Method and device for sealing off a packaging wrapper
AssigneeTipper Tie technopack GmbH
InventorsManfred Plewa, Dieter von der Heyden
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Abstract
A method and device are disclosed for closing off the bunched end of a packaging wrapper and for trying in a label (4) in the closure element (3) which closes off the end (2). The proposed method and device are distinguished by the fact that the end (5) of the label (4) which is to be tied in is introduced before the strand into the closure area (13) of the closure device, while its rear end (6) is held in the label guide (21).
Claims18
Process for closing the shirred end piece of a casing and for incorporating a label into the closure of the end piece comprising the steps of providing a closure apparatus, which forms a closure region and a label guide intersecting said closure region, feeding the label which is to be incorporated along said guide, and introducing a first end thereof into the closure region before the end piece, while retaining a rear end in the label guide.
Apparatus for closing the shirred end piece (2) of a casing (1) and for incorporating a label (4) into the closure, this apparatus comprising a closure region (13) which receives the end piece (2) for closure purposes and is closed, or can be closed, on at least three sides, and also comprising a label guide (21) which is equipped with advancement and retaining means (27), characterized in that the label guide (21) and its advancement and retaining means (27) are controlled and designed such that the label advancement takes place when the closure region (13) is free, and that a label which has been advanced and is ready for incorporation into the enclosure has its free end (5) in the closure region (13) and its rear end (6) in the label guide (21).
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