CH394928A - Process for the continuous closing of can-shaped plastic containers by welding on plastic lids and device for carrying out the process - Google Patents

Process for the continuous closing of can-shaped plastic containers by welding on plastic lids and device for carrying out the process

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CH394928A
CH394928A CH402761A CH402761A CH394928A CH 394928 A CH394928 A CH 394928A CH 402761 A CH402761 A CH 402761A CH 402761 A CH402761 A CH 402761A CH 394928 A CH394928 A CH 394928A
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endless
chain belt
welding
pressure
heating element
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Mueller Gerd
Borgardt Detta
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Bebo Plastik Gmbh
Hoechst Ag
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Priority claimed from DEB57416A external-priority patent/DE1157993B/en
Priority claimed from DEB57926A external-priority patent/DE1230346B/en
Application filed by Bebo Plastik Gmbh, Hoechst Ag filed Critical Bebo Plastik Gmbh
Publication of CH394928A publication Critical patent/CH394928A/en

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Description

  

  
 



  Verfahren zum kontinuierlichen Verschliessen von dosenförmigen Kunststoff-Behältern durch Aufschweissen von Kunststoffdeckeln und Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
Es ist bekannt, trogförmige oder becherförmige Dosen und Behälter aus Kunststoffen, wie aus Vinylpolymerisaten, z. B. Polyvinylchlorid, Polystyrol, aus Polyäthylen, insbesondere Niederdruck-Polyäthylen, Polypropylen und Mischpolymerisaten, sowie aus Verbundfolien dieser Typen, die mittels thermischer Vereinigung mehrerer solcher Folien hergestellt sind, durch Aufschweissen von planen Folienzuschnitten aus den entsprechenden Kunststoffen zu verschliessen. Bei den thermoplastischen Kunststoffen,   insbe    sondere bei den Polyolefinen, wird hierbei der Deckel unter Anwendung von Druck und Wärme aufgeschweisst, dann vom Druck entlastet und anschliessend abkühlen gelassen.

   Diese Arbeitsweise hat aus verschiedenen Gründen den Nachteil, dass der Verschluss der Dosen nur ungleichmässig gelingt und ein verhältnismässig grosser Prozentsatz der gefüllten und verschlossenen Dosen als minderwertig ausgeschieden werden muss, weil die Schweissnaht, die den Deckel mit dem Dosenrand verbindet, nicht lückenlos, sondern an einzelnen Stellen undicht ist.



   Gegenstand der vorliegenden Erfindung sind ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum kontinuierlichen Verschliessen von dosenförmigen Behältern aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff durch Aufschweissen von der Behälterform angepassten Deckeln aus ebenfalls thermoplastischem Kunststoff, mit welchen die angeführten Nachteile der bekannten Verfahren und Vorrichtungen vermieden werden.



   Nach dem erfindungsgemässen Verfahren werden die zu verschliessenden dosenförmigen Behälter mit aufgelegten Verschlussdeckeln jeweils unter gleichem Druck an der Deckelseite gegen einen sich mit gleicher Geschwindigkeit wie die Dosen in gleicher Richtung fortbewegenden   Metallkörp er    gepresst, kontinuierlich an einer Heizvorrichtung, die den Metallkörper auf Schweisstemperatur erhitzt, und anschliessend ohne Änderung und Unterbrechung des Anpressdruckes an einer Kühlzone, die den Metallkörper wieder abkühlt, vorbeigeführt. Schweiss- und Kühlzone sind also nacheinander angeordnet.

   Die zu verschliessenden Dosen oder Becher werden unter Anpressdruck unter ihnen entlanggeführt, und die Gleichförmigkeit des Anpressdruckes, d. h. des Drukkes, mit dem die zu verschweissenden Flächen der Kunststoffbehälter gegen den Metallkörper gedrückt werden, wird zweckmässig dadurch gewährleistet, dass Schwankungen der Materialdicken bzw. der Abmessungen der Kunststoffbehälter durch der jeweiligen Behälterform angepasste Gummiunterlagen aufgefangen, d. h. ausgeglichen werden.



   Gegenstand der Erfindung ist weiterhin eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens, welche gekennzeichnet ist durch ein über Walzen oder Kettenräder angetriebenes, waagrecht angeordnetes, endloses Plattenkettenband mit zwischen den Ketten befindlichen und mit entsprechend geformten Durchbrüchen versehenen Transportplatten, in welche die zu verschliessenden Kunststoffdosen eingehängt werden, eine unterhalb des oberen Trums des besagten Kettenbandes angeordnete gefederte Unterstützungseinrichtung, ein über   Transportwalzen angetriebenes, parallel zum Plattenkettenband angeordnetes endloses, bandartiges Anpressglied, gegen das die Kunststoffdosen mit den aufgelegten Deckeln gedrückt werden,

   und dessen unteres Trum dem oberen Trum des gleichsinnig umlaufenden Plattenkettenbandes in geringem Abstand gegenübersteht und das durch ein zwischen oberem und unterem Trum des Anpressgliedes   ange    ordnetes Heizelement und Kühlelement über einen Teil seiner Länge beheizt bzw. gekühlt wird.



   Das Heizelement und das Kühlelement, die das umlaufende Anpressglied auf Schweisstemperatur aufheizen bzw. wieder abkühlen, können sowohl nebeneinander als auch übereinander angeordnet werden, wobei in letzterem Falle das obere Trum des endlosen Anpressgliedes zweckmässig von dem Heizelement beheizt und das untere Trum desselben von den Kühlelementen gekühlt wird.



   Das Anpressen der Kunststoffbehälter an ihrer Deckelseite gegen das umlaufende Anpressglied erfolgt zweckmässig durch die unterhalb des oberen Trums des Plattenkettenbandes angeordnete gefederte Unterstützungseinrichtung. Zweckmässig besteht dieselbe aus auf zwei starren Tragschienen durch Druckfedern auf ihrer gesamten Länge miteinander verbundenen zwei Fiberleisten oder Leisten aus ähnlichem Material, wie z. B. aus Leichtmetall oder aus anderen Kunststoffen.



   Da jedoch zum Verschliessen von mit flüssigen Füllgütern, wie beispielsweise im Falle von Fischmarinaden u. dgl., gefüllten Dosen damit zu rechnen ist, dass auf die Berührungs- und Verbindungsflächen von Dosenflansch und Deckel gewisse Flüssigkeitsmengen, die insbesondere Essigsäure oder Zucker enthalten, gelangen können, ist es mitunter erforderlich, die Verschlussvorrichtung besonders elastisch den bei jeder einzelnen Dose obwaltenden Verhältnissen anzupassen, um wirklich Deckel und Dosenflansch in der Verschweiss- und   Abkühlphase    so völlig   gegeneinanderzupressen,    dass über den ganzen Dosenumfang mit Sicherheit ein dichter Deckelverschluss hergestellt wird.



   Es hat sich daher als besonders vorteilhaft erwiesen, die gefederte Unterstützungsfläche noch etwas modulationsfähiger zu gestalten. Dies wird vorzugs weise dadurch erreicht, dass die unterhalb des oberen Trums des Plattenkettenbandes angeordnete   gefe    derte Unterstützungseinrichtung aus einer Vielzahl von waagrecht nebeneinander angeordneten,   ge    trennten, durch Druckfedern mit einer starren Trag schiene verbundenen Gleitschuhen besteht. Die ein zeln abgefederten Gleitschuhe übertragen über die
Kettenrollen der Verbindungskette den Druck auf die Transportplatten des Plattenkettenbandes und vermögen durch ihre geringe Abmessung und ihre freie Beweglichkeit jede auftretende Unebenheit im
Maschinen- und Folienmaterial auszugleichen.

   Im allgemeinen soll hierbei die Länge eines Gleitschuhes zweckmässig kleiner als eine Dosenlänge, beispiels weise eine halbe Dosenlänge, sein, um eine vollelastische Federung und somit stets gleichen Anpressdruck zu gewährleisten.



   Bei dieser Ausführungsform dient somit die endlose Kette des Plattenkettenbandes nicht nur als Verbindungs- und Transportkette, sondern mit den Kettenrollen auch als Drucküberträger. Die Druckschienen und die dadurch bedingte hohe gleitende Reibung fallen somit weg und werden durch die geringere Rollenreibung ersetzt.



   Die gleiche Wirkung der zuletzt angeführten Ausgestaltung der gefederten Unterstützungsfläche kann auch dadurch erzielt werden, dass dieselbe aus einer Vielzahl unterhalb der Transportplatten mit diesen durch Druckfedern miteinander verbundenen Grundplatten gebildet wird, die ihrerseits direkt mit den Ketten des Plattenkettenbandes verbunden sind.



   Die erfindungsgemässe Vorrichtung kann jedoch auch so ausgebildet werden, dass das Anpressglied aus zwei endlosen Transportketten und einer Vielzahl zwischen diesen angeordneten und mit den Kettengliedern befestigten Metallrahmen besteht. Bei dieser Ausführungsform werden das Plattenkettenband, das die zu verschliessenden Kunststoffbehälter enthält, und die genannten Metallrahmen, deren einzelne Platten auf Schweisstemperatur geheizt und dann wieder abgekühlt werden, zweckmässig zentral gesteuert und synchron im Verhältnis 1:1 angetrieben, so dass jeweils ein zu verschliessender Kunststoffbehälter und ein Metallrahmen (Schweissrahmen) in exakter Randdeckung jeweils genau übereinanderstehen, jeweils exakt am Berührungspunkt der beiden Kettenbänder zusammenlaufen und in dieser exakten Randdeckung durch die gesamte Maschine geführt werden.

   Durch die gute Wärmeleitfähigkeit der aus Metall gebildeten Metallplatten (Schweissrahmen), z. B. aus Kupfer, ist es auch möglich, das Heizelement nicht neben, sondern oberhalb des Kühlelementes anzuordnen, so dass die gesamte freie Länge des oberen Trums des Schweissrahmenkettenbandes von dem Heizelement, und die untere Länge des Schweissrahmenkettenbandes von dem Kühlelement beaufschlagt wird. In einem solchen Falle ist jedoch eine entsprechend stärkere Aufheizung erforderlich, damit die Schweissrahmen, sobald sie vom oberen Trum zum unteren Trum des umlaufenden Kettenbandes übergehen, noch die zur Verschweissung erforderliche Wärme aufweisen, da sie ja bereits nach einer kürzeren Strecke im unteren Trum von der Kühlstation beaufschlagt werden.

   Die durch die Schweissrahmen unter der Heizstation aufgenommene Hitze reicht dann aus, um einen sicheren und totalen Schweissverschluss zwischen Dose und Deckel herbeizuführen, während dann beide unter Anpressdruck unterhalb der Kühlstation vorbeigeführt werden. Auf diese Weise kann die Maschine mit entsprechender geringerer Längenausdehnung, d. h. kürzeren Bändern oder Ketten und schnellerem Lauf der Kettenbänder gestaltet werden.



   Es hat sich ferner als vorteilhaft herausgestellt, wenn die Transportplatten der Kunststoffbehälter  form angepasste Gummiauflagen, auf die jeweils der Rand der Behälter aufliegt, zum Ausgleich von Dikkenunterschieden im Folienmaterial enthalten.



   In den Fig. 1 bis 9 sind besonders vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung dargestellt.



   Fig. 1 stellt eine Seitenansicht und Fig. 2 eine Vorderansicht (Ansicht von der Stirnseite) einer Verschlussmaschine mit einem umlaufenden, endlosen Metallband 1 dar. Auf dem Maschinensockel 12 sind drehbar die angetriebenen Walzen oder Kettenräder 10 gelagert, über die zwei endlose Ketten 11 laufen, zwischen welchen Transportplatten 7 mit Durchbrüchen zum Einhängen der zu verschliessenden Kunststoffbehälter 3 befestigt sind und mit ihnen zusammen das Plattenkettenband bilden.

   Oberhalb des Plattenkettenbandes sind zwei drehbare und angetriebene Transportwalzen 6 vorgesehen, über welche das endlose Metallband 1 läuft, dessen Aufgabe es ist, zunächst die ihm von dem zwischen oberem und unterem Trum des Metallbandes 1 angeordneten Heizelement 4 zugeführte Wärme und anschliessend die ihm von dem neben dem Heizelement 4 angeordneten Kühlelement 5 zugeführte Kälte an die Oberseite der gedeckelten Kunststoffbehälter 3 zu übertragen, die vom Plattenkettenband an das Metallband 1 angepresst werden.



   Das obere Trum des Plattenkettenbandes wird hierbei durch zwei starre Tragschienen 9 durch Druckfedern 2 miteinander verbundenen Fiberleisten 8 an den Längsseiten unterstützt, um einen intensiven und gleichförmigen Anpressdruck auszuüben, welcher die Oberseiten der im Plattenkettenband eingehängten und gedeckelten Dosen 3 gegen das endlose Metallband 1 drückt.



   13 stellt eine Auffangschale für Flüssigkeit dar, die beim Einhängen von mit Flüssigkeit gefüllten Dosen in das Plattenkettenband überläuft und nach unten tropft.



   Fig. 3 zeigt einen vergrösserten Ausschnitt aus der Maschine, und zwar einen Querschnitt durch die Maschine, aus welchem die Anordnung der gefederten Unterstützungsfläche besonders deutlich hervorgeht. Wie aus dieser Figur hervorgeht, ist hier der Querschnitt in der Heizzone dargestellt. Hierbei ist mit 4 das eigentliche Heizelement, mit 4a die Heizpatronen und mit 4b die Wärmekontaktplatte, die schliesslich die Wärme auf das darunter vorbeilaufende Metallband 1 überträgt, bezeichnet. Mit 7a sind die in die Transportplatten 7 eingelassenen Gummiauflagen zum Ausgleich von Dickenunterschieden im Folienmaterial bezeichnet.



   Die Funktion der in den Fig. 1 bis 3 dargestellten Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung geht so vor sich, dass die zu verschliessenden Kunststoffdosen 3 mit den lose aufgelegten Deckeln links kurz dem Kettenrad 10 in die Durchbrüche der Transportplatten 7 von Hand aus (oder auch maschinell) eingelegt und beim weiteren Vorrücken nach rechts mittels der Fiberleisten 8 die Deckelseite der Dose gegen das gleichsinnig und mit gleicher   Ge    schwindigkeit umlaufende Metallband 1 gedrückt werden.

   Durch die auf das Metallband 1 durch das Heizelement 4 übertragene Wärme erfolgt unterhalb der Strecke des Heizelementes 4 die Verschweissung von Dosenrand und Deckel, welche letzteren unterhalb der Strecke des Kühlelementes 5, welche das Metallband 1 rasch wieder abkühlt, abgekühlt werden und rechts am Ende des oberen Trums des Plattenkettenbandes von Hand (oder maschinell) die einwandfrei verschweissten Dosen aus den Transportplatten 7 herausgehoben werden.



   Die Fig. 4 und 5 zeigen die Seitenansicht und die Vorderansicht einer Verschlussmaschine, bei der Maschinensockel 12 und Plattenkettenband, einschliesslich Tragschiene 9 und gefederter Fiberleiste 8, genauso wie bei der in den Fig. 1 bis 3 dargestellten Maschine ausgestaltet sind. Das endlose Metallband list jedoch hier durch ein endloses Schweissrahmenkettenband ersetzt, das aus zwei endlosen Verbindungsketten 14 mit zwischen ihnen eingehängten kupfernen Schweissrahmen 15 besteht und über Antriebskettenräder 16 in Bewegung gesetzt wird.

   Bei dieser Ausführungsform sind also Kühlelement 5 und Heizelement 4 übereinander   ange-    ordnet, wobei das Heizelement 4 das obere Trum des Schweissrahmenkettenbandes, unterhalb dessen es angeordnet ist, beaufschlagt, während das Kühlelement 5 mit gekühlter Andruckplatte 5a das untere Trum des Schweissrahmenkettenbandes beaufschlagt, oberhalb dessen es angeordnet ist.



   Fig. 6 stellt einen vergrösserten Ausschnitt von Fig. 4 und 5, und zwar einen Querschnitt durch die Maschine, dar, aus der besonders deutlich die Anordnung von Kühlelement 5, der Schweissrahmen 15 und die Anordnung der Kunststoffdose 3 und die gefederte Unterstützungsfläche, bestehend aus den Fiberleisten 8, Druckfedern 2 und starren Tragschienen 9 hervorgehen.



   Die Fig. 7 zeigt einen Ausschnitt aus einer Aus  führungsform    der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung in Seitenansicht, bei welcher die in den Fig. 1 bis 6 gezeigte starre Unterstützungsfläche (Fiberleisten 8) durch eine Vielzahl von kurzen einzeln abgefederten Gleitschuhen 17 ersetzt sind, die unter Vermittlung der Federn 2 auf einer durchgehenden Tragschiene 9 angeordnet sind.



   Die Fig. 8 stellt die zugehörige Darstellung eines ausschnittsweisen Querschnittes dieser Ausführungsform dar. Bei dieser in den Fig. 7 und 8 gezeigten Ausführungsform stellt das umlaufende endlose Metallband 1, das unterhalb des aus Heizelement 4, Heizpatronen 4a und Wärmekontaktplatte 4b gebildeten Beheizungsaggregates und des sich anschliessenden Kühlaggregates 5 umläuft, die Andruckebene dar, gegen welche das gleichsinnig umlaufende Kettenband mit den in die einzelnen Transportplatten 7 eingehängten Kunststoffdosen 3 mit einem solchen Anpressdruck federnd gedrückt wird, dass jede einzelne Dose auf ihren gesamten Flanschumfang so  innig in Berührung gehalten wird, dass ein lückenlos er Kontakt, Kunststoff gegen Kunststoff, und infolgedessen die Bildung einer ebenso lückenlosen Schweissnaht gewährleistet wird.

   Die Kunststoffdose 3 hängt hierbei mit ihren Randflanschen in dem Durchbruch einer Platte 7 des Plattenkettenbandes, dessen einzelne Transportplatten 7 durch die aus Rollengliedern gebildete Verbindungskette 11 zu einem endlosen Band vereinigt sind. Das Plattenkettenband gleitet mit den Kettenrollengliedern über eine gefederte Auflagefläche, die eben bei dieser Ausführungsform aus einer Vielzahl von kurzen einzeln abgefederten Gleitschuhen 17 besteht, die ihrerseits mittels der Federn 2 auf einer durchgehenden Tragschiene 9 angeordnet sind.



   Bei der in der Fig. 9 gezeigten Ausführungsform, die ebenfalls eine ausschnittsweise Vergrösserung der Maschine im Querschnitt zeigt, ist die in den Fig. 7 und 8 gezeigte gefederte Unterstützungsfläche, bestehend aus den einzelnen Gleitschuhen 17, dadurch ersetzt, dass die einzelnen Becheraufnahmeplatten 7 des Kettenbandes verdoppelt worden sind, indem jeder Transportplatte 7 eine Grundplatte 18 zugeordnet ist, auf der sie durch eine Feder 2 abgestützt liegt. Hier sind die Grundplatten 18 mittels der   Rolienkettenglieder    11 zu einem endlosen Kettenband vereinigt. Die Rollenglieder 11 gleiten auf der Schmalseite einer starren Gleitschiene 19, die wiederum auf einer starren Tragschiene 9 angeordnet ist.

   Auch durch diese Ausführungsform wird ein besonders gleichmässiger Anpressdruck der Deckelseite der Kunststoffdosen gegen das Metallband 1 über die gesamte Länge der Maschine hinweg gewährleistet.



   Die praktische Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens und die Anwendung der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung hat gezeigt, dass es hiermit möglich ist, dosenförmige Behälter aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff, die beispielsweise mit Fischmarinaden, Fleischsalat, Marmeladen und anderen Lebensmitteln gefüllt sind, mit den aufgelegten Deckeln so zu verschweissen, dass eine über den gesamten Dosenrand einwandfreie Schweissnaht und somit ein sicherer Ausschluss von Luftzutritt gewährleistet wird.   



  
 



  Process for the continuous closing of can-shaped plastic containers by welding on plastic lids and device for carrying out the process
It is known to use trough-shaped or cup-shaped cans and containers made of plastics such as vinyl polymers, e.g. B. polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, made of polyethylene, especially low-pressure polyethylene, polypropylene and copolymers, as well as composite films of these types, which are made by thermal combination of several such films, to be sealed by welding flat sheet blanks made of the appropriate plastics. With thermoplastics, especially with polyolefins, the lid is welded on using pressure and heat, then relieved of pressure and then left to cool.

   For various reasons, this method of operation has the disadvantage that the cans are only closed unevenly and a relatively large percentage of the filled and closed cans have to be rejected as inferior, because the weld seam that connects the lid to the can rim is not seamless, but on individual points is leaking.



   The present invention relates to a method and a device for continuously closing can-shaped containers made of thermoplastic material by welding on lids made from thermoplastic material which are adapted to the container shape and with which the stated disadvantages of the known methods and devices are avoided.



   According to the method according to the invention, the can-shaped containers to be closed with the closure lids in place are each pressed under the same pressure on the lid side against a metal body moving in the same direction at the same speed as the cans, continuously on a heating device that heats the metal body to welding temperature, and then passed a cooling zone, which cools the metal body again, without changing or interrupting the contact pressure. The welding and cooling zones are therefore arranged one after the other.

   The cans or cups to be closed are guided along under them under contact pressure, and the uniformity of the contact pressure, d. H. The pressure with which the surfaces of the plastic containers to be welded are pressed against the metal body is expediently ensured that fluctuations in the material thickness or the dimensions of the plastic container are absorbed by rubber pads adapted to the respective container shape, i.e. H. be balanced.



   The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention, which is characterized by a horizontally arranged, endless plate chain belt driven by rollers or chain wheels with transport plates located between the chains and provided with correspondingly shaped openings in which the plastic cans to be sealed are suspended , a spring-loaded support device arranged below the upper run of said chain belt, an endless, belt-like pressure member, which is driven via transport rollers and is arranged parallel to the plate chain belt, against which the plastic cans with the lids placed are pressed,

   and the lower run of which faces the upper run of the plate chain belt running in the same direction at a small distance and which is heated or cooled over part of its length by a heating element and cooling element arranged between the upper and lower run of the pressing member.



   The heating element and the cooling element, which heat or cool the revolving pressure member to welding temperature, can be arranged either side by side or one above the other, in the latter case the upper run of the endless pressure member is expediently heated by the heating element and the lower run of the same by the cooling elements is cooled.



   The pressing of the plastic containers on their cover side against the circumferential pressing member is expediently carried out by the spring-loaded support device arranged below the upper run of the plate chain belt. The same expediently consists of two fiber strips or strips of similar material, such as, for example, two fiber strips connected to one another over their entire length by compression springs on two rigid support rails. B. made of light metal or other plastics.



   Since, however, for sealing with liquid contents, such as in the case of fish marinades and. Like., filled cans, it is to be expected that certain amounts of liquid, which in particular contain acetic acid or sugar, can reach the contact and connecting surfaces of the can flange and lid, it is sometimes necessary to make the closure device particularly elastic for the conditions prevailing in each individual can in order to really press the lid and the can flange against each other so completely during the welding and cooling phase that a tight lid closure is reliably produced over the entire can circumference.



   It has therefore proven to be particularly advantageous to make the sprung support surface somewhat more capable of modulation. This is preferably achieved by virtue of the fact that the spring-loaded support device arranged below the upper run of the plate chain belt consists of a plurality of horizontally adjacent, separated slide shoes connected by compression springs to a rigid support rail. The individually sprung sliding blocks are transmitted over the
Chain rollers of the connecting chain put the pressure on the transport plates of the plate chain belt and, thanks to their small dimensions and their free mobility, are able to handle any unevenness in the
Balance machine and film material.

   In general, the length of a sliding shoe should suitably be smaller than a can length, for example half a can length, in order to ensure fully elastic suspension and thus always the same contact pressure.



   In this embodiment, the endless chain of the plate chain belt is used not only as a connecting and transport chain, but also as a pressure transmitter with the chain rollers. The pressure rails and the resulting high sliding friction are thus eliminated and are replaced by the lower roller friction.



   The same effect of the last-mentioned configuration of the spring-loaded support surface can also be achieved in that the same is formed from a plurality of base plates below the transport plates with these base plates connected to one another by compression springs, which in turn are directly connected to the chains of the plate chain belt.



   The device according to the invention can, however, also be designed in such a way that the pressure link consists of two endless transport chains and a plurality of metal frames arranged between these and fastened with the chain links. In this embodiment, the plate chain belt, which contains the plastic containers to be closed, and the metal frames mentioned, the individual plates of which are heated to welding temperature and then cooled again, are expediently centrally controlled and driven synchronously at a ratio of 1: 1, so that each plastic container to be closed and a metal frame (welding frame) are exactly on top of each other with exact edge coverage, converge exactly at the point of contact of the two chain belts and are guided through the entire machine in this exact edge coverage.

   Due to the good thermal conductivity of the metal plates formed from metal (welding frame), z. B. made of copper, it is also possible to arrange the heating element not next to, but above the cooling element, so that the entire free length of the upper run of the welding frame chain band is acted upon by the heating element, and the lower length of the welding frame chain band by the cooling element. In such a case, however, a correspondingly stronger heating is required so that the welding frames, as soon as they pass from the upper run to the lower run of the circulating chain belt, still have the heat required for welding, since they are already after a shorter distance in the lower run from the Cooling station are acted upon.

   The heat absorbed by the welding frame under the heating station is then sufficient to bring about a secure and total weld seal between the can and the lid, while both are then passed under the cooling station under contact pressure. In this way, the machine with a correspondingly smaller linear expansion, i. H. shorter belts or chains and faster running of the chain belts.



   It has also been found to be advantageous if the transport plates of the plastic containers contain shape-adapted rubber pads on which the edge of the container rests in order to compensate for differences in thickness in the film material.



   In FIGS. 1 to 9, particularly advantageous embodiments of the device according to the invention are shown.



   1 shows a side view and FIG. 2 shows a front view (view from the end) of a sealing machine with a revolving, endless metal belt 1. The driven rollers or sprockets 10, over which two endless chains 11 run, are rotatably mounted on the machine base 12 , between which transport plates 7 are attached with openings for hanging the plastic container 3 to be closed and together with them form the plate chain belt.

   Above the plate chain belt, two rotatable and driven transport rollers 6 are provided, over which the endless metal belt 1 runs, the task of which is first of all the heat supplied to it from the heating element 4 arranged between the upper and lower run of the metal belt 1 and then the heat supplied to it from the next to transfer the cooling element 5, which is arranged to the heating element 4, to the top of the lidded plastic container 3, which is pressed against the metal belt 1 by the plate chain belt.



   The upper run of the plate chain belt is supported by two rigid support rails 9 fiber strips 8 connected to one another by compression springs 2 on the long sides in order to exert an intense and uniform contact pressure, which presses the upper sides of the cans 3 suspended and covered in the plate chain belt against the endless metal belt 1.



   13 shows a collecting tray for liquid which overflows and drips downwards when cans filled with liquid are suspended in the plate chain conveyor.



   Fig. 3 shows an enlarged section from the machine, namely a cross section through the machine, from which the arrangement of the sprung support surface emerges particularly clearly. As can be seen from this figure, the cross section in the heating zone is shown here. Here, 4 denotes the actual heating element, 4a the heating cartridges and 4b the thermal contact plate, which finally transfers the heat to the metal strip 1 passing underneath. The rubber pads embedded in the transport plates 7 to compensate for differences in thickness in the film material are denoted by 7a.



   The function of the embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is carried out in such a way that the plastic cans 3 to be closed with the loosely placed lids on the left shortly after the chain wheel 10 into the openings in the transport plates 7 by hand (or also by machine) inserted and when moving further to the right by means of the fiber strips 8, the cover side of the can against the metal strip 1 rotating in the same direction and at the same speed are pressed.

   Due to the heat transferred to the metal strip 1 by the heating element 4, the can edge and lid are welded below the section of the heating element 4, the latter being cooled below the section of the cooling element 5, which quickly cools the metal strip 1 again, and on the right at the end of the The properly welded cans are lifted out of the transport plates 7 by hand (or by machine) on the upper run of the plate chain belt.



   4 and 5 show the side view and the front view of a sealing machine in which the machine base 12 and plate chain belt, including support rail 9 and spring-loaded fiber strip 8, are designed in exactly the same way as in the machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The endless metal belt is replaced here by an endless welding frame chain belt, which consists of two endless connecting chains 14 with copper welding frames 15 suspended between them and which is set in motion via drive sprockets 16.

   In this embodiment, the cooling element 5 and heating element 4 are arranged one above the other, with the heating element 4 acting on the upper run of the welding frame chain belt, below which it is arranged, while the cooling element 5 with cooled pressure plate 5a acts on the lower run of the welding frame chain belt, above it it is arranged.



   6 shows an enlarged section of FIGS. 4 and 5, namely a cross section through the machine, from which the arrangement of the cooling element 5, the welding frame 15 and the arrangement of the plastic can 3 and the spring-loaded support surface, consisting of the fiber strips 8, compression springs 2 and rigid support rails 9 emerge.



   Fig. 7 shows a detail from an embodiment of the inventive device in a side view, in which the rigid support surface (fiber strips 8) shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are replaced by a plurality of short individually sprung sliding shoes 17, which through the mediation of the Springs 2 are arranged on a continuous support rail 9.



   8 shows the associated representation of a partial cross-section of this embodiment. In this embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the revolving endless metal belt 1, which is located below the heating unit formed from heating element 4, heating cartridges 4a and thermal contact plate 4b, and the itself Subsequent cooling unit 5 rotates, the pressure plane against which the same direction circulating chain belt with the plastic cans 3 suspended in the individual transport plates 7 is resiliently pressed with such a pressure that each individual can is held so intimately in contact on its entire flange circumference that a Complete contact, plastic against plastic, and consequently the formation of an equally complete weld seam is guaranteed.

   The plastic can 3 here hangs with its edge flanges in the opening of a plate 7 of the plate chain belt, the individual transport plates 7 of which are combined into an endless belt by the connecting chain 11 formed from roller links. The plate chain belt slides with the chain roller links over a spring-loaded support surface which, in this embodiment, consists of a large number of short, individually spring-loaded sliding blocks 17, which in turn are arranged on a continuous support rail 9 by means of the springs 2.



   In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, which also shows a partial enlargement of the machine in cross section, the spring-loaded support surface shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, consisting of the individual sliding shoes 17, is replaced by the individual cup receiving plates 7 of the Chain belt have been doubled in that each transport plate 7 is assigned a base plate 18 on which it is supported by a spring 2. Here the base plates 18 are combined by means of the roller chain links 11 to form an endless chain belt. The roller members 11 slide on the narrow side of a rigid slide rail 19, which in turn is arranged on a rigid support rail 9.

   This embodiment also ensures a particularly uniform contact pressure of the lid side of the plastic cans against the metal strip 1 over the entire length of the machine.



   The practical implementation of the method according to the invention and the use of the device according to the invention has shown that it is possible herewith to weld can-shaped containers made of thermoplastic material, which are filled, for example, with fish marinades, meat salad, jams and other foods, to the lids that have been placed on top a flawless weld seam over the entire edge of the can and thus a reliable exclusion of air access is guaranteed.

 

Claims (1)

PATENTANSPRÜCHE I. Verfahren zum kontinuierlichen Verschliessen von dosenförmigen Behältern aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff durch Aufschweissen von der Behälterform angepassten Deckeln aus ebenfalls thermoplastischem Kunststoff, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zu verschliessenden dosenförmigen Behälter mit aufgelegten Verschlussdeckeln jeweils unter gleichem Druck an der Deckelseite gegen einen mit gleicher Geschwindigkeit wie die Dosen in gleicher Richtung fortbewegten Metallkörper gepresst, kontinuierlich an einer Heizvorrichtung, die den Metallkörper auf Schweisstemperatur erhitzt, und anschliessend ohne Änderung und Unterbrechung des Anpressdruckes an einer Kühlzone, die den Metallkörper wieder abkühlt, vorbeigeführt werden. PATENT CLAIMS I. A method for the continuous closing of can-shaped containers made of thermoplastic material by welding on lids which are adapted to the container shape and which are also made of thermoplastic material, characterized in that the can-shaped containers to be closed with the closing lids placed under the same pressure on the lid side against one at the same speed as Cans with metal bodies moving in the same direction are pressed continuously by a heating device that heats the metal body to welding temperature, and then passed, without changing or interrupting the contact pressure, past a cooling zone that cools the metal body again. II. Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach Patentanspruch I, gekennzeichnet durch ein über Walzen oder Kettenräder (10) angetriebenes, waagrecht angeordnetes, endloses Plattenkettenband mit zwischen den Ketten (11) befindlichen und mit Durchbrüchen für das Einhängen der Dosen versehenen Transportplatten (7), eine unterhalb des oberen Trums des besagten Plattenkettenbandes angeordnete gefederte Unterstützungseinrichtung, ein über Transportwalzen (6) angetriebenes, ebenfalls waagrecht angeordnetes endloses, bandartiges Anpressglied (1), gegen das die Kunststoffdosen mit den aufgelegten Deckeln gedrückt werden, und dessen unteres Trum dem oberen Trum des gleichsinnig umlaufenden Kettenbandes in geringem Abstand gegenübersteht, und das durch ein zwischen oberem und unterem Trum des Anpressgliedes (1) angeordnetes Heizelement (4) und Kühlelement (5) II. Device for carrying out the method according to claim I, characterized by a horizontally arranged, endless plate chain belt, driven by rollers or chain wheels (10), with transport plates (7) located between the chains (11) and provided with openings for hanging the cans, a spring-loaded support device arranged below the upper run of said plate chain belt, a likewise horizontally arranged endless, belt-like pressure member (1) driven by transport rollers (6) against which the plastic cans with the lids placed are pressed, and the lower run of which is the upper run of the facing in the same direction revolving chain belt at a small distance, and that by a heating element (4) and cooling element (5) arranged between the upper and lower run of the pressure link (1) über einen Teil seiner Länge beheizt bzw. gekühlt wird. is heated or cooled over part of its length. UNTERANSPRÜCHE 1. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Heizelement (4) und das Kühlelement (5) nebeneinander angeordnet sind. SUBCLAIMS 1. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the heating element (4) and the cooling element (5) are arranged side by side. 2. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Heizelement (4) und das Kühlelement (5) derart übereinander angeordnet sind, dass das obere Trum des endlosen Anpressgliedes (1) von dem Heizelement (4) beheizt und das untere Trum von dem Kühlelement (5) gekühlt wird. 2. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the heating element (4) and the cooling element (5) are arranged one above the other in such a way that the upper run of the endless pressing member (1) is heated by the heating element (4) and the lower run is heated by the Cooling element (5) is cooled. 3. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die unterhalb des oberen Trums des Plattenkettenb andes angeordnete gefederte Unterstützungseinrichtung aus auf zwei starren Tragschienen (9) durch Druckfedern (2) auf ihrer gesamten Länge miteinander verbundenen Fiberleisten (8) besteht, die die in die Transportplatten (7) eingehängten dosenförmigen Kunststoffbehälter an der Deckelseite gegen das untere Trum des Anpressgliedes (1) drücken. 3. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the spring-loaded support device arranged below the upper run of the Plattenkettebandes consists of fiber strips (8) connected to one another over their entire length on two rigid support rails (9), which the in the transport plates (7) attached can-shaped plastic container on the lid side press against the lower run of the pressure member (1). 4. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die gefederte Unterstützungsfläche aus einer Vielzahl von waagrecht nebeneinander angeordneten, getrennten, durch Druckfedern (2) mit einer starren Tragschiene (9) verbundenen Gleitschuhen (17) besteht. 4. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the spring-loaded support surface consists of a plurality of horizontally side by side, separate sliding shoes (17) connected by compression springs (2) to a rigid support rail (9). 5. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die gefederte Unterstützungsfläche aus einer Vielzahl unterhalb der Transportplatten (7) mit diesen durch Druckfedern (2) miteinander verbundenen Grundplatten (18) besteht, die ihrerseits direkt mit den Ketten (11) des Plattenkettenbandes verbunden sind. 5. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the spring-loaded support surface consists of a plurality below the transport plates (7) with these base plates (18) connected to one another by compression springs (2), which in turn are directly connected to the chains (11) of the plate chain belt are. 6. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Anpressglied (1) aus zwei endlosen Transportketten und einer Vielzahl zwischen diesen angeordneten und mit den Ketten gliedern verbundenen Metallrahmen (15) gebildet ist. 6. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the pressing member (1) is formed from two endless transport chains and a plurality of metal frames (15) arranged between these and links with the chains. 7. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Transportplatten (7) der Kunststoffbehälterform angepasste Gummi auflagen (7a), auf die jeweils der Rand der Kunststoffbehälter aufliegt, enthalten. 7. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the transport plates (7) of the plastic container shape adapted rubber pads (7a), on each of which the edge of the plastic container rests, contain. 8. Vorrichtung nach Patentanspruch II, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Anpressglied (1) aus einem Metallband besteht. 8. Device according to claim II, characterized in that the pressing member (1) consists of a metal band.
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