EP3921236C0 - Flow-wrapping machine with dosing device - Google Patents

Flow-wrapping machine with dosing device

Info

Publication number: EP3921236C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: flow; dosing device; wrapping machine; wrapping; dosing
Prior art date: 2019-02-08
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP20706388.4A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP3921236B1 (en

EP3921236A2 (en

Inventor

Roland Kuhn

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Rovema GmbH

Original Assignee

Rovema GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2019-02-08

Filing date

2020-02-05

Publication date

2025-08-06

2020-02-05 Application filed by Rovema GmbH filed Critical Rovema GmbH

2021-12-15 Publication of EP3921236A2 publication Critical patent/EP3921236A2/en

2025-08-06 Application granted granted Critical

2025-08-06 Publication of EP3921236B1 publication Critical patent/EP3921236B1/en

2025-08-06 Publication of EP3921236C0 publication Critical patent/EP3921236C0/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-02-05 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
- B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
- B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
- B65B1/10—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by rotary feeders
- B65B1/12—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by rotary feeders of screw type
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
- B65B1/32—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by weighing
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
- B65B1/36—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
- B65B37/005—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by endless belts or chains
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
- B65B37/16—Separating measured quantities from supply
- B65B37/18—Separating measured quantities from supply by weighing
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
- B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
- B65B57/16—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
- B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
- B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
- B65B65/006—Multiple parallel packaging lines
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
- B65B2210/02—Plurality of alternative input or output lines or plurality of alternative packaging units on the same packaging line for improving machine flexibility
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
- B65B2220/14—Adding more than one type of material or article to the same package

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Quality & Reliability (AREA)
Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)

EP20706388.4A 2019-02-08 2020-02-05 Bag forming, filling and sealing machine comprising metering device Active EP3921236B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE102019103137.0A DE102019103137A1 (en)	2019-02-08	2019-02-08	Tubular bag machine with dosing device
PCT/EP2020/052792 WO2020161152A2 (en)	2019-02-08	2020-02-05	Bag forming, filling and sealing machine comprising metering device

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3921236A2 EP3921236A2 (en)	2021-12-15
EP3921236B1 EP3921236B1 (en)	2025-08-06
EP3921236C0 true EP3921236C0 (en)	2025-08-06

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP20706388.4A Active EP3921236B1 (en)	2019-02-08	2020-02-05	Bag forming, filling and sealing machine comprising metering device

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US11780618B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP3921236B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE102019103137A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2020161152A2 (en)

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2019
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2020
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- 2020-02-05 US US17/428,770 patent/US11780618B2/en active Active
- 2020-02-05 EP EP20706388.4A patent/EP3921236B1/en active Active

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP3921236B1 (en)	2025-08-06
US20220106066A1 (en)	2022-04-07
DE102019103137A1 (en)	2020-08-13
WO2020161152A2 (en)	2020-08-13
EP3921236A2 (en)	2021-12-15
WO2020161152A3 (en)	2020-10-01
US11780618B2 (en)	2023-10-10

Publication	Publication Date	Title
PL3886665T3 (en)	2025-09-08	DOSING UNIT
EP3863701C0 (en)	2024-04-10	INJECTION DEVICE
EP3754089C0 (en)	2025-03-26	DOSING DEVICE
IL281406A (en)	2021-04-29	Injection device
EP3860770C0 (en)	2024-07-31	DOSING SYSTEM WITH DOSING MATERIAL COOLING DEVICE
IL281401A (en)	2021-04-29	Injection device
EP3802269C0 (en)	2025-07-16	CONVEYOR DEVICE
ES1162584Y (en)	2016-11-03	DOSING DEVICE
EP3828346A4 (en)	2021-12-15	CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
EP3767042A4 (en)	2021-12-15	CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
DE102018202625B8 (en)	2020-09-10	Machine measuring device
EP3618983A4 (en)	2021-03-24	CAM SLOTING MACHINE WITH CAM STOP SURFACES
DK4127614T3 (en)	2025-08-04	Dosing device
DK3807153T3 (en)	2022-11-07	MOBILE PACKAGING MACHINE
EP3744907A4 (en)	2021-05-05	CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
EP3739131A4 (en)	2021-03-24	CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
EP3670733A4 (en)	2020-07-08	WASHING MACHINE WITH DETERGENT FEEDING DEVICE
EP4009881C0 (en)	2025-09-24	SEWING DEVICE
EP3719381A4 (en)	2021-08-04	FILLING DEVICE
EP3742000A4 (en)	2021-08-18	CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
EP3921236C0 (en)	2025-08-06	Flow-wrapping machine with dosing device
IL289260A (en)	2022-02-01	injection device
EP3952958A4 (en)	2023-03-15	INJECTION DEVICE
LT3738677T (en)	2022-02-25	LIQUID DOSING DEVICE
EP3836994C0 (en)	2025-02-19	INJECTION DEVICE

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