Patent ID: 6694706
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B65B,B65G,B65H

Abstract:
Installation for filling product receptacles (1), particularly cartons, with a predetermined number of products (2), particularly flexible bag packages which can be fed individually to the installation via a feeding conveyor, with a scaling station (4) wherein the products (2) can be overlappingly arranged in a scale-like manner in product batches (11), and with a filling conveyor (14) over which the products (2) can be supplied to product receptacles (1) positioned in a filling station, as well as with a product receptacle conveyor (20) by means of which the product receptacles (1) can be fed to and discharged from the filling station, characterized in that the scaling station (4) has scaling means (8, 27) by means of which the products (2â€³) of a product batch (11) can selectively scaled to lie on top or under the respectively preceding product (2â€²), and that the filling conveyor (14) comprises means (15, 13) through which the product batches (11) can be selectively fed either vertically or horizontally.