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Object distribution device, packaging device and object distribution process

US7451584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignees

Gruenenthal GmbH · DE
Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dieter Schateikis · Stolberg, DE
Manfred Reiser · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2007
Grant date	Nov 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G47/71
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A distributing device and a method for distributing objects from a supplying device. Said distributing device being configured to deliver the objects during a delivery clock pulse in groups of m objects, to a first receiving device and to a second receiving device, said receiving devices jointly receiving the group of m objects during a reception clock pulse, and the m objects of a group being variably divided, between different reception clock pulses, into a first number m1 of objects delivered to the first receiving device and a second number m2 of objects delivered to the second receiving device.

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