Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for inserting bags into an outer container

US6546971B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

INDAG GESELLSCHAFT FUR INDUSTRIEBEDARF MBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2000
Grant date	Apr 15, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B35/46
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for inserting a plurality of bags, in particular stand up bags filled with a beverage, into an outer container, including a bag conveyor and a feed conveyor for the container, the bags being insertable into the container under the action of gravity at an insertion point positioned above the feed conveyor. For further improving such an apparatus and for increasing the conveying speed, the bag conveyor can comprise a star conveyor which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and which is provided with receiving compartments that can be loaded and unloaded on the circumference and which receive only a single bag in the conveying direction, and which has the same conveying direction as the feed conveyor above the feed conveyor at the insertion point.

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