Patent ID: 8657097

Claim:
A squaring-up device for a package converting line, to be located between a blank folding section and a folded-blank assembly section, the squaring-up device comprising: a frame, at least one jogger including a striking face, the at least one jogger having a deployed active position in which the striking face strikes a folded blank to square-up and correct a geometry of the folded blank and having a retracted inactive position, a drive connected with and driving the at least one jogger and configured and operable for transporting the at least one jogger along a path of longitudinal advance of the blank, an effector for moving the at least one jogger from the active position to a retracted inactive position, and vice versa, the effector comprising, a slide mounted on the frame and extending along the path of advance of the blank, the slide being movable between an advanced position and a withdrawn position, and vice versa, and a slider mounted on the jogger and configured to interact with the slide such that the jogger is moved from the active position, when the slide is in the advanced position, to the inactive position, when the slide is in the withdrawn position, and vice versa, a control for the effector.