Patent ID: 8720167
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A22C,B65B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for subdividing a fed tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ) containing a filling substance into packaging units, the apparatus having two displacer groups ( 3 , 4 ) each of which encloses and constricts the tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ) containing the filling substance, wherein after constricting, and while each of the displacer groups ( 3 , 4 ) maintains its constriction of the tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ), the rear displacer group ( 4 ) moves in the longitudinal direction of the tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ) away from the front displacer group ( 3 ) by a spreading movement resulting in a section of tubular packaging sleeve that is free of filling substance ( 5 ), and wherein said apparatus comprises a supporting element ( 7 ) having an end that is connected to the rear displacer group ( 4 ) and an end that is remote from the displacer groups, wherein the tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ) that exits at the rear displacer group ( 4 ) rests on said supporting element ( 7 ), and wherein said apparatus further comprises an arrangement ( 8 ) for transporting away the tubular packaging sleeve ( 2 ), wherein the end of the supporting element ( 7 ) that is remote from the displacer groups is arranged above the transporting-away arrangement ( 8 ).