EP 0153577 B1 19891011 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING GROUPS OF PACKAGE CONTAINERS FILLED WITH FOIL PACKAGES
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING GROUPS OF PACKAGE CONTAINERS FILLED WITH FOIL PACKAGES
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 3406858 A 19840225
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4676050A] The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for transporting flexible foil packages, particularly flat bags (6, 8, 13) filled with unstabilized material to a package container (1). The flat bags (6, 8, 13) deposited flat and with uniformly distributed contents by a filling and closing machine upon a transport belt are first of all imbricated and maintained clamped on both sides during further transport into the package container, so that the uniform distribution of the contents is maintained into the container. A close filling of the container (1) without excessive pressure is ensured by this means. Because the flat bags are conveyed from the conveying path directly into the container without an intermediate magazine, containers of different size can be filled consecutively virtually without interrupting the conveyance. It is therefore possible, in the case of parallel operation of a plurality of similar lines, to operate filling machines of different capacity each at maximum capacity, in order to assembly containers which are filled with the flat bags delivered by the different filling machines into larger assorted units, without the different capacity leading to an excess supply of containers at the collecting station, where the containers are assembled to form the units. The surplus capacity of one or the other machine is in fact compensated by locking in other package containers into the one line and subsequently withdrawing the filled containers.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 5/12 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65G 49/05 (2006.01); B65G 57/11 (2006.01); B65H 29/66 (2006.01)
IPC 8 main group level
B65G (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B65B 5/101 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 35/243 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 65/003 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0153577 A2 19850904; EP 0153577 A3 19870318; EP 0153577 B1 19891011; AT E47105 T1 19891015; AT E83450 T1 19930115; DE 3406858 A1 19851003; DE 3573582 D1 19891116; DE 3586908 D1 19930128; EP 0331210 A2 19890906; EP 0331210 A3 19890913; EP 0331210 B1 19921216; US 4676050 A 19870630
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85100475 A 19850118; AT 85100475 T 19850118; AT 89105984 T 19850118; DE 3406858 A 19840225; DE 3573582 T 19850118; DE 3586908 T 19850118; EP 89105984 A 19850118; US 70419185 A 19850222