Patent ID: 7497067
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for packing flat articles in transport containers, comprising: a feeder for feeding the flat articles in imbricated form in a feeding direction; a conveyor disposed downstream of the feeder, in travel direction of the flat articles, said conveyor having an at least approximately vertically extending end for discharging the flat articles into the transport containers for filling the transport containers with the flat articles at a filling location; a sensor determining a distance between said end of said conveyor and a base of the transport containers or a layer of the flat articles in the transport containers; and equipment for further conveying the transport containers at the filling location, said equipment moving the transport containers in a direction opposite to said feeding direction of the flat articles, said equipment including at least two lateral belt conveyors disposed at the filling location for moving the transport containers forward during the filling of the transport containers with the flat articles by clamping a bottom part of sides of a casing of the transport containers, each of said at least two belt conveyors including two conveying belts to be driven independently of one another and being formed of respective vertically extending conveying strands disposed behind one another, said at least two lateral belt conveyors being movable transversely by a linear drive.