Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for handling bags

US6364090B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Indag Gesellschaft, Fuer Industriebedarf MBH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Hans-Peter Wild · Eppelheim, DE
Eberhard Kraft · Neckarbischofsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2000
Grant date	Apr 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G47/252
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for handling bags that are conveyed on a first conveyor in an upright position and on a second conveyor in a lying position, particularly for the gentle handling of bags and adapted to the handling of stand up bags, by providing a transfer device between the first and second conveyor, the first conveyor comprising a transfer portion in which the bags are oriented in a substantially horizontal direction in space, and the transfer device comprising a depositing surface for forming a row of lying bags, alone with a gripper for pulling the bags from the first conveyor onto the depositing surface in a substantially straight movement, and a delivery means for delivering the row of bags to the second conveyor.

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