US 11,745,903 B2
Device and method for the shaping of gable surfaces of packages with a slanted gable
Felix Breitmar, Moenchengladbach (DE)
Assigned to SIG Technology AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Appl. No. 16/90,365
Filed by SIG Technology AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/056199
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 1, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/174318, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 106 139.5 (DE), filed on Apr. 4, 2016; and application No. 10 2016 109 980.5 (DE), filed on May 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0112081 A1, Apr. 18, 2019
Int. Cl. B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/32 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B31B 50/28 (2017.01); B31B 50/78 (2017.01); B31B 50/00 (2017.01); B31B 50/32 (2017.01); B65B 61/24 (2006.01); B65B 43/54 (2006.01); B65B 41/06 (2006.01); B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B65B 43/14 (2006.01); B65B 55/10 (2006.01); B31B 105/00 (2017.01); B31B 100/00 (2017.01)
CPC B65B 3/025 (2013.01) [B31B 50/006 (2017.08); B31B 50/28 (2017.08); B31B 50/322 (2017.08); B31B 50/782 (2017.08); B31B 50/788 (2017.08); B65B 7/16 (2013.01); B65B 41/06 (2013.01); B65B 43/145 (2013.01); B65B 43/26 (2013.01); B65B 43/325 (2013.01); B65B 43/50 (2013.01); B65B 43/54 (2013.01); B65B 55/10 (2013.01); B65B 61/24 (2013.01); B31B 2100/0022 (2017.08); B31B 2105/0022 (2017.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for the shaping of gable surfaces of packages with a slanted gable, comprising:
a conveyor system comprising cells for receiving the packages,
at least one gable folder for folding a fin seam in a gable region of the packages,
at least two ear folders for folding ears in the gable region of the packages,
wherein both the gable folder and the ear folders are mounted movably relative to the conveyor system and the packages transported by said conveyor system, and the at least one gable folder is mounted movably in one plane and has at least a two-dimensional mobility, and
wherein the at least one gable folder is mounted movably such that it can fold the fin seam in the gable region of the packages forward in the direction of transport of the packages.