Method of, and apparatus for, handling nappies

US8056304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Focke & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Björn Brandhorst · Hörstel, DE
• Josef Schulte · Aschendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2011
• Expiry date: May 30, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/71
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For the purpose of packaging diapers (10), the latter are fed to a grouping arrangement (13) in order to produce diaper groups (20, 21) from a plurality of diapers (10) positioned closely one beside the other. The diaper groups (20, 21) are fed along a plurality of conveying paths, in particular along two removal conveyors (35, 36) located one beside the other or one above the other, to a (multi-path) packaging machine or a plurality of packaging machines.