Device for producing bags from hose-shaped material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409370-B2
Application number	US-201013146501-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2010
Priority date	Jan 28, 2009
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for producing bags from tubular material having fabric made of stretched plastic strips has at least one tube-forming device or a tube-unwinding device, by which tubular material for producing bags can be produced from web-shaped material and in which the tubular material, can be conveyed in a transport direction (x′), at least one tube-separating device, by which tube pieces can be separated from the tubular material, a bottom-forming device, by which bottoms can be molded onto at least one end of a tube piece, and at least one transport device for transporting the tube pieces within the bottom-forming device in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to their direction of extension (y) The transport direction (x′) of the tubular material in the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device and the transport direction (x) of the tube pieces in the transport device are parallel to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for producing bags from tubular material, having fabric made of stretched plastic strips, said apparatus comprising:
at least one tube-forming device or a tube-unwinding device, by which tubular material for producing bags can be produced from web-shaped material and in which the tubular material can be conveyed in a transport direction (x′),
at least one tube-separating device, by which tube pieces can be separated from the tubular material,
a bottom-forming device, by which bottoms can be molded onto at least one end of a tube piece, and
at least one transport device for transporting the tube pieces within the bottom-forming device in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to their direction of extension (y),
with the transport direction (x′) of the tubular material in the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device and the transport direction (x) of the tube pieces in the transport device being parallel to each other, and
with a deflecting device that includes a turning bar being located between the tube forming device or the tube-unwinding device and the bottom-forming device,
the deflecting device (i) deflecting the tubular material in a new transport direction (y) extending, at least in part, transversely to the transport direction (x′) and (ii) being repositionable in the transport direction (x′) of the tubular material.

2. The apparatus accordlng to claim 1 , wherein the separating device and the deflecting device are located at a distance from each other in a vertical direction.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the separating device and the deflecting device are located above each other.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tube-forming device includes a winding unit with which the tubular material can be wound up into a spool.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device includes a storage device with which tubular material can be stored and supplied to the tube-separating device.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device includes a device for detecting material, defects and with which defective tube regions are detectable.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising, for removal of defective tube pieces, a reject gate downstream of the tube-separating device, in the transport direction (x′, x) of the tubular material.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a control device to which data can be fed via a data line from a device for detection of material defects.

9. The apparatus accord claim 8 , wherein the reject gate can be activated by the control device based on the data of the device for the detection of material defects in such a way that the defective tube pieces can be eliminated.

10. A method of producing bags from tubular material having fabric made of stretched plastic strips, comprising:
producing tubular material for the production of bags from web-shaped material with at least one tube-forming device or a tube-unwinding device and conveying the tubular material in a transport direction (x′),
separating tube pieces from the tubular material with at least one tube-separating device,
molding bottoms onto at least one end of a tube piece in a bottom-forming device,
the tube pieces being transported within the bottom-forming device with at least one transport device in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to a direction of extension (y) of the tube pieces,
the tubular material being transported in the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device and the tube pieces being transported in the transport device, parallel to each other in a direction of movement (x′, x), and
with a deflecting device that includes a turning bar (i) located between the tube-forming device or the tube-unwinding device and the bottom-forming device and (ii) repositionable in the transport direction (x′) of the tubular material, deflecting the tubular material in the transport direction (y) extending, at least in part, transversely to the transport direction (x′), and adjusting a position of an edge of the tubular material to have a constant position regardless of a width of the tubular material.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the separating device and the deflecting device are located at a distance from each other in a vertical direction.

Assignees

• Koehn Uwe
• Tautz Manfred
• Mueller Manfred
• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Koehn Uwe
• Tautz Manfred
• Mueller Manfred

Classifications

• B31B2160/10

  rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents · CPC title

• B31B2150/00

  Flexible containers made from sheets or blanks, e.g. from flattened tubes · CPC title

• B31B2155/00

  Flexible containers made from webs · CPC title

• B31B2160/20

  with structural provision for thickness of contents · CPC title

• B31B70/00 Primary

  Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags · CPC title