Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
  • B65D73/0078—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being retained or enclosed in a folded-over or doubled card
  • B65D73/0085—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being retained or enclosed in a folded-over or doubled card within a window, hole or cut-out portion
• • 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
  • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
  • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
• • 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
  • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
  • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
  • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method of manufacturing and filling a packaging of at least one article in particular for its presentation for sale.
• On at least one of the faces of the support also generally appear the brand under which the article is marketed as well as information relating to its use and / or its composition, as well as the price in clear or coded 0 and all possibly mandatory information.
• the support is generally suspended.
• the holding means consist of links which, passing through the support and thus locally bearing on the rear face of the support, come to surround the article in particular at its two ends.
• this type of holding means is simple and inexpensive, it is also ineffective against theft or at least separation of the article from its support since it is generally sufficient to slide the product through the passers-by formed by the links. or untie the so-called 5 links, especially when it comes to metal wires whose ends are simply twisted together. The fixing of the articles on the support cannot be done in an automatic way and it is necessary to call upon a large workforce.
• the holding means consists of an overpack of the article which is placed on the support using a film of heat-shrinkable material.
• the product is placed on the visible face of the support, the heat-shrinkable film is placed around the support on which the article rests, then the assembly is heated to shrink the film and thus block the article on the support.
• At least one half-shell of transparent material is also known, provided with a flange by which it is sealed on one of the faces of the support.
• the support is generally made of biodegradable material, such as cardboard
• the material constituting said transparent shell is a non-biodegradable plastic material.
• the subject of the invention is such a presentation packaging method comprising a support provided on one so-called front of its faces with holding means for at least one article, which holding means reveal a substantial part. of the article, characterized in that, beforehand, a blank of material is produced comprising: - a first flap called the front flap which itself comprises: for each article, a cutout which is of transverse dimension substantially equal to the transverse dimension of the article and extends along the longitudinal dimension of the article,
• the so-called front flap is brought above a matrix carrying at least one predetermined imprint so that the face of the front flap which will be in abutment on the support flap remains accessible, - a forming punch is applied to this accessible face of the front flap to deform it along the transverse fold lines of the facets of the structures and thus bring the front stops in a so-called front plane parallel to the initial plane, - at least the front stops are grasped so as to retain them in the front plane and to keep the front flap in shape,
• the matrix is moved with the shaped flap to at least one insertion station for at least one article and, during this movement, at least the pivoting of the so-called support flap begins around the fold line which connects it at the front panel,
• the article is deposited in the cavity obtained by deformation of the front flap in a direction perpendicular to the accessible face of this front flap, - the matrix, the shutters and the articles are brought at least indirectly to a closing station in which:
• FIG. 4 a schematic view of a packaging installation
• FIG. 5 a view in longitudinal section of a means of implementing the method
• said package 1 comprises a support 2 generally planar on one 4 said receiving face of the faces 4, 5 of which support at least one article 3 is retained by holding means 6, 7 reserving the visibility and the touch of a part of the article.
• This packaging can also have means 8 such as a hook or an orifice to suspend it from a display.
• means 8 such as a hook or an orifice to suspend it from a display.
• the front section which itself includes: . for each article 3, a cutout 11 which is of transverse dimension substantially equal to the transverse dimension of the article and extends along the longitudinal dimension of the article,. on either side of this cutout 11 a plurality of fold lines 12, 13, 14 parallel to that called transverse of the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of the article, these fold lines being distributed along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the article to delimit the facets of two distinct structures 6, 7 which after setting in volume will protrude with respect to the initial plane of the front flap, these two structures comprising together:
• two pairs 17, 18 of stops 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b said to be lateral, limiting the movement of the article along its transverse axis and, associated with this first flap, a second flap 2 said support connected to the first flap by a fold line 12, then grab the still flat blank, previously placed in a store, - bring the flap 9 said front above a matrix 50 carrying at least one imprint 51 predetermined so that the face 52 of the front flap which will be supported on the support flap remains accessible,
• a shaping punch 53 is applied to this accessible face 52 of the front flap in order to deform it along the transverse fold lines 12, 13, 14 of the facets of the structures 6, 7 and thus bring the front stops 16,
• the stamping punch is removed, - the matrix 50 is moved with the shaped shutter to at least one station 55 for introducing at least one article and during this movement at least the pivoting of the shutter 2 begins around the fold line 12 which connects it to the front flap 9, - the article is deposited in the cavity obtained by deformation of the front flap in a direction perpendicular to the accessible face 52 of this front flap,
• the receiving face 4 of this support is coated with an adhesive, then after having folded this support flap over the other flap, the support flap is pressed onto the front flap with a predetermined force.
• the receiving face of the support is coated entirely without preserving an uncoated edge.
• a layer of adhesive previously deposited on the receiving face 4 of the support flap is reactivated before applying it to the other flap and in particular for this reactivation, the coated side of the support flap is heated.
• the support flap is gradually folded down during each movement.
• an introduction station is provided for each article to be introduced into the packaging.
• the means for implementing the method include, in addition to the means of production, fold lines and cutouts:
• the front flap which comprises:
• a cutout 11 which is of transverse dimension substantially equal to the transverse dimension of the article and extends along the longitudinal dimension of the article so as to produce the window through which the article will be visible, a plurality of fold lines 12, 13, 14 parallel to that known as transverse of the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of the article,
• these fold lines are distributed along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the article in order to constitute, after setting in volume, two separate structures 6, 7 projecting from the initial plane of the front flap, these structures comprising:
• stop members 15, 15a which, spaced from one another, limit the translational movement of the article along its longitudinal axis, these stops 15, 15a rising substantially perpendicular to the initial plane above,
• At least one matrix 50 which, carrying a predetermined imprint, is provided with means 60 for retaining at least the front stops 16, 16a in a plane 54 said frontal parallel to the initial plane 10 above, ' . a punch 53 for shaping,
• the means 58 for folding the flap may include a ramp (not shown) taking charge of the support flap from the forming station 57 and a pressure means at the end of the cycle.
• the means 60 for retaining at least the front stops are stops 60a, 60b facing towards the bottom of the cavity and behind which is placed by elastic deformation certain areas of the front flap. Each stop 60a, 60b is presented by a tab curved towards the outside of the matrix 50.
• Some of these tabs are located at the bottom of the imprint.
• the retaining means is constituted by a vacuum system (not shown).
• the matrix has means 62 for strict guidance and positioning of the blank on the matrix.
• the closing means 56 may have either an adhesive coating means or a means for reactivating a previously deposited adhesive, such as an infrared heating.
• the blanks intended for making these packages are, for example, housed in a store 62 and entered one by one using a manipulator.
• the means 6, 7 for holding the article thus consist of two distinct structures which, in the presence of the article, are non-deformable without destruction and cooperate with two opposite ends of the article, these structures each comprising:
• a stop member 15, 15a arranged so as to bear against the end of the article corresponding to the structure so, in cooperation with the other stop member, be able to limit the translation to a predetermined value of the article parallel to an axis passing through said ends and, - on the other hand, at least at a certain distance from this end, a member defining a housing 30 in which, to be substantially supported on the member abutment 15, 15a above, the corresponding end of the article must be engaged, this housing being substantially of complementary section to that presented by the article in the zone surrounded by this housing so that the longitudinal end of the article is wedged in all directions not parallel to the axis 31 passing through the above ends.
• the holding means 6, 7 are thus associated with the support along 1 joint plane.
• the distance which separates the two extreme stops 15, 15a is substantially equal to the length of the article and their height L measured along an axis perpendicular to the joint plane is substantially equal to the thickness of the article.
• the length Z of the lateral stops is at least equal to the thickness of the article and, preferably, greater than this thickness.
• the thickness and length of which may differ in reasonable proportions it is at the level of the length Y front stops that compensate for the difference in length necessary for the volume of the holding structures.
• pairs of holding structures placed side by side these are not separated longitudinally, but connected to each other locally by an attachment zone which is located at a level of means 20 for connecting the lateral stops.
• the length Z of the lateral stops also makes it possible to compensate for the difference in length of the structures.
• Each lateral stop consists of one of the edges of a tongue 23, 24 of material.
• the means 20 for connecting the lateral abutment with the support is a fraction 25, 26 of the blank of material called the support fraction connecting the tabs 23, 24 of the two structures.
• the latter is preserved at least in part and is kept on the blank of material only at the level of only one of the fractions support and comprises a fold line 150 so as to constitute a flap 28 which, when the article is put in place, is located under said article.
• the material constituting the holding means is the same as that constituting the support and, preferably, it is a biodegradable material such as cardboard.
• the means for connecting the extreme stops 15, 15a with the support comprise at least one tab 19 which extends in a plane parallel to the support and, in a preferred form, the connecting means 19 for one of the extreme stops 15, 15a is ensured by the continuity of the material constituting the support 2.
• the tab 19 connecting the end stop to the support extends over the entire transverse dimension of the support and the side flap is connected to the rest of the blank only in the area where the support fractions extend.
• the blank comprises a so-called lateral flap 29 of length equal to the distance separating the extreme stops.

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