US 12,275,549 B2
Feeding device for feeding lid to a sealer
Thomas Müller, Safenwil (CH); and Roger Gisler, Aarau (CH)
Assigned to FERRUM PACKAGING AG, Schafisheim (CH)
Filed by FERRUM PACKAGING AG, Schafisheim (CH)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,066.
Claims priority of application No. 22185610 (EP), filed on Jul. 19, 2022; and application No. 22190809 (EP), filed on Aug. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025581 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 7/00 (2006.01); B21D 51/44 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65G 59/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 7/2807 (2013.01) [B21D 51/44 (2013.01); B65G 59/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feeding device for feeding a lid to a sealer, comprising:
a lid guide configured to guide the lid along a guide plane to the sealer;
a lid feed configured to introduce a lid into the lid guide; and
a movement device arranged at the lid guide, and being movably arranged in such a way that the lid is capable of being moved along the guide plane by the movement device,
the lid guide shaped and arranged at the lid feed in such a way that the lid is capable of being moved in the lid guide exclusively parallel to the guide plane,
the lid feed having a lid feeder configured to feed a plurality of lids in a lid stack, and a de-stacking device for separating the plurality of lids, and
the lid feeder being arranged at the de-stacking device in such a way that the plurality of lids is capable of being separated by the de-stacking device, and the lid guide is arranged at the de-stacking device such that the lid when separated from the lid stack is capable of being introduced into the lid guide by the de-stacking device.