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Supply apparatus for spout-equipped bags

US9340309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 2015
Grant dateMay 17, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2201/0247
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To exhaust a holding rail that has been emptied by a simple mechanism after pushing a plurality of spout-equipped bags from the holding rail to a transfer rail.An elongated-shape holding rail 14 aligning and holding many spout-equipped bags W in a straight line is moved to transfer positions c1 to c4 by a rail supply part 80. The conveyed holding rail 14 is held by a retention mechanism 3 in a state of being opposite to a transfer rail 60. A pushing member 52 reciprocates in a longitudinal direction of the holding rail 14 by having a bag conveying face 52b3, which contacts on the spout-equipped bag hung from the holding rail 14 and pushes the spout-equipped bag toward the transfer rail 60, and a rail pushing face 52b2, which contacts on the holding rail 14 and exhausts opposite the transfer rail 60. A lift mechanism is provided to move the pushing member 52 downward when the pushing member 52 moves forward, and to move the pushing member 52 upward to the height where the rail pushing face 52b2 interferes to the holding rail 14 when the pushing member 52 moves backward.

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