CARDBOARD BOX-MAKING APPARATUS, BOX-MAKING METHOD, AND BOX-MAKING PROCESSING METHOD

To provide a box-making apparatus suitable for box-making a small-sized cardboard box, and to provide a box-making method thereof.SOLUTION: There are provided a stocker 1 for holding a folding original box of a cardboard box whose upper and lower portions are openings in a vertically directed and plurally overlapped state; expansion means 20 of expanding one side face of the original box in such a manner that the openings are vertically formed via movement onto a second side separated from a first side on a side of the stocker, that is provided on an upstream side in a conveyance direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of overlapping the original boxes with each other; folding means for folding a lower portion of an open box expanded at an upstream portion in the conveyance direction; feeding means 40 for feeding a box onto a downstream side from the upstream side in the conveyance direction; conveyance belt means 50 for conveying the box onto the downstream side while pressing each of both side faces of the open box sent by the feeding means; and sticking means 60 for sticking an adhesive tape to a bottom part of the box in a conveyance area by the conveyance belt means 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】小サイズ段ボール箱の製函に適した製函装置及び製函方法を提供する【解決手段】上下が開口となる段ボール箱における折り畳み原箱を、上下に向けかつ複数枚重ねた状態で保持するストッカー１と、前記原箱の重ね方向と実質的に直交する搬送方向の上流側に設けられ、前記原箱の片側面を、前記ストッカー側の第１側から、離間する第２側へ移動させて上下に開口が形成されるように展開する展開手段２０と、搬送方向の上流部において展開された開口箱の下部を折り込む折り込み手段と、搬送方向の上流側から下流側に箱を送り込む送り手段４０と、前記送り手段により送られた開口箱の両側面をそれぞれ押さえながら下流側に搬送する搬送ベルト手段５０と、前記搬送ベルト手段５０による搬送領域に箱の底部に対して粘着テープを貼着する貼着手段６０とを備えている。【選択図】図１