Patent ID: 7392637
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method for packing products comprising: a) at an upstream product information acquisition stage acquiring information relating to at least one of the height, width, length, volume, shape, and weight of individual products on a product packing line; b) utilizing a machine for supplying bags sequentially as individual products on a conveyor approach a packing apparatus; c) automatedly taking up on an automated bag opener a bag from the bag supply system as each individual product approaches the bag opener, and machine opening a mouth of the bag to a variable extent of lift in a direction at approximately right angles to a major plane of the unopened bag, the degree of lift being stepped between a number of predetermined levels, and to a variable degree of width opening in a direction approximately in a major plane of the unopened bag, the degree of width opening being stepped at fixed levels, based on information relating to at least one of the height, width, length, volume, shape, and weight of the product acquired at the upstream product information acquisition stage.