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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Multivac Sepp HaggenmĂĽller Gmbh & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Lang, Buching, DE;
Assignee:
MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/32 (2006.01); B65B 47/00 (2006.01); B65B 51/00 (2006.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/32 (2013.01); B65B 9/04 (2013.01); B65B 47/00 (2013.01); B65B 51/00 (2013.01); B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/682 (2013.01); B65G 47/918 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0258 (2013.01); Y10S 198/959 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaging assembly and a method of operating such a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly comprises at least one of a thermoform packaging machine, a separation robot, a conveyor and a checkweigher. The separation robot is operable to adjust a distance between packages of a group of packages formed by the packaging machine. The conveyor and the separation robot may be operated together to provide a flow of packages that is supplied to the checkweigher, wherein the flow of packages may include substantially constant distances between the individual packages.