US 11,905,047 B2
Device and method for forming bundles of individual packages
Bernd Cox, Weeze (DE); and Michael Jörissen, Bedburg-Hau (DE)
Assigned to KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
Appl. No. 17/631,650
Filed by KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069969
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018587, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019120789.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281625 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 11/10 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/02 (2006.01); B65B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 11/10 (2013.01) [B65B 51/023 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65B 2011/002 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for forming bundles of liquid-filled containers by wrapping a combination of grouped packages in a cutout, said apparatus comprising a wrapping unit and a transport unit that transports said combination in a transport direction through said wrapping unit, wherein said wrapping unit wraps said combination with said cutout such that a front end of said cutout and a rear end of said cutout are arranged to overlap each other while lying on said transport unit, wherein said transport unit comprises a wrapping belt that passes through said wrapping unit for conveying said combination along a transport plane from a wrapping-belt inlet to a wrapping-belt outlet, wherein said wrapping belt comprises long belts and short belts that are parallel to each other and that circulate in the transport direction, wherein said long belts extend from said wrapping-belt inlet to said wrapping-belt outlet and said short belts extends from said wrapping-belt inlet to an end region that falls short of reaching said wrapping-belt outlet, and wherein each of said short belts is arranged between a pair of said long belts, thereby forming free spaces between said long belts.