EP 0994028 A1 20000419 - Process and apparatus for packaging stacks of flat objects
Title (en)
Process and apparatus for packaging stacks of flat objects
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM VERPACKEN VON STAPELN VON FLACHEN GEGENSTÄNDEN
Title (fr)
Procédé et appareil pour emballer des piles d'objets plats
Publication
Application
Priority
IT MO980214 A 19981015
Abstract (en)
A process and apparatus for packaging packs (2) of flat objects (3) piled one on top of another, using a package (1) formed by two cardboard half-blanks (4), in which athe packs and the half-blanks (4) are supplied to a packaging station (7) in which the half-blanks (4) are arranged on two opposite flanks of a pack. Four operative units (10), each acting on a corner of a pack, are provided with gripping organs (11) which are moved in directions according to diagonals of the pack (2) of objects (3), nearing and distancing from the corners of the pack (2). The operative units (10) fold the half-blanks (4) so as to envelop the flanks of the pack (2), as well as a peripheral zone of a topmost and bottom-most face of the pack (2). The invention is particularly applicable to packs made of ceramic tiles stacked one on top of another. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 11/58 (2006.01); B65B 23/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 11/585 (2013.01); B65B 23/20 (2013.01); B65D 85/46 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0216235 A1 19870401 - GOMES SPA [IT]
- [A] US 3315435 A 19670425 - GUNYOU JOHN C
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0994028 A1 20000419; IT 1304911 B1 20010405; IT MO980214 A1 20000415
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99830603 A 19990923; IT MO980214 A 19981015