Apparatus and system for handling banderoles

US6488142B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (GERMANY) GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Herrmann · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Jung · Aschbach, DE
• Rolf Kramp · Ahrensburg, DE
• Norbert Schulte · Bayreuth, DE
• Wolfgang Wurf · Bayreuth, DE
• Heiko Hertrich · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65C9/105
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a banderole handling device including at least one cassette arranged for supplying banderoles to a banderoling machine, a closure for the discharge end of each cassette and including a cassette support, wherein each cassette is arranged substantially vertically at the cassette support and is positionable above a banderole feeder chute of the banderoling machine. In addition, the invention relates to device for arresting a cassette including banderoles relative to a banderole feeder chute of a banderoling machine, including a closure for the discharge opening of the cassette wherein the closure is configured so that it is accommodated in a receiving portion arranged in a fixed position relative to the banderoling machine or banderole feeder chute during its opening operation. The invention relates further to a system for filling cassettes with stacks of banderoles, in which the cassettes are filled by means of a banderole stack feeder.