EP0542842B1 - Packaging system - Google Patents

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EP0542842B1
EP0542842B1 EP91914495A EP91914495A EP0542842B1 EP 0542842 B1 EP0542842 B1 EP 0542842B1 EP 91914495 A EP91914495 A EP 91914495A EP 91914495 A EP91914495 A EP 91914495A EP 0542842 B1 EP0542842 B1 EP 0542842B1
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Peter Integrated Packaging Johnstone
Gary Integrated Packaging Emmerton
Paul James Fitzpatrick
Perehama Hanara
Lindsay George Wyborn
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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
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B65B11/025—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders by webs revolving around stationary articles
    • 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
    • B65B11/04—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated
    • B65B11/045—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated by rotating platforms supporting the articles

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  • the invention relates to the packaging of articles and particularly flowable granules or liquids, or irregularly shaped articles such as but not exclusively frozen carcass meat intended for shipping overseas.
  • the methods of the invention may be incorporated into fully automated packing lines.
  • Containerised transport of meat carcasses usually requires special cellular container ships to be used and excludes non-container vessels from carrying meat for export. Also, as container vessels can only be loaded or unloaded at ports with special container terminals and facilities, containerised meat cannot be exported from smaller non-container ports. This may increase transport costs where a meat processing plant is located distant from a container port and the containers must be transported by rail or road to the port. Another disadvantage with containerised transport of meat carcasses is that the loading and unloading of the carcasses individually into the containers is labour intensive.
  • the invention is also useful in the packaging of flowable granules such as plastic granules, cereals or liquids as well as for baling of waste materials with only minor modification to the construction of the system being required.
  • US-A-4546593 To reduce packaging costs, it has been proposed in US-A-4546593 to form a container for products by building a stack of the products between leaves upstanding from a base, placing a pre-formed bag made from a shrink-wrap plastic material over the stack and leaves, shrinking the plastic with hot air and then withdrawing the leaves.
  • the specification also suggests forming the bag around the leaves, using a strip of a plastics material.
  • the proposals of US-A-4546593 are quite unsuitable for use with flowable materials, as they cannot be used to form a container which is closed at its lower end. Equally, the wrapping method is not suitable for use with products which must wholly be protected from the ambient.
  • the present invention has as a principal objective the provision of a method and apparatus for unitising and packaging or palletising and packaging articles particularly irregularly shaped articles such as frozen animal carcasses for shipment or flowable materials, whereby wastage of space and excessive handling time is minimised and the proven load handling advantages of palletisation can be fully realised whilst providing a fully closed container for the articles.
  • the method may include the additional step of providing a base member within the open frame, at the bottom thereof prior to the at least partial filling of the container.
  • the base member may be left in the container on removal of the open frame.
  • a suitable adhesive may be used to secure the wrapping film to the base.
  • the frame is so arranged as to be removable after said film applying step without disturbing the contained material.
  • the frame members are of telescopic construction enabling them to be retracted after use.
  • the frame members are preferably retracted into the supporting framework for the pallet base after the wrapping step.
  • apparatus for forming a wrapped unitised container containing flowable or solid material, which apparatus comprises:
  • the open frame includes a substantially rigid top and sides formed of frame members which are able to flex towards each other.
  • Stretch plastic film is wrapped around the frame to form a wall supported by the frame members, the wall being closed at the bottom to form an open topped container.
  • the wrapping (or stretch) film may have a stretch applied thereto of between 10% and 400% dependent upon the type of stretch film used, resulting in substantial tension in the film over the frame. This tension causes the frame members of the sides to flex towards each other.
  • a lifting force may be applied to the top of the frame which causes the frame to disengage from the container. This disengagement may be assisted by inward flexing of the side frame members.
  • the tension remaining in the stretch plastic film tightly holds the material in the container in a compacted bale.
  • the upper edges of the container wall contract around the top of the material firmly to hold that in place. Additional stretch plastic material can be applied across the top of the bale if necessary to prevent spillage of material therefrom and to increase the strength of the container.
  • the stretch film may be applied to the support frame using a known wrapping machine having a rotatable platform on which the frame is securedly held either in a normal or an inverted position.
  • the film is applied to the frame from a roll mounted on the machine, the roll having braking means associated therewith so that the film is stretched between the roll and the frame while the frame is rotated.
  • the base supports a pallet within the volume defined by the upstanding framework.
  • the film wrapping is carried by spiral wrapping or a combination of spiral wrapping and parallel wrapping.
  • the width of the parallel may be relatively wide say of 1 to 2.5 metre whilst the spiral wrap may be of 1/3 to 1/2 metre.
  • Meat carcasses packaged by the method and apparatus of this invention may be transported by non-container or dual-function ships. It is envisaged that each complete pack will weigh in the range of 0.3 to 2.0 tonnes and preferably about 0.7 to 1.2 tonnes.
  • the invention has application to packaging of various types of irregularly shaped articles such as half carcasses or parts of carcasses such as joints or meat packs and other article types such as pipes or rods, etc.
  • the apparatus of the present invention embodies a framework base 10 and open framework 11 releaseably secured to the framework base.
  • the framework base may itself be in the form of a pallet for convenient handling by a forklift vehicle.
  • the size and dimension of the framework base 10 and the spacing betwen the upstanding uprights 12 of the open framework is such as to accommodate a standard sized pallet 13 as shown on the framework base 10 within the confines of the open framework uprights 11.
  • irregularly shaped articles such as frozen lamb carcasses 14 or the like as shown may be stacked onto the pallet within the confines of the upstanding framework.
  • a suitable means such as a turntable 15 as shown in Figure 3 and during the turning operation stretch film 16 which is commercially available particularly self adhesive stretch film may be applied to the loaded upstanding framework volume as shown in Figure 3.
  • stretch film 16 which is commercially available particularly self adhesive stretch film may be applied to the loaded upstanding framework volume as shown in Figure 3.
  • stretch film 16 which is commercially available particularly self adhesive stretch film
  • the open framework may be simply removed by lifting from the loaded structure as shown in Figure 4 leaving the articles mounted in tightly wrapped formation on the pallet.
  • the loaded pallet can then be easily manoeuvred by the use of a conventional forklift truck for loading into storage containers for shipment.
  • the vertical sides of the loaded pallet only are wrapped however if desired the entire load may be wrapped along the horizontal surfaces to more completely wrap the load.
  • the apparatus and method is applicable to shift goods and articles including packaged goods and fresh produce of all kinds that requires unitization for storage and transport.
  • the invention is applicable for overseas transportation of goods as well as in short distance and storage applications the wrapping procedure as devised in reference to Figure 3 using a turntable may be varied as described. For example wrapping may be carried out by a rotating or swinging arm (not shown) upon which is mounted the reel of stretch film to effectively wrap the stacked articles as described. Of course it may be intended to simply carry out the wrapping manually where small job lots are involved.
  • the poles 20 forming the open framework are of telescopic construction having their base in the framework base 10. In the projected position the poles form an accessible space into which irregularly shaped articles may be loaded and stacked and after the wrapping step shown in Figure 3 the poles are retracted into the framework base to an out of the way position whereby the loaded pallet 13 can be removed for stacking in a cargo hold or the like.
  • FIG. 6 and 7 there is illustrated a simple form of the present invention in which the support frame 32 is formed of welded tube members 33 to define an open top 34 and two spaced, depending side frame sections 36 and 37.
  • the bottoms 38 of the frame sections 36 and 37 are of triangular shape with the apex 39 thereof lowermost. This shape facilitates the wrapping of stretch film about the base of the frame to form a closed container.
  • stretch plastic wrapping film 41 is wrapped about the tube members 33.
  • the stretch plastic film has a stretch applied thereto of between 10 and 400% so that the film is under tension between the frame members 33.
  • the film has a width such that a number of circumferential passes needs to be made in order to form the container with several plies of overlapping film.
  • the side frame section 36 and 37 flex inwardly towards each other. This facilitates subsequent removal of the film container from the support frame 32 when the container is filled with material to be packed.
  • That material may be compacted into the support frame 32, as would be the case with say waste material.
  • the support frame 32 may be held by a secondary frame or support to hold the support frame 32 with the open top 14 uppermost.
  • Compaction may take place using an appropriate compacting weight lowered into the support frame 32, or by using any other suitable compaction means. If desired, an appropriate compaction machine could be provided in which the support frame is mounted after being wrapped with the stretch plastic wrapping film.
  • the container is removed from the support frame 32 by applying appropriate forces between the frame and the material within the container whereby, due to the tapering nature of the flexed side frame sections 26 and 37, the container slides easily from the tube members 33.
  • the tube members 33 may be provided with longitudinally extending ribs 42 which space the stretch film 41 from the tube members 33 and provides a relatively small area of contact thus reducing the friction and making it easier for the filled container to slide from the tube members 33.
  • the tube members 33 may be formed of any suitable shape or have any suitable rib or the like attached or formed integral therewith in order to provide minimal surface contact between the stretch film and the support frame members.
  • the tube members 33 may be provided with rollers, endless belts or other means for facilitating the removal of a filled container from the support frame 32.
  • the stretch film wrapping preferably extends around the frame to a distance of up to about 1 metre above the proposed filling height of the container leaving several upper layers of film above the height of the filling material.
  • the upper layers of stretch film 41 contract around the upper edges of the material within the container. These upper edges can then be gathered and tied or sealed to form a closure for the top of the container.
  • stretch film may be applied thereto to prevent spillage of material from the container, or prior to removal of the container from the frame a top sheet may be placed over the surface of the filling material to provide a cover prior to tying or sealing.
  • a top sheet may be fitted over the surface of the material being baled.
  • the containers so formed are liquid tight.
  • the container so formed will be able to be used for flowable material which includes some liquids. Care must be taken, however, that liquids which react with the material of the stretch film are not placed within a container formed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 there is illustrated a modified form of support frame 32 in which the open top 34 is defined by a circular frame member 44 having downwardly extending side members 46 which are fixed to the circular frame member 44.
  • the base 30 is formed of impervious material depending on the nature of the flowable or liquid material to be packaged.
  • the base 30 comprises a disc shaped floor portion 30a and an upstanding cylindrical flange portion 30b.
  • the base 30 should be made of a material which will seal against the wrapped film in use.
  • the support frame 32 and the base 30 may be of any other desired plan view such as a square or rectangular plan view.
  • a support frame and base combination would include a square frame member (equivalent to the frame member 44 of Figure 9) and a suitably configured square base 30.
  • Such a frame may only require downwardly extending members at each corner of the square but may include additional downwardly extending side members disposed along each side of the square frame member.
  • the film is then wrapped around the base and frame assembly.
  • the film may be wrapped several times (up to from 5 to 10 times) circumferentially in overlapping layers around the circumference of the base and partially under the base to ensure that the film is securely attached to the base.
  • the wrapping of the film is then continued spirally up the frame.
  • the frame may be withdrawn and the film extending above the fill level be drawn together and tied or otherwise sealed to retain the contents in the combination.
  • the present invention may be utilized in many different forms and for many different purposes.
  • the containers so formed in the performance of the present invention may be used for baling materials such as particulate materials, i.e., fertilizer, or fibrous materials such as wool, or for any other baling purpose.
  • the system of the invention may also be used for household waste disposal and in commercial and office situations for waste disposal purposes.
  • the cost of stretch plastic film is substantially less than the cost of commercially available waste disposal bags, the present invention has substantial cost benefits for waste disposal.
  • the waste material is securely baled in such a way that it is easily handled either manually or by a machine.
  • the first preferred form of temporary physical support means comprises a frame 51 and a base 52.
  • the frames 1 comprises as shown four legs 53, two on either side, which are joined at the top of the frame by cross-members 54.
  • the bottom end of each leg 53 fits into a hole 55 in the base 52 but is not otherwise fixed to the base, so that the frame may be separated from the base by lifting.
  • Other arrangements for releasably connecting the legs 53 or the equivalent to the base 52 are possible.
  • a third cross-member 56 is provided at the top of the frame as shown beneath which, for example, the forks of a forklift may be passed to enable the frame to be lifted from the base.
  • the base of the frame has legs 57 on either side enabling the forks of a forklift to pass under the base to lift the base and frame and carcasses stacked thereon.
  • a pallet 13 is placed on the base 10 of the frame.
  • a number of carcasses are then stacked on the pallet as shown.
  • the number of carcasses (and the size of the same) may be as desired for any application and most preferably the carcasses are stacked one carcass deep. This could alternatively be 1 1/2 or 2 carcasses deep using a frame of appropriate dimensions.
  • a one carcass deep pack may typically be approximately 1.2 metres square and 2 metres high and weigh approximately 0.6 tonne for example.
  • different stacking patterns may be employed.
  • the width of the frame may be adjustable by providing a series of spaced holes 55 in the base 52 at each corner and a sliding connection at the top of each leg 53 to the cross members 54 or equivalent, or by any other suitable arrangement.
  • An adjustable frame allows specific frame width sizes to be set for different grades of carcass so that the same preferred upright head-to-tail stacking patterns can be used for each grade, thereby improving unit shape and reducing unit width, since necks may protrude when carcasses are stowed on their sides.
  • the base and frame and stack of carcasses are carried, for example by way of a forklift truck, onto the platten 59 of a spiral wrapping machine 60, and stretch plastic material is wrapped about the stack of carcasses as shown in Figure 12.
  • Spiral wrapping of a sheet of strip material around the stack of carcasses may be employed as shown, or alternatively the stretch film might be large enough that a single width of material the same height as the stack could be used. In that case the film could be stretched in two dimensions, by a WRAPMAN machine for example, to further assist in holding the stack.
  • the material overwraps the legs 53 of the frame 51.
  • the number of layers, the properties of the plastic wrapping material itself, and the tension to which it is wrapped should be such that a self-supporting unit pack of carcasses is formed, with sufficient inherent strength to withstand the rigours of loading, unloading and transport.
  • Suitable wrapping materials include high tensile stretchwrap film, of which 100% linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) of about 35 microns thickness has been found particularly effective. Typically wrapping may require 25 revolutions of the wrapping machine.
  • LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
  • a low friction finish (such as food grade polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE-TEFLON)) may be applied to the legs 53 of the frame to aid frame removal.
  • the two legs 53 on either side may be replaced by a single, wide flat leg, or by any other suitable arrangement of one or more legs on any two or even three sides.
  • the members 54 and 56 or equivalent bridge across the top of the frame might be removable so that the pack may be lifted out of the frame.
  • the legs of the frame may have a spigot joint that allows a top segment (e.g. half) of the frame to be lifted out after wrapping and the load then lifted from the remaining bottom part.
  • Other arrangements of temporary support means are possible and the preferred forms shown in the drawings are given by way of example.
  • a lifting means above the frame could be provided for lowering and raising the frame.
  • a resulting self-supporting pack is shown in Figure 14.
  • the packs each on a platten 58 may readily be handled, by way of lifting slings or fork lifts trucks for example.
  • the packs may be wrapped and stored at a meat processing plant and the degree of insulation and need for refrigeration will depend on the distance to be travelled in covered trucks.
  • the packs' regular unit size allows for efficient utilisation of hold space. Because after packing into unitized form, the carcasses are not to be handled individually, handling costs may reduce significantly and loading rates will be increased.
  • the pack shown in Figures 11 to 14 has one pallet at the base of the pack
  • a second pallet could if desired be provided at the top of the stack to assist in providing a flat top surface for stacking other packs of carcasses, or to make the pack effectively "reversible" for each of handling.
  • the pallets employed need not necessarily be conventional wooden pallets but could be lightweight disposable pallets, formed of cardboard tubes for example.
  • the design of the pallet and the base of the frame should be such as to positively locate the pallet on the base.
  • FIG 15 shows a second preferred form of frame/temporary physical support means and Figures 16 to 18 show the use of this second frame in accordance with the method of the invention.
  • the second preferred form of support means comprises a frame generally indicated at 61 pivotally supported on a bed 60.
  • the frame comprises spaced longitudinal members 62 and uprights 63 at each end thereof.
  • the frame 60 through the longitudinal members 62 and 64 is pivotally connected to the bed 61 as shown.
  • a bottom pallet 65 and optionally a top pallet 62 are placed on the frame 60 at either end as shown in Figure 16.
  • a stack of carcasses is formed on the frame between the uprights 63 and pallet(s) and then a number of lengthwise wraps of stretch plastic material are applied as indicated at 67 in Figure 17.
  • the apparatus is then operated (for example by hydraulic rams or any suitable mechanical arrangement - not shown) to pivot the frame 60 supporting the stack of carcasses in the direction of arrow X in Figure 17 to the position shown in Figures 18.
  • the stack of carcasses is then removed from the frame and horizontal wrapping applied about the stack as indicated at 68 to form the finished pack in a similar way as described in relation to Figures 10 to 14, for example on a spiral wrapping machine or the like.
  • Also shown in Figures 16 to 18 is an alternative form of lightweight disposable pallet, comprising half cardboard tubes with wooden cross members. Other forms of such lightweight disposable pallets could be employed.
  • Figures 19 to 21 show the wrapping of a stack of carcasses utilising a third preferred form of frame/physical support means.
  • the third form of frame comprises a base 70 and fixed uprights 71.
  • the uprights 31 may be a similar height to the legs 53 of the first preferred form of frame of Figures 10 to 14 or, alternatively and as shown in Figures 19 to 21, may be a shorter height for forming a half unit pack as will be described.
  • a suitable pallet 72 is placed on the base of the frame between the uprights 71 and a stack of carcasses is formed on the pallet.
  • the carcass stack is then wrapped as indicated at 73 in Figure 20, again for example by placing the frame and carcass stack on and using a spiral wrapping machine to form a complete half pack. Again, sufficient wrapping is applied to render the pack self supporting and the pack is then removed as indicated by arrow Y from the frame, for example by lifting with a forklift truck (not shown).
  • Two such half packs may then be stacked one on top of the other as Shown in Figure 22 to form a standard unit pack and further wrapping applied as indicated at 74 to hold the two half packs together.
  • Forming completed packs of two half packs as shown may have advantages at the destination where packs of smaller numbers of carcasses may be more convenient to the end user.
  • the third type preferred form frame comprising fixed uprights with an open top may be utilized as shown in Figures 23 to 25, by placing a pallet 72 against the uprights 71 on one side of the frame as shown in Figure 23, stacking the carcasses in position and wrapping the stack as shown in Figure 24 in one or both directions, and tipping the frame and separating the frame from the pack as shown in Figure 25, to form either a half or a whole pack depending on the size of the frame.
  • legs equivalent to the legs 53 of the first preferred form of frame of Figures 10 to 14 or the uprights 71 of the third preferred form of support means of Figures 19 to 21 may be telescoping, so that to withdraw the legs from the completed pack they may be caused to telescope downwardly into the base (for example in Figures 10 to 14), or upwardly into an overhead platten.
  • Such telescoping legs may suitably be pneumatically or hydraulically operated for example.
  • the emissivity of the wrap may be lowered by co-extruding a highly reflective metalized laminate with the plastic sheet, or including a light-coloured pigment in the plastic composition.
  • an envelope of bubble laminate (vacuum formed from plastic film) may be employed, as shown by way of example in Figures 26 to 28.
  • a bag 90 of bubble laminate has been pulled over the pack 91.
  • the bubble bag 90 could be secured in place by a further wrap of stretch film.
  • the amount of bubble film used may be reduced if adhesive--backed patches 92 are strategically applied to raise points on the sides of the packs and strips used on the corners, as shown in Figures 27 and 28.
  • Appropriate pigmentation (e.g. white) of at least the outer layer of the bubble film is advantageous, especially for the top of the unit load.
  • the two methods of insulation i.e. pigment or metallised stretch film and pigmented bubble film
  • the additional cost of such wrapping may be offset by savings if either or both of the stockinet and polybag presently used to cover each carcass during handling and shipping are not used.
  • a more elaborate and removable cover may be used to temporarily enshroud and thermally protect unit loads when exposed to the ambient environment, and once the covered packs are aboard ship their covers may be removed and repeatedly returned for reuse.

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