Patent ID: 9663254
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65B

Claim:
1. A method for handling in a deep-drawing packaging machine one or more L-boards, each having a product region and a limb pivotable relative to the product region, the method comprising the following steps: moving one or more troughs containing an L-board in a production direction into a working area of a folding device; folding over in the production direction the limb of the one or more L-boards located in the folding device; lowering a hold down device using a pneumatic cylinder after the folding over step to contact with the folded over limb of the one or more L-boards; holding down the folded over limb of the one or more L-boards with the hold down device; and moving the one or more troughs containing the L-board having the folded over limb in the production direction.