EP0200445B1 - Packaging machine - Google Patents
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- EP0200445B1 EP0200445B1 EP19860302965 EP86302965A EP0200445B1 EP 0200445 B1 EP0200445 B1 EP 0200445B1 EP 19860302965 EP19860302965 EP 19860302965 EP 86302965 A EP86302965 A EP 86302965A EP 0200445 B1 EP0200445 B1 EP 0200445B1
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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
- B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
- B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
- B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
- B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
- B65B11/105—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents the axis of the tube being parallel to the conveying direction
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- This invention relates to a folding mechanism in a machine for packaging articles in a tubular wraparound carrier formed from a blank having a pair of walls adjoined together along a fold line and having a pair of article retaining flaps disposed astride the fold line, and which includes a conveyor for advancing a blank and its articles along a predetermined path.
- the mechanism folds such flaps inwardly of the carrier.
- the invention is concerned with the inward folding of such pairs of flaps cut from an open-ended tubular wrapper to define article receiving apertures. The two flaps of each pair of flaps are engaged and folded inwardly while the adjacent portions of the blank are held against substantial sidewise movement by suitable guide means.
- the invention relates to a folding mechanism in a machine for packaging articles in a tubular wrap-around carrier formed from a blank having a pair of walls adjoined together along a fold line and having a pair of article retaining and blank reinforcing flaps disposed astride said fold line and which includes means for advancing a blank and its associated articles along a predetermined path, said mechanism for engaging and folding said pair of flaps and to fold such flaps inwardly of the carrier comprising a pivotal folder adapted to execute a folding movement thereby progressively to enter an aperture in the blank to fold the flaps and to retract therefrom during feed movement of the blank and said pivotal folder together through a folding station of the machine, said pivotal folder including a blank engaging portion and means for cooperation with actuating means to pivot the folder thereby to execute said folding movement and said retracting movement.
- Such a mechanism is known from NL-A-6913059 (see also US-A-35 72003).
- the mechanism according to the invention is characterised in that said blank engaging portion comprises a pair of divergently pivotal fingers adapted to move apart consequent upon said folding movement of the folder.
- the blank folding mechanism 10 comprises two pairs of chain and sprocket sets ; an upper set 12 and a lower set 14.
- the upper chain and sprocket set 12 comprises spaced sprockets 16 and 18 respectively, about which is entrained endless chain 20.
- the lower chain and sprocket set 14 comprises spaced sprockets 22 and 24 respectively, about which is entrained chain 26.
- the blank folding mechanism is adapted to be installed adjacent the infeed end of a packaging machine. Two such mechanisms are installed in side-by-side relationship so that a blank and article feed path is provided between the mechanisms.
- the description hereinafter refers to the right-hand mechanism of the pair as viewed when looking downstream of the blank and article feed path « F " .
- a drive sprocket assembly 30 is driven from a suitable drive source (not shown) and includes upper sprocket 32 and lower sprocket 34 fixed on the same drive shaft 36 of the assembly.
- Drive sprocket 32 transmits drive via endless chain 38 to sprocket 16a which is coupled for rotation with sprocket 16 of the upper chain and sprocket set.
- Drive sprocket 34 transmits drive via endless chain 40 to sprocket 24a which is coupled for rotation with sprocket 24 of the lower chain and sprocket set.
- sprockets 16 and 18 of the upper chain and sprocket set 12 have their axes displaced longitudinally of the mechanism with respect to the axes of sprockets 22 and 24 of the lower chain and sprocket set 14.
- the longitudinal spacing between the adjacent upper and lower sprockets at each end of the mechanism is equivalent to the distance between the attachment locations « A», « B of a blank folding device 42 mounted in the space between the upper and lower chain and sprocket sets 12, 14 respectively.
- a series (in this case, four) of similar devices 42, 42a, 42b and 42c is mounted between the chain and sprocket sets and each device is attached at location « A adjacent one of its ends to upper chain 20 and at location « B intermediate its ends to lower chain 26.
- each blank folding device is moved along the chain paths.
- each blank folding device is moved by the chains 20, 26 along a along a working path «W parallel to the blank and article feed path « F and transversely between sprockets 16 and 22 downstream of the working path to transfer for movement along a return path « R » whereafter the device is transferred between sprockets 18 and 24 into a position upstream of the working path to complete one cycle of operation.
- each blank folding device to the upper and lower chains necessarily causes the transverse movement of the device at the ends of the working and return paths to occur so that the longitudinal axis of the device remains parallel to the working and return paths and such that the outward facing side of the device always faces towards the blank and article feed path.
- each blank folding device e. g. device 42 comprises a frame 44 by which the device is attached to the endless chains 20 and 26 and which accommodates a linear series of pivotal folders f1-f5.
- the folders are mounted for pivotal movement independently of each other on a support shaft 46 spanning the length of frame 44 and are axially resiliently loaded by an end spring 48.
- Each folder « f (see « f1 » in Figure 3) comprises an upstanding lug 50 which is rotatably mounted on shaft 46, a blank engaging portion 52 extending in one direction outwardly of the frame at the upper end of the lug and a cam follower 54 extending in the opposite direction outwardly of the frame at the lower end of the lug.
- the blank engaging portion 52 of each folder comprises a pair of pivotal fingers fa and fb.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the upstream end of the folding station « S » in which a carton blank « b » of the wrap-around type is moving along the feed path « F » in synchronism with folder device 42c.
- the blank is formed with a linear series of article heel retaining apertures « r » which are struck along the fold line 60 which foldably connects a side wall panel 62 with a bottom lap panel 64 of the blank.
- Such heel retaining apertures are provided to receive e. g. heel portions of bottles to assist retention of the bottles in the completed carton.
- the heel retaining apertures are each defined in part, by foldable reinforcing tabs t1 and t2 which are frangibly connected together by a small nick before the aperture is opened and which are foldable, to open the aperture, into overlapping relationship with adjacent portions of the side wall and base panel of the blank.
- Blank « b » is shown guided between guide bar « g and guide strip « st » in feed path « F » entering the folding station « S cauliflower
- the blank is engaged by folding device 42c as it moves into the folding station « S » of working path « W Recipe
- Fixed portions « p » of the frame 44 Figure 1) are provided with pegs « pg » ( Figures 4-8) which locate in side wall apertures of the tlank to maintain the blank and folding device fixed as they move through the folding station.
- Articles e. g. bottles to be wrapped are conveyed along the feed path « F adjacent blank « b by feed lugs 61 disposed at spaced locations along upper endless chain 38.
- Each pivotal finger f1a, f1b has a carton engaging end « e » and a transverse shoulder « S remote therefrom including pivot point « p » located within the frame of the folding device.
- the shoulder « S has a back abutment face « sb and a forward abutment face « sf » disposed so as to strike against a back stop surface. « bs and a forward stop surface « fs respectively of the frame.
- the cam follower of folder « f1 rides down cam profile « C5 thereby causing the pivotal fingers of folder « f1 to retract from aperture « r1 » to their initial positions at which the back abutment faces « sb » of the pivotal fingers strike the back stop surfaces « bs causing the pivotal fingers to close.
- the base panel 64 of the blank is guided further towards the horizontal. When folding of the base panel is complete, it will underlie the bases of the articles in a'row of articles conveyed adjacent mechanism 10. Simultaneously, the other base panel of the blank would have been brought into a similar position in relation to a parallel row of articles by a juxtaposed mechanism.
- the folding device 42c When the folding device 42c is transferred through the position of device 42 into the return path « R » it is conveyed through a re-set station « RS as occupied by folding device 42a ( Figure 2).
- the re-set station includes a further cam block 68 ( Figure 3) in which a horizontal straight line cam track 70 is formed.
- the downstream mouth of the cam track 70 is flared to lead in the cam followers of the folders « f gut Thereafter, the folders are reset during movement through the straight line cam track 70 into a position that puts the followers into alignment with the upstream end of cam track 58; that is, positioned for movement into cam profile C1 to repeat the foregoing cycle of operation on the next succeeding blank.
- the fingers when the fingers are pivoted into their extreme outward position, the fingers move apart to engage and fold outwardly the tabs t1 and t2 of a heel retaining aperture « r » and when the fingers are pivoted into their fully retracted position, the fingers are closed together.
Description
- This invention relates to a folding mechanism in a machine for packaging articles in a tubular wraparound carrier formed from a blank having a pair of walls adjoined together along a fold line and having a pair of article retaining flaps disposed astride the fold line, and which includes a conveyor for advancing a blank and its articles along a predetermined path. The mechanism folds such flaps inwardly of the carrier. The invention is concerned with the inward folding of such pairs of flaps cut from an open-ended tubular wrapper to define article receiving apertures. The two flaps of each pair of flaps are engaged and folded inwardly while the adjacent portions of the blank are held against substantial sidewise movement by suitable guide means.
- The invention relates to a folding mechanism in a machine for packaging articles in a tubular wrap-around carrier formed from a blank having a pair of walls adjoined together along a fold line and having a pair of article retaining and blank reinforcing flaps disposed astride said fold line and which includes means for advancing a blank and its associated articles along a predetermined path, said mechanism for engaging and folding said pair of flaps and to fold such flaps inwardly of the carrier comprising a pivotal folder adapted to execute a folding movement thereby progressively to enter an aperture in the blank to fold the flaps and to retract therefrom during feed movement of the blank and said pivotal folder together through a folding station of the machine, said pivotal folder including a blank engaging portion and means for cooperation with actuating means to pivot the folder thereby to execute said folding movement and said retracting movement. Such a mechanism is known from NL-A-6913059 (see also US-A-35 72003). The mechanism according to the invention is characterised in that said blank engaging portion comprises a pair of divergently pivotal fingers adapted to move apart consequent upon said folding movement of the folder.
- An embodiment of the machine will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mechanism with the folding station centrally disposed ;
- Figure 2 is a schematic plan elevation of the mechanism ;
- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the cranked line III-III in Figure 1 ;
- Figures 4 to 8 are sequential views of the folding station of the mechanism showing pivotal folders executing a folding and retracting movement in relation to a carton blank ; and
- Figures 9 to 12 are plan views showing in sequence the pivotal movement of the folder finger away from one another during folding movement of a folder.
- Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the
blank folding mechanism 10 comprises two pairs of chain and sprocket sets ; anupper set 12 and alower set 14. The upper chain andsprocket set 12 comprises spacedsprockets endless chain 20. Similarly, the lower chain and sprocket set 14 comprises spacedsprockets chain 26. - The blank folding mechanism is adapted to be installed adjacent the infeed end of a packaging machine. Two such mechanisms are installed in side-by-side relationship so that a blank and article feed path is provided between the mechanisms. The description hereinafter refers to the right-hand mechanism of the pair as viewed when looking downstream of the blank and article feed path « F ".
- In order to transmit drive to mechanism 10 a drive sprocket assembly 30 is driven from a suitable drive source (not shown) and includes
upper sprocket 32 andlower sprocket 34 fixed on thesame drive shaft 36 of the assembly.Drive sprocket 32 transmits drive viaendless chain 38 to sprocket 16a which is coupled for rotation withsprocket 16 of the upper chain and sprocket set.Drive sprocket 34 transmits drive viaendless chain 40 to sprocket 24a which is coupled for rotation withsprocket 24 of the lower chain and sprocket set. It will be seen thatsprockets sprockets blank folding device 42 mounted in the space between the upper and lower chain andsprocket sets similar devices upper chain 20 and at location « B intermediate its ends tolower chain 26. - The
endless chains chains sprockets sprockets - Referring now also to Figure 3, each blank folding
device e. g. device 42 comprises aframe 44 by which the device is attached to theendless chains support shaft 46 spanning the length offrame 44 and are axially resiliently loaded by anend spring 48. - Each folder « f (see « f1 » in Figure 3) comprises an
upstanding lug 50 which is rotatably mounted onshaft 46, a blankengaging portion 52 extending in one direction outwardly of the frame at the upper end of the lug and acam follower 54 extending in the opposite direction outwardly of the frame at the lower end of the lug. The blankengaging portion 52 of each folder comprises a pair of pivotal fingers fa and fb. - As each blank folding device moves along its working path « W » it passes through a folding station « S » in which a
cam block 56 is disposed behind the working path of the device.Cam block 56 is formed with a contoured can track 58 in which the followers of the folders « f ride to control pivotal movement of the folders. Referring also to Figures 4 to 8, Figure 4 illustrates the upstream end of the folding station « S » in which a carton blank « b » of the wrap-around type is moving along the feed path « F » in synchronism withfolder device 42c. The blank is formed with a linear series of article heel retaining apertures « r » which are struck along thefold line 60 which foldably connects aside wall panel 62 with abottom lap panel 64 of the blank.. Such heel retaining apertures are provided to receive e. g. heel portions of bottles to assist retention of the bottles in the completed carton. The heel retaining apertures are each defined in part, by foldable reinforcing tabs t1 and t2 which are frangibly connected together by a small nick before the aperture is opened and which are foldable, to open the aperture, into overlapping relationship with adjacent portions of the side wall and base panel of the blank. - Blank « b » is shown guided between guide bar « g and guide strip « st » in feed path « F » entering the folding station « S ». The blank is engaged by folding
device 42c as it moves into the folding station « S » of working path « W ». Fixed portions « p » of the frame 44 (Figure 1) are provided with pegs « pg » (Figures 4-8) which locate in side wall apertures of the tlank to maintain the blank and folding device fixed as they move through the folding station. Articles e. g. bottles to be wrapped are conveyed along the feed path « F adjacent blank « b byfeed lugs 61 disposed at spaced locations along upperendless chain 38. - As the folding device and blank move through the folding station « S », the cam follower of the folder « f1 » enters the
cam track 58 and rides up cam profile C1 (Figure 1). This action pivots the folder « f1 » so that the pivotal fingers f1a and fib b move outwardly of theframe 44 together (clockwise as seen in Figure 3) so that they enter in side by side i.e. closed relationship the leading heel retaining aperture « r1 » of the blank and break the nick between tabs t1 and t2 (Figure 4). As forward movement continues the cam follower of folder f1 rides down cam profile C2 thereby retracting the closed pivotal fingers of the folder. Meanwhile folder f2 is actuated by profile C1 to break apart the tabs of aperture « r2 » in similar manner. The position is then as shown in Figure 5. This movement of the pivotal fingers is represented by movement from the position shown in Figure 9 to the position somewhat less forward than that shown in Figure 10 and then back to the position shown in Figure 9. - In Figure 6 the cam follower of folder f1 rides up cam profile C3 which creates a greater secondary pivotal movement of folder « f1 whereby its pivotal fingers enter aperture r1 to a greater degree than the initial movement described above. Referring to Figures 9-12, this secondary pivotal movement of the folder f1 is characterised by divergent pivotal movement of the fingers f1a and f1b during which their free carton engaging ends move simultaneously away from one another. During forward (folding) movement of the folder f1, the pivotal fingers move from a closed retracted position shown in Figure 9 to an open extended position shown in Figure 12. Each pivotal finger f1a, f1b has a carton engaging end « e » and a transverse shoulder « S remote therefrom including pivot point « p » located within the frame of the folding device. The shoulder « S has a back abutment face « sb and a forward abutment face « sf » disposed so as to strike against a back stop surface. « bs and a forward stop surface « fs respectively of the frame.
- In Figure 6 the pivotal fingers of folder f1 have moved forwardly to cam profile position C3 and pivoted to the position indicated by Figure 11 in which forward abutment faces « sf have struck forward stop surfaces « fs and caused the carton engaging ends « e » of the pivotal fingers to move apart simultaneously thereby initiating sideways folding of the tabs t1 and t2. Folder « f2 » is then at cam profile position C2 while folder « f3 » is at cam profile position C1. At this location, the leading edge « 1 » of the
blank base panel 64 is guided betweenguide block 66 and guide strip « st » so that the leading edge of the base panel is guided upwardly into a more horizontal position relative to theside wall panel 62. - At the position shown in Figures 7 and 12, the cam follower of folder « f1 » has reached cam profile « C4 » causing the pivotal fingers to pivot further apart as shown by Figure 12 and reach their pivotal extremities causing further sideways folding of the tabs t1 and t2. Folding of the tabs into overlapping relationship with the side wall and base panels of the blank is augmented automatically by the upward folding action of the base panel. Folder « f2 » is now at cam profile position « C3 (Figure 11), folder « f3 is at cam profile position « C2 and folder « f4 » is at cam profile position « C1 ».
- Referring now to Figures 8 and 9, the cam follower of folder « f1 rides down cam profile « C5 thereby causing the pivotal fingers of folder « f1 to retract from aperture « r1 » to their initial positions at which the back abutment faces « sb » of the pivotal fingers strike the back stop surfaces « bs causing the pivotal fingers to close. The
base panel 64 of the blank is guided further towards the horizontal. When folding of the base panel is complete, it will underlie the bases of the articles in a'row of articles conveyedadjacent mechanism 10. Simultaneously, the other base panel of the blank would have been brought into a similar position in relation to a parallel row of articles by a juxtaposed mechanism. Thereafter, the base panels are engaged by tightening elements (not shown) which draw together the base panels into overlapping relationship and consequentially cause heel portions of the articles to be located in respective ones of the heel retaining apertures « r ». The base panels are subsequently secured together preferably by means of cooperating locking tabs and apertures provided in the base panels. Folder « f2 » is meanwhile intermediate cam profile positions « C4 and « C5 », folder « f3 is intermediate cam profile positions « C4 and « C3 ", folder « f4 » is at cam profile position « C2 » while folder « f5 » is at cam profile position « C1 ». - When the
folding device 42c is transferred through the position ofdevice 42 into the return path « R » it is conveyed through a re-set station « RS as occupied by foldingdevice 42a (Figure 2). The re-set station includes a further cam block 68 (Figure 3) in which a horizontal straightline cam track 70 is formed. The downstream mouth of thecam track 70 is flared to lead in the cam followers of the folders « f ». Thereafter, the folders are reset during movement through the straightline cam track 70 into a position that puts the followers into alignment with the upstream end ofcam track 58; that is, positioned for movement into cam profile C1 to repeat the foregoing cycle of operation on the next succeeding blank. - Thus, when the fingers are pivoted into their extreme outward position, the fingers move apart to engage and fold outwardly the tabs t1 and t2 of a heel retaining aperture « r » and when the fingers are pivoted into their fully retracted position, the fingers are closed together.
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EP0200445A3 EP0200445A3 (en) | 1987-11-19 |
EP0200445B1 true EP0200445B1 (en) | 1990-03-28 |
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GB9319970D0 (en) * | 1993-09-24 | 1993-11-17 | Mead Corp | Carton folding mechanism for wraparound cartons |
GB9421189D0 (en) * | 1994-10-20 | 1994-12-07 | Riverwood Int Ltd | Carton activating mechanism |
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