Packaging apparatus comprising actuator and method of operating packaging apparatus
US10752394B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45048
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A packaging apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus are provided. The apparatus comprises a support frame, a packaging station having a first tool, a second tool, and one or more actuators, operably coupled to at least one of the first tool and the second tool, to modify a position of the second tool with respect to the first tool; and a control unit operably coupled to the one or more actuators, wherein the one or more actuators have a first configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a first distance, a second configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a second distance, and a third configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a third distance, and wherein the control unit is configured to operate in a first modality, wherein the control unit is configured to move the one or more actuators from the first configuration into the second configuration, to maintain the one or more actuators in the second configuration for a first time interval, and to move the one or more actuators from the second configuration into the first configuration…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.