CN1662315A - Dunnage converter system - Google Patents
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Abstract
An easy load packaging system, and a stand and a dunnage conversion machine therefor are disclosed. The stand includes a base and a pair of upright guide members mounted to the base and supporting at the upper ends thereof a dunnage conversion machine. The guide members define there between a channel for guiding sheet stock material to the dunnage conversion machine. The dunnage conversion machine is pivotable relative to the stand between an operating position and a servicing/loading position whereat access to internal components of the machine is simplified. A stack of sheet stock material is jacketed and/or baled for simplified loading into a packaging system or stand. An adhesive layer on the bottom or top of the stack enables the stack to be easily spliced to another stack.
Description
The present invention relates to a kind of dunnage converter, more especially, the present invention relates to make it possible to improve the dunnage converter of raw-material delivered payload capability and the raw material of used fan-shaped fold thereof.
Cushioning conversion machine converts stock material to dense dunnage bar, and it can be used for providing the buffering in the packing.Usually, interpreter is installed on the support so that make interpreter be in can be easy to and for example is on operator's the apparent altitude on the height near the dunnage of being produced by machine.Some interpreter supports have makes interpreter with respect to the ability of horizontal run-off the straight and other support makes interpreter to rotate in horizontal plane.
In the interpreter of these prior aries, stock material is pulled to the upstream extremity of machine from the source of supply of folding such as the stock material of stock material volume or fan-shaped fold.Although stock material is usually followed consistent path at it when source of supply marches to the upstream extremity of machine, but when interpreter moves under fair speed, for example when producing sky and fill out product, perhaps in the startup and stopped process of machine, stock material may experience fluctuation or rise and fall.Sometimes, these fluctuations may cause beginning to tear in the lateral edge of the stock material part, thereby may cause machine to block or cause adverse effect to the dunnage quality.
The make of other machine make since machine to be in the installation set-up mode of particular orientation or parts wherein very complicated, thereby for example hindered for parts are assembled or serve near the parts of machine intimate.
Also developed various packaging systems, wherein to the dunnage converter of for example system near the obstruction that is subjected to the specific set-up mode of system.
Therefore, just need provide a kind of dunnage converter and support, and follow-on packaging system, it can realize the raw material guide features in the support, be easy near and can serve machine and/or intrasystem parts, and improved ergonomics in this machine and/or the system.
The invention provides a kind of packaging system that is easy near its parts.According to a general aspect of the present invention, support guides to dunnage converter with stock material.According to another aspect of the present invention, the feeding of dunnage converter is led the paper assembly and is passed through dunnage converter from raw material supply source guiding stock material and with its guiding.According to another general aspect of the present invention, pull element motor and cutting assembly motor are placed to L shaped structure so that supporting the dunnage converter with cramped construction.
More particularly and according to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of support that is used for dunnage converter, it comprises base and pair of upright ways.Upright ways is installed on the base and locates supporting dunnage converter in the top.
Ways defines the passage that is used for stock material is guided to dunnage converter betwixt.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter, it comprises that conversion sub-component and feeding lead the paper assembly.The conversion sub-component converts stock material to dunnage.The upstream that the paper assembly is positioned at the conversion sub-component is led in feeding.Feeding is led the paper assembly and can be moved between open position and closed position, on open position, can be near the part of the travel path of stock material, and on the closed position, feeding is led the paper assembly and is guided stock material along travel path.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter, it comprises pull element, cutting assembly and the framework with L shaped structure.Pull element tractive stock material converts stock material to the bedding and padding bar thus by dunnage converter.Pull element is by the pull element powered motors with pull element motor axis.Cutting assembly cuts into dunnage with the bedding and padding bar.Cutting assembly is by the cutting assembly powered motors with cutting assembly motor axis.The pull element motor is installed on the framework so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg of L shaped structure, and the cutting assembly motor is installed on the framework so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg in addition of L shaped structure.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of packaging system, it comprises dunnage converter and packed surface.Dunnage converter places the packed surface top.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of packaging system, it comprises dunnage converter, raw material supply assembly and passageway.The raw material supply assembly feeds to dunnage converter with stock material.The passageway provide lead to the raw material supply assembly near path.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of packaging system, it comprises high supporting member, dunnage converter and raw material supply assembly.Dunnage converter is installed on the high supporting member so that make dunnage converter hang on the high supporting member.The raw material supply assembly feeds to dunnage converter with stock material.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of bedding and padding converting system, it comprises dunnage converter and support.Bracket supports dunnage converter and is supporting the stock material that is positioned at the dunnage converter below folded, and dunnage converter is pulled out stock material and converted thereof into the dunnage bar from stock material is folded.Support comprises the upright channels member that a pair of edge laterally is separated by, its have extend longitudinally, laterally separate about towards inwall and from guide wall inwardly extend internally along front and back horizontal expansion, that vertically be separated by guide wall.Width between the folded left and right sides of stock material greater than the distance between the inward flange of guide wall but less than support towards the distance between the inwall, and the distance between the folded both sides, front and back of stock material is less than the distance between the front and back guide wall of support.Stock material is folded to be supported between the upright channels member, and when dunnage converter when it pulls out stock material, the upright channels member guides to dunnage converter with stock material.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of method that is used for the stock material closed assembly of rectangle is stated from the support that is used for dunnage converter is provided, its medium-height trestle has the upright channels member that a pair of edge laterally is separated by, it has and extends longitudinally, about laterally separating towards inwall and from guide wall inwardly extend internally along horizontal expansion, the front and back guide wall of vertically being separated by, and wherein the width between the Die left and right sides greater than the distance between the inward flange of guide wall but less than support towards the distance between the inwall, and the distance between the folded both sides, front and back is less than the distance between the front and back guide wall of support, this method may further comprise the steps: the left side that will fold or right side insert between the ways, will be folded tilt in case make its first and second tiltedly right angle support towards between the inwall, with a folded left side or right side towards the corresponding left side of support or wall shift is moving inwardly on the right side, will be folded tilt so that make the folded left and right sides place within the corresponding left and right sides wall of support, along side direction towards a left side or the right side inwardly the wall shift fold so that make folded being centered in basically towards between the inwall.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of bedding and padding converting system, it comprises dunnage converter and support.Dunnage converter converts stock material to dunnage, and comprises and be used for the stock material tractive is drawn off the outlet of dunnage in the pull element of dunnage converter with by it.Dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, the outlet of dunnage converter is towards the front portion of system, and on service/" loaded " position, the supply side of pull element towards the front portion of system so that the operator is approaching.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of bedding and padding converting system, it comprises dunnage converter and support.Dunnage converter converts stock material to dunnage, and comprises the cutting assembly and the lid that is used to be covered with cutting assembly that is used for the bedding and padding bar is cut into Len req.Support comprises the pair of upright ways.The width of upright ways is greater than the width of lid.Dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, dunnage converter draws off the bedding and padding bar in the front portion of system, and on service/" loaded " position, the lid of cutting assembly places between the upright ways.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of bedding and padding converting system, it comprises dunnage converter and support.Dunnage converter converts stock material to dunnage.Dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, dunnage converter is in stand up position, and on service/" loaded " position, dunnage converter at least in part the other way around.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide the good stock material of a kind of packing of using for dunnage converter folded.The stock material superimposition that fan-shaped fold is drawn together in the stacked package that packing is good is used for surrounding at least in part folded overcoat.At least one bale ties is fixed in stock material with overcoat to be folded.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the stock material that provides a kind of cover that uses for dunnage converter to get up is folded.Overlap the stacked package of getting up and draw together the overcoat that the stock material superimposition of fan-shaped fold has bottom contact pin, bottom contact pin is positioned at folded below and can moves apart mutually so that make contact pin to be removed below folded.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of stock material folded for the dunnage converter use.The release liner that the stock material of the fan-shaped fold with top and bottom is folded, be positioned at folded top or the adhesive phase on the bottom and be covered with adhesive phase is at least drawn together in stacked package.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of being used for that the stock material closed assembly is stated from the method that second stock material is folded, may further comprise the steps: provide first and second stock material folded, wherein adhesive phase puts on first top of folding or second bottom of folding, and with second folded being placed on the first folded top, adhesive is incorporated into the first folded top page or leaf on second end page or leaf of folding thus.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of being used for that the stock material closed assembly is stated from the method that second stock material is folded, may further comprise the steps: provide first and second stock material folded, wherein adhesive phase puts on the first folded top or the second folded bottom and release liner is covered with adhesive phase, with second folded being placed on the first folded top, and from the stock material that stacks folded between the tractive release liner so that expose adhesive phase, adhesive is incorporated into the first folded top page or leaf on the second folded end page or leaf thus.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide the good stock material of a kind of packing of using for dunnage converter folded.Stacked package is drawn together the stock material of fan-shaped fold and is folded; Have at least two overcoats that formed the baffle plate in L shaped cross section, folded one jiao of angle position adjacent that places with L shaped overcoat; And be used for overcoat is fixed at least one bale ties that stock material is folded.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises the forming assembly that is used for stock material is configured as continuous bedding and padding bar; Be positioned at forming assembly the downstream, be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of forming assembly; Wherein forming assembly comprises funnel part, stock material through this funnel part in case with stock material be configured as the bedding and padding bar and will be shaped after bar guide pull element into.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises the forming assembly that is used for stock material is configured as continuous bedding and padding bar; Be positioned at forming assembly the downstream, be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of forming assembly; Wherein forming assembly comprises a plurality of cylinders of circular array, stock material be configured as the bedding and padding bar through these cylinders of circular array so that with stock material and will be shaped after bar guide pull element into.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises first and second pull element, each pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby these at least two anchor clamps can move past bedding and padding delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together stock material grabbed stock material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching stock material in the anchor clamps along side direction; Wherein first pull element is positioned at the downstream of forming assembly and second pull element is positioned at the downstream of first pull element; And wherein first pull element is moved so that longitudinally wrinkle are through the bedding and padding bar of bedding and padding delivery areas with the speed that is different from second pull element.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises and is used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine; Pull element comprises at least two relative anchor clamps, thereby have at least one can move past bedding and padding delivery areas and cooperating so that stock material grabbed stock material is moved ahead by delivery areas in them, and mobile anchor clamps comprise the hole that is used for collecting therein and catching along side direction stock material when anchor clamps move past delivery areas with respect to other anchor clamps; The mobile anchor clamps that wherein have the hole comprise that a plurality of projectioies of giving prominence to from inner edges are to help catching stock material.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises and is used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine; Pull element comprises a pair of rotatable transmission member, they respectively have concave outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element that extends from concave outer surface, transmission member is toward each other so that limit the bedding and padding delivery areas betwixt, and cooperating passes through delivery areas so that collect betwixt and catch sheet material and sheet material is moved ahead along side direction when rotating.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises and is used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine; Pull element comprises a pair of rotatable transmission member, they respectively have cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element that extends from cylindrical surface, transmission member is toward each other so that limit the bedding and padding delivery areas betwixt, and cooperating passes through delivery areas so that collect betwixt and catch sheet material and sheet material is moved ahead along side direction when rotating.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage, the two-layer at least of this sheet material links together along the flat folding of its length and along flanging.This machine comprises and is used to make flat tabs material material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine; Be used at flat tabs material material the adjacent layer of flat tabs material material is separated from one another so that form the expanding unit of the sheet material bar of expansion through wherein the time; Pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby they can move past delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together the sheet material bar of expansion is grabbed the sheet material bar that therebetween makes expansion and move ahead, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching the sheet material bar of expansion in the anchor clamps along side direction by delivery areas.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage, the two-layer at least of this sheet material links together along the flat folding of its length and along flanging.This method may further comprise the steps: use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine; The step that flat tabs material material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly flat tabs material material strips is grabbed therebetween and flat tabs material material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught flat tabs material material along side direction simultaneously.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This machine comprises and is used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine; Pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby they can move past delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together the bedding and padding bar grabbed the bedding and padding bar is moved ahead by delivery areas, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching the bedding and padding bar in the anchor clamps along side direction; And the software controller that is used to control the speed of pull element.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This method may further comprise the steps: use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine; The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously; Also be included in and start the even change rising of speed that transfer process makes pull element before.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This method may further comprise the steps: use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine; The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously; Also be included in and finish the even change decline of speed that transfer process makes pull element afterwards.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This method may further comprise the steps: use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine; The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously; Also be included in and use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead by before the machine, the speed of pull element is adjusted into one of speed of a plurality of pre-programmed.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage.This method may further comprise the steps: use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine; The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously; Also comprise with first speed operation pull element; And with second speed operation pull element.
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Fig. 1 is the front perspective view according to dunnage converter of the present invention and support.
Fig. 2 is the dunnage converter of Fig. 1 and the rear view of support.
Fig. 3 is the front perspective view of the support of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the parts exploded front perspective view of the support of Fig. 1, illustrates in greater detail each parts of forming support.
Fig. 5 is the perspective view in the raw material supply source of the folded form of the stock material that is fan-shaped fold used in the dunnage converter of Fig. 1 and the support.
Fig. 6 is the dunnage converter of Fig. 1 and the front perspective view of support, and the dunnage converter shown in it pivots to service/" loaded " position, and the lid of dunnage converter has been removed so that observe each parts of machine.
Fig. 7 is the rear view on the top of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1 and support, the cover of the interpreter shown in it and open guide plate and be shown in an open position.
Fig. 8 is the side view of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1, shows the internal part of machine, and utilizes pseudo-line to show framework, lid and the cover of interpreter.
Fig. 9 is the right side perspective view of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1, and wherein its cover is shown in an open position so that allow to observe the internal part of machine.
Figure 10 is the left side perspective view of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1, and wherein its cover is shown in an open position so that allow to observe the internal part of machine.
Figure 11 is the perspective view of draw-off mechanism of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1, and shown draw-off mechanism is installed on the framework of dunnage converter.
Figure 12 is the vertical view of pull element of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1.
Figure 13 is the draw-off mechanism of Figure 11 of seeing from the upstream extremity of dunnage converter and the end-view of compression element.
Figure 14 is the end-view of cutting assembly of the dunnage converter of Fig. 1.
Figure 15 is the perspective view of the cutting assembly of Figure 14.
Figure 16 is the perspective view of the part of the output skewed slot of the dunnage converter seen from the downstream of dunnage converter and cutting assembly.
Figure 17 is the side view that comprises according to the packaging system of dunnage converter of the present invention.
Figure 18 is the perspective view that comprises according to the packaging system of dunnage converter of the present invention.
Figure 19 is the another kind of perspective view that comprises according to the packaging system of dunnage converter of the present invention.
Figure 20 be according to another embodiment of the invention dunnage converter and the front perspective view of support.
Figure 21 is the front perspective view of the support of Figure 20.
Figure 22-26 sequentially shows the several views that are used for the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded the illustrative methods of the support that inserts Figure 20 and 21.
Figure 27 is the front perspective view on the top of the dunnage converter of Figure 20 and 21 and support, dunnage converter shown in it pivots to service/" loaded " position, and therefore covering between the pair of upright ways of support of dunnage converter be can't see from figure.
Figure 28 is the front perspective view on the top of the dunnage converter of Figure 20 and 21 and support, dunnage converter shown in it pivots to service/" loaded " position, and therefore covering between the pair of upright ways of support of dunnage converter be can't see from figure, and the cover of shown interpreter is shown in an open position.
Figure 29 makes that dunnage converter can be according to the perspective view of selecting to pivot to from operating position with respect to support the installing mechanism of service/rotor-position.
Figure 30 is the side view of Figure 29 installing mechanism, shows the position of the mechanism when dunnage converter is on the operating position.
Figure 31 is the side view of Figure 29 installing mechanism, shows the position of the mechanism when dunnage converter is on service/" loaded " position.
Figure 32 is the stock material folded perspective view good according to packing of the present invention.
Side view when the folded line 33-33 from Figure 32 that it is good that Figure 33 is the packing of Figure 32 observes.
Figure 34 is the good folded end perspective view of the packing of Figure 32.
Figure 35 is the folded end perspective view of stock material that has formed the good folded part of the packing of Figure 32.
Figure 36 is the good folded perspective view of stock material of packing according to another embodiment of the invention.
Side view when the folded line 37-37 from Figure 36 that it is good that Figure 37 is the packing of Figure 36 observes.
Figure 38 is the good folded perspective view of stock material of packing according to another embodiment of the invention.
Figure 39 is the folded end perspective view of stock material according to another embodiment of the invention.
Figure 40 is the good folded perspective view of stock material of packing according to another embodiment of the invention.
Figure 41 be according to another embodiment of the invention draw-off mechanism and the perspective schematic view of shaped segment, the stock material shown in it is transmitted around constant input cylinder and through shaped segment.
Figure 42 be according to another embodiment of the invention draw-off mechanism and the perspective schematic view of shaped segment.
Figure 43 is the perspective schematic view of shaped segment according to another embodiment of the invention.
Figure 44 be according to another embodiment of the invention draw-off mechanism and the perspective schematic view of shaped segment.
Figure 45 be according to another embodiment of the invention draw-off mechanism and the perspective schematic view of shaped segment.
Figure 46 is the schematic plan of compression element and upstream draw-off mechanism and downstream draw-off mechanism, and the stock material shown in it is passed wherein and advanced.
Figure 47 is the perspective schematic view according to draw-off mechanism of the present invention.
Figure 48 is the perspective schematic view according to another kind of draw-off mechanism of the present invention.
Figure 49 is the perspective schematic view according to another draw-off mechanism of the present invention.
Figure 50 is the schematic plan of another draw-off mechanism according to another embodiment of the invention.
Figure 51 is the front schematic view of the draw-off mechanism of Figure 50 line 51-51 from Figure 50 when observing.
Figure 52 is the folded perspective schematic view of draw-off mechanism, shaped segment and stock material according to another embodiment of the invention, and the stock material shown in it is transmitted around constant input cylinder and the process shaped segment.
Figure 53 is that draw-off mechanism, shaped segment and the stock material of Figure 49 is folded and according to the perspective schematic view of expanding unit of the present invention.
At length referring to accompanying drawing, at first referring to Fig. 1 to 4, it shows according to dunnage converter 10 of the present invention and support 12 now.Dunnage converter 10 will be as one or more layers flaky raw material of recyclable and reusable brown paper and so on convert to and comprise for example narrower three-dimensional bar or be the bedding and padding bar of columniform rope substantially.Machine 10 has upstream extremity 14 and downstream 16, and stock material feeds to machine 10 at upstream extremity 14 places, and machine 10 draws off dunnage from downstream 16.When this used, the term upstream and downstream referred to stock material when its travel path when support 12 moves to the outlet of dunnage converter 10 as the dunnage bar, as (Fig. 8) shown in 15.Dunnage is as the environmental protection type packing material, usually as infilling or buffering between the delivery period.Support 12 be positioned at vertical direction substantially and comprise base 18 and a pair of above the upright ways 22 of machine frame is installed.Each base angle of base 18 comprises wheel 26 so that make support 12 and machine 10 can be easy to move.
Raw material supply source 27 is to the upstream extremity 14 supply stock material of machine 10.In an illustrated embodiment, raw material supply source 27 is separated with machine 10 and comprises that one folds the stock material of fan-shaped fold, and as shown in Figure 5, it is being placed on the base 18 of support 12 between upright ways 22.
Should be appreciated that raw material supply source 27 can be for being used for sheet material is fed to any required type of interpreter 10.For example, scheme as an alternative, the raw-material form of a roll film material that axle is gone up and suitably supported by support 12 in its end that is installed on can be adopted in raw material supply source 27.Alternatively, the axle of stock roll can be supported in the go-cart of separation and with support 12 adjacent or placements with being right after.Compare with the stock roll of sheet material, the advantage of the stock material of fan-shaped fold is that the inertia that need overcome is minimum or does not need to overcome inertia.In addition, when the raw material that use fan-shaped fold but not during the raw material of rolling, the speed of service can improve, and the edge tension problem is reduced to minimum.In addition, although in the embodiment shown, the raw material of fan-shaped fold comprise the sheet material of single lamination, many laminated construction scheme, and for example two laminations or three lamination organization plans also can alternatively be used for the present invention.The quantity of the lamination of sheet material can change according to the required quality of the feature of employed dunnage converter and/or the dunnage that is produced.
Each upright ways 22 comprises madial wall 30, separates lateral wall 32, antetheca 34 and the rear wall 36 of clearance G with madial wall 30.Rear wall 36 athwart between the lateral wall 30 and 32 clearance G and be connected its rear rim.Similarly, antetheca 34 athwart between the lateral wall 30 and 32 clearance G and be connected its leading edge.Antetheca 34 extends inwardly past corresponding madial wall 30 so that form a pair of corresponding preceding spigot surface 44.Lateral support member 48 is connected between the ways 22 at the place, the top of ways 22 and extends betwixt.
Referring to Fig. 3 and 4, a pair of vertically extending snap close 52 is articulated near place, angle that respective inside wall 30 and rear wall 36 by upright ways 22 form or its by hinge 54.Madial wall 30 respectively comprises vertical slot or opening 60, and the size of slit or opening 60 is suitable for by wherein accepting corresponding snap close 52.Snap close 52 can pivot between open position and closed position, on open position, snap close 52 is retracted in the corresponding slit 60, and on the closed position, snap close 52 extends internally toward each other so that make that back spigot surface 64 is staggered relatively with the preceding spigot surface 44 of antetheca 34.Snap close 52 is partial to its closed position by spring.
According to the present invention, when a folded width is slightly smaller than distance between the upright guide channel 22 (and be a bit larger tham between the inside edge of snap close 52 distance), the degree of depth be slightly smaller than before and after the stock material (Fig. 5) of fan-shaped fold of distance between the spigot surface 44 and 64 between the rear insertion ways 22 of support 12 time, the just outside toward each other deflection of snap close 52, and be retracted in its corresponding vertical slot 60.This just makes the stock material of fan-shaped fold can be pushed to the preceding spigot surface 44 of ways 22.In case the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded in connection with preceding spigot surface 44, then snap close 52 just springs back to its initial offset position, thus with the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded be trapped in before spigot surface 44 with afterwards between the spigot surface 64.Before and after guide surface 44 and 64 prevent or reduced at least the folded possibility of tumbling out forward or backward of stock material of fan-shaped fold from support 12, and the madial wall 30 of corresponding ways 22 prevents or the stock material that reduced fan-shaped fold at least is stacked in the support 12 possibilities along lateral movement.Also find, when support on the wheel 26 when a position moves to another position, this point is particularly useful.
Referring now to Fig. 3,4 and 6,, dunnage converter 10 is installed on the support 12 by a pair of hinge plate 80.Each hinge plate 80 comprises the joint pin 82 of horizontal expansion, and joint pin 82 is rotatably supported in its opposed end place in a suitable manner in the inside and outside sidewall 30 and 32 of corresponding upright ways 22.Hinge plate 80 comprises T shape flange 88 at one end place and comprises the pivot pin 92 of horizontal expansion at place, its opposite end, dunnage converter 10 suitably is installed on this T shape flange 88, moves so that make it possible to carry out relative pivot between hinge plate 80 and gas compression spring 96 and pivot pin 92 is connected in hinge plate 80 on the end of gas compression spring 96.At the place, opposite end of gas compression spring 96, the pivot pin 98 of horizontal expansion is provided, its inside and outside sidewall 30 and 32 by corresponding ways 22 is supported on its opposed end in a suitable manner.
As shown in figs. 1 and 2, when dunnage converter 10 was positioned on its operating position, hinge plate 80 is fully withdrawal between the inside and outside sidewall 30 and 32 of corresponding upright ways 22.When dunnage converter 10 moves to service/" loaded " position from operating position, and when correspondingly hinge plate 80 was pivoted around joint pin 82, hinge plate 80 just applied pulling force by 92 pairs of gases compressions of pivot pin spring 96.In case the resistance that is provided by gas compression spring 96 is provided pulling force, hinge plate 80 just can pivot and dunnage converter 10 can pivot to service/" loaded " position.
As shown in Figure 4, the rear wall 36 of ways 22 has slit 106, and slit 106 is holding hinge plate 80 when dunnage converter 10 is in service/" loaded " position.The girth of slit 106 is strengthened by corresponding reinforcement carriage 108, and carriage 108 adapts between inside and outside sidewall 30 and 32, and suitably is connected on the inner surface of rear wall 36.Each hinge plate 80 has relief part or otch 112, thereby makes hinge plate 80 to pivot so that make that the end face of its T shape flange 88 is vertical with respect to horizontal line approx, as shown in Figure 6.
Each hinge plate 80 comprises a plurality of adjustment holes 120 that separate the horizontal expansion on the circumference of one section radial distance with transverse hinge pins 82 that are positioned at.Each adjustment hole 120 in the corresponding hinge plate 80 is corresponding with the position that dunnage converter 10 can rotate to.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, each hinge plate 80 has three adjustment holes 120, one of them adjustment hole 120 is corresponding with the dunnage converter operating position, another adjustment hole 120 is corresponding with dunnage converter service/" loaded " position, and middle adjustment hole 120 is with to be positioned at dunnage converter operating position and dunnage converter service/" loaded " position position intermediate corresponding.
Spring-actuated actuator pin 124 is provided in (only to show one among the figure) in each upright ways 22 and works as adjustment hole 120 to form on time with actuator pin 124, is offset in the corresponding adjustment hole 120 by spring.Actuator pin 124 is fixed in dunnage converter 10 on the desired location thus.For dunnage converter 10 is moved to diverse location, actuator pin 124 is extracted and is made dunnage converter 10 to pivot from its corresponding adjustment hole 120, aim at actuator pin 124 up to different adjustment hole 120, at this moment actuator pin 124 automatically bites back in the different adjustment hole 120 so that dunnage converter 10 is fixed on its difference (newly) position.
As shown in Figure 6, when dunnage converter 10 pivoted on its service/" loaded " position, the internal part of dunnage converter 10 just was easier to by operator or user approaching, and otherwise they just may be difficult to approaching.In any case a plurality of positions that dunnage converter 10 can be placed in provide a plurality of inlet points that machine 10 is served.In addition, as hereinafter further describing, when dunnage converter was positioned on its service/" loaded " position, the initial feeding that sheet stock enters in the dunnage converter 10 was just simplified.
Referring now to Fig. 1,7 and 8,, dunnage converter 10 comprise the framework 150 that is installed on the support 12, some be installed on the framework 150 be used for stock material convert to dunnage the conversion sub-component, be covered with the cover 154 of each conversion sub-component and be used to simplify the loading of stock material and/or paper assembly 158 is led in the feeding of concatenation.Dunnage converter 10 also comprises the lid 162 that is positioned at its downstream end, and it is covered with each conversion sub-component and has the various control features of the dunnage converter 10 that is fixed thereon.
Feeding is led that paper assembly 158 comprises a pair of side arm 200 and is connected in guide plate 204 on the side arm 200 at its lateral edge place.Shown guide plate 204 has the hole so that reduce its weight.One end of corresponding side arm 200 is installed on the respective side walls 170 so that pivotable at 202 places.Pivotally connected 202 make feeding lead paper assembly 158 can pivot to as shown in Figure 8 closed position from open position as shown in Figure 7.In the closed position, feeding is led paper assembly 158 between the sidewall 170 of framework 150.In open position, paper assembly 158 apart from its closed position about 180 ° is led in feeding.
The guide post 210 of horizontal expansion is installed on the respective side walls 170 at place, its end and has axis with pivotally connected 202 axis coaxle.The gap is provided in guide post 210 and feeding is led between the guide plate 204 of paper assembly 158, and stock material can be passed this gap, as shown in Figure 8.
At the opposite end or the far-end of side arm 200, guide pulley 214 is rotatably supported on the corresponding side arm 200 at its opposed end place.Intermediate lateral is extended guide post 220 and is placed between guide post 210 and the guide pulley 214, is installed at its lateral end place on the respective side walls 170 of framework 150.The side arm 200 that paper assembly 158 is led in feeding comprises corresponding grooves part 222, the size of groove part 222 be suitable for when feeding lead paper assembly 158 when being in its closed position (Fig. 8) put the end of guide post 220 therein.Fig. 8 shows the travel path 15 of raw material when it passes dunnage converter 10.From raw material supply source 27, stock material is passed between guide pulley 202 and plate 204.Stock material is passed between guide post 220 and the guide plate 204 and is transmitted around guide pulley 214 subsequently then.Stock material from guide pulley 214 alongside guide plate 190 or below guide plate 190, pass and arrive constant input cylinder 196.Constant input cylinder 196 guides to stock material the converting member of dunnage converter 10 again downstream.
According to the present invention, stock material is put by the upright ways 22 and the dunnage converter 10 of support 12 basically, so that the loops or the fluctuation that prevent or reduce stock material and presented in 10 operating periods of machine at least as far as possible.
Advantageously, the travel path 15 of stock material is held in machine 10 inside basically or near machine 10, does not therefore almost have or just do not have paper tape loop to be formed at the outside of machine 10.
Referring now to Fig. 7,, paper assembly 158 is led in feeding can pivot to open position, so that provide towards the path in the gap between guide pulley 202 and the guide plate 204.For stock material being loaded in the machine 10, stock material at first by raw material supply source 27 thereunder and by the gap feeding.The stock material of sufficient length is pulled through the gap to arrive constant input cylinder 196.Feeding is led that paper assembly 158 can be put back then or pivotally connected 202 is turned to its closed position around it, and stock material just is directed to cylinder 214 and is pushed into by transmitting in side arm 184 and the side arm 200 formed angles and around guide pulley 214 thus.In addition, in its open position, feeding is led paper assembly 158 surface is provided, and on this surface, new stock material can be spliced on to the end stock material almost.After finishing splicing, feeding is led 158 needs of paper assembly and pivotally connected 202 is done pivot and rotate so that make guide pulley 214 that stock material is pushed its travel path 15 around it.
Stock material is sent to the conversion sub-component of dunnage converter 10 from constant input cylinder 196.Dunnage converter comprises shaped segment 326 and pull element 328, and it is by for example rotary electromotor energy supply of motor 330.In pull element 328 downstreams, provide the continuous bar that is used for the bedding and padding that will be shaped by shaped segment 326 to cut into the cutting assembly 334 of Len req pad, and be used to prevent that object from entering the valve 336 of the downstream of machine 10.Shaped segment parts, pull element 328, cutting assembly 334 and valve 336 are installed on the framework 150 of dunnage converter 10.The operation of dunnage converter 10 can be controlled by known controller (not shown).
Operated 10 o'clock at dunnage converter, raw material supply assembly 327 is to shaped segment 326 supply sheet materials.Shown shaped segment 326 comprises first (upstream) offside guide post 344, second (downstream) offside guide post 345, goes up guide plate 346 and compression element 348.Side guide post 344 and 345 is installed on the guide plate 190 of framework 150, is installed on the top of side guide post 344 and 345 and go up guide plate 346.Compression element 348 is installed on the upstream wall 172 of framework 150.
Upstream side guide post 344 separates wideer than downstream guide post 345, pass two offside guide posts 344 and at 345 o'clock with convenient stock material, the lateral edges of stock material just inwardly folds toward each other or rolls, therefore inwardly folding edge has just formed a plurality of sheet material elasticity wrinkle parts that extend longitudinally basically, thus preform and streaming sheet material.Side guide post 344 and 345 is cooperated so that sheet material is guided to compression element 348 (Figure 12 and 13) with last guide plate 346 and guide plate 190.Compression element 348 also can be called the collection member, further sheet material is formed and is used to carry out the function that the bedding and padding bar of formed thereby is caused pull element 328.Compression element 348 can be alternatively as shaped segment 326 under the situation that does not have side guide post 344 and 345.Can use the molded component of other type, for example at total U.S. Patent application No.09/878,130 and U.S. Patent No. 5,947,886 and 5,891,009 in disclosed those, it is hereby incorporated by.
Pull element 328 is positioned at the downstream of shaped segment 326 and comprises first transmitting assembly 359 and second transmitting assembly 361, first transmitting assembly 359 comprises first group of transferring clamp 360, closes work and relative transferring clamp 362 and second transmitting assembly 361 comprises second assembly.Transferring clamp 360 and 362 shifts along corresponding circular path.
Pull element 328 is operated at dunnage converter and was carried out at least a and preferred two kinds of functions at 10 o'clock.A kind of function is a feed function, and two opposite groups transferring clamp 360 is little by little laterally engaging the bedding and padding bar that is positioned on its relative both lateral sides with 362 thus, so that the bedding and padding bar is pulled through shaped segment 326 and again from raw material supply assembly 327 tractive sheet materials.Preferably second function of being carried out by pull element 328 is a linkage function, and two opposite groups transferring clamp 360 and 362 makes the bedding and padding bar that is positioned on its relative both sides be out of shape so that the bedding and padding bar that is shaped and couples together thus.Certainly, can use other mechanism to come " connections " bedding and padding bar, promptly act on the bedding and padding bar according to certain way in case feasible and sheet material to return back to the situation of its initial flat form opposite, it will keep its sky to fill out and/or pooling feature.For example, known syndeton comprises and turns up sheet material so that make sheet material can keep the mechanism of its 3D shape.Two opposite groups transferring clamp 360 and 362 makes the bedding and padding bar can realize horizontal joint and gradual advancing progressively on all width of bar, so that prevent or reduce the possibility that stock material is torn at least.
In Figure 11 to 13, illustrate in greater detail pull element 328.This defines bedding and padding delivery areas 413 (Figure 12 and 13) betwixt to transmitting assembly 359 and 361, from this bedding and padding delivery areas 413 of bedding and padding bar process of shaped segment 326.Transmitting assembly 359 and 361 is driven by pull element CD-ROM drive motor 330.Transmitting assembly 361 comprises the travelling gear 422 that is installed on the axle, and transmitting assembly 359 comprises the travelling gear 420 that is installed on the axle, and these two axles are parallel to each other and separate along side direction.The travelling gear 422 of transmitting assembly 361 is cooperated with the travelling gear 420 of transmitting assembly 359 so that drive transmitting assembly 359 in the opposite direction along the side with transmitting assembly 361.The gear 420 and 422 of cooperation is measure-alike, thereby transmitting assembly 359 is identical with the speed of 361 rotations.
Shown in exemplary embodiment in, two opposite groups anchor clamps 360 and 362 comprise respectively first group along the circumferential direction homogeneous phase every anchor clamps 540-547 with relative second group along the circumferential direction homogeneous phase every anchor clamps 550-557 (Figure 12).Shown anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557 are fixed on the corresponding hub, and hub is installed on the corresponding axle 480 and 482 so that therewith rotation.Two opposite groups anchor clamps 360 and 362 have formed above-mentioned bedding and padding delivery areas 413 (Figure 12 and 13) together, and the bedding and padding bar laterally engages gradually, advances and discharge by this bedding and padding delivery areas.Bedding and padding delivery areas 413 is extended to the zone 568 that is positioned at along the axle downstream that side direction separates from being positioned at around the zone 566 of the axle upstream that side direction separates.
The anchor clamps 540-547 of pull element 328 and 550-557 have respectively that some is V-shaped, perhaps outwardly open hole.For contact portion (promptly having formed the arm of V-arrangement opening), it comprises the arm portion (that is side contacts part) that gets up by base part (being central contact portion) bridge joint on the relative both sides in outwardly open hole.Relative anchor clamps 540-547 and the hole of 550-557 have formed the gap together betwixt, and along with anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557 move relative to each other gradually, this gap narrows down gradually.The last minimum clearance size that arrives that narrows down in the gap between anchor clamps 540-547 and the 550-557, by this minimum clearance size, the bedding and padding bar is fully laterally engaged and is caught by relative anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557.In other words, relative anchor clamps 540-547 and the arm portion of 550-557 are along side direction (promptly progressively) motion relative to one another, and relative anchor clamps 540-547 and the base part of 550-557 are used for catching betwixt or catching the bedding and padding bar jointly along (promptly progressively) motion laterally relative to one another.
In case relative anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557 have laterally engaged the bedding and padding bar, then in it passed the time of bedding and padding delivery areas 413, relative anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557 just kept grabbing on the bedding and padding bar.During process delivery areas 413, bending and/or distortion take place in its relative both sides in the bedding and padding bar.In the downstream end of pull element 328, more particularly in the downstream end of bedding and padding delivery areas 413, two opposite groups anchor clamps 360 are little by little mutually liftoff each other separately so that get loose the bedding and padding bar with 362.
The quality of employed anchor clamps 540-547 and 550-557 and/or type can be different from shown in these figure, this depends on for example required circumference spacing between the anchor clamps, the required point that the bedding and padding bar is engaged by anchor clamps (for example, the anchor clamps that long anchor clamps may relatively be lacked are quickly and/or at upstream end gasket bar more), the geometry of anchor clamps (for example, the shape in outwardly open hole can be semicircle or half elliptic so that realize side direction and horizontal catch operation), the perhaps required bond types (for example, whether needing to make that the bedding and padding bar is coupled together by anchor clamps) of anchor clamps.In addition, the anchor clamps 540-547 of a transmitting assembly 359 can longitudinally offset a gap with respect to the anchor clamps 550-557 of another relative transmitting assembly 361.In addition, pull element 328 can be used as feeder assembly and/or coupling assembling.Shown exemplary pull element 328 both tractive sheet material (that is, the feeding sheet material) by shaped segment 326, again its during through pull element 328 according to the interval of rule little by little bending and/or bending (connection) bedding and padding bar.Also can use other jockey, as mentioned above.
Shown in pull element 328 in, shown relative anchor clamps respectively have a hole.Alternatively, can provide the relative anchor clamps that wherein have only anchor clamps to comprise the hole.When relative anchor clamps not with holes move past delivery areas together with the hole anchor clamps, comprise that the anchor clamps in hole are just collected therein and caught the bedding and padding bar along side direction.Relative anchor clamps can have different shape (for example, semicircle or half elliptic) and/or size hole.
Continuous bedding and padding bar marches to cutting assembly 334 downstream from pull element 328.Cutting assembly 334 is shown among Figure 14 to 16.Cutting assembly 334 by the cutting or tear the operation and with the bedding and padding bar cut into have Len req the section.Cutting assembly 334 can be any required type that is used to cut off the bedding and padding bar.Shown cutting assembly 334 comprises by the shear blade assembly 574 of motion transmission assembly 578 by rotary motor 576 (Fig. 8) energy supply.In an illustrated embodiment, the blade of blade assembly 574 is a zigzag.The once turnover of the crank 580 of motion transmission assembly 578 just causes that shear blade assembly 574 from prepare cutting off or open position (Figure 14 and 15) moves to that the bedding and padding bar is cut has thus cut off or the closed position, gets back to the preparation off-position then.The rupturing operation of the high speed rotation that is provided by cutting assembly 334 makes it possible to cut off the bedding and padding bar rapidly, continuously at the bedding and padding bar when pull element 328 is exposed.
Valve 336 is positioned at the downstream of cutting assembly 334.Valve 336 is shown among Figure 16.Valve 336 comprises rectangle outlet skewed slot 582, pivotally is installed on door 584 and position sensor (not shown) on the skewed slot 582 and/or in the skewed slot 582.Door 584 be offset to by spring or by gravity biased on obliquity, wherein near door 584 upstream extremities from skewed slot 582 (cutting assembly 334) extend to the downstream of skewed slot 582.When door 584 was in its position of setovering by spring, a skewed slot 582 and door 584 downstream end at skewed slot 582 that tilt had formed narrower opening and have entered wherein to prevent object.Door 584 can be arranged by the bedding and padding bar that passes skewed slot 582.Cutting assembly 334 is activated so that detect at position sensor and cuts off the bedding and padding bar when having the bedding and padding bar in skewed slot 582.Should be appreciated that and to use other valve, for example suitably be connected in the inclination conveyer on the pull element motor 330, prevent that foreign object from entering the discharge skewed slot of machine 10.
As implied above, interpreter 10 can be by controller function.For instance, controller can cause 330 energy supplies of pull element CD-ROM drive motor when pedal is depressed by the operator.As long as pedal is depressed, machine 10 just can be produced liner.When pedal was released, controller can stop the operation of pull element CD-ROM drive motor 330 and begin to operate cutting assembly motor 576 so that cut off the bedding and padding bar.Other control device can be provided, and for example U.S. Patent No. 5,897, and 478 and 5,864, those described in 484.
Referring to Fig. 8, framework 150 provides compact L shaped structure for the conversion sub-component once more.Especially, pull element motor 330 is installed on the framework 150 so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg of L shaped structure, and cutting assembly motor 576 is installed on the space 150 so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg in addition of L shaped structure.
Referring to Fig. 7-10, the conversion sub-component is covered by cover 154 and lid 162 once more.Cover 154 hinges 600 by horizontal expansion are connected on the downstream wall 174 of framework 150.Hinge 600 makes cover 154 to pivot between the open position shown in closed position shown in Figure 8 and Fig. 7,9 and 10.Cover 154 comprises arc roof 602, a pair of from the sagging sidewall 604 of the lateral edges of roof 602 with from the sagging upstream wall 606 of the upstream edge of roof 602.As shown in Figure 8, the sidewall 604 of cover 154 has corresponding beveled edges part, and it extends to the angle that is limited by sidewall 200 and side arm 184 from hinge 600.The distance that the sidewall 604 of cover 154 separates along side direction is slightly wider than the side arm 184 and the sidewall 170 of framework 150, so that make that when cover 154 pivoted to its closed position, the top of side arm 184 and sidewall 170 was contained in the sidewall 604 of cover 154.In its closed position (Fig. 8), the influence that cover 154 is protecting shaped segment 326 and the parts the pull element 328 such as dunnage converter 10 not to be subjected to chip and foreign object.In open position (Fig. 7,9 and 10), these parts are easy near therefore being easy to be assemblied on the framework 150 and/or being easy to serve.
Lid 162 is installed on the downstream wall 174 of framework 150.As shown in Figure 8, lid 162 comprises roof 622, and roof 622 has and the identical arc profile of arc radius that covers 154 roof 602.Pair of sidewalls 624 and downstream end wall 626 are sagging from roof 622.Diapire 628 is connected on the respective side walls 624 and in its top edge at its lateral edges place and is connected on the downstream end wall 626.Shown in Fig. 1 and 8, diapire 628 is arranged essentially parallel to the feather edge of the sidewall 170 of framework 150.The influence that lid 162 is protecting cutting assembly 334 and the parts the valve 336 such as dunnage converter 10 not to be subjected to chip and foreign object.In addition, therefore lid 162 can be easy to remove so that assemble and/or serve being contained in the parts that cover in 162 because its size is less thereby low weight.
Lid 162 is also highly beneficial on ergonomics, as shown in Figure 1, lid 162 comprises the control panel 640 that is used to control dunnage converter 10, is used to stop the emergency stop push button 642 of operation of dunnage converter 10 and the on-off switch 644 that is used to turn on and off dunnage converter.Outlet opening 650 is provided in to cover in 162, and the bedding and padding bar passes wherein from the valve 336 of dunnage converter 10.Advantageously, lid 162 downstream end wall 626 with respect to the horizontal plane become under the angles of about 45 degree towards.According to this angle, lid 162 makes and can be easy near control panel 640, emergency stop push button 642 and on-off switch 644 when the outlet 650 by the next-door neighbour draws off the bedding and padding bar, and therefore just can arrive these parts.
Referring now to Figure 17-19,, shows the three kinds of Different Package systems 700,702 and 704 that comprise dunnage converter 10.As shown in Figure 17, dunnage converter 10 is installed on the support 710 that is in vertical direction basically.Support 710 comprise base 712 and above the vertical frame 714 of machine 10 is installed.Machine 10 has upstream extremity 716 and downstream 718, and stock material feeds to machine 10 at upstream extremity 716 places, and machine 10 draws off the bedding and padding liner from downstream 718.Support 710 has L shaped structure so that make that working as base 712 is placed in working face 730 belows, and for example below the conveyer, in the time of perhaps below the workbench as shown in figure 17, the downstream 718 of machine 10 is just extended above working face 730.Each base angle of base 712 comprises wheel 732 so that make support 710 and machine 10 can be easy to move.The vertical frame 714 of support 710 comprises the pair of upright ways, betwixt the stock material folded 740 of fan-shaped fold is guided to the upstream extremity 716 of dunnage converter 10.As noted above, stock material alternatively can be by support 710 or by the form of the stock roll of go-carts supporting adjacent with support 710 or that place with being right after to be provided.
Raw material supply assembly 770 by the volume of raw material supply for example or shown in the folded upstream extremity that stock material is fed to dunnage converter 762 of raw material of fan-shaped fold.The stock material of fan-shaped fold is stacked in corresponding lead 780 guiding of along side direction being separated by of its lateral edge place by raw material supply assembly 770.Stock material is transmitted on the guide post 790 that upper lateral is extended, and this guide post 790 is supported by corresponding upright lead 780 in its end.Stock material from guide post 790 is transmitted on intermediate guide bar 792.Intermediate guide bar 792 is installed on the corresponding side bearing member 794 at place, its end, and side bearing member 794 is installed on the upright lead 780 and from it and vertically stretches out.According to above with reference to dunnage converter 10 described identical modes, the constant input cylinder that stock material passes to dunnage converter 762 from middle guide post 792, and passing to the downstream of dunnage converter 762 conversion sub-component.The sidepiece place relative that some memory locations 796 of the stock material of fan-shaped fold are positioned at passageway 772 with raw material supply assembly 770.
Advantageously, packaging system 702 of the present invention is separated package station 760 with loading depot 768, so that make packing and loading task to carry out independently.And the stock material of fan-shaped fold is being stored away from package station 760 places.
The dunnage converter 800 that the packaging system 704 of Figure 19 comprises is similar to dunnage converter 10, does not lead the paper assembly 158 except it does not comprise feeding.Dunnage converter 800 hangs on the structural elements 802 on top, warehouse for example and with it and couples together.More especially, dunnage converter 800 is by inverted U-shaped carriage 804 supportings.The base 806 of U-shaped carriage 804 be installed on the far-end of structural elements 802 and the leg 808 that separates along side direction of U-shaped carriage 804 sagging and be installed on the respective side of dunnage converter 800 from base portion 806.A pair of stock material guide rail 814 and 816 is positioned at dunnage converter 800 upstreams and is installed on the structural elements 802.Each guide rail 814 and 816 provides opening, and stock material was passed this opening before entering dunnage converter 800.Below structural elements 802, the source of supply of stock material 820 is provided, it is the folded form of stock material of fan-shaped fold in an illustrated embodiment.The folded of the stock material 820 of fan-shaped fold is placed on the pillar 822, and it comprises a pair of lead 826, and stock material is directed to the guide rail 816 in downstream betwixt.Advantageously, dunnage converter 800 hangs away from any package station that is positioned at its below and the raw material supply source 820 that is positioned at its upstream.
Referring now to Figure 20 and 21,, show bedding and padding converting system 900 according to another embodiment of the invention, it comprises dunnage converter or dunnage converter head 910 and support 912.Except described herein, dunnage converter 910 is identical with support 12 with aforesaid dunnage converter 10 basically with support 912.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
The support 912 of bedding and padding converting system 900 comprises a pair of upright ways 922 that dunnage converter 910 is installed on it.Each upright ways 922 comprises madial wall 930, separates lateral wall 932, antetheca 934 and the rear wall 936 of clearance G with madial wall 930.Front and back walls 934 and 936 athwart between the lateral wall 930 and 932 clearance G and extend inwardly past corresponding madial wall 930 so that form corresponding forward and backward spigot surface 944 and 946.Forward and backward lateral support member 948 and 950 is connected between the ways 922 at the place, the top of ways 922 and extends betwixt.Different with pillar 12, pillar 912 does not comprise vertically extending snap close 52.
Figure 22-26 sequentially shows folded (Fig. 5) of being used for the stock material of fan-shaped fold and is loaded into illustrative methods between the ways 922, and it is observed from folded top and obtains.Folded width is slightly smaller than the distance between the madial wall 930 and is a bit larger tham distance between the inside edge of forward and backward guide wall 944 and 946.At first, folded by between the side direction insertion ways 922 (Figure 22).For example, in the embodiment shown, folded right side is inserted between the ways 922.Foldedly then tilted along clockwise direction, up to oblique right angle, right front angle and the left rear corner in the illustrated embodiment for example is between ways 922, as shown in Figure 23.Then folded right side is moved towards Right Inboard wall 930, so that make folded right back angle leave right back guide wall 946 (Figure 24).Folded then the continuation moved enough distances so that make folded left-front corner can leave left front guide wall 944 towards Right Inboard wall 930.To fold the sidepiece that tilts along clockwise direction up to folded then and be positioned within the madial wall 930, and folded front and rear is positioned within the forward and backward guide wall 944 and 946 of ways 922 (Figure 25).Be moved to the left to fold along side direction then and be centered in (Figure 26) between the madial wall 930 approx so that will fold.Therefore, the stock material of fan-shaped fold just is trapped between madial wall 930 and forward and backward guide wall 944 and 946.Forward and backward guide wall 944 and 946 prevent or reduced at least folded from support 912 backward or the possibility that turns forward and rout up, and the madial wall 930 of corresponding ways 922 prevents or reduced the possibilities that are stacked in the support 912 along lateral movement at least.It is found that, when support on the wheel 26 when a position moves to another position, this point is particularly useful.
Although in the embodiment shown, will fold by at first inserting folded right side and to insert between the ways 922, should be appreciated that can to use alternative method to insert folded.For example, folded left side can be at first inserted, inclination will be folded in the counterclockwise direction subsequently.In addition, it is also understood that, the stock material of folded arbitrarily fan-shaped fold can be inserted between the ways 922 according to the present invention.For example, as hereinafter referring to Figure 32-39 further as described in, the folded form that can be bag of stock material, after in a single day it insert in the support, thereby just can be by Kai Bao so that it is got loose by interpreter 910 feedings and conversion.
Referring now to Figure 20,21 and 27-31,, dunnage converter or dunnage converter head 910 are installed on the support 912 by hinge 978 and a pair of installing mechanism 980 (stashing in Figure 20,27 and 28).Hinge 978 and installing mechanism 980 make that dunnage converter 910 can be according to selecting to pivot to service/" loaded " position shown in Figure 27 and 28 from operating position shown in Figure 20.Dunnage converter 910 can pivot towards the place ahead of system 910, so that hang at least in part before the support 912.On the contrary, aforesaid dunnage converter 10 can pivot towards the rear portion of support 12.
As shown in figure 21, hinge 978 support 912 its go up most and the ways 922 at place, the most preceding angle between along horizontal expansion.More especially, an end of hinge 978 is installed on the preceding lateral support member 948 of support 912 or by it and forms, and the other end is installed on the flange (not shown) that stretches out backward from the bottom of the transverse wall 174 of the framework 150 of dunnage converter 910.
Each installing mechanism 980 comprises installation bracket 984, gas compression spring 988 and guide carriage 992.Each installation bracket 934 has the pair of upright erection column 996 that stretches out from it.The flange (not shown) that dunnage converter 910 inwardly stretches out by the bottom of a pair of sidewall 170 from interpreter framework 150 is installed on the erection column 996.Pivot pin 1000 is connected in the upper end of gas compression spring 988 with the front end of installation bracket 984 and moves so that make it possible to carry out relative pivot between installation bracket 984 and gas compression spring 988.Gas compression spring 988 extends downwards and can move between the inside and outside sidewall 930 and 932 of corresponding upright ways 922 from installation bracket 984.The bottom of gas compression spring 988 is installed on the pivot pin 1004 of horizontal expansion, and pivot pin 1004 is rotatably mounted according to suitable mode by madial wall 930 and lateral wall 932 at its opposed end place.
Pivot pin 1008 stretches out from the side of installation bracket 984, the rear end of installation bracket 984 is connected in the upper end of guide carriage 992 so that make it possible to and carries out relative pivot motion between installation bracket 984 and guide carriage 992.As gas compression spring 988, guide carriage 992 extends downwards from installation bracket 984 between the madial wall 930 of corresponding upright ways 922 and lateral wall 932.Being shaped as arc and comprising wherein arcuate slot 1012 of each guide carriage 992.When dunnage converter 910 was done the pivot rotation around hinge 978 with respect to support 912, guide carriage 992 just slided so that guide this pivot to move along the opposed end of guide post 1016.The opposed end of guide post 1016 is rotatably mounted by corresponding reinforcement carriage 1020, strengthens carriage 1020 and is clipped between the madial wall 930 of corresponding upright ways 922 and the lateral wall 932 and suitably connects thereon.
Shown in exemplary bedding and padding converting system 900 in, dunnage converter 910 can utilize guide post 1016 and guide carriage 992 according to selecting to be locked on operating position (Figure 20) and two the different service/" loaded " position, and Figure 27 and 28 shows one of these two different service/" loaded " position.Especially, guide post 1016 can pivot allow position and pivot forbid or latched position between rotatably regulate.Knob 1026 (Figure 20 and 21) in the embodiment shown can be approaching from the side of support 912, and it suitably is connected on the guide post 1016 so that guarantee this rotatable motion.
Referring to Figure 29, the slit 1012 of each guide carriage 992 have three radiuses separately be a bit larger tham guide post 1016 radius bow-shaped recess 1030,1032 and 1034 and between groove 1030,1032 and 1034, extend than narrow gauge track part 1038.Bow-shaped recess 1030,1032 with 1034 respectively with dunnage converter 910 can according to select the locking and unlocking in three diverse locations corresponding.Should be appreciated that guide post 1016 can rotate when the central axis of one of the bow-shaped recess 1030,1032 of the central axis of guide post 1016 and slit 1012 and 1034 is collinear basically.The opposed end of guide post 1016 comprises corresponding arc recess 1044 wherein.The axial width of each recess 1044 in the guide post 1016 is a bit larger tham the width of guide carriage 992 so that make the radially inner side arcuate section of guide carriage 992 to slide therein.
Allow in the position (Figure 29) at pivot, guide post 1016 is rotated so that make the recess 1044 of guide post 1016 aim at the inboard arcuate section of guide carriage 992, thereby make guide carriage 992 freely to slidably reciprocate, thereby make dunnage converter 910 to pivot with respect to support 912 along the opposed end of guide post 1016.Pivot forbid or latched position in, guide post 1016 is rotated so that making the inboard arcuate section of recess 1044 and guide carriage 992 of guide post 1016 break away from aims at, and the external diameter of guide post 1016 is positioned on the motion path of inboard arcuate section of guide carriage 992 thereby stops its motion.On latched position, guide post 1016 has prevented that dunnage converter 910 from pivoting with respect to support 912.
When guide post 1016 rotates in groove 1030 so that when stoping the motion of guide carriage 992, dunnage converter 910 is in operating position, on support 912 tops (Figure 20).Figure 30 shows gas compression spring 988 and the guide carriage 992 that is in its relevant position when dunnage converter 910 is on the operating position.On operating position, gas compression spring 988 is compressed, and the weight of dunnage converter 910 is basically by the guide carriage 992 of pressurized and by the top carrying of the upright ways 922 of hinge 978 that is positioned at support 912 front portions and support 912.
When guide post 1016 rotates in groove 1032 so that when stoping the motion of guide carriage 992, the dunnage converter 910 service/" loaded " position that mediates.When guide post 1016 rotates in groove 1034 so that when stoping the motion of guide carriage 992, dunnage converter 910 is in the service/" loaded " position (Figure 27 and 28) that tilts fully.Figure 31 shows gas compression spring 988 and the guide carriage 992 that is in its relevant position when dunnage converter 910 is on the service/" loaded " position that tilts fully.On this position, gas compression spring 988 trails, and the weight of dunnage converter 910 is basically by the guide carriage 992 of tension with by hinge 978 carryings that are positioned at support 912 front portions.
The gas compression spring 988 of installing mechanism 980 and ways 992 have been simplified the pivot motion of dunnage converter 910 with respect to support 912 together.For instance, when gas compression spring 988 pivots with convenient dunnage converter 910 dunnage converter 910 biasings with respect to support 912, give dunnage converter 910 state of weightlessness to a certain degree.Simultaneously, when dunnage converter 910 pivoted with respect to support 912, guide carriage 992 just guided the motion of installation bracket 984, and then guiding dunnage converter 910 moving along guide post 1016.Gas compression spring 988 and guide carriage 992 move between the plane of the madial wall 930 of corresponding upright ways 922 and lateral wall 932, and, as shown in Figure 21, when dunnage converter 910 was on its operating position, gas compression spring 988 and guide carriage 992 be withdrawal fully between madial wall 930 and lateral wall 932.
Referring to Figure 20, when dunnage converter 910 is on its operating position, dunnage converter 910, more particularly say its conversion sub-component, be located substantially in the plane of side arm 184, place on the end face of upright ways 922 of support 912, and with respect to the horizontal plane become about 45 degree along being from upstream to downstream direction.Correspondingly, packaging area around the upstream extremity of dunnage converter 910 and the system 900 away from, the downstream of dunnage converter 910 is more particularly said its outlet 650 simultaneously, be in direction expediently, so that approaching from exporting the 650 bedding and padding bars that draw off towards the front end or the upstream extremity of system 900.
Referring to Figure 27 and 28,, just simplified near dunnage converter 910 so that to its operation of serving and/or loading by dunnage converter 910 is turned forward towards one of its service/" loaded " position.In this, a plurality of service/" loaded " position provide a plurality of points of proximity.For example, when dunnage converter 910 was in the service shown in Figure 27 and 28/" loaded " position, dunnage converter 910 placed under the end face of support 912 at least in part the other way around and basically.The angular displacement of side arm 184 is approximately leaves its operating position 135 degree, leaving water plane 180 degree in other words.Like this, under cover 154 situations about opening, operator or user just can be easy to the internal part near dunnage converter 910, for example change sub-component.In addition, when dunnage converter 910 is in service/" loaded " position, the initial feeding operation of sheet stock in dunnage converter 910 simplified, because the supply side of pull element 328 (Figure 12 and 13) or upstream region 566 are towards the front portion of bedding and padding converting system 900.Like this, user or operator just have the horizontal pathways of leading to pull element 328 basically, so that from the front portion of bedding and padding converting system 900, more particularly say from the front portion of support 912 the stock material feeding is gone into wherein.In addition, the operation of feeding and transmission stock material is also simplified around constant input cylinder 196 and guide pulley 1064, because whole basically travel paths of stock material all can be approaching from the front portion of bedding and padding converting system 900.
Should be appreciated that the dunnage converter 910 that leans forward slopes to than can be by on the lower position, the position that aforementioned hypsokinesis dunnage converter 10 obtains.This point is promoted by following measure, promptly cover 162 width less than the width between the upright ways 922 of support 912, thereby make that covering 162 can adapt to therebetween and dunnage converter 910 can tilt downstream wall 174 up to framework 150 in connection with upright ways 922 or be parallel to its extension.
The details of dunnage converter 910 has been shown in Figure 27 and 28.Except content described herein, dunnage converter 910 is identical with aforementioned dunnage converter 10 (for example, please see Figure 7-16) basically.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
Part shows the path of stock material by dunnage converter in Figure 27 and 28.From raw material supply source 27, stock material transmits through the opening in the bottom of framework 150 and along its guide plate 1060 and antelabium 1062.Stock material is transmitted around guide pulley 1064 then.Stock material from guide pulley 1064 alongside at the guide plate 190 of horizontal expansion between the side arm 184 or below guide plate 190, pass.Stock material is transmitted around constant input cylinder 196 then.Constant input cylinder 196 is above referring to dunnage converter 10 described modes according to being similar to again, stock material is guided to downstream the converting member of dunnage converter 910.
According to the present invention, stock material is put by the upright ways 922 and the dunnage converter 910 of support 912 basically, so that the loops or the fluctuation that prevent or reduce stock material and presented in 910 operating periods of machine at least as far as possible.Advantageously, the travel path of stock material is held in machine 910 inside basically or near machine 910, does not therefore almost have or just do not have paper tape loop to be formed at the outside of machine 910.
Forward Figure 32 to 38 and Figure 40 now to, show the stock material folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 of the good fan-shaped fold of four exemplary packings according to the present invention.What packing was good folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 can be used in combination with any dunnage converter disclosed herein 10 and 910, perhaps is used in combination with any suitable dunnage converter or system.What packing was good folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 can be easy to storage and/or transportation, and, as described below, be easy to load in the dunnage converter support 12 and 912 that dunnage converter 10 and 910 are installed thereon.In addition, the stock material folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 that packing is good can be easy to splice on another stock material is folded.
Packing is good folded 1100 comprises that the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded 1110, overcoat 1112 and a pair of bale ties that laterally separates 1120.Stock material folded 1110 comprises that fan-shaped fold becomes rectangle folded a lamination or many laminated sheets raw material.The folding rectangular page that has formed a sequence together of this series, they are the folding pattern of having piled up, and stack page by page, so that form stock material folded 1110.Stock material folded 1110 has top 1130, bottom 1132, front side 1134, rear side 1136, left side 1138 and right side 1140.For relating to folded and its more details of device of being used to be shaped of exemplary sheet material raw material, can be referring to U.S. Patent No. 5,387,173 and 5,882,767, they have all transferred assignee of the present invention, and all are incorporated herein by reference at this.
Shown in Figure 32 and 34, the width of overcoat 1112 width with stock material folded 1110 basically is identical, and overcoat 1112 is not covered with left side and right side 1138 and 1140 of stock material folded 1110.In addition, shown in Figure 32-34, contact pin 1150 and 1158 is extended so that only be covered with its part below the bottom 1132 of stock material folded 1110 at the bottom of the front and back of overcoat 1112, and the horizontal interlude of the bottom 1132 of remaining stock material folded 1110 exposes.
For instance, good folded 1100 be loaded in the support 912 in order to pack, catch bale ties 1120 by opening 1180, and will pack and good folded 1100 raise and according between the above upright ways 922 that inserts support 912 referring to the described mode of Figure 22-26, for instance, so that make good folded 1100 being placed on the base 18 of support 912 of packing.Alternatively, for instance, when needs during with two folded being stitched together, what packing was good folded 1100 can be stacked on the folded top of another stock material.In addition, can be with the packing of any requirement good folded 1,100 one stack foldedly, and this quantity is limited by height available between the base 18 of support 912 and the dunnage converter on it 910.
Will pack good folded 1100 be loaded in the support 912 after, bale ties 1120 just is cut off and skids off from folded 1100 overcoat 1112 belows of packing.Then, front panel 1152, rear board 1156 and/or the top panel 1154 of overcoat 1112 upwards and/or are outwards pulled away from stock material folded 1110, shown in the arrow among Figure 33 is given an example, thus from the slid underneath of stock material folded 1110 and the contact pin of the forward and backward end 1150 and 1158 of removing overcoat 1112.In case after contact pin of the forward and backward end 1150 and 1158 are removed in the below of stock material folded 1110, then stock material folded 1110 just falls a little, the distance that promptly falls and equate with the thickness of overcoat 1112, fall on the base 18 of support 912, if folded being placed on the support 912 of perhaps existing stock material just fallen this and folded.
Remove overcoat 1112 from support 912 then, thereby expose the tractive band 1198 of release liner 1192.In the embodiment shown, overcoat 1112 is wideer than the span between the upright ways 922 of support 912.Therefore, overcoat 1112 may need to tilt or carry out other manipulation so that remove from support 912.Should be appreciated that the span between the upright ways 922 of the comparable support 912 of width of overcoat 1112 is littler, will not need in this case to tilt or handle.
If stock material folded 1110 is loaded on the folded top of another stock material, and folded 1110 of top need be spliced folding in the below, but then tractive in the tractive band 1198 any one in case from the top folded 1110 with below folded between remove release liner 1192, expose the adhesive phase 1190 on 1110 the bottom folded that is positioned at the top thus.Top or preceding end page that the weight of the stock material of top folded 1110 is folded the stock material of folded 1110 the end of top or tail end page or leaf and below force together.Be pressed in that therebetween adhesive phase 1190 just is bonded together these pages so that the tail end page or leaf of the stock material of top folded 1110 is spliced on the preceding end page of the folded stock material in below.
Figure 36 and 37 shows another embodiment according to the stock material folded 1102 of the good fan-shaped fold of packing of the present invention.Except content described herein, packing good folded 1102 with aforesaid packing good fold 1100 substantially the same.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
What packing was good folded 1102 comprises the overcoat with two package assemblies 1204, and these two package assemblies 1204 remain in its pressurized form with stock material folded 1110 together.As shown in Figure 36, the width of package assembly 1204 is narrower than the width of stock material folded 1110, and with good folded 1100 identical of aforementioned packing, package assembly 1204 is not covered with left side and right side 1138 and 1140 of stock material folded 1110.
Each package assembly 1204 comprises top panel 1220, centre panel 1222 and bottom baffle or contact pin 1224, and they are by the fold line 1230 of two horizontal expansions and opened in 1232 minutes.As shown in figure 37, the centre panel 1222 of package assembly 1204 is covered with the front side 1134 and the rear side 1136 of stock material folded 1110.Top panel 1220 so that be covered with the part that longitudinally separates at the top 1130 of stock material folded 1110, and longitudinally separates one section narrower lateral clearance along the opposite directions longitudinal extension.Contact pin of the forward and backward end 1150 and 1158 as overcoat 1112, the end contact pin 1224 of package assembly 1204 is extended so that only be covered with its part below the bottom 1132 of stock material folded 1110, and the horizontal interlude of the bottom 1132 of remaining stock material folded 1110 exposes.
The top panel 1220 of each package assembly 1204 comprises and is essentially oval-shaped opening 1240 that its size is enough to put staff and passes wherein.Top panel 1220 also comprises a pair of that laterally be separated by, the perforation or the tear line 1244 that extend longitudinally, is illustrated by the broken lines in Figure 36.Tear line 1244 is convenient to tear top panel 1220 so that form a pair of handle 1248, folds 1102 thereby be easy to handle the good stock material of packing, hereinafter will further describe.Package assembly 1204 is fixed on the stock material folded 1110 by bale ties 1120.Bale ties 1120 outwards separates along side direction from tear line 1244.
For instance, good folded 1102 be loaded in the support 912, top panel 1220 torn so that form pair of upright handle 1248 along tear line 1244 in order to pack.Catch handle 1248 by opening 1240, and will pack and good folded 1102 raise and insert in the manner described above between the upright ways 922 of support 912, for instance, so that make good folded 1102 being placed on the base 18 of support 912 of packing.Alternatively, for instance, when needs during with two folded being stitched together, what packing was good folded 1102 can be stacked on the folded top of another stock material.In case will pack good folded 1102 be loaded in the support 912 after, bale ties 1120 just is cut off and skids off from folded 1102 package assembly 1204 belows of packing.Then, the top panel 1220 and/or the centre panel 1222 of each package assembly 1204 upwards and/or are outwards pulled away from stock material folded 1110, shown in the arrow among Figure 37 is given an example, thus from the slid underneath of stock material folded 1110 and the end contact pin 1224 of removing package assembly 1204.In case after end contact pin 1224 is removed in the below of stock material folded 1110, then stock material folded 1110 just falls a little, promptly the distance that falls to equating with the thickness of package assembly 1204 is fallen on the base 18 of support 912, perhaps falls the stock material that is positioned at folded 1110 belows and folds.
Remove package assembly 1204 from support 912 then, thereby expose the tractive band 1198 of release liner 1192.In the embodiment shown, the width of package assembly 1204 is littler than the span between the upright ways 922 of support 912.Therefore, package assembly 1204 can not need package assembly 1204 tilted or carry out removing from support 912 under the situation of other manipulation.In alternate embodiment, the width of package assembly 1204 is wideer than the span between the upright ways 922 of support 912, and correspondingly, package assembly 1204 may need this type of tilt operation so that remove from support 912.
With previous embodiments, if desired folded 1110 of top is spliced on below folded, but then tractive in the tractive band 1198 any one in case from the top folded 1110 with the folding of below between remove release liner 1192 and expose adhesive phase 1190.The preceding end page that is pressed in the stock material that adhesive phase 1190 therebetween just folds the tail end page or leaf of the stock material of top folded 1110 and below is stitched together.
Figure 38 shows another embodiment according to the stock material folded 1104 of the good fan-shaped fold of packing of the present invention.Except content described herein, packing good folded 1104 with aforesaid packing good fold 1100 and 1102 substantially the same.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
What packing was good folded 1104 comprises monoblock type overcoat 1260, and it is covered with the folded of stock material 1110 according to the mode that is similar to folded 1100 good overcoat 1112 of packing.In this, overcoat 1260 has panel and the fold line that is similar to overcoat 1112.Overcoat 1260 also has longitudinal tear line and the top panel opening that is similar to package assembly 1204.Overcoat 1260 also is included in the tear line 1262 of horizontal expansion between the tear line 1244 in addition.Longitudinal tear line 1244 and horizontal tear line 1262 are convenient to tear top panel 1154 together to form a pair of handle 1248, fold 1104 thereby be easy to handle the good stock material of packing.
For instance, good folded 1104 be loaded in the support 912, top panel 1154 torn so that form pair of upright handle 1248 along tear line 1244 and 1262 in order to pack.Good fold 1104 and be loaded in the support 912 according to being similar to above will the packing by handle 1248 then referring to the good folded 1102 described modes of packing.Cut off bale ties 1120, and remove overcoat 1262 according to folded 1100 good with removing packing basically overcoat 1112 identical modes.Stock material folded 1110 also can be according to splicing folding in the below with the above folded 1100 and 1102 described identical modes good with respect to packing basically.
Forward Figure 39 now to, show the stock material folded 1110 that adhesive phase 1190 and release liner 1192 can be put in each folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 (as described below) of packing or a kind of alternative of other stock material that is suitable on folded arbitrarily.Adhesive phase 1190 is similar in the center of stock material folded 1110 and is bonded on its bottom 1132.The orientation of placing with respect to the rectangle perimeter diagonal angle of folded 1110 bottom 1132 with adhesive phase 1190 among Figure 35 embodiment is different, and the orientation of the adhesive phase 1190 among Figure 39 embodiment makes adhesive phase 1190 be arranged essentially parallel to folded 1110 front and back 1134 and 1136 and places.
Figure 40 shows another embodiment according to the stock material folded 1106 of the good fan-shaped fold of packing of the present invention.Except content described herein, packing good folded 1106 with aforesaid packing good fold 1100,1102 and 1104 substantially the same.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
Packing is good folded 1106 comprises that the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded 1110, overcoat 1270 and a pair of bale ties that laterally separates 1120.Overcoat 1270 comprises base baffle or contact pin 1274 and upright baffle or contact pin 1276, and they are separated by the fold line 1278 of horizontal expansion.Base baffle 1274 and upright baffle 1276 have formed L shaped overcoat 1270 together.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, the width of base baffle 1274 and length are substantially the same with the top 1130 and the bottom 1132 of stock material folded 1110, and the width of upright baffle 1276 and height are substantially the same with the front side 1134 and the rear side 1136 of stock material folded 1110.Should be appreciated that the whole adjacent edge of the not necessarily necessary extend through stock material folded 1110 of base baffle 1274 and upright baffle 1276.
Adhesive phase 1190 (not shown among Figure 40) is applied on the bottom 1132 of stock material folded 1110 of the good stock material of packing folded 1106, and release liner 1192 is covered with adhesive phase 1190, shown in Figure 35 or 39.One of tractive band 1198 of release liner 1192 is trapped between the upright baffle 1276 of the front side 1134 of stock material folded 1110 and overcoat 1270.Other tractive band 1198 keeps free state or can save.
For instance, good folded 1106 be loaded in the support 912 in order to pack, catch bale ties 1120 by for example hand being inserted bale ties 1120 belows, and will pack and good folded 1106 raise and according between the above upright ways 922 that inserts support referring to the described mode of Figure 22-26, for instance, so that make good folded 1106 being placed on the base 18 of support 912 of packing.Alternatively, for instance, when needs during with two folded being stitched together, what packing was good folded 1106 can be stacked on the folded top of another stock material.In case will pack good folded 1106 be loaded in the support 912 after, bale ties 1120 just is cut off and skids off from folded 1106 overcoat 1270 belows of packing.Then, the base baffle 1274 and/or the upright baffle 1276 of overcoat 1270 upwards and/or are outwards pulled away from stock material folded 1110, as the arrow among Figure 40 for example shown in, thus from the slid underneath of stock material folded 1110 and remove the base baffle 1274 of overcoat 1270.In case after base baffle 1274 is removed in the below of stock material folded 1110, then stock material folded 1110 just falls a little, promptly the distance that falls to equating with the thickness of overcoat 1270 is fallen on the base 18 of support 912, perhaps falls the stock material of folded 1110 belows and folds.
Remove overcoat 1270 from support 912 then, thereby expose the tractive band 1198 of release liner 1192.If desired folded 1110 of top is spliced on below folded, but then tractive in the tractive band 1198 any one in case from the top folded 1110 with the folding of below between remove release liner 1192, and expose adhesive phase 1190.The preceding end page that is pressed in the stock material that adhesive phase 1190 therebetween just folds the tail end page or leaf of the stock material of top folded 1110 and below is stitched together.
Should be appreciated that the good stock material of packing folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 and/or the good stock material of the various parts of stock material folded 1110 and/or packing that feature formation capable of being combined substitutes folded.For example, the folded width of the comparable stock material that it is covered of width of folded 1100 the overcoat 1112 that the packing of Figure 32-34 is good is narrower.In addition, folded 1100 the overcoat 1112 that packing is good alternately comprises the package assembly of two separation, for example package assembly shown in Figure 36.In another embodiment, folded 1102 the package assembly 1204 that Figure 36 and 37 packing are good respectively comprises and has formed the opening that is similar to the rectangular aperture shown in Figure 32, replaces elliptical openings 1240.Tear line 1244 can inwardly separate from rectangular aperture.The stock material folded 1110 of folding in 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 that any packing is good can be equipped with adhesive phase 1190 and the release liner 1192 that is in above-mentioned diagonal sum parallel orientation.In alternate embodiment, adhesive phase 1190 and release liner 1192 are positioned on the top of stock material folded 1110.In addition, for example in the application that does not need to splice, what packing was good folded 1100,1102,1104 and 1106 alternatively can not comprise this adhesive phase 1190 and release liner 1192.In addition, for example in the folded application that self can transport and/or insert in the support that cover gets up, stock material folded 1110 can part be surrounded by overcoat and without bale ties.
Forward Figure 41-53 now to, show the pull element that is applicable in for example aforementioned dunnage converter 10,762,800 of dunnage converter and 910 and/or several alternate embodiments of shaped segment, it is used for feeding, connection, tractive, collection and/or wrinkle stock material.Should be appreciated that the embodiment shown in Figure 41-53 can abovely be supported and/or drive for pull element 328 and shaped segment 326 disclosed modes according to arbitrarily suitable mode or according to being similar to.Therefore, not to supporting structure and on every side parts be described in detail.In these several figure, identical identical parts or the feature of reference number representative.
Figure 41 shows according to pull element 1300 of the present invention and shaped segment 1302.Constant input cylinder 196 is positioned at shaped segment 1302 upstreams.The upstream of constant input cylinder 196 is the stock material source of supply, and the form of the stock material of the fan-shaped fold shown in it can be folded 1308 perhaps is the form that stock material is rolled up.
Shaped segment 1302 comprises an offside guide post 345 and compression element 1310.Compression element 1310 is also referred to as the collection member, comprises taper or funnel part 1314 and pipe 1316, and they make compression element 1310 be funnel shaped together.Being shaped as of shown pipe 1316 is cylindrical, but is to be understood that pipe 1316 can be other shape, for example has elliptic cross-section.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, the downstream parts that transit to pipe 1316 that tapering part 1314 and pipe 1316 have formed integral structure and tapering part 1314 preferably have smooth radius.Compression element 1310 can be made by any suitable materials such as plastics or metal.
Pull element 1300 is positioned at the downstream of shaped segment 1302 and comprises first transmitting assembly 1320 and second transmitting assembly 1330, first transmitting assembly 1320 comprises first group of transferring clamp 1322, closes work and relative transferring clamp 1332 and second transmitting assembly 1330 comprises second assembly.Anchor clamps 1322 and 1332 shift along corresponding circular path.In the embodiment shown, each transmitting assembly 1320 and 1330 comprise four along the circumference homogeneous phase every anchor clamps 1322 and 1332.The anchor clamps 1322 of first transmitting assembly 1320 and the anchor clamps 1332 of second transmitting assembly 1330 homophase or out-phase each other rotate (as shown in the figure).As shown in the figure, anchor clamps 1322 and 1332 respectively have the hole of some semicircular in shape or half elliptic opening outwardly.Yet anchor clamps 1322 and 1332 can be replaced by aforesaid anchor clamps.More generally, can use any anchor clamps described herein interchangeably.
In dunnage converter operating period, stock material is transmitted and is transmitted between this offside guide post 345 around constant input cylinder 196.Side guide post 345 preforms and streaming stock material (shown in the dotted line between the side guide post 345) and according to be similar to above referring to Fig. 9 and 13 described modes with the stock material compression element 1310 that leads.In alternate embodiment, side guide post 345 can save from shaped segment 1302, and in this case, compression element 1310 begins from constant input cylinder 196 guiding stock material.
The tapering part 1314 of compression element 1310 and pipe 1316 further form and carry out the additional function of the bedding and padding bar importing pull element 1300 after will being shaped to stock material.When stock material process tapering part 1314, put on frictional force on the stock material by tapering part 1314 and allow simultaneously that with regard to the motion of some part of having slowed down sheet material other parts more easily advance, therefore be convenient to inside wrinkle stock material.
As above-mentioned pull element 328, pull element 1300 is carried out at least a and preferred two kinds of functions when dunnage converter is operated.A kind of function is a feed function, two opposite groups transferring clamp 1322 is little by little laterally engaging the bedding and padding bar that is positioned on its relative both lateral sides with 1332 thus, so that the bedding and padding bar is pulled through shaped segment 1302 and again from stock material ground source of supply tractive sheet material.Preferably second function of being carried out by pull element 1300 is a linkage function, and two opposite groups transferring clamp 1322 and 1332 makes the bedding and padding bar that is positioned on its relative both sides be out of shape so that the bedding and padding bar that is shaped and couples together thus.Certainly, can use other mechanism to connect the bedding and padding bar, as mentioned above.
Should be appreciated that the various features that can change pull element 1300 and shaped segment 1303 so that realize the feeding of bedding and padding bar and the different characteristic in the shaping.For example, in alternate embodiment, the transmitting assembly 1320 of pull element 1300 and 1330 can have than shown in still less or more anchor clamps 1322 or 1332, shown in perhaps anchor clamps 1322 and 1332 geometry can be different from.In addition, the length or the diameter of the pipe 1316 of shaped segment 1302, perhaps the length of tapering part 1314 or tapering also can be changed so that realize the feeding of bedding and padding bar and the different characteristic in the shaping.This type of replacement scheme is all thought and is belonged within the scope of invention of applying for a patent at present.
Figure 42 shows another embodiment according to shaped segment 1340 of the present invention, and for instance, shown shaped segment 1340 is used in combination with the pull element 1300 of Figure 41.Shaped segment 1340 not only is used as the preform device but also as the flat cone or funnel part 1344 of former, all be similar to aforesaid shaped segment 1302 except comprising.
Shaped segment 1340 comprises flat cone part 1344 and pipe 1348.As aforementioned tube 1316, being shaped as of shown pipe 1348 is cylindrical, but is to be understood that pipe 1348 can be other shape, for example has elliptic cross-section.Flat cone part 1344 comprises and is essentially leg-of-mutton roof 1350 and diapire 1352, and a pair of sidewall 1354 and 1356 that is essentially rectangle, sidewall 1354 and 1356 is being connected on its top and the bottom margin on roof 1350 and the diapire 1352 and according to the mode that is from upstream to the downstream inside point gradually toward each other.Locate at its upstream end, roof 1350 and diapire 1352 have formed the inlet port 1360 of rectangle with sidewall 1354 and 1356, and downstream transits to pipe 1348 and fuse with it.The broad size of rectangle inlet port 1360 aligns with plane from the stock material of constant input cylinder 196 (not shown among Figure 42).If desired, then the angle between each wall can be circular, and each wall also can be circular so that make flat cone part 1344 have elliptic cross-section, for example shown in Figure 43.
In dunnage converter operating period, stock material is transmitted and is passed the rectangle inlet port 1360 of shaped segment 1340 around constant input cylinder 196.Flat cone part 1344 preforms of shaped segment 1340 and streaming stock material and with stock material guide pipe 1348.Flat cone part 1344 and pipe 1348 together stock material is formed and will be shaped after bedding and padding bar importing pull element 1300.When stock material process flat cone part 1344, put on frictional force on the stock material by each wall 1350,1352,1354 and 1356 of tapering part 1344 and allow simultaneously that with regard to the motion of some part of having slowed down sheet material other parts more easily advance, therefore be convenient to inside wrinkle stock material.
Figure 44 shows another embodiment according to shaped segment 1380 of the present invention, and for instance, shown shaped segment 1380 is used in combination with the pull element 1300 of Figure 41.In Figure 44 embodiment, shaped segment 1380 comprises the cylinder 1390 and 1392 of array in the form of a ring, and its intermediate roll 1390 and 1392 defines hole or mouth 1386 jointly, and stock material is passed wherein.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, four cylinders are arranged, promptly vertically separate and substantially parallel top and bottom cylinder 1390 and side direction separates and substantially parallel sidepiece cylinder 1392.Preferably, each cylinder 1390 and 1392 shape are essentially cylindrical and are rotatably mounted by carriage 1396 at its opposed end place.For instance, carriage 1396 can be made into adjustable in case make parallel cylinder for example the spacing between top and the bottom cylinder 1390 can increase as required or reduce and use to be used for particular conversion.
In dunnage converter operating period, stock material is transmitted and is passed the hole 1386 of shaped segment 1380 around constant input cylinder 196.Cylinder 1390 and 1392 forms and the bedding and padding bar importing pull element 1300 of streaming with formation bedding and padding bar and after will being shaped stock material together.
In an illustrated embodiment, cylinder 1390 is identical with 1392 size and dimensions.Should be appreciated that cylinder 1390 and 1392 can be of different sizes and/or shape.In addition, although in the embodiment shown, the top is identical with the sidepiece cylinder 1392 that side direction separates with the distance that bottom cylinder 1390 separates, and should be appreciated that for instance this spacing can be bigger or littler, uses according to particular conversion and decides.In addition, although only show single hole 1386 in the embodiment shown, can be formed additional hole by the cylinder of additional arrays, this additional Kong Keyu first hole 1386 (for example at its upstream or downstream) longitudinally is separated by.In addition, the shape and size of this additional holes can be different from first hole 1386.For example, in one embodiment, additional holes can be littler and places the downstream in first hole 1386 so that make the bedding and padding bar that passes first hole 1386 can further form and streaming through additional holes the time, and/or reduce the cross section.In addition, the number that should be appreciated that the cylinder that forms given hole can comprise three or more cylinders as required.This type of replacement scheme on spacing between shape, size, quantity and the cylinder and/or the hole that forms has thus been considered in the invention of applying for a patent at present.
Figure 45 shows another embodiment according to shaped segment 1400 of the present invention, and for instance, shown shaped segment 1400 is used in combination with the pull element 1300 of Figure 41.Except cylinder 1412 and 1414 has concave outer surface and top and bottom cylinder 1412 longitudinally separate with sidepiece cylinder 1414, shaped segment 1400 all is similar to aforesaid shaped segment 1380.Cylinder 1412 and 1414 spill are convenient in stock material inside roll extrusion stock material through between the cylinder 1412 and 1414 time.Although and not shown, the carriage 1420 that is supporting cylinder 1412 and 1414 can be made into can longitudinally adjust so that make not longitudinal pitch between on the same group the cylinder can increase as required or reduce and uses to be used for particular conversion.In addition, although in the embodiment shown, shaped segment 1400 comprises two series cylinders 1412 and 1414, and the cylinder of the group of any amount is considered in the invention of applying for a patent at present.For example, in alternate embodiment, shaped segment 1400 can comprise four series cylinders, and wherein first and second groups of tops and bottom cylinder and first and second groups of sidepiece cylinders alternate.
Forward Figure 46 now to, among the shown embodiment, longitudinally apart first and second pull element of opening 1430 and 1432 are arranged.That is, second pull element 1432 is positioned at the downstream of first pull element 1430.As shown in the figure, be compression element 1440 in the upstream of first pull element 1430, its structure and mode of operation are similar to the aforementioned compression element 348 shown in Figure 12.
Each pull element 1430 and 1432 comprises a pair of transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460, and each transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460 comprises one group of transferring clamp 1452 and 1462.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460 and the structure of anchor clamps 1452 and 1462 and transmitting assembly 1320 that function class is similar to aforementioned pull element 1300 and 1330 and anchor clamps 1322 and 1332.
According to the present invention, first and second pull element 1430 and 1432 can the friction speed operation.In the exemplary embodiment, the transmitting assembly 1450 of second pull element 1432 and 1460 speed rotations with the transmitting assembly 1450 that is slower than first pull element 1430 and 1460, thus make the bedding and padding bar by first pull element, 1430 formed therebies between first and second pull element 1430 and 1432, wrinkle take place longitudinally.This vertical wrinkle can increase the hardness of the bedding and padding bar that is produced by first pull element 1430.
In one embodiment of the invention, each pull element 1430 and 1432 transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460 can be for example be activated independently of one another by separately independent driving mechanism, so that obtain different speed.Alternatively, each pull element 1430 can be linked together so that obtain different speed according to suitable mode by decelerator with 1460 with 1432 transmitting assembly 1450.Be to be understood that, transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460 and the anchor clamps 1452 and 1462 of each transmitting assembly 1450 and 1460 can take on a different character, for instance, their tractive sheet materials (that is feeding sheet material) by compression element 1440 and the bedding and padding bar through corresponding pull element 1430 with 1432 o'clock according to the interval of rule little by little bending and/or bending (promptly being connected) bedding and padding bar.For instance, the anchor clamps 1452 of first pull element 1430 and 1462 can have anchor clamps 1452 and 1462 different how much of sizes or the holes with second pull element 1432, thereby for example linkage function is provided.Alternatively, perhaps additionally, the transmitting assembly 1450 of first pull element 1430 and 1460 can be greater than the transmitting assembly 1450 and 1462 of second pull element 1432 along the spaced-apart distance of side direction, so that for example realize the different bending effects to the bedding and padding bar.
Referring now to Figure 47-49,, shows three embodiment respectively according to pull element 1470,1472 of the present invention and 1474.Pull element 1470 comprises a pair of transmitting assembly 1476, and it respectively comprises one group of (being four in the embodiment shown) transferring clamp 1482.Except anchor clamps 1482 have from the outstanding finger tabs 1478 in its inside edge, anchor clamps 1482 are similar to the anchor clamps 1322 and 2332 of above-mentioned transmitting assembly 1320 and 1330.
In dunnage converter operating period, according to the mode that is similar to aforementioned transmitting assembly 359 and 361,1320 and 1330,1450 and 1460, the stock material of the bedding and padding delivery areas 1484 of passing is therebetween collected and caught along side direction to transmitting assembly 1476.Projection 1478 provides grabs the folder effect to the more efficiently of stock material, so has improved the tractive effect of pull element 1470.Projection 1478 also refers to that as sewing up or boring a hole it is bored a hole to stock material when stock material is advanced between transmitting assembly 1476.Projection 1478 can have sharp edges and stock material be bored a hole and can be had enough length so that the lap of stock material is stitched together being used for.This suturing helps to be discharged the shape that the back keeps the bedding and padding bar at the bedding and padding bar by transmitting assembly 1476.
Pull element 1472 (Figure 48) comprises a pair of transmission member 1490, and it respectively has concave outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element 1494.For instance, size, shape, quantity and/or the set-up mode of protrusion element 1494 will depend on the particular conversion application.According to the mode that is similar to aforementioned transmitting assembly 359 and 361,1320 and 1330,1450 and 1460 and 1470, the stock material of passing is therebetween collected and caught along side direction to transmission member 1490.Outstanding element 1494 is being frictionally engaged stock material so that provide stock material more efficiently grabbed the folder effect, has therefore improved the tractive effect of pull element 1472.Outstanding element 1494 also can be used as stitching or perforation refers to that it is bored a hole to stock material when stock material is advanced between transmission member 1490.Outstanding element 1494 can have most advanced and sophisticatedly bores a hole and can have enough length so that the lap of stock material is stitched together stock material being used for.This suturing helps to be discharged the shape that the back keeps the bedding and padding bar at the bedding and padding bar by transmission member 1490.
As shown in figure 48, this defines betwixt spill transmission member 1490 and has the bedding and padding delivery areas 1496 that is essentially ellipse or circular cross-section.Therefore, when transmission member 1490 promotes the bedding and padding bars by delivery areas 1496, transmission member 1490 will change the bedding and padding bar to have into and be essentially cylindrical or tubulose.
Pull element 1474 (Figure 49) comprises a pair of transmission member 1500, and it respectively has cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element 1504.According to the mode that is similar to aforementioned transmitting assembly 359 and 361,1320 and 1330,1450 and 1460,1470 and 1472, the stock material of passing is therebetween collected and caught along side direction to transmission member 1500.Outstanding element 1504 is being frictionally engaged stock material so that provide stock material more efficiently grabbed the folder effect, has therefore improved the tractive effect of pull element 1474.As the outstanding element 1494 of pull element 1472, outstanding element 1504 also can be used as stitching or perforation refers to that it is bored a hole to stock material when stock material is advanced between transmission member 1500.Outstanding element 1504 can have most advanced and sophisticatedly bores a hole and can have enough length so that the lap of stock material is stitched together stock material being used for.This suturing helps to be discharged the shape that the back keeps the bedding and padding bar at the bedding and padding bar by transmission member 1500.
Should be pointed out that this defines betwixt cylindrical transmission member 1500 and has the bedding and padding delivery areas 1506 that is essentially the square-section.Therefore, when transmission member 1500 promotes the bedding and padding bars by delivery areas 1506, transmission member 1500 will change the bedding and padding bar into and have the horizontal size narrower basically than vertical dimension.For instance, as the aforementioned outstanding element 1494 of pull element 1472, the size, shape, quantity and/or the set-up mode that protrude element 1504 will depend on the particular conversion application.
Forward Figure 50 and 51 now to, show another embodiment according to pull element 1520 of the present invention.Pull element 1520 comprises first transmitting assembly 1522 and second transmitting assembly, and it is also referred to as anchor clamps, is the form of the position passage 1530 relative with first transmitting assembly 1522.The structure of shown transmitting assembly 1522 and function class are similar to transmitting assembly 1320 and 1330 and 1450 and 1460.Transmitting assembly 1522 comprise a plurality of preferably along the circumference homogeneous phase every and the anchor clamps 1534 that preferably have half elliptic or semi-circular hole 1536.Shown in exemplary embodiment in, transmitting assembly 1522 comprises four anchor clamps 1534.Another anchor clamps or passage 1530 also have hole 1540 (being star section), and it is (Figure 51) when observing from the side, have basically the size and dimension identical with the hole 1536 of anchor clamps 1534 in example shown embodiment.Passage 1530 preferably has smooth surface.The transmitting assembly 1522 of pull element 1520 and passage 1530 define betwixt has the bedding and padding delivery areas 1542 that is essentially ellipse or circular cross-section, as shown in Figure 51.
In dunnage converter operating period, transmitting assembly 1522 and passage 1530 cooperatings relative with it are so that collect and catch stock material and spur it by the delivery areas 1542 between the transmitting assembly 1522 and 1530, so that convert stock material to the bedding and padding bar along side direction.Should be appreciated that transmitting assembly or passage 1530 can have groove so that put the outermost part of transmitting assembly 1522, thereby guarantee to produce between transmitting assembly 1522 and the passage 1530 bigger overlapping and then assurance continuity.
Referring now to Figure 52,, show an embodiment of shaped segment 1550 and pull element 1564, except shaped segment 1550 did not comprise this offside guide post 345, it all was similar to shaped segment 1302 shown in Figure 41 and pull element 1300.Another difference between the embodiment shown in Figure 52 and 41 is that the width of stock material source of supply 1552 of the fan-shaped fold among Figure 52 is less than the stock material source of supply 1308 among Figure 41.Similarly, the width of constant input cylinder 1556 is consistent with shaped segment 1550, so its width is less than the constant input cylinder 196 among the embodiment of Figure 41.
Because the size of stock material source of supply 1552 and constant input cylinder 1556 reduces, so the embodiment shown in Figure 52 can be installed in the cushioning conversion machine with the littler housing of the cushioning conversion machine more used than Figure 41 embodiment.The size of cushioning conversion machine reduce to provide various advantages, for example reduced cost of transportation, be easy to carry, service routine is more effective, required memory space reduces, or the like.
In Figure 52 embodiment, stock material source of supply 1552 comprises the stock material of single lamination, it for example is folded on himself along the length of stock material in two, so that make single laminated sheet raw material in fact have two lap or flat beds that are connected at the flanging such as the place, the left side among Figure 52 of longitudinal extension.Longitudinal folding stock material is become rectangle folded by fan-shaped fold, and the folding rectangular page that has formed a sequence together of this series, and they are the folding pattern of having piled up, and stacks page by page, so that it is folded to form stock material.For relate to exemplary vertically and the stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded and its more details of device of being used to be shaped, can be referring to U.S. Patent No. 5,387,173,5,882,767,6,015,374 and 6,168,847, they have all transferred assignee of the present invention, and all are incorporated herein by reference at this.
In the operating period of the dunnage converter that comprises stock material source of supply 1552 that width reduces and constant input cylinder 1556, the stock material of single lamination two-layer equation fan-shaped fold is transmitted and is advanced to the taper or the funnel part 1558 of shaped segment 1550 around constant input cylinder 1556.Shaped segment 1550 guiding and shaping stock material and the bedding and padding bar after the moulding imported pull element 1564.
Except in Figure 53 embodiment, its shaped segment 1570 comprises outside the expanding unit 1576, Figure 53 embodiment is similar to Figure 52, expanding unit 1576 was used for before process tapering part 1558, the stock material of expansion or " expansion " single lamination two-layer equation fan-shaped fold, thus the flat tabs material material strips that process is expanded formed.Therefore, flat bed is by disconnected from each other, thereby in the material with compartment introducing expansion subsequently, it is 3D shape now when entering the tapering part 1558 of shaped segment 1550.
Describe now any aforementioned dunnage converter 10,762,800 and 910 according to the present invention is carried out method of operating.Any dunnage converter all can be suitable for comprising the software control to the even friction speed that becomes the rate of climb (for example between the starting period) and even change decrease speed (for example in the down periods) and may run on machine in the bedding and padding transfer process.
In one embodiment of the invention, dunnage converter comprises controller software, and its process pre-programmed is so that move particular motor toggle speed, three kinds of speeds of service and specific closing under the even speed change degree.In an alternate embodiment, the controller software of dunnage converter is programmed by the end user so that move dunnage converter any required motor starting speed, any required speed of service or required arbitrarily closing under the even speed change degree.The speed of service that should be appreciated that motor will be determined according to the feature of other driver part of motor and/or dunnage converter.Because different end users may have different packing instructions, so this comes its oneself machine is programmed according to the mode that is suitable for most end user's transformation applications with regard to allowing each end user.
Although abovely with respect to some preferred embodiment the present invention is illustrated and describes, those skilled in the art will expect variation and change of equal value when reading and understanding this specification and accompanying drawing.Particularly about by the performed various functions of above-mentioned integral body (parts, assembly, device, component, or the like), be used for describing these whole terms (comprising quoting) to " instrument " unless otherwise in addition explanation, all be intended to consistent (promptly with any integral body of the specific function of carrying out described integral body, function equivalence), though its with herein shown in exemplary embodiment of the present invention in carry out function disclosed structure have structural non-equivalence.In addition, although more than can only be described special characteristic of the present invention with respect to one in some illustrated embodiments, but this feature can be combined with one or more further features of other embodiment, and this point may need with favourable for any given or application-specific.
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1. support that is used for dunnage converter comprises:
Base;
The pair of upright ways, it is installed on the base and locates supporting dunnage converter in the top;
Wherein ways defines the passage that is used for stock material is guided to dunnage converter betwixt.
2. dunnage converter comprises:
The conversion sub-component, it converts stock material to dunnage; And
The paper assembly is led in feeding, and it is positioned at the upstream of conversion sub-component;
Feeding is led the paper assembly and can be moved between open position and closed position, on open position, can be near the part of the travel path of stock material, and on the closed position, feeding is led the paper assembly and is guided stock material along travel path.
3. dunnage converter comprises:
Pull element, its tractive stock material converts stock material to the bedding and padding bar thus by dunnage converter, and pull element is by the pull element powered motors with pull element motor axis;
Cutting assembly, it cuts into dunnage with the bedding and padding bar, and cutting assembly is by the cutting assembly powered motors with cutting assembly motor axis;
Framework, it has L shaped structure;
Wherein the pull element motor is installed on the framework so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg of L shaped structure, and the cutting assembly motor is installed on the framework so that make its axis be parallel to the one leg in addition of L shaped structure.
4. packaging system comprises:
Dunnage converter; And
Packed surface;
Wherein dunnage converter places the packed surface top.
5. packaging system comprises:
Dunnage converter;
The raw material supply assembly, it feeds to dunnage converter with stock material; And
The passageway, its provide lead to the raw material supply assembly near path.
6. packaging system comprises:
High supporting member;
Dunnage converter, it is installed on the high supporting member so that make dunnage converter hang on the high supporting member; And
The raw material supply assembly, it feeds to dunnage converter with stock material.
7. packaging system comprises:
Support;
Dunnage converter, it has the upstream and downstream end and is installed on the support so that carry out the pivot motion;
The conversion sub-component, it converts stock material to dunnage; And
The paper assembly is led in feeding, and it is positioned at the upstream of conversion sub-component;
Feeding is led the paper assembly and can be moved between open position and closed position, on open position, can be near the part of the travel path of stock material, and on the closed position, feeding is led the paper assembly and is guided stock material along travel path.
8. bedding and padding converting system comprises:
Dunnage converter;
Support, it is used to support dunnage converter and supporting, and to be positioned at the stock material of dunnage converter below folded, and dunnage converter is pulled out stock material and is converted thereof into the dunnage bar from stock material is folded;
Its medium-height trestle comprises the upright channels member that a pair of edge laterally is separated by, its have extend longitudinally, laterally separate about towards inwall and from guide wall inwardly extend internally along front and back horizontal expansion, that vertically be separated by guide wall;
Wherein the width between the folded left and right sides of stock material greater than the distance between the inward flange of guide wall but less than support towards the distance between the inwall, and the distance between the folded both sides, front and back of stock material is less than the distance between the front and back guide wall of support; And
Wherein stock material is folded is supported between the upright channels member, and when dunnage converter when it pulls out stock material, the upright channels member guides to dunnage converter with stock material.
9. method that is used for the stock material closed assembly of rectangle is stated from the support that is used for dunnage converter, its medium-height trestle has the upright channels member that a pair of edge laterally is separated by, it has and extends longitudinally, about laterally separating towards inwall and from guide wall inwardly extend internally along horizontal expansion, the front and back guide wall of vertically being separated by, and wherein the width between the Die left and right sides greater than the distance between the inward flange of guide wall but less than support towards the distance between the inwall, and the distance between the folded both sides, front and back is less than the distance between the front and back guide wall of support, and this method may further comprise the steps:
Folded a left side or right side are inserted between the ways;
Will be folded tilt in case make its first and second tiltedly right angle support towards between the inwall;
With a folded left side or right side towards the corresponding left side of support or wall shift is moving inwardly on the right side;
To fold so that make the folded left and right sides place within the corresponding left and right sides wall of support;
Along side direction towards a left side or the right side inwardly the wall shift fold so that make folded being centered in basically towards between the inwall.
10. bedding and padding converting system comprises:
Dunnage converter, it is used for converting stock material to dunnage, and dunnage converter comprises and is used for the stock material tractive is drawn off the outlet of dunnage in the pull element of dunnage converter with by it; And
Support;
Wherein dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, the outlet of dunnage converter is towards the front portion of system, and on service/" loaded " position, the supply side of pull element towards the front portion of system so that the operator is approaching.
11. a bedding and padding converting system comprises:
Dunnage converter, it is used for converting stock material to dunnage, and dunnage converter comprises the cutting assembly and the lid that is used to be covered with cutting assembly that is used for the bedding and padding bar is cut into Len req; And
Support, it comprises the pair of upright ways, the width of upright ways is greater than the width of lid;
Wherein dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, dunnage converter draws off the bedding and padding bar in the front portion of system, and on service/" loaded " position, the lid of cutting assembly places between the upright ways.
12. a bedding and padding converting system comprises:
Dunnage converter is used for converting stock material to dunnage; And
Support;
Wherein dunnage converter can pivotally be installed on the support so that move between operating position and one or more service/" loaded " position, on operating position, dunnage converter is in stand up position, and on service/" loaded " position, dunnage converter at least in part the other way around.
13. the good stock material of the packing of using for dunnage converter is folded, and comprising:
The stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded;
Be used for surrounding at least in part folded overcoat; And
Be used for overcoat is fixed at least one bale ties that stock material is folded.
14. the stock material that a cover that uses for dunnage converter gets up is folded, comprising:
The stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded; And
Overcoat with bottom contact pin, bottom contact pin are positioned at folded below and can move apart mutually so that make contact pin to be removed from folded below.
15. the stock material for the dunnage converter use is folded, comprising:
Stock material with fan-shaped fold of top and bottom is folded;
At least be positioned at folded top or the adhesive phase on the bottom; And
Be covered with the release liner of adhesive phase.
16. one kind is used for the stock material closed assembly is stated from the method that second stock material is folded, may further comprise the steps:
Provide first and second stock material folded, wherein adhesive phase puts on first top of folding or second bottom of folding; And
With second folded being placed on the first folded top, adhesive is incorporated into the first folded top page or leaf on second end page or leaf of folding thus.
17. one kind is used for the stock material closed assembly is stated from the method that second stock material is folded, may further comprise the steps:
Provide first and second stock material folded, wherein adhesive phase puts on the first folded top or the second folded bottom and release liner is covered with adhesive phase;
With second folded being placed on the first folded top; And
From the stock material that stacks folded between the tractive release liner so that expose adhesive phase, adhesive is incorporated into the first folded top page or leaf on the second folded end page or leaf thus.
18. the good stock material of the packing of using for dunnage converter is folded, and comprising:
The stock material of fan-shaped fold is folded;
Have at least two overcoats that formed the baffle plate in L shaped cross section, folded one jiao of angle position adjacent that places with L shaped overcoat; And
Be used for overcoat is fixed at least one bale ties that stock material is folded.
19. what packing according to claim 18 was good folds, wherein at least one in the baffle plate extended along the whole length of folded sides adjacent basically.
20. a dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used for stock material is configured as the forming assembly of continuous bedding and padding bar;
Be positioned at forming assembly the downstream, be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of forming assembly;
Wherein forming assembly comprises funnel part, stock material through this funnel part in case with stock material be configured as the bedding and padding bar and will be shaped after bar guide pull element into.
21. a dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used for stock material is configured as the forming assembly of continuous bedding and padding bar;
Be positioned at forming assembly the downstream, be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of forming assembly;
Wherein forming assembly comprises a plurality of cylinders of circular array, stock material be configured as the bedding and padding bar through these cylinders of circular array so that with stock material and will be shaped after bar guide pull element into.
22. a dunnage converter that is used for stock material is converted to dunnage comprises:
First and second pull element, each pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby these at least two anchor clamps can move past bedding and padding delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together stock material grabbed stock material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching stock material in the anchor clamps along side direction;
Wherein first pull element is positioned at the downstream of forming assembly and second pull element is positioned at the downstream of first pull element; And
Wherein first pull element is moved so that longitudinally wrinkle are through the bedding and padding bar of bedding and padding delivery areas with the speed that is different from second pull element.
23. a dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine;
Pull element comprises at least two relative anchor clamps, thereby have at least one can move past bedding and padding delivery areas and cooperating so that stock material grabbed stock material is moved ahead by delivery areas in them, and mobile anchor clamps comprise the hole that is used for collecting therein and catching along side direction stock material when anchor clamps move past delivery areas with respect to other anchor clamps;
The mobile anchor clamps that wherein have the hole comprise that a plurality of projectioies of giving prominence to from inner edges are to help catching stock material.
24. dunnage converter according to claim 23, wherein other anchor clamps are passage, thereby mobile anchor clamps are used for the passage cooperating stock material are grabbed stock material to be moved ahead pass through delivery areas.
25. a dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine;
Pull element comprises a pair of rotatable transmission member, they respectively have concave outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element that extends from concave outer surface, transmission member is toward each other so that limit the bedding and padding delivery areas betwixt, and cooperating passes through delivery areas so that collect betwixt and catch sheet material and sheet material is moved ahead along side direction when rotating.
26. a dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine;
Pull element comprises a pair of rotatable transmission member, they respectively have cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of outstanding element that extends from cylindrical surface, transmission member is toward each other so that limit the bedding and padding delivery areas betwixt, and cooperating passes through delivery areas so that collect betwixt and catch sheet material and sheet material is moved ahead along side direction when rotating.
27. a dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage, the two-layer at least of this sheet material links together along the flat folding of its length and along flanging, and this machine comprises:
Be used to make flat tabs material material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine;
Be used at flat tabs material material the adjacent layer of flat tabs material material is separated from one another so that form the expanding unit of the sheet material bar of expansion through wherein the time;
Pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby they can move past delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together the sheet material bar of expansion is grabbed the sheet material bar that therebetween makes expansion and move ahead, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching the sheet material bar of expansion in the anchor clamps along side direction by delivery areas.
28. a method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage, the two-layer at least of this sheet material links together along the flat folding of its length and along flanging, and this method may further comprise the steps:
Use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine;
The step that flat tabs material material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly flat tabs material material strips is grabbed therebetween and flat tabs material material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught flat tabs material material along side direction simultaneously.
29. method according to claim 27 also is included in and enters before the delivery areas, and the raw-material adjacent layer of flat folding is separated from one another so that the sheet material of expansion fan-shaped fold.
30. a dunnage converter that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage comprises:
Be used to make sheet material to move ahead by the pull element of this machine;
Pull element comprises at least two anchor clamps, thereby they can move past delivery areas and cooperating relative to one another together the bedding and padding bar grabbed the bedding and padding bar is moved ahead by delivery areas, and have at least one to comprise the hole that is used for when anchor clamps move past delivery areas, collecting therein and catching the bedding and padding bar in the anchor clamps along side direction; And
Be used to control the software controller of the speed of pull element.
31. dunnage converter according to claim 30, wherein software controller process pre-programmed is so that move pull element down in one of a plurality of speed.
32. dunnage converter according to claim 30, wherein software controller is a formula software controller able to programme.
33. a method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage may further comprise the steps:
Use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine;
The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously;
Also be included in and start the even change rising of speed that transfer process makes pull element before.
34. a method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage may further comprise the steps:
Use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine;
The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously;
Also be included in and finish the even change decline of speed that transfer process makes pull element afterwards.
35. a method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage may further comprise the steps:
Use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine;
The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously;
Also be included in and use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead by before the machine, the speed of pull element is adjusted into one of speed of a plurality of pre-programmed.
36. a method that is used for sheet material is converted to dunnage may further comprise the steps:
Use pull element that sheet material is moved ahead and pass through machine;
The step that sheet material is moved ahead comprises makes anchor clamps move past delivery areas together relative to one another so that ordinatedly sheet material is grabbed therebetween and sheet material is moved ahead by delivery areas, and the hole at least one in the anchor clamps is collected therein when anchor clamps move past delivery areas and caught sheet material along side direction simultaneously;
Also comprise with first speed operation pull element; And
With second speed operation pull element.
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