Apparatus for the supply of bags

US6176366A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Optima-Maschinenfabrik Dr. Buhler GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Erich Meyer · Randburg, ZA
• Klaus Griessmayr · Rieden, DE
• Dietmar Schmetzer · Gschlachtenbretzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2001
• Expiry date: May 25, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B43/14
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the supply of bags formed into stacks to a point where in each case the top bag of the stack is to be opened, contains two parallel conveyors, e.g. in the form of revolving chains, which are synchronously driven. The stacks are held together by two holding members. The holding members are so inserted with a widened foot in the holders of the conveyor that they can be slid out of the holders again through a stop member. These holders have a small mutual spacing, so that the stacks of bags can be juxtaposed on the apparatus with a small reciprocal spacing.