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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Fuji Machinery. Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Kiyokazu Inoue, Aichi, JP;
Yoshihito Takeshima, Aichi, JP;
FUJI MACHINERY. CO., LTD., Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for connecting the films of a first roll and a second roll in a packaging machine. The system includes a cutting device to cut the film of a first roll at a cutting position upstream side of a holding position with respect to a feeding direction toward a former while the film is held by a holding device. The system also includes a robot to move the second roll to a connecting position where a leading end of second roll film overlaps with a film terminal end of the first roll film. The system further includes a connecting device to connect the film leading end of the second roll film to the film terminal end of the first roll film. The robot to move the second roll from the connecting position to a set position after connecting the films, so that the second roll film is tensioned.