EP0426360A1 - Apparatus for inserting a pouring spout to a container - Google Patents

Apparatus for inserting a pouring spout to a container Download PDF

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EP0426360A1
EP0426360A1 EP90311615A EP90311615A EP0426360A1 EP 0426360 A1 EP0426360 A1 EP 0426360A1 EP 90311615 A EP90311615 A EP 90311615A EP 90311615 A EP90311615 A EP 90311615A EP 0426360 A1 EP0426360 A1 EP 0426360A1
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pouring spout
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Nobushige C/O Liquid Packaging Centre Yasui
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Jujo Paper Co Ltd
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • B65B61/186—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements by applying or incorporating rigid fittings, e.g. discharge spouts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B50/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
    • B31B50/84—Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents, e.g. valves or spouts

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for inserting a pouring spout into a pouring spout mounting hole of a gable top type paper container filled with liquids such, as juice, milk or the like from inside of the container.
  • the gable type or the like paper container filled with liquids such as juice, milk or the like, that is, a carton is subjected, during intermittent movement on an assembling device, to necessary assembling processing at respective stations.
  • stop time at individual stations is materially restricted due to higher speed of production.
  • the pouring spout has to be inserted into a pouring spout mounting hole in the side surface of the paper container within a restricted short period of time. If six operations are required for insertion as in the aforementioned conventional apparatus, the individual operating time is extremely short. Thus, in this case, since each of the operations is carried out at high speed, there involves a problem in that even and accurate insertion of the pouring spout cannot be assured.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus in which only four operations are required for insertion of the pouring spout within a limited time and even and accurate insertion of the pouring spout can be carried out.
  • the present invention employs a configuration in which an aligning feed chute of a pouring spout is arranged upwardly of an upper end opening of a container body having a pouring spout mounting hole in the side surface thereof, a holding portion for holding pouring spout one by one is disposed directly above the opening of said container body, and a drive device for reciprocating the holding portion in vertical directions between a position opposed to an opening for removing the pouring spout of said aligning feed chute and a position opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body and further reciprocating the holding portion in horizontal directions between a position opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body and a position for inserting the pouring spout into the pouring spout mounting hole is coupled to a support arm of said holding portion.
  • the side surface having the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body is formed to a top inclined surface after assembling the container body into a gable top type container as shown
  • the holding portion of the inserting apparatus can complete the operation for inserting the pouring spout into the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body merely by four operations, a first operation wherein the holding portion receives the pouring spout at the position opposed to the opening for removing the pouring spout of the aligning feed chute and thereafter moves down to the position opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body, a second operation wherein the holding portion advances to the pouring spout mounting hole to insert the pouring spout, a third operation wherein the holding portion is moved backward from said position and returns to the position opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole, and a fourth operation wherein the holding portion moves upward from said position to the position opposed to the opening for removing the pouring spout of the aligning feed chute.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 show one example of the embodiment.
  • a container body 1 of a paper container is intermittently transported by a transport device on the machine bed not shown.
  • the container body 1 in the state where an upper end thereof is an opening 2 and a pouring spout mounting hole 4 is formed in one side surface 3 is stationary at a position X on the transport device not shown.
  • an aligning feed chute 6 of a pouring spout 5 is fixedly arranged on the machine bed not shown.
  • the aligning feed chute 6 is formed between a front plate 7 and a rear plate 8 with a gap 10 for guiding a flange 9 of the pouring spout 5, the front plate 7 being formed with an open window 13 for passing a head 12 screwed into a cap 11 of the pouring spout 5 therethrough over the full length of the front plate 7.
  • An open window 14 is formed over the full length of the rear plate 8. This open window 14 forms an opening for removing in which a sucker as a holding portion 15 described later sucks the back of a flange 9 of the pouring spout 5.
  • FIG. 1 On an arm 16 extended and hung from the aligning feed chute 6 are mounted a first air cylinder 18 having a first stopper 17, a second air cylinder 20 having a pressing element 19, and a third air cylinder 22 having a second stopper 21, the first stopper 17 causing the pouring spout 5 to wait for directly above the open window 14 as a work window, the second stopper 21 holding the pouring spout 5 at a position corresponding to the open window 14 as an opening for removing, the pressing element 19 pressing the pouring spout 5 held by the second stopper 21 against the holding portion 15 to positively hold it.
  • a support arm 23 having a sucker as the holding portion 15 at the lower end thereof is disposed directly above the opening 2 of the container body 1.
  • a plunger 26 is vertically secured and arranged by means of brackets 24 and 25 to the aligning feed chute 6 secured and arranged on the machine bed not shown, an air cylinder 27 extends through the plunger 26, and the air cylinder 27 is reciprocated in a direction indicated at arrow Y by supply and discharge of compression air.
  • a support frame 28 is secured to the air cylinder 27, and the support arm 23 is inserted into guide rods 29 and 30 fixedly arranged horizontally at both upper and lower positions of the support frame 28 so that the support arm 23 can be reciprocated in a direction indicated at arrow Z.
  • an air cylinder 31 is fixedly disposed on the support frame 28, and the support arm 23 is secured to a plunger 32 thereof.
  • a lower end 33 of the support arm 23 is bent into an inverted Z or an crank shape and projected toward the aligning feed chute 6, and the holding portion 15 as a sucker is secured to the front surface of the lower end 33.
  • the aforementioned plunger 26 and the air cylinder 27 constitute a drive device for reciprocating the holding portion 15 in a direction indicated at arrow Y through the support arm 23, the holding portion 15 being opposed to the opening for removing of the aligning feed chute 6 at a stroke end which is the up limit of the air cylinder 27 and opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole 4 of the container body 1 at an approach end which is the down limit.
  • the aforementioned air cylinder 31 and the plunger 32 constitute a drive device for reciprocating the holding portion 15 through the support arm 23 in a direction indicated at arrow Z between two positions, a position opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole 4 of the container body 1 and a position for inserting the pouring spout into the mounting hole 4.
  • the holding portion 15 moves down from a position G opposed to the open window 14 of the aligning feed chute 6 to a position H opposed to the pouring spout mounting hole 4 of the container body 1, moves from the position H to a position I for inserting the pouring spout 5 into the mounting hole 4, returns from the position I to the position H, and returns from the position H to the original position G again. Therefore, the holding portion 15 can complete all the steps by only four operations.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 While in the illustrated embodiment, a sucker is used as the holding portion 15, and only a communication hole 34 for exerting negative pressure is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, it is to be noted of course that any other constitutional elements may be used as the holding portion 15.
  • the drive device for the support arm of the holding portion is not limited to the configuration of the present invention but may be of a single drive device.
  • reference numerals 35 and 36 denote pieces for adjusting the insert depth of the pouring spout 5 into the mounting hole 4 by the holding portion 15, that is, the stroke length of the plunger 32 in a direction indicated at arrow Z.
  • the present invention has the configuration and effect as described above.
  • the operation for inserting the pouring spout into the pouring spout mounting hole of the container body from the inside of the container body can be completed by simple four operations comprising upward and downward movements and horizontal forward and backward movements. Therefore, there is an effect that insertion of the pouring spout is carried out evenly and positively within a limited time for mounting the pouring spout during the step for continuously assembling a paper container at high speed.

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EP90311615A 1989-10-31 1990-10-23 Apparatus for inserting a pouring spout to a container Withdrawn EP0426360A1 (en)

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JP1989127671U JPH07280Y2 (ja) 1989-10-31 1989-10-31 容器に対する注出口部挿入装置
JP127671/89 1989-10-31

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US5435803A (en) * 1993-07-01 1995-07-25 Elopak Systems A.G. Container fitment applicator
WO1998039210A1 (en) * 1997-03-05 1998-09-11 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, S.A. Orienting apparatus for an orientationally sensitive closure
US6662524B2 (en) * 2002-04-01 2003-12-16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, Sa Closure applicator with swinging arm anvil
WO2010111327A1 (en) * 2009-03-26 2010-09-30 Nestec S.A. A fitment indexer for a pouch filler
CN107089388A (zh) * 2017-06-27 2017-08-25 四川科伦药业股份有限公司 用于输液袋装箱机的自动放隔板装置

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GB2112344A (en) * 1981-02-27 1983-07-20 Shibuya Kogyo Co Ltd Method and device for mounting a plug on a paper container
US4788811A (en) * 1986-05-17 1988-12-06 Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Process and apparatus for assembling and liquor-charging of packages of paper and the like

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GB2112344A (en) * 1981-02-27 1983-07-20 Shibuya Kogyo Co Ltd Method and device for mounting a plug on a paper container
US4788811A (en) * 1986-05-17 1988-12-06 Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Process and apparatus for assembling and liquor-charging of packages of paper and the like

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US5435803A (en) * 1993-07-01 1995-07-25 Elopak Systems A.G. Container fitment applicator
WO1998039210A1 (en) * 1997-03-05 1998-09-11 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, S.A. Orienting apparatus for an orientationally sensitive closure
US6662524B2 (en) * 2002-04-01 2003-12-16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, Sa Closure applicator with swinging arm anvil
WO2010111327A1 (en) * 2009-03-26 2010-09-30 Nestec S.A. A fitment indexer for a pouch filler
CN102365209A (zh) * 2009-03-26 2012-02-29 雀巢产品技术援助有限公司 用于装袋机的配件分度器
EP2644519A1 (en) * 2009-03-26 2013-10-02 Nestec S.A. A fitment indexer for a pouch filler
CN102365209B (zh) * 2009-03-26 2014-11-26 雀巢产品技术援助有限公司 给料器系统、输送配件的方法和在容器上施加配件的方法
US9061782B2 (en) 2009-03-26 2015-06-23 Nestec S.A. Fitment indexer for a pouch filler
CN107089388A (zh) * 2017-06-27 2017-08-25 四川科伦药业股份有限公司 用于输液袋装箱机的自动放隔板装置

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