METHOD FOR FEEDING FLAT SAMPLE BAGS INTO FURTHER PROCESSING

Discrete lengths of a web (1) of sample bags are each arranged in a contain er in an ordered manner such that the web can be removed from the container without further aids (13), by pulling on its head end (A) and such that the tail end (E) also is grippable without changing the web arrangement in the container and independently of the fullness of the container (13). For feedi ng sample bags into a processing station, a first container is positioned in th e region of the feeding location. Then the head end (A) of the web is pulled out of the container and lead into a feeding mechanism of the processing station. During the feeding of the web (1) of bags into the processing, further containers are formed into a series of containers by connecting the tail end (E) of the web in one container to the head end (A) of the web in a successive container. It is found that webs of bags arranged as a plurality of folded stacks in the container fulfill the requirements mentioned above in t he most simple manner. Especially suitable containers for this purpose are parallelepipedic boxes.