Bag packaging carousel having intermittent vertical spindles
AssigneeIca S.P.A.
InventorGino Rapparini
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Abstract
Bag packaging machine comprising an intermittent carousel having vertical spindles (M) fastened to the horizontal carousel (G) and facing upwards allowing the realization of bags (S) with the opening facing downwards and the bottom facing upwards and a collecting device adapted to collect the bags (S) from the spindles (M) and to reverse them so as to place them with the opening facing upwards and the bottom facing downwards so as to be able to fill them. For example, the collecting device may comprise a belt (N) in continuous transit, to which holding devices (V), such as for instance suction cups, are connected.
Claims20
Bag packaging machine with a horizontal carousel having rotary motion comprising:
- vertical spindles fastened to the horizontal carousel and facing upwards so as to allow the realization of bags having an opening facing downwards and a bottom facing upwards, the vertical spindles extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the horizontal carousel,
- collecting means adapted to collect said bags from said spindles and to reverse said bags so as to place them with the opening facing upwards and the bottom facing downwards so as to be able to perform filling of said bags.
A bag forming and packaging machine comprising:
- a first carousel having a plurality of spindles with a distal end facing upward and spaced along the perimeter of said first carousel;
- means, associated with said first carousel, for forming a bag on each of said plurality of spindles from a sheet material;
- a bottom folding device forming a bag bottom on the distal end of each of said plurality of spindles;
- a second carousel having a plurality of bag containers with an opening facing upward;
- transit means, positioned between said first carousel and said second carousel, for transporting the bag formed on each of said plurality of spindles of said first carousel to each of the plurality of bag containers on said second carousel and reversing the orientation of the bag wherein the bag bottom is placed in one of said plurality of bag containers with the bag bottom adjacent said second carousel,
- whereby an open end of the bag is facing upward facilitating filling of the bag.
A bag packaging machine comprising:
- a horizontal carousel having a planar surface and a perimeter;
- a plurality of vertical spindles extending perpendicularly from the planar surface of said horizontal carousel with a distal end facing upward and spaced along the perimeter of said horizontal carousel;
- a plurality of shafts, one each of said plurality of shafts associated with one of said plurality of vertical spindles, wherein each of said plurality of shafts moves in an upward motion allowing removing upwards of a bag having an opening and a closed bottom, with the opening placed over each of said plurality of vertical spindles and with the closed bottom facing upwards;
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- collecting means, positioned adjacent said horizontal carousel, for removing the bag from each of said plurality of vertical spindles and reversing the orientation of the bag wherein the opening is facing upwards and the closed bottom is facing downwards,
- whereby the opening of the bag is facing upward facilitating filling of the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.