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US 12,115,046 B2Granted
Method and device for forming groups of compressed hygiene products
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsMarco Schlörmann, Matthias Vocks
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AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsMarco Schlörmann, Matthias Vocks
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A method and device for forming groups of compressed hygiene products, wherein uncompressed hygiene products are supplied by a first conveyor and are transferred to a compressing apparatus having a compartment for a group of uncompressed hygiene products, and a plurality of uncompressed hygiene products are transferred from the first conveyor into the compartment while the compartment is moved, together with the first conveyor, in a transport direction. The group of uncompressed hygiene products is compressed in the compartment during the transporting in the transport direction such that, after compression, a group of compressed hygiene products is situated in the compartment, and the group of compressed hygiene products is discharged to a compartment of a second conveyor during the further transporting of the compartment of the compressing apparatus, wherein the compartment of the compressing apparatus is moved in the transport direction with the compartment of the second conveyor.
A method for forming groups (20) of compressed hygiene products (10), wherein uncompressed hygiene products (10) are supplied by a continuously driven first conveyor (11) and are transferred from the first conveyor (11) to a compressing apparatus (16) during the continuous transporting, wherein the compressing apparatus (16) has at least one compartment (17) for a group (20) of uncompressed hygiene products (10), and wherein in each case a plurality of uncompressed hygiene products (10) are transferred from the first conveyor (11) into the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) whilst the at least one compartment (17) is moved continuously, together with the first conveyor (11), in a transport direction (13) of the first conveyor (11), wherein the group (20) of uncompressed hygiene products (10) is compressed in the at least one compartment (17) during the continuous transporting in the transport direction (13) such that, after compression, a group (20) of compressed hygiene products (10) is situated in the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16), and wherein the group (20) of compressed hygiene products (10) is discharged to at least one compartment (15) of a second conveyor (14) during the further continuous transporting of the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) in the transport direction (13), wherein the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) is moved continuously in the transport direction (13) with the at least one compartment (15) of the second conveyor (14), wherein, when the compressed hygiene products (10) are discharged from the compressing apparatus (16), in each case a plurality of groups (20) of compressed hygiene products (10) are transferred simultaneously to a plurality of adjacent compartments (15) of the second conveyor (14) whilst the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16), together with the compartments (15) of the second conveyor (14), are moved continuously in the transport direction (13).
A device for forming groups (20) of compressed hygiene products (10), with a continuously driven first conveyor (11) for supplying uncompressed hygiene products (10), and with a compressing apparatus (16) for receiving the uncompressed hygiene products (10) from the first conveyor (11) during the continuous transporting, wherein the compressing apparatus (16) has at least one compartment (17) for a group (20) of uncompressed hygiene products (10), and wherein the device is configured to transfer in each case a plurality of uncompressed hygiene products (10) from the first conveyor (11) into the compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) whilst the at least one compartment (17) is moved continuously, together with the first conveyor (11), in the transport direction (13) of the first conveyor (11), wherein the device is configured to compress the group (20) of uncompressed hygiene products (10) in the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) during the continuous transporting in the transport direction (13) such that, after compression, a group (20) of compressed hygiene products (10) is situated in the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16), and wherein the device is moreover configured to discharge and transfer simultaneously a plurality of groups (20) of compressed hygiene products (10) to a plurality of adjacent compartments (15) of a second conveyor (14) during the further continuous transporting of the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) in the transport direction, wherein the at least one compartment (17) of the compressing apparatus (16) is moved continuously in the transport direction together with the plurality of adjacent (15) of the second conveyor (14).
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