Transfer apparatus for arranging on a tubular bag machine

US12043431B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ROVEMA GMBH · DE

Inventor

• Holger Herzberger · Heskem-Mölln, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B9/20
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transfer element for being arranged between a dosing device and the filling device of a tubular bag machine, the dosing device allowing for the dosing of a prespecified filling quantity of the filling material to be filled into a tubular bag, and the transfer element comprising at least one input station, at least one dispensing station and several transfer containers, and a prespecified filling quantity of a filling material being transferable from the dosing device to the transfer containers in the input station, and the transfer containers being transported to the dispensing station along a transfer line, and the filling material being transferable from the transfer containers to the filling device in the dispensing station, and the transfer containers being transported back to the input station along a return transfer line, the transfer element being controlled by a transfer control system, the transfer control system controlling the transfer process for transferring the filling material from a transfer container to the filling device of the tubular bag machine in the dispensing station a) in accordance with the position of the transfer container relative to the filling devic…