Patents Assigned to Multivac
  • Tray sealer
    Patent number: 9650165
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray sealer with a gripper system comprising a pivot mechanism with vertically disposed pivot axles to move gripper arms relative to each other and parallel to a transport plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Albert Gabler
  • Thermo-forming packaging machine with integrated product feeder
    Patent number: 9604741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermo-forming packaging machine comprising a product feeder for feeding a product to a loading stretch of the packaging machine, and a film web having trays formed therein wherein the trays are configured to receive a product. The product feeder may be arranged at least partially parallel to the loading stretch of the packaging machine. The thermo-forming packaging machine also includes a side panel disposed along the loading stretch that is formed such that it also forms part of the product feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Drechsler, Johannes Mühlschlegel, Christoph Vetter, Matthias Storhas
  • Line converger with label dispenser
    Patent number: 9580198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a line converger comprising a label dispenser and to a method for converging a row of at least three packages into a single lane and for applying a label to each package before the packages leave the line converger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Ehrmann, Guido Spix
  • Cutting station with complete cutting tool
    Patent number: 9580193
    Abstract: A thermo-forming packaging machine has a machine frame and a cutting station including a complete cutting tool. The thermo-forming packaging machine includes the complete cutting tool being extractable from the machine frame in a direction of production of the packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Ehrmann
  • Deep-drawing packaging machine with lifting device
    Patent number: 9573337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a deep-drawing packaging machine and to a method of operating such a deep-drawing packaging machine, comprising a lifting device for a workstation, wherein a lower tool part connected to a stand and an upper tool part connected to a frame are coupled to each other and driven by a motor such that both tools may at least partially move together towards a film web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Streitenberger, Elmar Ehrmann, Robert Maier
  • Winding reel for label dispenser
    Patent number: 9573718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a winding reel for a label dispenser and a method allowing a roll of a wound-up label carrier tape to be easily removed from the winding reel. A first rod of the winding reel is connected to a rotating element in a movable manner and at least two additional rods are connected to the rotating element in a stationary manner. An operating element is pivotably arranged on the free ends of the two stationarily arranged rods, where the operating element is connected to the free end of the first rod and configured such that it causes a deflection of the free end of the first rod in the direction of the rotary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Georg Austermeier, Markus Dauwe, Bernd Rath
  • Tool changing device for a work station of a thermoforming packaging machine
    Patent number: 9567124
    Abstract: A tool changing device of a work station in a thermoform packaging machine allows a tool insert to be removed from the work station laterally relative to a working direction of material conveyed through the work station. A position of the tool insert is moveable to a position above a chain guide on at least one side to allow the tool insert to be removed from the work station above the chain guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Ehrmann
  • Method for operating a chamber packaging machine
    Patent number: 9550595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a chamber packaging machine, wherein the position of a sealing bar is during the evacuation of a diaphragm checked using a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Steidele
  • Packaging machine with sealing station for gas flushing a package
    Patent number: 9481480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging machine including a sealing station which is used for sealing a package comprising a trough and a cover film, and which has at least two sides, the sealing station including a sealing tool provided with at least one evacuation aperture for discharging the atmosphere and at least one gas flushing aperture for supplying a gas volume flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dominik Harlacher, Andreas Mader
  • Labeling device with electronic distance monitoring
    Patent number: 9463892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling device and to a method for operating such a labeling device on a deep-drawing packaging machine. The labeling device includes two cross-web labelers, each displaced on one common guide system, and each having a drive and power supply. The labeling device further includes a safety controller configured to calculate a distance between the two cross-web labelers and interrupt the power supply of each drive of the cross-web labelers when the calculated distance is below an invariably predefined safety distance so as to ensure a reliable deactivation during the displacement of the cross-web labelers in the event of a fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Siegenbrink
  • Packaging machine and packaging method with generation of pressurized air
    Patent number: 9446868
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a packaging machine (1) comprising at least one workstation (2, 3, 4) and a device (11) for generating compressed air. The invention is characterized in that the device (11) for generating compressed air is connected to a lifting gear (21) of the workstation (2, 3, 4), wherein the device (11) is drivable by the movement of the lifting gear (21) of the workstation (2, 3, 4). The invention also refers to a method for operating a corresponding packaging machine (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Diehl
  • Cutting unit for a packaging machine
    Patent number: 9409304
    Abstract: A cutting unit for a packaging machine comprises a cutting knife which is movably guided in a linear guide, and a drive for driving the movement of the cutting knife. The cutting unit further includes a curved push rod that is provided between the drive and the cutting knife.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Maier, Elmar Ehrmann
  • Blowing assembly for a sealing unit of a packaging device
    Patent number: 9403195
    Abstract: A blowing assembly for a sealing unit of a packaging device is provided comprising a housing and at least one blowing element which is movable relative to said housing between a first position, in which it is lowered at least partially into said housing, and a second position in which it at least partially projects above a surface of said housing. Also provided is a method for removing excess packing material from a blowing assembly for a sealing unit being provided in a packaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Häring, Thomas Scheufele
  • Tray sealer with exchangeable belt body
    Patent number: 9376256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray sealer having a feed belt comprising a drive unit and a belt body having a conveyor belt. The belt body is adapted to be dismounted, together with the conveyor belt, from the drive unit without making use of a tool. An exchange unit is provided on or at the tray sealer, the exchange unit being configured for accommodating the belt body when the belt body is dismounted from the drive unit. A corresponding method for exchanging or cleaning at least one of a conveyor belt, a belt body and/or a drive unit of a tray sealer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Albert Gabler, Wolfgang Negele, David Kelly
  • Tray sealer and method of conveying trays
    Patent number: 9346576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray sealer comprising a sealing station for sealing trays with a cover film, and a conveyor system for conveying the trays along a conveying path, wherein the conveyor system includes a plurality of pushers each configured for carrying along at least one tray and movable along an endless pusher path. The invention is characterized in that the pushers are movable independently of one another along the pusher path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alois Allgaier, Claus Botzenhardt
  • Method and machine for cutting thermoformed packages
    Patent number: 9334074
    Abstract: A method is provided for cutting packages out of a composite film in a thermoform packaging machine by previously detecting the position of the sealed seams and by suitably adapting the position of a cutting pattern. Additionally, a thermoform packaging machine is provided for executing the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Guido Spix
  • Tray sealer with a tray feeder and a method for a packaging facility
    Patent number: 9327852
    Abstract: A tray sealer that may be incorporated into a packaging facility, the tray sealer may include a tray feeder for collecting a plurality of trays that are conveyed on a continuously moving chain feeder. An embodiment of the tray feeder may comprise at least two train chains. Each train chain may be independently moveable and each train chain may be operable grouping the plurality of the trays into groups and transferring the groups to a sealing station. The group of trays may have number of trays that corresponds to the operation of the sealing station. The tray sealer may include the transfer of a group of trays by a gripper system to a sealing station of the tray sealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Buchenberg
  • Thermoforming packaging machine
    Patent number: 9321233
    Abstract: A thermo-forming packaging machine having a machine frame and a film advance device for gripping one side of a film web and for transporting the film web through one or more workstations in the thermo-forming packaging machine. The film advance device may be provided only on one side of the machine frame allowing the present packaging machine to utilize packaging film webs of different widths. The thermo-forming packaging machine may also include an alignment device to align an edge of the packaging film with the film advance device. The thermo-forming packaging machine may also include one or more counter supports to prevent the film from being displaced by a forming tool lower part of the forming station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Ehrmann
  • Packaging machine with transport device
    Patent number: 9296505
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a packaging machine with a sealing station for sealing trays with a top film, where said sealing station comprises a sealing tool upper part and a tray carrier for lifting at least one tray to said sealing tool upper part. Said packaging machine according to the disclosure is characterized in that a transport means defines a transport plane for the tray bottom to be transported and is provided within an opening for said tray in said tray carrier in order to transport said tray in the transport plane along said tray carrier. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for operating a packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Franz Osterrieder
  • Complete cutting station and method for separating packaging units
    Patent number: 9272798
    Abstract: A complete cutting station for separatingly cutting out packaging units from a film composite, the cutting station having a movable complete cutting tool configured for severing the film composite. The complete cutting station further comprises a conveying system having a plurality of conveyor elements for conveying a respective separated packaging unit, wherein each conveyor element in turn comprises a head portion for engaging with a respective packaging unit. The head portions of the conveyor elements may be movable between a first position in which the gripped packaging units are at a first distance relative to each other, and a second position in which the packaging units are at a second, smaller distance from each other or at least partially overlap in at least one spatial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michael Lang