Patent ID: 8726617
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method for filling containers of a collapsible type, comprising: on a first transport unit: providing a web, which includes said containers in an upright and interconnected state, feeding said web for transporting the containers in a first horizontal direction, whereby the containers are in a fixed orientation relative to said first horizontal direction, removing, during said transport in said first horizontal direction, an end seal provided on each container for opening a filling duct, disengaging, during said transport in said first horizontal direction, the containers from one another, and on a second transport unit; subsequently transporting the containers, while maintaining their fixed orientation relative to said first horizontal direction, in a second horizontal direction transverse to said first horizontal direction, the second transport unit configured for stepwise transportation of the containers as groups of containers, in the second horizontal direction, with each group being a predetermined number of containers aligned in the first horizontal direction as the group is transported in the second horizontal direction, and filling, during the transport in said second horizontal direction, each container with a liquid product.