Patent ID: 9248929
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B21D,B29C,B30B,B65B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A work station for a packaging machine, comprising an upper tool and a lower tool arranged below the upper tool, wherein said upper and lower tools are configured for acting on a packaging web, and wherein a lifting unit is provided for moving at least one of said upper and lower tools between at least one lowered position and at least one raised position, so that, in one of said two positions, said upper and lower tools abut on one another or are spaced apart at a smaller distance than in the other position, wherein in the position in which the upper tool and the lower tool abut on one another or are spaced apart at a smaller distance than in the other position, said upper and lower tools are adapted to be coupled to one another by a releasable coupling, wherein the releasable coupling is actuatable between an uncoupled state in which the upper tool and the lower tool are uncoupled and in which the lifting unit only moves one of the tools, and a coupled state in which the upper tool, the lower tool, and the releasable coupling can be removed from the work station in common.