US 12,187,477 B2
Dual lane, premade pouch packaging machine
Abhijit Salpe, Parvati Pune (IN)
Filed by Abhijit Salpe, Parvati Pune (IN)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,383.
Application 18/504,383 is a continuation of application No. 18/491,064, filed on Oct. 20, 2023.
Application 18/491,064 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IN2022/050379, filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158122 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 41/04 (2006.01); B65B 43/46 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 41/04 (2013.01) [B65B 43/465 (2013.01); B65B 59/003 (2019.05); B65B 65/006 (2013.01); B65B 2210/04 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dual lane premade pouch packaging machine (200) comprising:
a first indexing assembly (110A) and a second indexing assembly (110B) running in synchronization with each other and driven by two independent driving mechanisms;
a plurality of gripper assemblies (150), each serving as a station for performing basic operations related to pouch packaging; each gripper assembly from the plurality of gripper assemblies (150) consisting of consecutively mounted first gripper finger (120) and a second gripper finger (130), wherein each gripper finger (120 and 130) is having a right hand side (RHS) gripping profile (120A, 130A) and a left hand side (LHS) gripping profile (120B, 130B) respectively forming first gripping unit (A) and second gripping unit (B) on either sides;
a cam follower (140) mounted on each of the gripping profile of the first and the second gripping units (A, B) either on upper side or on the lower side thereof; and
at least one top cam (160) for operating the upper-mounted cam followers (140) and at least one bottom cam (170) for operating the lower-mounted cam followers (140);
characterized in that,
the plurality of a gripper assemblies (150) are linearly arranged on the indexing assemblies (110A, 110B) with first gripper fingers (120) mounted on the first indexing assembly (110A) and second gripper fingers (130) mounted on the second indexing assembly (110B), wherein the indexing assemblies (110A, 110B) move in synchronization to each other, maintaining the width of gripping units (A, B) constant for all the gripper assemblies (150), and the width of gripping units (A, B) is adjusted according to the pouch width by linearly moving either of the indexing assembly (110A or 110B); and
the plurality of gripper assemblies (150) is arranged with gripper assemblies (150) having all upper-mounted cam followers (140) and gripper assemblies (150) having all lower-mounted cam followers (140) arranged alternately.