EP0369870A1 - Packaging block, package using such a block and method of packaging - Google Patents

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EP0369870A1
EP0369870A1 EP89403119A EP89403119A EP0369870A1 EP 0369870 A1 EP0369870 A1 EP 0369870A1 EP 89403119 A EP89403119 A EP 89403119A EP 89403119 A EP89403119 A EP 89403119A EP 0369870 A1 EP0369870 A1 EP 0369870A1
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André Fromion
Jean-Claude Vilas Boas
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  • the present invention relates to a packaging shim. It also relates to packaging using such a shim and a packaging process which exploits all the possibilities of such material. It finds application in any field of packaging in cases or in packaging in heat-shrinkable plastic film.
  • Another conventional function of such shims is to absorb, within a certain range of energy values, the shocks that the package can undergo at the risk of the packaged product.
  • the present invention relates to a packing block, intended to come between a package and a product to be packaged, produced by cutting an elongated strip of a thick sheet material with damping characteristics. data, which is then shaped so as to surround at least partially in a cutting plane the product to be conditioned, constituting first portions remote from the product which come into contact with the interior of the packaging and second portions which connect the first portions therebetween, said wedge being remarkable in that at least one of the first portions is produced in the form of a box composed of a bottom and two sides, the box being completed in the direction of the width of the strip constituting the wedge, by two forms intended to come to bear on the side walls of the packaging.
  • the present invention also relates to a packaging using such a wedge.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of packaging at least one product in a container such as packaging on a packaging station, characterized in that it consists: - to extract from a reserve, a desired length of shim according to the invention, - to form hinges intended to perfectly adapt the wedge around the product to be packaged, - to arrange the hold relative to the product and the packaging, - then deposit the hold and product assembly through an opening in the packaging, - close the packaging.
  • Figure 1 there is shown a sectional view of a packaged package using a wedge according to the invention.
  • the product to be packaged 2 is seen in section. It is here in parallelepiped shape, but can have more complex shapes.
  • the product 2 is removed from the packaging 1 by the wedge 3.
  • a polyurethane is chosen.
  • a plastic material is chosen having characteristics of elastic flexibility.
  • Such a material can be shaped so as to form folding hinges and hollows by stamping with a heating press.
  • these various treatments are carried out on the packaging site, on request by an automated device which is controlled by the characteristics of the product which arrives at the packaging station.
  • the four corners of the product are housed in recesses 4, 5, 6, 7 connected to each other others by flat parts 8, 9, 10, 11.
  • the recesses constitute in the wedge first portions which make it possible to separate the product from its packaging and the flat faces, second connecting portions. They are box-shaped, each consisting of a bottom and two sides, each side serving to connect the bottom to the rest of the hold.
  • connection portions play a preponderant role in the distribution of the forces transmitted from an angle of the packaging to one of the recesses 4 to 7.
  • FIG 2 there is shown in two views one of the boxes of the wedge intended to separate the product from its packaging.
  • the material intended to constitute the wedge is in the form of an elongated strip from which a determined length can be extracted.
  • the only area is shown which allows a recess like 4 to be made.
  • a hollow zone made up of a first parallelepipedic part 12 is made by hot stamping, to which two other parallelepipedic hollows of smaller surface 13, 14 are connected.
  • the recess 12 is intended to separate the product from its packaging on the faces visible in the plane of FIG. 1 and the two recesses 13 and 14 make it possible to separate the product from the two other faces of the packaging which are parallel to the plane of Figure 1 and therefore not shown in this figure.
  • the two recesses 13, 14 are extended by shapes of triangular section 15, 16.
  • grooves 19, 20 are stamped on each side of the first portion 12-18 which allow the second portions 21, 22 to rise 45 ° above the plane of FIG. 2 to press on the product walls as shown in Figure 1.
  • the shim is initially stored in a continuous form, for example on sheets wound on reels.
  • the reel is placed near the packaging station.
  • a quantity of shim corresponding to the need for wedging is extracted from the reel. Then the hold is formed by stamping the desired number of hinges and boxes and possibly lateral shapes. Their relative positions are also configurable depending on the product and its packaging or container.
  • the wedge is interposed between the product to be packaged and the opening of the container or packaging.
  • the product is then directed by gravity or by an automatic transfer machine into the container, the wedge being driven naturally inside the container which comes to interpose and place itself properly between the internal walls of the container and the external walls of the product.
  • this arrangement is not specific to the invention. In other applications, it is possible to use an automaton and an introduction of the hold / product assembly into its container in another plane, the opening of the container being suitably arranged.
  • FIG 3 there are shown two views -a- and -b- of a solution to the problem of drilling the cardboard box by the sharp angles of the wedge.
  • Each corner consists of two boxes 23 and 24 connected to each other by a bottom 25 which has two grooves 26 and 27 which allow it to be folded.
  • a single groove is made on the connection bottom between the two boxes. It suffices to fold the wedge at the point of the sharp corner of the product.
  • the shims of the invention can be stored before packaging in a reserve where they hold a minimal volume.
  • the conventional distance between a fragile product and its packaging is on average 5 cm.
  • the wedge is, before its forming, in the form of a sheet typically 5 millimeters thick, we see the gain in volume that the invention generates.
  • FIG 4 there is shown another variant of a shim according to the invention which has the double advantage of distributing the wedging forces over the entire container on the one hand, and of being adaptable to a large extent to all dimensions of products to be packaged.
  • the wedge 30 is constituted by a succession of boxes 31, 32, 33 like that shown in Figure 2, optionally separated from each other by grooves or not.
  • a box is constituted by a bottom 34 which comes to bear on the container and a portion 35 which comes to bear on a part of product to be packaged.
  • the boxes are of trapezoidal section so as to allow their stacking.
  • a reserve of shims according to the invention may comprise, in a reduced volume, a large length of shim.
  • FIG. 6 shows two bands 40 and 41 during stacking.
  • Each strip is made up as we have seen by a succession of boxes connected to each other by flat sections. It is noted that this arrangement of the boxes in trapezoidal section has the advantage of stacking several strips of shims.
  • a reserve of shims according to the invention it is known to extract a strip in the standby position, and take by extraction from reel a useful length of shim.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown a product 37 installed in a container constituted by a cardboard box 38.
  • the wedge 39 is constituted by a succession of boxes of identical sizes.
  • the width to length ratio of the product is 4/5.
  • the corners of the product receive the place of the hold where there is a hinge.
  • the hinges are three in number: 40, 41 and 42. They are produced as above by stamping grooves over the entire width of the wedge in the dimension perpendicular to the plane of the section of FIG. 5. They can be executed with the request on the packing station.
  • the packaging operation is reduced. It suffices to extract a sufficient length of hold from a reserve. Then, depending on the product to be packaged, three hinges are placed. The product is brought above the opening of the box, the wedge being interposed between the two. Then, the hold and product assembly is arranged by gravity or any other means of transfer in the box.
  • the wedge must be positioned relative to the body and the product so as to surround the product in the desired manner.
  • This method finds application in packaging chains on which only products whose length to width ratio is an integer multiple of the pitch p of the pattern of the block.
  • a certain adaptation is possible by shifting by a quantity x the position of the hinge from the standard position shown in the drawing.
  • FIG 7 there is shown a product assembly 50 / wedge 51 and packaging 52 in a step of the packaging method according to the invention.
  • a suitable shim length was extracted from the reserve not shown in the drawing. Then, on a forming station, we have, as a function of the parameters defining the geometry and the fragility of the product 50, stamped boxes 53 at positions compatible with these parameters as well as three hinges 54.
  • the product 50, the shim 51 and a plastic film 52 were brought successively above the opening 66 of a shaper 55. It is noted that the walls 65 and 68 of the shaper 55 are arranged so as to allow correct insertion of the product 50 / shim 51 / packaging 52 assembly.
  • the assembly is then lowered according to the vertical arrows in the drawing.
  • the plastic film is applied to the undersides of the boxes 53.
  • the parts 56 and 61 of the shim 51 come into contact with the frustoconical parts of the shaper, which has the effect to bring them closer to the corresponding faces 57 and 62 of the product 50.
  • the plastic film is applied to the block.
  • the parts 56 and 61 are applied to the product 50, the face 60 of which rests on the central part 59 of the wedge.
  • the product assembly 50 / block 51 / packaging 52 rests on the bottom 67 of the chamber 69 of the shaper 55.
  • the free straight part of the plastic film 52 is folded over the chamber 66, which also has the effect of folding the right-most part 63 of the shim 51 onto the upper face 64 of the product 50.
  • the free ends 58a and 58b of the wedge 51 are connected together by means known to those skilled in the art.
  • the plastic film 52 is welded and shrunk by heating the assembly. Then the packaged product is extracted from the conformator.

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The present invention relates to a packaging block. It also relates to a package using such a block and a method of packaging which exploits all the possibilities of such equipment. It finds application in all fields of packaging in boxes or in packaging under heat-retractable plastic film. According to the invention, the packaging block is intended to be interposed between a package and a product to be packaged, and it is produced by cutting out from an elongate band (8) of a thick sheet material with given damping characteristics, which is then fashioned so as to surround, at least partially in one cutting plane, the product (2) to be packaged, constituting first portions, of which at least one is in the form of a box, first portions at a distance from the product which come into contact with the inside of the package and second portions (9-11) which connect the first portions (4-7) to one another. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne une cale de conditionnement. Elle concerne aussi un emballage utilisant une telle cale et un procédé de conditionnement qui exploite toutes les possibilités d'un tel matériel. Elle trouve application à tout domaine d'emballage en caisse ou en conditionnement sous film plastique thermorétractable.The present invention relates to a packaging shim. It also relates to packaging using such a shim and a packaging process which exploits all the possibilities of such material. It finds application in any field of packaging in cases or in packaging in heat-shrinkable plastic film.

Dans l'art antérieur, on sait conditionner des objets ou produits en intercalant entre une caisse et le produit une cale dont la fonction principale est d'écarter le produit des parois de son emballage et donc dans une certaine mesure de lui éviter des contacts agressifs.In the prior art, it is known to condition objects or products by inserting a wedge between a case and the product, the main function of which is to remove the product from the walls of its packaging and therefore, to a certain extent, to avoid aggressive contacts .

Une autre fonction classique de telles cales, est d'amortir dans une certaine gamme de valeurs d'énergie les chocs que le colis peut subir au risque du produit emballé.Another conventional function of such shims is to absorb, within a certain range of energy values, the shocks that the package can undergo at the risk of the packaged product.

Or ces cales de l'art antérieur présentent deux inconvénients majeurs. Elles ne permettent pas d'automatiser facilement les procédés d'emballage. Elles ne permettent pas non plus une adaptation rationnelle aux problèmes spécifiques du conditionnement. On veut dire par là que les cales de l'art antérieur doivent servir aussi bien pour des produits fragiles et soumis à des risques de chocs que des produits sans fragilité particulière.These prior art wedges have two major drawbacks. They do not allow easy automation of packaging processes. They also do not allow rational adaptation to the specific problems of packaging. By this is meant that the shims of the prior art must be used both for fragile products and subjected to risks of impact as for products without particular fragility.

L'invention apporte un remède à ces inconvénients de l'art antérieur. En effet, la présente invention concerne une cale de conditionnement, destinée à venir s'interposer entre un emballage et un produit à emballer, réalisée par découpage d'une bande allongée d'un matériau en feuille épaisse de caractéristiques d'amortissement données, qui est ensuite façonnée de façon à entourer au moins partiellement dans un plan de coupe le produit à conditionner, en constituant des premières portions éloignées du produit qui viennent en contact avec l'intérieur de l'emballage et des secondes portions qui raccordent les premières portions entre elles, ladite cale étant remarquable en ce que au moins une des premières portions est réalisée sous forme d'un caisson composé d'un fond et deux flancs, le caisson étant complété dans le sens de la largeur de la bande constituant la cale, par deux formes destinées à venir en appui sur des parois latérales de l'emballage.The invention provides a remedy for these drawbacks of the prior art. In fact, the present invention relates to a packing block, intended to come between a package and a product to be packaged, produced by cutting an elongated strip of a thick sheet material with damping characteristics. data, which is then shaped so as to surround at least partially in a cutting plane the product to be conditioned, constituting first portions remote from the product which come into contact with the interior of the packaging and second portions which connect the first portions therebetween, said wedge being remarkable in that at least one of the first portions is produced in the form of a box composed of a bottom and two sides, the box being completed in the direction of the width of the strip constituting the wedge, by two forms intended to come to bear on the side walls of the packaging.

La présente invention concerne aussi un emballage utilisant une telle cale.The present invention also relates to a packaging using such a wedge.

La présente invention concerne aussi un procédé de conditionnement d'au moins un produit dans un contenant comme un emballage sur un poste de conditionnement, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste :
- à extraire d'une réserve, une longueur désirée de cale selon l'invention,
- à former des charnières destinées à adapter parfaitement la cale autour du produit à conditionner,
- à disposer la cale relativement au produit et à l'emballage,
- puis à déposer l'ensemble cale et produit à travers une ouverture de l'emballage,
- à refermer l'emballage.The present invention also relates to a method of packaging at least one product in a container such as packaging on a packaging station, characterized in that it consists:
- to extract from a reserve, a desired length of shim according to the invention,
- to form hinges intended to perfectly adapt the wedge around the product to be packaged,
- to arrange the hold relative to the product and the packaging,
- then deposit the hold and product assembly through an opening in the packaging,
- close the packaging.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention seront mieux compris à l'aide de la description et des figures qui sont :

  • - la figure 1 : une vue en coupe d'un paquet conditionné utilisant une cale selon l'invention,
  • - la figure 2 : une vue de dessus et une vue en coupe aa d'une portion de bande façonnée selon l'invention,
  • - la figure 3 deux vues -a- et -b- représentant un angle d'un paquet conditionné selon une variante de l'invention,
    - la figure 4 : une vue d'une portion d'une cale selon l'invention selon une autre variante,
    - la figure 5 : une vue en coupe d'un emballage dans une variante de l'invention,
    - la figure 6 : une vue en coupe d'une partie d'une réserve de cales selon l'invention,
    - la figure 7 : une vue en coupe d'un ensemble produit à conditionner/ cale/ emballage dans une étape du procédé de conditionnement selon l'invention.
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be better understood with the aid of the description and the figures which are:
  • FIG. 1: a sectional view of a packaged package using a wedge according to the invention,
  • FIG. 2: a top view and a sectional view aa of a portion of strip shaped according to the invention,
  • - Figure 3 two views -a- and -b- representing a angle of a packet conditioned according to a variant of the invention,
    FIG. 4: a view of a portion of a wedge according to the invention according to another variant,
    FIG. 5: a sectional view of a package in a variant of the invention,
    FIG. 6: a sectional view of part of a reserve of shims according to the invention,
    - Figure 7: a sectional view of a product assembly to be packaged / shim / packaging in a step of the packaging process according to the invention.

A la figure 1, on a représenté une vue en coupe d'un paquet conditionné utilisant une cale selon l'invention. Le produit à conditionner 2 est vue en coupe. Il est ici de forme parallélépipèdique, mais peut avoir des formes plus complexes.In Figure 1, there is shown a sectional view of a packaged package using a wedge according to the invention. The product to be packaged 2 is seen in section. It is here in parallelepiped shape, but can have more complex shapes.

Le produit 2 est écarté de l'emballage 1 par la cale 3. Celle-ci entoure complètement le produit dans le plan de la coupe. Elle est constituée par une feuille d'un matériau plastique épais qui a une rigidité dans le plan de la feuille et une compressibilité dans le sens de l'épaisseur. Préférentiellement, on choisit un polyuréthane. D'une manière générale, on choisit une matière plastique présentant des caractéristiques de souplesse élastique.The product 2 is removed from the packaging 1 by the wedge 3. This completely surrounds the product in the plane of the section. It consists of a sheet of thick plastic material which has rigidity in the plane of the sheet and compressibility in the direction of the thickness. Preferably, a polyurethane is chosen. In general, a plastic material is chosen having characteristics of elastic flexibility.

Un tel matériau peut être façonné de façon à constituer des charnières de pliage et des creux par emboutissage à la presse chauffante. Dans un mode préféré de réalisation de l'invention, ces divers traitements sont faits sur le site de conditionnement, à la demande par un automate qui est asservi aux caractéristiques du produit qui arrive sur le poste d'emballage.Such a material can be shaped so as to form folding hinges and hollows by stamping with a heating press. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, these various treatments are carried out on the packaging site, on request by an automated device which is controlled by the characteristics of the product which arrives at the packaging station.

A la figure 1, les quatre coins du produit sont logés dans des évidements 4, 5, 6, 7 raccordés les uns aux autres par des parties plates 8, 9, 10, 11. Les évidements constituent dans la cale des premières portions qui permettent d'écarter le produit de son emballage et les faces plates, des secondes portions de raccordement. Ils sont en forme de caisson constitués chacun par un fond et deux flancs, chaque flanc servant à raccorder le fond au reste de la cale.In FIG. 1, the four corners of the product are housed in recesses 4, 5, 6, 7 connected to each other others by flat parts 8, 9, 10, 11. The recesses constitute in the wedge first portions which make it possible to separate the product from its packaging and the flat faces, second connecting portions. They are box-shaped, each consisting of a bottom and two sides, each side serving to connect the bottom to the rest of the hold.

On remarque que les secondes portions de raccordement jouent un rôle prépondérant dans la répartition des efforts transmis d'un angle de l'emballage à l'un des évidements 4 à 7.It is noted that the second connection portions play a preponderant role in the distribution of the forces transmitted from an angle of the packaging to one of the recesses 4 to 7.

A la figure 2, on a représenté en deux vues un des caissons de la cale destiné à écarter le produit de son emballage. Le matériau destiné à constituer la cale est sous forme d'une bande allongée dont on peut extraire une longueur déterminée. Ici, on a représenté la seule zone qui permette de réaliser un évidement comme 4.In Figure 2, there is shown in two views one of the boxes of the wedge intended to separate the product from its packaging. The material intended to constitute the wedge is in the form of an elongated strip from which a determined length can be extracted. Here, the only area is shown which allows a recess like 4 to be made.

Visible sur la vue de dessus, on a pratiqué par emboutissage à chaud une zone en creux composée d'une première partie parallélépipèdique 12, à laquelle on raccorde deux autres creux parallélépipèdiques de surface plus réduite 13, 14.Visible in the top view, a hollow zone made up of a first parallelepipedic part 12 is made by hot stamping, to which two other parallelepipedic hollows of smaller surface 13, 14 are connected.

Le creux 12 est destiné à écarter le produit de son emballage sur les faces visibles dans le plan de la figure 1 et les deux creux 13 et 14 permettent d'écarter le produit des deux autres faces de l'emballage qui sont parallèles au plan de la figure 1 et donc non représentées à cette figure.The recess 12 is intended to separate the product from its packaging on the faces visible in the plane of FIG. 1 and the two recesses 13 and 14 make it possible to separate the product from the two other faces of the packaging which are parallel to the plane of Figure 1 and therefore not shown in this figure.

Dans un mode préféré de réalisation, pour améliorer le contact entre le bord de la cale et les deux faces latérales de l'emballage, les deux évidements 13, 14 sont prolongés par des formes de section triangulaire 15, 16.In a preferred embodiment, to improve the contact between the edge of the shim and the two lateral faces of the packaging, the two recesses 13, 14 are extended by shapes of triangular section 15, 16.

Ces formes en évidement permettent par des bords 17, 18 parallèles aux faces de l'emballage de renvoyer des efforts sur le reste de la cale. En coupe selon aa, on distingue la projection de l'évidement 14, les faces externes de l'évidement central 12 et les faces internes de l'évidement triangulaire 16.These recess shapes allow by edges 17, 18 parallel to the faces of the packaging to return forces to the rest of the wedge. In section along aa, a distinction is made between the projection of the recess 14, the external faces of the central recess 12 and the internal faces of the triangular recess 16.

Pour permettre le pliage de la cale autour du produit, on emboutit des rainures 19, 20 de chaque coté de la première portion 12-18 qui permettent aux secondes portions 21, 22 de remonter de 45° au dessus du plan de la figure 2 pour venir appuyer sur les parois du produit comme selon la figure 1.To allow the wedge to be folded around the product, grooves 19, 20 are stamped on each side of the first portion 12-18 which allow the second portions 21, 22 to rise 45 ° above the plane of FIG. 2 to press on the product walls as shown in Figure 1.

A la figure 1, on a représenté une caisse en carton, mais cette solution présente l'inconvénient de réaliser un appui de la cale sur le carton par des angles vifs. Une telle solution présente néanmoins l'avantage de ne pas faire porter les efforts sur les coins du produit conditionné, ce qui correspond au cas le plus fréquent des chocs par chute. Elle présente aussi l'avantage de la simplicité. Mais l'inconvénient précité disparaît quand on utilise à la place d'une caisse en carton un emballage sous film plastique souple. Un tel film est appliqué à chaud et se rétracte en refroidissant, de telle sorte que la cale est fortement appliquée sur le produit d'une part et que le film plastique est appuyé sur les parties plates des coins 4, 5, 6, 7 sans risque de déchirures.In Figure 1, there is shown a cardboard box, but this solution has the disadvantage of achieving a support of the wedge on the cardboard by sharp angles. Such a solution nevertheless has the advantage of not placing the stresses on the corners of the packaged product, which corresponds to the most frequent case of impact shocks. It also has the advantage of simplicity. However, the aforementioned drawback disappears when a flexible plastic film packaging is used instead of a cardboard box. Such a film is applied hot and shrinks on cooling, so that the shim is strongly applied to the product on the one hand and the plastic film is pressed on the flat parts of the corners 4, 5, 6, 7 without risk of tears.

Dans le procédé de conditionnement selon l'invention, la cale est initialement stockée sous une forme continue, par exemple sur feuilles enroulées sur des dévidoirs. Le dévidoir est disposé à proximité du poste de conditionnement.In the packaging method according to the invention, the shim is initially stored in a continuous form, for example on sheets wound on reels. The reel is placed near the packaging station.

Quand un produit à conditionner est amené par un automate sur le poste, une quantité de cale correspondant au besoin de calage est extraite du dévidoir. Puis, la cale est formée par emboutissage du nombre desiré de charnières et de caissons et éventuellement de formes latérales. Leurs positions relatives sont aussi paramétrables en fonction du produit et de son emballage ou contenant.When a product to be conditioned is brought by an automaton to the station, a quantity of shim corresponding to the need for wedging is extracted from the reel. Then the hold is formed by stamping the desired number of hinges and boxes and possibly lateral shapes. Their relative positions are also configurable depending on the product and its packaging or container.

Puis, la cale est interposée entre le produit à conditionner et l'ouverture du contenant ou emballage. Le produit est alors dirigé par gravité ou par un automate de transfert dans le contenant, la cale étant entraînée naturellement à l'intérieur du contenant venant s'interposer et se placer convenablement entre les parois internes du contenant et les parois externes du produit. Cependant cette disposition n'est pas spécifique à l'invention. Dans d'autres applications, il est possible d'utiliser un automate et une introduction de l'ensemble cale/produit dans son contenant dans un autre plan, l'ouverture du contenant étant disposé de manière convenable.Then, the wedge is interposed between the product to be packaged and the opening of the container or packaging. The product is then directed by gravity or by an automatic transfer machine into the container, the wedge being driven naturally inside the container which comes to interpose and place itself properly between the internal walls of the container and the external walls of the product. However, this arrangement is not specific to the invention. In other applications, it is possible to use an automaton and an introduction of the hold / product assembly into its container in another plane, the opening of the container being suitably arranged.

A la figure 3, on a représenté deux vues -a- et -b- d'une solution au problème du perçage de la caisse en carton par les angles vifs de la cale. Chaque coin est constitué par deux caissons 23 et 24 raccordés l'un à l'autre par un fond 25 qui comporte deux rainures 26 et 27 qui permettent son pliage.In Figure 3, there are shown two views -a- and -b- of a solution to the problem of drilling the cardboard box by the sharp angles of the wedge. Each corner consists of two boxes 23 and 24 connected to each other by a bottom 25 which has two grooves 26 and 27 which allow it to be folded.

Ces deux rainures suffisent à permettre de faire entourer le produit par la cale qui pour le reste est identique à celle de la figure 1. Dans cette configuration, visible à la vue -a-, le produit 28 est installé dans sa caisse carton 29 sans qu'aucune aspérité de la cale ne vienne risquer un perçage de l'emballage.These two grooves are sufficient to allow the product to be surrounded by the shim which for the rest is identical to that of FIG. 1. In this configuration, visible to the view -a-, the product 28 is installed in its cardboard box 29 without that no roughness of the wedge comes to risk a piercing of the packaging.

Dans un autre mode de réalisation non représenté au dessin, une seule rainure est pratiquée sur le fond de raccordement entre les deux caissons. Elle suffit à plier la cale à l'endroit de l'angle vif du produit.In another embodiment not shown in the drawing, a single groove is made on the connection bottom between the two boxes. It suffices to fold the wedge at the point of the sharp corner of the product.

On remarque que les cales de l'invention peuvent être stockées avant le conditionnement dans une réserve où elles tiennent un volume minime. En effet, la distance d'écartement classique d'un produit fragile de son emballage est en moyenne de 5 centimètres. Comme la cale est, avant son formage, sous forme d'une feuille typiquement de 5 millimètres d'épaisseur, on voit le gain en volume que l'invention génère.It is noted that the shims of the invention can be stored before packaging in a reserve where they hold a minimal volume. In fact, the conventional distance between a fragile product and its packaging is on average 5 cm. As the wedge is, before its forming, in the form of a sheet typically 5 millimeters thick, we see the gain in volume that the invention generates.

A la figure 4, on a représenté une autre variante de cale selon l'invention qui présente le double avantage de répartir les efforts de calage sur tout le contenant d'une part, et d'être adaptable dans une large mesure à toutes les dimensions de produits à emballer.In Figure 4, there is shown another variant of a shim according to the invention which has the double advantage of distributing the wedging forces over the entire container on the one hand, and of being adaptable to a large extent to all dimensions of products to be packaged.

A cet effet, la cale 30 est constituée par une succession de caissons 31, 32, 33 comme celui représenté à la figure 2, éventuellement séparés les uns des autres par des rainures ou non. Un caisson est constitué par un fond 34 qui vient appuyer sur le contenant et une portion 35 qui vient en appui sur une partie de produit à conditionner.For this purpose, the wedge 30 is constituted by a succession of boxes 31, 32, 33 like that shown in Figure 2, optionally separated from each other by grooves or not. A box is constituted by a bottom 34 which comes to bear on the container and a portion 35 which comes to bear on a part of product to be packaged.

Dans un mode de réalisation représenté à la figure 6, les caissons sont de section trapézoïdale de façon à permettre leur empilage. Une réserve de cales selon l'invention peut comprendre sous un volume réduit une grande longueur de cale.In an embodiment shown in Figure 6, the boxes are of trapezoidal section so as to allow their stacking. A reserve of shims according to the invention may comprise, in a reduced volume, a large length of shim.

On a représenté à la figure 6 deux bandes 40 et 41 en cours d'empilage. Chaque bande est constituée ainsi que l'on a vu par une succession de caissons raccordés les uns aux autres par des sections plates. On remarque que cette disposition des caissons en section trapézoïdale présente l'avantage d'empiler plusieurs bandes de cales. Dans un dévidoir, dans lequel est constituée une réserve de cales selon l'invention, on sait extraire une bande en position d'attente, et prélever par extraction hors du dévidoir une longueur utile de cale.FIG. 6 shows two bands 40 and 41 during stacking. Each strip is made up as we have seen by a succession of boxes connected to each other by flat sections. It is noted that this arrangement of the boxes in trapezoidal section has the advantage of stacking several strips of shims. In a reel, in which a reserve of shims according to the invention is constituted, it is known to extract a strip in the standby position, and take by extraction from reel a useful length of shim.

C'est un avantage important de l'invention de proposer un stockage réduit de cales. En effet, le volume de stockage avant usage est un volume improductif pour l'entreprise.It is an important advantage of the invention to provide reduced storage of shims. In fact, the volume of storage before use is unproductive for the company.

On peut ainsi entourer complètement un produit. A la figure 5, on a représenté un produit 37 installé dans un contenant constitué par une caisse en carton 38. La cale 39 est constituée par une succession de caissons de tailles identiques. Ici, le rapport largeur sur longueur du produit est de 4/5. Les coins du produit reçivent l'endroit de la cale où on dispose une charnière. Ici les charnières sont au nombre de trois : 40, 41 et 42. Elles sont réalisées comme précédemment en emboutissant des rainures sur toutes la largeur de la cale dans la dimension perpendiculaire au plane dela coupe de la figure 5. Elles peuvent être exécutées à la demande sur le poste de conditionnement.We can thus completely surround a product. In Figure 5, there is shown a product 37 installed in a container constituted by a cardboard box 38. The wedge 39 is constituted by a succession of boxes of identical sizes. Here, the width to length ratio of the product is 4/5. The corners of the product receive the place of the hold where there is a hinge. Here the hinges are three in number: 40, 41 and 42. They are produced as above by stamping grooves over the entire width of the wedge in the dimension perpendicular to the plane of the section of FIG. 5. They can be executed with the request on the packing station.

On remarque que dans cette disposition, l'opération de conditionnement est réduite. Il suffit d'extraire une longueur suffisante de cale d'une réserve. Puis en fonction du produit à conditionner, on place trois charnières. Le produit est amené au dessus de l'ouverture de la caisse, la cale étant interposée entre les deux. Puis, l'ensemble cale et produit est disposé par gravité ou tout autre moyen de transfert dans la caisse.Note that in this arrangement, the packaging operation is reduced. It suffices to extract a sufficient length of hold from a reserve. Then, depending on the product to be packaged, three hinges are placed. The product is brought above the opening of the box, the wedge being interposed between the two. Then, the hold and product assembly is arranged by gravity or any other means of transfer in the box.

Il est clair que la cale doit être positionnée relativement à la caisse et au produit de façon à entourer le produit de la manière désirée.It is clear that the wedge must be positioned relative to the body and the product so as to surround the product in the desired manner.

Cette méthode trouve application dans les chaînes de conditionnement sur lesquelles, seuls des produits dont le rapport longueur sur largeur est un multiple entier du pas p du motif de la cale. On remarque que une certaine adaptation est possible en déplaçant d'une quantité x la position de la charnière depuis la position standard représentée au dessin.This method finds application in packaging chains on which only products whose length to width ratio is an integer multiple of the pitch p of the pattern of the block. We notice that a certain adaptation is possible by shifting by a quantity x the position of the hinge from the standard position shown in the drawing.

A la figure 7, on a représenté un ensemble produit 50/­cale 51 et emballage 52 dans une étape du procédé de conditionnement selon l'invention.In Figure 7, there is shown a product assembly 50 / wedge 51 and packaging 52 in a step of the packaging method according to the invention.

Dans une étape antérieure, une longueur de cale convenable a été extraite de la réserve non représentée au dessin. Puis, sur un poste de formage, on a, en fonction des paramètres définissant la géométrie et la fragilité du produit 50, embouti des caissons 53 à des positions compatibles avec ces paramètres ainsi que trois charnières 54.In an earlier step, a suitable shim length was extracted from the reserve not shown in the drawing. Then, on a forming station, we have, as a function of the parameters defining the geometry and the fragility of the product 50, stamped boxes 53 at positions compatible with these parameters as well as three hinges 54.

Puis dans une autre étape on a amené successivement le produit 50, la cale 51 et un film plastique 52 au dessus de l'ouverture 66 d'un conformateur 55. On remarque que les parois 65 et 68 du conformateur 55 sont disposées de façon à permettre une insertion correcte de l'ensemble produit 50/cale 51/ emballage 52.Then in another step, the product 50, the shim 51 and a plastic film 52 were brought successively above the opening 66 of a shaper 55. It is noted that the walls 65 and 68 of the shaper 55 are arranged so as to allow correct insertion of the product 50 / shim 51 / packaging 52 assembly.

L'ensemble est ensuite descendu selon les flèches verticales du dessin. Le film plastique est appliqué sur les faces inférieures des caissons 53. Puis, au cours du mouvement de descente dans le conformateur 55, les parties 56 et 61 de la cale 51 viennent en contact avec les parties tronconiques du conformateur, ce qui a pour effet de les rapprocher des faces correspondantes 57 et 62 du produit 50. De même, le film plastique est appliqué sur la cale.The assembly is then lowered according to the vertical arrows in the drawing. The plastic film is applied to the undersides of the boxes 53. Then, during the downward movement in the shaper 55, the parts 56 and 61 of the shim 51 come into contact with the frustoconical parts of the shaper, which has the effect to bring them closer to the corresponding faces 57 and 62 of the product 50. Likewise, the plastic film is applied to the block.

Quand le mouvement de descente se poursuit, les parties 56 et 61 sont appliquées sur le produit 50 dont la face 60 repose sur la partie centrale 59 de la cale. En fin de course, l'ensemble produit 50/ cale 51/ emballage 52 repose sur le fond 67 de la chambre 69 du conformateur 55.When the downward movement continues, the parts 56 and 61 are applied to the product 50, the face 60 of which rests on the central part 59 of the wedge. At the end of the race, the product assembly 50 / block 51 / packaging 52 rests on the bottom 67 of the chamber 69 of the shaper 55.

Dans une autre étape du procédé, la partie droite libre du film plastique 52 est rabattue au dessus de la chambre 66, ce qui a pour effet aussi de rabattre la partie la plus à droite 63 de la cale 51 sur la face supérieure 64 du produit 50.In another step of the process, the free straight part of the plastic film 52 is folded over the chamber 66, which also has the effect of folding the right-most part 63 of the shim 51 onto the upper face 64 of the product 50.

Enfin, pour terminer l'opération de conditionnement, les extrémités libres 58 a et 58b de la cale 51 sont reliées entre elles par un moyen connu de l'homme de métier. En particulier, il est possible de découper sur les bords libres des découpes qui s'emboîtent et permettent une fixation permanente amovible de la cale 51 autour du produit. Le film plastique 52 est soudée et rétractée par chauffage de l'ensemble. Puis le produit conditionné est extrait du conformateur.Finally, to complete the packaging operation, the free ends 58a and 58b of the wedge 51 are connected together by means known to those skilled in the art. In particular, it is possible to cut on the free edges of the cutouts which fit together and allow a removable permanent fixing of the wedge 51 around the product. The plastic film 52 is welded and shrunk by heating the assembly. Then the packaged product is extracted from the conformator.

Il est clair que l'ensemble ou une partie seulement du procédé de conditionnement peut être automatisé.It is clear that all or only part of the packaging process can be automated.

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1. Cale de conditionnement destinée à venir s'interposer entre un emballage et un produit à emballer, réalisée par découpage d'une bande allongée (8) d'un matériau en feuille épaisse de caractéristiques d'amortissement données, qui est ensuite façonnée de façon à entourer au moins partiellement dans un plan de coupe le produit (2) à conditionner, en constituant des premières portions éloignées du produit qui viennent en contact avec l'intérieur de l'emballage et des secondes portions (9-­11) qui raccordent les premières portions (4-7) entre elles, caractérisée en ce que au moins une des premières portions est réalisée sous forme d'un caisson (12, 31-33) composé d'un fond et deux flancs, le caisson étant complété dans le sens de la largeur de la bande constituant la cale, par deux formes (13, 14) destinées à venir en appui sur des parois latérales de l'emballage.1. Packaging wedge intended to come between a package and a product to be packaged, produced by cutting an elongated strip (8) of a thick sheet material with given damping characteristics, which is then shaped so as to surround at least partially in a cutting plane the product (2) to be conditioned, constituting first portions remote from the product which come into contact with the interior of the packaging and second portions (9-11) which connect the first portions (4-7) therebetween, characterized in that at least one of the first portions is produced in the form of a box (12, 31-33) composed of a bottom and two sides, the box being completed in the direction of the width of the strip constituting the wedge, by two forms (13, 14) intended to come to bear on the side walls of the packaging. 2. Cale selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chaque forme latérale complétant un caisson est constituée par un fond raccordé par au moins deux flancs (15, 16) au reste de la cale et fermée du côté latéral externe de la cale par un bord (17, 18) destiné à venir en appui avec une face interne latérale de l'emballage.2. Wedge according to claim 1, characterized in that each lateral shape completing a box is constituted by a bottom connected by at least two sides (15, 16) to the rest of the wedge and closed on the external lateral side of the wedge by a edge (17, 18) intended to come into abutment with an internal lateral face of the packaging. 3. Cale selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est réalisée sous la forme d'une feuille de matière plastique élastique comme du polyuréthane.3. Wedge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is produced in the form of a sheet of elastic plastic material such as polyurethane. 4. Cale selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la cale est réalisée à la demande par extraction depuis un dévidoir placé sur le poste de conditionnement.4. Shim according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shim is produced on demand by extraction from a reel placed on the packaging station. 5. Cale selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est réalisée par emboutissage à l'aide d'une contreforme.5. Wedge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is produced by stamping using a counterform. 6. Cale selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que au moins une des premières portions est séparée de l'une des secondes portions qui lui servent de section de raccordement par une charnière (54) destinée à permettre une meilleure adaptation de la cale sur le produit.6. Wedge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one of the first portions is separated from one of the second portions which serve as a connection section by a hinge (54) intended to allow better adaptation of the wedge on the product. 7. Cale selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que la charnière est réalisée par emboutissage à chaud de la cale.7. Wedge according to claim 6, characterized in that the hinge is produced by hot stamping of the wedge. 8. Cale selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les caissons qui sont disposés aux angles vifs du produit, sont doublés dans le sens de la longueur du ruban de cale, deux caissons (23, 24) encadrant l'angle vif et un fond de raccordement (25) étant ménagé entre les deux caissons composant la première portion de cale, de façon à venir encadrer l'angle vif du produit.8. Wedge according to claim 2, characterized in that the boxes which are arranged at the sharp corners of the product, are doubled in the direction of the length of the wedge tape, two boxes (23, 24) framing the sharp corner and a connection bottom (25) being formed between the two boxes making up the first wedge portion, so as to frame the sharp angle of the product. 9. Cale selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la cale est fabriquée sous forme d'une succession de caissons (31,33) séparés par des sections plates, et en ce que des charnières sont réalisées à la demande sur le poste de conditionnement au droit des angles vifs du produit à emballer.9. Wedge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the wedge is manufactured in the form of a succession of boxes (31,33) separated by flat sections, and in that hinges are produced on demand on the packaging station at the right angles of the product to be packaged. 10. Cale selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que chaque caisson suivi d'une section plate est de pas constant p choisi de façon à s'adapter à toute une gamme de dimensions standard de produits.10. Wedge according to claim 5, characterized in that each box followed by a flat section is of constant pitch p chosen so as to adapt to a whole range of standard product dimensions. 11. Cale selon la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce que la section des caissons est trapézoïdale de manière à permettre l'empilement de plusieurs bandes de cales.11. Wedge according to claim 10, characterized in that the section of the boxes is trapezoidal so as to allow the stacking of several strips of shims. 12. Emballage caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une cale selon l'une des revendications précédentes.12. Packaging characterized in that it comprises a shim according to one of the preceding claims. 13. Procédé de conditionnement d'au moins un produit dans un contenant comme un emballage sur un poste de conditionnement, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste :
- à extraire d'une réserve une longueur désirée de cale (51) selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
- à former des charnières (54) destinées à adapter parfaitement la cale autour du produit à conditionner,
- à disposer la cale relativement au produit et à l'emballage,
- puis à déposer l'ensemble cale (51) et produit à travers une ouverture de l'emballage,
- à refermer l'emballage.13. Method for packaging at least one product in a container such as packaging on a packaging station, characterized in that it consists:
- extracting from a reserve a desired length of shim (51) according to one of the preceding claims,
- to form hinges (54) intended to perfectly adapt the wedge around the product to be packaged,
- to arrange the hold relative to the product and the packaging,
- then to deposit the wedge (51) and product assembly through an opening of the packaging,
- close the packaging. 14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à former à la demande des caissons (53) sur la cale au moment où on forme les charnières par emboutissage.14. The method of claim 13, characterized in that it consists of forming on request boxes (53) on the wedge when the hinges are formed by stamping. 15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à former à la demande des caissons ou premières zones destinées à écarter le produit de son emballage lors de la mise en dévidoir ou en réserve des bandes de cale selon les revendications 1 à 11.15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that it consists in forming, on request, boxes or first zones intended to separate the product from its packaging when placing in the reel or in reserve the wedge strips according to claims 1 at 11. 16. Procédé selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à disposer les caissons entre des secondes zones de raccordement avec une périodicité de pas p dans le sens de la longueur de la bande de cale.16. The method of claim 15, characterized in that it consists in placing the boxes between second connection zones with a periodicity of pitch p in the direction of the length of the wedge strip.
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