Patent ID: 9216863
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring a tube in a tube filling machine, the tube having a longitudinal tube axis, wherein the tube filling machine has a staging location and a set-down location as well as a multiple-member articulated arm having at least one first arm member structured to pivot about a rotary axis and a holding member which is mounted in a pivotable manner directly or indirectly to the first arm member, the holding member bearing at least one holding device, the method comprising the steps of: a) disposing the tube in horizontal orientation at the staging location; b) grasping, using the holding device, an outer surface of the tube with the tube thereby being in horizontal orientation at the staging location; c) transporting the tube from the staging location to the set-down location; d) pivoting, during step c), the tube together with the articulated arm about the rotary axis; e) rotating, during step c), the tube about the longitudinal tube axis or about an axis running parallel thereto by pivoting the holding member relative to the first arm member; and f) dispensing, following steps d) and e), the tube in vertical orientation at the dispensing location.