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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling, DE;
Josef Unterseher, Rohrdorf, DE;
Michael Hartl, Raubling, DE;
Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
The invention is a method and device for reducing bundles () being conveyed in a transport direction (TR) in n rows () to a smaller number of continuing transport rows, in particular to (n−1) or (n−2) or (n−3) continuing transport rows (--). A space () is formed at least between the individual bundles () of at least one incoming and continuing transport row (--). The size of the space () corresponds to at least the value of a longitudinal extent of an individual article or of an individual group () in transport direction (TR). At least two bundles () of the at least one row (-) are transferred simultaneously by a gripper () into a number of consecutive spaces () between bundles () of a continuing transport row (--) adjacent to the row (-).