Patent ID: 11905047
Assignee: KHS GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for forming bundles of liquid-filled containers by wrapping a combination of grouped packages in a cutout, said apparatus comprising a wrapping unit and a transport unit that transports said combination in a transport direction through said wrapping unit, wherein said wrapping unit wraps said combination with said cutout such that a front end of said cutout and a rear end of said cutout are arranged to overlap each other while lying on said transport unit, wherein said transport unit comprises a wrapping belt that passes through said wrapping unit for conveying said combination along a transport plane from a wrapping-belt inlet to a wrapping-belt outlet, wherein said wrapping belt comprises long belts and short belts that are parallel to each other and that circulate in the transport direction, wherein said long belts extend from said wrapping-belt inlet to said wrapping-belt outlet and said short belts extends from said wrapping-belt inlet to an end region that falls short of reaching said wrapping-belt outlet, and wherein each of said short belts is arranged between a pair of said long belts, thereby forming free spaces between said long belts.