Method and device for handling bags combined into bundles

A method for handling bags (10), in particular wicketed bags, combined into bundles (13) and for feeding the bags (10) to a packaging machine (11), comprising the steps of:

• a) the bags (10) are supplied in a plurality of bundles (13) in a carousel-like magazine (51) arranged upstream of the packaging machine (11);
• b) the bundles (13) are arranged on bag holders (52) of the magazine (51), wherein preferably a plurality of bag holders (52) are arranged in one plane of the magazine (51), and wherein the magazine (51) also preferably has a plurality of planes with bag holders (52);
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• c) the bags (10) on the bag holders (52) of the magazine (51) are presented one after the other, by appropriate relative movement of the magazine (51), for transfer to a feed conveyor (63), which transfers the bags (10) to receiving pins (28) of a cyclically driven conveying device (29) of the packaging machine (11), in which the bags (10) are then filled.

An apparatus for handling bags (10), in particular wicketed bags, combined into bundles (13) and for feeding the bags (10) to a packaging machine (11), comprising:

• a) the packaging machine (11) has arranged upstream of it a magazine (14) for supplying the bags (10) in a plurality of bundles (13);
• b) the bundles (13) are arranged on bag carriers (15) in each case such that the bag carriers (15) extend through suspension holes (12) of the bags (10);
• c) the bag carriers (15) with the bags (10) located thereon can be fed from the magazine (14) to the packaging machine (11);
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• d) the bundles (13) can be transferred from the bag carriers (15) directly to appropriately arranged receiving pins (28) of a cyclically driven conveying device (29) of the packaging machine (11) in order then to be filled in the packaging machine (11).

An apparatus for handling bags (10), in particular wicketed bags, combined into bundles (13) and for feeding the bags (10) to a packaging machine (11), comprising:

• a) the packaging machine (11) has arranged upstream of it a carousel-like magazine (51) for supplying the bags (10) in a plurality of bundles (13);
• b) the bundles (13) are arranged on bag holders (52) of the magazine (51), wherein preferably a plurality of bag holders (52) are arranged in one plane of the magazine (51), and wherein the magazine (51) also preferably has a plurality of planes with bag holders (52);
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• c) the bags (10) on the bag holders (52) of the magazine (51) can be positioned, by appropriate relative movement of the magazine (51), for transfer to a feed conveyor (63), wherein the conveying device (29) has receiving pins (28) for transferring the bags (10) to a cyclically driven conveying device (29) of the packaging machine (11), in which the bags (10) are then filled.