Apparatus for equipping a filling tube and related equipping method
AssigneeVEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsMatthias Mach, Jan-Nils Hagedorn, Heiner Matthies, Olaf Grote, Alexander Lewin
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Abstract
An equipping apparatus for and method of equipping a filling tube is provided. The equipping apparatus includes a feed device for feeding a gathered tubular case to a case gripping device, and a case gripping device having gripping elements for gripping and orienting a gathered tubular case. The equipping apparatus further includes a pushing-on member moveable axially relative to a filling tube longitudinal axis for pushing the case on to a filling tube. A detecting device is associated with the gripping elements for sensing the position of at least one of the gripping elements.
Claims16
An equipping apparatus for equipping a filling tube with a gathered tubular case, comprising:
- a feed device for feeding a gathered tubular case to a case gripping device;
- a case gripping device having gripping elements for gripping and orienting a gathered tubular case;
- a pushing-on member that is moveable axially relative to a filling tube longitudinal axis for pushing the case on to a filling tube;
- and
- a detecting device associated with the gripping elements for sensing a position of at least one of the gripping elements.
A method of equipping a filling tube with a gathered tubular case, comprising the steps:
- opening an upper gripping element and/or a lower gripping element of a case gripping device;
- feeding a gathered tubular case to the lower gripping element;
- closing the upper and lower gripping elements until the upper gripping element contacts the case;
- sensing a position of at least one of the gripping elements;
- and
- ascertaining a diameter of the case based on the sensed position of the at least one of the gripping elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.