Global Patent Index - EP 1121294 A1

EP 1121294 A1 20010808 - GUSSET CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BAG FILLING MACHINE

Title (en)

GUSSET CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BAG FILLING MACHINE

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUM KONTROLLIEREN DER SEITENFASERN, UND VERFAHREN ZUM FÜLLEN VON BEUTELN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE COMMANDE DE SOUFFLET ET PROCEDE POUR ENSACHEUSE

Publication

EP 1121294 A1 20010808 (EN)

Application

EP 99957044 A 19990610

Priority

  • US 9913213 W 19990610
  • US 10018498 A 19980619

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9965774A1] A bag filling machine having gusset pleat gripping assemblies on opposite sides of the filling spout. Each of the assemblies has a pair of cooperatively actuable gusset gripping members (92a, 92b, 98a, 98b) operable to selectively grip each of the two gusset pleats on opposite sides of a gusseted bag and to pull those pleats apart to fully open position to increase the material-receiving area of the bag mouth. A gusset tucker (112a, 112b) is also utilized on each side of the spout to move inwardly to engage the fold between the two gusset pleats as the bag top is flattened to a closed position. An improved cylinder structure (70a, 72a) and gusset wedge apparatus (180, 182) are used to function together to increase the reliability of the placement of the bags upon the spout of the bag filling machine at the start of the bag filling cycle.

IPC 1-7

B65B 43/28

IPC 8 full level

B65B 7/06 (2006.01); B65B 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65B 7/06 (2013.01); B65B 39/08 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9965774A1

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)

WO 9965774 A1 19991223; EP 1121294 A1 20010808

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9913213 W 19990610; EP 99957044 A 19990610