing the first folded cardboard box from contact to the first stop to be exclusively supported by the opening and by the second stop; bending the first folded cardboard box in a direction away from the stack due to gravity of the folded cardboard boxes; and removing the first folded cardboard box from the stack.