Patent ID: 6959525

Claim:
A method for filling a box with a number of flexible bags, comprising providing a first linear group consisting of a single row of equally spaced bags on a first surface, engaging each of said bags of said group by suction with a transferral means, lifting said group of bags from said first surface, followed by horizontally displacing said group of bags from said first surface, after which said group of bags is lowered in a first position in a cassette, thereafter providing a second linear group in a single row on said first surface and transferring said second linear group into said cassette by placing said second group horizontally adjacent to said first group, thereby to form two horizontally side-by-side groups of bags, providing a third linear group on said first surface, transferring said third linear group and placing said group vertically on top of said first or second linear group in said cassette, filling said cassette by further groups of bags, horizontally displacing the plurality of bags, after filling said cassette, from said cassette into a box having its opening in lateral direction.