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EP 0036400 A3 19820728 - APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS FORMING AND FILLING OF SACKS

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS FORMING AND FILLING OF SACKS

Publication

EP 0036400 A3 19820728 (EN)

Application

EP 81830045 A 19810317

Priority

IT 4819580 A 19800318

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0036400A2] An apparatus for forming containers in the form of sacks, in a continuous manner, and conveying them to a filling station, the apparatus comprising a general supporting frame for: rotating spool holding means on which the flat tubular material for forming the sacks is wound; mechanically actuated traction means apt to dispense said tubular material from the feeding spool through guiding means directing it on to continuously advancing conveying means; means for automatically measuring a preset length of each containing sack; means for cutting the tubular material to said preset size; means for separating the edges of the opening of each containing sack to be formed; means for forming the closed bottom of each containing sack; means for opening the aperture of each formed sack; prong means for picking up each formed sack by its opened aperture and transferring said sack to appropriate holding means of a filling station port; conventional mechanical, electrical and electronic means apt to carry out the operative cycle of the apparatus according to a programmed sequence.

IPC 1-7

B65B 1/02

IPC 8 full level

B31B 19/94 (2006.01); B31B 23/00 (2006.01); B65B 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B31B 70/00 (2017.07); B65B 1/02 (2013.01); B31B 70/94 (2017.07); B31B 2155/00 (2017.07); B31B 2155/003 (2017.07); B31B 2160/10 (2017.07)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0036400 A2 19810923; EP 0036400 A3 19820728; IT 1193771 B 19880824; IT 8048195 A0 19800318

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 81830045 A 19810317; IT 4819580 A 19800318