EP0798215A1 - Verfahren zum Zusammenbringen gefüllter Verpackungen - Google Patents

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EP0798215A1
EP0798215A1 EP96202743A EP96202743A EP0798215A1 EP 0798215 A1 EP0798215 A1 EP 0798215A1 EP 96202743 A EP96202743 A EP 96202743A EP 96202743 A EP96202743 A EP 96202743A EP 0798215 A1 EP0798215 A1 EP 0798215A1
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Jan Eeckhout
Andrew John Fagg
Carsten Jeorg Moll
Joseph Fernand Deflander
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority to ES96202743T priority patent/ES2142015T3/es
Priority to CN97194944A priority patent/CN1219915A/zh
Priority to BR9708278A priority patent/BR9708278A/pt
Priority to PCT/US1997/003699 priority patent/WO1997035765A1/en
Priority to JP9534424A priority patent/JPH11506997A/ja
Priority to ZA9702631A priority patent/ZA972631B/xx
Priority to ARP970101232A priority patent/AR006416A1/es
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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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/003—Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped
    • 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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/213—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles the web having intermittent motion
    • 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
    • B65D71/063—Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/44—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes
    • B65D75/46—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes containing articles

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  • Preferred surfactants for use in the compositions herein are the alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxylated sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
  • the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from about 1 % to about 40 %, preferably from about 3 % to about 20 % by weight of such anionic surfactants.
  • the preferred alkylpolyglycosides have the formula R 2 O(C n H 2n O) t (glycosyl) x wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl, and mixtures thereof in which the alkyl groups contain from about 10 to about 18, preferably from about 12 to about 14, carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3, preferably 2; t is from 0 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, most preferably from about 1.3 to about 2.7.
  • the glycosyl is preferably derived from glucose.
  • the aluminosilicate ion exchange builder materials herein are in hydrated form and contain from about 10% to about 28% of water by weight if crystalline, and potentially even higher amounts of water if amorphous. Highly preferred crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials contain from about 18% to about 22% water in their crystal matrix.
  • the crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are further characterized by a particle size diameter of from about 0.1 micron to about 10 microns. Amorphous materials are often smaller, e.g., down to less than about 0.01 micron.
  • Preferred ion exchange materials have a particle size diameter of from about 0.2 micron to about 4 microns.
  • the term "particle size diameter" herein represents the average particle size diameter by weight of a given ion exchange material as determined by conventional analytical techniques such as, for example, microscopic determination utilizing a scanning electron microscope.
  • these chelating agents will generally comprise from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the detergent compositions herein. More preferably, if utilized, the chelating agents will comprise from about 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight of such compositions.
  • Automatic dishwashing compositions typically contain, in addition to percarbonate a builder, such as described above, a source of alkalinity, such as silicate or carbonate, those ingredients amounting to up to 70% of the formulation.
  • a source of alkalinity such as silicate or carbonate
  • optional ingredients include polymers and enzymes.
  • ingredients which are known for use in detergent compositions may also be used as optional ingredients in the various embodiments of the present invention, such as bleach activators, bleach catalysts, other bleaching agents, polymers, enzymes, suds suppressing agents, fabric softening agents, in particular fabric softening clay, as well as dyes, fillers, optical brighteners, pH adjusting agents, non builder alkalinity sources, enzyme stability agents, hydrotopes, solvents, perfumes.
  • carbonate/sulphate coated percarbonate bleach may include a low level of a heavy metal sequestrant such as EDTA, 1-hydroxyethylidene 1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) or an aminophosphonate, that is incorporated during the manufacturing process.
  • a heavy metal sequestrant such as EDTA, 1-hydroxyethylidene 1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) or an aminophosphonate
  • the granular laundry detergent, automatic dishwashing compositions or laundry additives herein may contain an additional bleaching agent, in addition to the percarbonate.
  • Polymeric polycarboxylate builders are set forth in U.S. Patent 3,308,067, Diehl, issued March 7, 1967. Such materials include the water-soluble salts of homo-and copolymers of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, mesaconic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • proteases include Protease A (see European Patent Application 130 756, published January 9, 1985) and Protease B (see European Patent Application Serial No. 87303761.8, filed April 28, 1987, and European Patent Application 130 756, Bott et al, published January 9, 1985).
  • a secondary package containing a group of filled primary packages is hereinafter called shipping unit.
  • the shipping unit is formed to a rectangular shape. In this manner, the shipping unit is suitable to be stacked with other similar shipping units for storage and transport. A complete assembly or pallet stack is obtained by stacking several of these shipping units.
  • the secondary package may be preferably made of a wrap-around film.
  • the wrap-around film may be made of polyethylene or paper based films.
  • a paper based film is preferably a film made out of a layer of a plastic film laminated to a layer of paper.
  • the filled primary packages which should enter into one secondary package are first collated together.
  • the collating of the filled primary packages together is achieved also without using any fastening means, such as tape-wrapping for example. Therefore, the filled primary packages collated together are dropped as a whole collated bundle into the secondary package. It has been found that this collating of the filled primary packages further ensures that the filled pouches do not turn upside down or in any other direction during the falling into the secondary package.
  • the cross seal comprises an interruption in the sealing area corresponding to the whole or part of the overlapping vertical edges. This interruption in the sealing area avoids that the overlapping vertical edges are completely sealed together with the bottom and/or the top seal of the secondary package.
  • the partial seal of the overlapping vertical edges to the bottom and/or top seal further prevents that the overlapping vertical edges are loose and flap around. Indeed, loose or flapping overlapping vertical edges may of hindrance for the handling of the secondary package.

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DE69605893T DE69605893T2 (de) 1996-03-28 1996-10-02 Verfahren zum Zusammenbringen gefüllter Verpackungen
ES96202743T ES2142015T3 (es) 1996-03-28 1996-10-02 Un metodo para reunir envases cargados.
EP96202743A EP0798215B1 (de) 1996-03-28 1996-10-02 Verfahren zum Zusammenbringen gefüllter Verpackungen
BR9708278A BR9708278A (pt) 1996-03-28 1997-03-18 Um método para a montagem de embalagens cheias
CN97194944A CN1219915A (zh) 1996-03-28 1997-03-18 用于组装已装料包装件的方法
PCT/US1997/003699 WO1997035765A1 (en) 1996-03-28 1997-03-18 A method for assembling filled packages
JP9534424A JPH11506997A (ja) 1996-03-28 1997-03-18 充填パッケージを組み立てるための方法
ZA9702631A ZA972631B (en) 1996-03-28 1997-03-26 A method for assembling filled packages.
ARP970101232A AR006416A1 (es) 1996-03-28 1997-03-26 Un metodo para ensamblar envases llenos.

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EP96200847 1996-03-28
EP96200847 1996-03-28
EP96202743A EP0798215B1 (de) 1996-03-28 1996-10-02 Verfahren zum Zusammenbringen gefüllter Verpackungen

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CN (1) CN1219915A (de)
AR (1) AR006416A1 (de)
BR (1) BR9708278A (de)
DE (1) DE69605893T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2142015T3 (de)
WO (1) WO1997035765A1 (de)
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US4353196A (en) * 1978-09-12 1982-10-12 Beer Frederick W Package and automatic method of forming same
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EP1582465A2 (de) * 2004-04-03 2005-10-05 Rovema Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Vertikale Schlauchbeutelmaschine zum Abpacken von Stapeln aufeinandergelegter Gegenstände
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BR9708278A (pt) 1999-08-03
DE69605893D1 (de) 2000-02-03
WO1997035765A1 (en) 1997-10-02
JPH11506997A (ja) 1999-06-22
ZA972631B (en) 1997-10-29
AR006416A1 (es) 1999-08-25
CN1219915A (zh) 1999-06-16
EP0798215B1 (de) 1999-12-29

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