A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box including a bottom wall, two side walls, a back box wall, a front wall, a movable container back wall, and a lid. The movable container back wall depends along a first fold line from the box, is movable about the first fold line between an open position and a closed position, and at least partially overlies the back box wall when in the closed position. The lid depends along a hinge line from the movable container back wall and is movable between the open and the closed positions. A first and a second compartment each configured to receive the consumer goods are located in the box, the first compartment is accessible when the lid is in the open position, and the second compartment is accessible when both the lid and the movable container back wall are in respective open positions.

A shipping method includes the steps of receiving stacks of flat die cut corrugated paperboard blanks from a corrugator or sheet plant; loading the stacks of blanks into a pallet assembly machine; folding the blanks together in the assembly machine to produce a corrugated paperboard pallet; and providing the pallets for shipping items to a receiver. The assembly machine folds the blanks using intermittent motion of the blanks through multiple folding sections in the assembly machine. The sections operate by positioning, clamping and folding the blanks using levers that are supported by rotary bearings and driven by pinned end mounted pneumatic cylinders. The assembly machine overcomes misalignment and shifting of the stacks of blanks by picking up single blanks from the top of the stacks using vacuum, and adjusting alignment of the blanks after being picked up but prior to being fed into the first folding section of the assembly machine.

A canister for holding one or more products. The canister includes a canister body having a first layer and a second layer laminated to the first layer. The canister body has a bottom end having a bottom panel offset from the bottom of the canister and a top end sealed with a lid.

A container that comprises an outer shell and an inner pouch. The outer shell is made of a paperboard material and it comprises a side wall and a base element, the side wall including a main body portion, a neck portion, and a tapered or curved shoulder portion. The inner pouch is secured to a fitment, and is supported within the shell by the fitment engaged with the neck portion of the shell so that the pouch extends into the main body portion of the shell. The side wall is formed from a single blank that is formed from a flat sheet of paperboard and that includes a single main body panel and a plurality of neck panels extending from the main body panel.

An apparatus for manufacturing a bottle comprising an inner pouch and an outer paperboard shell, the shell made from a sheet blank comprising a main body panel, a first neck panel and a second neck panel. An apparatus for use in manufacturing a bottle comprises a former having a cavity for receiving the pouch, the former comprising a main body section, a neck section and a shoulder section; at least two neck press elements, each neck press element being moveable into a clamping position to clamp a part of one of said neck panels between the neck press element and the neck section of the former; and at least two shoulder press elements, each shoulder press element being moveable into a clamping position to clamp a part of one of neck panels between the shoulder press element and the shoulder section of the former.

The present invention relates to a blank joining module for a converting machine. The blank joining module comprises an upper feeder device configured to feed and transport an upper blank (2b) and a lower blank (2a) towards a junction point (J) where the upper blank is superposed onto the lower blank. The blank joining module comprises a register control system comprising a sensing system and a position correction device (86) configured to displace the upper blank to be aligned to the lower blank.

The present invention relates to a blank joining module (10) comprising an upper feeder device (32b) and a lower feeder device (32a), an upper transfer conveyor (84) configured to transport an upper blank (2b) and a lower transfer conveyor (82) configured to transport a lower blank (2a) towards a junction point (J) where the upper blank is superposed onto the lower blank. The lower transfer conveyor is provided with an inlet portion (83a) and an outlet portion (83b) and wherein the outlet portion is located downstream of the junction point. The upper transfer conveyor is located vertically above the lower transfer conveyor and comprises a funnel-shaped inlet portion (88a) and horizontal outlet portion (88b).

The present invention relates to a blank joining module (10) comprising an upper feeder device (32b) and a lower feeder device (32a), an upper transfer conveyor (84) configured to transport an upper blank (2b) and a lower transfer conveyor (82) configured to transport a lower blank (2a) towards a junction point (J) where the upper blank is superposed onto the lower blank. The lower transfer conveyor is provided with an inlet portion (83a) and an outlet portion (83b) and wherein the outlet portion is located downstream of the junction point. The upper transfer conveyor is located vertically above the lower transfer conveyor and comprises a funnel-shaped inlet portion (88a) and horizontal outlet portion (88b).

An apparatus for manufacturing a bottle having a paperboard outer shell and an inner pouch, a side wall of the shell formed from a blank having a main body panel for forming a cylindrical main body portion and a plurality of neck panels for forming a cylindrical neck portion. The cylindrical main body portion has a first diameter, and the cylindrical neck portion has a smaller diameter. The apparatus comprises means for forming a limit feature on an inner surface of the side wall element at a distance from an end of the side wall element, and a base insertion assembly for positioning a base element of the shell with respect to the end of the side wall and inserting the base element into an opening defined by the end of the side wall until an edge region of the base element contacts the limit feature.