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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz H Focke, Verden, DE;
Hugo Mutschall, Kirchlinteln, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53543 ; 53537 ; 53500 ; 198429 ;
Abstract
Device for packaging groups, i.e. layers (14), of packages (10) in a carton (11) or the like, and individually arriving packages (10) are collected in the area of a grouping station (23) so as to form rows of packages (13), and the latter are pushed off in the transverse direction by a transverse slide (28) onto a collecting plate (29) in order to establish layers (14) comprising a plurality of rows of packages (13). The complete layers (14) are handled by a lifting conveyer (33) and delivered to the carton (11).