Patent ID: 7937916

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring unfilled bags ( 10 ) for cut tobacco to a bag turret ( 30 ) filling subassembly with holders for a respective bag, comprising: a) a horizontal feed bag conveyor ( 28 ) for holding at least one bag ( 10 ) in a flat state on an underlying surface, b) an attachment gripper for gripping the bag ( 10 ) on the surface area of a free top side of the bag ( 10 ), the attachment gripper being a suction gripper ( 32 ), and c) a suction head ( 33 ), wherein the bag ( 10 ) is removed by the suction gripper ( 32 ) from the underlying surface or the bag conveyor ( 28 ), the bag ( 10 ) gripped by the suction gripper ( 32 ) is transported by the suction gripper ( 32 ) and transferred to the bag turret ( 30 ), the bag ( 10 ) has a pocket ( 11 ), a front pocket wall ( 13 ) and a closure flap ( 15 ) and is held on the underlying surface or the bag conveyor ( 28 ) with the front pocket wall ( 13 ) exposed and directed upwards, and the bag ( 10 ) is gripped on the surface area in the region of the front pocket wall ( 13 ), and of an inner side of the closure flap ( 15 ) that adjoins the front pocket wall ( 13 ), by the suction head ( 33 ).