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US 7,726,097 B2Granted
Packaging machine support device
AssigneeMultivac Sepp HaggenmüLler SE & Co. KG
InventorElmar Ehrmann
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Abstract
The invention provides a packaging machine support device having a frame with side walls and feet which bear the latter, and having at least one workstation borne by this frame, the side walls being in profile form. The packaging machine support device in accordance with the invention is suited to comply with the increasingly stringent hygiene requirements for packaging machines. This is achieved according to the invention by providing a frame profile (7) that is essentially open at the sides.
Claims20
A packaging machine comprising:
- a frame with side walls and feet which bear the side walls, each side wall having an outwardly facing front side, an inwardly facing back side, a top end and a bottom end each side wall further having an open profile (7, 8) that is partially closed by stiffening lugs (12) disposed at various locations along a length of the frame, each stiffening lug being formed by a bent portion of the frame, wherein each side wall further includes a downwardly sloping run-off slope at the corresponding top end, and a downwardly sloping run-off slope at the corresponding bottom end;
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- at least one workstation borne by the frame.
A packaging machine comprising:
- a frame including a side profile section having a top end, a bottom end and a C-shaped cross-section that defines an outwardly facing opening along a lateral side of the frame, the frame further including a longitudinal web connected to the bottom end of the profile section, and multiple spaced-apart stiffening lugs that are cut out from the longitudinal web and bent to close out portions of the profile section;
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- at least one work station supported by the frame.
A packaging machine comprising:
- a frame including a side wall having top and bottom horizontal legs and a vertical leg extending between the horizontal legs, the horizontal legs and the vertical leg defining a C-shaped profile, the frame further including a longitudinal web connected to the bottom horizontal leg, and multiple spaced-apart stiffening lugs, each stiffening lug having a first end that is integral with the longitudinal web and a second end that is secured to the top leg such that each lug closes a portion of the C-shaped profile;
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- at least one work station supported by the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.