EP0686561B1 - Dispositif d'emballage - Google Patents

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EP0686561B1
EP0686561B1 EP19950304030 EP95304030A EP0686561B1 EP 0686561 B1 EP0686561 B1 EP 0686561B1 EP 19950304030 EP19950304030 EP 19950304030 EP 95304030 A EP95304030 A EP 95304030A EP 0686561 B1 EP0686561 B1 EP 0686561B1
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Philippe Lebras
Eric Chalendar
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
    • B65D71/14—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls
    • B65D71/24—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls with partitions
    • B65D71/246—Inserted partitions
    • 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
    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
    • B65B61/207—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents for inserting partitions between package contents
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00333—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00401—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper inserted the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00407—Squarings or the like
    • B65D2571/00425—Four rows of more than two cells

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  • the invention relates to a mechanism for end loading a plurality of articles such as bottles, for example, into cartons thereby to enable a plurality of articles to be carried within the carton.
  • the invention also relates to a method of end loading a plurality of articles into cartons.
  • US 4,023,328 discloses a mechanism in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 and illustrates a packaging machine which includes means for withdrawing insert blanks from a hopper and manipulating each blank into a set-up condition, thereafter lowering the erected insert over a group of bottles being moved forward on a conveyor. Thereafter, the group of bottles and insert are end-loaded into a carton.
  • the lowering of insert blanks onto the bottles needs to be at a preferred angle of incline and it is necessary to precisely control the position and movement of a group of bottles.
  • the invention seeks to avoid, or at least mitigate, these and other problems of the prior art.
  • one aspect of the invention provides a mechanism for end loading a plurality of articles into a carton, which mechanism comprising means for associating an article separator with an article, means for selecting a group of articles comprising the article and the article separator, and means for loading the groups of articles and the article separator in a carton through an open end thereof such that the article is separated from an adjacent article by the article separator in the packaged carton, the associating means, selecting means and the loading means being positioned such that association of the articles and the separator and the selection of the group of articles is performed whilst the articles are moved in a synchronised manner, characterised in that the separators are merged by sideways engagement with a given number of articles or a row of articles in a continuous forward direction.
  • the associating means comprises a device which effects a change in configuration of the article separator from an inoperative configuration in which it is stored to a configuration in which it can abut more than one point on the outer surface of an article to enable separation of said article from two adjacent articles in a packaged carton.
  • the selecting means may enable a group of articles to be formed in a row of two or more articles.
  • the associating means can associate one or more article separators with a row of articles to enable separation of each article from an adjacent article in the row when in the carton.
  • the loading means can enable two or more rows of articles to be packaged in a carton.
  • the associating means enables one or more article separators to be associated with each row of articles such that each row is separated from an adjacent row by the one or more article separators in a packaged carton.
  • the mechanism further comprises supply means for cartons and transfer and erecting means for transferring and erecting successive cartons from the supply to receive a group of articles, supply means for carton inserts and a transfer mechanism for transferring successive carton inserts from said supply means therefor onto a conveyor, wherein the conveyor includes means to convey said inserts to means for setting up the inserts ready for engagement with at least one article, wherein said mechanism further comprises an article infeed means and means to regulate the flow of articles and/or said inserts to enable said inserts to be aligned with a given number of articles and means for selecting a group of articles comprising a plurality of said articles and said insert and further means to convey said group into a carton through an opened end thereof.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a method of end loading a plurality of articles into a carton whilst the articles and carton are moved in a synchronised manner and in a continuous forward direction comprising the following steps; transferring an article separator blank from a stowed position and erecting said separator blank; synchronously associating an article separator with a given number of articles in a single row by sideways movement of said separator such that the article separator separates the article to which it is applied from an adjacent article; selecting a group of articles comprising said plurality of articles and said associated separator; transferring a carton blank from a stowed position and erecting said blank to receive articles; and loading said group of articles and said associated separator into a carton through an open end thereof.
  • the method may further comprise the step of associating the grouped articles with second grouped articles prior to loading said grouped articles into a carton through an open end thereof.
  • the carton is loaded with grouped articles through opposed open ends thereof.
  • FIG. 1 and 4 there is shown a first embodiment of a packaging mechanism 10 according to the invention, as well as a carton C and an insert 1 according to other aspects of the invention.
  • mechanism 10 enables the packaging of a plurality of bottles B into cartons C of an end-loading type. In this particular case, four rows of three bottles B are loaded into each carton C. Additionally, the mechanism enables inserts 1 to be loaded into each of the cartons C in order to enable separation of at least some of the bottles from adjacent bottles.
  • Mechanism 10 comprises an insert hopper IH and a transfer mechanism 12 for transferring the inserts 1 onto a chain conveyor 14 which, as shown in Figure 4, comprises a series of lugs 16 which act to convey individual inserts 1 from the transfer mechanism 12 to a device 18 for setting up the inserts 1 ready for engagement with bottles B.
  • the lugs could co-operate with other fixed guides, for example, in this operation.
  • Device 18 comprises a series of pairs of lugs 20 and 22 which rotate along a continuous path as shown in Figure 4.
  • a leading lug 20 of a given pair engages the forward-most article separator panel 2 of an insert 1 causing it to fold away from the main panel 3 about a fold line 4 (see Figure 3).
  • the trailing lug 22 engages the rear most article separator panel 2 and causes it to fold outwardly.
  • Arrows in Figure 4 indicate the direction of movement of the conveyors and the inserts 1 as they move away from the hopper IH.
  • An infeed channel 23 leads a line of bottles B to a star wheel 24 adjacent device 18.
  • the star wheel 24 acts to regulate the flow of articles and enables inserts 1 to be aligned with a given number of articles.
  • the inserts 1 comprise two article separator panels which are intended to be positioned between a central bottle and outer bottles in a row of three.
  • the inserts 1 are guided by a device such as a fixed guide (not shown) into engagement with a selected group of three articles. These three articles are then conveyed together with the insert through a conveyor and article separator mechanism 26.
  • Mechanism 26 comprises individual supports 28 for each of the bottles.
  • the supports, or trolleys, 28 comprise upright lugs 29 which can act to hold a bottle when the support 28 moves sideways and also to maintain an insert 1 against the side of the associated bottle.
  • the individual supports 28 can be moved sideways to create two lines of groups of articles which eventually are guided by channels 34 and 35 along the flow direction. For example, alternate groups can be selected for each channel.
  • a lug conveyer mechanism 30 comprising lugs 32 is provided for each of the lines of divided articles to effect transfer of the groups of bottles from the mechanism 26 onto a conveyor 36 which moves the groups of articles along channels 34 and 35.
  • four lines of articles can be created using two of the mechanisms just described.
  • pairs of mechanisms from insert hopper IH to guide channels 34 and 35 can be provided on opposite sides of mechanism 10.
  • the mechanism shown in Figure 1 applies the inserts to the outsides of the groups of articles relative to a central axis M of the mechanism.
  • the substantially similar mechanism shown in Figures 5 and 6 apply the inserts to the insides of the groups, however.
  • two configurations of the inserts relative to the bottles and cartons results from these different arrangements.
  • Figure 2A and 2B where that resulting from the mechanism of Figure 5, as shown in Figure 2B, is preferable since central rows of articles are separated by insert article separators.
  • guide channels 34 and 35 cause the rows of articles to converge at a point beyond, or downstream of, a carton hopper CH and carton transfer device R shown in Figure 6.
  • the transfer device R could, for example, comprise a rotating mechanism having carton gripping means such as vacuum cups which attach to the forward most carton in a hopper and draw the carton downwardly to the level of the articles.
  • the carton can be engaged by flight bars 38 and, using known mechanisms, caused partly to erect thereby enabling articles to be end-loaded into a carton which is in a sleeve like configuration.
  • FIG. 1 This configuration is shown in Figure 1 where individual cartons C are carried by flight bars 38 having upright supports 39 which can act to sustain the cartons C in their upright positions.
  • the flight bars 38 can comprise contoured ends, or wedges, which protrude into the assembled articles at the end of channels 34 and 35 and cause separation and forward movement of selected groups of the articles.
  • an individual flight bar can act to gather a given group of three articles each having an insert 1 from each of the four channels.
  • Further guide plates (not shown) can cause the articles to move inwardly into an open ended carton C as the carton and articles are conveyed by a flight bar 38.
  • a separate article pushing mechanism 40 can be provided to push the group of articles into the centre of each of the cartons. Additionally, a guide mechanism 40 can be used to close the ends of the carton and possibly seal the ends, for example, using glue or locking tabs.
  • FIG. 7 to 10 there is shown another embodiment of a mechanism 110 according to the invention wherein components or integers of this mechanism which are in common with those described in relation to mechanism 10 are referred to using the same reference numeral prefixed with the number 1.
  • four lines of articles are directed for end-loading into a carton from one side of the carton rather than from both sides as described earlier.
  • four guide channels 51, 52, 53 and 54 are provided as shown in Figure 7.
  • An infeed line of bottles B is thus directed along each of the channels 51 to 54 as far as a star wheel 76 provided at each of four stations 60.
  • the lines of bottles are divided into groups of three and an insert is applied to each of the groups in a similar manner to that previously described.
  • a rotating transfer mechanism 62 which transfers the forward most insert 1 in a hopper IH onto a conveyor system 70.
  • the transfer mechanism 62 is a rotary device comprising a rotary wheel 65 which is driven by means not shown about an axis 64 which is tilted with respect to the orientation of the longitudinal axis of the articles B, for example.
  • the axis 64 is inclined to be vertical. This enables the transfer mechanism 62 to move the inserts from a relatively high hopper position to a lower position level with device 70 and articles B.
  • Mechanism 62 further comprises insert grippers 67 which can, for example, be suction cupped wherein low pressure is created (using means not shown) inside a cup when the cup is brought into contact with the forwardmost insert in a hopper IH thus enabling the cup to attach to the insert.
  • the gripper 67 can be attached to an arm 66 which in turn is attached to wheel 65 thus enabling a gripped insert 1 to be rotated about axis 64 to a position adjacent conveyor mechanisms 70.
  • the gripper 67 need not rotate in a purely circular fashion and, for example, arm 66 can be driven using a cam and cam follower system in an eccentric path such that, for example, the gripper 67 is caused to move to an outermost position relative to axis 64 when it is required to abut the inserts 1 in the hopper IH and when required to position the inserts 1 onto the conveyor 70.
  • a main lug 72 carried on conveyor 70 can be used to convey individual inserts in the manner shown in Figure 8.
  • secondary lugs 74 can be caused gradually to protrude outwardly thereby erecting the article separators 2.
  • the lugs 74 might be carried on a chain carrying the series of main lugs 72 wherein the lugs 74 can reciprocate through the chain in a transverse direction to the direction of movement of the chain.
  • the lugs 74 can be caused to move transversely using a fixed guide system, for example.
  • a star wheel 76 is provided for each of the stations 60 adjacent the insert carrier 70.
  • Star wheel 76 comprises a series of teeth 79 and dividing lugs 78 which are adapted to separate the series of articles into groups of three, for example, as shown in Figures 8 and 10.
  • star wheel 76 can be adapted to enable any workable number of articles to be divided into a group.
  • the articles B leave star wheel 76 in a group this group is engaged by an insert 1.
  • the article separators 2 are positioned on each side of the central bottle, between it and the outermost bottles of the group.
  • main lug 72 engages the rearmost article in a group and conveys the group of articles and insert further along the channel. Subsequently, the individual groups are engaged by a flight bar 138 whereupon this acts to convey them.
  • the individual article feed lines 51 to 54 are gradually brought together so that groups of articles converge shortly after the endmost station 60 to a carton infeed position.
  • the flight bars co-operate with the guides to cause four groups of three articles each to enter one end of a partly erected carton.
  • Mechanism 140 causes the articles to move to a central position within the carton.
  • Mechanism 142 can then be used to close the ends of carton, thereby sealing the articles within it.
  • each of the groups of three articles which are eventually brought together within a given carton have an insert applied to them on their outside relative to the central axis M.
  • an insert is provided between each of the groups of three articles when packaged in a carton and accordingly each article is separated from its neighbour by either part of a main panel 3 or an article separator 2 of an insert 1.
  • This configuration is shown in Figure 2C.
  • Mechanism 110 can also comprise a series of four guide channels 50 to enable the mechanism to be converted for packaging bottles where no inserts 1 are required.
  • FIG. 11 there is shown another mechanism 210 according to the invention.
  • this mechanism components in common with those of earlier embodiments are referred to using the same reference numerals prefixed with the number 2.
  • four infeed channels 251, 252, 253 and 254 are provided on one side of central axis M, which can, for example, be the same side as a series of infeed channels 250 to be used when no inserts are required.
  • the channels 251 to 254 pass over central axis M to individual stations 260 which apply inserts 1 on the inside of groups of articles relative to axis M.
  • the groups of articles and inserts are then conveyed from the stations 260 to the cartons using dedicated flight bars 80 which can, for example, be carried through an endless path using a chain conveyor mechanism.
  • the bottles are packaged into a carton C in a similar configuration to that described in relation to mechanism 110 except that the actual orientation of the inserts relative to the bottles and the feed direction is reversed from left to right.
  • each bottle is still separated from its neighbour by either an insert main panel 3 or insert article separator panel 2 as shown in Figure 2C.
  • article separator or insert 1 is described here as shown in Figure 3, other configurations of article separator are possible.
  • any number of article separator portions 2 could be provided, including 1, to suit the number of articles in a row.
  • the article separators can be maintained in association with a given article during movement, for example, by external guides or using guides in combination with a gripping function carried out by article separator portions 2 gripped between adjacent articles in a row.
  • Other means could be provided for keeping an article separator 1 and an article together such as using an adhesive or other attachment means.

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  1. Mécanisme (10) pour le chargement par l'extrémité de plusieurs articles (B) dans un carton (C), le mécanisme comportant des moyens (12 à 18) destinés à associer un séparateur d'article (1) à un article, des moyens (24 à 28) destinés à sélectionner un groupe d'articles comportant ledit article et ledit séparateur associe, et des moyens (36 à 40) destinés à charger lesdits groupes d'articles et ledit séparateur associé dans un carton à travers une extrémité ouverte de celui-ci de telle sorte que ledit article est séparé d'un article adjacent par ledit séparateur d'article (1) dans le carton emballé, lesdits moyens d'association (12 à 18), les moyens de sélection (24 à 28) et lesdits moyens de chargement (36 à 40) étant positionnés de telle sorte que l'association desdits articles (B) et dudit séparateur (1) et la sélection du groupe d'articles sont réalisées alors que lesdits articles sont déplacés d'une manière synchronisée, caractérisé en ce que lesdits séparateurs sont réunis par engagement latéral avec un nombre donné d'articles ou une rangée d'articles dans une direction d'avance continue.
  2. Mécanisme selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens d'association (12 à 18) comportent un dispositif (18) qui effectue un changement dans la configuration du séparateur d'article depuis une configuration inactive dans laquelle il est stocké vers une configuration dans laquelle il peut buter sur plus d'un point sur la surface extérieure d'un article afin de permettre la séparation dudit article de deux articles adjacents dans un carton emballé.
  3. Mécanisme selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel lesdits moyens de sélection (24 à 28) permettent à un groupe d'articles (B) d'être formé en une rangée de deux articles ou plus.
  4. Mécanisme selon la revendication 3, dans lequel les moyens d'association (12 à 18) associent un ou plusieurs séparateurs d'article (1) à une rangée d'articles (B) afin de permettre la séparation de chaque article d'un article adjacent dans la rangée dans le carton (C).
  5. Mécanisme selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans lequel les moyens de chargement (36 à 40) permettent à deux rangées d'articles ou plus d'être emballées dans un carton.
  6. Mécanisme selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les moyens d'association (12 à 18) permettent à un ou plusieurs séparateurs d'article d'être associés à chaque rangée d'articles de telle sorte que chaque rangée est séparée d'une rangée adjacente par le ou les séparateurs d'article dans un carton emballé.
  7. Mécanisme (10) selon la revendication 1 pour le chargement par l'extrémité de plusieurs articles (B) dans un carton, lequel mécanisme comporte en outre des moyens d'alimentation (CH) pour les cartons et des moyens de transfert (12, 14) et de redressement, destinés à transférer et dresser des cartons successifs provenant de l'alimentation afin de recevoir un groupe d'articles, des moyens d'alimentation (IH) pour des séparateurs de carton et un mécanisme de transfert (12 à 18) destiné à transférer des inserts de carton successifs depuis lesdits moyens d'alimentation (IH) sur un transporteur (14), le transporteur (14) comprenant des moyens destinés à transporter lesdits inserts (1) vers des moyens (18 à 22) de mise en place des inserts (1) prêts pour engagement avec au moins un article, ledit mécanisme (10) comportant en outre des moyens d'avance d'article (23) et des moyens (24) destinés à réguler l'écoulement d'articles afin de permettre aux dits séparateurs d'être alignés avec un nombre donné d'articles.
  8. Procédé de chargement par l'extrémité de plusieurs articles (B) dans un carton (C) alors que les articles et le carton sont déplacés d'une manière synchronisée et dans une direction d'avance continue, comportant les étapes suivantes :
    (i) transfert d'un flan de séparateur d'article (1) depuis une position rangée et redressement dudit flan de séparateur;
    (ii) association synchronisée d'un séparateur d'article (1) à un nombre donné d'articles en une unique rangée par un mouvement latéral dudit séparateur de telle sorte que le séparateur d'article sépare l'article sur lequel il est appliqué d'un article adjacent;
    (iii) sélection d'articles groupés comportant ladite multiplicité d'articles et ledit séparateur d'article (1) associé;
    (iv) transfert d'un flan de carton depuis une position rangée et redressement dudit flan afin de recevoir des articles;
    (v) chargement desdits articles groupés dans un carton (C) à travers une extrémité ouverte de celui-ci.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel, avant l'étape de chargement desdits articles groupés dans un carton, les articles groupés sont associés à un deuxième groupe d'articles équivalent pour chargement dans un carton à travers une extrémité ouverte de celui-ci.
  10. Procédé de chargement selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel le carton est chargé avec des articles groupés à travers des extrémités ouvertes opposées de celui-ci.
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