US 12,246,872 B2
Device and method for loading transport containers
Markus Bretz, Herrilberg (CH)
Assigned to FERAG AG, Hinwil (CH)
Filed by FERAG AG, Hinwil (CH)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,093.
Claims priority of application No. 000657/2022 (CH), filed on May 31, 2022; application No. 001030/2022 (CH), filed on Sep. 2, 2022; application No. 23174649 (EP), filed on May 22, 2023; and application No. 23174650 (EP), filed on May 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382583 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 35/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 25/20 (2006.01); B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B65B 43/54 (2006.01); B65B 61/04 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65G 67/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 43/54 (2013.01) [B65B 5/045 (2013.01); B65B 25/20 (2013.01); B65B 35/02 (2013.01); B65B 43/26 (2013.01); B65B 61/04 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65G 67/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for inserting flat good units into a transport container comprising:
an insertion module for inserting flat good units into a transport container;
a feed module for feeding flat good units to the insertion module by supplying a bundle with a carrier strand, on which a plurality of packaging units are arranged one behind the other in a row;
a separation module for providing flat good units by separating package elements from a supplied bundle; and
a first identification module for identifying flat good units;
wherein the feed module comprises a horizontal conveying device by which flat good units are conveyable along a conveying path; and
wherein the first identification module is configured to determine the identity of a flat good unit.