Method and device for the continuous manufacture and filling of flexible containers
AssigneeVolpak, S.A.U.
InventorsAlbert PRIETO MALE, Miguel Angel LEON GONZALEZ
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a packaging method comprising the operation of transferring containers to an endless conveyor element moving forward continuously, conveying suspended containers and describing a closed trajectory imposed by a series of rotary diverting elements using to that end a container transferring device assembled on one of the diverting elements of the endless conveyor element, and rotating in a synchronized manner therewith. A device for putting the method into practice comprises a rotary body driving a plurality of clamps guided by mechanisms which can further slow down the displacement of the clamps without changing the rotating speed of the rotary body.
Claims18
A packaging method comprising the operations of
- conveying held suspended previously formed flexible containers by means of an endless conveyor element with continuous forward movement, describing the endless conveyor element a closed trajectory imposed by a series of rotary diverting elements, the containers being manipulated during conveyance, for example for filling and sealing;
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- transferring formed containers (3) from a position located outside the closed trajectory which the endless conveyor element follows to the mentioned endless conveyor element for holding, conveying and manipulating them, wherein in the operation of transferring the containers, a container transferring device assembled on one of the diverting elements, rotating in a synchronized manner therewith, is used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.