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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Applicant:
Josef Mayer, Kempten, DE;
Inventor:
Josef Mayer, Kempten, DE;
Assignee:
GEA CFS BUHL GMBH, Kempten, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B65B 57/08 (2006.01); B65B 57/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/08 (2013.01); B65B 57/16 (2013.01); B65B 7/164 (2013.01); B65B 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a packaging machine which seals a cover-film at a tray, which has been previously filled with a packaging item, whereas the packaging machine comprises an upper tool and a lower tool which are pressed together during the sealing of the cover-film to the tray, and which comprises a sensor to detect misalignment of the packaging item in the tray, a misaligned tray in the lower tool between the upper and the lower tool prior to and/or during the sealing of the cover film to the tray.