Claims
- 1. A case packing device comprising:
- a source of flattened and folded cases, said cases comprising a mixture of an A-type and B-type cases said A and B-type cases being distinguished whether they open to the left or right respectively,
- an assembly for separating a single case when said source of cases and for feeding said separating case to a case unfolding mechanism, said case unfolding mechanism having;
- a left and a right stationary case unfolding plow;
- a plurality of grippers for gripping said case;
- a mechanism for moving said gripper to hold said case against said plow thereby unfolding said case;
- a mechanism for lowering said grippers to lower said unfolded case over a group of articles to be cased;
- a sensing mechanism positioned on said packing device, said sensing mechanism detecting whether the said folding case is an A or B-type case;
- means for moving an A-type folded case to a first point within said case unfolding mechanism wherein said A-type case is an operative engagement for unfolding the said right plow and said B-type folded case is by means positioned at a second point within said case unfolding mechanism wherein said second point is down-stream of said first position and said B-type case is in operative engagement with said left plow.
- 2. The case packing device according to claim 1 wherein said source of flattened and folded cases further comprises cases having flaps only at one end thereof.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/519,240, filed Aug. 25, 1995.
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Divisions (1)
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