Patent ID: 6453645
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
A method for packaging flat articles, the articles having planes and different thicknesses at different ends in the direction of their planes, the method comprising:providing first and second stack portions each consisting of several articles and having an original direction defined by said ends; gripping a first stack portion by a gripping device; rotating said first stack portion by the movement of the gripping device around a rotation axis while being held by said gripping device so that it assumes a second direction, said second direction deviating 180 degrees from the original direction with respect to said rotation axis; placing said first stack portion so rotated next to a second stack portion gripped by said gripping device but left unrotated around the same rotation axis by means of the gripping device and having a direction that deviates from said second direction of said first stack portion with respect to said rotation axis by 180 degrees, said first stack portion and said second stack portion being included in a product batch to be packaged, wherein the first and second stack portions are transferred by said gripping device next to each other into upright positions onto a product batch forming level; and packaging said product batch.