Global Patent Index - EP 1134040 A3

EP 1134040 A3 20030716 - Sorting and packaging products

Title (en)

Sorting and packaging products

Title (de)

Sortierung und Verpackung von Gegenständen

Title (fr)

Tri et emballage de produits

Publication

EP 1134040 A3 20030716 (EN)

Application

EP 01201016 A 20010316

Priority

  • EP 01201016 A 20010316
  • EP 00200932 A 20000316

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1134040A2] The invention relates to a method for packaging products, such as vegetables and fruits, utilizing a sorting machine, comprising the steps of determining per product the characteristics of the respective products, such as, for instance, determining their weight and/or their shape; comparing the characteristics with predetermined packaging requirements; on the basis of this comparison, selecting products that do not need to be packaged; supplying the other, non-selected products to a packaging unit, which packaging unit is energized only when there is a substantially uninterrupted in-feed of the products into the packaging unit. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.

IPC 1-7

B65B 57/16; B07C 5/38; B07C 5/34

IPC 8 full level

B07C 5/38 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 5/38 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1134040 A2 20010919; EP 1134040 A3 20030716

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01201016 A 20010316