Apparatus for, and method of, feeding piece goods to a tubular-bag packaging station
AssigneeSIG Pack Systems AG
InventorsAlfred Wipf, Thomas Strasser
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Abstract
An apparatus for feeding piece goods (P) to a tubular-bag packaging station (4) has a feed conveyer (1) for feeding the piece goods (P) and a packaging-material-web conveyer (5) for conveying the packaging-material web (50) to the packaging station (4). A position-detecting unit (2) serves for detecting the piece goods (P) conveyed on the feed conveyer (1). Furthermore, at least one gripping unit (3) is provided for removing the piece goods (P) from the feed conveyer (1) and for depositing the piece goods (P′) directly or indirectly in a predetermined position on the packaging-material web (50), it being possible to convey the piece goods (P′) from the packaging-material web (50) to the packaging station (4).
Claims16
An apparatus for feeding piece goods to a tubular-bag packaging station comprising:
- a feed conveyer for feeding the piece goods and a packaging-material-web conveyer for conveying a packaging-material web to the packaging station, wherein the packaging-material-web conveyer is subdivided into a first sub-conveyor portion and a second sub-conveyer portion, the packaging-material web between the first and the second sub-conveyer portions forming a loon via deflecting means for deflecting the packaging-material-web, the packaging-material web being generally flat on the first sub-conveyer portion and being processed to form tubular bags on the second sub-conveyer portion, wherein a position-detecting unit is provided for detecting the piece goods conveyed on the feed conveyer, and at least one gripping unit is provided for removing the piece goods from the feed conveyer and for depositing the piece goods directly or indirectly in a predetermined position on a section of the first conveyor portion of the packaging-material web, this section being transported towards the packaging station by the first sub-conveyer thereby carrying the goods over the loop and onto the second sub-conveyor portion where the packaging material web is processed to form tubular bags.
A method of feeding piece goods to a tubular-bag packaging station comprising:
- the piece goods being fed by a feed conveyer and a packaging-material web being fed by a packaging-material-web conveyer to the packaging station, wherein the packaging-material-web conveyer is subdivided into a first and a second sub-conveyer and wherein the packaging-material web is first conveyed by the first sub-conveyer in an unfolded position, is then deflected via deflecting means into a loop and is afterwards conveyed by the second sub-conveyer to the packaging station where the web is folded about the goods to form tubular bags, and the piece goods being positioned on a section of the packaging-material web being conveyed by the first sub-conveyer before the tubular bags are formed, wherein the position of the piece goods conveyed on the feed conveyer is detected by means of a position-detecting unit, and at least one gripping unit removes the piece goods from the feed conveyer and positions them directly or indirectly, in a predetermined position required for the packaging, on said section of the packaging-material web, the piece goods being conveyed on the packaging-material web conveyed by the first sub-conveyer to the second sub-conveyor in the packaging station, where the packaging material web is processed to form tubular bags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.