Device for transferring and nesting blister packs
AssigneeUhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
InventorBERND HAEHNEL
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Abstract
The device for transferring and nesting blister packs comprises a transfer device, which transfers blister packs from a first transport or storage device to a second transport or storage device arranged under the first transport or storage device. The transfer device has a receiving section, which can hold at least two blister packs and which can rotate at least 180°. A first blister pack can be received in the receiving section of the transfer device in a receiving position; the receiving section with the first blister pack can be rotated 180°; and finally a second blister pack can be received in the receiving section in the receiving position and placed onto the first, rotated blister pack.
Claims15
A device for transferring and nesting blister packs comprising:
- a first transport or storage device for supplying the blister packs;
- a second transport or storage device for accepting the blister packs, wherein the second transport or storage device is arranged under the first transport or storage device, the first and second transport or storage devices enclosing an intermediate space,
- a transfer device for the blister packs arranged in the intermediate space, the transfer device serving to accept the blister packs from the first transport or storage device and to transfer the blister packs to the second transport or storage device, the transfer device comprising at least one receiving section, which is adapted to hold at least two blister packs and which is rotatable at least 180° around a first axis of rotation.
A method for transferring and nesting blister packs, comprising:
- supplying at least one first blister pack by means of a first transport or storage device;
- accepting the at least one first blister pack in at least one receiving section of the transfer device in a receiving position;
- rotating the at least one receiving section with the at least one first blister pack 180° around a first axis of rotation;
- supplying at least one second blister pack by means of the first transport or storage device;
- accepting the at least one second blister pack in the at least one receiving section of the transfer device in the receiving position, the at least one second blister pack being laid onto the at least one rotated first blister pack;
- releasing the at least one pair of first and second blister packs to a second transport or storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.