US 12,448,191 B2
Packaging device, packaging unit, and method for producing packaging units
Thomas Wimmer, Rosenheim (DE); Marcus Kreis, Kolbermoor (DE); Herbert Spindler, Niedermoosen (DE); Johann Luber, Bad Feilnbach (DE); and Thomas Hensel, Aying (DE)
Assigned to Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 18/574,488
Filed by Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/066876
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/030718, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 122 384.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253883 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 17/02 (2006.01); B65D 71/42 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/42 (2013.01) [B65B 17/025 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00141 (2013.01); B65D 2571/0066 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging device for producing packaging units (10), comprising at least two articles (12), which at least two articles (12) are held together by at least one packaging blank (14) with primary and with secondary fixing elements (22, 30), and which packaging device comprises at least:
an application device (176) capable of applying a main surface (18) of at least one packaging blank (14) to one or more first end faces (16) of the at least two article or grouped articles (20) and capable of establishing a connection between the articles (12) and a primary fixing element (22) of the packaging blank (14), wherein the application device (176) comprises at least one controllable application head (130) capable of moving within a defined movement space,
wherein the at least one controllable application head (130) can apply a packaging blank (14) to at least one article grouping (20) located or moving within the movement space,
wherein the at least one controllable application head (130) is capable of receiving, holding, and releasing the packaging blanks (14) and capable of placing the respective packaging blank (14) on an upper side of the respective article grouping (20),
a shaping device (60, 158) capable of folding over at least one side surface (24) adjacent to a longitudinal side of the main surface (18) of the packaging blank (14), thus forming a secondary fixing element (30) interacting with one or more shell surfaces (26) of the articles (12), and
a fixing device (178, 180) capable of forming the secondary fixing elements (30) formed by strapping sections (32), which strapping sections (32) surround defined regions of the shell surfaces (26) of the articles (12) and fixes the articles (12) in a parallel or an approximately parallel alignment to one another.