Patent ID: 7587882

Claim:
A method for the operation of a package emptying station, which has a work station, an inlet into the work station, a package outlet from the work station via which an emptied package is ejected, and a product outlet through which emptied contents of the package are discharged, comprising the steps of: (a) encasing the inlet with a continuous tubular film, an end of which is sealed off, (b) connecting a container, in which a package to be emptied is located, with the continuous tubular film without opening the sealed-off end, (c) opening the sealed-off end of the continuous tubular film, (d) introducing the package into the work station through the continuous tubular film, (e) sealing-off the continuous tubular film at two locations between the inlet and the container, (f) severing the continuous tubular film between the two sealed off locations, and (g) extracting the contents of the package in the work station.