Patent ID: 11866211
Assignee: UHLMANN PAC-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method for inserting a web-shaped packaging material into a packaging machine, comprising the steps of:
providing the packaging material;
gripping the packaging material by means of a handling device, wherein a free end section of the packaging material is arched in a transverse direction of the packaging material and projects out from the handling device, wherein the handling device comprises a holder, which is configured to grip the web-shaped packaging material, the holder extending farther in a longitudinal direction than in transverse directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the holder and comprises a contact area, which is defined by at least one contact site for contacting the web-shaped packaging material, the contact area comprising a curvature extending in the longitudinal direction of the holder; and
inserting the free end section of the packaging material into a first processing station of the packaging machine by way of the handling device.