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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1998
Helmut Nippes, Solingen-Merscheld, DE;
Friedhelm Funda, Wuppertal, DE;
TEEPAK Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Meerbusch, DE;
Abstract
A transferring device for transferring filled tea bags from a single track tea packaging machine to a two-track processing machine has a pivoting device with a pivot arm and a tea bag receptacle for receiving a vertically positioned tea bag. The pivoting device has a pivot drive for alternatingly pivoting the receptacle to the left and to the right about 90.degree. into a first and a second end position. A first swiveling device is provided for swiveling a tea bag, contained in the receptacle in the first end position, into a horizontal position. A second swiveling device is provided for swiveling a tea bag, contained in the receptacle in the second end position, into a horizontal position. A first tea bag pusher for moving the tea bag from the first swiveling device onto a first track of a two-track transport device for transporting the tea bag to a processing machine is provided. A second tea bag pusher is provided for moving the tea bag from the second swiveling device onto a second track of the two-track transporting device for transporting the tea bag to a processing machine.