EP0631946A1 - Multi-unit pack, method of producing it and apparatus for the realization of the procedure - Google Patents

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EP0631946A1
EP0631946A1 EP93112547A EP93112547A EP0631946A1 EP 0631946 A1 EP0631946 A1 EP 0631946A1 EP 93112547 A EP93112547 A EP 93112547A EP 93112547 A EP93112547 A EP 93112547A EP 0631946 A1 EP0631946 A1 EP 0631946A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • the present invention relates to the technique of packaging liquids, especially in the food industry, and in particular to the combination of several soft packs made of metal or plastic-coated cardboard or cardboard into a multiple packaging.
  • DE-OS 41 26 212 discloses multiple packaging made from individual packs connected by adhesive bonding. However, these are not soft packs, but tin cans, and the adhesive does not affect the direct connection of these individual packs to each other, but a cardboard or plastic blank that partially or completely surrounds each individual pack and continues with the formation of a connecting web to the next individual pack.
  • the object of the present invention is to create a multiple packaging which holds the individual soft packs together with minimal effort both in terms of production technology and material.
  • the top printed paper layer would be loosened, but not the aluminum foil and / or PE coating of the wall material, which caused the tightness. It goes without saying that the adhesion of the adhesive points or glue points is chosen to be lower than the tear-out strength of the cardboard material of the soft packs.
  • the drawing shows schematically the top view of a device for connection a plurality - in the present case three - from individual soft packs to multiple packs.
  • a main conveyor belt 1 runs through the entire device, on which the soft packs 3 to be connected to groups already arrive on the inlet side in the orientation in which they are to be connected to form multiple packs.
  • a known separating device 5 which consists of two brake belts 7 acting on both sides, which circulate deflection drums 9 with a vertical axis at a speed which is lower than the speed of the main conveyor belt 1.
  • the brake belts decelerate the forward speed of the soft packs 3, so that the respectively arriving soft pack comes into contact with the previous soft pack already gripped between the brake bands and all soft packs in the area of the brake bands move forward at reduced speed without a gap.
  • 1 adhesive dispenser 20 is arranged to the side of the main conveyor belt, from whose nozzles hot melt adhesive can be sprayed out in portions under pressure. Due to the resulting defined distance between the soft pack already transported on by the main conveyor belt 1 and the soft pack still detected in the separating device 5, adhesive points are sprayed onto the front end face of the latter soft pack, preferably four adhesive points near the corners of this end face. You can do this, for example four glue dispensers - two on each side one above the other - can be arranged or two or even one glue dispenser can be sprayed on the glue dots in succession. It goes without saying that the control is also set up in such a way that in each case only the adhesive spots are sprayed on where they are required, that is to say not on the front end face of each first soft pack of a multiple pack.
  • the individual soft packs provided with adhesive dots continue into the subsequent alignment station 30, which in the exemplary embodiment shown has two alignment positions on both sides of the main conveyor 1, which alternately start to work in a layered manner.
  • a side conveyor belt 33 On the starting section of which a transverse stop plate 35 is arranged on the outside.
  • An alignment plate 37 interacts with this and can be displaced in the transverse direction by means of a pneumatic cylinder 39, the pneumatic cylinder 39 and its piston rod engaging over the transverse stop plate 35 and the soft packs 3.
  • each alignment station 30 is combined with a longitudinal compression device 40, which essentially consists of a longitudinal stop plate 41 and a compression ram 45 actuated by a pneumatic cylinder 43.
  • the longitudinal stop plate 41 of both stations is combined with the alignment plate 37 to form a component which is T-shaped in plan view.
  • the longitudinal stop plates can also be separately designed and drivable components, for example in such a way that they are arranged next to and outside the side conveyor belts 33 and can be advanced or retracted from their drive in the transverse direction into the region of the side conveyor belts.
  • the function of the alignment and compression stations combined in this way is such that a group of soft packs 3, still isolated and already provided with adhesive dots, is detected by the alignment plate 37 when the alignment station 30 is reached by actuating the pneumatic cylinder 39 and transversely onto the side conveyor belt 33 there and against a cross stop plate 35 is pressed and thereby precisely aligned in succession.
  • This transverse movement has also brought the longitudinal stop plate 41 into the region of the side conveyor belt 33 under consideration.
  • the pneumatic cylinder 43 now presses the compression stamp 45 and thus the group of three soft packs 3 together, which are glued to form a finished multiple pack 50.
  • a guide 55 extends over its front end region and detects the incoming multiple packaging 50 and pushes it onto the main conveyor belt 1, on which it is moved to another device for assembling larger units, for example a so-called "tray packer".

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The multi-unit pack 50 proposed, consisting of a plurality of individual soft packages 3, in particular for drinking liquids, is characterised by bonding of the aligned soft packages by means of a plurality of adhesive spots or small adhesive areas. A heated melt adhesive is sprayed from an adhesive dispenser 20 onto one of the surfaces of the soft packages to be connected after they have passed through a separating device 5, whereupon the individual packs 5 of the group are aligned in an aligning station 30 and are pressed together in a longitudinal pressing device 40 until the adhesive points have become firm. These stations are located on a lateral conveyor belt 33, arranged at the side of the main conveyor belt 1, from where the finished multi-unit packs 50 are guided back onto the main conveyor belt 1 by a guiding device 55.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf die Technik der Verpackung von Flüssigkeiten, vor allem in der Nahrungsmittelbranche, und insbesondere auf die Zusammenfassung von mehreren Weichpackungen aus metall- oder kunststoffbeschichteter Pappe bzw. Karton zu einer Mehrfachverpackung.The present invention relates to the technique of packaging liquids, especially in the food industry, and in particular to the combination of several soft packs made of metal or plastic-coated cardboard or cardboard into a multiple packaging.

Üblicherweise werden mehrere Weichpackungen, z.B. die unter dem Warenzeichen Tetrapak weithin bekannten quaderförmigen Weichpackungen in der Weise zu Mehrfachverpackungen zusammengefaßt, daß die die Mehrfachverpackung ausmachenden Weichpackungen mit einer Folie, z.B. einer Schrumpffolie überzogen werden. Nachteilig hierbei ist der Materialaufwand für die Folie und, worauf es heute besonders ankommt, der beim Trennen der Mehrfachverpackung in Gestalt der Überzugsfolie anfallende Müll.Usually several soft packs, e.g. the cuboidal soft packs, which are well known under the trademark Tetrapak, are combined into multiple packs in such a way that the soft packs constituting the multiple pack are covered with a film, e.g. be covered with a shrink film. The disadvantage here is the cost of materials for the film and, what is particularly important today, the waste that occurs when the multiple packaging is separated in the form of the covering film.

Unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Vermeidung von Verpackungsmüll ist aus der DE-OS 41 26 212 eine Mehrfachverpackung aus durch Klebung verbundenen Einzelpackungen bekannt. Hier handelt es sich jedoch nicht um Weichpackungen, sondern um Blechdosen, und die Klebung betrifft nicht die unmittelbare Verbindung dieser Einzelpackungen miteinander, sondern einen Pappe- oder Kunststoffzuschnitt, der jede Einzelpackung teilweise oder vollständig klebend umgibt und unter Ausbildung eines Verbindungsstegs zur nächsten Einzelpackung weitergeht.From the point of view of avoiding packaging waste, DE-OS 41 26 212 discloses multiple packaging made from individual packs connected by adhesive bonding. However, these are not soft packs, but tin cans, and the adhesive does not affect the direct connection of these individual packs to each other, but a cardboard or plastic blank that partially or completely surrounds each individual pack and continues with the formation of a connecting web to the next individual pack.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist die Schaffung einer Mehrfachverpackung, die die einzelnen Weichpackungen mit sowohl herstellungstechnisch als auch materialmäßig minimalem Aufwand zusammenhält.The object of the present invention is to create a multiple packaging which holds the individual soft packs together with minimal effort both in terms of production technology and material.

Die Lösung der gestellten Aufgabe ergibt sich aus den Patentansprüchen.The solution to the problem arises from the patent claims.

Die vorgeschlagene Verbindung der einzelnen Weichpackungen durch Klebepunkte bzw. Klebestellen eines Heißklebers ist völlig ausreichend für die üblichen Beanspruchungen beim Transport, der Lagerung, der Bereithaltung in den Regalen der Verkaufsgeschäfte und der Handhabung durch den Kunden, bis dieser die Packungen voneinander trennt. Dabei kann durch entsprechende Wahl der Verfahrensführung - insbesondere der geeigneten Wahl des Klebers, der Temperatur der Aufbringung und der Haltezeit während des Abbindens bzw. Festwerdens - die Klebekraft leicht so eingestellt werden, daß der Zusammenhalt der Weichpackungen bis in den Haushalt des Verbrauchers zuverlässig gewährleistet ist und dennoch eine anschließende Trennung ohne übermäßige Kraftanstrengung und insbesondere ohne Gefahr des Ausreißens von Löchern in den Weichpackungen möglich ist. Wenn beim Trennen von zwei Weichpackungen voneinander im Bereich der Klebestellen die oberste Schicht einer der beiden Packungen am Kleber haften bleibt, so ist dies nicht schädlich. Es würde allenfalls die oberste bedruckte Papierschicht gelöst, nicht jedoch die die Dichtigkeit bewirkende Aluminiumfolie und/oder PE-Beschichtung des Wandmaterials. Es versteht sich, daß die Haftung der Klebepunkte bzw. Klebestellen niedriger gewählt wird als die Ausreißfestigkeit des Kartonmaterials der Weichpackungen.The proposed connection of the individual soft packs by glue points or glue points of a hot glue is completely sufficient for the usual stresses during transport, storage, being on the shelves of the sales shops and handling by the customer until the customer separates the packs. By appropriate choice of the procedure - in particular the suitable choice of adhesive, the temperature of application and the holding time during setting or solidification - the adhesive force can be easily adjusted so that the cohesion of the soft packs is reliably guaranteed right into the household of the consumer and yet a subsequent separation is possible without excessive force and in particular without the risk of tearing holes in the soft packs. If the top layer of one of the two packs sticks to the adhesive when separating two soft packs from one another in the area of the adhesive points, this is not harmful. At most, the top printed paper layer would be loosened, but not the aluminum foil and / or PE coating of the wall material, which caused the tightness. It goes without saying that the adhesion of the adhesive points or glue points is chosen to be lower than the tear-out strength of the cardboard material of the soft packs.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend durch die Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels an Hand der beigegebenen Zeichnung weiter erläutert. Die Zeichnung zeigt schematisch die Draufsicht auf eine Vorrichtung zur Verbindung einer Mehrzahl - vorliegend drei - von einzelnen Weichpackungen zu einer Mehrfachverpackung.The invention is further explained below by the description of an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawing. The drawing shows schematically the top view of a device for connection a plurality - in the present case three - from individual soft packs to multiple packs.

Durch die gesamte Vorrichtung verläuft ein Hauptförderband 1, auf dem die zu Gruppen zu verbindenden Weichpackungen 3 einlaufseitig bereits in der Ausrichtung ankommen, in der sie zu Mehrfachverpackungen verbunden werden sollen.A main conveyor belt 1 runs through the entire device, on which the soft packs 3 to be connected to groups already arrive on the inlet side in the orientation in which they are to be connected to form multiple packs.

Zunächst durchlaufen sie als erste Station eine bekannte Vereinzelungsvorrichtung 5, die aus zwei beidseits angreifenden Bremsbändern 7 besteht, die Umlenktrommeln 9 mit senkrechter Achse mit einer Geschwindigkeit umlaufen, die niedriger ist als die Geschwindigkeit des Hauptförderbandes 1. Die Bremsbänder verzögern die Vorwärtsgeschwindigkeit der Weichpackungen 3, so daß die jeweils ankommende Weichpackung auf die vorangehende, schon zwischen den Bremsbändern erfaßte Weichpackung stößt und alle Weichpackungen im Bereich der Bremsbänder abstandslos mit reduzierter Geschwindigkeit vorwärts kommen.First of all, as the first station, they pass through a known separating device 5, which consists of two brake belts 7 acting on both sides, which circulate deflection drums 9 with a vertical axis at a speed which is lower than the speed of the main conveyor belt 1. The brake belts decelerate the forward speed of the soft packs 3, so that the respectively arriving soft pack comes into contact with the previous soft pack already gripped between the brake bands and all soft packs in the area of the brake bands move forward at reduced speed without a gap.

Sobald eine Weichpackung am vorderen Ende der Vereinzelungsvorrichtung 5 von den Bremsbändern 7 freigegeben wird, nimmt sie wieder die Geschwindigkeit des Hauptförderbandes 1 an und es entsteht ein definierter Abstand zu der nachfolgenden Weichpackung.As soon as a soft pack at the front end of the separating device 5 is released by the brake belts 7, it again assumes the speed of the main conveyor belt 1 and there is a defined distance from the subsequent soft pack.

An dieser Stelle sind seitlich vom Hauptförderband 1 Kleberspender 20 angeordnet, aus deren Düsen heißer Schmelzkleber portioniert unter Druck ausgespritzt werden kann. Durch den entstandenen definierten Abstand zwischen der schon vom Hauptförderband 1 weitertransportierten Weichpackung und der noch in der Vereinzelungsvorrichtung 5 erfaßten Weichpackung werden auf die vordere Stirnfläche der letzteren Weichpackung Klebepunkte aufgespritzt, und zwar vorzugsweise vier Klebepunkte nahe den Ecken dieser Stirnfläche. Hierzu können beispielsweise vier Kleberspender - je zwei auf jeder Seite übereinander - angeordnet sein oder es können zwei oder auch nur ein Kleberspender entsprechend gesteuert die Klebepunkte aufeinanderfolgend aufspritzen. Es versteht sich, daß die Steuerung weiterhin so eingerichtet ist, daß jeweils nur die Klebepunkte dort aufgespritzt werden, wo sie erforderlich sind, also nicht an der vorderen Stirnfläche jeder ersten Weichpackung einer Mehrfachverpackung.At this point, 1 adhesive dispenser 20 is arranged to the side of the main conveyor belt, from whose nozzles hot melt adhesive can be sprayed out in portions under pressure. Due to the resulting defined distance between the soft pack already transported on by the main conveyor belt 1 and the soft pack still detected in the separating device 5, adhesive points are sprayed onto the front end face of the latter soft pack, preferably four adhesive points near the corners of this end face. You can do this, for example four glue dispensers - two on each side one above the other - can be arranged or two or even one glue dispenser can be sprayed on the glue dots in succession. It goes without saying that the control is also set up in such a way that in each case only the adhesive spots are sprayed on where they are required, that is to say not on the front end face of each first soft pack of a multiple pack.

Die mit Klebepunkten versehenen einzelnen Weichpackungen laufen weiter in die nachfolgende Ausrichtstation 30, wobei diese im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel beidseits des Hauptförderers 1 zwei Ausrichtpositionen aufweist, die umschichtig abwechselnd in Tätigkeit treten.The individual soft packs provided with adhesive dots continue into the subsequent alignment station 30, which in the exemplary embodiment shown has two alignment positions on both sides of the main conveyor 1, which alternately start to work in a layered manner.

Zu jeder Ausrichtposition gehört ein Seitenförderband 33, auf dessen Anfangsabschnitt außen eine Queranschlagplatte 35 angeordnet ist. Mit dieser wirkt eine Ausrichtplatte 37 zusammen, die mittels eines Pneumatikzylinders 39 in Querrichtung verschieblich ist, wobei der Pneumatikzylinder 39 und seine Kolbenstange die Queranschlagplatte 35 und die Weichpackungen 3 übergreifen.For each alignment position there is a side conveyor belt 33, on the starting section of which a transverse stop plate 35 is arranged on the outside. An alignment plate 37 interacts with this and can be displaced in the transverse direction by means of a pneumatic cylinder 39, the pneumatic cylinder 39 and its piston rod engaging over the transverse stop plate 35 and the soft packs 3.

Weiterhin ist jede Ausrichtstation 30 mit einer Längszusammendrückvorrichtung 40 kombiniert, die im wesentlichen aus einer Längsanschlagplatte 41 und einem von einem Pneumatikzylinder 43 betätigten Zusammendrückstempel 45 besteht. Vorliegend ist die Längsanschlagplatte 41 beider Stationen mit der Ausrichtplatte 37 zu einem in der Draufsicht T-förmigen Bauteil kombiniert.Furthermore, each alignment station 30 is combined with a longitudinal compression device 40, which essentially consists of a longitudinal stop plate 41 and a compression ram 45 actuated by a pneumatic cylinder 43. In the present case, the longitudinal stop plate 41 of both stations is combined with the alignment plate 37 to form a component which is T-shaped in plan view.

Die Längsanschlagplatten können auch getrennt ausgeführte und antreibbare Bauteile sein, etwa in der Weise, daß sie neben und außerhalb der Seitenförderbänder 33 angeordnet sind und von ihrem Antrieb in Querrichtung in den Bereich der Seitenförderbänder vorgeschoben bzw. aus diesem Bereich zurückgezogen werden können.The longitudinal stop plates can also be separately designed and drivable components, for example in such a way that they are arranged next to and outside the side conveyor belts 33 and can be advanced or retracted from their drive in the transverse direction into the region of the side conveyor belts.

Die Funktion der so kombinierten Ausricht- und Zusammendrückstationen ist derart, daß eine Gruppe von noch vereinzelt und schon mit Klebepunkten versehenen Weichpackungen 3 bei Erreichen der Ausrichtstation 30 durch Ansteuerung des Pneumatikzylinders 39 von der Ausrichtplatte 37 erfaßt und in Querrichtung auf das dortige Seitenförderband 33 und gegen eine Queranschlagplatte 35 gedrückt und dadurch präzise aufeinanderfolgend ausgerichtet werden. Durch diese Querbewegung ist auch die Längsanschlagplatte 41 in den Bereich des betrachteten Seitenförderbandes 33 gekommen. Der Pneumatikzylinder 43 drückt jetzt den Zusammendrückstempel 45 vor und damit die Gruppe von drei Weichpackungen 3 zusammen, die zu einer fertigen Mehrfachverpackung 50 verklebt werden.The function of the alignment and compression stations combined in this way is such that a group of soft packs 3, still isolated and already provided with adhesive dots, is detected by the alignment plate 37 when the alignment station 30 is reached by actuating the pneumatic cylinder 39 and transversely onto the side conveyor belt 33 there and against a cross stop plate 35 is pressed and thereby precisely aligned in succession. This transverse movement has also brought the longitudinal stop plate 41 into the region of the side conveyor belt 33 under consideration. The pneumatic cylinder 43 now presses the compression stamp 45 and thus the group of three soft packs 3 together, which are glued to form a finished multiple pack 50.

Nach einer kurzen Haltezeit von wenigen Sekunden ist eine ausreichende Haftung erzielt und der Zusammendrückstempel 45 wird wieder entlastet. In der Zwischenzeit sind drei weitere Packungen auf der anderen Seite der Ausrichtplatte 37 in den Bereich der Ausrichtstation 30 eingelaufen und der Pneumatikzylinder 39 wird in der anderen Richtung betätigt, so daß jetzt eine Ausrichtung der drei nächsten Weichpackungen gegen die andere Queranschlagplatte 35 und gleichzeitig die Freigabe des Seitenförderbandes 33 der fertigen Mehrfachverpackung 50 erfolgt.After a short holding time of a few seconds, sufficient adhesion is achieved and the compression stamp 45 is relieved again. In the meantime, three further packs on the other side of the alignment plate 37 have run into the area of the alignment station 30 and the pneumatic cylinder 39 is actuated in the other direction, so that now an alignment of the next three soft packs against the other cross-stop plate 35 and at the same time the release of the side conveyor belt 33 of the finished multiple packaging 50.

Das Seitenförderband 33 mit der fertigen Mehrfachverpackung 50 wird jetzt eingeschaltet. Über seinen vorderen Endbereich erstreckt sich eine Leitführung 55, die die ankommende Mehrfachverpackung 50 erfaßt und auf das Hauptförderband 1 abschiebt, auf dem sie zu einer weiteren Vorrichtung zur Zusammenstellung größerer Einheiten, z.B. einem sogenannten "Traypacker" gefahren wird.The side conveyor belt 33 with the finished multiple packaging 50 is now switched on. A guide 55 extends over its front end region and detects the incoming multiple packaging 50 and pushes it onto the main conveyor belt 1, on which it is moved to another device for assembling larger units, for example a so-called "tray packer".

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HauptförderbandMain conveyor belt
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WeichpackungSoft pack
55
VereinzelungsvorrichtungSeparating device
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BremsbänderBrake bands
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UmlenktrommelDeflection drum
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KleberspenderGlue dispenser
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AusrichtstationAlignment station
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SeitenförderbandSide conveyor
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QueranschlagplatteCross stop plate
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AusrichtplatteAlignment plate
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PneumatikzylinderPneumatic cylinder
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LängszusammendrückvorrichtungLongitudinal compression device
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LängsanschlagplatteRip fence
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PneumatikzylinderPneumatic cylinder
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ZusammendrückstempelCompression stamp
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MehrfachverpackungMultiple packaging
5555
LeitführungGuidance

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Mehrfachverpackung aus einer Mehrzahl von Weichpackungen, die unter gleicher Orientierung längs einer Linie aufeinanderfolgend miteinander verklebt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Weichpackung mit der in der Mehrfachverpackung benachbarten Weichpackung auf einer ebenen Seitenfläche Berührung hat und die Klebeverbindung mittels einer Mehrzahl von Klebepunkten oder kleinen Klebeflächen auf diesen Seitenflächen bewirkt ist.Multiple packaging consisting of a plurality of soft packs which are successively glued together along a line with the same orientation, characterized in that each soft pack has contact with the soft pack adjacent in the multiple pack on a flat side surface and the adhesive connection by means of a plurality of adhesive dots or small adhesive surfaces these side surfaces is effected. Mehrfachverpackung nach Anspruch 1 aus Weichpackungen mit rechteckigem Grundriß, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verklebung mittels vier nahe den Ecken der aneinanderstoßenden Seitenflächen gelegenen Klebepunkten bewirkt ist.Multiple packaging according to claim 1 made of soft packs with a rectangular outline, characterized in that the bonding is effected by means of four adhesive spots located near the corners of the abutting side surfaces. Mehrfachverpackung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in der Mehrfachverpackung die größeren Seitenflächen der Weichpackungen aneinanderstoßen.Multiple packaging according to claim 2, characterized in that the larger side surfaces of the soft packs abut one another in the multiple packaging. Mehrfachverpackung nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klebepunkte aus Heißkleber bestehen.Multiple packaging according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the adhesive dots consist of hot glue. Verfahren zur Herstellung von Mehrfachverpackungen nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klebepunkte jeweils auf eine der beiden miteinander zu verbindenden Flächen aufgetragen werden, worauf die einzelnen Weichpackungen unter Beibehaltung eines Abstands der zu verklebenden Flächen quer zur Längserstreckung der herzustellenden Mehrfachverpackung ausgerichtet werden und danach durch Kraftbeaufschlagung der Endexemplare der Weichpackungen in Richtung der Längserstreckung miteinander in Berührung gebracht und bis zum Abbinden des Klebers zusammengedrückt werden.A process for the production of multiple packs according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the adhesive dots are applied in each case to one of the two surfaces to be connected to one another, whereupon the individual soft packs, while maintaining a distance between the surfaces to be glued, transverse to the longitudinal extent of the surfaces to be produced Multiple packaging are aligned and then by applying force to the final copies of the soft packs in the direction the longitudinal extent brought into contact with one another and pressed together until the adhesive sets. Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach Anspruch 5,
gekennzeichnet durch eine Einlaufstrecke mit einer die in Richtung der Längserstreckung der herzustellenden Mehrfachverpackung ausgerichtet ankommenden Weichpackungen (3) auf definierten Abstand vereinzelnden Vereinzelungsvorrichtung (5),
einen die Klebepunkte auf eine oder beide zu verbindenden Flächen anbringenden Kleberspender (20),
eine anschließende Ausrichtstation (30), in der die zu einer herzustellenden Mehrfachverpackung gehörenden Weichpackungen von einer in Querrichtung antreibbar verschieblichen Ausrichtplatte (37) gegen eine Queranschlagplatte (35) gedrückt und ausgerichtet werden, und eine die ausgerichteten Weichpackungen in Längsrichtung bis zur Berührung und zum Abbinden der Klebepunkte zusammendrückende Längszusammendrückvorrichtung.Device for carrying out the method according to claim 5,
characterized by an inlet section with a soft pack (3) arriving at a defined distance separating the soft packs (3) oriented in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the multiple pack to be produced,
an adhesive dispenser (20) attaching the adhesive points to one or both surfaces to be connected,
a subsequent aligning station (30), in which the soft packs belonging to a multiple pack to be produced are pressed and aligned by an aligning plate (37) which can be driven in the transverse direction against a transverse stop plate (35), and one the aligned soft packs in the longitudinal direction until they touch and bind the longitudinal compression device of the adhesive dots. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ausrichtstation (30) ein seitlich des Hauptförderbandes (1) angeordnetes Seitenförderband (33) aufweist und die Ausrichtplatte (37) die zu einer Mehrfachverpackung zu verbindenden Weichpackungen unter Freigabe des Hauptförderbandes zur Seite auf das Seitenförderband (33) abschiebt
und daß die Längszusammendrückvorrichtung (40) eine zurückziehbare Längsanschlagplatte (41) sowie einen Zusammendrückstempel (45) aufweist.Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the alignment station (30) has a side conveyor belt (33) arranged on the side of the main conveyor belt (1) and the alignment plate (37) the soft packs to be connected to form a multiple package, releasing the main conveyor belt to the side onto the side conveyor belt ( 33) deporting
and that the longitudinal compression device (40) has a retractable longitudinal stop plate (41) and a compression stamp (45). Vorrichtung nach Ansprüchen 6 und/oder 7, gekennzeichnet durch zwei beidseits des mittigen Hauptförderbandes angeordnete Ausricht- und Zusammendrückstationen mit je einer ihre Außengrenze darstellenden Queranschlagplatte (35),
wobei die Ausrichtplatte (37) zur abwechselnden Querverschiebung der Weichpackungen einer herzustellenden Mehrfachverpackung antreibbar ist und jeder Ausrichtstation (30) eine Längszusammendrückvorrichtung (40) zugeordnet ist.Apparatus according to claims 6 and / or 7, characterized by two alignment and compression stations arranged on both sides of the central main conveyor belt, each with a transverse stop plate (35) representing its outer limit,
wherein the alignment plate (37) can be driven for alternating transverse displacement of the soft packs of a multiple pack to be produced, and a longitudinal compression device (40) is assigned to each alignment station (30). Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Längsanschlagplatten (41) am in Förderrichtung vorderen Ende der Ausrichtplatte (37) rechtwinklig zu deren Erstreckung angeordnet sind und zusammen mit dieser in der Draufsicht eine T-Form aufweisen.Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the longitudinal stop plates (41) are arranged at the front end of the alignment plate (37) in the conveying direction at right angles to their extension and, together with the latter, have a T-shape in plan view. Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 5 bis 9, gekennzeichnet durch Pneumatikzylinder (39; 43) als Antriebselemente der Ausrichtplatte (37) und der Zusammendrückstempel (45).Device according to one or more of claims 5 to 9, characterized by pneumatic cylinders (39; 43) as drive elements of the alignment plate (37) and the compression punches (45). Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 6 bis 10, gekennzeichnet durch Leitführungen (55), die die aus den Ausrichtstationen auslaufenden Mehrfachverpackungen (50) wieder zum mittigen Hauptförderband (1) zurückleiten.Device according to one or more of claims 6 to 10, characterized by guide guides (55) which guide the multiple packs (50) running out of the alignment stations back to the central main conveyor belt (1). Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 6 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kleberspender (20) seitlich des Hauptförderbandes (1) zwischen der Vereinzelungsvorrichtung (5) und der Ausrichtstation (30) angeordnet ist und den Klebstoff auf eine der in Verbindung zu bringenden Flächen aufspritzt.Device according to one or more of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that the adhesive dispenser (20) is arranged on the side of the main conveyor belt (1) between the separating device (5) and the alignment station (30) and the adhesive is placed on one of the ones to be connected Sprayed on surfaces.
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