Patent ID: 6074331
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for reinforcing a paperboard container moveable from a flattened condition to an erected condition, the method comprising the steps of:providing a paperboard container having side wall panels and associated flaps held in a flattened condition;providing a conveyor having opposing conveyor belts combining to sandwich the paperboard container therebetween for conveying the flattened container;conveying the flattened container for attaching a strap around the container for providing girth support to the container when in an erected condition;attaching a continuously formed strap under tension around an outside surface of the flattened container at a selected location;incrementally advancing the flattened container to second and third selected locations, wherein a separation distance between the second and third selected locations is greater than the separation distance between the first and second selected locations; andattaching additional continuously formed straps at each of the second and third selected locations.