Patent ID: 7128200

Claim:
An unloader for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine having a transfer unit, the form, fill and seal packaging machine configured to receive a partially erected carton having a closure formed thereon on a turret mandrel, the transfer unit configured for receiving a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form and for conveying the carton in the tubular form to a second station for molding the closure thereon, and for conveying the carton from the second station to an unload station for moving the carton to the turret mandrel, the unloader comprising: a frame; a pair of rotating elements mounted to the frame; a drive operably connected to a single of the pair of rotating elements; a belt positioned around the rotating elements for rotation with the elements; a finger operably connected to the belt for engaging the carton at the unload station and for moving the carton from the transfer unit to the turret mandrel.