EP0163091A1 - Dispositif pour emballer des objets - Google Patents

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EP0163091A1
EP0163091A1 EP85104597A EP85104597A EP0163091A1 EP 0163091 A1 EP0163091 A1 EP 0163091A1 EP 85104597 A EP85104597 A EP 85104597A EP 85104597 A EP85104597 A EP 85104597A EP 0163091 A1 EP0163091 A1 EP 0163091A1
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Yoshio Kimura
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Tetra Pak AB
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/48—Partitions
    • B65D5/48024—Partitions inserted
    • B65D5/48042—Strip provided with series of folding lines forming the partitions
    • 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
    • B65B5/026—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks for making trays
    • 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
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5495—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for separating interconnected containers

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  • the invention relates to a packaging unit comprising a pluraltiy of objects packed into a rectangular open tray-shaped box of corrugated board or the like.
  • the objects are rectangular containers made of laminated paper, metal and/or plastics sheet and containing a liquid such as milk, juice etc.
  • the working capacity of the machine is insufficiently utilized and the working speed of the packaging process is reduced.
  • a packaging unit which is defined in claim 1.
  • the packaging unit has the advantage that it can be easily separated along perforated lines into two or more sub-units each containing a sub-group of the objects which are packed in the whole packaging unit.
  • the packaging machine may be used with its full capacity by forming packaging units comprising a rather large array of objects. The separating into sub-units may be done at any desired time and location, either at the packaging site itself or by the transporter, the distributor or the user.
  • a packaging method and a packaging device in accordance with the invention for forming the aforemention packaging unit are defined in claims 2 and 3.
  • Fig. 10 illustrates an arrangement where the same number of objects A are packaged according to the present invention, using a pre-cut sheet b 2 as shown in Fig. 11.
  • the two halves b', b' are located at either side of a perforated line c
  • the sheet b2 is folded into the form b' 2 shown in Fig. 12, with the flaps f located at either side of the perforated line c folded upwardly to form a double-layered partition wall, which together with the upwardly folded end walls e confines two compartments d.
  • Fig. 15 illustrates an arrangement in which the same number of objects A are packaged according to the invention using a pre-cut sheet b 4 as shown in Fig. 16.
  • the sheet b 4 is pre-folded to the shape shown in Fig. 17 for receiving the objects which are pushed into the three compartments d in a direction parallel to the perforated lines c, whereafter the side wall flaps g and the securing flaps h are folded and secured.
  • a pair of left and right vertical belts 2 and 2 are provided on the front end part of a continuously driven conveyor 1 for conveying the objects.
  • These vertical belts 2 and 2 which are intermittently driven, feed forward the commodities or objects A conveyed on the conveyer 1 such that they are assembled into groups of, for example, three articles each.
  • a collecting 3 which is provided in front of the vertical belts 2 and 2, is actuated in a direction perpendicular to the travelling direction of the conveyer 1, thereby pushing forward (toward the right side of Fig. 1) the objects A three pieces by three pieces.
  • This position p to which the objects A are fed is the collecting section, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is equipped- with a partition plate 4 provided perpendicularly to the actuation direction (longitudinal direction of Fig. 1) of the above-mentioned pusher 3, a receiving plate 7 which is arranged on the right side of and parallel to said partition plate 4 and a transfer pusher 8 which pushes the array of collected objects to the side (to the lower part of Fig. 1).
  • a partition plate 4 provided perpendicularly to the actuation direction (longitudinal direction of Fig. 1) of the above-mentioned pusher 3
  • a receiving plate 7 which is arranged on the right side of and parallel to said partition plate 4
  • said partition plate 4 is connected with two cylinders 5 and 6 so that the actuation of cylinder 5 causes said partition plate 4 to make an advance toward the pusher 3, while exhausting the pressure from the cylinder 5 causes the same to make a gradual retreat.
  • the actuation of the cylinder 6 causes the partition plate 4 to be pivoted up sideways as shown by two-dot chain line 4' of Fig. 3.
  • the receiving plate 7 is caused to make an advance toward the pusher 3 by the actuation of the cylinder 7a, whereas it is caused to make a gradual retreat by exhausting the pressure from the cylinder 7a.
  • the cylinder 6 is actuated to extend its piston rod whereby the partition plate 4 is lowered as shown in the dot line of Fig. 7-(c), so as to lie against the rear end face of the 12 collected objects.
  • the pusher 3 is actuated again so that the next group of three objects are pushed out forward and since the partition plate 4 is inserted between the group of 12 objects previously collected and the objects presently being collected as shown in Fig. 7-(d), these two groups are separated from each other and, as shown in Fig. 7-(e), the reciprocating motion of the pusher 3 provides another group of 12 objects to be collected on the left side of the partition plate 4.
  • the pusher 8 is actuated and pushes out the two groups of collected objects. As shown in Fig. 3, there is a sufficient clearance between the lower edge of the partition plate 4 and the collecting surface to allow the transfer pusher 8 to pass through without being impeded by the partition plate 4.
  • the cylinders 5, 6, and 7a are actuated so that the partition plate 4 and the receiving plate 7 correspondingly return to the positions shown in Fig. 7-(a), standing ready for the next collecting cycle.
  • a tray sheet folding device as shown in Figs. 4 to 6.
  • This sheet folding device comprises a sheet dropping device 10 provided above a feeder 9 for transferring the tray sheet as well as a flap folding device 11.
  • Said sheet dropping device 10 comprises,for example, a pair of left and right suction heads actuated by a cylinder 10a to pull down individually the tray sheets b 2 which are accumulated above the feeder 9, starting from the bottom sheet to the next one.
  • the flap folding device 11 has upstanding left and right folding plates 11a and 11a and a folding blade 11b interposed between those plates as shown in Fig.
  • an adhesive applicator 12 applies adhesive 13 to four external flaps g which are not yet folded and the tray sheet is then pushed out on a discharging feeder 14 advancing (in the direction idicated by the arrow in Fig. 1) and passing by a flap folding device (not shown) which folds the internal flaps h and the external flaps g, thereby forming such a finished tray B 2 as shown in Fig. 10, which is discharged.
  • the tray sheet dropping device 10 is located within the frame of the flap folding device 11 and does not impede the vertical motion of the latter device.
  • the folding tool or tools may be changed according to the shape and size of the tray sheets.
  • a conventional tray sheet b 1 as shown in Fig. 9 and or a tray sheet b 2 as shown in Fig. 14 only the two folding plates 11a are employed in the flap folding device 11 or, alternatively, when performing the packaging with a tray sheet b 4 as shown in Fig. 16, a flap folding device 11 having two left and right folding plates 11a and two folding blades 11b, is employed.
  • the packaging method and device of the present invention by folding at least one partition wall in the tray sheet at least two compartments are formed for receiving groups of objects which have previously been collected in the predetermined number. This enables efficient packaging of the objects on fold-box type trays without reducing the capacity of the packaging machine. Furthermore, by using different shapes of tray sheets it is possible to perform the packaging into smaller collecting patterns whilst of keeping the total number of objects to be packaged the same.
  • packaging units as shown in Figs. 8, 10, 13 and 15 may be delivered without being further treated, it is possible to apply shrinking film packaging by surrounding the peripheries of the packaging units polyethylene film. In that case, it is recommendable to provide the film in advance with a perforation running along the perforated line c of the tray sheet in order not to impede the separation of the packaging unit into two or more parts.

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EP19850104597 1984-04-16 1985-04-16 Dispositif pour emballer des objets Expired EP0163091B1 (fr)

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JP59077007A JPS60228203A (ja) 1984-04-16 1984-04-16 トレ−シ−トによる集団包装方法及びその装置

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FR2637568A1 (fr) * 1988-10-06 1990-04-13 Gervais Danone Sa Conteneur d'emballage du type plateau secable
WO1990012748A1 (fr) * 1989-04-14 1990-11-01 Terence Charles Osborne Procede et machine de traitement de carton ondule
EP0711703A1 (fr) * 1994-11-11 1996-05-15 AZIONARIA COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE-A.C.M.A.-S.p.A. Procédé et appareil d'emballage de produits en groupe
NL1012113C2 (nl) * 1999-05-20 2000-11-21 Kappa Trimbach B V Verpakking, voorzien van een reeks subverpakkingen.
EP1136370A1 (fr) * 2000-03-21 2001-09-26 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Emballage presentoir pour produits alimentaires
WO2015104612A1 (fr) * 2014-01-07 2015-07-16 Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. Récipient pouvant être subdivisé
CN105173153A (zh) * 2015-10-09 2015-12-23 河北科技大学 一种排钉自动入托装置
CN107826325A (zh) * 2017-11-16 2018-03-23 苏州澳昆智能机器人技术有限公司 用于柔性包装系统的隔板模组
US20210178721A1 (en) * 2019-12-12 2021-06-17 Inno-Pak, Llc Food carton insert and methods for providing multiple food compartments in a food container
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US3363394A (en) * 1964-09-08 1968-01-16 Metal Box Co Ltd Apparatus for collating articles
WO1979000102A1 (fr) * 1977-08-18 1979-03-08 Focke & Co Procede et dispositif pour la fabrication d'un double emballage

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FR2637568A1 (fr) * 1988-10-06 1990-04-13 Gervais Danone Sa Conteneur d'emballage du type plateau secable
WO1990012748A1 (fr) * 1989-04-14 1990-11-01 Terence Charles Osborne Procede et machine de traitement de carton ondule
GB2249083A (en) * 1989-04-14 1992-04-29 Terence Charles Osborne Corrugated board treatment method and machine
EP0711703A1 (fr) * 1994-11-11 1996-05-15 AZIONARIA COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE-A.C.M.A.-S.p.A. Procédé et appareil d'emballage de produits en groupe
US5791124A (en) * 1994-11-11 1998-08-11 Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A.S.P.A. Method and machine for wrapping groups of products
NL1012113C2 (nl) * 1999-05-20 2000-11-21 Kappa Trimbach B V Verpakking, voorzien van een reeks subverpakkingen.
EP1136370A1 (fr) * 2000-03-21 2001-09-26 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Emballage presentoir pour produits alimentaires
WO2015104612A1 (fr) * 2014-01-07 2015-07-16 Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. Récipient pouvant être subdivisé
CN105173153A (zh) * 2015-10-09 2015-12-23 河北科技大学 一种排钉自动入托装置
CN107826325A (zh) * 2017-11-16 2018-03-23 苏州澳昆智能机器人技术有限公司 用于柔性包装系统的隔板模组
US20210178721A1 (en) * 2019-12-12 2021-06-17 Inno-Pak, Llc Food carton insert and methods for providing multiple food compartments in a food container
USD1018297S1 (en) 2019-12-12 2024-03-19 Inno-Pak, Llc Tray insert

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