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Apparatus for the transfer of foil bags

US10569916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

INDAG POUCH PARTNERS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Sander · Heidelberg, DE
Gernot Kerner · Neckargemünd, DE
Josef Weis · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 1, 2017
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G37/00
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention refers to an apparatus for the transfer of foil bags, the apparatus comprising a magazine system, a plurality of adjacently arranged bag receptacles for the simultaneous transportation of adjacently arranged foil bags, and comprising a plurality of clamps which are each configured for gripping a foil bag in a bag receptacle and for the suspended transportation of the foil bag, wherein the apparatus is configured such that during operation foil bags are transferred from the foil bag magazines to the bag receptacles and are gripped in the bag receptacles by the clamps and are transported in suspended fashion, and wherein the apparatus comprises height-adjustable bottom support elements which are configured and arranged such that they respectively support from below the bottom of a foil bag in a bag receptacle up to the position where the clamps grip the foil bag.

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