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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Eberhard Kraft, Neckarbischofsheim, DE;
Hans-Peter Wild, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A filling machine for sheet bags comprising a transportation means including a plurality of transportation elements for the sheet bags, for supplying the sheet bags to an opening station, a filling station, a closing station and a cooling station. The transportation means comprises a first conveying means including a plurality of first transportation elements for feeding sheet bags to the opening station, the filling station and the closing station, and a second conveying means including a plurality of second transportation elements for feeding the sheet bags to the cooling station. A transfer station is provided for transferring the sheet bags from the first conveying means to the second conveying means. In a method for opening, filling, closing and cooling sheet bags, the sheet bags are supplied to the opening station, the filling station and the closing station at a first speed and at a first spacing in the conveying direction and to a cooling station at a second speed and at a second spacing, the first spacing being greater than the second spacing and the first speed greater than the second speed.