Device and method for transferring blister packs

US10926964B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UHLMANN PAC-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Haehnel · Blankenloch, DE
• Andreas Armbruster · Bad Saulgau, DE
• Norbert Damaschke · Seligenstadt, DE
• Tim Braeunig · Neu-Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B35/50
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In the device and the method for transferring blister packs, two blister packs are first transferred from a stamping station to an intermediate place element and then from the intermediate place element to a single-file conveying means. The two blister packs are placed on the intermediate place element next to each other in a row on either side of a longitudinal center plane of the device. During the transfer from the intermediate storage element to the conveying means, both blister packs are picked from above from their intermediate place positions and also placed from above in the common final place position. When in the final place position, each blister pack has the same side facing up as in the corresponding intermediate place position but now with a rotation of 180° around its center. In addition, the blister packs acquire a lateral offset from the longitudinal center plane during the transfer.