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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 5/08 ;
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) for inserting blister packs ( ) into collapsible cardboard boxes ( ) has an inserter ( ) and a covering tab ( ). During a stationary phase of a first conveyor device ( ) that supplies the blister packs ( ), the inserter ( ) and covering tab ( ) transfer the blister packs ( ) into the collapsible cardboard box ( ) supplied by a second conveyor device ( ). In order to be able to execute a format change without replacement of the inserter ( ) or adaptation of the covering tab ( ), the invention proposes driving the inserter ( ) and the covering tab ( ) by means of servomotors ( to ).