Patent ID: 7815428
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B26D,B26F,B29C,B65B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, comprising an operating device and a die provided with a cavity, said operating device and said die being drivable by a driving device along a closing direction to form containers from a sheet material, said operating device comprising a punch interacting with said cavity at an operating station along said closing direction during forming of said containers, said apparatus further comprising a shearing device to separate said containers from said sheet material, wherein said shearing device is arranged to the outside of said operating station during said forming and said operating device is removable from said operating station after said forming to allow said shearing device to be inserted in place of said operating device, said shearing device being drivable by said driving device along said closing direction between a retracted position in which a cutting edge of said shearing device does not interfere with the die and a shearing position in which said shearing device is in abutment with said die during separation of the containers from said sheet material; and wherein said die is slidably supported along a guide arrangement between said operating station and a loading station in which said die arrangement is arranged to the outside of said operating station to allow said separated containers to be filled.