The repositioning station (200) allows a continuous shingled stream (120) of overlapping semirigid planar articles (100) to be transported on an incoming conveyor (122) along a transport circuit (204) onto an outgoing conveyor (302) so as to form a stack that can be carried away upon the outgoing conveyor (302). The repositioning station (200) includes a lateral deviation assembly (210) and may also include a final positioning assembly (212). The transport circuit (204) within the lateral deviation assembly (210) follows a generally ellipsoidal deviation path to veer the shingled stream (120) and also to pivot the articles (100) therein about a curvilinear axis (206) from a facedown position to an upright position. The outgoing conveyor (302) can carry the cartons (100) in a direction that is parallel to that of the incoming conveyor (122).

A method of preparing a blank for forming a carton includes obtaining a blank, positioning the blank in a blank feeder assembly of a system for preparing blanks, moving the blank from the blank feeder assembly to a conveyor assembly of the system, and activating the conveyor assembly to move the blank along a coating applicator assembly of the system, the coating applicator assembly having a container defining a reservoir holding a volume of a coating and an applicator wheel rotatably supported at least partially in the reservoir of the coating applicator assembly. The method further includes applying a portion of the coating from the reservoir to a portion of the blank.

The present invention relates to a separator device (22) for a folder-gluer machine, the separator device being configured to divide a shingled stream of folding boxes into separate batches, the separator device comprising a vertically movable separator head and at least one upper evacuation conveyor belt.

A lower conveyor system (30) has a lower evacuation conveyor belt, such that the folding boxes are pinched between and transported by the upper evacuation conveyor belt and the lower second conveyor belt in unison.

The present invention relates to a separator device (22) for a folder-gluer machine, the separator device being configured to divide a shingled stream of folding boxes into separate batches, the separator device comprising a vertically movable separator head and at least one upper evacuation conveyor belt.

A lower conveyor system (30) has a lower evacuation conveyor belt, such that the folding boxes are pinched between and transported by the upper evacuation conveyor belt and the lower second conveyor belt in unison.