System and method for assembling layers of packaging means and for forming transport and storage units from at least one of said layers

US12172848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Helfrich · Heppenheim, DE
• Alexander Mann · Munich, DE
• Martin Rübsaamen · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0244
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for assembling layers of packages and for forming transport and storage units from the layers. A grouping station has a grouping table for arranging and grouping the packages in a predefined layer arrangement. A package delivery feeds the packages to the grouping table in a conveying direction. The package delivery has two row conveyors for transporting at least one row of packages each on either side of the grouping table. A transfer unit transfers the packages from the row conveyors to the grouping table by sliding them in a respective sliding direction over a slide-over buffer region between each row conveyor and the grouping table, in order to form the layer of packages. A layer stacker then slides the layer of packages from the grouping table over onto a plate provided in the layer stacker, while maintaining the layer arrangement, in order to form the transport and storage unit.