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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11021288 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2016

Packaging machine having a process-controlled early start function

Applicant:

Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;

Inventors:

Tobias Enderle, Bad Grönenbach, DE;

Thomas Holderied, Dietmannsried, DE;

Claus Botzenhardt, Kempten, DE;

Assignee:

MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Robert F Long

Assistant Examiner:

Xavier A Madison

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/46 (2006.01); B65B 47/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/10 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); B65B 51/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B29C 51/46 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 66/00145 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/53461 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 66/82421 (2013.01); B29C 66/83221 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01); B29C 66/9121 (2013.01); B29C 66/9141 (2013.01); B29C 66/924 (2013.01); B29C 66/9221 (2013.01); B29C 66/9231 (2013.01); B29C 66/92443 (2013.01); B29C 66/92921 (2013.01); B29C 66/944 (2013.01); B29C 66/953 (2013.01); B65B 9/04 (2013.01); B65B 31/022 (2013.01); B65B 47/02 (2013.01); B65B 51/10 (2013.01); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01); B65B 51/14 (2013.01); B65B 2051/105 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23012 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45048 (2013.01);
Abstract

A packaging machine, comprising a control unit, a plurality of measuring devices and a plurality of working units for different processes. The control unit is functionally connected to the working units and the measuring devices. A work cycle at the packaging machine comprises at least a first functional process and a second functional process at one or at different working units, the second functional process starting later than the first functional process. The control unit may execute an early start for the second functional process of a working unit, when an actual process value of the preceding first functional process of the program sequence of one of the working units has not yet reached the respective target process value. The control unit may control the early start of the second functional process based on an approximation method for predetermining the temporal end of the first functional process.

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