EP0092402A2 - Appareil pour l'emballage en carton - Google Patents

Appareil pour l'emballage en carton Download PDF

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EP0092402A2
EP0092402A2 EP83302147A EP83302147A EP0092402A2 EP 0092402 A2 EP0092402 A2 EP 0092402A2 EP 83302147 A EP83302147 A EP 83302147A EP 83302147 A EP83302147 A EP 83302147A EP 0092402 A2 EP0092402 A2 EP 0092402A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks

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  • the present invention relates to packaging apparatus and particularly to apparatus for feeding discrete products to be packed into a container such as a carton which is either part or completely erected while the carton is moving past a product receiving station. While the following description refers generally to cartons, it will be appreciated that other packaging material in the form of boxes, crates or other containers might equally be used in carrying out the present invention.
  • a blank carton is drawn from a stack of such blank cartons onto a conveyor.
  • the carton is partly erected while being moved onto the conveyor to define a generally U-shaped trough in line with a product delivery station.
  • a predetermined number of products are then moved from the delivery station by pusher members directly into the partly formed U-shaped carton while the carton is stationary at the delivery station.
  • movement of the carton conveyor is restarted and the carton is moved downstream through a number of folder mechanisms, glue applicators and subsequently is again stopped at a fixing station where heated pressure jaws act to press and activate the glue to fix the carton panels in its folded condition securely around the products that have been packed therein.
  • the time taken for this procedure is comprised of the final glueing operation, the loading operation and the transport time between the two.
  • the apparatus just described has been quite satisfactory in operation, however, it is relatively slow in relation to the number of cartons that can be packed per minute.
  • the objective of the present invention is to provide apparatus of the aforementioned type, but which provides an ability to substantially increase the number of cartons or other similar containers packed per minute by utilizing the period of transportation of the container to also effect loading thereof.
  • a second preferred objective of the present invention is to provide an improved method of packing products into cartons or other similar containers.
  • the present invention provides packing apparatus arranged to pack discrete products into containers, said apparatus comprising means for receiving containers and transporting said containers past a product delivery station, product delivery means arranged to deliver products to said delivery station, and actuating means arranged adjacent said delivery station, said actuating means being capable of movement both in a direction towards the containers being transported past the delivery station and in the direction of movement of said containers whereby a predetermined quantity of said products are moved thereby into a said container while the container is transported past said delivery station.
  • the containers used are cartons and the apparatus may include a feed device for supporting a plurality of carton blanks and for sequentially supplying partly erected cartons to carton conveying means whereby each said partly erected carton blank presents a product receiving zone to said product delivery station as the carton is transported past the delivery station by the carton conveying means.
  • the device for supporting, feeding and partially erecting carton blanks may advantageously be in accordance with the apparatus disclosed in Australian Patent Application No. 88817/82.
  • the subject matter of Australian Patent Application No. 88817/82 is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
  • the product delivery means includes product conveyor means arranged to carry products to the delivery station and further the product conveyor means may include a plurality of guideways adapted to arrange said products in adjacent rows and a moving conveyor surface arranged to carry said products along said guideways.
  • the delivery station includes a gateway means adapted to open or close said guideways, said gateway means being closable after a predetermined number of products have passed therethrough.
  • the guideways may be formed by substantially parallel stationary divider means arranged about the moving conveyor surface, said stationary divider means being spaced apart an amount sufficient to allow products to pass therebetween in single file and said gateway means including gate elements arranged, in the open position of said gateway means, to form an extension of said divider means, and in the closed position of said gateway means, to form an obstruction in said guideways to prevent continued movement of said products passed said gateway means.
  • the actuating means preferably comprises at least one pusher member adapted to engage a predetermined number of said products at said delivery station and push said products in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of movement of said containers.
  • the pusher member(s) may be arranged to follow an endless path comprising a first curved section and a second curved section, the first curved section being of substantially greater diameter than said second curved section, said endless path further including a third section interconnecting the first curved section with said second curved section and being substantially parallel to the intended path of travel of the products from the delivery station to the containers, and a fourth section interconnecting the second curved section with the first curved section.
  • an endless flexible drive means such as a chain system is provided to pass over spaced sprocket wheels, and at least one slide bar is provided mounted to the chain drive means such that the slide bar(s) extend in the direction of movement of the containers, the pusher member or members may then be slidably mounted on a respective one of the slide bars.
  • abutment means may be provided movable with said containers, arranged to operably engage a said pusher member to move said pusher member in the direction of movement of said containers as the flexible drive means moves said pusher member transversely towards said containers, said abutment means simultaneously engaging said products at the delivery station.
  • a method of packing products into containers as said containers are moved along a path of movement defined by container conveyor means comprising delivering a predetermined number of said products to a delivery station adjacent to the path of movement of said container, and thereafter moving said predetermined number of said products towards said path of movement of said containers while moving said predetermined number of said products in the direction of movement of said containers whereby said products are delivered into a respective one of the containers on said container conveyor means.
  • the feed device 10 includes a transfer mechanism (not shown) for moving each successive carton blank 50 in the direction of arrow A onto a carton conveyor mechanism shown generally at 12.
  • the carton blank transfer mechanism may be of any suitable type known in this art.
  • the construction of the conveyor mechanism 12 is also not essential, however, in one embodiment it may be formed by a pair of endless chains 13, 14 carrying a plurality of carton engaging fingers 15 moving between substantially stationary carton slide supports 16.
  • the chains 13, 14 may move continuously or may move in a stepwise fashion depending on whether subsequent operations require the cartons to be stationary such as the final glue fixing step.
  • the carton blanks are folded to form a partly erected carton 51 as they are transferred by the transfer mechanism onto the conveyor mechanism 12 at an initial product receiving position 17.
  • the partly erected cartons 51 present a product receiving zone 53 to a product delivery station 22 as hereinafter described.
  • Further folding means may be provided as the cartons move along the conveyor mechanism 12 to the final product receiving position 18 and thereafter to subsequent operation steps shown schematically at 19 where a finished carton is shown folded about the packed products.
  • the various carton folding mechanisms, glue applicators, and glue fixing mechanisms have not been shown for the sake of clarity and due to the fact that they would be well known to those skilled in this art and they do not form part of the present invention.
  • a product delivery means 20 for carrying a supply of discrete products 21 to the product delivery station 22 generally adjacent to the initial product receiving position 17 of the cartons 51 on the conveyor mechanism 12.
  • the product delivery means 20 includes conveyor means 55 which has a slat conveyor 23 continuously moving and supporting the products 21 thereon.
  • a plurality of guideways 54 for the products 21 are provided to arrange the products in the number of rows needed to fill the width of the erected carton.
  • the guideways 54 are formed by upstanding dividing means such as plates 24 extending longitudinally along the conveyor means 20.
  • a gate mechanism 25 is provided to enable a predetermined quantity of products 21 to pass to the delivery station 22.
  • the gate mechanism 25 preferably comprises a slide block 26 with actuating means to move the block on shafts 27.
  • the slide block carries partitions 28 which are normally in line with the plates 24 forming the guideways of the conveyor means 20.
  • the slide block is also capable of moving the partitions 28 across the conveyor means to a position generally midway across the guideways to thereby block further movement of the products 21 towards the delivery station 21.
  • the products upstream of the gate mechanism 25 remain stationary while the conveyor 23 continues to slide beneath the products and to move the products that have passed the gate mechanism 25 to the delivery station 22.
  • a pivotable stop member 29 at the end of the conveyor 23 which retains the products 21 at the delivery station 22 until the actual loading in the cartons 10 commences. Once product loading commences as can be seen in Figure 3A, the stop member 29 pivots downwardly to allow the products 21 to move into the cartons.
  • actuating means shown generally at 30 adjacent to the product delivery station 22 for moving the products from the delivery station into the cartons 10 as they move continuously from the initial receiving station 17 to the final receiving station 18.
  • the actuating means 30 comprises a pair of endless chains 31, 32 passing round two pair of sprocket wheels 33, 34 and 35, 36 with the larger sprocket wheels 33, 34 being shown in Figure 1.
  • a drive shaft 37 is arranged drivingly connected to the sprocket wheels 33, 34 and a drive motor 38 provides the driving means for the shaft 37.
  • the pair of chains 31, 32 are arranged in planes substantially perpendicular to the plane of movement of the cartons 51 on the conveyor mechanism 12.
  • the chains 31, 32 further carry a first pair of slide bars 39 shown in Figure 1 and a second pair of slide bars (not shown) 180° out of phase with the slide bars shown.
  • the slide bars 39 are arranged generally parallel to the direction of movement of the cartons 51 on the conveyor mechanism 12.
  • Each of the pairs of slide bars carries pusher member in the form of a slide block 40, 41 with an integrally extending pusher finger 42,43, the pusher fingers extending generally tangentially to the chains 31, 32 and in the plane of the pair of slide bars 39.
  • the pusher fingers travel along an endless path 56 comprising two curved sections 60 and 58 and two connecting sections 57 and 59.
  • the curved section 60 has a radius of curvature greater than the curved section 58 and provides for the acceleration and deceleration of the pusher members 40, 41 as hereunder described.
  • the conveyor mechanism 12 includes a plurality of pusher bars 44 arranged between the carton receiving positions, the pusher bars 44 having a portion 45 extending towards the delivery station 22 whereby the portion 45 is adapted to sweep the products 21 at the delivery station in the direction of movement of the conveyor mechanism 12.
  • the pusher bars 44 At the same time as one of the pusher fingers 42, 43 is carried down behind a group of products 21 at the delivery station, one of the pusher bar portions 45 moves the products 21 downstream and at the same time engages the pusher fingers 42, 43 to move the slide blocks 40, 41 along the slide bars 39.
  • the slide blocks 40, 41 generally follow the direction of the arrow B shown in Figure 1 such that the products 21 are finally loaded into the cartons at the position indicated at 18.
  • FIGS 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A and 4B the sequence of operation of the loading or packing steps will be described.
  • a predetermined quantity of products 21 (twenty-four in the embodiment illustrated) have been carried by the conveyor means 20 through the gate mechanism 25 which has been operated by any suitable control means.
  • the predetermined number of products 21 are collected at the delivery station 22 against the stop means 29. In this position, the products 21 await the downward passage of the pusher finger 42 and the sweeping movement of the pusher bar portion 45.
  • Figures 3A and 3B show the position where the products 21 have been partially. loaded into the carton 10.

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EP0117974A1 (fr) * 1983-03-05 1984-09-12 Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG Procédé et dispositif pour la fabrication d'emballages collectifs
WO2003064270A3 (fr) * 2002-01-28 2003-12-24 Focke & Co Procede et dispositif pour la production de groupes d'emballage pour des cigarettes
US7726097B2 (en) * 2006-08-08 2010-06-01 Multivac Sepp Haggenmuller Gmbh & Co. Kg Packaging machine support device
WO2014190966A1 (fr) * 2013-05-31 2014-12-04 Meurer Verpackungssysteme Gmbh Machine d'emballage
ITBO20130388A1 (it) * 2013-07-23 2015-01-24 Gd Spa Unita' e metodo di incarto per la piegatura di uno sbozzato in una macchina impacchettatrice.
DE102018112545A1 (de) * 2018-05-25 2019-11-28 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Transportsystem und Verfahren zum Bewegen von Artikeln in Richtung einer Verpackungsmaschine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0117974A1 (fr) * 1983-03-05 1984-09-12 Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG Procédé et dispositif pour la fabrication d'emballages collectifs
WO2003064270A3 (fr) * 2002-01-28 2003-12-24 Focke & Co Procede et dispositif pour la production de groupes d'emballage pour des cigarettes
US7726097B2 (en) * 2006-08-08 2010-06-01 Multivac Sepp Haggenmuller Gmbh & Co. Kg Packaging machine support device
WO2014190966A1 (fr) * 2013-05-31 2014-12-04 Meurer Verpackungssysteme Gmbh Machine d'emballage
US10501215B2 (en) 2013-05-31 2019-12-10 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Packaging machine
ITBO20130388A1 (it) * 2013-07-23 2015-01-24 Gd Spa Unita' e metodo di incarto per la piegatura di uno sbozzato in una macchina impacchettatrice.
EP2829481A1 (fr) * 2013-07-23 2015-01-28 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Procédé d'emballage et unité de mise en place d'une découpe sur une machine d'emballage
US9821526B2 (en) 2013-07-23 2017-11-21 G. D. Societa' Per Azioni Packing method and unit for folding a blank on a packing machine
DE102018112545A1 (de) * 2018-05-25 2019-11-28 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Transportsystem und Verfahren zum Bewegen von Artikeln in Richtung einer Verpackungsmaschine

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