US 12,492,029 B2
Packaging system and method for feeding flat packaging materials to a packaging system
August Peutl, Woerth an der Donau (DE); and Andreas Hack, Osterhofen (DE)
Assigned to Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 18/839,652
Filed by Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/087075
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/160864, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 104 177.8 (DE), filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0153878 A1, May 15, 2025
Int. Cl. B65B 43/12 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 43/126 (2013.01) [B65H 5/006 (2013.01); B65H 2301/152 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging system (1) comprising:
a packaging module (2),
a first transport device (3) for feeding articles to the packaging module (2) in a first transport direction (TR1),
and a second transport device (4) for feeding flat packaging materials (20) arranged in a first upright orientation (22sv1) in a second transport direction (TR2), where the second transport direction (TR2) differs from the first transport direction (TR1),
a handling device (5) for arranging the flat packaging materials (20) on the second transport device (4), and
at least one displacement unit (8) capable of displacing a plurality of upright packaging materials (20) relative to one another,
wherein the displacement unit (8) includes vertically oriented side walls (9) and a support surface (10), wherein an angle differing from 90 degrees is formed between each of the side walls (9) and the support surface (10).