Patent ID: 8074428

Claim:
A method for introducing tobacco portions ( 18 ) into a sheet-material bag ( 10 ), which is fed in succession to a filling station ( 20 ) by a turret ( 23 ) conveying element with the portion ( 18 ) being compressed by interacting pressing mechanisms ( 39 , 40 , 42 ) in a pressing chamber ( 35 ) of a pressing station ( 19 ), and then introduced into the bag ( 10 ) with a pressing form being maintained, comprising: a) pressing the portion ( 18 ) on a stationary platform ( 39 ) that is obliquely oriented at an acute angle, by means of a pivotable pressing plate ( 40 ), the pressing chamber ( 35 ) comprising the platform ( 39 ) and the pressing plate ( 40 ), wherein in a pressing position the pressing plate ( 40 ) is positioned in an oblique position adjacent to the platform ( 39 ) thus forming the pressing chamber ( 35 ); b) in the pressing position of the platform ( 39 ) and the pressing plate ( 40 ), displacing a pressing crosspiece ( 42 ) between the pressing platform ( 39 ) and the pressing plate ( 40 ), wherein the portion ( 18 ) is pressed transversely; c) through continued movement of the pressing crosspiece ( 42 ), pushing the portion ( 18 ) out of the pressing chamber ( 35 ) while the pressing chamber ( 35 ) is open and while maintaining the pressing position and inserting the portion ( 18 ) into a portion pocket in an oblique position adjacent the pressing chamber ( 44 ) immediately following the pressing chamber ( 35 ); d) pivoting the portion pocket ( 44 ) out of the oblique position in the region of the pressing chamber ( 35 ) and moving the portion pocket ( 44 ) into an upright position in the filling station ( 20 ) above the bag ( 10 ); e) moving a pusher ( 48 ) downward from an upper initial position and inserting the pusher ( 48 ) into the portion pocket ( 44 ), moving the pusher ( 48 ) through the portion pocket ( 44 ) thereby moving the portion ( 18 ), and introducing the portion ( 18 ) into the bag ( 10 ) below the portion pocket ( 44 ); and f) returning the pusher ( 48 ) to the upper initial position by an upward movement, and after the pusher ( 48 ) has returned to the upper initial position, pivoting the portion pocket ( 44 ) in an opposite direction into the receiving position adjacent to the pressing chamber ( 35 ).