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US 2015/0027090 A1Published application
Packaging machine having an exchangeable tool
AssigneeGEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH
InventorFrank Runte
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a packaging machine having a thermoforming station, a sealing station and/or a cutting device, wherein at least one of said stations or the cutting device have a lifting table having a lifting device.
Claims11
A packaging machine having:
- a thermoforming station,
- a sealing station and/or
- a cutting device,
- wherein at least one of these stations or the cutting device has a tool and an upper part and the tool can be fastened in a reversible manner on the upper part,
- wherein, the tool or the upper part has a guide, along which the tool can be introduced into the upper part in the first instance essentially horizontally and which then raises the tool, and
- wherein the guide has a first slope and a second slope and a horizontal portion located therebetween, wherein the first and the second slopes are aligned or offset.
3 more elements
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A method of introducing a tool into an upper part, wherein the tool is displaced in a first instance along a rolling or sliding surface, in particular horizontally, and then along a guide, which raises the tool in the final portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.