EP3033223B1 - Method and device for fitting reinforcements on a cardboard packaging cutout - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method of placing at least one reinforcement from a blank of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, at a predetermined location of a cut sheet of cardboard or corrugated cardboard suitable for forming a package.

It also relates to a device for setting up such a reinforcement.

It finds a particularly important application although not exclusive in the field of reinforced packaging for heavy products such as bottles and / or requiring vertical walls of packaging particularly resistant to compression, while allowing lateral access for products.

With the invention, it will indeed be possible for example to obtain a perforated package on one or two sides facing each other, while having two particularly strong carrier walls. It also makes it possible to obtain compact and stackable trays on great heights.

We already know ( US 5,950,911 ) cardboard boxes with walls reinforced vertically by reinforcement folds.

Such packages, if they actually have a better compressive strength, are not easy to mechanize and require a tray bottom in which fit tightly the walls forming the reinforcing folds.

Reinforced trays are also known having corners provided with flaps attached to the walls and folded towards the inside of the plate to form corner pillars.

Such trays are mainly used for storing fruits and vegetables, and are complicated to form quickly and automatically.

We can also mention the document WO 2008/042176 which describes a process according to the preamble of claim 1.

The document GB 2,472,257 describes a package whose reinforcements have a variable length.

In general, if there are many packages with reinforcements reported or not, there is no efficient, fast and automatic method of setting up vertical reinforcements of small dimensions, easy to implement, and which can be placed at any location of the walls of a package, but preferably centrally.

The present invention aims to provide a method and a device for placing reinforcement (s) in a package overcoming these disadvantages and better than those previously known to the requirements of the practice, in particular in that it authorizes the formation of asymmetrical packaging, in that it allows the conformation and the establishment of reinforcements presenting along their whole length (height of the package) an angle at the top and / or a central recess relative to the wall of the packaging allowing to thus form a hollow pillar, which allows a high resistance to compression, and this by forming them automatically and at a high rate, ie greater than 30 strokes / minute, for example 40 or 50 strokes / minute .

For this purpose, the invention proposes in particular a method of placing at least one reinforcement at a given location of a sheet cut out of corrugated cardboard or corrugated board capable of forming a package with walls of a determined height, the reinforcement being derived from a cardboard or corrugated cardboard blank of length equal to said determined height, characterized in that
the blank is extracted from a magazine by grasping it by suction using unstacking means comprising a longitudinal structure having a specific shape, arranged to be placed above the blank thus grasped in the direction of the length of the blank,
the blank is transferred horizontally above a forming jig of said blank having at least partly a shape complementary to said determined shape,
the blank is compressed between the template and said longitudinal structure to give it said determined shape on a part of the blank and to form longitudinal longitudinal lateral edges,
the thus configured blank is transferred by gluing the lateral edges and
the blank thus glued on the blank is applied to the determined location, to form the reinforcement of said package.

The reinforcement being of equal length: (by equal is meant strictly equal or slightly greater, for example from 1 to 2 mm, to allow the reinforcement to play its role) to the length of the reinforced flap intended to form a wall of the packaging. This allows it to have a bearing role on the height of the wall once glued to the determined location, when the package is shaped and that the bottom and / or the lid are bent at 90 °. This location determined is indeed arranged to allow the coincidence of the lower and upper edges of the reinforcement with the fold lines and / or end edge of the flap on which it is glued.

According to the embodiment of the invention more particularly envisaged, the determined shape of the longitudinal structure has a V-shaped cross section or inverted U, which will allow the reinforcement to have an equivalent cross section.

• on forme et on met en place simultanément deux renforts, sur deux parois opposées de la découpe propre à former l'emballage ;
• on transfert les flans de renfort à partir de deux magasins différents situés à proximité l'un de l'autre ;
• on transfert les flans de renfort à partir de deux magasins différents situés de part et d'autre de la découpe ;
• on obtient les flans de renfort à partir d'un même magasin de flans de base sécables, que l'on sépare en deux avant transfert au-dessus de leur gabarit respectif ;
• la découpe étant formée par une série d'au moins quatre volets terminée d'un côté par une série de rabats, on place ladite découpe à plat et on applique lesdits renforts horizontalement sur ladite découpe ;
• la découpe étant préformée en caisse ouverte sur le dessus et présentant au moins quatre parois verticales, les renforts sont basculés verticalement puis introduits dans l'emballage avant d'être appliqués latéralement sur deux parois verticales opposées de l'emballage.

In advantageous embodiments, in addition and / or otherwise one or more of the following provisions are used:

• two reinforcements are formed and put in place simultaneously, on two opposite walls of the cutout suitable for forming the package;
• the reinforcing blanks are transferred from two different magazines located close to each other;
• the reinforcing blanks are transferred from two different magazines located on either side of the blank;
• the reinforcing blanks are obtained from the same store of separable blanks, which are separated in two before transfer over their respective template;
• the cutout being formed by a series of at least four flaps terminated on one side by a series of flaps, placing said cut flat and applying said reinforcements horizontally on said cut;
• the cutout being preformed in an open box on the top and having at least four vertical walls, the reinforcements are vertically tilted then introduced into the package before being applied laterally to two opposite vertical walls of the package.

Advantageously, the package is obtained by coating around a mandrel.

When the reinforcements are placed on the flat blank, the mandrel is then provided with perforated walls to escape reinforcements during forming and / or the mandrel is formed by corner angles held together by spacers, possibly adjustable in distance to vary the size of the mandrel.

The invention also proposes a device implementing the method described above.

It also relates to a device for placing at least one reinforcement at a predetermined location of a cut out of cardboard or corrugated cardboard sheet capable of forming a package with walls of a determined height, the reinforcement being derived from a cardboard or corrugated cardboard blank of a length equal to said determined height, characterized in that it comprises
means for gripping the blank from a suction magazine comprising unstacking means comprising a longitudinal structure having a determined shape, arranged to be placed above the blank thus grasped,
a forming template of said blank having at least partly a shape complementary to said determined shape,
means for transferring the blank horizontally above said forming jig, for compressing the blank between the jig and said jig longitudinal structure to give it in part said determined shape and present horizontal longitudinal side edges, and transfer of the thus configured blank, with respect to the cut at the determined location,
means for sizing the lateral edges and pressurizing the blank thus glued on said blank to form the reinforcement of said package.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cross section of the determined shape is V-shaped or inverted U-shaped.

Advantageously, the device comprises two different magazines located close to each other.

In another advantageous embodiment it comprises two different magazines located on either side of the cut.

Also advantageously it comprises a single store scoreable blanks, and separating means in two breakable blanks before transfer over their respective template.

Advantageously, the cutout being formed by a series of at least four flaps terminated on one side by a series of flaps, the device comprises means for bringing flat cut and application of said reinforcements horizontally to the cut.

In an advantageous embodiment the device further comprises a mandrel provided with perforated walls and / or formed of corner angles for escaping the reinforcements during the subsequent forming of the package around the mandrel.

In another embodiment, the cutout being preformed in an open box on the top and having at least four vertical walls, the device comprises means for vertical tilting reinforcements, introduction into the package and application laterally on two opposite vertical walls of the package.

Advantageously, the preformed cut is obtained by coating around a mandrel.

The present description also relates to a package of cardboard sheet material or corrugated cardboard shaped having a polygonal section having side walls of a determined height and a bottom wall forming the bottom of the box, comprising at least one reinforcement from a blank of cardboard or corrugated cardboard of equal length or substantially equal to said determined height, said reinforcement being arranged in the direction of the height of the box on an inner face of the package and having a central portion of cross section V-shaped or inverted U and two longitudinal side edges glued to said inner face located entirely away from the junctions with the adjacent side walls.

By substantially equal is meant equal to the manufacturing tolerances of the cardboard ready, for example a little greater than 1 to 2 mm to allow a good load transfer.

Advantageously the package has two reinforcements located opposite and centrally on two opposite sides.

Still advantageously the package is formed according to the method as described above.

Still advantageously the package is eight sides, namely four main walls separated by four intermediate walls forming cut corners.

The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, of particular embodiments given below by way of non-limiting examples.

• La figure 1 est une vue en perspective partielle du dispositif de mise en place selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention, au niveau du formage des renforts à partir d'un seul magasin d'alimentation en flans.
• Les figures 1A et 1B montrent en coupe, les étapes initiales de séparation d'un flan de base en deux flans, pour obtenir des renforts selon le mode de réalisation de la figure 1.
• La figure 2 montre le dispositif (partiel) de la figure 1 lors de la compression des flans entre les structures longitudinales et les gabarits.
• Les figures 2A et 2B sont des vues en coupe de la descente des flans sur les gabarits.
• La figure 3 montre le début du transfert des flans après la conformation représentée à la figure 2.
• Les figures 4 et 5 montrent le dispositif de la figure 1 lors de la suite du transfert des flans, pour leur mise en position (figure 4) puis pour leur application une fois encollés sur la découpe (figure 5).
• La figure 6 est une vue en perspective d'une découpe permettant d'obtenir un emballage selon un mode de réalisation avec deux renforts.
• La figure 7 est une vue en perspective de la caisse formée à partir du flan de la figure 6.
• La figure 8 donne des vues schématiques en coupes de trois modes de réalisation de renforts utilisables selon l'invention, en forme de U (à branches rapprochées et écartées) et en forme de V.
• Les figures 9 et 10, et 11 et 12, sont des vues en perspectives, respectivement de flans avec renforts et des caisses ou plateaux obtenus avec de tels flans, selon d'autres modes de réalisation de l'invention.
• Les figures 13 à 18 sont des vues en perspectives partielles montrant un dispositif selon un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, permettant d'obtenir des renforts à partir de deux magasins de flans séparés.
• La figure 19 est une vue agrandie de l'organe de préhension et de conformation du renfort selon le mode de réalisation de l'invention plus particulièrement décrit ici.
• Les figures 20 à 23 montrent en perspective et de façon partielle un autre mode de réalisation d'un dispositif selon l'invention, avec basculement des renforts et encollage à l'intérieur d'un emballage préformé.

The description refers to the accompanying drawings in which:

• The figure 1 is a partial perspective view of the delivery device according to one embodiment of the invention, in the form of reinforcement from a single blank feed magazine.
• The Figures 1A and 1B show in section, the initial steps of separation of a blank blank into two blanks, to obtain reinforcements according to the embodiment of the figure 1 .
• The figure 2 shows the (partial) device of the figure 1 during the compression of the blanks between the longitudinal structures and the templates.
• The Figures 2A and 2B are sectional views of the descent of the blanks on the templates.
• The figure 3 shows the beginning of the transfer of the blanks after the conformation shown in FIG. figure 2 .
• The Figures 4 and 5 show the device of the figure 1 during the subsequent transfer of the blanks, for their positioning ( figure 4 ) then for their application once glued on the cut ( figure 5 ).
• The figure 6 is a perspective view of a cutout for obtaining a package according to a embodiment with two reinforcements.
• The figure 7 is a perspective view of the crate formed from the blank of the figure 6 .
• The figure 8 gives schematic views in sections of three embodiments of reinforcements used according to the invention, U-shaped (with branches spaced apart and spaced) and V-shaped.
• The Figures 9 and 10, and 11 and 12 are perspective views, respectively blanks with reinforcements and boxes or trays obtained with such blanks, according to other embodiments of the invention.
• The Figures 13 to 18 are partial perspective views showing a device according to another embodiment of the invention, for obtaining reinforcements from two separate blank magazines.
• The figure 19 is an enlarged view of the gripping member and conformation of the reinforcement according to the embodiment of the invention more particularly described here.
• The Figures 20 to 23 show in perspective and partially another embodiment of a device according to the invention, with tilting reinforcements and gluing inside a preformed package.

In the remainder of the description, the same reference numbers will be used to designate the same elements or similar elements.

The figure 1 shows (partially) a device 1 for shaping two reinforcements 2, 2 'coming from rectangular blanks 3, 3' of determined length in corrugated cardboard (for example 3 to 5 mm thick) stored in a vertical magazine 4 for placing on cutouts 5, for example formed by a series of rectangular flaps 6, for example four shutters interconnected by lines 7 and folded on each side by flaps 8, 9 in a manner known per se.

The cuts 5 are, for example, also stored in a vertical magazine 10 and brought into position one by one, for example by suction swinging means known per se (not shown), each cutout being then moved, for example via a treadmill (here again not shown), to be reinforced by said reinforcements obtained after forming.

More specifically, the blanks 3, 3 'are grasped by suction using the unstacking means 11 comprising two grasping systems 12 with suction cups each provided with a longitudinal structure 13 having a lower face 14 having a central groove 15 of length equal or substantially equal to that of the blanks seized and of inverted V-shaped cross-section. The lower face 14 also comprises two horizontal longitudinal strips 16, 17 on either side and in the continuity of the vertices of the V-groove.

The device also comprises two jigs 18 each having an upper face 19 of complementary shape to that of the lower face 14 of the longitudinal structure 13.

The system 12 comprises grip suction cups 20 (shown schematically by mixed lines on the Figures 1 and 2 ) blanks, and transfer of these between the vertical storage magazine 4 and the position facing the templates 18, here two parallel templates for two systems 12 facing each other, for example by means of a bridge 21 of displacement known in itself.

The device further comprises means for pressurizing or compressing (arrow 22) the blanks 3, 3 'on the template, for example comprising a vertically actuated piston between the transfer position (plane 23 shown in dashed line on the figure 1 ) and the pressurization position ( figure 2 ).

Once the blanks compressed V structure reversed, the 12 vacuum gripper systems 20 are lifted vertically and moved to ship the following blanks from the stack 4, and so on.

The steps of forming reinforcements obtained simultaneously from a base blank on the Figures 1A, 1B and 2A, 2B .

In this embodiment, a base blank 24 is formed of the two blanks 3 and 3 'interconnected by a cutting line 25 and grasped by the suction cups 20 of the gripping system or means 12.

The suction cups 20 are supplied with vacuum via circuits 26 controlled by PLC in a known manner.

The systems 12 are included in and / or integral with the unstacking means 11 and each comprise a longitudinal structure 13 provided with its central groove 15 and its strips or longitudinal strip portion 16, 17, or any other configuration forming horizontal stops 27 in contact with the ends of the blanks 3, 3 '.

During the descent of the gripping means to the jigs 18, the cutting line 25 abuts on a blade 28 for separating the blanks 3 and 3 'the vacuum of the suction cups being released.

We have shown on Figures 2A and 2B following the descent of the stops 27 which respectively push the blanks 3 and 3 'to bring into contact a central fold line 29, 29' blanks 3 and 3 '(which furthermore each comprise two parallel lines 30, 30' on both sides and symmetrical with respect to the central line 29, 29 ') with the vertex S of the complementary shape of the V 31 of the jig 18.

Stop means 32 located under the longitudinal side edges 33, 33 'of the blanks make it possible to obtain the shaped reinforcements provided with a central portion 34, 34' V and two longitudinal longitudinal side edges 33, 33 '.

At the end of putting pressure on reinforcements (cf. figure 4 ), the unstacking means 11 and the vacuum gripping means or systems 12 are returned to the base blank magazine 4 (arrow 35), and a system 36 (for example a bridge) of transverse displacement of the templates 18 provided with reinforcements 2, 2 'comes to recover the latter also movable laterally on a path 37 via bearings 38 integral templates, by spreading them to arrange said templates to the right of the determined locations (mixed lines 39) of the cutout 5, further conveyed in a manner known per se, for example by treadmill with locking cleat in the position (plane 40) of laying reinforcements 2, 2 '.

With reference to the figure 5 , the reinforcements 2, 2 'are then gripped by suction cups with means similar to those described with reference to the unstacking means and are moved to be plated, after gluing the lateral edges on the path at 41, to said determined locations of the blank , precisely by means of programming and control means known in themselves of the system 36.

We have shown on Figures 6 and 7 the cut 5 with reinforcements 2, 2 'obtained with the devices of Figures 1 to 5 as well as the box B obtained with such a cut.

The cutout here comprises a series of four rectangular flaps 6 made of corrugated cardboard separated by fold lines 7 and provided at its end with a gluing tab in a manner known per se.

Each flap is of a length h (or height for the wall of the body) determined.

Two series of rectangular flaps 8 are arranged on either side to form respectively the top and the bottom of the box.

Each reinforcement 2, 2 'formed by a strip of cardboard obtained from the blanks 3, 3' is arranged in the direction of the length of the corresponding flap 6, and is of equal length to that of the flap, so that its ends 42, 42 'coincide with the fold lines 43 between flaps 6 and flaps 8.

The reinforcements correspond to the vertices 29, 29 'of the inverted V and the lateral edges 33, 33' are glued on the inner face of the cut and have longitudinal peripheries 44 located entirely at a distance from the fold lines 7 or junction with the walls. adjacent sides on the tongue.

By entirely at a distance, it is meant that they do not coincide and / or are not located beyond the line of junction with overlap of the surface of the reinforcement with said connecting line.

The distance d is thus and example of several centimeters, for example 20 cm on each side, depending on the dimensions of the box.

We have shown on the figure 8 three examples of embodiments of cross sections of reinforcements according to the invention

In 45 is shown an inverted U-shaped reinforcement whose branches 46 of the U are very close for example to 1 cm from each other, the lateral edges being in turn horizontal.

At 47, the reinforcement has an inverted V-section, the angle α at the apex being able to vary between, for example, 15 ° and 60 °, for example 45 °.

In 48, the section is an inverted U with walls 49 further apart, ie greater than 1 cm, for example 3 or 5 cm.

The Figures 9 and 10 show another embodiment of a package according to the invention.

From the movie 50 of the figure 9 comprising a series of four flaps 51, 52, 53, 53 interconnected by fold lines 55, each flap being provided with flaps 56, on either side it is placed reinforcements 2, 2 'transversely, c That is, in a direction perpendicular to the folding figures 55 over the width of two opposite flaps.

Package 57 of the figure 10 is then obtained by folding, the two poor shutters of reinforcement serving respectively bottom and cover, the two other side walls (without flaps) being formed by gluing flaps 56 corresponding, thus achieving and for example two perforated walls 58 due to the adequate sizing of said flaps. The reinforcing films 3, 31 are in turn fed from lateral vertical magazines 76 located on either side of the cutout path.

They are grasped by the gripping systems 77 similar to the systems 12 described with reference to the previous figures, the said systems 12 being themselves moved to their different positions by displacement devices allowing unfolding and compression (not shown) by example as described above.

The systems 77 are placed on the templates 78 to form the reinforcements and they are moved in portion of implementation on cutting (arrow 79).

Gripping systems 80, similar to the systems 77, are then lowered onto the templates 78 and then read (arrow 81 - Cf. figure 15 ) and displaced ( figures 16 ) to be descended ( figure 17 ) on the cut 71 (arrow 82) and compressed after gluing on the path.

Then ( figure 18 ) the systems 80 are raised and the cut 4 provided with reinforcements 2, 2 'is removed, the cycle continuing with the next cut.

The Figures 11 and 12 respectively show a film 59 and the plate 60 obtained from the film.

Here the film is formed of a central flap 61 provided with four flaps 62, 63, 64, 65 on its lateral edges, two flaps 62, 64 being provided with end flaps 66, 67, and the other two flaps. comprising the reinforcements 2, 2 'as described above. When the tray is formed (Cf. figure 12 ) it then comprises two walls 68, 69 provided with reinforcements 2, 2 'over their height h , according to the invention, entirely located at a distance from the ends 70 of flaps forming corresponding walls.

There is shown (partially) a reinforcing phasing structure according to the invention with reference to Figures 13 to 18 .

A central cut-off supply magazine 71 is here provided. These are tilted by a vacuum system 72 known in itself to be arranged flat on a horizontal carpet 74, which conveys them successively to the droplet location (mixed line 75).

We have shown on the figure 19 an enlarged view of the whole system where gripping means 12, 77 with template 18, 78 (also referred to as gripping member and shaping) as described with reference to the previous figures.

The system 12 comprises a longitudinal structure 13 having a lower face 14 provided with a central groove 15 V-shaped or U-shaped, the branches of the U being here inclined relative to the vertical or in the form of Ω.

The lower face 14 also comprises horizontal longitudinal branches 16 parallel extending the periphery of the groove outwards over a predetermined distance d , for example a few millimeters, which will allow to break the blank at its fold lines provided for this purpose.

The longitudinal structure 13 is integral with the gripping cups 20, for example two side games 83 located on either side of the structure 13, with seven suction cups arranged in groups of two or three suction cups. The jig 18 comprises a central rib of shape complementary to the shape of the groove 15 and two lateral longitudinal edges 85 extending the lower peripheral line 86 of the groove.

The length l of the groove is advantageously equal to or slightly greater (a few millimeters) than the length (or height) of the reinforcement to be configured.

The Figures 20 to 23 show another embodiment of a partial device 90 according to the invention with tilting reinforcements 2, 2 'and sizing inside 91 of a preformed packaging 92.

The films 3, 3 'are seized ( figure 20 ) by gripping systems 12 as described above, from two magazines 93 arranged in parallel, while the templates 18 to form the reinforcements 2, 2 'are placed in position ( figure 21 ) fixed on trays 94 pivoting about an axis 95 between a horizontal position for receiving the blanks ( figure 22 ) and a vertical positioning position of the reinforcements 2, 2 'on opposite internal walls facing the packaging 92.

In this embodiment two systems 96 identical to the systems 12, non-vertical, are provided to take again the blanks 3, 3 ', shaped and tilted, and then move them in line with the packages brought successively, for example on a treadmill. , before being locked in position between two lateral doors pivoting about a vertical axis 98.

Reinforcements (cf. figure 21 ) are lowered and pass in front of glue guns 99 (hot melt), external faces of the strips, then inserted in the package before being pressurized by gluing on the internal face opposite, by pressure to using cylinders 100.

These are descended simultaneously with the system 96, vertically, via a vertical ramp 101 retractable support, movable between a loading position reinforcements ( figure 21 ) and a position of bonding reinforcements ( figure 22 ). As is obvious and as also follows from the above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments more particularly described. On the contrary, it embraces all the variants and in particular those where the shape of the grooves is different.

Claims (16)

1. Method for putting in place at least one reinforcement (2, 2') at a given location of a cut-out (5) made of cardboard or corrugated cardboard sheet suitable for forming a package (B) provided with walls of a given height, the reinforcement originating from a panel (3, 3') made of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, characterised in that, the reinforcement having a length equal to said given height,
   the panel is extracted from a magazine (4) by gripping it by suction with the aid of unstacking means (11) comprising a longitudinal structure (13), arranged to be placed above the panel thus gripped in the direction of the length of the panel,
   the panel (3, 3') is transferred horizontally above a gauge (18) for forming said panel,
   the panel is compressed between the gauge (18) and said longitudinal structure (13), which have at least partly complementary shapes, in order to confer on the panel a hollow pillar shape over part of the panel and to form horizontal longitudinal lateral edges (33, 33'),
   the panel thus configured is transferred while gluing the lateral edges (33, 33') and
   the panel thus glued is applied to the cut-out (5) at the given location, in order to form the reinforcement of said package (B).
2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the given shape has a cross-section in the shape of an inverted V or U.
3. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that two reinforcements (2, 2') are formed and put in place simultaneously on two opposed walls of the cut-out suitable for forming the package.
4. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that the reinforcing panels (3, 3') are transferred from two different magazines (93) situated close to each other.
5. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that the reinforcing panels are transferred from two different magazines (76) situated on either side of the cut-out.
6. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that the reinforcing panels are obtained from the same magazine (4) of divisible basic panels, which are separated into two before transfer above their respective gauge.
7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that, the cut-out (5) being formed by a series of at least four sections (6) ending on one side in a series of flaps, said cut-out is placed flat and said reinforcements are applied horizontally to said cut-out.
8. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that, the cut-out being preformed as a case (92) which is open at the top and having at least four vertical walls, the reinforcements (2, 2') are tilted vertically, then introduced into the package before being applied laterally to two opposed vertical walls of the package.
9. Device (1) for putting in place at least one reinforcement (2, 2') at a given location of a cut-out (5) made of cardboard or corrugated cardboard sheet suitable for forming a package (B) provided with walls of a given height, the reinforcement originating from a panel (3, 3') made of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, characterised in that, the reinforcement having a length equal to said given height, the device comprises means for gripping the panel from a magazine by suction including unstacking means (11) comprising a longitudinal structure (13), arranged to be placed above the panel thus gripped,
   a gauge (18) for forming said panel,
   means (21) for transferring the panel horizontally above said forming gauge, means (22) for compression of the panel between the gauge (18) and said longitudinal structure (13), which have at least partly complementary shapes, in order to confer on the panel in part a hollow pillar shape and to form horizontal longitudinal lateral edges (33, 33'), and means (36) for transfer of the panel thus configured, facing the cut-out (5) at the given location,
   means for gluing the lateral edges and for pressing the panel thus glued onto the cut-out in order to form the reinforcement of said package.
10. Device according to claim 9, characterised in that the given shape has a cross-section in the shape of an inverted V or U.
11. Device according to one of claims 9 and 10, characterised in that it comprises two gripping means, two forming gauges (18), two transfer and gluing means (21) and two means (22) for pressing two panels (3, 3') in order to form two reinforcements (2, 2') on two opposed walls of the package.
12. Device according to claim 11, characterised in that it comprises two magazines (93) for supplying two different panels situated close to each other.
13. Device according to claim 11, characterised in that it comprises two different supply magazines (76) situated on either side of the cut-out.
14. Device according to claim 13, characterised in that it comprises a single magazine (93) of divisible basic panels, and means (28) for separating the basic panel into two panels, before transfer of the two said panels above their respective gauge.
15. Device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, characterised in that, the cut-out being formed by a series of at least four sections (6) ending on one side in a series of flaps,
    the device comprises means (36) for arranging the cut-out flat and applying said reinforcements horizontally to said cut-out.
16. Device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, characterised in that, the cut-out being preformed as a case (92) which is open at the top and having at least four vertical walls (6), the device comprises means (94) for vertically tilting the reinforcements, introducing them into the package and applying them laterally to two opposed vertical walls of the package.

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