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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Bernhard Grimm, Kempten, DE;
Thomas Müller, Westerheim, DE;
MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMÜLLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Abstract
A thermoform packaging machine including a forming station, a sealing station, a cutting station and a film conveying unit. The film conveying unit includes a clamp chain arranged on a lateral edge of a bottom film, wherein the clamp chain cyclically conveys the bottom film in a direction of production during operation, the bottom film is advanced one cycle length in each cycle of the thermoform packaging machine. Further, the thermoform packaging machine may include a pulling device that pulls a pull section of the bottom film and/or a top film in a direction parallel to the direction of production relative to the lateral edge of the bottom film held by the clamp chain.