US Patent:
20180229879, Aug 16, 2018
Inventors:
- Grand Rapids MI, US
Michael Thomas Dayton - Lowell MI, US
Randall Jay Kuiper - Grand Rapids MI, US
Michael Don-Robert Rupinski - Cedar Springs MI, US
International Classification:
B65B 61/26
B41K 3/48
B65D 85/10
B65G 15/60
Abstract:
A tax stamping machine includes an input system that transfers incoming cartons of cigarettes into a conveyor. The input station positions the upper surfaces of the cartons at a predefined height, and the conveyor retains the cartons at the predefined height as the cartons pass through the stamp applicating device. The stamp applicating device includes an opening station, a stamping station, and a closing station. The conveyor includes resilient pulleys that hold the cartons at a predefined height as the cartons move through the opening station, the stamping station, and the closing station such that the upper surfaces of the individual packs of cigarettes are always at the same predefined height regardless of the size of the cartons entering the machine.