IP Library Granted Patent US 12,485,639
Granted Patent B2
US 12,485,639 · App. 18/070,110 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side

Inventor: Marco Marraccini (Capannori, IT)
Assignee: Quantumcorrugated S.R.L.
B31F1/2836B31F1/2813
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Patent No.
US 12,485,639
App. No.
18/070,110
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side includes a corrugation unit, configured to form a composite cardboard sheet, the corrugation unit includes a corrugator and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units, and a first processing station arranged downstream of the corrugation unit along a first direction of movement of the composite cardboard. The plant also includes a second processing station arranged downstream of the corrugation unit in sequence along a second direction of movement of the composite cardboard different from the first direction of movement.

Claims (31)

1 . A corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side comprises:

a corrugation unit ( 10 ) configured to make a composite cardboard sheet (C 1 ), said corrugation unit ( 10 ) comprising a corrugator ( 20 ) and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units ( 12 , 14 , 16 );

a first processing station ( 30 , 40 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet; and

a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet, the second direction of movement (F 2 ) being an opposite horizontal direction as the first direction of movement (F 1 ), and the corrugation unit and the second corrugation unit being arranged on a same horizontal level of the corrugated cardboard production plant.

2 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , wherein one of the continuous paper web storing units ( 16 ) is arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along the second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

3 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 2 , wherein the composite cardboard sheet (C 1 ) comprises a plurality of corrugations, the corrugation unit ( 10 ) comprises one or more deviation rollers ( 29 ) for deviating the composite cardboard sheet (C 1 ) so that the corrugations are arranged upwards before entering the first processing station ( 30 , 40 ).

4 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , wherein the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) is configured to form a second composite cardboard sheet (C 2 ), said second corrugation unit ( 110 ) comprising a corrugator ( 120 ) and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units ( 112 , 114 , 116 ).

5 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 4 , wherein a continuous paper web storing unit ( 112 ) is arranged upstream of the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) along the second direction of movement (F 2 ).

6 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 4 , wherein:

the corrugation unit ( 10 ), the first processing station ( 30 , 40 ), and the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) are arranged along a longitudinal direction X;

the corrugation unit ( 10 ) and the first processing station ( 30 , 40 ) are arranged in succession along the first direction of movement (F 1 ); and

the corrugation unit ( 10 ) and the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) are arranged in succession along the second direction of movement (F 2 ).

7 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , wherein the plant is capable of producing either: two single-corrugated cardboard sheets simultaneously or a double-corrugated cardboard sheet.

8 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , wherein the plant simultaneously produces two single-corrugated cardboard sheets, each moved along a different direction of movement (F 1 , F 2 ).

9 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , wherein the corrugation unit ( 10 ) and the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) are aligned in a same horizontal plane.

10 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a laminating unit comprising a glue application device for applying a predetermined quantity of glue onto the composite cardboard sheet, the laminating unit being downstream of the corrugation unit ( 10 ) with respect to the first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

11 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of the first corrugation unit ( 10 ) along the second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

12 . A corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side comprises:

a corrugation unit ( 10 ) configured to make a composite cardboard sheet (C 1 ), said corrugation unit ( 10 ) comprising a corrugator ( 20 ) and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units ( 12 , 14 , 16 );

a first processing station ( 30 , 40 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet; and

a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet, and wherein the second corrugation unit ( 110 ) is aligned in a same horizontal plane as the corrugation unit ( 10 ), with the horizontal plane being parallel to a ground or supporting surface.

13 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 12 , wherein the second direction of movement (F 2 ) is an opposite horizontal direction as the first direction of movement (F 1 ).

14 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 12 , further comprising a laminating unit comprising a glue application device for applying a predetermined quantity of glue onto the composite cardboard sheet, the laminating unit being downstream of the corrugation unit ( 10 ) with respect to the first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

15 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 12 , further comprising a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of the first corrugation unit ( 10 ) along the second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

16 . A corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side comprises:

a corrugation unit ( 10 ) configured to make a composite cardboard sheet (C 1 ), said corrugation unit ( 10 ) comprising a corrugator ( 20 ) and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units ( 12 , 14 , 16 );

a first processing station ( 30 , 40 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet;

a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of said corrugation unit ( 10 ) along a second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet, the second direction of movement (F 2 ) being an opposite horizontal direction as the first direction of movement (F 1 ); and

a laminating unit comprising a glue application device for applying a predetermined quantity of glue onto the composite cardboard sheet, the laminating unit being downstream of the corrugation unit ( 10 ) with respect to the first direction of movement (F 1 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

17 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 16 , further comprising a second corrugation unit ( 110 ) arranged downstream of the first corrugation unit ( 10 ) along the second direction of movement (F 2 ) of the composite cardboard sheet.

18 . The corrugated cardboard production plant according to claim 16 , wherein the corrugation unit and the second corrugation unit being arranged on a same horizontal level of the corrugated cardboard production plant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: MARRACCINI, MARCO
To: QUANTUMCORRUGATED S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 062423/0576 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102021000030563 · Dec 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230173784A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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