CA2007959A1 - Sheet dispenser - Google Patents

Sheet dispenser

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Publication number
CA2007959A1
CA2007959A1 CA002007959A CA2007959A CA2007959A1 CA 2007959 A1 CA2007959 A1 CA 2007959A1 CA 002007959 A CA002007959 A CA 002007959A CA 2007959 A CA2007959 A CA 2007959A CA 2007959 A1 CA2007959 A1 CA 2007959A1
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Prior art keywords
sheet
roll
tension
hot wire
dispenser according
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CA002007959A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Gordon G. Mcdonald
Michael W. Barnes
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RAEGLEN Ltd
Devro Ltd
Devro Inc
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Individual
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H35/00Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
    • B65H35/0006Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices
    • B65H35/0073Details
    • B65H35/008Arrangements or adaptations of cutting devices
    • B65H35/0086Arrangements or adaptations of cutting devices using movable cutting elements

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  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Macromolecular Shaped Articles (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Meat, Egg Or Seafood Products (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT
"SHEET DISPENSER"

A sheet dispenser for dispensing thin film such as collagen film for wrapping food. The dispenser consists of a cabinet 8 in which a row of collagen film 18 is supported on rollers 14 and 16 and the film is pulled off the roll by driven rollers 20 and 22. When a predetermined length has been pulled off the roll it is severed by a hot wire system IN which the hot wire 24 is located between rollers 30 and 32 supported in a tension head 26 controlled by spring 28. A cutter bar 34 supported on pivoted arms moves across so as to press the film against the hot wire during the cutting action.

Description

SHEET DISPENSER

Thi~ ~nven~on relates to ~ ~heet dispenser for dispen~ing predetermined leng~hs of ~heet material. The dispenser may be u~ed for man,y dlfferent mster1als such a~
thin fllm known as cling f~lm, collagen fllm for wrapping food, or any other film-like ~heet whioh need~ to be dispensed ~n predeterminPd le!ngths ~nd to be cut from a roll.
An objec~ of the lnvention iR to provide a compnct and efficient film di~penser which will accurately dispense predetermined lengths of film~ nnd w~ll cut them accurately and neatly.
In accordance with the present invention the sheet material dispen~er, particularly for collagen ~heet, comprlses motor driven means to extract ~ predetermlned length of sheet material from a roll of material located in the cabinet, and means to sever the dispensed sheet from the roll.
Preferably the means to sever the dispensed sheet from the roll compri~es an electrically heated wire~
The wire may be supported transversely of the cabinet and there may be two tension rollers, carried by a tension head one above ~nd one below th~ wire and mean to press the sheet against the rollers duri~g severing. The mean~ to press the sheet again~t the roller may eomprise a transver~e bar with means to move the bar towards the wlre 80 that the bar contacts the tension roller~ and move the ten~ion head again~t sprlng pre~sure ~o that the sheet contacts and i8 cut by the stationary hot wire.
Alternatlvely the di~pensed sheet may simply be gripped and tenslon applied to it by roller~ or tension blocks and then the wire moved through the sheet 80 ~B to cut ~. The roll of ma~erial mny simply be supportsd on either rol:Lers and be driven by motor driven roller~ which - .

are in contact with the sheet and pull it off the roller.
If a cutter bar i~ used lt i8 preferably supported on pivoted lever~ whlch are operable by ~oleno~ds.
The whole operation may be made automatic ~o that after a predetermined length of ~he~t has b~en di~pen~ed the cutting operatio~ i~ automatically ef~ected and the hot wire, if u~ed, 1~ automatically held in contact wlth the sheet for a predetermine~d time such a~ to sever the ~heet without danger of burn~n~ or meltlng lt.
In ~he accompanying dr,awing~:-Figure 1 is a slde elevation of a sheet dispenser in for form o~ a collagen film di~penser, the ~ide panel of the d~spenser bei~g removed to ~how the internal work~ngs;
Figure 2 i~ a front elevation of the dispen~er with the cover and a cutter bar a~sembly removed to enable other parts to be 6een;
Figure 3 i8 a plan of the machine with the cover removed;
Flgures 4a, b, c and d show one form of cuttlng head, and illustrate the stages in the use of the cutting head to sever a dispensed length of collagen film;
Figure 5a, b, c and d is a similar ~llustration of use of a different type of cutting head known as a beak :~ cutting head;
:: 25 Figures 6a, b, c and d show the u~e o another for~
of cutter known a~ a feed roll ten~lon b~r cutter and show the different ~tage~ ln operation o this cutter; and Figures 7a ~nd b illu~trate yet another form of cutter known as ~ twin fe~d roll tension head and : 30 illustrate 8tage3 in the use of this form of the invention.
The ~heet dlspenser whlch i8 about to be described ; i~ particularly adApted for dispenslng pred~termined ; length~ of collagen film from a roll. A~ seen particularly ln Figure~ 1, 2 and 3 the dispenser i~

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contained in a cablnet 8 ln which i~ placed a collagen film roll lO ~upported by a roll carrier 12 wh~ch has idler roll~ 14 and 16 cvntact:ing the ba~e roll ll which carries the collagen filmO The collsgen fil~ roll ~lmply rest~ on the ldler rolls a~d i~ not drlven by them.
The collag~n fllm 18 l~j extracted fro~ the ilm roll by feed rolls 20 and 22, rol]L 20 belng driven (as seen ~n Figure 2) by a motor 6Q driving through a gear box 58.
After pa~s~g a hot wlre cutter 2~ the ilm i~
dlspensed through the aperture 23 in the lower part of the casing 8.
: The hot wire cutter i8 supported a~ ~hown in Figure ~ between electrical connections 52 and 54 1~ held in tension by spring 56.
Above and below the hot wlre cutter in the arrangement shown ln Flgure l; thexe are tension head rollers 30 and 32 supported in a ten6ion head 26 whlch ~ 5 b~ased towards the right a~ seen in F~gure 1 by 6pring 28.
A cutt~r bar 34 i~ carrled, as shown ln Figure 3, by two levers 44 and 46 pivoted re~pectively of 43 and 45 and ': linked to the cutter b~r 34 by pins 48 and 50.
The levers 44 and 46 are movable by mean~ of respective arms 40 and 42 operated by solenoids 36 and 38. By operating both solenoid~ si~ul~aneously the cu~er bar may be moved from right to left a~ seen ln Figure 1 so as to contact rollers 30 and 32 and to push the ten810n head to the left against pres~ure of spring 28. Thus bring~ng the collagen film 18 into contact w~th the hot wire 24 50 that a predetermlned le~gth 18 se~ered.
In u~e of the machine a~ shown ln Figures 1, 2 and 3 : ~he operator ~et3 up a predetermlned length of collagen film which i~ to be di~pen~ed ~nd ~wltches the mach~ne on. The settlng he ha~ ~elected renult3 ln the motor 60 operating Eor a predetermlned tlme 80 a~ to pa~s ~
predetermined length of film out of the oasing 8. When 2~'79~3 the predetermined amount has been dispensed the solenoids 36 and 38 automatically operate so as to move the levers 44 and 46 to bring the cutter bar 34 into contact with the tension head rollers 30 and 32 thus forcing the tension - 5 head back against the pressure spring 28 and bringing the collagen film into contact with the hot wire cutter. This causes the film to be severedl and the predetermined cut length of collagen film falls out of the bottom of the casing 8 and may be collectecl in a suitable tray or other receptacle.
In Figures 4 and 5 two different types of cutting head are illustrated, the roller cutting head which has already been described and il'ustrated in Figure 1 and a beak cutting head 26a shown in Figure 5. The beak cutting head does not employ rollers such as 30 and 32 but simply has a ~haped pair of ~aws 25 which together form a beak against which the hot wire is held by the cutter bar 34 when the cutting action takes place.
` In operation of both of these cutting heads the operator first sets the sheet length required on a potentiometer dial 15a and then presses a push button marked start 16a. The two motor driven rolls feed the film into a catch tray, not shown. When the selected length is reached the rolls stop.
The control circuit then applies current to the cutting wire. After a delay the cutter bar indexes forward tensioning the film over the tension head. As the film is tensioned the tension head i~ pushed back by the cutter bar bringing the film into contact with the hot wire thus cutting the film. The cutter bar then retracts to its rest position allowing the tension head to return.
This action separates the cut sheet of ~ilm which drops into a catch tray. The dispenser is then ready for use again. These operations are illustrated in series in Figures 4a, b, c and d and in Figures 5a, b, c, and d.

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An alternat~ve method of cuttlng i~ ~hown in Figure~
6a, b, c and d. Here the collagen fllm 18 i~ again pulled off the roll 10 by driven xoller~ 20 and 22 and the hot wire cutter simllar to that show~ in Figure 1 i~ employed.
Below the hot wire cu1:ter are l~cated tension blocks 62 and 64. In thi~ method of cutting collagen fllm the same principles are u~ed as in the twin feed roll ten6ion head. Prior to cutting the tension block 62,64 grip the film 18 and tension i appliLed ~n a downw~rd dlrection.
The hot wire is then pa~sed through the film, the ten~ion : block separate the film after cutting and the film i~
dispensed lnto the catch tray as the ten~lon blocks separate and return to the start position. These operations are illustrated sequent~ally in Figure~ 6a, b, ~: 15 c and d.
`; Ye~ another arrangement ln which there is no tenslon head or cutter bar employed merely using a hot wire i~
illustra~ed in Figures 7a and b. Once agaln a roll 10 has collagen film 18 which 1s pulled off the roll by driven feed rolls 20 and 22. The film is maintained in tension by driven tension rolls 25 and 27. This method of cutting collagen film i8 in principle the same a~ the roller cutting head and the beak cutting head again by tensioning the film prior to cutting with a hot wire. In this :' 25 instance the film remains stationary after the feed measuring cycle and th~ hot wire~ pa85 through the film.
The ten~ion roll~ then continue to tur~ ~nd dispen~e the film into the catch tray.

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Claims (11)

1. A sheet material dispenser comprising motor driven means to extract a predetermined length of sheet material from a roll of material located in a cabinet, and means to sever the dispensed sheet from the roll.
2. A sheet material dispenser according to claim 1 and in which the means to sever the dispensed sheet from the roll comprises an electrically heated wire.
3. A sheet material dispenser according to claim 2 and in which the wire is supported transversely of the cabinet and there are two tension rollers carried by a tension head, one above and one below the wire and means to press the sheet against the rollers during severing.
4. A sheet material dispenser according to claim 3 and in which the means to press the sheet against the roller comprises a transverse bar and there are means to move the bar towards the wire so that the bar contacts the tension roller and moves the tension head against spring pressure so that the sheet contacts and is cut by the stationary hot wire.
5. A dispenser according to claim 1 or claim 2 and in which a cutting head comprises beak shaped protrusions which normally straddle the hot wire, and a cutter bar adapted to contact a sheet, press it against the beak shaped extensions and bodily move the carving head relatively to the wire so that the sheet contacts the hot wire and is cut thereby.
6. A dispenser according to claim 2 and in which the sheet is pulled from the roll by driven rollers on one side of the hot wire and on the other side of the hot wire is located a tensioning device consisting of tension blocks which are adapted to grip the sheet and apply tension to it when it is to be cut, the hot wire being movable relatively to the sheet so as to pass through the sheet and sever it.
7. A dispenser according to claim 6 and in which the tension blocks are replaced by tension rolls which serve the same purpose.
8. A dispenser according to any preceding claim and in which there is a timer to time the rotation of a driven roller so as to cause that driven roller to pull out said predetermined length of sheet from the roll, and to bring the hot wire and sheet into contact with each other during cutting for an appropriate period of time.
9. A dispenser according to any preceding claim including idle rollers for supporting the roll of material.
10. A collagen sheet dispenser according to any preceding claim.
11. A sheet material dispenser substantially as hereinbefore particularly described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
CA002007959A 1989-01-19 1990-01-17 Sheet dispenser Abandoned CA2007959A1 (en)

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GB8901184.5 1989-01-19
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