Patent ID: 6379291
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
A foil-bag producing and packing apparatus for foil bags for beverages, comprisingat least two supply means for supplying foil material; a connecting means for connecting the supplied foil material in such a manner that the connecting portions extend over the foil width in a direction transverse to the supply direction; a cutting means including a vertically moveable cutting edge which cuts the interconnected foils at a cutting rate along the connecting portions into individual foil bags; a conveying means which intermittently supplies the cutting means with a piece of the connected foils that corresponds to the dimensions of one foil bag, the piece projecting unsupported beyond a support that is located upstream of the cutting means to be cut by the cutting means in that position; a receiving means in which the cut-off foil bags are stacked for further use; a storing device which directly after each cutting step pushes and moves the foil bag substantially in the direction of movement of the cutting edge and stacks it in the receiving means, the storing device having at least one element that urges the foil bags toward the receiving means at the cutting rate of the cutting means; the at least one element is connected to the cutting edge such that is moved together with the blade; and the at least one element comprises a plurality of adjacent fingers that are flexible plastic fingers secured to the cutting edge.