Patent ID: 9573713
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B65B,B65H

Claim:
1. A system for changing removable carrier units ( 8 a ′, 8 b ′) with flat packaging material ( 10 ) wound on supply rolls ( 9 ) within a packaging machine ( 3 ), which is equipped with devices for at least partially wrapping articles with packaging material ( 10 , 10 ′) with a feeding device ( 4 ) for the provision of removable carrier units ( 8 a , 8 b ) carrying new supply rolls ( 9 ) in a series one after the other, which is assigned to a work area (AB) of a handling device ( 5 ), which extends into at least one position of the operating position of the removable carrier unit ( 8 a ′, 8 b ′) equipped with a supply roll ( 9 ) which is arranged in the packaging machine ( 3 ), so that removable carrier units ( 8 a ′, 8 b ′) located in the packaging machine ( 3 ) with used up supply rolls ( 9 ′) can be replaced with new removable carrier units ( 8 a , 8 b ) with new supply rolls ( 9 ) by the handling device ( 5 ), the packaging machine ( 3 ) including at least two different installation positions (EB 1 , EB 2 ) and a corresponding holding mandrel ( 15 , 15 ′) at each of the at least two different installation positions (EB 1 , EB 2 ), wherein each of the holding mandrels ( 15 , 15 ′) are aligned to connect with a respective new supply roll ( 9 ) when the removable carrier unit ( 8 a , 8 b ) carrying the respective new supply roll ( 9 ) is inserted into the corresponding installation position (EB 1 , EB 2 ), wherein the handling device ( 5 ) is configured to alternatively insert the respective new removable carrier units ( 8 a , 8 b ) with the respective new supply roll ( 9 ) at the at least two different installation positions (EB 1 , EB 2 ) in the packaging machine ( 3 ) such that the flat packaging material ( 10 ) of the respective new supply roll ( 9 ) can be connected with the packaging material ( 10 ′) still located in the packaging machine ( 3 ).