EP 0870678 A1 19981014 - Apparatus for packaging articles of different thickness
Title (en)
Apparatus for packaging articles of different thickness
Title (de)
Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Gegenständen unterschiedlicher Dicke
Title (fr)
Machine pour emballer des articles d'épaisseur différente
Publication
Application
Priority
NL 1005750 A 19970407
Abstract (en)
A packing apparatus for packing mail items, magazines, books, CDs and like products composed of one or more layers, comprising a product-assembling path (1), a product-positioning station (10), a folding station (2), the product-positioning station comprising an upper and a lower speed-influencing element (12) intended for engaging a bottom side and a top side respectively of the product to be packed, wherein upstream of the product-positioning station (10), a sensor (13) is provided by means of which the height of a product is determined, the product-positioning station (10) comprising an actuator (14) by means of which the mutual distance between the upper and the lower speed-influencing element (11,12) is continuously settable, a control being provided to which the sensor (13) and the actuator (14) are connected, the control being arranged so that the distance between the upper and the lower speed-influencing element always corresponds to the height of the product to be packed when this product to be packed arrives at the product-positioning station (10). <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 9/06 (2012.01); B65B 25/14 (2006.01); B65B 57/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 9/06 (2013.01); B65B 25/14 (2013.01); B65B 57/16 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [DA] EP 0685417 A1 19951206 - BUHRS ZAANDAM BV [NL]
- [A] US 5255495 A 19931026 - KOVACS LLOYD [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE DK FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0870678 A1 19981014; EP 0870678 B1 20020123; DE 69803508 D1 20020314; DE 69803508 T2 20020912; JP 3803896 B2 20060802; JP H1111407 A 19990119; NL 1005750 C2 19981009
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 98201040 A 19980402; DE 69803508 T 19980402; JP 11008698 A 19980407; NL 1005750 A 19970407