US 12,420,964 B2
Apparatus and method for packaging slab form or cuboidal products
Markus Saffer, Eggolsheim (DE); Martin Becker, Forchheim (DE); and Alexander Backes, Oberasbach (DE)
Assigned to LOESCH VERPACKUNGSTECHNIK GMBH + CO. KG, Altendorf (DE)
Appl. No. 18/040,058
Filed by LOESCH Verpackungstechnik GmbH + Co. KG, Altendorf (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/028679, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278735 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 25/00 (2006.01); A23G 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 11/12 (2006.01); B65B 35/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 11/12 (2013.01) [A23G 7/0012 (2013.01); A23G 7/0062 (2013.01); B65B 25/005 (2013.01); B65B 35/20 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for packaging plate-shaped or cuboid-shaped products in a food industry in a packaging material film, the apparatus comprising:
feeding devices for feeding one product at a time to a packaging station in a conveying direction in a conveying plane;
guiding devices for providing in the packaging station a blank of the packaging material film matching the respectively fed product, wherein the blank of the packaging material film is fed into the packaging station in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction;
wherein the feeding devices are configured and arranged to convey the product, respectively, at least partially through the packaging station such that the product is inserted into the blank of the packaging material film in the conveying direction such that the packaging material film substantially wraps around the product;
discharge devices for discharging the product from the packaging station in the conveying direction, wherein the respective blank of the packaging material film remains wrapped around the product;
holding devices being configured and arranged to move in the conveying plane at least partially in the conveying direction with the product through the packaging station, wherein the holding devices hold the respective blank of the packaging material film being wrapped around the product in a predetermined orientation and arrangement with respect to the respective product, wherein the holding devices are movably configured and arranged to hold the product in a predetermined orientation and arrangement with respect to the conveying plane while the product is conveyed through the packaging station in that the holding devices hold the respective blank of the packaging material film placed around the product in a predetermined orientation and arrangement with respect to the respective product, and wherein the holding devices do not contact the product.