Device for filling outers with filled bags

Abstract

A device for filling outers with filled bags comprises a cassette (1) for the accommodation of a number of bags or rows of bags stacked on each other, feed apparatus (10, 11) for filling the cassette with bags from the top, and discharge apparatus (4, 5) for sliding the stack laterally out of the cassette into a tilted outer. For the purpose of simplification and for making the structure less susceptible to faults, the cassette has a fixed position, and a sliding cover plate or deposit plate (8) is placed at the top side of the cassette for supporting a row of bags. Structure (9) is present for sliding the cover plate (8) to and fro between a covering position in which the top side of the cassette is covered and a free position in which the bags can fall into the cassette. At the top edge of a side wall of the cassette provision is made for a retaining element (16), and through displacement of the plate (8) to the free position the supported row of bags is retained by the retaining element (16) and falls into the cassette. Displacement structure (3) is also added to the bottom plate (2), in order to shift the plate in stages from a position in the top of the cassette to a bottom position, and in order to make it possible for the bottom plate to be pressed upwards to compress the stack of bags between the bottom plate (2) and the cover plate (8).