Patent ID: 6101786
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A packaging machine for processing a carton blank received from a magazine into a filled and sealed carton, the packaging machine comprising:an infeed sterilizer carousel for moving the carton blank in a first generally horizontal plane and for sterilizing an erected carton blank having an open top end and an open bottom end, the infeed sterilizer carousel disposed on a first level;a carton lift for lifting the sterilized cartons from the infeed sterilizer carousel through a first generally vertical plane from the first level to a second level;a form and fill carousel having a central turret rotatable in a second generally horizontal plane parallel to and spaced from the first generally horizontal plane, the central turret having a plurality of filling mandrels connected thereto, each of the plurality of filling mandrels in flow communication with a product supply; anda sealing jaw mechanism disposed to receive a filled carton from a mandrel on the form and fill carousel to seal an open end of carton.