CN101119894B - Apparatus and method for shrinking wrapping containers - Google Patents

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CN101119894B
CN101119894B CN2006800052480A CN200680005248A CN101119894B CN 101119894 B CN101119894 B CN 101119894B CN 2006800052480 A CN2006800052480 A CN 2006800052480A CN 200680005248 A CN200680005248 A CN 200680005248A CN 101119894 B CN101119894 B CN 101119894B
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An apparatus for shrink wrapping a plurality of individually wrapped containers comprises a stacking station (100) for superimposing a pair of containers (10, 11) individually wrapped in a heat shrinkable film, a shrink tunnel (200), and a transfer device (120) for transferring a pair of superimposed containers (10, 11) from the stacking station (100) to the shrink tunnel (200). The transfer device (120) is adapted to engage and separate the pair of superimposed containers (10, 11) and to convey the pair of separated superimposed containers from the stacking station (100) into the shrink tunnel (200) .

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The equipment of shrink wrapping containers and method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method and apparatus of shrink wrapping containers, but and can be used in particular for shrink wrapping and be used for adorning for example box of cigarette of smoking article.
Background technology
Has been known with cigarette packs and other container shrink wrapping in polyacrylic outer film for example.In the process of shrink wrapping, being packaged in cigarette packs logistics in the thermal contratible film separately is transferred and passes through shrinking tunnel, in this tunnel, use hot-air convection and/or use flat plate heat to conduct box is heat-treated, thereby shrink the blister-pack spare that centers on cigarette packs.In order to increase the capacity rating by the cigarette packs of shrinking tunnel, the representative type way is, to stack cigarette packs that right form will pack separately from piling up or the storehouse station sends in cycles the shrinking tunnel.
In traditional shrink wrapping equipment, reciprocal horizontal propeller is sent to a pair of of stacked vertically the shrinking tunnel from the storehouse station the cigarette packs that stacks, and, thereby a pair of box is side by side promoted to form continuous logistics here.So cigarette packs is vertically carried by shrinking tunnel with two forms that stack adjacent lines, and the upper surface of following capable cigarette packs contacts with the lower surface of upper row cigarette packs.Disadvantageously, in shrinking tunnel, can only be subjected to some heating with these thermal contratible films that can't approaching face contact of cigarette packs or do not heated fully.The inhomogeneous contraction of blister-pack spare can cause forming folding line or thereby wrinkle produces ugly box finished product, and for fear of this inhomogeneous contraction, people wish that upper surface and the lower surface to each cigarette packs all heats in shrinking tunnel.
US-B-6,511,405 disclose a kind of equipment of producing box, this box has the improved outer wrapper of profile, this equipment comprises the contraction station, this contraction station has the up box last heating plate that heats of front side up, and two stack box capable between the zone be used for the descending box following heating plate that heats of front side up.Thereby they are transmitted through down the contraction station of heating plate top, and up box promotes with respect to descending box by the slope in the heating plate zone.Though US-B-6, disclosed equipment can arrive the front side up of descending box in 511,405, the machineries that two row stack box divide defection to cause box the not shrink-wrapped part of box suffers damage when shrinking station being conveyed into.And sizable risk is the mal location of single box in shrinking station, thereby forms damaged box and/or have the box of inhomogeneous shrink-wrapped part.
Summary of the invention
One object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved equipment and method that is used for a plurality of independent packing containers of shrink wrapping.
According to the present invention, a kind of equipment that is used for a plurality of independent packing containers of shrink wrapping is provided, this equipment comprises: the storehouse station, shrinking tunnel and conveyer, this conveyer is used for a pair of container that stacks is sent to shrinking tunnel from the storehouse station, this container is packaged in the heat-shrinkable film separately, this conveyer is suitable for engaging and separates this container to stacking, and the container that is suitable for separating is transported to the shrinking tunnel from the storehouse station, and this conveyer is suitable for this is applied vacuum to the part away from the surface of shrinking tunnel of at least one in the superimposed containers.
In use, separate this container by conveyer rather than slope or other hard relocating device to stacking, the upside of each container or upper surface and downside or lower surface can be heated by the one or more heating arrangements in the shrinking tunnel, and reduce or avoided the blister-pack spare that do not shrink in container and/or they and be sent to the danger that sustains damage when shrinking station at container.
More preferably, conveyer is suitable for rear side or back (the trailing side or face) of one of superimposed containers centering the top are applied vacuum.
Preferably, conveyer comprises at least one suction plate or cup, and this suction plate or cup are used for engaging with at least one the part away from the shrinking tunnel surface of superimposed containers centering.Preferably, this at least one suction plate or cup are installed on the propelling unit, and this propelling unit is used for providing with respect to shrinking tunnel and vertically moves.Preferably, propelling unit is installed on the balladeur train of cam rail.
Preferably, shrinking tunnel comprises the heating plate that at least one heats the blister-pack spare of separation container.More preferably, shrinking tunnel comprises the interior heating plate that is installed between the separation container, and heating plate is used for the relative inward faces of separation container is heated in this.Preferably, shrinking tunnel comprises the parallel outer heating plate that the interior heating plate that is installed between the separation container and a pair of relative separation are provided with, should be used for the relative inward faces of separation container is heated by interior heating plate, this outer heating plate is used for the outward surface of separation container is heated.
Preferably, interior heating plate is fixed, and in order to reduce the friction between separation container and the shrinking tunnel, outer heating plate preferably is suitable for moving along with moving of separation container simultaneously.
Shrinking tunnel can advantageously further comprise the parallel heating plate that second pair of relative separation is provided with, and this heating plate is right perpendicular to interior heating plate and outer heating plate in fact, is used for the corresponding surface in addition of separation container is heated.Under the situation of the parallel heating plate that has comprised second pair of relative separation setting, this heating plate also preferably is suitable for moving to reduce friction along with moving of separation container.
Any suitable known heating plate can be used in the shrinking tunnel of present device, for example, and by the heating plate of resistance heat.And if desired, as the substitute of these one or more heating plates or except these one or more heating plates, equipment of the present invention can also comprise and in use hot air infeeded shrinking tunnel to shrink the device of separation container blister-pack spare.
In the preferred embodiment of present device, conveyer is applied to negative pressure by suction unit on the rear side or rear surface of superimposed containers to the top container that is formed at vertical stack station place, thereby engage and vertically lift container topmost, thus with container to separating.At the container of waiting to shrink packing is under the situation of cigarette packs, and conveyer preferably is applied to about 0.6bar topmost on the cigarette packs to separate cigarette packs to the vacuum between the 1bar.The suction unit of conveyer for example can comprise suction plate or the one or more air-breathing cup with a plurality of holes, in use produces vacuum by its suction.
Suction unit is preferably mounted on the horizontal propeller, and this propelling unit is installed on the balladeur train of fixed cam track.In use, when balladeur train and thereby propelling unit when shrinking tunnel moves, topmost container is engaged by suction plate, and is vertically lifted with respect to stacking the bottom container of box centering.Simultaneously, as be known in the art, bottom container is collected to hold together by the hinged finger of separation that is installed on the balladeur train, and by balladeur train and angle of rake being moved further and under sustained height, transport towards the shrinking tunnel straight line.Select as another kind, conveyer can also come the right bottom container of bonded and stacked container by the negative pressure that suction unit produces.
In order to obtain continuous treating process, in the preferred embodiment of present device, the rear side of the top container or back are applied negative pressure or reduce pressure is benchmark with right the stacking of container in the storehouse station.Right in order to form superimposed containers, first container that is packaged in the thermal contratible film is preferably upwards lifted to predetermined altitude in the storehouse station by vertical back and forth propelling unit, here it is kept in place by known methods, and propelling unit turns back to its initial position.Vertical pusher will be packaged in second container in the shrinkable film and upwards lift to identical predetermined altitude in the storehouse station then, here it is maintained at the desired location, and the lower surface of first container or downside are supported on the upper surface or upside of this second container.In the preferred embodiment of present device, be right after after stacking of container finished, conveyer engages and separates implementing the superimposed containers of formation thus, thereby vertical pusher is returned its initial position to collect to hold together container formation first container of a pair of superimposed containers down simultaneously.
Typically, be used for of the speed operation of the high speed shrink wrapping machine of cigarette packs with about per minute 400 to 600 boxes.Therefore, under the preferred embodiment of present device is used for the situation of shrink wrap cigarette packs, the balladeur train of conveyer and thereby horizontal propeller can be with half operation of for example this speed.
For help conveyer with superimposed containers to being sent to shrinking tunnel with a snap from the storehouse station, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, conveyer can also provide pressurized air that container or a plurality of container are blown off into shrinking tunnel from suction unit.
Preferably in shrinking tunnel, the upper surface of the bottom container that the superimposed containers of Fen Liing is right is heat-treated by heating plate with the relative lower surface of the top container at least.Preferably, heating arrangement by at least one separate superimposed containers between middle heating plate transfer heat.More preferably, heating arrangement by at least one separate superimposed containers between fixing horizontal heating plate transfer heat, this heating plate is also as the support or the guide plate of at least one container.Heating arrangement can be the type of any appropriate, for example, and by the plate of resistance heat.
Preferably, shrinking tunnel also comprises the heating plate that moves with separation container, just, the parallel heating plate up and down that is provided with of vertical separation for example, this heating plate is heat-treated the upper surface of the top container and the lower surface of bottom container respectively, and respectively along with the timely dislocation up and down of moving of the container that is located immediately at their belows or top.If container is pushed into by having the shrinking tunnel of static heating plate, just might produce friction, above-mentioned this mobile heating plate has then advantageously reduced friction.The shrinking tunnel of present device preferred embodiment can also comprise the parallel sides heating plate that two horizontal separation are provided with, and this side heating plate is perpendicular to heating plate up and down and with separating superimposed containers to moving, thereby heats its side surface.
Compare with traditional storehouse station, the height of the storehouse station of present device preferred embodiment preferably increases the height of an about container, is increased to the height of about three containers.Preferably, equipment of the present invention also comprises the pre-sealed unit that is installed in the storehouse station bottom, and this unit in use is used for bottom that the relative longitudinal folded ends of not shrink-wrapped part in three containers is carried out dot encapsulation.Preferably, pre-sealed unit comprises a pair of relative hollow reciprocating pneumatic cylinder, and this cylinder is installed in the opposite side of storehouse station, and in use by hot air heating.Under present device is used for the situation of shrink wrap cigarette packs, because heat-shrinkable film folds round cigarette packs usually, therefore pneumatic cylinder preferably is provided with 2 of being used on the bottom box opposite side and carries out a heating, locates to have folded 5 film thicknesses at these 2.
Preferably, equipment of the present invention also comprises the choke detection device that is installed in the storehouse station.In a preferred embodiment, choke detection device comprises that a pair of relative spring-loaded refers to, this spring-loaded refers to be hingedly mounted on the either side in storehouse station upper end or exit, and meets at right angles with it.In use, the unexpected insertion of unnecessary container storehouse station can make spring-loaded point to upward to pivot and be resisted against on the side of storehouse station, thereby produces the signal that equipment is stopped by sensor.The unnecessary container that in detecting the storehouse station equipment is blocked or block, spring-loaded refers to also advantageously reduce beating of they when packing container is sent into the storehouse station separately.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a side of present device storehouse station is hinged on its remainder, so that can easily touch the inside of storehouse station, thereby can for example remove the unexpected unnecessary container that inserts.
According to the present invention, the method of a plurality of independent packing containers of a kind of shrink wrapping also is provided, this method comprises: at least two containers that are packaged in separately in the thermal contratible film are deposited in the storehouse station, to obtain a pair of container that stacks, it is right to separate superimposed containers that at least one of superimposed containers centering applied vacuum, and the container that separates is conveyed in the shrinking tunnel.
Preferably, this method comprises superimposed containers topmost one rear side or rear surface apply vacuum.At the container of waiting to shrink packing is under the situation of cigarette packs, and this method preferably includes about 0.6bar to the vacuum between the 1bar.
Preferably, method of the present invention comprises that also the heating plate by being installed between the separation container heats the relative inward faces of separation container in the shrinking tunnel.
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With reference to accompanying drawing, will only set forth equipment of the present invention and processing method in further detail below by the mode of example, wherein: Fig. 1 shows equipment of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
This equipment comprises storehouse station 100, and this storehouse station comprises the vertical stacking of three independent wrapping packets of cigarettes 10,11 and 12.Cigarette packs 10 is separated with box 11 by the vacuum that the suction plate 110 with conveyer 120 combinations applies. Box 10 and 11 is pushed forward into the vertical shrinking tunnel 200 that comprises middle heating plate 210 by conveyer 120.Arrow 98 expression boxes 10 move up.Arrow 99 expression boxes 10 and 11 move downstream.
But method and apparatus according to the invention can be used in particular for box or smoking article for example in the production of cigarette, in the production of the hinge-lid cigarette packs with circle and/or bevel edge.
Be understandable that,, can simply advantageously renovate, thereby produce equipment of the present invention the existing traditional shrink wrapping equipment of storehouse station and shrinking tunnel that comprises by adding suitable transfer device.

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1. the equipment of the container of a plurality of independent packings of shrink wrapping, this equipment comprises:
Storehouse station (100), this storehouse station are used for stacking a pair of container (10,11) that is packaged in thermal contratible film separately;
Shrinking tunnel (200); And
Conveyer (120), this conveyer is used for a pair of superimposed containers (10,11) be sent to shrinking tunnel (200) from storehouse station (100), conveyer (120) is suitable for engaging and separating this to superimposed containers (10,11), and be suitable for this that separates is transported to shrinking tunnel (200) to superimposed containers from storehouse station (100), it is characterized in that conveyer (120) is suitable for this is applied vacuum to the part away from the surface of shrinking tunnel (200) of at least one in the superimposed containers (10,11).
2. equipment according to claim 1, it is characterized in that conveyer (120) comprises at least one suction plate (110) or cup, this suction plate or cup are used for this part away from the surface of shrinking tunnel (200) of at least one in superimposed containers (10,11) being engaged.
3. equipment according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that conveyer (120) is suitable for this rear side or back to (10,11) the tops one (10) in the superimposed containers is applied vacuum.
4. equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that shrinking tunnel (200) comprises the heating plate (210) that at least one heats the blister-pack spare of the container (10,11) of separation.
5. the method for a plurality of independent packing containers of shrink wrapping (10,11,12), this method comprises:
At least two containers (10,11,12) that are packaged in separately in the thermal contratible film are deposited in the storehouse station (100), to obtain a pair of container that stacks (10,11);
This is applied vacuum to separate this to superimposed containers (10,11) in the superimposed containers (10,11) at least one; And
This that separates is conveyed into a shrinking tunnel (200) to superimposed containers (10,11).
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