| US 7,575,506 B2 | ||
| Automatic spreading adjustment | ||
| Detlef Ebert, Bad Nauheim (Germany); and Michael Hummel, Raunheim (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Poly-Clip Systems GmbH & Co. KG, (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/44,545. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2007 011 422 (DE), filed on Mar. 08, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0220704 A1, Sep. 11, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A22C 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 452—35 | 10 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for producing a plaited portion on a packaging casing material which accommodates a filling material, the
apparatus comprising:
a first displacer unit;
a second displacer unit, wherein the second displacer unit is displaceable reversibly in a linear movement with respect to
the first displacer unit; and
a drive unit for at least the drive for the linear movement of the second displacer unit, wherein provided between the drive
unit and the second displacer unit is at least one drive force transmission unit which transmits the drive force produced
by the drive unit to the second displacer unit, the drive force transmission unit being reversibly pivotable about a pivot
point, and the position of the second displacer unit is adjustable.
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