Method and apparatus for the handling of bags for (hygiene) products

An apparatus for handling bags for products (11), wherein the bags (10) have an opening (25) via which the bags (10) are each filled with at least one product (11), forming the bag contents, and wherein walls of the bags (10) are spaced apart from one another in the region of the opening (25) in order to introduce the bag contents into the respective bag (10) via the opening (25), and wherein the apparatus is structured such that, after the bag contents have been fed into the bag (10), the respective opening (25) is closed, the apparatus comprising a stop device (29) having a stop member (30),

• wherein the apparatus is structured such that, after the bag contents have been fed into a bag (10), the filled bag (10) is conveyed in a conveying direction (13) along a conveying path (22) into a closing station (19), in which the filled bag (10) is closed,
• wherein the apparatus is structured such that, in the closing station (19), the filled bag (10) is stopped in a predetermined position along the conveying path (22) by the stop device (29) in order to close the filled bag (10) in the closing station (19),
• wherein the apparatus is structured such that the filled and closed bag (10) is subsequently transferred to a conveying means (32) in the conveying direction (13) by a conveying device (33),
• wherein the stop device (29) is configured to move the stop member (30) transversely to the conveying path (22) into and out of the conveying path (22), and to move the stop member (30) along the conveying path (22) to decelerate the filled bag (10) by applying a predetermined pressure (p1) to the filled bag (10) contrary to the conveying direction (13).