IP Library Granted Patent US 8,979,619
Granted Patent B2
US 8,979,619 · App. 13/905,276 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Packaging plant

Inventor: Michael Lang (Buching, DE)
Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GmbH & Co. KG
A22C11/00A22C11/008B65G47/5122
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Patent No.
US 8,979,619
App. No.
13/905,276
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging plant for packing sausages or other objects, comprising a manufacturing device, a buffer device, a feeding device, an insertion device, and a packaging machine, the buffer device comprising a length-variable transport section, and a method for operating a packaging plant according to the invention.

Claims (16)

1. Packaging plant for packing sausages or other objects, said packaging plant comprising:

a manufacturing device;

a buffer device having a length-variable transport section;

a feeding device;

an insertion device; and

a packaging machine.

2. Packaging plant according to claim 1 , wherein the manufacturing device is an oven.

3. Packaging plant according claim 1 , wherein the feeding device has two tracks, wherein one track is located on either side along the packaging machine.

4. Packaging plant according to claim 3 , wherein a sorting device for distributing the sausages onto the two tracks of the feeding device is provided between the buffer device and the feeding device.

5. Packaging plant according to claim 1 , wherein in a direction of transport behind the packaging machine, a single-lining device is provided.

6. Packaging plant according to claim 1 , wherein in a direction of transport behind the packaging machine, a labeling device and/or a weighing device is provided.

7. Packaging plant according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer device comprises a transport system and several adjustable pairs of rollers, wherein the transport section can be elongated by an upward movement of the pairs of rollers and shortened by a downward movement of the pairs of rollers.

8. Packaging plant according to claim 7 , wherein the transport system comprises a plurality of receptacles.

9. Packaging plant according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion device comprises at least two pickers per track of the feeding device.

10. Packaging plant according to claim 9 , wherein the feeding device has two tracks, each track having at least one first conveying belt and one second conveying belt, the second conveying belt which is arranged in the region of the last picker disposed in the direction of transport being movable at a lower speed than the first conveying belt.

11. Packaging plant according to claim 9 , wherein each picker comprises a gripper for receiving at least two, preferably three sausages.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2020
From: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG
To: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 054665/0367 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2013
From: LANG, MICHAEL
To: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 031286/0343 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 010 845 · May 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130324022A1 · Dec 5, 2013