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Device and method for transporting ready-cut and filled hose pieces

US11299304B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Teepack Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Lambertz · Hürth, DE
Hans Knops · Krefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B45/00
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a simplified device and a process-technically simplified and also more rapidly applicable method for transporting readily cut and filled hose pieces within a machine for producing pouches filled with brewable material. The device according to the invention has a transport wheel which has several supports distributed over its circumference, each holding a pouch which are pivotally mounted on the transport wheel. In the method according to the invention, a hose piece for forming a pouch with at least one chamber between a head and a bottom is inserted in the radial direction into a support of the transport wheel. In a removal station the pouch is removed radially from the transport wheel with the bottom leading.

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