US 12,187,482 B2
Packaging apparatus for small piece goods and method for producing a blister tube comprising a plurality of blister bags
Torben Schüttfort, Sassen (DE)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,394.
Application 18/497,394 is a continuation of application No. 18/087,536, filed on Dec. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,858,677.
Application 18/087,536 is a continuation of application No. 17/520,029, filed on Nov. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,572,208, issued on Feb. 7, 2023.
Application 17/520,029 is a continuation of application No. 16/879,464, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,208,223, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059438 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B65B 9/213 (2012.01); B65B 51/30 (2006.01); B65B 61/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 61/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 9/2042 (2013.01) [B65B 9/20 (2013.01); B65B 9/2035 (2013.01); B65B 9/213 (2013.01); B65B 51/303 (2013.01); B65B 61/007 (2013.01); B65B 61/025 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65B 61/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging apparatus, comprising:
a packaging material guiding device configured to shape a moving packaging material web into a shaped packaging material web;
a plurality of joining devices configured to join the shaped packaging material web together at a first joining area and at predetermined intervals to form a plurality of second joining areas; and
a plurality of embossers configured to be individually extended from and retracted into one of the plurality of joining devices.