Global Patent Index - EP 1516819 B1

EP 1516819 B1 20070117 - Feed unit for feeding sheets to a packing line

Title (en)

Feed unit for feeding sheets to a packing line

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zum Zuführen von Bögen zu einer Verpackungslinie.

Title (fr)

Dispositif d' alimentation de feuilles vers une ligne d' emballage.

Publication

EP 1516819 B1 20070117 (EN)

Application

EP 04104560 A 20040921

Priority

IT BO20030549 A 20030922

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1516819A1] A feed unit (1) for feeding sheets (2) to a packing line, wherein a pickup device (6) engages a withdrawal opening (5), formed in a vertical hopper (3) housing a stack (4) of sheets (2), to withdraw a single sheet (2) from the stack (4) and feed the sheet (2) to the packing line; two rollers (11) are located on opposite sides of the stack (4) at the withdrawal opening (5) in the hopper (3), and each has a lateral surface (12), on which rests a bottom portion of the stack (4), and rotates continuously about a respective longitudinal axis (14) of symmetry in such a direction as to push the sheets (2) in the stack (4) upwards. <IMAGE>

IPC 8 full level

B65B 41/06 (2006.01); B65B 43/18 (2006.01); B65H 3/08 (2006.01); B65H 3/34 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65B 43/18 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 3/085 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 3/34 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2513/11 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2515/10 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2555/20 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2701/1764 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1516819 A1 20050323; EP 1516819 B1 20070117; CN 100503372 C 20090624; CN 1600643 A 20050330; DE 602004004336 D1 20070308; DE 602004004336 T2 20070705; IT BO20030549 A1 20050323; JP 2005126236 A 20050519; JP 4597621 B2 20101215; US 2005098937 A1 20050512

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04104560 A 20040921; CN 200410080050 A 20040922; DE 602004004336 T 20040921; IT BO20030549 A 20030922; JP 2004275299 A 20040922; US 94599604 A 20040922