US 12,240,640 B2
Method for inserting products into trays and loading station
Matthias Storhas, Babenhausen (DE); and Norbert Woerz, Erkheim (DE)
Assigned to MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed by MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,356.
Claims priority of application No. 102021107944.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315256 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 35/16 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 35/36 (2006.01); B65B 43/48 (2006.01); B65B 61/28 (2006.01); B65G 47/42 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 5/105 (2013.01) [B65B 35/24 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 47/88 (2013.01); B65G 47/914 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for inserting products into trays at a loading station for a tray sealer, the method comprising:
loading a tray of several trays, provided on a tray conveyor, with product by way of a gripper unit to a target value at the loading station; and
pushing the tray from the tray conveyor onto a discharge belt of the loading station by way of a tray pusher formed on the gripper unit;
wherein the tray pusher directly contacts the tray while pushing the tray onto the discharge belt, and wherein the loading station comprises between the tray conveyor and the discharge belt a guide system that is adjustable between a first position, in which the guide system forms a tray guide for guiding trays as the trays move with the tray conveyor, and a second position, in which the guide system forms a bridge between the tray conveyor and the discharge belt.