Device for packaging articles
First Claim
1. A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine, comprising:
- at least one conveying system for articles to be packaged or for packaging units for the articles to be packaged, whereby the conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track and whereby each conveying system has a beginning and an end;
several processing stations being provided along the at least one conveying system, and a robot being associated with at least one of these processing stations;
the at least one conveying system having several trays connectable to each individual transport track, the conveying system being configured with an upper level and a lower level;
a first lifting unit being associated with the conveying system at the beginning and a second lifting unit being associated with the conveying system at the end, the first and second lifting units moving the trays at the beginning and at the end of the conveying system between the upper level and the lower level.
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Abstract
A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine is disclosed. The device includes at least one conveying system for the articles to be packaged or for the packaging units for the articles to be packaged. The conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track. The at least one conveying system has several trays that can be connected to each individual transport track. Each conveying system is configured with an upper level and a lower level. A first lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the beginning and a second lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the end, said lifting units moving the trays at the beginning and at the end of the conveying system between the upper level and the lower level.
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1. A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine, comprising:
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at least one conveying system for articles to be packaged or for packaging units for the articles to be packaged, whereby the conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track and whereby each conveying system has a beginning and an end; several processing stations being provided along the at least one conveying system, and a robot being associated with at least one of these processing stations; the at least one conveying system having several trays connectable to each individual transport track, the conveying system being configured with an upper level and a lower level; a first lifting unit being associated with the conveying system at the beginning and a second lifting unit being associated with the conveying system at the end, the first and second lifting units moving the trays at the beginning and at the end of the conveying system between the upper level and the lower level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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