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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Helmut Nippes, Solingen-Merscheid, DE;
Friedhelm Funda, Wuppertal, DE;
Teepack Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Meerbusch, DE;
Abstract
A method for transferring filled tea bags from a single track tea packaging machine to a two-track processing machine includes the steps of feeding tea bags in single file to a transfer station and positioning each tea bag individually therein. The tea bags are deposited alternatingly to the left and to the right onto a left and a right track of the two-track transporting table by pivoting the tea bags in sequential movements about a first axis and about a second axis, wherein the first and second axes extend transverse to one another. The tea bags are then transported on the left and right tracks in double file to the processing machine.