EP0712783A1 - Machine d'emballage automatique modulaire - Google Patents

Machine d'emballage automatique modulaire Download PDF

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EP0712783A1
EP0712783A1 EP95117239A EP95117239A EP0712783A1 EP 0712783 A1 EP0712783 A1 EP 0712783A1 EP 95117239 A EP95117239 A EP 95117239A EP 95117239 A EP95117239 A EP 95117239A EP 0712783 A1 EP0712783 A1 EP 0712783A1
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Renzo Baletti
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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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance

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  • the invention relates to the packaging systems for articles in which the articles are enclosed inside containers or boxes so as to obtain packaged articles which are arranged in orderly groups which on their turn, are further packaged inside any type of wrapping or packaging.
  • the packaging systems of the above mentioned type comprise a box-filling machine which is operatively connected with a packaging machine.
  • the two machines form separate entities with respective drive systems and are interconnected by a conveyor belt having the function of transferring the boxes with the article from one machine to the other, the packaging machine being normally provided with means which form orderly groups of boxes which are then transferred to the packaging or wrapping station.
  • the packaging machine is suitably synchronized with the box filling machine and can be adapted to the operating speed of the latter.
  • the operative coupling of the two machines has the drawback of presenting large overall dimensions and results in particularly high production costs.
  • the aim of the invention is to overcome these and other drawbacks of the mentioned known packaging systems and for this purpose it contemplates a modular packaging machine which comprises a box-filling module provided with means for forming orderly groups of boxes and for feeding them to a packaging module arranged directly alongside and operatively in phase.
  • a packaging module arranged directly alongside and operatively in phase.
  • the two modules are rigidly connected with each other in a removable manner.
  • the packaging module can perform different types of packaging operations, such as cartoning, bundling, cellophaning, tray-filling or other operations.
  • the packaging machine according to the invention has the advantage of small overall dimensions since the box-filling module and packaging module can be arranged directly alongside one another, without the presence of the conveyor which is currently used. Owing to the absence of this latter component and the possibility of operating the two modules with common driving means, the new solution in question also has the advantage of a limited cost. Moreover, the design phase will be carried out such that packaging modules of different types can be combined with a box-filling module so as to satisfy in each case the different market requirements.
  • 1 denotes the box-filling module usually consisting of a horizontal-axes conveyor 2 which travels in the direction of the arrows 100 and in the cages 102 of which the products 3 are manually or automatically positioned, said products being then inserted by a known translation device 4 into the respective pre-glued boxes 5 which are extracted by known means from a store 6 and inserted open into the cages 107 of a conveyor 7 which is located alongside and parallel to the preceding conveyor 2 and which travels in the same direction 100 and is synchronized with the latter.
  • the boxes containing the product and if necessary pre-closed at one end are completely closed by known means (not shown).
  • the term "package” will be used to refer to the closed box containing the product.
  • a lifting device 8 which inserts them, one at a time and in a predetermined maximum quantity, into an overhead stacking store 9 provided at the bottom with means 109 consisting of any known solution suitable for retaining in said store the package cyclically raised by the said lifting device 8.
  • the cages of the conveyor 7 are provided at the bottom with an opening which, during the cyclical stoppage of this conveyor, stops above the lifting device 8 and has dimensions such as to allow this component to pass through, the latter raising the package by the predetermined amount.
  • the lifting device can be provided with suction means so as to prevent any undesired displacement of the package during the raising movement and these means are deactivated automatically prior to the downward movement of the lifting device.
  • the box-filling module operates continuously, it may be provided with means different from those illustrated, designed for example to pick up the package cyclically unloaded from the conveyor 7 and stack the packages in the store 9 suitably located in the box-filling module.
  • the stacking store 9 is, in turn, provided along its height with lateral openings suitable for allowing the through-movement of a pusher 10 connected to a horizontal-alternating translation unit 11.
  • the pusher 10 which is normally in the rest position shown in continuous lines in Figure 1, passes in a synchronized manner through the closely arranged lateral openings of the store 9 which, in turn, is designed to open on the opposite side, for example against the action of resilient means, so as to allow the said pusher to transfer a predetermined quantity of packages from the store 9 to an adjacent station 12 of a packaging module arranged alongside the box-filling module and operated in synchronism with the latter.
  • the pusher 10 thus passes from the position shown in continuous lines in Figure 1 to the position shown in broken lines and then returns immediately into the starting position, while suitable guides, not shown, control the group of packages during transfer into the station 12, and the store 9 prepares itself to receive and stack the following packages.
  • box-filling module operates continuously, known means may be provided so as to ensure that the pusher 10 performs the return travel to the rest position without passing through the store 9, or the said pusher may be replaced by other means suitable for this purpose, for example by a vertical-axes cage conveyor which cyclically positions itself with each cage in the top end part of the store 9, so as to form three consecutive walls thereof, all of which in a manner which is obvious to and can be easily realized by a person skilled in the art.
  • the box-filling module 1 is controlled by a control console 13 which also interacts with the packaging module which can be connected to the box-filling module.
  • the drive system of the box-filling module is also able to operate a power take-off 14 preferably visibly located on that end of the base 15 of the said box-filling module incorporating at the top the stacking store 9.
  • the power take-off 14 is of any suitable (preferably standardized) type and is for example provided with a front recess 114 useful for synchronized connection to a complementary power take-off (see below).
  • the same end of the base 15 of the box-filling module on which the power take-off 14 is butt-mounted also has located on it at least one centring pin 16 (or a seat) as well as an appropriate number of suitably distributed holes 17 for receiving bolts useful for fixing the box-filling module to the module of a downstream packaging or wrapping machine, as described in more detail below.
  • the said end of the base 18 which is provided with the seats 19 and holes 20 is provided with a power take-off 22 which complements the power take-off 14 of the box-filling module and which is coupled in synchronism with the latter, being provided for this purpose for example with an eccentric lug 122 which engages in the recess 114 of the driving power take-off 14.
  • the power take-offs 14 and 22 can also be provided with conical centring parts, known and not illustrated, useful for facilitating synchronized coupling of these power takeoffs.
  • the box-filling module 1 may be operated by a motor with electronic control of the speed and phase, for example by a brush-less motor, and the packaging module which can be combined therewith may also be operated by their own brushless motor which can be connected via the "electrical axis" to the motor of the box-filling module.
  • the control console 13 of the box-filling module is provided with an electronic unit able to allow in-phase connection between the motor of the said box-filling module and that of the packaging or wrapping module combined therewith, all of which in a manner which is obvious to and can be easily realized by a person skilled in the art.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show coupling of a so-called cartoning module 28 with the box-filling module 1.
  • a cartoning module 28 With the box-filling module 1.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show coupling of a so-called cartoning module 28 with the box-filling module 1.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 show coupling of a so-called cartoning module 28 with the box-filling module 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows how, laterally with respect to the station 12 in which several groups of packages are stored with successive travel movements of the pusher 10, on one side a pusher 23 and on the opposite side a support 24 operate, the latter being able to oscillate about a horizontal axis 25 perpendicular to the direction 26 of alternating displacement of the said pusher 23 and having mounted on it, manually or automatically, a cardboard container 27 which, following oscillation of the said support 24, passes from a vertical position shown in broken lines to the horizontal position shown in continuous lines, in a horizontal arrangement with the opening oriented towards the station 12 and with a wall coplanar with the bottom
  • Figures 5 and 6 show coupling of a so-called bundling module 29 to the box-filling module 1.
  • the groups of packages 5, 3, unloaded into the station 12, during translation in the direction of the arrows 34 are partially bound with a section of material 30, unwound from the reel 31, the end of which is held by a gripper 32 and which is controlled by opposite means 33.
  • FIGs 7 and 8 finally, show coupling of the box-filling module 1 to a so-called tray-filling module 35.
  • the groups of packages which have accumulated in the station 12 are removed in a synchronized manner by a gripper 46 mounted on a manipulator 47 movable along cartesian axes, which inserts this group of packages into a cardboard tray or container 48 extended horizontally on a trap 49 and which pushes this assembly downwards, following which the said manipulator returns open into the raised position in order to repeat a new cycle.
  • the side walls of the container or tray are folded upwards and the tray itself is definitively closed during the subsequent horizontal translation movement in the direction indicated by the arrow 50.
  • the tray-filling module may also be formed in any other known manner also different from that shown in Figures 7 and 8.
  • packaging or wrapping modules such as, for example, the cartoning module or the tray-filling module may be operated by fluid-pressure jacks and may not require the presence of the power take-off 22, even though the latter would be desirable for the activation of one or more cams and microcontacts and/or valves which would signal the working phase of the box-filling module.

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EP1262409A3 (fr) * 2001-05-14 2003-04-09 G.D Societ Per Azioni Procédé et machine pour emballer des cigarettes dans des paquets mous
EP1642830A2 (fr) * 2004-09-28 2006-04-05 Buhmann Systeme GmbH Installation de remplissage de produits fluides ou pâteux, par exemple des produits alimentaires
DE102006038707A1 (de) * 2006-08-18 2008-02-21 Khs Ag Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von flexiblen, schlauchartigen Gebilden
WO2011030135A1 (fr) * 2009-09-08 2011-03-17 Ishida Europe Limited Chaîne de traitement
ITUA20163016A1 (it) * 2016-04-29 2017-10-29 Ilapak Int Sa Macchina per il confezionamento sottovuoto.
EP4059852A3 (fr) * 2021-03-18 2023-06-07 Osgood Industries, LLC Interface de cadre modulaire

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US3013369A (en) * 1957-04-29 1961-12-19 Royal Container Co Machine for stacking and accumulating stacks of collapsed cartons
DE1951139A1 (de) * 1968-10-11 1970-04-23 Wix Verpackungsmaschine
FR2272898A1 (en) * 1974-05-27 1975-12-26 Gram Brdr As Feed mechanism for packing machine - has accumulator and lifting device controlled by an adjustable stack sensor
US4769975A (en) * 1986-06-11 1988-09-13 Essiccatoi Fava S.P.A. Machine for packaging food products of flat, wide type, in particular pasta denominated `lasagna`
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WO1998057857A1 (fr) * 1997-06-18 1998-12-23 Bfb S.P.A. Machine a ouvrir et remplir des boites
US6266948B1 (en) * 1997-06-18 2001-07-31 Bfb S.P.A. Box opening and filling machine
EP1262409A3 (fr) * 2001-05-14 2003-04-09 G.D Societ Per Azioni Procédé et machine pour emballer des cigarettes dans des paquets mous
US6708466B2 (en) 2001-05-14 2004-03-23 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Method of producing soft packets of cigarettes
US6968666B2 (en) 2001-05-14 2005-11-29 Mario Spatafora Method of producing soft packets of cigarettes
EP1642830A2 (fr) * 2004-09-28 2006-04-05 Buhmann Systeme GmbH Installation de remplissage de produits fluides ou pâteux, par exemple des produits alimentaires
EP1642830A3 (fr) * 2004-09-28 2006-06-07 Buhmann Systeme GmbH Installation de remplissage de produits fluides ou pâteux, par exemple des produits alimentaires
DE102006038707A1 (de) * 2006-08-18 2008-02-21 Khs Ag Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von flexiblen, schlauchartigen Gebilden
US9187198B2 (en) 2006-08-18 2015-11-17 Khs Gmbh Method of filling dry soup packets in a packet filling plant using a filling machine and an apparatus therefor, and a method of filling bags with either liquids or solids in a filling plant and an apparatus therefor
WO2011030135A1 (fr) * 2009-09-08 2011-03-17 Ishida Europe Limited Chaîne de traitement
ITUA20163016A1 (it) * 2016-04-29 2017-10-29 Ilapak Int Sa Macchina per il confezionamento sottovuoto.
EP4059852A3 (fr) * 2021-03-18 2023-06-07 Osgood Industries, LLC Interface de cadre modulaire

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