Method for the automatic supply of bags and bag hanging apparatus
US5337541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B43/30
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatic bag hanging allows far more than 1000 bag hangings per hour. A bag is removed from a bag bucket conveyor by its closed end and is guided, bottom forward, at an approximately right angle around a roller deflection device. The bag is grasped, first in an upright position and so as to be slightly opened already by bag opening claw pairs 23, opened, and simultaneously guided via a double-lever system to a bag filling sleeve and automatically clamped.
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