Patent ID: 6477819
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for closing cartons (10) and detecting defective cartons 43, comprising:a) a vertical carton conveyor (21), wherein cartons (10), filled in the region of a filling station (15) and fully folded, are fed to the vertical carton conveyor and conveyed by the latter to a closing unit (26) for fixing folding flaps (11) of the cartons (10), b) the cartons (10) transferred in the region of a transfer station (33) at an end of the carton conveyor (21) to a removal conveyor (22), c) testing members testing for defective cartons (43), such defective cartons (43) being moved through the transfer station (33) and past the removal conveyor (22) in the direction of the filling station (15), and d) a removal station (44) for taking the defective cartons (43) from the carton conveyor (21).