EP0648684A1 - Positioniervorrichtung für eine Spule und Verpackungsverfahren unter Benutzung dieser Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Positioniervorrichtung für eine Spule und Verpackungsverfahren unter Benutzung dieser Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0648684A1
EP0648684A1 EP94420262A EP94420262A EP0648684A1 EP 0648684 A1 EP0648684 A1 EP 0648684A1 EP 94420262 A EP94420262 A EP 94420262A EP 94420262 A EP94420262 A EP 94420262A EP 0648684 A1 EP0648684 A1 EP 0648684A1
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Richard Oracz
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/66—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for jumbo rolls; for rolls of floor covering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/38—Details or accessories
    • B65D19/44—Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D61/00—External frames or supports adapted to be assembled around, or applied to, articles

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  • the present invention relates to a device for enabling easy and safe positioning of coils of continuous flexible material for their transport and storage, as well as to a method of packaging such coils using this device.
  • Continuous flexible materials such as films, papers, cartons, fabrics or the like are generally wound around a mandrel to be handled, transported and fed during their use or transformation.
  • reels of flexible or continuous material are formed, which will hereinafter be called film reels, for clarity and simplification.
  • flanges are generally mounted on each end of the mandrel. These flanges have a dimension greater than the thickness of the coil so as to form a bearing face when the coil is placed on the ground or on a support base such as a pallet.
  • plastic flanges of sufficient strength allowing stacking of the coils;
  • these flanges cannot be suitable for coils of medium or large width, and of heavy weight.
  • these flanges cannot be used for coils with protruding mandrel.
  • One of the aims of the present invention is to propose a device suitable for all types of coils, in particular for medium and large width and high weight coils allowing positioning and setting of the flanges without requiring significant manipulation.
  • This device is recoverable and can be returned to the coil manufacturer for reuse. This device therefore makes it possible to reduce the quantity of packaging rejection. It can be used with all types of coils, ie coil with overflowing or leveling mandrel.
  • the invention provides a device for positioning a reel of flexible and continuous material such as a film of synthetic or natural material, fabric, paper, cardboard, making it possible to carry out correct packaging and positioning. and easy to transport or store.
  • This device comprises at least one means for receiving and holding each flange mounted on each end of the reel mandrel, and at least one means for making the means for receiving and maintaining a flange integral with the means for receiving and maintenance of the other flange.
  • This device can be used with the coils, called with a leveling mandrel, that is to say with a mandrel of length equal to the width of the flexible and continuous material wound on it.
  • a leveling mandrel that is to say with a mandrel of length equal to the width of the flexible and continuous material wound on it.
  • On the ends of this mandrel are removably mounted flanges of polygonal shape, for example of square shape, and comprising a central orifice of diameter close to that of the mandrel.
  • the fixing of the flanges can be carried out by any conventional and known means, such as a spacer with a flange that fits into the mandrel, a spacer that comes in one piece with the flange and that forms a means of nesting the latter in the mandrel.
  • protruding mandrels that is to say coils whose length of the mandrel is greater than the width of the flexible material wound on it.
  • the flanges used for this type of coil can be identical to those used with first category coils with leveling mandrel. However, it is preferable to use flanges having an oblong opening opening on one side of the flange and allowing the passage of the protruding end of the mandrel which comes to rest on the bottom of the opening.
  • the receiving and holding means is formed by a bar having a flat support surface on which the side of a flange will come to rest, and at least one vertical wall coming into contact with the face of the flange not adjacent to the coil so as to maintain the latter and prevent it from moving away from the coil under the effect of the weight or of the vibrations and movements generated during transport.
  • this bar has an L-shaped section.
  • This bar forming the receiving and holding means may have a U-shaped profile, defining a housing in which one side of the flange is disposed.
  • the branches of the U can be of equal or unequal height.
  • a receiving and holding means constituted by a U-shaped bar and for the other flange, a means for receiving and holding device constituted by an L-shaped section bar.
  • At least one L-shaped bar makes it possible to facilitate the adjustment of the spacing between the two receiving and holding means, in particular when the flanges are brought into their housings formed by said means, in the mode of embodiment of the invention comprising a means for securing the receiving means constituted by a bar with adjustable width.
  • the flat face of the bar opposite the bearing face comprises a non-slip means constituted for example by asperities formed on said face or attached to it, for example by gluing or fixing an anti-slip material, or more simply by protuberances formed on this face, for example by stamping of the bar, grooving or ribbing.
  • the device comprises a means for securing the means for receiving and holding the flanges.
  • This securing means is formed in an embodiment of the invention of at least one rod on the ends of which are temporarily or not fixed the bars forming the receiving and holding means.
  • this rod is adjustable in length so that the spacing between the bars forming the receiving and holding means can be adapted to the width of the spool, that is to say to the spacing between the flanges.
  • this rod is a telescopic rod or is made up of several elements which can slide relative to one another.
  • These rods may include graduations making it possible to easily determine and adjust their length.
  • the means for holding the telescopic rod or more generally the variable length rod at the desired length are numerous and well known. Mention may be made, for example, of pins, screw / nut systems introduced into orifices provided on each element of the rod, or a clamping screw provided on one element and coming to bear on the other element.
  • any device for adjusting and blocking the length of the securing rod can be used without departing from the scope of the invention. Mention may be made, by way of example, of locking systems using keys, pins, clicks or the like.
  • a single rod when the length of the bars forming the receiving and holding means is small, a single rod makes it possible to join two receiving and holding means.
  • this length is relatively high, for example greater than 50 cm, it is preferable to have at least two securing rods each advantageously fixed in the vicinity of the ends of the receiving and holding bars so as to form a rigid frame.
  • the length of the receiving and holding bars can be variable.
  • it can be relatively low to only come into contact with a short range on one side of the flange.
  • the device of the invention can be placed in the middle of the support side of the flange.
  • the bars forming the means for receiving and holding the coils or flanges have a length close to the length of the side of the flange.
  • the length of the bar may be between approximately 50% of the length of the side and approximately 120% of the latter.
  • the bars are advantageously secured to one another by at least two connecting rods.
  • the device of the invention comprises elements fixed or coming in one piece with either the bars forming the receiving and holding means or the connecting rods forming a base support. These elements form a means of gripping the device / coil assembly for conventional gripping devices such as forks of forklifts.
  • the device of the invention can be made of any rigid material.
  • the device is made of metal such as steel, advantageously protected against the risks of corrosion.
  • the invention also relates to a method of packaging a reel of flexible and continuous material such as a film of synthetic material, comprising polygonal flanges disposed on the ends of the mandrel.
  • This method consists in placing the lower or support sides of the flanges in the receiving and holding means of a device according to the invention, respectively.
  • This device is advantageously arranged on a support, a base such as a pallet.
  • the three elements coil, device and base of the support are then advantageously made integral with each other by any suitable means such as, for example, by straps, belts, bands or the like.
  • the method also consists in placing at least one device in accordance with the invention on the upper edges of the flanges so as to stiffen the assembly.
  • the coils can be stacked on several heights, in particular for stacking storage.
  • the rods for positioning and holding the device (s) arranged on the upper edges of the flanges can advantageously serve as a support surface for means for securing the coil, pallet assembly, thus avoiding support for the latter on the film.
  • These securing means are, for example, metal straps or bands or not arranged around the coil / pallet assembly according to the strapping process commonly used in the field of packaging.
  • the device of the invention has a small footprint and can be returned to the reel sender to be reused again. This characteristic is of great interest in view of the development of new increasingly restrictive legislation on the rejection of waste and on the limitation of the use of non-recoverable packaging.
  • the device of the invention also has the advantage of being usable for all types of coils.
  • a positioning and holding device 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention comprises two bars 3, 4 in the form of a U having a bearing face 5, 6 and two vertical walls 7 , 8, 9, 10.
  • the bars 3, 4 are joined together, in the illustrated embodiment, by two telescopic rods 13, 14 comprising a hollow element 13a, 14a connected to a bar 4 in which another element 13b, 14b can slide. This second element 13b, 14b is connected to the other bar 3.
  • the means for fixing the elements forming the rods 13, 14 on the bars 3, 4 can be any and are for example weld lines.
  • the section of the rods 3, 4 is square.
  • this section can have any shape such as round, rectangular, for example.
  • the elements 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b are blocked in movement by a locking means such as a screw 15 disposed on the elements 13a, 14a, the end of which comes into contact in the bottom of a groove 16 formed on one side elements 13b, 14b.
  • a locking means such as a screw 15 disposed on the elements 13a, 14a, the end of which comes into contact in the bottom of a groove 16 formed on one side elements 13b, 14b.
  • the device of the invention comprises, on the surface external to the U of the bearing face 5, 6 of the bars 3, 4, protuberances formed in the illustrated embodiment, by orifices 17, 18 distributed on this face and of which the edges have been stamped so that they protrude outwards from the U.
  • the bars 3 or one of these bars have an L-shaped profile, the vertical wall of the L being situated on the outside of the device so as to come and press against the flanges 11, 12.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of the positioning of a reel of continuous flexible material with an overhanging mandrel obtained with two devices in accordance with the invention and represented in FIG. 1.
  • a device 1 according to the invention is arranged on a support base 19 such as a pallet.
  • the spacing between the bars 3, 4 has been previously adjusted.
  • Two flanges 11, 12 comprising an oblong opening 20, 21 have a square shape, one of the sides of the square being disposed in the housing formed by the U shape of the bars 3, 4.
  • the device of the invention keeps the two flanges in position by their lower side.
  • a second device 1 is disposed on the upper sides of the flanges 11, 12.
  • the assembly formed by the two flanges 11, 12 and the two devices 1 constitutes a rigid frame safely supporting the coil.
  • the sliding of this assembly on the pallet 19 is made very difficult. It will be the same for a pallet stacked on this assembly and which will come to rest on the bearing faces of the upper device 1 also comprising asperities.
  • a flexible envelope is arranged around the latter, a second protective envelope can be arranged around the coil / pallet assembly.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an assembly similar to that of FIG. 2 but with flanges 22, 23 adapted for coils with leveling mandrel.
  • These flanges 22, 23 also of square shape only comprise a central orifice with a diameter close to that of the mandrel.
  • These flanges are mounted on the ends of the mandrel either by fitting if they include a shoulder forming a cylinder on one of their faces, or by introducing tubes 24 provided with a flange, called cups, into the central orifices, the tube fitting in the mandrel and the flange coming to bear on the external face of the flange.
  • the cups 24 are held in place by rods 25 disposed between the lower and upper devices 1. These rods are removably mounted on the devices 1 by fitting their ends into housings 26 provided on the bars 3,4.

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EP19940420262 1993-10-13 1994-09-28 Positioniervorrichtung für eine Spule und Verpackungsverfahren unter Benutzung dieser Vorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0648684B1 (de)

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FR9312392A FR2711112B1 (fr) 1993-10-13 1993-10-13 Dispositif de positionnement de bobine et procédé d'emballage utilisant ce dispositif.
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