EP3110699B1 - Procédé et machine pour fermer des boîtes à section carrée ou rectangulaire en réduisant leur hauteur à celle de leur contenu - Google Patents

Procédé et machine pour fermer des boîtes à section carrée ou rectangulaire en réduisant leur hauteur à celle de leur contenu Download PDF

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EP3110699B1
EP3110699B1 EP15717012.7A EP15717012A EP3110699B1 EP 3110699 B1 EP3110699 B1 EP 3110699B1 EP 15717012 A EP15717012 A EP 15717012A EP 3110699 B1 EP3110699 B1 EP 3110699B1
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Robert Casanova
Joris PETERS
Claude Durand
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B7/20—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by folding-down preformed flaps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/04—Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips
    • B65B51/06—Applying adhesive tape
    • B65B51/067—Applying adhesive tape to the closure flaps of boxes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/001—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/04—Customised on demand packaging by determining a specific characteristic, e.g. shape or height, of articles or material to be packaged and selecting, creating or adapting a packaging accordingly, e.g. making a carton starting from web material

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  • the present invention relates to a method for closing boxes of cardboard, corrugated board or similar sheet material, the section of which is for example square or rectangular, while reducing, where desirable, the height of these boxes. to that of their content. It also aims a machine for carrying out the various steps of this process.
  • the technical field of the invention is that of packaging machines, cutting, manufacture or closure of packaging or manufacturing and implementation of methods and cushioning materials for such packaging.
  • the present invention is more particularly related to the closure and height adjustment of boxes used for the preparation of single or multi-item orders and more generally boxes used for packaging for shipment to customers or other recipients , various objects whose number and unit volume, and therefore also the overall volume, vary from one box to another.
  • boxes of this type are formed by machines, from one or more blanks of rigid and foldable sheet material comprising different flaps and flaps secured together by gluing or adhesive tape.
  • Boxes are known which, after forming, are composed of five walls, either a square or rectangular bottom and a belt composed of four side walls assembled together at right angles, forming ridges. Boxes of this type are for example known as "American half-boxes", "trays” or “bell cases”. These boxes are usually, after filling, closed by a lid. Lids are also known which have four flaps that are folded and glued to the sides of the box. Lids are also known whose different shutters are previously shaped by nesting or gluing; these lids are inserted on the top of the box and secured to the box by gluing, stapling or by a metal or plastic tie.
  • Boxes are still known which, after forming, are composed of a bottom and four side walls, like the previously described boxes, as well as four upper shutters. Each of these upper flaps is connected to one of the side walls of the box by a fold line. Boxes of this type are known as "American boxes”. These boxes are, after filling, closed by withdrawal of the four upper shutters in the horizontal plane and maintaining these shutters by gluing, stapling or a metal or plastic link.
  • the overall volume may vary from one box to another.
  • Methods consist in reducing the height of the boxes in order to bring it closer to the height of the packaged products.
  • the document EP 2 684 802 also discloses a machine for wedging and confining objects within a box made of a foldable material, for example made of cardboard and consisting of a square or rectangular, or approximately square or rectangular, bottom and of four side walls, this machine comprising a tool for adapting the height of the useful volume of the box to the height of the stack of objects housed in it and to ensure the closure of said box, and means for to move this tool so as to position it above the box, or means for moving said box to position it below said tool.
  • EP-1,817,483 and FR-2 818 230 which describe a machine and a method, which consists of cutting the four vertical edges of a box, from the top of the box to an altitude corresponding substantially to that of the top of the stack of packaged objects and then making a horizontally creasing (or grooving) on each of the four side walls of the box at this same altitude, and finally to fold towards the inside of the box, around these horizontal creases and at an angle substantially equal to 90 °, the part high of these four vertical walls.
  • This method also makes it possible to adjust the height of the box by reducing it to the useful height.
  • the upper part of one of the two side walls parallel to the length of the box must at least come into contact and possibly pass over the upper part of the second side wall parallel to the length of the box during folding, to such that they occupy, after complete folding, the entire upper surface of the box, possibly partially overlapping the center of said box. It is thus possible to simply close said box by providing means for maintaining said high parts in the folded position, for example by gluing.
  • the problem thus posed consists in providing a means of reducing the height of a box, comprising a bottom and at least four side walls, as close as possible to the objects previously arranged in this box, and of simultaneously closing said box using for this purpose the material which constitutes said box, without adding additional material flank, and without the aid of any cutting tool.
  • the solution to the problem is to provide a method and a machine for reducing the height of a box of foldable material, consisting of a bottom and at least four side walls, assembled together at right angles, forming edges to the level of the top of the stack of objects previously arranged in said box, without removing a portion of material from said box, nor using any cutting tool, but by folding towards the center of said box the high parts of said side walls.
  • said sidewalls are seized in an area between the top of said box and the level of the top of said stack.
  • objects and preferably close to said vertical edges by means of gripping members, for example constituted by clamps each comprising at least two jaws, one acting on the outer face of the wall, the other acting on the inner face of the wall, and then pivoting each of said grippers and thus each of said upper portions, about an axis of rotation substantially located on said side walls and at the top of the box, towards the outside of said box. said stack of objects.
  • said box for gripping said side walls with the aid of said clamps, said box is previously moved towards all of said clamps, or the set of said clamps is moved towards said box, in a movement perpendicular to the bottom of said box, and the corresponding movement is stopped when, for example using a sensor, a relative movement is detected between said clamps and a feeler, whose shape and the general dimensions correspond substantially to those said bottom, when said probe comes into contact with the top of said stack of objects.
  • a creasing also called grooving
  • grooving is carried out at the level of the axis of rotation around which the folding must take place, located on said side walls. and at the top of said stack of objects.
  • This grooving can be carried out over a reduced length, so as to constitute a folding primer, promoting the formation of a continuous fold line during the folding of the upper parts of the side walls which are no longer connected to each other, towards the center of the box, this folding primer can be performed when the clamps pinch the upper parts of the side walls of the box 1.
  • said box used has cutouts of reduced height and at most equal to the half-width of said box, made from the top of said box, at the vertical edges where the links are located. between said sidewalls.
  • a bead of adhesive is deposited on the inner face of at least one of said high parts and first of all said unsized high parts are folded, then said pre-bonded upper part is folded in such a way that said bead adhesive bonds at least two of said high parts together and maintain all of said upper parts in a substantially horizontal plane.
  • a bead of adhesive is deposited on the internal face of at least one of said upper parts and one or more beads of adhesive on the inner and / or outer face of at least another of said upper parts and first folded said unsized high parts and then folds successively said upper parts previously glued such that said adhesive beads do not come into contact with said objects but solidarize several of said high parts together and maintain all of said upper portions in a substantially horizontal plane.
  • said adhesive beads are parallel to each other and the deposition of said adhesive beads is obtained by spraying glue from an adhesive reservoir using fixed gluing nozzles, during the movement of said box in one direction. parallel to said glue beads.
  • this method therefore makes it possible to reduce the height of the box to the useful height corresponding to the height of the stack of objects previously arranged in said box, and this reduction in height is obtained without removal of material or the use of any cutting tool.
  • the invention provides an effective, robust and economical method for reducing the volume of said box and closing it, this because of the absence of cutting tool subjected to wear and because it is not necessary to bring one or more additional material flanks.
  • the figure 1 shows a box 1 which is composed of a bottom 1e and side walls 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d, connected to each other at right angles.
  • the bottom 1e has a rectangular shape, so that the box has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.
  • the side walls 1a and 1c are parallel to the length of the box 1 and the side walls 1b and 1d are parallel to the width of said box 1.
  • bottom and the side walls could have a different shape, for example a square shape or a general square or rectangular shape with cut corners.
  • this box 1 may be made of corrugated cardboard, compact cardboard or any other equivalent foldable sheet material having the necessary rigidity and known per se or within the reach of those skilled in the art.
  • the figure 2 shows the box 1, composed of the bottom 1e and the side walls 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d, into which have been introduced a number of objects 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of various shapes and sizes.
  • the number and size of objects can be any, as well as their storage in the box.
  • the objects can in particular be stacked on top of one another if necessary. In order to justify and authorize the implementation of the method according to the invention, the height of the stack of objects must be substantially less than the height of the box, which is almost always the case.
  • the figure 3 shows said box 1 after the first stages of implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • the figure 4 shows said box 1 at a next step of the method according to the invention.
  • the height of the stack of objects is such that the reduction in height of the box 1 is small, so that, after folding, said high parts 1ah, 1bh, 1ch and 1dh do not completely close the upper face of said box 1, which has a central opening.
  • the figure 5 shows said box 1 at the same stage of the process as on the figure 5 but in another example of implementation of this method.
  • the height of said high parts 1 ah, 1bh, 1ch, and 1dh before folding is, therefore, more important in the example illustrated in FIG. figure 5 than in the example shown on the figure 4 , and that for the same reason, said high parts 1 ah, 1 bh, 1 hp and 1 dh occupy, once folded, a larger surface in the example shown in FIG. figure 5 , which allows them to completely close the opening of said box 1.
  • said side walls are grasped in an area between the top of said box and the level of the top of said stack of objects 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and, preferably, close to said vertical edges 2ab, 2bc, 2cd and 2da, for example by means of clips 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1 and 9d2 / 10d2 each having at least two jaws, one (9a1, 9a2, 9b1, 9b2, 9c1, 9c2, 9d1 and 9d2) acting on the outer face of the wall, the other (10a1, 10a2, 10b1,
  • Each clamp 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1 and 9d2 / 10d2 comprises two elongate jaws, 9a1, 9a2, 9b1, 9b2, respectively.
  • each of said grippers and thus each of said high parts is rotated towards the outside of said box 1, around an axis of rotation 11a, 11b. , 11c and 11d substantially located on said side walls and at the top of said stack of objects.
  • the figure 6 shows said box 1 in one of the first steps of the method according to the invention.
  • each of said side walls is gripped by two clamps and these clamps are located near the vertical edges 2ab, 2bc, 2cd and 2da at which said side walls are interconnected in pairs.
  • the lower end of the jaws of said clamps is at an altitude substantially equal to that of the top of the stack of objects previously disposed in said box 1, that is to say, in the example shown, above the level of the upper face of the object 3.
  • the figure 7 shows said box 1 in the next step of the method according to the invention.
  • each of said clamps 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1 and 9d2 / 10d2 has pivoted about a horizontal axis 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d located on the side wall 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d previously gripped by said clamps, at an altitude substantially equal to that of the lower end of the jaws of said clamps, which is known to be substantially identical to the altitude of the top of the stack of objects previously arranged in said box 1.
  • said upper parts are then folded towards the inside of the box, by means such as pushing bodies known by the state of the art, so as to bring them back into a horizontal or substantially horizontal plane thus constituting the upper closing wall of said box.
  • the upper parts are flaps or flaps that pivot about the axes 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, creating folding lines 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d.
  • clamps serve only to grip and bend outwardly said upper parts which then return to the vertical starting position. Their inward folding therefore occurs after removal of said clamps, for example on another machine station.
  • the figure 8 is a sectional view of the box 1 and a part of a machine for carrying out the method according to the invention, in a plane parallel to the width of said box 1 and passing through the center of said box 1.
  • clamps 9a1 / 10a1 and 9c2 / 10c2 intended to grip respectively the upper parts of the side walls 1a and 1c of said box 1.
  • the probe 12 may be constituted by a plate whose shape and dimensions correspond approximately to the shape and the dimensions of the bottom 1e boxes 1.
  • the detector 13 may be constituted by a device known per se. This detector 13 can be mounted with a capacity of vertical movement relative to the 12. For this purpose, it can be carried by a slide 26 mounted with a possibility of sliding on a vertical slideway 27 whose lower end is provided with the probe 12 (FIG. figures 8 and 9 ).
  • the figure 9 is similar to the figure 8 but shows the box 1 and said machine part at a next step of the method according to the invention.
  • the position of said detector 13 is such that the contact between said detector 13 and said probe 12 occurs when the lower end of the jaws of said clamps 9a1 / 10a1 and 9c2 / 10c2 is at an altitude substantially equal to that of the highest point of the object 3, that is to say at an altitude equal to that of the top of the stack of objects previously disposed in said box 1 and that this is true regardless of the height of said stack objects.
  • the folding of the high parts 1 ah, 1 bh, 1 hp, 1 dh, in horizontal position towards the center of the box 1, can be favored by providing horizontal creases or grooves at the axes 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d these creases or grooves may occupy the entire distance between the bottom of two consecutive notches 28ab, 28bc, 28cd and 28da or only part of this distance. They are obtained by crushing of the material used for the manufacture of the box, for example under the pressure of a suitable tool.
  • the jaws 9a1, 10a1, 9c2 and 10c2 each have, in the lower part, a beveled edge 25, these beveled edges being arranged opposite one another ( figure 8 ), which allows them to crush the side walls 1a and 1c in this area, at the approximation of said jaws of the clamp. It is known that this zone corresponds to the position of the axes 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, around which we will then rotate said clamps 9a1 / 10a1 and 9c2 / 10c2 and thereby the upper part 1ah and 1ch of said side walls 1a and 1c, facilitating the creation of folding lines 8a and 8c.
  • these creases or grooves are intended to facilitate the folding of said upper parts of the side walls towards the inside of said box 1. It is also understood that these creases or grooves may be of reduced length, sufficient to promote the creation of lines 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, over the entire length of the short sides and the long sides of the box 1, but can also advantageously be made on all or part of the distance between the bottoms of the notches 28ab , 28bc, 28cd and 28da located on the axes 11a and 11c and around which will be folded said high portions 1ah and 1ch, this using pliers of large width.
  • only one of the two jaws of each clamp may comprise a beveled edge 25 for making grooves or grooves in one side of the side walls of the boxes made of cardboard or other foldable material.
  • the figure 10 shows said box 1 before implementing the method according to the invention.
  • said box 1 has a cut 14ab, 14bc, 14cd, 14da, made at the vertical edge 2ab, 2bc, 2cd, 2da where is the connection between said side walls 1a and 1b, 1b and 1c , 1c and 1d, 1d and 1a.
  • This cutting was performed on a reduced height, for example on a height of the order of a few millimeters, from the top of the box.
  • such a cut of reduced height is intended to facilitate the implementation of the method according to the invention in the sense that it constitutes a breaking primer from which the breaking of the connection between said side walls of the box 1 , for example between the side walls 1a and 1b, will be able to easily propagate to the level of the top of the stack of objects previously disposed in said box 1, during the folding of the upper parts 1ah and 1bh of the side walls 1a and 1b of said box, in the context of the implementation of the method which is the subject of the invention, as described for example in the explanations given for the figure 7 .
  • cutouts 14bc, 14cd and 14da play the same role for breaking the bonds between, respectively, the side walls 1a and 1b, 1c and 1d, and 1d and 1a.
  • each of said high parts 1 ah, 1 bh, 1 ch and 1dh must be at least equal to the half-width of said box 1, and that, therefore, said cutouts 14ab, 14bc, 14cd and 14da may have a height at most equal to the half-width of said box 1, so that, under these conditions, the low point of said blanks will always be located above or possibly at the same level as the top of the stack of previously housed objects in said box 1.
  • the figure 11 shows said box 1 after implementation of the first steps of the method according to the invention.
  • the box 1 can be kept closed after implementation of said method by providing a means for maintaining in the horizontal plane said high parts 1ah and 1ch after folding of said upper parts to the inside of said box 1.
  • said adhesive bead 15 will make it possible to bind said high parts 1ah and 1ch together after folding and, thereby, to maintain them, as well as said high parts 1bh and 1dh, in the horizontal plane, thus providing means for maintaining said box 1 closed.
  • said glue beads 16 and 18 will allow to bind said high parts 1ah and 1dh between them and said adhesive beads 17 and 19 will make it possible to bind said high parts 1 ah and 1 bh between them and, thereby, to maintain them in the horizontal plane and that if one folds then said upper part 1ch towards the inside of said box 1, in the horizontal plane, said adhesive bead 15 will make it possible to bind said upper parts 1ah and 1ch together and, thereby, to maintain them, as well as said high parts 1bh and 1dh, in the horizontal plane.
  • these different adhesive beads 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 provide means for keeping said box 1 closed, in a reliable and hermetic manner, regardless of the height of said high parts 1ah, 1bh, 1ch and 1dh, between the half-width and the width of said box 1.
  • the figure 13 shows said box 1 after the first steps of the method according to the invention.
  • a sizing system consisting of a glue tank 20, gluing nozzles 21, 22 and 23 and a pipe 24 which connects said glue nozzles to said tank.
  • said gluing nozzles may each be provided with a device, not shown on the figure 13 , allowing them to project glue when the control system of said gluing system gives the order.
  • said glue beads 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are all parallel to one another, and it is therefore easy to remove said glue beads by moving said box 1 under said system. sizing in the direction D parallel to said adhesive beads and ordering, by said control system, the projection of the adhesive for each of said sizing nozzles 21, 22 and 23 at the appropriate time for said adhesive beads to be deposited on said high parts 1ah, 1bh, 1ch and 1dh at the desired location.
  • the machine comprises means making it possible, on the one hand, to exert a force directed outwards on the upper part (1ah, 1bh, 1ch, 1dh) at least two opposite side walls (1a, 1c or 1b, 1d) of a box 1 made of a foldable material such as cardboard or other and consisting of a bottom 1e and four side walls (1a, 1b, 1c , 1d) connecting together and forming 90 ° angles, so as to break the connections between said upper parts, and, on the other hand, to then fold all the upper parts (1ah, 1bh, 1ch, 1dh) to inside the box to bring them back into a substantially horizontal plane.
  • This machine thus makes it possible to adapt the height of the useful volume of the box to the height of the set of objects or the stack of objects (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) housed in said box.
  • said means consist of a tool comprising at least two clamps (9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1, 9d2 / 10d2) each having at least two vertical jaws, on the one hand, a first motorization to bring them closer to each other to be able to grip, by a pinching action, the upper part of at least two walls side of the box, and secondly, a second motorization for applying a force (Fa, Fb, Fc, Fd) directed outwardly on said upper parts of said two side walls, so as to break the links between them.
  • a force Fa, Fb, Fc, Fd
  • the tooling comprises at least four clamps (9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1, 9d2 / 10d2) arranged each on the sides of a quadrilateral to allow bending the upper parts of the side walls of the box 1, to the outside thereof.
  • the tooling comprises two clamps arranged on each side of said quadrilateral, these two clamps being arranged at a distance from one another, and positioned to be able to grip the upper parts of the side walls of the box 1, close to vertical edges of said box.
  • the gripping assembly consists of eight clips 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1, 9d2 / 10d2.
  • the actuators of the cylinders or other device ensuring the approximation or removal of the jaws of the clamps 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / are not described.
  • the machine for wedging and confining objects inside a box 1 made of a foldable material, for example made of cardboard and composed of a base 1e of square or rectangular shape, or approximately square or rectangular, and of four side walls 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d comprises, according to the invention, a tool for adjusting the height of the useful volume of the box to the height of the stack of objects 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, housed in the latter and to ensure the closure of said box, and means for moving this tool so as to position it above the box 1, or means for moving said box 1 to position it below said tooling, which comprises at least two clamps 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1, 9d2 / 10d2, each having two jaws vertical, said clamps being subjected, on the one hand, to a first motorization to bring closer the said jaws of each other to be
  • the machine comprises at least four clamps 9a1 / 10a1, 9a2 / 10a2, 9b1 / 10b1, 9b2 / 10b2, 9c1 / 10c1, 9c2 / 10c2, 9d1 / 10d1, 9d2 / 10d2 each arranged on one sides of a quadrilateral, to allow to grasp and bend the upper parts of the four side walls of the box to the outside thereof.
  • said tooling comprises two clamps arranged on each of the four sides of the quadrilateral, these two clamps being arranged at a distance from each other and positioned to grip the upper parts of the side walls of the box 1, close to the angles formed by the junction of said side walls.
  • clamps could also have jaws having a nip length corresponding to the distance between the bottom of two successive notches 28ab, 28bc, 28cd, 28da.
  • the machine comprises a probe 12 and a detector 13 movable vertically and with respect to each other, the shape and the general dimensions of this probe 12 corresponding substantially to the shape and dimensions of the bottom 1e of the box 1 so as to be able to move vertically between the vertical walls of the box, the detector 13 being connected to the controller controlling the movements and the closing and opening of the clamps.

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