Patents
US 12415642 B2: Devices, systems and processes for facilitating opening of boxes
- Granted
- 2025-09-16
- Filed
- 2023-12-27 application 18397267
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An opening station for facilitating box opening may include a scanning station, an edge opening station, and a conveyor assembly. The scanning station is configured to measure a length “L”, height “H”, and/or width “W” of a substantially square box having a top, a bottom, two sides, and two edge portions. The edge opening station is configured to perform perforation operations on at least one of the two edge portions. A complete box opening system may include the scanning station, edge opening station, conveyor, and at least one of a top opening station and a side opening station.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250916.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISH Network L.L.C. 561 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy A. Pollard | Boiling Springs, SC | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Zachary Morrison | Greer, SC | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65B | Machines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials; unpacking | B65B69/0041 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B26D | Cutting; details common to machines for perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out or severing | B26D9/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B26F | Perforating; punching; cutting-out; stamping-out; severing by means other than cutting | B26F1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MORRISON, ZACHARY signed 2020-09-28 POLLARD, JIMMY A signed 2020-09-28 | DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 66081/423 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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