Process for filling packages with tablet-shaped products and resulting

US5806680A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Barthel · Langenfeld, DE
• Werner Kuenzel · Langenfeld, DE
• Hubert Droessler · Erkrath, DE
• Monika Schmitt · Goldkronach, DE
• Klaus Meyer · Kaarst, DE
• Stefan Huchler · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 15, 1998
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B5/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for filling a non-self-supporting pack with cylindrical, pellet-like products by introducing into a pack closely surrounding at least one multiple-row layer of the products in such a manner that the products are arranged beside and above one another in linear contact with one another at their cylindrical surfaces and are arranged closely adjacent one another in the pack so that they fit exactly into the pack, are self-supporting, and disperse a pressure applied externally to the pack through the cylindrical surfaces of the products. The pack is brought into a transportation position wherein the products are in an upright position. A pack unit of the products is also disclosed.