METHOD FOR FORMING A FOLDABLE PACKAGE HOUSING INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED ARTICLES

• Main Authors: NUNEZ, Justin, ISHIKAWA, Yoichiro, WOLFF, James William, FRATTA, Gabriela, VRANA, Josef, RYBOLT, Dennis
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.12.2019
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

A system for forming a foldable package is provided. The system includes a first conveyor device includes at least one lug that defines a first slot and a second slot on opposing sides of the lug. The first slot is sized to receive a first set of individually wrapped articles and the second slot is sized to receive a second set of individually wrapped articles. The first conveyor device is configured to advance the individually wrapped articles towards a loading station. The system further includes a feeder device configured to position a sheet of packaging material over the individually wrapped articles at the loading station. The sheet of packaging material is for coupling to the individually wrapped articles. Moreover, the lug has a width such that a predefined distance is defined between the first and second sets of individually wrapped articles when coupled to the sheet of packaging material.