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US 6,546,698 B1Granted
Method and device for filling cartons
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsHeinz Focke, Hugo Mutschall
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Abstract
Device for filling cartons (11) by inserting a group—filler group (19)—of small packs, pouches (10), into the carton (11), which is open at the top. The filler group (19) of pouches (10) corresponds to one layer (20) in the carton (11). A special filling conveyor (25) conveys the filler group (19) into the carton (11) and lays the pouches down one after another, forming a layer (20).
Claims19
A device for inserting an object, such as pouches, into a container, such as a carton, comprising:
- (a) a first articulating conveying element having initial and second end sections, the second end section capable of pivoting relative to the initial end section, and capable of being moveably received in said container to convey said object into said container in a downstream manner;
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- (b) a second articulating conveying element positioned in mating arrangement with the second end section of the first articulating conveying element to create a region between the second end section of the first conveying element and the second conveying element through which said object is conveyed, the second articulating conveying element designed to articulate in tandem movement with the second end section of the first conveying element to form layers of said objects in said container.
A system for inserting an object into a container comprising:
- (a) a feed conveying element;
- (b) a filling conveying element comprising
- an initial end section and a second end section, the initial end section in communication with the feed conveying element, and said second end section capable of being moveably received in said container to convey said object into said container in a downstream manner to form layers of said objects in said container;
- a deflection roller about which the second end section pivots;
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- (c) a mating conveying element having a first and second end, the second end of the mating conveying element capable of pivoting independently of the first end of the mating conveying element,
- wherein the second end of the mating conveying element converges with the second end section of the filling conveying element such the position of a conveying object does not change as the object is deposited into said container.
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