EP0153577B1 - Method and apparatus for forming groups of package containers filled with foil packages - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for forming groups of package containers filled with foil packages Download PDF

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EP0153577B1
EP0153577B1 EP85100475A EP85100475A EP0153577B1 EP 0153577 B1 EP0153577 B1 EP 0153577B1 EP 85100475 A EP85100475 A EP 85100475A EP 85100475 A EP85100475 A EP 85100475A EP 0153577 B1 EP0153577 B1 EP 0153577B1
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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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • 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
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/24—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
    • B65B35/243—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains using cooperating conveyors engaging the articles simultaneously
    • 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
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity

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  • the invention relates generically to a method for merging a plurality of packaging containers which are filled with film packaging which contains a non-positionally fixed filling material, in particular a free-flowing or free-flowing material.
  • the invention is based on a filling method in which the film packages are shingled in a horizontal conveyor section and are transported via an arcuate conveyor section to the packaging container forming a stacking point, the film packages being clamped on both sides in the arcuate conveyor section and each film packaging on the stack of bags in the packaging container facing side is first guided by an end wall of the packaging container and then by the already stacked film packaging and is exposed to forces acting on the side facing away from the stack.
  • Such a method is basically known from FR-A-22 10 540.
  • film packaging is filled with different contents and / or film packaging of different dimensions is filled, and that packaging units (assortments) are put together from such filled film packaging.
  • the assortments are composed of several packaging containers of the same dimensions, which are filled from container to container with film packaging of different contents and / or different dimensions.
  • a parallel operation of different filling and sealing machines and packaging machines for film packaging with different contents and / or different dimensions is not readily possible for various reasons.
  • the filling and closing machines work with different outputs. This means that the filling time in containers of the same size with the film packaging supplied by the various filling and closing machines differs.
  • the discharge of filled containers can also be caused by a machine stop due to a malfunction or a foil change.
  • a different filling time of the containers can also be caused by the contents or by different dimensions of the packaging.
  • the powerful machine can be throttled to the weakest machine.
  • this type of adaptation leads to a reduction in the performance of the overall balance of the filling and closing machines and packaging machines.
  • the invention has for its object to assemble film packaging with different contents and / or different dimensions into sorted packaging units and to work on each line of parallel working machines with maximum performance.
  • packaging containers are filled with film packaging of different contents and / or different dimensions in several parallel lines, with empty packaging containers being conveyed to the filling stations over two transport routes for each type of packaging container, optionally from one or the other transport route.
  • the filling station are brought, and from each filling station the filled packaging containers of one type are transported via a transport route to a collection point and from all filling stations the filled packaging containers of the other type are transported via further transport routes to a common collection point, at which the packaging containers, which are connected with contain different contents filled and / or differently dimensioned film packaging, can be combined into packaging units.
  • the excess power of the strongest line compared to the weaker lines is reduced in that a packaging container of the one type is inserted again and again at the filling station and is filled with film packaging and is transported away again when there is sufficient stock of filled packaging containers at the collection point of another type to assemble packaging units.
  • Filling packaging containers of different types with film packaging is practically possible without interrupting the conveyance of the film packaging to the filling station, because the film packaging reaches the container directly from the vertical conveyor line and not into the packaging container via an intermediate store, such as a magazine.
  • the method according to the invention therefore allows lines of different power to be interconnected without throttling the power of the stronger lines.
  • the invention further relates to a machine for carrying out the method with a plurality of devices arranged in parallel to one another - each with a carrier for feeding packaging containers, a first, essentially horizontally running conveyor section with transport means for film packaging, and a second conveyor section adjoining it Dandruff of the film packaging and another, from the horizontal arc-shaped into the vertical to a conveying section section reaching a packaging container forming a stacking point, with transport means entering the film packaging on both sides, one of the transport means clamping the film packaging into the packaging area covered stack to be formed.
  • the machine according to the invention is characterized in that two transporters for different, empty packaging containers are connected to the carrier, that transfer elements are provided for the optional transfer of a packaging container onto the carrier, and that from the carrier of each device a first transporter for filled packaging containers of one type to one Collection point and a second transporter for filled packaging containers of the other type leads to a common collection point assigned to all second transporters.
  • the devices arranged parallel to one another for feeding empty packaging containers of the one type are assigned a common conveyor belt, each of which connects to the first conveyor, the packaging containers being transferable to the conveyor by a slide.
  • the devices for transporting film packaging to the empty packaging containers can be loaded with different output by the upstream filling and closing machines.
  • the performance adjustment takes place in that some of the film packaging in the most powerful line on the device for packaging the film packaging is filled into the packaging containers, which are only sporadically introduced and branched off, and not into the packaging containers which are transported to the common collection point.
  • the machine according to the invention thus ensures that the individual filling and closing machines for the flat bags can also be operated at maximum output when packaging containers in which foil packs of different dimensions and / or with different contents are located.
  • the conveyor section 2 runs horizontally and consists of an endless conveyor belt 5, on which the bags 6 filled by the filling and closing machine with evenly distributed contents are placed flat and in a row one behind the other.
  • the conveyor belt 5 is followed by a further conveyor belt 7, which is also horizontal, but somewhat lower.
  • This conveyor belt 7 has a lower transport speed than the conveyor belt 5. Because of the different conveyor speeds of the two belts 5, 7, the flat bags 6 are scaled at the transition point from the belt 5 to the belt 7. By briefly switching to a higher speed, a gap can be formed in the flaky bag strand 8.
  • the transport route section 4 leads from the horizontal to the vertical. It comprises a conveyor belt 9 arranged on the inside of the sheet, which is guided invariably by a guide, not shown. On the outside of the sheet, a second conveyor belt 10 is provided, which at the beginning of the transport section 4 via a deflection roller 11 which is adjustable in height relative to the conveyor belt 9 and at the end of the transport section 4 above the stacking point 1 via a deflection element 12, not shown, which is of low height has and is adjustable in the tape running direction, is guided. Between the deflecting roller 11 and the deflecting element 12, the belt is guided by the belt 9, which is supported on accumulation and guide means (not shown), but is supported on this belt 9 by clamping the bags 13 conveyed in the conveyor section 4. The belt 10 runs over further deflection rollers 14 to 17, of which the deflection roller 17 holds the belt 10 under tension by means of a spring (not shown). The roll 17 forms the tape storage.
  • the end of the tape 10 extends into the box 1.
  • a force acts against the carton 1 in the direction of arrow 18, e.g. B. the frictional force of the carton 1 supported on a base, but which allows a retreat (move on the base) of the carton 1 against the direction of the force arrow.
  • the bags 13 are also conveyed at a defined conveying speed after leaving the belt 9 because they are under the action of the second conveyor belt 10 until they have reached their end position. Since the second conveyor belt 10 is not resiliently supported, the bags conveyed into the carton 1 exert a pressure opposing the direction of force 18, so that the container is displaced on its support as the filling advances against the force acting in the direction of arrow 18. In the simplest case, the box can be placed on a slideway, so that the pressure must be sufficient to set the box 1 in motion. If the pressure is not sufficient or if the pressure for the contents would be too high, a force acting in the direction of movement can also be exerted on the container.
  • the gap between two successive strands 9, 13 is used to pull the deflecting member out of the carton 1 and reinsert it into the subsequent container.
  • a plurality of similar devices 20 of the type described in connection with FIG. 1 together with a respective upstream filling and closing machine for the filling of filling material in flat bags and subsequent closing of the flat bags form parallel lines. Different contents and / or bags of different dimensions are processed on each line. Since all lines have the same structure, the machine is described below using only one line as an example.
  • the filling and closing machine 21 places the filled flat bags with evenly distributed but different contents on a conveyor belt 22, which merges into the conveyor belt 2 of FIG. 1.
  • a conveyor belt 24 is loaded with boxes 25 of one type from a supply station 23.
  • the conveyor belt 24 transports the cartons 25 to the side next to a conveyor belt 26.
  • the carton 25 can be transferred to the conveyor belt 26, which transports it to the filling position at the end of the arcuate conveyor section 4.
  • the carton filled with flat bags is conveyed to the side by means not shown in the drawing, slides or the like, from where it is transferred by means of a further slide 29 to a conveyor belt 29 which transports the filled carton to a collection point 30.
  • a belt 32 is loaded with empty boxes 33 of the other type.
  • a tape 34 branches off from this tape 32 for each device 20.
  • the carton 33 is transferred to this belt 34 with a slider 35, which ends laterally next to the belt 26. From here, the carton is pushed onto the belt 26 by means of a further slide 36, which transports it under the end of the curved conveyor section 4.
  • actuating one or the other slide 27, 30, either the carton of one type or of the other type can be fed to the device 20.
  • the carton 33 arrives as a filled carton 37 on a conveyor belt 38 which, together with conveyor belts 39, 40, conveys the cartons coming from the similar devices, which contain bags with different contents, to a collecting point 41. At this collection point 41 the boxes are jammed.
  • a certain number of such cartons in the exemplary embodiment eight cartons, form an assortment and are packed in a larger outer carton, which arrives from a storage station 42 via a conveyor belt 43 under a shaft 44, through which the cartons forming an assortment are moved laterally by a slide 45 be filled into the outer carton 47, which then leaves the filling station as an assortment (special offer) via a belt 46.
  • the jam of filled cartons 37 on the individual conveyor belts 38, 40 can be checked by means of monitoring devices (not shown). If it is determined that an excessively long jam is building up on a conveyor belt, the transfer devices 27, 36 for the cartons of different types are switched over in such a way that the supply of cartons 33 of one type is blocked and cartons 25 of the other type into the Device 20 are introduced, which are then not put on the conveyor belt 38 but on the conveyor belt 29. In this way, a surplus in a line can be reduced. By sporadically inserting a carton 25 into one or the other device 20, all lines can be operated with maximum output, but there is no excess supply of cartons 37 at the common collection point. The machine can be used without any interruption Pack goods (promotional goods) and at the same time individual goods.

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The invention relates to a method for introducing into packaging containers flexible foil packages filled with an amorphous product, in which a group of bags made up of foil packages (6) lying one on top of the other in overlapping formation is conveyed horizontally and introduced vertically into the packaging container (1) over a curved conveying section (4). According to the invention, the foil packages are conveyed flat on a conveyor belt (5) without overlap and following one another in series and transferred to an intermediate belt (7) driven at a slower transport speed, thus forming a bag group of imbricated foil packages. After a predetermined number of foil packages assigned to the packaging container (1) have been received, the intermediate belt (7) is accelerated for a short period, a bag- group section with a subsequent gap being formed. The bag-group section is introduced over the curved conveying section (4) into the packaging container (1). After the filling operation is complete, during the time interval given by the gap, the deflection element (12) is withdrawn from the packaging container (1), the packaging container (1) is transported away and the deflecting element (12) is inserted into a following, empty packaging container. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich gattungsgemäß auf ein Verfahren zum Zusammenführen mehrerer Verpackungsbehälter, die mit Folienverpackungen gefüllt werden, welche ein nicht lagefixiertes Füllgut, insbesondere ein riesel- oder fließfähiges Gut, verteilt enthalten. Die Erfindung geht von einem Füllverfahren aus, bei dem die Folienverpackungen in einem horizontalen Förderstreckenabschnitt geschuppt und über einen bogenförmigen Förderstreckenabschnitt zu dem eine Stapelstelle bildenden Verpackungsbehälter transportiert werden, wobei die Folienverpackungen im bogenförmigen Förderstreckenabschnitt beidseitig eingeklemmt gehalten werden und im Verpackungsbehälter jede Folienverpackung auf der dem Beutelstapel zugewandten Seite zunächst von einer Stirnwand des Verpackungsbehälters und dann von den bereits gestapelten Folienverpackungen geführt wird sowie auf der dem Stapel abgewandten Seite fördemd wirkenden Kräften ausgesetzt ist. Ein solches Verfahren ist grundsätzlich aus der FR-A-22 10 540 bekannt.The invention relates generically to a method for merging a plurality of packaging containers which are filled with film packaging which contains a non-positionally fixed filling material, in particular a free-flowing or free-flowing material. The invention is based on a filling method in which the film packages are shingled in a horizontal conveyor section and are transported via an arcuate conveyor section to the packaging container forming a stacking point, the film packages being clamped on both sides in the arcuate conveyor section and each film packaging on the stack of bags in the packaging container facing side is first guided by an end wall of the packaging container and then by the already stacked film packaging and is exposed to forces acting on the side facing away from the stack. Such a method is basically known from FR-A-22 10 540.

In der Praxis kommt es nun häufig vor, daß Folienverpackungen mit unterschiedlichem Füllgut gefüllt und/oder Folienverpackungen unterschiedlicher Dimension abgefüllt werden, und daß aus solchen gefüllten Folienverpackungen Verpackungseinheiten (Sortimente) zusammengestellt werden. Die Sortimente werden aus mehreren dimensionsgleichen Verpackungsbehältern zusammengestellt, die von Behälter zu Behälter mit Folienverpackungen verschiedenen Füllgutes und/oder unterschiedlicher Dimension gefüllt sind. Ein Parallelbetrieb verschiedener Füll- und Verschließmaschinen und Verpackungsmaschinen für die Folienverpackungen mit verschiedenem Füllgut und/oder verschiedener Dimension ist aber aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht ohne weiteres möglich. In der Regel arbeiten die Füll-und Verschließmaschinen mit unterschiedlicher Leistung. Das bedeutet, daß die Füllzeit in gleichgroße Behälter mit von den verschiedenen Füll-und Verschließmaschinen gelieferten Folienverpackungen unterschiedlich ist. Der Ausstoß angefüllter Behälter kann auch durch einen Maschinenstop wegen Störung oder Folienwechsel bedingt sein. Schließlich kann eine unterschiedliche Füllzeit der Behälter auch durch das Füllgut oder durch unterschiedliche Dimension der Verpackungen bedingt sein. Um zu verhindern, daß es beim Zusammenstellen zu einem zu großen Überangebot der Behälter mit Verpackungen des einen oder anderen Typs kommt, kann die leistungsstarke Maschine durch Drosselung an die leistungsschwächste Maschine angepaßt werden. Diese Art der Anpassung führt aber zu einer Leistungsminderung der Gesamtbilanz der Füll-und Verschließmaschinen und Verpackungsmaschinen.In practice it often happens that film packaging is filled with different contents and / or film packaging of different dimensions is filled, and that packaging units (assortments) are put together from such filled film packaging. The assortments are composed of several packaging containers of the same dimensions, which are filled from container to container with film packaging of different contents and / or different dimensions. A parallel operation of different filling and sealing machines and packaging machines for film packaging with different contents and / or different dimensions is not readily possible for various reasons. As a rule, the filling and closing machines work with different outputs. This means that the filling time in containers of the same size with the film packaging supplied by the various filling and closing machines differs. The discharge of filled containers can also be caused by a machine stop due to a malfunction or a foil change. Finally, a different filling time of the containers can also be caused by the contents or by different dimensions of the packaging. In order to prevent the containers with packaging of one type or another from being oversupplied when the containers are put together, the powerful machine can be throttled to the weakest machine. However, this type of adaptation leads to a reduction in the performance of the overall balance of the filling and closing machines and packaging machines.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, Folienverpackungen mit verschiedenem Füllgut und/oder unterschiedlicher Dimension zu sortierten Verpackungseinheiten zusammenzustellen und dabei auf jeder Linie der parallel arbeitenden Maschinen mit maximaler Leistung zu arbeiten.The invention has for its object to assemble film packaging with different contents and / or different dimensions into sorted packaging units and to work on each line of parallel working machines with maximum performance.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß in mehreren parallelen Linien Verpackungsbehälter mit Folienverpackungen verschiedenen Füllgutes und/oder verschiedener Dimension gefüllt werden, wobei den Füllstationen über zwei Transportstrecken für je einen Verpackungsbehältertyp leere Verpackungsbehälter zugefördert werden, die wahlweise von der einen oder anderen Transportstrecke an' die Füllstation gebracht werden, und von jeder Füllstation werden die gefüllten Verpackungsbehälter des einen Typs über eine Transportstrecke zu einer Sammelstelle und von allen Füllstationen werden die gefüllten Verpackungsbehälter des anderen Typs über weitere Transportstrecken zu einer gemeinsamen Sammelstelle transportiert, an der die Verpackungsbehälter, die die mit verschiedenem Füllgut gefüllten und/oder verschieden dimensionierten Folienverpackungen enthalten, zu Verpackungseinheiten zusammengefaßt werden.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that packaging containers are filled with film packaging of different contents and / or different dimensions in several parallel lines, with empty packaging containers being conveyed to the filling stations over two transport routes for each type of packaging container, optionally from one or the other transport route. the filling station are brought, and from each filling station the filled packaging containers of one type are transported via a transport route to a collection point and from all filling stations the filled packaging containers of the other type are transported via further transport routes to a common collection point, at which the packaging containers, which are connected with contain different contents filled and / or differently dimensioned film packaging, can be combined into packaging units.

Bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren wird der Leistungsüberschuß der stärksten Linie gegenüber den schwächeren Linien dadurch abgebaut, daß zwischendurch immer wieder ein Verpackungsbehälter des einen Typs eingeschleust und an der Füllstation mit Folienverpackungen gefüllt wird und wieder abtransportiert wird, wenn an der Sammelstelle genügend Vorrat von gefüllten Verpackuhgsbehältern des anderen Typs besteht, um daraus Verpackungseinheiten zusammenzustellen. Das Füllen von Verpackungsbehältern unterschiedlichen Typs mit Folienverpackungen ist praktisch ohne Unterbrechung der Förderung der Folienverpackungen zur Füllstation möglich, weil die Folienverpackungen von der vertikalen Förderstrecke unmittelbar in die Behälter und nicht über einen Zwischenspeicher, wie ein Magazin, in die Verpackungsbehälter gelangen. Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren erlaubt deshalb Linien unterschiedlicher Leistung ohne Drosselung der Leistungen der stärkeren Linien zusammenzuschalten.In the method according to the invention, the excess power of the strongest line compared to the weaker lines is reduced in that a packaging container of the one type is inserted again and again at the filling station and is filled with film packaging and is transported away again when there is sufficient stock of filled packaging containers at the collection point of another type to assemble packaging units. Filling packaging containers of different types with film packaging is practically possible without interrupting the conveyance of the film packaging to the filling station, because the film packaging reaches the container directly from the vertical conveyor line and not into the packaging container via an intermediate store, such as a magazine. The method according to the invention therefore allows lines of different power to be interconnected without throttling the power of the stronger lines.

Gegenstand der Erfindung ist ferner eine Maschine zur Durchführung des Verfahrens mit mehreren parallel zueinander angeordneten Vorrichtungen - mit jeweils einem Träger für das Zuführen von Verpackungsbehältern, einem ersten, im wesentlichen horizontal verlaufenden Förderstreckenabschnitt mir tragenden Transportmitteln für Folienverpackungen, einem daran anschlie- βenden zweiten Förderstreckenabschnitt zum Schuppen der Folienverpackungen und einem weiteren, aus der Horizontalen bogenförmig in die Vertikale bis zu einem eine Stapelstelle bildenden Verpackungsbehälter reichenden Förderstreckenabschnitt mit beidseitig die Folienverpackung einkiemmenden Transportmitteln, wobei eines der die Folienverpackungen einklemmenden Transportmittel den in den Verpackungsbehälter zu bildenden Stapel überfaßt. Die erfindungsgemäße Maschine ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an den Träger zwei Transporteure für verschiedene, leere Verpackungsbehälter anschließen, daß Überführungsorgane zum wahlweisen Überführen eines Verpackungsbehälters auf den Träger vorgesehen sind und daß von dem Träger jeder Vorrichtung ein erster Transporteur für gefüllte Verpackungsbehälter der einen Art zu einer Sammelstelle sowie ein zweiter Transporteur für gefüllte Verpackungsbehälter der anderen Art zu einer allen zweiten Transporteuren zugeordneten gemeinsamen Sammelstelle führt.The invention further relates to a machine for carrying out the method with a plurality of devices arranged in parallel to one another - each with a carrier for feeding packaging containers, a first, essentially horizontally running conveyor section with transport means for film packaging, and a second conveyor section adjoining it Dandruff of the film packaging and another, from the horizontal arc-shaped into the vertical to a conveying section section reaching a packaging container forming a stacking point, with transport means entering the film packaging on both sides, one of the transport means clamping the film packaging into the packaging area covered stack to be formed. The machine according to the invention is characterized in that two transporters for different, empty packaging containers are connected to the carrier, that transfer elements are provided for the optional transfer of a packaging container onto the carrier, and that from the carrier of each device a first transporter for filled packaging containers of one type to one Collection point and a second transporter for filled packaging containers of the other type leads to a common collection point assigned to all second transporters.

Nach einer bevorzugten Ausführung der Erfindung ist den parallel zueinander angeordneten Vorrichtungen für das Zuführen leerer Verpackungsbehälter der einen Art ein gemeinsames Transportband zugeordnet, welches jeweils an den ersten Transporteur anschließt, wobei die Verpackungsbehälter durch einen Schieber auf den Transporteur überführbar sind. Bei der erfindungsgemäßen Maschine können die Vorrichtungen zum Transportieren von Folienverpackungen zu den leeren Verpackungsbehältem von den vorgeordneten Füll- und Verschließmaschinen mit unterschiedlicher Leistung beschickt werden. Die Leistungsanpassung findet dadurch statt, daß ein Teil der Folienverpackungen in der leistungsstärksten Linie an der Vorrichtung zum Verpacken der Folienverpackungen in die nur sporadisch eingeschleusten und wieder abgezweigten Verpackungsbehälter und nicht in die Verpackungsbehälter gefüllt werden, die zu der gemeinsamen Sammelstelle transportiert werden. Mit der erfindungsgemäßen Maschine wird somit gewährleistet, daß auch beim Zusammenführen von Verpackungsbehältern, in denen Folienverpackungen verschiedener Dimension und/oder mit unterschiedlichem Füllgut sich befinden, die einzelnen Füll- und Verschließmaschinen für die Flachbeutel mit maximaler Leistung betrieben werden können.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the devices arranged parallel to one another for feeding empty packaging containers of the one type are assigned a common conveyor belt, each of which connects to the first conveyor, the packaging containers being transferable to the conveyor by a slide. In the machine according to the invention, the devices for transporting film packaging to the empty packaging containers can be loaded with different output by the upstream filling and closing machines. The performance adjustment takes place in that some of the film packaging in the most powerful line on the device for packaging the film packaging is filled into the packaging containers, which are only sporadically introduced and branched off, and not into the packaging containers which are transported to the common collection point. The machine according to the invention thus ensures that the individual filling and closing machines for the flat bags can also be operated at maximum output when packaging containers in which foil packs of different dimensions and / or with different contents are located.

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  • Fig. 1 eine Vorrichtung zum Transport von z. B. als Flachbeutel ausgebildeten flexiblen Folienverpackungen, die von einer nicht dargestellten Füllmaschine geliefert werden, in einen Verpackungsbehälter in perspektivischer Darstellung und
  • Fig. 2 eine Maschine zum Zusammenführen von Verpackungsbehältem, die mittels Vorrichtungen nach Fig. 1 mit Flachbeuteln gefüllt worden sind, an einer gemeinsamen Sammelstelle in schematischer Darstellung in Aufsicht.
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  • Fig. 1 shows a device for transporting z. B. formed as a flat bag flexible film packaging, which are supplied by a filling machine, not shown, in a packaging container in perspective and
  • Fig. 2 shows a machine for merging packaging containers, which have been filled with flat bags by means of devices according to Fig. 1, at a common collection point in a schematic representation in supervision.

Die Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 1 ist Gegenstand einer EP-Teilanmeldung. Sie umfaßt zwischen der in Fig. 1 nicht dargestellten Füll- und Verschließmaschine zum Abfüllen des Füllgutes in Flachbeutel und der in Form eines quaderförmigen, oben offenen Faltkartons 1 dargestellten Verpackungsbehälters drei charakteristische Förderstreckenabschnitte 2, 3, 4.1 is the subject of an EP divisional application. It comprises three characteristic conveyor sections 2, 3, 4 between the filling and closing machine (not shown in FIG. 1) for filling the filling material in flat bags and the packaging container shown in the form of a rectangular, open folding box 1.

Der Förderstreckenabschnitt 2 verläuft in der Horizontalen und besteht aus einem endlosen Förderband 5, auf das die von der Füll- und Verschließmaschine gefüllten Beutel 6 mit gleichmäßig verteiltem Füllgut flach und in Reihe hintereinander abgelegt werden. An das Förderband 5 schließt sich im zweiten Förderstreckenabschnitt 3 ein weiteres, ebenfalls horizontal, aber etwas tiefer liegendes Förderband 7 an. Dieses Förderband 7 hat eine geringere Transportgeschwindigkeit als das Förderband 5. Aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Fördergeschwindigkeiten der beiden Bänder 5, 7 werden die Flachbeutel 6 an der Übergangsstelle vom Band 5 auf das Band 7 geschuppt. Durch kurzfristiges Umschalten auf eine höhere Geschwindigkeit kann in dem geschuppten Beutelstrang 8 eine Lücke gebildet werden.The conveyor section 2 runs horizontally and consists of an endless conveyor belt 5, on which the bags 6 filled by the filling and closing machine with evenly distributed contents are placed flat and in a row one behind the other. In the second conveyor section 3, the conveyor belt 5 is followed by a further conveyor belt 7, which is also horizontal, but somewhat lower. This conveyor belt 7 has a lower transport speed than the conveyor belt 5. Because of the different conveyor speeds of the two belts 5, 7, the flat bags 6 are scaled at the transition point from the belt 5 to the belt 7. By briefly switching to a higher speed, a gap can be formed in the flaky bag strand 8.

Der Transportstreckenabschnitt 4 führt aus der Horizontalen in die Vertikale. Er umfaßt ein an der Bogeninnenseite angeordnetes Transportband 9, das unveränderlich durch eine nicht dargestellte Führung geführt wird. Auf der Bogenaußenseite ist ein zweites Transportband 10 vorgesehen, das am Anfang des Transportstreckenabschnittes 4 über eine in der Höhe gegenüber dem Transportband 9 verstellbare Umlenkrolle 11 und am Ende des Transportstreckenabschnittes 4 über der Stapelstelle 1 über ein nicht näher dargestelltes Umlenkelement 12, das eine geringe Höhe hat und in Bandlaufrichtung verstellbar ist, geführt ist. Zwischen der Umlenkrolle 11 und dem Umlenkelement 12 erhält das Band seine Führung durch das an nicht dargestellten Stau- und Führungsmitteln abgestützte Band 9, indes es sich auf diesem Band 9, unter Einklemmen der im Förderstreckenabschnitt 4 geförderten Beutel 13, abstützt. Das Band 10 läuft über weitere Umlenkrollen 14 bis 17, von denen die Umlenkrolle 17 mittels einer nicht dargestellten Feder das Band 10 unter Spannung hält. Die Rolle 17 bildet den Bandspeicher.The transport route section 4 leads from the horizontal to the vertical. It comprises a conveyor belt 9 arranged on the inside of the sheet, which is guided invariably by a guide, not shown. On the outside of the sheet, a second conveyor belt 10 is provided, which at the beginning of the transport section 4 via a deflection roller 11 which is adjustable in height relative to the conveyor belt 9 and at the end of the transport section 4 above the stacking point 1 via a deflection element 12, not shown, which is of low height has and is adjustable in the tape running direction, is guided. Between the deflecting roller 11 and the deflecting element 12, the belt is guided by the belt 9, which is supported on accumulation and guide means (not shown), but is supported on this belt 9 by clamping the bags 13 conveyed in the conveyor section 4. The belt 10 runs over further deflection rollers 14 to 17, of which the deflection roller 17 holds the belt 10 under tension by means of a spring (not shown). The roll 17 forms the tape storage.

Das Ende des Bandes 10 reicht bis in den Karton 1 hinein. Gegen den Karton 1 wirkt in Richtung des Pfeils 18 eine Kraft, z. B. die Reibkraft des auf einer Unterlage abgestützten Kartons 1, die aber ein Zurückweichen (verschieben auf der Unterlage) des Kartons 1 entgegen der Richtung des Kraftpfeils zuläßt.The end of the tape 10 extends into the box 1. A force acts against the carton 1 in the direction of arrow 18, e.g. B. the frictional force of the carton 1 supported on a base, but which allows a retreat (move on the base) of the carton 1 against the direction of the force arrow.

Das Füllen des Kartons 1 erfolgt auf folgende Art und Weise:

  • Die einzeln in Reihe hintereinander und flachliegend bei gleichmäßig verteiltem Füllgut ankommenden Flachbeutel 6 werden beim Übergang auf die Förderstrecke 3 wegen der geringeren Fördergeschwindigkeit, wie bereits erläutert, geschuppt. Dadurch wird die Durchsatzleistung nicht vermindert wohl aber die Transportgeschwindigkeit.
The box 1 is filled in the following way:
  • The flat bags 6 arriving one after the other in a row and lying flat with evenly distributed filling material are shingled at the transition to the conveyor path 3 because of the lower conveying speed, as already explained. This does not reduce the throughput, but rather the transport speed.

Nach einer bestimmten Anzahl von Beuteln 6, die beispielsweise in einen Karton 1 hineinpassen, wird das Band 7 beschleunigt, so daß der Beutelstrang 8 durch Bildung einer Lücke von dem nächsten Beutelstrang abgesetzt wird. Sobald der Beutelstrang 8 in den abschüssigen Förderstreckenabschnitt 4 gelangt, werden die Beutel von den beiden Bändern 9, 10 beidseitig eingeklemmt. Dadurch erhalten sie auch auf der abschüssigen Förderstrecke eine definierte Fördergeschwindigkeit. Ferner wird dadurch gewährleistet, daß die gleichmäßige Verteilung des Füllgutes in den Beuteln erhalten bleibt. Dieses Eingeklemmtsein der Beutel geht auch dann nicht verloren, wenn der einzelne Beutel aus dem Wirkungsbereich des Bandes 9 gerät, weil beim ersten Beutel die Stirnwand des Kartons 1 die Führung übernimmt und dann die weiteren, geschuppten Beutel. Die Beutel 13 werden auch nach Verlassen des Bandes 9 mit definierter Fördergeschwindigkeit gefördert, weil sie bis zum Erreichen ihrer Endlage unter der Wirkung des zweiten Förderbandes 10 stehen. Da das zweite Förderband 10 nicht nachgiebig abgestützt ist, üben die in den Karton 1 geförderten Beutel einen der Kraftrichtung 18 entgegengerichteten Druck aus, so daß der Behälter mit dem Fortschritt der Füllung gegen die in Richtung des Pfeils 18 wirkende Kraft auf seiner Unterlage verschoben wird. Im einfachsten Fall kann der Karton auf einer Gleitbahn abgestellt sein, so daß der Druck ausreichen muß, um den Karton 1 in Bewegung zu setzen. Reicht der Druck nicht aus, oder würde der Druck für das Füllgut zu groß sein, kann auf den Behälter zusätzlich eine in Bewegungsrichtung wirkende Kraft ausgeübt werden.After a certain number of bags 6, which fit, for example, into a carton 1, the belt 7 is accelerated, so that the string of bags 8 is separated from the next string of bags by forming a gap. As soon as the string of bags 8 reaches the downward conveyor section 4, the bags become pinched on both sides by the two bands 9, 10. This gives them a defined conveying speed even on the downhill conveyor. This also ensures that the even distribution of the contents in the bags is maintained. This pinching of the bags is not lost even if the individual bag comes out of the effective range of the belt 9, because in the first bag the end wall of the carton 1 takes over and then the other, flaky bags. The bags 13 are also conveyed at a defined conveying speed after leaving the belt 9 because they are under the action of the second conveyor belt 10 until they have reached their end position. Since the second conveyor belt 10 is not resiliently supported, the bags conveyed into the carton 1 exert a pressure opposing the direction of force 18, so that the container is displaced on its support as the filling advances against the force acting in the direction of arrow 18. In the simplest case, the box can be placed on a slideway, so that the pressure must be sufficient to set the box 1 in motion. If the pressure is not sufficient or if the pressure for the contents would be too high, a force acting in the direction of movement can also be exerted on the container.

Sobald der Karton 1 mit Flachbeuteln gefüllt ist, wird die Lücke zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Strängen 9, 13 ausgenutzt, um das Umlenkorgan aus dem Karton 1 herauszuziehen und in den nachfolgenden Behälter wieder einzuführen.As soon as the carton 1 is filled with flat bags, the gap between two successive strands 9, 13 is used to pull the deflecting member out of the carton 1 and reinsert it into the subsequent container.

Bei der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Maschine bilden mehrere gleichartige Vorrichtungen 20 der im Zusammenhang mit Fig. 1 beschriebenen Art zusammen mit jeweils einer vorgeordneten Füll-und Verschließmaschine für das Abfüllen von Füllgut in Flachbeutel und anschließendes Verschließen der Flachbeutel zueinander parallele Linien. Auf jeder Linie wird anderes Füllgut und/ oder anders dimensionierte Beutel verarbeitet. Da alle Linien den gleichen Aufbau haben, wird im folgenden die Maschine nur am Beispiel einer Linie beschrieben.In the machine shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of similar devices 20 of the type described in connection with FIG. 1 together with a respective upstream filling and closing machine for the filling of filling material in flat bags and subsequent closing of the flat bags form parallel lines. Different contents and / or bags of different dimensions are processed on each line. Since all lines have the same structure, the machine is described below using only one line as an example.

Die Füll- und Verschließmaschine 21 legt die gefüllten Flachbeutel mit gleichmäßig verteiltem aber unterschiedlichem Füllgut auf ein Förderband 22 ab, das in das Förderband 2 der Fig. 1 übergeht.The filling and closing machine 21 places the filled flat bags with evenly distributed but different contents on a conveyor belt 22, which merges into the conveyor belt 2 of FIG. 1.

Zwei verschiedenartige Verpackungsbehälter (Kartons) können der Vorrichtung 20 zugefördert werden. Von einer Vorratsstation 23 wird ein Förderband 24 mit Kartons 25 des einen Typs beschickt. Das Förderband 24 transportiert die Kartons 25 bis seitlich neben ein Förderband 26. Mittels eines Schiebers 27 kann der Karton 25 auf das Förderband 26 überführt werden, das es bis zur Füllposition am Ende der bogenförmigen Förderstrecke 4 transportiert. Der mit Flachbeuteln gefüllte Karton wird durch in der Zeichnung nicht dargestellte Mittel, Schieber od. dgl. zur Seite gefördert, von wo er mittels eines weiteren Schiebers 29 auf ein Transportband 29 übergeben wird, das den gefüllten Karton zu einer Sammelstelle 30 transportiert.Two different types of packaging containers (boxes) can be conveyed to the device 20. A conveyor belt 24 is loaded with boxes 25 of one type from a supply station 23. The conveyor belt 24 transports the cartons 25 to the side next to a conveyor belt 26. By means of a slide 27, the carton 25 can be transferred to the conveyor belt 26, which transports it to the filling position at the end of the arcuate conveyor section 4. The carton filled with flat bags is conveyed to the side by means not shown in the drawing, slides or the like, from where it is transferred by means of a further slide 29 to a conveyor belt 29 which transports the filled carton to a collection point 30.

Von einer weiteren Vorratsstation 31 wird ein Band 32 mit leeren Kartons 33 des anderen Typs beschickt. Von diesem Band 32 zweigt für jede Vorrichtung 20 ein Band 34 ab. Der Karton 33 wird mit einem Schieber 35 auf dieses Band 34 überführt, das seitlich neben dem Band 26 endet. Von hier wird mittels eines weiteren Schiebers 36 der Karton auf das Band 26 geschoben, der es unter das Ende des bogenförmigen Förderstreckenabschnittes 4 transportiert. Durch die wahlweise Betätigung des einen oder anderen Schiebers 27, 30 kann entweder der Karton des einen Typs oder des anderen Typs der Vorrichtung 20 zugeführt werden.From a further supply station 31, a belt 32 is loaded with empty boxes 33 of the other type. A tape 34 branches off from this tape 32 for each device 20. The carton 33 is transferred to this belt 34 with a slider 35, which ends laterally next to the belt 26. From here, the carton is pushed onto the belt 26 by means of a further slide 36, which transports it under the end of the curved conveyor section 4. By optionally actuating one or the other slide 27, 30, either the carton of one type or of the other type can be fed to the device 20.

Anstelle der als Schieber ausgebildeten Mittel zum Überführen des Kartons des einen oder anderen Typs auf das Förderband können auch andersartige Überführungsmittel vorgesehen sein, z. B. eine Weiche, die das Förderband 26 mit dem Transporteur 24 oder dem Transporteur 34 verbindet. Es ist aber auch möglich, daß der eine oder andere Transporteur in gerader Linie zum Förderband 20 angeordnet ist. In diesem Fall ist es allerdings notwendig, die Zufuhr der Kartons des einen Typs zu stoppen, wenn Kartons des anderen Typs auf das Band 26 überführt und der Vorrichtung 20 zugeführt werden sollen.Instead of the means designed as a slide for transferring the carton of one type or the other onto the conveyor belt, other types of transfer means can also be provided, e.g. B. a switch that connects the conveyor belt 26 with the conveyor 24 or the conveyor 34. But it is also possible that one or the other conveyor is arranged in a straight line to the conveyor belt 20. In this case, however, it is necessary to stop the supply of the cartons of one type when transferring cartons of the other type onto the belt 26 and for the device 20.

Der Karton 33 gelangt als gefüllter Karton 37 auf ein Förderband 38, das zusammen mit Förderbändern 39, 40 die von den gleichartigen Vorrichtungen kommenden Kartons, die Beutel mit unterschiedlichem Füllgut enthalteh, einer Sammelstelle 41 zufördert. An dieser Sammelstelle 41 stauen sich die Kartons. Eine bestimmte Anzahl solcher Kartons, im Ausführungsbeispiel acht Kartons bilden ein Sortiment und werden in einem größeren Umkarton eingepackt, der von einer Vorratsstation 42 über ein Förderband 43 unter einen Schacht 44 gelangt, durch den die ein Sortiment bildenden Kartons nach seitlichem Verschieben durch einen Schieber 45 in den Umkarton 47 gefüllt werden, der dann als Sortiment (Aktionsware) die Füllstation über ein Band 46 verläßt.The carton 33 arrives as a filled carton 37 on a conveyor belt 38 which, together with conveyor belts 39, 40, conveys the cartons coming from the similar devices, which contain bags with different contents, to a collecting point 41. At this collection point 41 the boxes are jammed. A certain number of such cartons, in the exemplary embodiment eight cartons, form an assortment and are packed in a larger outer carton, which arrives from a storage station 42 via a conveyor belt 43 under a shaft 44, through which the cartons forming an assortment are moved laterally by a slide 45 be filled into the outer carton 47, which then leaves the filling station as an assortment (special offer) via a belt 46.

Mittels nicht dargestellter Überwachungsorgane kann der Stau von gefüllten Kartons 37 auf den einzelnen Förderbändern 38. 40 kontrolliert werden. Sofern dabei festgestellt wird, daß auf einem Transportband sich ein überlanger Stau aufbaut, werden die Überführungseinrichtungen 27, 36 für die Kartons unterschiedlichen Typs umgestellt, und zwar so, daß die Zufuhr von Kartons 33 des einen Typs gesperrt und Kartons 25 des anderen Typs in die Vorrichtung 20 eingeschleust werden, die dann aber nicht auf das Förderband 38 sondern auf das Förderband 29 gegeben werden. Auf diese Art und Weise läßt sich ein Leistungsüberschuß in einer Linie abbauen. Durch sporadisches Einschleusen eines Kartons 25 in die eine oder andere Vorrichtung 20 lassen sich alle Linien mit maximaler Leistung betreiben, gleichwohl kommt es nicht zu einem Überangebot an Kartons 37 an der gemeinsamen Sammelstelle. Ohne Unterbrechung läßt sich also mit der Maschine Sortimentsware (Aktionsware) verpacken und gleichzeitig Einzelware.The jam of filled cartons 37 on the individual conveyor belts 38, 40 can be checked by means of monitoring devices (not shown). If it is determined that an excessively long jam is building up on a conveyor belt, the transfer devices 27, 36 for the cartons of different types are switched over in such a way that the supply of cartons 33 of one type is blocked and cartons 25 of the other type into the Device 20 are introduced, which are then not put on the conveyor belt 38 but on the conveyor belt 29. In this way, a surplus in a line can be reduced. By sporadically inserting a carton 25 into one or the other device 20, all lines can be operated with maximum output, but there is no excess supply of cartons 37 at the common collection point. The machine can be used without any interruption Pack goods (promotional goods) and at the same time individual goods.

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1. A process for the bringing together of several packing containers that are filled with plastics film packages in the following manner, that the separate plastics film packages (6, 13) containing a non-rigid filling, particularly a product that is free-flowing or liquid are fed with overlaps onto a horizontal conveyor sector (3) and are transported via an arc-shaped conveyor sector (4) to the packing container (1) that forms a stacking point, during which transport the plastics film packages (6, 13) are held by clamping on both faces in the arc-shaped conveyor sector (4), and in the packing container (1) the side of each plastics film package facing the stack is initially guided by an end wall of the packing container (1) and subsequently by the previously-stacked plastics film packages, and the side facing away from the stack is subjected to forces tending to move the container, characterised in that packing containers are filled with plastics film packages of different products in several parallel lines, that empty packing containers (25, 33) are conveyed to the filling stations (20) by two lengths of conveyor (24, 34), one for each type of packing container, and are optionally fed to the filling station (20) from one (24) or the other (34) length of conveyor, and that the packing containers of one type (25) filled at each filling station (20) are transported along one length of conveyor (29) to a collecting point (30) and the packing containers of the other type (33, 37) filled at all the filling stations (20) are transported along further lengths of conveyor (38, 39, 40) to a common collecting point (41) at which the packing containers (37) that contain the plastics film packages filled with different products are combined into packing units (47).
2. A machine to perform the process according to Claim 1 with several sets of equipment (20) arranged in parallel, each comprising a conveyor (26) for the supply of packing containers (25, 33).
a first conveyor sector (2) running approximately horizontally with supporting and transporting means for plastics film packages (6).
a second conveyor sector (3) following the first, for feeding plastics film packages with overlapping, and a conveyor sector (4) extending in an arc from the horizontal to the vertical and extending to a packing container (1) forming a stacking point, with transport means (9, 10) clamping the plastics film packages between them on both faces
in which one of the transport means (10) clamping in the plastics film packages extends over the stack of packages formed in the packing container (1), characterised in that two transporters (24, 34) for different, empty packing containers (25, 33) are adjacent to the conveyor (26), that transfer units (27, 36) are provided for the optional transfer of a packing container (25, 33) to the conveyor (26) and that from the conveyor (26) of each set of equipment (20) a first transporter (29) for filled packing containers of one kind (25) leads to a collecting point (30), and a second transporter (38, 39, 40) for filled packing containers of the other kind (33) leads to a collecting point (41) common to all the second transporters (38, 39, 40).
3. A machine according to Claim 2, characterised in that a common conveyor belt (32) is associated with the sets of equipment (20) located parallel to one another and for the supply of empty packing containers (33), passing close to the first transporter (34) in each case, from which belt the packing containers (33) are transferable to the transporter (34) by a pusher (35).
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