Patent ID: 7674219

Claim:
A device for producing empty container blanks from a material web W-folded in the longitudinal direction, comprising: a plurality of tools supported by a rotary tool holder, each tool comprising a base element which is fixedly mounted on the tool holder and an engaging element which is pivotable relative to the base element, wherein base elements of the tools form a substantially continuous section enclosing the rotary tool holder, said rotary tool holder is on rotation being arranged to move each tool along a working path along which each tool is engageable with the material web for both transversal and longitudinal joining of opposite wall portions of the longitudinal W-folded material web along connecting portions outlining said container blanks, and a return path along which each tool is disengageable from the material web, each tool being arranged to be moved together with the material web when the tool is moved along said working path, and said tool holder acting as a deflecting means for the material web when the tool holder moves together with the respective tools along said working path.