Method and apparatus for packing a plurality of separate articles, in a cover of shrinkable foil

US4098051A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Werner Cordes · Harsefeld, DE
• Roland Schneider · Schotten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 1977
• Grant date: Jul 4, 1978
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B53/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of, and apparatus for packing a plurality of separate articles in a single package surrounded by a cover of shrunk-on foil. In a preferred embodiment, the articles to be packed are stacked, in a first guide forming a shaft open at its upper end, upon a supporting base loosely fitted in the shaft, whereupon the first guide is enclosed in a cover of shrinkable foil closed at its upper end and the first guide is enclosed externally by a second guide, the first guide being then separated from the assembly comprising the articles, the supporting base, the foil cover and the second guide in such a way that relative to the first guide, the articles and the supporting base pass through the open end of the shaft while the second guide, the cover, the stack and the supporting base maintain their relative positions. This assembly is then passed to an oven to shrink the foil cover, before the second guide is removed from the finished package.