Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for grouping bags dispensed by an automatic device

US4944138A · kind A · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

AZIONARIA COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE A.C.M.A. S.P.A. · IT

Inventors

Franco Aiuola · Bologna, IT
Renato Piccinini · San Giovanni in Persiceto, IT

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 1988
Grant date	Jul 31, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B25/141
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The apparatus arranges in groups bags, dispensed by an automatic device, arranged one next to the other, and resting on a common same plane. The apparatus comprises a reception station for the bags dispensed by the device superimposed on one another. A conveyor with successive seats moves intermittently below the station, and a multiple expeller intersects the station to introduce the bags contained therein into corresponding housings of the conveyor. Selective control members for the control of said conveyor and of said expeller adapted to establish a correspondence between stepwise advancements of the conveyor seats thereof filled with groups of a preset number of bags.

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