Patent ID: 6698167
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for multiply bundling a plurality of rows of stacks (14a to 14n) of cuts (13a), comprising:an alignment table (11), for receiving the cuts, the alignment table (11) having a platen (11a); an upstream feed pusher unit (12), located on the alignment table (11); a move-away unit (18) located on the alignment table (11) and comprising a slotted platen (18a) having longitudinal slots (20); a bundling apparatus (28), located on the alignment table (11), comprising a plurality of band stock wrapping devices placed side by side; wherein, the feed pusher unit (12) moves the stack of cuts (13a) towards the bundling apparatus; wherein the feed pusher unit (12), move-away unit (18) and bundling station (28) are arranged sequentially along a uniform working direction (32); and wherein the feed pusher unit (12) comprises a feed pusher moveable across the platen (11a) along the working direction (32).