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US 8,448,411 B2Granted
Method and machine to group and join articles
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsWolfgang Huber, Michael Hartl
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method and a machine to group and join at last two articles by attaching a first packaging to form a packaging unit. The individual packaging units are joined together with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit. The process is carried out continuously, whereby the packaging units are transposed or not.
Claims15
A method for grouping and joining at least two articles comprising:
- attaching first packaging to the articles to form individual packaging units;
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- joining together the individual packaging units with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit during a continuous conveying movement with or without a transposition of the packaging units;
- wherein at least two differently configured packaging units are formed simultaneously or are formed successively without conversion of the packaging machine.
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A packaging machine to group and join at least two articles comprising:
- an uninterrupted conveyor device;
- a first device to attach first packaging to form individual packaging units along the uninterrupted conveyor device;
- and a second device to join the individual packaging units with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit along the uninterrupted conveyor device;
- wherein the first device forms at least two differently configured packaging units simultaneously or successively without conversion of the packaging machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.