FIELD: packing equipment.
SUBSTANCE: filling machine for filling of flexible packages of package type, each of which has filling channel and is substantially flat in unfilled state of package, comprises transporting unit, configured to intermittently move packs sideways in the feed direction from the preceding station along the process route to the station along the process route through the filling station. Transporting unit is made with possibility of reciprocal movement along axis parallel to direction of supply, between first end position and second end position. Transporting unit comprises first gripping element, which is made with possibility, when the transporting unit is in the first end position, taking one or more empty packages from the previous station along the process route, and which is configured to, when the conveying unit is in the second end position, delivering one or more unfilled packets to the filling station. Transporting unit comprises second gripping element, which is made with possibility, when transporting unit is in first end position, taking one or more filled packages from filling station, and which is configured, when the transporting assembly is in the second end position, to deliver one or more filled packages to a subsequent station along the process route. Transporting assembly comprises suction port, configured to open the filler channel of one or more unfilled packages taken by the first gripping member during movement of the conveying unit from the first end position to the second end position. Sucking element for each package taken by first gripping element comprises a pair of opposite suction cups, which are made with possibility of movement for engagement with side wall parts and for separation of said side wall parts defining filling channel of corresponding package.
EFFECT: higher efficiency of filling machine.
9 cl, 8 dwg
