Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120099958 | GRIPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GRIPPING AND LIFTING OBJECTS - The disclosure relates to a gripping system comprising a gripper for gripping and lifting at least one object to be gripped. This object may be a package. The disclosure is characterized in that the gripping system is provided with a downholder which is configured for holding down at least one object located adjacent the object to be gripped, while the object to be gripped is being lifted. The disclosure also relates to a packaging machine provided with such a gripping system, as well as to a method of gripping and lifting a track or row of packages by means of a gripping system. | 04-26-2012 |
20120192526 | PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH SORTING STATION - The disclosure relates to a packaging system comprising a product feeder and a packaging machine, wherein a monitoring unit, which is arranged upstream of or along the product feeder, detects at least one characteristic of the products and transmits it to the control unit. Depending on the category of the packed products, a downstream sorting station sorts the packagings into collecting containers provided for them or onto conveyor belts provided for them. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for operating a packaging system. | 08-02-2012 |
20120318115 | COMPLETE CUTTING STATION AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING PACKAGING UNITS - The invention relates to a complete cutting station for separatingly cutting out packaging units from a film composite by means of a movable complete cutting tool configured for severing the film composite. The complete cutting station further comprises a conveying system having a plurality of conveyor elements for conveying a respective separated packaging unit, wherein each conveyor element in turn comprises a head portion for engaging with a respective packaging unit. The invention is characterized in that the head portions of the conveyor elements are movable between a first position in which packaging units that they gripped are at a first distance to each other defined by the film composite, and a second position in which the packaging units are at a second, smaller distance from each other or at least partially overlap in at least one spatial direction. | 12-20-2012 |
20130033049 | GRIPPER SYSTEM - A gripper system for improving the picking up of a product, in particular of an elastic article. The gripper system having a gripper, wherein the gripper comprises an endless transport belt and a lever system. The lever system includes a rotatably supported lever, a support and an entrainer configured to entrain the transport belt, wherein the lever is connected to the support such that, in response to a linear movement of the support, the lever will be rotated about a center of rotation. The lever is additionally connected to the entrainer such that the transport belt moves in response to the rotational movement of the lever. | 02-07-2013 |
20130324022 | PACKAGING PLANT - The invention relates to a packaging plant for packing sausages or other objects, comprising a manufacturing device, a buffer device, a feeding device, an insertion device, and a packaging machine, the buffer device comprising a length-variable transport section, and a method for operating a packaging plant according to the invention. | 12-05-2013 |
20140137510 | SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PACKAGING FACILITY - The invention relates to a packaging facility and a method for operating a packaging facility, comprising a multi-lane packaging machine, a multi-lane separation system, a first transfer device, a second transfer device and a group packaging unit, wherein the first transfer device is adapted to transfer a plurality of packages of each lane consecutively from the packaging machine onto a first conveyor belt of the separation system, wherein the distance of two consecutive packages is changed in order to individually inspect the packages in an inspection module and the separation system comprises at least two conveyor belts. | 05-22-2014 |