Granted Patent B2

US 12,286,255 · App. 18/137,145 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Inventors: Benjamin Doelker (Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE); Tobias Goettert (Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE); Dennis Weissert (Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE)

Assignee: KOCH PAC-SYSTEME GMBH

B65B5/02B65B5/04B65B7/2878

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A forming device for forming at least one cup into a packaging material, wherein the forming device comprises:

a die, which comprises at least one recess;

a punch, which is configured to form the packaging material into the at least one recess of the die; and

a hold-down device, wherein the hold-down device and the die are configured to receive the packaging material between them in a holding region that surrounds the at least one recess of the die;

wherein the die has, in the holding region, a first bearing surface, which faces the hold-down device, and wherein the hold-down device has, in the holding region, a second bearing surface, which faces the die;

wherein the first bearing surface has at least one first opening, wherein the at least one first opening is in fluid communication with a first fluid source, and/or the second bearing surface has at least one second opening, wherein the at least one second opening is in fluid communication with the first or a second fluid source; and

wherein the first bearing surface has a plurality of first openings and the die comprises a first bearing component, which surrounds the at least one recess and comprises the first bearing surface, wherein the first bearing component is formed at least partially from a porous material which provides the plurality of first openings.

2. The forming device according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing surface has a plurality of second openings and the hold-down device comprises a second bearing component, which surrounds the punch and comprises the second bearing surface, wherein the second bearing component is formed at least partially from a porous material which provides the plurality of second openings.

3. The forming device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing surface has a plurality of first openings and/or the second bearing surface has a plurality of second openings, wherein the plurality of first and/or second openings is formed by a plurality of bores.

4. The forming device according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing surface of the hold-down device has a plurality of segments, wherein a fluid supply at least to a first segment of the plurality of segments is regulatable independently of a fluid supply at least to a further segment of the plurality of segments.

5. The forming device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second opening is configured in a way that a fluid flow emerging from it has a flow direction which is directed at least partially in the direction of the at least one recess.

6. The forming device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first opening is configured in a way that a fluid flow emerging from it has a flow direction which is directed at least partially in the direction of the at least one recess.

7. A packaging machine comprising a forming device for forming at least one cup into a packaging material, a filling device for filling the at least one cup with a product, and a closing device for closing the at least one filled cup, wherein the forming device comprises:

a die, which comprises at least one recess;

a punch, which is configured to form the packaging material into the at least one recess of the die; and

a hold-down device, wherein the hold-down device and the die are configured to receive the packaging material between them in a holding region that surrounds the at least one recess of the die;

wherein the die has, in the holding region, a first bearing surface, which faces the hold-down device, and the hold-down device has, in the holding region, a second bearing surface, which faces the die;

wherein the first bearing surface has at least one first opening, wherein the at least one first opening is in fluid communication with a first fluid source, and/or the second bearing surface has at least one second opening, wherein the at least one second opening is in fluid communication with the first or a second fluid source; and

wherein the second bearing surface has a plurality of second openings and the hold-down device comprises a second bearing component, which surrounds the punch and comprises the second bearing surface, wherein the second bearing component is formed at least partially from a porous material which provides the plurality of second openings.

8. The forming device according to claim 7 , wherein the first bearing surface has a plurality of first openings and the die comprises a first bearing component, which surrounds the at least one recess and comprises the first bearing surface, wherein the first bearing component is formed at least partially from a porous material which provides the plurality of first openings.

9. The forming device according to claim 7 , wherein the first bearing surface has a plurality of first openings and/or the second bearing surface has a plurality of second openings, wherein the plurality of first and/or second openings is formed by a plurality of bores.

10. The forming device according to claim 7 , wherein the second bearing surface of the hold-down device has a plurality of segments, wherein a fluid supply at least to a first segment of the plurality of segments is regulatable independently of a fluid supply at least to a further segment of the plurality of segments.

11. The forming device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one first opening is configured in a way that a fluid flow emerging from it has a flow direction which is directed at least partially in the direction of the at least one recess.

12. The forming device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one second opening is configured in a way that a fluid flow emerging from it has a flow direction which is directed at least partially in the direction of the at least one recess.

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