An apparatus for transporting blanks and a method thereof
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorRichard Persson
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Abstract
It is provided a method for transporting blanks. In a first step the method comprises placing said blanks in a magazine (100), wherein the magazine (100) comprises a first bar (106a, 106f) and a second bar (106b, 106e), said first bar (106a, 106f) being moveable in a first direction being substantially horizontal and coinciding with a transport direction and a second direction being substantially vertical. In a second step the method comprises moving said first bar (106a, 106f) such that said blanks are moved in said transport direction and such that said blanks are alternately placed on said first bar (106a, 106f) and said second bar (106b, 106e).
Claims15
A method for transporting blanks, said method comprising:
- placing said blanks in a magazine, said magazine comprising a first bar and a second bar, said first bar being moveable in a first vertical plane, and
- moving said first bar such that said blanks are moved in a transport direction and such that said blanks are alternately placed on said first bar and said second bar.
An arrangement for transporting blanks, said arrangement comprising:
- a first bar and a second bar for said blanks to be placed on,
- said first bar being moveable in a first vertical plane such that when said first bar is moved said blanks are moved in a transport direction and said blanks are alternately placed on said first bar and said second bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.