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Method and apparatus for transferring compartments to outer packagings provided for articles

US11338537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Alban Hutter · Reit im Winkl, DE
Wolfgang Fechter · Rosenheim, DE
Markus Prinz · Bad Aibling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2017
Grant date	May 24, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB31B2120/25
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for transferring compartments (3) to outer packagings that comprises at least one stock of compartments (3), at least one transport path (5) for outer packagings, and a working system that is designed to remove compartments from the stock and that can insert compartments (3) removed from the stock into a respective associated outer packaging. The working system is designed for removing a plurality of compartments (3) from at least one specific stock, for moving the plurality of compartments (3) in the direction of the at least one transport path (5) in a temporally overlapping manner, and for inserting the plurality of compartments (3) into a respective outer packaging of the at least one transport path (5).

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