Apparatus for automatically handling stacks of bags

US4171178A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Maschinenfabrik Mollers GmbH u. Co. · DE

Inventors

• Richard Birkenfeld · Beckum, DE
• Werner Thun · Beckum, DE
• Peter Aka · Beckum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1978
• Grant date: Oct 16, 1979
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G67/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for automatically handling stacks of bags, initially the bags are formed into stacks, each stack is moved onto and along a conveying track and then unloaded from the track to a loading surface. The support surface on the conveying track for the stacks of bags has a number of recesses into which a prong-shaped support member can be inserted for lifting a stack from the track without using a pallet. The prong-shaped support member includes a stripping plate so that by moving the support member transversely of the plate, the stack on the support member can be displaced onto a loading surface. A carriage movable over the conveying track provides the support surface of the stack of bags. The conveying track includes upper rails for moving the carriage from the stack-forming end to the unloading end and lower rails for returning the carriage to the stack-forming end.