The invention relates to a labeling device (10) that transports a label strip (13), which has a plurality of labels (25), along a dispensing edge (26) that detaches each label from the label strip and transfers it to a set-down device (28), which positions each label relative to a packaging and attaches said label to the packaging. A peeler (30) is provided downstream of the dispensing edge (26), said peeler supporting the process of peeling the label (25) from the label strip in that the label slides along the peeler (30) surface (38) facing the label during the peeling process.
The invention relates to a supporting element (3) for at least one rocker table (2) of a foodstuffs conveyor (1), wherein the supporting element (3) has at least one piston rod (31), a cylinder tube (32) and a securing mechanism, wherein at least part of the piston rod (31) is arranged in the cylinder tube (32) and the cylinder tube (32) or the piston rod (31) is connected to the rocker table (2), wherein the securing mechanism comprises a latching element (33) and a locking element (34), wherein either the piston rod (31) has the locking element (34) and the cylinder tube (32) has the latching element (33) or the piston rod (31) has the latching element (33) and the cylinder tube (32) has the locking element (34), wherein the latching element (33) is connected to the locking element (34) in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner and is configured such that the latching element (33) engages with the locking element (34) by way of a predefined force, wherein, if the predefined force is exceeded, the latching element (33) is moved relative to the locking element (34) and the piston rod (31) can be moved relative to the cylinder tube (32).
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) comprising: a multi-track conveyor unit (3) for conveying a plurality of foodstuff products in a main conveying direction; a multi-track packaging unit (5) located downstream of the conveyor unit (3) viewed in the main conveying direction; and a multi-track compensation unit (7) for providing a slice and/or a portion for compensating for one or more empty spaces in the packaging unit (5), wherein a slice and/or a portion can be conveyed, by means of a compensation device (9), from the compensation unit (7) to the packaging unit (5) in order to occupy the one or more empty spaces.
Labelling machines [other than for office use]; Printing machines for printing on labels; Label dispensing machines [other than for office use]; Robotic labelling machines.
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for conveying products, in particular food products, said apparatus having at least one conveying unit (2), wherein the conveying unit (2) comprises at least one drive shaft (5), a carrier structure (3), a transport belt (4) and a guide unit (6), wherein the transport belt (4) can be driven by means of the drive shaft (5), wherein the carrier structure (3) is connected to the apparatus by means of a longitudinally adjustable support element (9), characterised in that the guide unit (6) comprises a guiding element (7) and a counter-guiding element (8), wherein the guiding element (7) is connected to the apparatus (1) in a stationary manner and the counter-guiding element (8) is connected to the carrier structure (3) in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the guiding element (7) is in engagement with the counter-guiding element (8) in such a manner that the carrier structure (3) can be rotated, by means of a change in length of the support element (9), about a virtual axis of rotation (20) produced by the guide unit (6).
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
B65G 21/12 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of position of load-carrier or traction element as a whole
The present invention relates to a heating unit for heating or warming up the packaging material, in particular a plastic monofilm, in a packaging machine. The present invention also relates to a packaging machine.
B29C 65/18 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using heated tool
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
The invention relates to a device for weighing food bars or sticks, having a cutting apparatus for cutting one or several food bars into product slices and a food supply device, wherein the food supply device has a conveyor belt for supplying the food bars to the cutting apparatus, wherein the food supply apparatus has a weighing device, associated with the conveyor belt, for weighing the food bars, wherein the food bars are supplied to the cutting apparatus.
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/00 - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B65G 21/12 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of position of load-carrier or traction element as a whole
8.
Lifting Means For a Packaging Machine With Two Coupling Rods
A lifting means for a packaging machine, which has a frame and moves a lifting table from a lowered position to a raised position and vice versa, the lifting means has two parallel shafts; two toggle levers, each having a first rotary lever and a second rotary lever, each of the two toggle levers are respectively provided between a shaft and the lifting table, each of the first rotary lever is rotationally fixedly connected to a respective shaft of the two parallel shafts; and at least two coupling rods are provided between the two parallel shafts.
B65B 43/08 - Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 61/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
F16H 21/16 - Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides all movement being in, or parallel to, a single plane for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion
9.
Positioning of a Position-Variable Stop Means of a Slicing Device for Slicing Food
A slicing device for slicing food products that includes a cutting unit with a rotating cutting blade; and a feed unit for feeding the food products to be sliced to the cutting unit; the feed unit and/or the cutting unit has a position-variable stop means for guiding, holding, and/or positioning the food product; and the slicing device has a positioning aid in the form of a light source, which is configured to project a light marking for the position-variable stop means.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
10.
DEVICE FOR THE MULTI-TRACK TRANSPORTING OF SLICES OF FOOD
The invention relates to a device (1) for the multi-track transporting of slices of food along a transport direction (T) with a first transport carriage (11) and a second transport carriage (22), wherein the first transport carriage (11) and the second transport carriage (22) are connected to one another by means of a pneumatic device (3) and can be moved relative to one another along a transverse direction (Q) perpendicular to the transport direction, wherein the first transport carriage (11) and the second transport carriage (22) are connected to one another by means of a safety coupling (13), wherein the safety coupling (13) can be reversibly released if a predefined force is exceeded.
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the position of a lower and/or upper material web in a packaging machine, wherein the lower material web is unwound from a supply roll and conveyed intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine, packaging recesses are optionally formed in the lower material web in a forming station, the lower material web, preferably the packaging recesses, are then filled with products to be packaged, then an upper material web is sealed to the lower material web in a scaling station, both the lower and the upper material webs being unwound from respective supply rolls.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
The invention relates to a device (1) for processing food products (2), having a conveying unit (3) for transporting food products (2) along a main conveying direction (100) and a packaging and/or food processing unit (4), downstream of the conveying unit (3) in the main conveying direction (100), the device (1) further having a position detection sensor (5) for capturing the position of a food product (2) located on the conveying unit (3), wherein the position detection sensor (5) is fastened in a rotationally fixed manner to a support element (6) extending perpendicularly to the main conveying direction (100), wherein the position detection sensor (5) can also be displaced along the support element (6) and can be locked in a desired position on the support element (6) by means of a locking means (7).
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/00 - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65G 43/00 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
A sealing or moulding tool of a packaging machine having a heating element with a heating plate provided on a carrier and covered with a cover element, wherein the cover element is connected to the carrier by means of a plurality of connecting means.
B29C 65/18 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using heated tool
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 47/08 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65B 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65G 15/64 - Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets for automatically maintaining the position of the belts
A line having a food processing apparatus and a packaging machine between which a placement and transport apparatus is provided that has a plurality of tablet trays on which food products are placed and with which the food products are transported towards the packaging machine, the tablet trays move in a contact-free manner along a closed transport surface; a method for producing packaged food slices using the line, the food products are deposited onto the tablet trays and then transported towards the packaging machine; a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are lifted from the transport surface and the transport surface is cleaned with a cleaning liquid; and a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are removed from the transport surface and cleaned in a cleaning machine.
B65B 43/54 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 57/16 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65G 45/22 - Cleaning devices comprising fluid applying means
B65G 54/02 - Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
15.
SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FOOD PORTIONS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE
The invention relates to a system for processing food portions (5). The system comprises at least one upstream processing station (1) for producing and/or processing food portions (5), at least one downstream further-processing station (4) for the further processing of the food portions (5), at least one transfer station (2), which is located downstream of the processing station (1) and upstream of the further-processing station (4) and which has at least one first automatic transfer unit (6) for transferring food portions (5) from the processing station (1) to the further-processing station (4) and has a first conveyor belt (10) for conveying food portions (5) in a first conveying direction (100), and at least one buffer station (3) for buffering food portions (5), said buffer station being located downstream of the transfer station (2) and having a second conveyor belt (20) for conveying and buffering food portions (5). The first conveyor belt (10) and the second conveyor belt (20) are in the form of pull-nose belts.
B65G 21/14 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
The invention relates to a coupling system (1) for a gripper (5) which is attached to a robot (3) and which comprises a robot-side flange (3') and a gripper-side flange (5'). The robot-side flange (3') is equipped with a line (3'') and the gripper-side flange (5') is equipped with another line (5'') in order to convey a medium. The invention is characterized in that the robot-side flange (3') can be coupled to the gripper-side flange (5') in a form-fitting manner so as to be secured against twisting such that the line (3'') and the other line (5'') are in alignment in order to establish a fluidic connection with each other.
B25J 15/04 - Gripping heads with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewingSafety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
17.
MATERIAL WEB ADVANCE BY MEANS OF A THREADED SPINDLE
The present invention relates to a material web conveyance means (20) having a plurality of material web clamping means (21). The present invention further relates to a packaging machine (1).
The present invention relates to a device (1) for transporting slices of food, having at least two conveyor belts (5), at least two drive rollers (7), wherein each of the conveyor belts (5) is able to be guided around a respective one of the drive rollers (7) and is able to be driven thereby, and a pivotable frame (9) which comprises a plurality of axles (11) which are each fixedly connected to the frame (9), wherein the frame (9) is pivotable between an operating position (W) and a maintenance position, wherein, in the operating position (W), the drive rollers (7) and the plurality of axles (11) are arranged parallel to one another and each of the drive rollers (7) is arranged in each case laterally between two axles (11), wherein, in the maintenance position (W), an angle is formed between the drive rollers (7) and the axles (11).
B65G 15/12 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts
B65G 21/06 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
B65G 23/10 - Drums, rollers, or wheels arranged intermediate the ends of the conveyors
B65G 23/44 - Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
The invention relates to an upper tool for a sealing station of a packaging machine, having a recess with which an upper film web can be formed and having a plurality of gas through-openings, which are provided along the recess and can be connected to an overpressure, underpressure and/or ventilation source. The invention also relates to a packaging machine and to a method for producing a skin packaging.
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B65B 61/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
20.
PACKAGING MACHINE COMPRISING A CONVEYOR BELT WHICH CAN BE SHORTENED
The present invention relates to a packaging machine for producing a packaging product, in which packaging machine a material web can be transported along a transport plane along the packaging machine, said packaging machine having: a sealing station that seals a film web to a packaging tray which, optionally, is deep-drawn in a film web; a transverse cutter and a longitudinal cutter; and a transport means which at least temporarily supports and/or drives the packaging tray during transport along the packaging machine. The present invention also relates to a method for changing a tool on a packaging machine.
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
A system that includes a longitudinal nozzle arrangement that has a longitudinal extension direction along which a plurality of injection openings and/or evacuation openings are provided and that has a first end and a second end along the longitudinal extension direction; and a ramp is provided at at least one of the first end and the second end, an incline of which extends at least in the longitudinal extension direction; and a seal having a longitudinal extension direction with a first end and a second end, and a ramp is provided at at least one of the first end and the second end, an incline of which extends at least in the longitudinal extension direction.
B65B 31/04 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 7/28 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
A packaging machine and method for producing a packaging with a packaging machine, in which a lower material web is unrolled from a supply roll and transported along the packaging machine and at the same time a material to be packaged is placed on the lower material web and, to complete the packaging, an upper film is sealed to the lower material web in a sealing station, the packaging is cut from the upper and lower material webs, the cutting of the lower material web takes place partially upstream and partially downstream of the sealing station and/or partially upstream and partially in the sealing station.
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Industrial robots; control mechanisms for robotic machines;
robotic packaging machines; robotic labelling machines;
industrial robots for use in manufacture; robotic mechanisms
for use in processing food; robotic mechanisms for
conveying; robotic arms for industrial purposes; robotic
filling machines; robotic mechanisms for lifting; automated
robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of
goods. Application software for robots; robotic electrical control
apparatus.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Industrial robots; control mechanisms for robotic machines, namely, pressure switches and sensors for controlling hydraulic or pneumatic systems sold as an integral components of packaging machines for food, beverage and pharmaceutical products; robotic packaging machines; robotic labelling machines, namely, automatic industrial labeling machines for applying labels to containers and bottles; industrial robots for use in manufacture; robotic mechanisms for use in processing food, namely, industrial robots; robotic mechanisms for conveying, namely, assembly line conveyor machinery; robotic arms for industrial purposes, namely, industrial robots; robotic filling machines; robotic mechanisms for lifting, namely, industrial robots; automated robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of goods, namely, loading and unloading machines for packaging of food, beverage and pharmaceutical products Downloadable application software for operating and monitoring industrial robots; robotic electrical control apparatus, namely, electronic controllers for use with packaging machines for food, beverage and pharmaceutical products and for use with industrial robots
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Industrial robots; control mechanisms for robotic machines; robotic packaging machines; robotic labelling machines; industrial robots for use in manufacture; robotic mechanisms for use in processing food; robotic mechanisms for conveying; robotic arms for industrial purposes; robotic filling machines; robotic mechanisms for lifting; automated robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of goods.
(2) Application software for robots; robotic electrical control apparatus.
26.
APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND FOLDING SLICES OF FOOD
The present invention relates to an apparatus for conveying slices of food, comprising a belt conveyor defining a plane of conveyance in which the slices of food are conveyed along a main conveying direction, and at least two conveyor belts, and the apparatus also having a folding device which projects into the plane of conveyance between the conveying belts.
B65G 15/10 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
B65G 47/248 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning over or inverting them
The present invention relates to a device for cutting food products, comprising a cutting element arranged in a cutting plane, a cutting strip via which the food products are supplied to the cutting plane, and a sensor, characterized in that an at last partial displacement of the cutting strip in the direction of the cutting plane can be detected by the sensor.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/22 - Safety devices specially adapted for cutting machines
B26D 7/24 - Safety devices specially adapted for cutting machines arranged to disable the operating means for the cutting member
B26D 1/14 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
B26D 1/25 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member
28.
LIFTING MEANS FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE WITH TWO COUPLING RODS
The invention relates to a lifting means (9), in particular for a packaging machine, which comprises a frame and which moves a lifting table (5) from a lowered position into a raised position, and vice versa, comprising: two parallel shafts (25, 35); two toggle levers, each having a first rotary lever (13) and a second rotary lever (20), wherein each toggle lever is provided between a shaft (25, 35) and the lifting table (5), each first lever being fixed to a shaft (25, 35) for conjoint rotation. The invention also relates to a packaging machine and to a method.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/00 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
The present invention relates to a material web strip cutter, which is part of the longitudinal cutter of a packaging machine, comprising a lower blade and two first blades, wherein each first blade interacts with the lower blade in a cutting manner and thereby separates the material strip from a material web, and wherein a scraper is provided between the first blades. The present invention also relates to a packaging machine.
B65B 61/08 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting using rotary cutters
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
The present invention relates to a suction nozzle for removing by suction a strip of material produced during the production of a packaging. The present invention also relates to a packaging machine.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B65B 61/08 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting using rotary cutters
31.
POSITIONING OF A POSITION-VARIABLE STOP MEANS OF A SLICING DEVICE FOR SLICING FOOD
The invention relates to a slicing device (1) for slicing food, wherein the slicing device (1) has a cutting unit (2) having a rotating cutting knife (3) and has a feed unit (4) for feeding the food to be sliced to the cutting unit (2), wherein the feed unit (4) and/or the cutting unit (2) has a position-variable stop means (5) for guiding, holding and/or positioning the food, and wherein the slicing device (1) has a positioning aid (6) in the form of a light source which is configured to project a light marker for the position-variable stop means. The invention further relates to a method for positioning a position-variable stop means of the slicing device.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
32.
Method and display device for presenting parameters of a food machine, and food machine
A method for presenting parameters of a food machine, a food processing machine, or a food packaging machine, by a display device, where a memory stores a first recipe that includes multiple parameters that each have an assigned first parameter value and stores a second recipe that includes multiple parameters that each have an assigned second parameter value; where in an ascertainment step, a parameter is ascertained that is contained in the first recipe and in the second recipe and that has an assigned first parameter value of the first recipe and an assigned second parameter value of the second recipe, which differ from each other; and in a first display step, the display device is used to display the first parameter value and the second parameter value for the ascertained parameter at the same time.
G06F 3/04886 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
The invention relates to heating element (20) for heating or warming up the packaging material, in particular a plastics monofilm, in a packaging machine (1). The present invention further relates to a packaging machine (1).
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
The present invention relates to a molding tool (3, 4) for molding a packaging material, in particular a plastics monofilm in a packaging machine (1). The present invention further relates to the packaging machine per se and to a method for molding a material web or for producing a packaging trough.
B65B 47/00 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
35.
SEALING TOOL COMPRISING A HEATING PLATE WITH STACKED CONDUCTOR TRACKS
The present invention relates to a sealing or forming tool with which packaging trays or packagings of different cross-sections and/or sealing seams of different shapes are produced and which has a heating element, characterized in that the heating element, in particular for each tray/packaging to be produced, has a multiplicity of stacked conductor track planes (25, 26, figure 7) that are parallel to the conveying plane of the material web (8, 14). Preferably, at least one conductor track module comprises a multiplicity of individually controllable conductor tracks (27) for forming or closing packagings of different shapes and cross-sections.
B29C 35/02 - Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising
B29B 13/02 - Conditioning or physical treatment of the material to be shaped by heating
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
The present invention relates to a heating element(19) for heating the packaging material, in particular a plastic monofilm, in a packaging machine, the heating element having a plurality of segments (21-26) which are individually heatable, at least one segment (23-26) of which being provided in the edge region of the heating element and at least one segment (21, 22) in a central region (10) of the heating element. The present invention further relates to the packaging machine itself and to a method for heating a material web or for producing a packaging recess.
B29B 13/02 - Conditioning or physical treatment of the material to be shaped by heating
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B29C 35/02 - Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising
The present invention relates to a sealing or forming tool of a packaging machine having a heating element (19) for heating the packaging material, in particular a plastic monofilm, and also having a plurality of ceramic heating modules (21). The present invention further relates to the packaging machine (1, figure 1) as such and to a method for heating a material web (8, 14) or for producing a packaging tray. The modules (21) do not have a cover but can have a protective coating.
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B29B 13/02 - Conditioning or physical treatment of the material to be shaped by heating
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B29C 35/02 - Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising
38.
Method for operating a first and a second food machine, storage device, and food machine
A method for operating a first food machine and a second food machine, where a data set required to operate the first food machine is stored in a first storage unit of the first food machine, and the data set required to operate the first food machine is additionally stored in a second storage unit of the second food machine.
G05B 19/04 - Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 25/00 - Packaging other articles presenting special problems
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Industrial robots; Control mechanisms for robotic machines; Robotic packaging machines; Robotic labelling machines; Industrial robots for use in manufacture; Robotic mechanisms for use in processing food; Robotic mechanisms for conveying; Robotic arms for industrial purposes; Robotic filling machines; Robotic mechanisms for lifting; Automated robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of goods. Application software for robot; Robotic electrical control apparatus.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and
apparatus; robotic mechanisms for use in processing food;
packaging machines; robotic packaging machines; moving and
handling equipment; machines and machine tools for treatment
of materials and for manufacturing; pneumatic controls for
machines; mechanical system control instruments; electric
motors for machines; driving devices for machines; package
assembling machines; pneumatic controls for machines, motors
and engines. Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices;
weight measuring instruments; electronic controls for
motors. Plant construction; machinery installation, maintenance and
repair; repair of machines.
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; packaging machines, namely
form-fill-seal machines (FFS packaging machine), used for
producing modified-atmosphere (MAP) or vacuum packages made
of plastic film, paper, aluminium, fibre based and/or
materials biologically degradable and/or combinations
thereof; forming machines; traysealer; thermoformer
packaging machines. Packing, transport and storage of goods; transportration and
delivery of goods. Research and development of new products for others;
scientific research and development services; testing,
authentication and quality control; development services in
the field of packaging machines (for packaging of food,
medical technical products, pharmaceutical products);
development services in the field of packaging and labelling
of goods.
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and
for manufacturing; food and beverage processing and
preparation machines and apparatus; electric loading
machines used for industrial food processing; electric
portioning machines used for industrial food processing;
loading machines as parts of food production and processing
lines; portioning machines as parts of food production and
processing lines; conveyors and conveyors belts; assembly
line conveyor machinery; parts of conveyor machinery used
for buffer solutions; conveying equipment for synchronising
the loading speed. Machinery installation, cleaning, repair and maintenance;
conveyor installation, cleaning, repair and maintenance.
43.
SYSTEM HAVING A FIRST FOODSTUFF SLICING MACHINE AND A SECOND FOODSTUFF SLICING MACHINE WITH DIFFERENTLY SPACED-APART INPUT AND SLICING MODULES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EQUIPPING A PRODUCTION LINE
A system (100) having a first foodstuff slicing machine (1) and a second foodstuff slicing machine (2) is proposed, wherein the foodstuff slicing machines (1, 2) have identical input modules (1.2, 2.2) and identical slicing modules (1.3, 2.3), wherein the input modules (1.2, 2.2) and slicing modules (1.3, 2.3) of the foodstuff slicing machines (1, 2) are spaced apart from one another by longitudinal members (1.5, 2.5) with different lengths. A method for producing a system (100) and a method for equipping a production line (200) are also proposed.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; automatic packing machines for food;
machines for filling packaging containers; packaging
machines for the production of packaging with a modified
atmosphere (MAP); packaging machines for the production of
vacuum packaging made of plastic film, paper, fibrous
material or other materials. Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices;
sensors, detectors and monitoring instruments; gas flow
monitors; gas sensors. Gas regulators.
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; packaging machines, namely, form-fill-seal machines (FFS packaging machine), used for producing modified-atmosphere (MAP) or vacuum packages made of plastic film, paper, aluminium, fibre based and/or materials biologically degradable and/or combinations thereof; bag forming machines for industrial purposes; electric tray sealer; thermoformer packaging machines Packing, transport and storage of goods; transportation and delivery of goods Research and development of new products for others; scientific research and product development services; material testing, authentication in the field of packaging machines and quality control for others; product development services in the field of packaging machines for packaging of food, medical technical products, pharmaceutical products; product development services in the field of packaging and labelling of goods
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; automatic packing machines for food; machines for filling packaging containers; packaging machines for the production of packaging with a modified atmosphere (MAP); packaging machines for the production of vacuum packaging made of plastic film, paper, fibrous material or other materials Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices, namely, automatic nozzles and electronic valves for controlling gas; gas flow monitors; gas sensors for measuring gas concentration Gas regulators
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
07 - Machines and machine tools
Goods & Services
Machinery installation, cleaning, repair and maintenance; conveyor installation, cleaning, repair and maintenance Food processors, electric; beverage processing machines; beverage preparation machines, electromechanical; electric loading machines used for industrial food processing; electric food portioning machines used for industrial food processing; loading machines as parts of food production and processing lines; food portioning machines as parts of food production and processing lines; conveyors being machines and conveyor belts; assembly line conveyor machinery; conveying machines for synchronising the loading speed of loading machines
The invention relates to a line having a food processing apparatus (1) and a packaging machine (2), between which a placement and transport apparatus (10) is provided, which has a plurality of trays (5), on which food products are placed and with which the placed food products are transported toward the packaging machine, the trays moving in a contact-free manner along a closed transport surface (4).
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and apparatus, namely, electromechanical food processing machines, electromechanical beverage processing machines, electromechanical beverage preparation machines, and electromechanical machines for detecting, sorting and separating good and bad food and beverage packages at end of food and beverage processing and packaging lines; robotic mechanisms, namely, industrial robots for use in processing food; packaging machines; robotic packaging machines; moving and handling equipment, namely, conveyor belts and cargo handling machines for food and beverage processing; pneumatic controls for machines; electric motors for machines for food and beverage processing; driving devices for machines, namely, electric driving motors for machines for food and beverage processing; package assembling machines; pneumatic controls for machines, motors and engines for food and beverage processing Plant construction for businesses in the food and beverage processing industry; machinery installation, maintenance and repair of machinery for food and beverage processing; repair of machines for food and beverage processing
50.
Method, computer program and apparatus for lining up portions of food slices
A method of lining up portions of slices of food, the portions are transported by a belt conveyor on a plurality of tracks along a conveying direction, one of the plurality of tracks is selected as a first reference track, conveying speeds of a remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted in such a way that the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction when the portions reach a lining-up position, and when the lining-up position is reached, the conveying speeds of the plurality of tracks including the first reference track are aligned to one another.
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and
for manufacturing; food and beverage processing and
preparation machines and apparatus; loading machines
(electric -) for large scale food processing; portioning
machines (electric -) for large scale food processing;
loading machines used as parts of food production and
processing lines; portioning machines used as parts of food
production and processing lines.
Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and apparatus, namely, electric food processors, electromechanical food preparation machines in the nature of electric food slicers, electric food choppers and packaging machines for food, beverage processing machines and electromechanical beverage preparation machines; electric loading machines for large scale food processing; electric food portioning machines for large scale food processing; loading machines used as parts of food production and processing lines; food portioning machines used as parts of food production and processing lines
(1) Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and apparatus, namely, electric food processors, electromechanical food preparation machines in the nature of electric food slicers, electric food chopper and packaging machines for food, beverage processing machines and electromechanical beverage preparation machines namely juicers and blenders; electric loading machines for large scale food processing; electric portioning machines for large scale food processing; electric loading machines used as parts of food production and processing lines; food portioning machines used as parts of food production and processing lines.
54.
LONGITUDINAL NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT, SEAL, AND PACKAGING MACHINE
The present invention relates to a longitudinal gassing nozzle and to the sealing of a packaging machine. The present invention also relates to a sealing station, which connects an upper material web to a lower material web, and to a method for producing a packaging.
B65B 7/28 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; packaging machines, namely form-fill-seal machines (FFS packaging machine), used for producing modified-atmosphere (MAP) or vacuum packages made of plastic film, paper, aluminium, fibre based and/or materials biologically degradable and/or combinations thereof; forming machines; traysealer; thermoformer packaging machines. Packing, transport and storage of goods; transportation and delivery of goods. Research and development services; testing, authentication and quality control; development services in the field of packaging machines (for packaging of food, medical technical products, pharmaceutical products); development services in the field of packaging and labelling of goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Packaging machines; Automatic packing machines for food; Machines for filling packaging containers; Packaging machines, for use in the following fields: Manufacture of packaging with a modified atmosphere (MAP); Packaging machines, for use in the following fields: Manufacture of vacuum packaging, Of the following materials: Plastic films, Paper, Fibrous material, other material. Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices; Sensors, detectors and monitoring instruments; Gas flow monitors; Gas sensors. Gas regulators.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and apparatus; Robotic mechanisms for use in processing food; Packaging machines; Robotic packaging machines; Moving and handling equipment; Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and for manufacturing; Pneumatic controls for machines; System control instruments (Mechanical -); Driving devices for machines; Rolling surfaces [machines] for packages; Pneumatic controls for machines, motors and engines; Electronic controls for motors. Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices; Weight measuring instruments. Installation of plant; Machinery installation, maintenance and repair; Repair of machines.
The present invention relates to a sealing or moulding tool of a packaging machine (2). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a packaging machine (2) having a moulding station (14, 2), which forms troughs into a lower material web (8), wherein a heating element (20, 21) heats the lower material web (8) before and/or under deformation, and a sealing station (12, 15, 16), which connects an upper material web (14) to the lower material web (8) and has a heating element (20, 21) for this purpose.
B29C 65/20 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using heated tool with direct contact, e.g. using "mirror"
B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B29C 35/02 - Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising
The present invention relates to a method for producing a packaging with a packaging machine, in which a lower material web (8) is unrolled from a supply roll and transported along the packaging machine and at the same time a material to be packaged (16) is placed on the lower material web and, to produce the packaging, an upper film (14) is sealed on the lower material web in a sealing station (15). The present invention also relates to a packaging machine for producing a packaging.
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 31/08 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzle being adapted to pierce the container or wrapper
The present invention relates to a method for presenting parameters of a food machine, in particular a food processing machine or a food packaging machine, by means of a display device (1) of the food machine, wherein a memory stores a first recipe comprising multiple parameters that each have an assigned first parameter value and stores a second recipe comprising multiple parameters that each have an assigned second parameter value, a. wherein an ascertainment step involves ascertaining a parameter that is contained in the first and the second recipe and that has an assigned first parameter value of the first recipe and an assigned second parameter value of the second recipe, which differ from one another, b. wherein a first display step involves using the display device (1) to display the first and the second parameter value for the ascertained parameter at the same time.
The invention relates to a method for operating a first food machine (1), in particular a food processing machine or a food packaging machine, and a second food machine (2), in particular a food processing machine or a food packaging machine, wherein a data set required to operate the first food machine (1) is stored on a first storage unit (1.1) of the first food machine (1), and the data set required to operate the first food machine (1) is additionally stored on a second storage unit (2.1) of the second food machine (2).
G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
62.
METHOD AND DISPLAY EQUIPMENT FOR DISPLAYING A KEY PARAMETER OF A FOOD TREATMENT MACHINE AND A FOOD TREATMENT MACHINE
The present invention relates to a method for displaying a key parameter of a food treatment machine, more particularly a food processing machine or a food packaging machine, by means of display equipment on the food treatment machine, wherein a time history of the key parameter from a first time in the past to a current time is displayed in a first display area of the display equipment, wherein an incident position is determined in the first display area for at least one incident, occurring between the first time and the current time, and an incident symbol is displayed at the incident position determined in the first display area. The invention further relates to display equipment for a food treatment machine, more particularly a food processing machine or a food packaging machine, which equipment is designed to display a time history of a key parameter from a first time in the past to a current time in a first display area of the display equipment, wherein the display equipment is further designed to determine an incident position in the first display area for at least one incident, occurring between the first time and the current time, and to display an incident symbol at the incident position determined in the first display area.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
63.
Method for controlling the position of a material web edge
A packaging machine and a method for controlling the position of a lower and/or upper material web on a packaging machine. A lower material web is unwound from a supply roll and transported intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine. Packaging recesses are optionally formed in the lower material web in a forming station, and the lower material web, preferably the packaging recesses, are then filled with products to be packaged. An upper material web is then sealed to the lower material web in a sealing station, the lower and upper material web each being unwound from a supply roll.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
64.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND/OR TRANSPORTING FOOD COMPRISING A REMOTE-CONTROLLED CONVEYING DEVICE DRIVE
The invention relates to: a device (1) for processing and/or transporting food (11), in particular a food slicing device, comprising a conveying device (2), an electric motor (3) for driving the conveying device (2), and a control module (4) for controlling the electric motor (3), wherein the control module (4) has a receiving unit (4') for receiving control signals for controlling the electric motor (3); and a method for operating a device (1) for processing and/or for transporting food, wherein a conveying device (2) of the device (1) is driven by an electric motor (3), wherein control signals are transmitted to a receiving unit (4') of a control module (4) for controlling the electric motor (3).
B26D 3/08 - Making a superficial cut in the surface of the work without removal of material, e.g. scoring, incising
B26D 1/16 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis mounted on a movable arm or the like
G08C 17/02 - Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
G08C 17/00 - Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
A packaging machine which unwinds a bottom film web from a supply roll and conveys it intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine and in a forming station, forms into the bottom film web packaging cavities, which are then filled with a product to be packaged. In a sealing station, a top film web is sealed to the bottom film web, wherein the bottom and top film web are respectively unwound from a supply roll and the bottom and top film web are respectively tensioned by means of a dancer roll. The supply roll is driven by means of a motor, the parameters of which, in particular rotation speed and/or torque, can be set on the basis of the parameters of the respective supply roll.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65H 23/18 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
A line for processing and packaging food. The line has at least one processing station for processing the food and at least one packaging station for packaging the processed food. The processing station and the packaging station are housed in an interior of a common housing.
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 55/02 - Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
A23L 3/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
A23L 3/28 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating with ultraviolet light
A23L 3/3418 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O
67.
MATERIAL WEB CONVEYING MEANS FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE
The present invention relates to a material web conveying means (39) comprising a plurality of material web conveying members (10), each of which has a material web clamping means (13, 27). The present invention also relates to a packaging machine and to a method for conveying a material web.
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65H 20/16 - Advancing webs by web-gripping means, e.g. grippers, clips
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and
for manufacturing; food and beverage processing and
preparation machines and apparatus; electric food grinders;
electric slicing machines for large scale food processing;
machines for slicing food [industrial]; meat processing
machines; meat slicing machines; cheese slicers [machines].
69.
Gas concentration measurement with temperature compensation
The invention relates to a method for measuring the concentration of a gas component in an atmosphere of a packaging which is made from a plastic film and which comprises a gas concentration indicator substance on the side of the plastic film facing the atmosphere.
G01N 31/22 - Investigating or analysing non-biological materials by the use of the chemical methods specified in the subgroupsApparatus specially adapted for such methods using chemical indicators
G01N 21/78 - Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated by observing the effect on a chemical indicator producing a change of colour
The present invention relates to a packaging machine for packaging a packaging item, comprising at least one sealing station and a separating station and a computer means and a control unit and optionally an identifying means reading device. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a packaging machine and/or a packaging line.
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and for manufacturing, namely, machines and machine tools for the cutting and forming of materials; electric food grinders; electric slicing machines for large scale food processing; industrial machines for slicing food; meat processing machines; meat slicing machines; electric cheese slicers
The present invention relates to a method for cutting food products into food slices. The storage table follows prior to and/or at first contact of the cut food slices with an adjustment movement of the food slices. This is a lowering motion which corresponds essentially to the descent speed of the food slice at that time.
The invention relates to a method for lining up portions (1.1 - 1.4) of food slices, wherein the portions (1) are transported by a belt conveyor (3) on several tracks (2.1 - 2.4) along a conveying direction (F), wherein one track (2.2) is selected as the first reference track, wherein conveying speeds of the remaining tracks (2.1, 2.3, 2.4) are adapted such that, when the portions (1.1 - 1.4) reach a lined-up position (A), the portions (1.1 - 1.4) are arranged in straight rows orthogonal to the conveying direction (F), wherein the conveying speeds of the tracks (2.1 - 2.4) are synchronised when the lined-up position (A) is reached. The invention also relates to a computer programme for execution on a computer, said programme comprising instructions for carrying out the method, and to an apparatus for lining up portions, wherein the apparatus comprises a memory unit, the computer programme being stored in said memory unit.
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
The present invention relates to a packaging machine (1), which unrolls a lower material web (8) from a supply roller (22) and transports it intermittently along the packaging machine (1) and thereby optionally forms packaging recesses (6) in the lower material web (8) in a forming station (2). A product (16) to be packaged is then filled into/placed on the packaging recesses, and an upper material web (14) is subsequently sealed onto the lower material web (8) in a sealing station (15), the lower material web and the upper material web each being unrolled from a supply roller (22, 21) and at least one supply roller (22, 21) being driven by a motor. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a packaging.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/00 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
75.
METHOD FOR INSPECTING THE DEGREE OF WEAR OF THE COMPONENTS IN A PRODUCTION- AND/OR PACKAGING MACHINE AND/OR PACKAGING LINE
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
76.
PACKAGING CONTAINER COMPRISING AN OUTER CARDBOARD STRUCTURE AND AN INSERT MADE OF PLASTIC FILM
The invention relates to a packaging tray comprising an outer cardboard structure inside which a plastic insert is provided. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a packaging tray and a packaging machine on which the packaging tray of said type and packaging to be produced thereby can be produced.
The invention relates to a method for adjusting the cutting gap in a slicing device for cutting food products, wherein the slicing device comprises a rotationally driven blade, a cutting edge, and an adjusting device that moves the blade toward the cutting edge or away from the cutting edge perpendicularly to the cutting edge, wherein the adjusting device first moves the blade until the blade touches the cutting edge and the adjusting device then sets a desired distance between the blade and the cutting edge. The invention further relates to a device for adjusting the cutting gap of a slicing device.
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting memberMeans for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
78.
APPARATUS FOR SLICING OFF FOODSTUFF SLICES FROM A FOODSTUFF BAR, HAVING A FOLDING MEANS FOR FOLDING THE FOODSTUFF SLICES, AND METHOD FOR SLICING OFF FOODSTUFF SLICES
An apparatus for slicing off foodstuff slices (1) from at least one foodstuff bar (2), in particular from at least one sausage, ham and/or cheese bar, is proposed, wherein the apparatus has a knife (4), arranged on a knife holding apparatus (3), for slicing off the foodstuff slices (1) along a cutting plane, wherein a feed (5) for feeding the at least one foodstuff bar (2) to the knife (4) in a feeding direction (5') is provided, wherein the apparatus has a transport means (6) for depositing and transporting the sliced-off foodstuff slices (1) away in a transporting-away direction (6'), the foodstuff slices (1) sliced off by the knife (4) dropping onto said transport means (6) in a dropping direction (4'), wherein the apparatus has a folding means (7) for folding the sliced-off foodstuff slices (1) dropping in the dropping direction (4'), characterized in that the folding means (7) is arranged on the knife-holding apparatus (3). Also proposed is a method for operating the apparatus.
The present invention relates to a packaging machine, in which a product web is cyclically transported, having: - a thermoforming station, which forms at least one packaging recess in the material web per cycle, - a filling station, in which a packaging product is filled into each packaging recess, - optionally, a molding station, which forms a dome in the top product web per cycle, - a sealing station, which fixes a top product web to the product web in integrally bonded fashion, the packaging recess being degassed and/or gassed before the integral bond is produced, and - a cutting device, which separates the thus produced packaging from the product webs, the packaging having two sub-recesses and/or a dome in the top product web, with a means being provided by which the sub-recesses or the packaging recess and the dome can be in partially individually gassed and/or degassed.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 47/00 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65D 75/32 - Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
B65D 77/20 - Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
B65D 81/20 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65D 81/32 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
81.
SEPARATING-SHEET FEED DEVICE, CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEPARATING-SHEET FEED AND A CUTTING DEVICE
The invention relates to a separating-sheet feed unit for a cutting device for counting up food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, the separating-sheet feed unit comprising an outlet unit having an outlet slot, through which separating sheets are discharged in the direction of the cutting device, and wherein the separating-sheet feed unit comprises a cleaning unit for blowing the outlet slot out by means of a cleaning gas. The invention further relates to a cutting device and to a method for operating the separating-sheet feed unit and to a method for operating the cutting device.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/06 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure using folding dies
B65B 47/00 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
The present invention relates to a system comprising a labeler (24), an illumination means (33) and a camera. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a packaging machine (1) for producing a packaging (28), having a labeler which provides a label on the packaging. The present invention further relates to a method for producing a stock of labels (25).
The present invention relates to a packaging machine which unrolls a substrate-material web, comprising paperboard, paper and/or a rigid material that is not a plastic, from a supply roll, and conveys said web intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine, the web being provided with the goods for packaging, wherein a shrinkable top-film web is subsequently sealed to the substrate-material web at a sealing station. The present invention also relates to a method for producing packaging.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B65B 31/04 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
B65B 31/08 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzle being adapted to pierce the container or wrapper
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
B65B 61/18 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips
B65D 75/30 - Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
B65D 77/20 - Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
B65H 23/182 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
The invention relates to a method for producing a packaging, wherein a lower film web (8) is unrolled from a roll and is transported along a packaging machine by means of two continuous chains, which each circulate around at least two gears, and at the same time a packaging depression (6) is formed into the lower film web (8) and said packaging depression is filled with a good to be packaged and subsequently an upper film is sealed onto the packaging depression (6).
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
86.
METHOD FOR GRIPPING AND DISCARDING THE END PIECE OF A FOOD PRODUCT
The invention relates to a gripper for a device for slicing one or more food products, in particular sausage, ham and/or cheese. The invention further relates to the device per se as well as to a method for gripping a food product and a method for discarding an end piece.
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the position of a lower and/or upper material web in a packaging machine, wherein the lower material web is unwound from a supply roll and conveyed intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine, packaging recesses are optionally formed in the lower material web in a forming station, the lower material web, preferably the packaging recesses, are then filled with products to be packaged, then an upper material web is sealed to the lower material web in a sealing station, both the lower and the upper material webs being unwound from respective supply rolls.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
The present invention relates to a packaging machine that unwinds a lower film web from a supply roll and conveys it intermittently or continuously along the packaging machine, forming in a forming station packaging recesses in the lower film web, which are then filled with a product to be packaged, then an upper film web is sealed to the lower film web in a sealing station, the lower and the upper film webs being both unwound from respective supply rollers and both the lower film web and the upper film web being tensioned by respective dancer rollers. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a packaging.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
The invention relates to a device for slicing a block of food into slices of food, the device having an asymmetric removable border blade and a removable blade holder designed in accordance with the shape of the border blade, the ratio of the areas of the blade holder and of the border blade being such that the border blade is only a smaller part of the total area and thus constitutes a narrow border.
The invention relates to a system for changing formats of products, in particular foods, and conveying products in a main conveying direction, comprising a belt, a line-up belt and a further belt, wherein the line-up belt is arranged downstream of the belt in the main conveying direction, wherein the further belt is arranged downstream of the line-up belt in the main conveying direction, wherein the line-up belt has a transfer line for receiving food from a preceding belt onto the line-up belt and wherein the transfer line can be varied in the main conveying direction. The invention also relates to a line-up belt for conveying products, in particular food, in a main conveying direction, wherein the line-up belt is designed such that it can rotate about an axis of rotation at a rotational angle, wherein the axis of rotation is positioned substantially orthogonal to the main conveying direction and in the main extension plane of the line-up belt. The invention further relates to a method for shortening the effective length of a line-up belt of a system for conveying products, which has a preceding belt and the line-up belt, by a shortening length, wherein the preceding belt is positioned in a main conveying direction of the system such that it overlaps by the shortening length.
B65G 21/14 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element
91.
Delay unit, unrolling device, cutting machine and method for providing separating material
A cutting machine that includes a knife and an unrolling device. The knife severs foodstuff slices from a foodstuff bar. A leaf from a separating material is provided between at least two foodstuff slices. The unrolling device providing the separating material for disposal of the leaf between the two foodstuff slices and injects the leaf into the cutting region. The unrolling device has a tape roll and a delay unit. disposed downstream of the tape roll. The delay unit is configured for delaying the movement of the separating material, which is unrolled from the unrolling device and is provided in a cutting region of a cutting machine.
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B65H 23/10 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on running web
B65H 35/08 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with revolving, e.g. cylinder, cutters or perforators
The invention relates to a line (1) for processing and packaging food, said line having at least one processing station (3) for processing the food and at least one packaging station (4) for packaging the processed food, and the processing station (3) and the packaging station (4) being housed in an interior of a common housing (2). The invention further relates to a supply device (100) for supplying food to a line (1) and a receiving device (101) for receiving food from a line (1), and to a method for operating a line (1) for processing and packaging food.
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 55/02 - Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
A23L 3/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
93.
KNIFE RECEIVER FOR AN APPARATUS FOR SLICING FOOD PRODUCTS
The invention relates to a knife receiver (1) for an apparatus (26) for slicing food products (37), in particular a high-performance slicer, having a receiving head (3) for receiving a cutting knife (34; 35), a rotation device (2) for rotating the receiving head (3) about a knife axis, and an orbiter device (16) which is provided to move the receiving head (3) on a circular path, wherein the orbiter device (16) is displaceable between a working position, in which the orbiter device (16) moves the receiving head (3) on the circular path, and a rest position, in which the orbiter device (16) fixes the receiving head (3) on a fixed point of the circular path. The invention further relates to an apparatus (36) for slicing food products (37) having said knife receiver (1), and to a method for operating the apparatus.
The present invention relates to a food-processing system having at least one food-processing device and at least one conveying device for conveying food products in a conveying direction from the food-processing device and/or to the food-processing device, wherein at least one detection device for detecting, in particular contactlessly, biogenic amines is situated upstream and/or downstream of the food-processing device in the conveying direction.
The present invention relates to a transport system for transporting products from a processing station to a further processing station, in particular a packaging station, comprising a plurality of sequential transport belts which transport a plurality of products simultaneously on a plurality of tracks. The invention also relates to a method for generating formats of products.
B65G 21/06 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
B65G 21/14 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element
B65G 15/12 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts
A slicing device for food bars is proposed, wherein the slicing device has a cutting device, in particular a moving cutting knife, wherein the slicing device has a cooling device for food bars to be sliced, wherein the cooling device has at least a first nozzle for outputting coolant, characterized in that the first nozzle is arranged in a cutting region assigned to the cutting device. Furthermore, a corresponding method for slicing food bars is proposed.
An upper sealing tool that includes a peripheral region and a recess, by way of which an upper film web is formed. The recess has a transition region and an inner region. The recess has a depth measured between the peripheral region and the inner region. The transition region has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is provided in a convex state and the second portion is provided in a concave state. A ratio of the depth of the recess to a radius of curvature of the first portion is ≤2.5. A ratio of the depth of the recess to a radius of curvature of the second portion is ≤2.5.
B65B 47/10 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure by vacuum
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 7/16 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B29C 51/36 - Moulds specially adapted for vacuum forming
B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
The invention proposes a gripper system (1) for gripping blocks of a foodstuff (6, 6', 6'', 6''') that are to be cut, the gripper system (1) having at least two gripper devices (10, 11, 12, 13), characterised in that at least one of the gripper devices (10, 11, 12, 13) has a length compensation means (3, 3', 3'', 3'''), wherein the at least one of the gripper devices (10, 11, 12, 13) has a fixing unit (4, 4', 4'', 4'''), wherein the fixing unit (4, 4', 4'', 4''') is designed in such a way that the length compensation means (3, 3', 3'', 3''') can be fixed in place with the aid of the fixing unit (4, 4', 4'', 4'''). The invention also relates to a cutting device for cutting blocks of a foodstuff (6, 6', 6'', 6'''), wherein the cutting device comprises at least one product feed means for feeding the block of foodstuff (6, 6', 6'', 6''') and a gripper system (1). The invention also proposes a corresponding method.
The invention relates to a gripping device (20) for gripping blocks of food (2) to be sliced, the gripping device (20) comprising a product-detecting device (1), the product-detecting device (1) having at least one ejector (3), characterized in that the product-detecting device (1) comprises a flowmeter (4) operatively connected to the ejector (3). The invention further relates to a slicing device for blocks of food (2), the slicing device comprising at least one gripping device (20). The invention further relates to a corresponding product-detecting device (1) and to a corresponding method.
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
100.
GAS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT WITH TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION
The invention relates to a method for measuring the concentration of a gas component in an atmosphere of a packaging which is made from a plastic film and which comprises a gas concentration indicator substance on the side of the plastic film facing the atmosphere.
G01N 31/22 - Investigating or analysing non-biological materials by the use of the chemical methods specified in the subgroupsApparatus specially adapted for such methods using chemical indicators
G01N 21/77 - Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated by observing the effect on a chemical indicator
