Patent ID: 9272798
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B65B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A complete cutting station for separatingly cutting out packaging units from a film composite, said cutting station comprising: a complete cutting tool disposed for vertical movement and configured for severing said film composite, said cutting tool comprising using a plurality of cutting edges disposed to separatingly cut out a plurality of packaging units from a film composite, each cutting edge defining an outer contour of one of said plurality of packaging units; and a conveying system having a plurality of conveyor elements for conveying a respective separated packaging unit, each said conveyor element comprising a head portion for engaging with a packaging unit, wherein said conveyor elements are disposed for vertical movement independent of said complete cutting tool and movable between a retracted and an extended position, and wherein each said head portion of said conveyor elements is located within the outer contour defined by one of said plurality of said cutting edges and laterally adjacent to the cutting edges in said retracted position; wherein said head portions of at least some conveyor elements are movable between a first position in which packaging units that they engage are at a first distance to each other defined by said film composite, and a second position in which said packaging units are one of at a second smaller distance from each other or vertically overlap in at least one horizontal spatial direction; and wherein said conveyor elements are vacuum grippers, and said head portions are suction heads.