EP0663880A1 - Procede et chaine pour la fabrication d'outres. - Google Patents
Procede et chaine pour la fabrication d'outres.Info
- Publication number
- EP0663880A1 EP0663880A1 EP93923583A EP93923583A EP0663880A1 EP 0663880 A1 EP0663880 A1 EP 0663880A1 EP 93923583 A EP93923583 A EP 93923583A EP 93923583 A EP93923583 A EP 93923583A EP 0663880 A1 EP0663880 A1 EP 0663880A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- tube
- neck
- tap
- conveyor
- spout
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a addition for liquid product, more commonly known under the name of "bag in box", and for the implementation of the filled addition in a cardboard box used for transport, storage and distribution of the liquid product.
- a cardboard box used for transport, storage and distribution of the liquid product.
- Such bottles and the cases that contain them are already commonly used for the packaging of food liquids, such as wine and milk.
- These bottles have so far been made from two superimposed films, namely an inner film of polyethylene ⁇ and an outer film of a material constituting a gas barrier.
- the known bottles therefore include four thicknesses of film which are welded over their entire periphery.
- One of the walls of the addition is provided with a pouring spout on which a deformable tap can be adapted which lets flow a liquid flow the greater the pressure that is exerted on it.
- the manufacturer has delivered ready-made bottles to the producer, as well as pre-latched pouring caps or taps.
- the producer therefore had to open the caps, fill the bottles, close them with the same cap, then tax them by shrinking a leave capsule on each cap, and finally, he had to place them individually in cardboard boxes making sure to orient the cap. pourer opposite a pre-cut outlet opening on the body.
- the present invention aims to remedy all of these drawbacks and, to this end, it has the effect of an automatic process for manufacturing and filling a bottle for liquid product, characterized in that it consists in:
- the great advantage of the process according to the invention resides in the fact that the skins are produced at the same producer of the liquid product, which eliminates the costs of transport and storage of the empty skins as well as the costs of labor to introduce in addition to the filling station, open the tap or the pouring plug, fill and close.
- the present invention also relates to a chain for the implementation of this method.
- the machine includes: ⁇ a reservoir of pre-assembled sets of spouts-taps or spouts-spouts,
- orientation means intended to rotate each spout-tap or spout-spout cap assembly about its axis so that the spout has a predetermined orientation
- an outreach manufacturing station comprising:
- a welding device intended to weld the longitudinal edges in overlap of the tube, to close the latter at its lower part, and to weld a neck oriented on a wall of the pocket thus formed, a dispenser of measured doses of liquid product to be introduced into the pocket through its upper opening, the pocket then being closed by an upper seal above the level of the liquid product,
- said means for orienting the neck-tap or tap-spout assemblies assemblies consist of the following means: - a flat and rigid flange at the base of the neck,
- a vibrating bowl provided with a helical track on which, under the action of vibrations, the sets of necks-taps or necks-pouring caps are oriented so that the collar rests flat on the track and are brought towards an opening of width equal to the diametral dimension of the ring at the level of the flat, and - guide means formed on the first conveyor and on the holding magazine and defining a track of width equal to the diametrical dimension of the ring at the level of the flat , so that the spout-tap or spout-spout cap assembly is prevented from turning during its drive on the first conveyor.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a further provided with a neck and a tap
- Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the film with which the film is made
- Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of a neck and a tap
- Figure A is an elevational view of a machine for manufacturing and filling skins
- Figure 5 is a plan view of the machine of Figure A;
- Figure 6 is a front elevational view of the machine, in the direction of arrow A in Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is an elevational view along arrow B of Figure 6;
- Figure S is an enlarged view of a detail of Figure 5.
- the addition to manufacture 10 is made from a film 12 with three coextruded layers comprising a central layer 1A of a material forming a barrier to gases, between two polyethylene layers 16.18 compatible with the food products to be packaged and having a good coefficient of slipperiness so that the film does not crack by dint of rubbing on the walls of the cardboard box intended to receive the addition and that it slides on the metal parts of the filler.
- the film is wound in a tubular sleeve of axis x-x, bringing its two longitudinal edges 20 in mutual overlap and performing a longitudinal weld 22 along the overlapped parts.
- the wineskin is closed at its two ends by two transverse welds 2A.
- the neck can be of any type, for example the neck called “spigot SP" or the neck “Press Tap PT ".
- the neck comprises an open tubular body 30 provided at one of its ends with a flat and rigid welding flange 32.
- the body 30 come from manufacture two positioning rings 3A, 36 used to wedge the neck in an opening of the cardboard box, and two guide rings 38, A0, one of which, A0, is attached to the flange.
- the guide rings each have a flat A2, AA whose role will appear in the following description.
- the neck is made of a heat-resistant material which gives good flatness to the flange 32 and therefore good guidance and good welding of the latter on the further, as will be explained later.
- the neck is capped with a tap or a plug A6 made of flexible material provided with a pourer A7, which is normally closed and can be opened by rotating a valve A8 with a finger in the direction of the arrow.
- the tap or the pouring plug is assembled to the neck so that the pourer has a predetermined orientation relative to the flats.
- the plug shown in Figure 3 is known as "Spigot SP" but it goes without saying that any other type of plug can be used.
- the neck can accept an internal or external snap-on stopper or tap.
- the machine is installed at the liquid product conditioner. It includes a vibrating bowl 50 better visible in FIG. 8. This bowl is constantly supplied with preassembled spout-taps or spout-pouring plug assemblies 27 and it includes an ascending helical track 52 of width substantially equal to the diameter of a collar 32. Under the action of vibrations, only the assemblies which are laid flat by the collar reach the exit of the track at the top of the bowl, all the others tilting in the bottom of the bowl.
- a motorized conveyor belt 5A provided with tabs 55 and which moves in a rail of section substantially U-shaped whose width is substantially equal to the diametrical dimension of the neck at the level of the flats A2 or AA.
- an orientation cylinder 56 which restricts the width of the exit from the track to a width equal to that of the conveyor 5A and which therefore forces the bottlenecks to pivot about their axis until '' they have the right orientation to engage in the conveyor, orientation which they keep all along the conveyor.
- the sets of spouts-pouring plugs or spouts-taps 27 which have crossed the outlet are held in standby by a blocking cylinder before transfer 58 to the conveyor.
- a detector 60 used to detect the presence of a neck-plug assembly ready for transfer.
- a starting tick generator 62 is provided for transferring an assembly to the conveyor 5A as a function of the passage of a cleat 55, the transfer being effected by a transfer cylinder 6A.
- the conveyor 5A has a shape substantially in S. It has a lower horizontal section, a vertical section and an upper horizontal section connected together by curved portions.
- the upper horizontal section leads to a vertical magazine 66 in which the sets of necks-taps or necks-oriented pouring caps 27 accumulate waiting to be welded to a further, as will be explained later.
- the assemblies 27 are kept oriented by the flat AA of the lower guide ring A0, while in the curved portions, the maintenance of the orientation is ensured by the flat A2 of the ring 38.
- a taxation device 68 comprising a reservoir 70 of tax holiday capsules intended to be heat shrunk on the spouts-caps or on the spouts-taps.
- the magazine 66 ends up above a manufacturing and filling apparatus for shells 72.
- Said apparatus comprises a chassis 7A at the rear of which is fixed a reel of ultra-layer film 76 mounted on a reel.
- the flat film 12 drawn from the reel passes through a film tensioning system 78 and is then put into the form of a tubular sleeve 80 in a tube former 82.
- the two edges of the tubular sleeve are brought in mutual overlap and are welded along a longitudinal weld line 22 by a welding device.
- a spout-tap or spout-spout assembly is released at the base of the magazine 66 by a selection device 86 and is welded by the flange 32 (FIG. 3) to the front wall of the tubular sleeve. At the same time as this welding is carried out, the film pellet located in the center of the neck is cut over part of its circumference.
- a second welding device 88 is provided for carrying out transverse welds on the tubular sleeve and cutting the film.
- the filling device comprises a liquid product supply tube 90 which opens, inside the tubular sleeve 80 above the second welding device 88, by an anti-foam dispensing head 92.
- This head comprises two nozzles between which the flow of liquid product is divided. This already results in a decrease in the flow pressure of the liquid product and therefore a reduction in the foam.
- each nozzle is provided, in a manner known per se, with jet-breaking grids which also contribute to reducing the foam.
- An 8A control panel is provided to control the start and stop of the machine, as well as the welding and the servo-controls.
- the filled bottle thus detached from the liquid sleeve falls on a second conveyor 96 (FIG. 5) which leads it to a third conveyor 98 carrying cardboard boxes 100 intended to receive the bottles.
- the device can be used to make bottles of different volumes, for example 3 liters and 5 liters. To go from one production to another, it suffices to adjust the level of the transverse welding device 88. In FIG. 7, the two positions 88, 88 ′ of the welding device are shown.
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- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Making Paper Articles (AREA)
- Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
- Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
- Packages (AREA)
Abstract
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR9212400 | 1992-10-16 | ||
FR9212400A FR2696991B1 (fr) | 1992-10-16 | 1992-10-16 | Procédé et chaîne pour la fabrication d'une outre pour produit liquide, et pour le remplissage et la mise en place de l'outre dans une caisse de distribution. |
PCT/FR1993/001023 WO1994008851A1 (fr) | 1992-10-16 | 1993-10-18 | Procede et chaine pour la fabrication d'outres |
Publications (2)
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EP0663880A1 true EP0663880A1 (fr) | 1995-07-26 |
EP0663880B1 EP0663880B1 (fr) | 1996-11-27 |
Family
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP93923583A Expired - Lifetime EP0663880B1 (fr) | 1992-10-16 | 1993-10-18 | Procede et chaine pour la fabrication d'outres |
Country Status (6)
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EP (1) | EP0663880B1 (fr) |
AU (1) | AU673207B2 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69306264T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2095083T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2696991B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO1994008851A1 (fr) |
Families Citing this family (5)
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EP1293435A1 (fr) | 1997-10-24 | 2003-03-19 | Elopak Systems Ag | Machine pour appliquer des pièces sur un matériau |
US6527688B1 (en) * | 1997-10-24 | 2003-03-04 | Elopak Systems Ag | Application of parts to material |
US20030196411A1 (en) | 2002-04-19 | 2003-10-23 | Schroeder Alfred A. | Flexible packaging |
DE10233518A1 (de) * | 2002-07-23 | 2004-02-05 | Nutrichem Diät + Pharma GmbH | Verfahren zum Befestigen einer Funktionseinheit |
US6968669B2 (en) | 2002-11-06 | 2005-11-29 | Lancer Partnership Ltd. | Flexible packaging |
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IT992481B (it) * | 1973-06-15 | 1975-09-10 | Janner S | Procedimento per effettuare la lisciatura delle capsule termo retraibili sul collo di bottiglie tappate ed un dispositivo per ef fettuare tale procedimento |
US3894381A (en) * | 1973-06-21 | 1975-07-15 | Inpaco | Method and means for attaching fitments to a bag or pouch on a packaging machine |
IT1027681B (it) * | 1973-12-20 | 1978-12-20 | A C I Operations | Processo et apparecchiatura perfezionati per fabbricare sacchetti sigillati per il contenimento di liquidi |
US4246062A (en) * | 1979-03-26 | 1981-01-20 | Christine William C | Apparatus for attaching a fitment to a pouch |
DE3134182C2 (de) * | 1981-08-28 | 1985-05-02 | Jagenberg-Werke AG, 4000 Düsseldorf | Auslaufstutzen an Abfüllvorrichtungen für Flüssigkeiten |
AU559751B2 (en) * | 1982-10-18 | 1987-03-19 | Unitika Ltd. | Filling bags with cap bodies |
DE3612196A1 (de) * | 1986-04-11 | 1987-10-22 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Vorrichtung zum herstellen von beutelpackungen mit entnahmestutzen |
ZA915594B (en) * | 1990-08-13 | 1993-03-31 | Colgate Palmolive Co | Package filling method and apparatus |
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1992
- 1992-10-16 FR FR9212400A patent/FR2696991B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1993
- 1993-10-18 WO PCT/FR1993/001023 patent/WO1994008851A1/fr active IP Right Grant
- 1993-10-18 ES ES93923583T patent/ES2095083T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-10-18 DE DE69306264T patent/DE69306264T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-10-18 EP EP93923583A patent/EP0663880B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-10-18 AU AU53397/94A patent/AU673207B2/en not_active Ceased
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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DE69306264D1 (de) | 1997-01-09 |
FR2696991A1 (fr) | 1994-04-22 |
AU673207B2 (en) | 1996-10-31 |
ES2095083T3 (es) | 1997-02-01 |
AU5339794A (en) | 1994-05-09 |
EP0663880B1 (fr) | 1996-11-27 |
DE69306264T2 (de) | 1997-04-30 |
FR2696991B1 (fr) | 1995-01-13 |
WO1994008851A1 (fr) | 1994-04-28 |
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