Patent ID: 6655903
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B29C,B65G

Abstract:
A method for forming a stack of containers of a thermoplastic material, which are molded from/punched out of a heated foil web in a molding/punching tool, comprising: transferring containers consecutively from the tool, via a transfer device to a first position within one of a stacking magazine and a catch plate; using a displacement device that is separate from the transfer device, consecutively displacing each container in an axial direction of the stacking magazine or catch plate from the first position by a displacement distance at least equal to a distance between two adjacent containers of a stack of containers to a second position within the stacking magazine or catch plate to form a stack of containers at the second position, and displacing any stack of containers at the second position by at least the distance between two adjacent containers of a stack; and, subsequently axially removing the stack of containers from the stacking magazine or catch plate.