EP0896944A2 - Procédé pour emballer un materiau plié en accordéon et matériau emballé - Google Patents

Procédé pour emballer un materiau plié en accordéon et matériau emballé Download PDF

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EP0896944A2
EP0896944A2 EP98101661A EP98101661A EP0896944A2 EP 0896944 A2 EP0896944 A2 EP 0896944A2 EP 98101661 A EP98101661 A EP 98101661A EP 98101661 A EP98101661 A EP 98101661A EP 0896944 A2 EP0896944 A2 EP 0896944A2
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Charles Gary Pottenger
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/02—Folding limp material without application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/06—Folding webs
    • B65H45/10—Folding webs transversely
    • B65H45/101—Folding webs transversely in combination with laying, i.e. forming a zig-zag pile
    • B65H45/1015—Folding webs provided with predefined fold lines; Refolding prefolded webs, e.g. fanfolded continuous forms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4216—Forming a pile of web folded in zig-zag form
    • B65H2301/42162—Juxtaposing several piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/11—Dimensional aspect of article or web
    • B65H2701/112—Section geometry
    • B65H2701/1123—Folded article or web
    • B65H2701/11231—Fan-folded material or zig-zag or leporello
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/18—Form of handled article or web
    • B65H2701/182—Piled package
    • B65H2701/1824—Web material folded in zig-zag form
    • B65H2701/18242—Juxtaposed sets

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  • the present invention relates generally to a method for packaging fan folded material. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method for packaging preprinted fan folded documents specifically cards, in a manner rendering them suitable for continuous feeding to a processing or an attaching machine.
  • Preprinted fan folded continuous feed cards in amounts of 15,000 to 16,000 have been packaged in cartons for over twenty years. A typical use for these cards is for insertion into magazines and newspapers as advertisements or order forms. The current procedures for feeding the preprinted cards into a processing or attaching machine require a considerable amount of attendant time as well as physical strength.
  • the preprinted cards are generally folded into stacks. These stacks of cards are then packaged in the cartons.
  • the cartons weigh approximately sixty pounds when filled with the stacks of cards.
  • An employee must be constantly available to splice the end of the last card in a stack to the beginning of the first card of the next stack in the same carton or the first stack in the next carton to ensure the continuous feeding of the fan folded cards. This procedure creates additional handling and manpower needs by the customer, as well as at the packaging facility.
  • a recently proposed method, disclosed in European Patent Application No. EP 0 763 491 A2, for the handling and packaging of fan folded material generally addresses the mentioned difficulty, and proposes the storage of a number of rows of stacks of preprinted stacked cards on a pallet or skid. All the cards in one row are continuous. That is to say, the last card in each stack is connected to the first card in the next stack. The last card in the last stack of each row is spliced to the first card in the first stack in the next row.
  • the second row of cards begins its path of travel.
  • the cards making up the second row and every alternate subsequent row are offset fan folded by turning over the stacks of cards in the second and every alternate rows.
  • the last card of the first row is spliced to the first card of the second row but because of the reverse fan folded arrangement, the section of connecting cards as well as having a splice, also has a twist. Subsequent odd number rows will be formed as described for the first row, while subsequent even number rows will be formed as described for the second row.
  • the general object of the invention is to address the concerns mentioned above.
  • the invention is adaptable for any fan folded material including preprinted cards, labels, envelopes, fragrance strips, information sheets, statements and the like used for insertion and attachment.
  • the material may also have file hole punches along one or both of its sides.
  • One specific object of the preferred form of the invention is to store a number of assemblies of preprinted, fan folded stacked documents in a container. These assemblies will be formed as the documents are processed through a fan folding device, such that when the assemblies are put into the container, there will be no need to turns over the preprinted fan folded document assemblies every alternate row or perform splicing together at the end and beginning of each row. It is the intent of this process to provide a container containing as much as 350,000 fan folded documents for delivery to a processing or attaching machine in one delivery without jeopardizing the overall integrity of the documents which can happen if the documents have to be continuously spliced together at the end and beginning of each row.
  • the invention relates to a document packaging process which includes placing assemblies containing stacks of continuously connected fan folded documents in a container.
  • the assemblies are linearly arranged in rows so that the documents in one assembly are connected to the documents in the next assembly.
  • the packaging method provides that, automatically, the documents of the assemblies of the subsequent rows are fed into the processing machine.
  • the fan folded documents are packaged in an orientation that allows them to feed continuously with any preprinted matter facing the same direction so that the documents will be inserted at the distribution site in accordance with the specific- needs of a project.
  • This continuous feeding is accomplished without the need to turn stacks of documents over, or the need to splice the documents together at the end and beginning of each row, thereby eliminating many expensive and potentially wasteful manual steps required in the methods described above.
  • This invention simplifies the steps of the method discussed in said European Application by a method of packaging the preprinted fan folded documents into individual assemblies as they are being delivered from a fan folder, keeping the fan folded documents connected in a continuous stream and then, preferably placing the assemblies into a container.
  • the above and other objects are achieved in accordance with the present invention which provides a method of packaging continuous stationery in the form of pre-printed documents, comprising the steps of fan folding the documents into stacks, holding each stack in an elongated packaging sleeve to form an assembly from the top of which both the leading end and the trailing end of the stack emerge, arranging the assemblies in parallel side by side rows, and arranging the rows in parallel, side by side relationship to define a body of assemblies in a first to last sequence, whilst maintaining throughout the body of assemblies that the documents of each of the first to last but one assembly, remain continuously connected.
  • packaged pre-printed documents which are fan folded into stacks and each stack is held in an elongated packaging sleeve to form an assembly from the top of which both the leading end and the trailing end of the stack emerge, and wherein the assemblies are arranged in parallel side by side rows to define a body of assemblies positioned in or suitable for positioning in a container in a first to last sequence, characterised in that throughout the body of assemblies the trailing end of the documents of each of the first to last but one assembly, is continuously connected to the leading end of the next assembly in the sequence.
  • continuous stationery 10 is fed to a fan folding machine 12 from whence the material emerges fan folded at 14 as best shown in Fig. 1a.
  • the leading end of the material is shown at 16, and in order to form a stack, the fan folded material is compressed in region 18 against for example a length measurement so that the person forming the stack will know at least approximately that the correct number has been placed in the stack, although having regard to the use to which the documents are to be put, it is not essential that this number be exact.
  • the stack may be compressed against for example an end stop 20 on the surface 22 on which the stack is formed. In Fig. 1, this surface 22 is in fact provided by a conveyor 24, but it could be a static working table.
  • the sleeve is a box having an open side, and it comprises side panels 30, 32, a front panel 34, a base panel 36 and a rear panel 38 which is hinged open as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 1b.
  • the top 40 of the sleeve is open.
  • This construction enables the sleeve to be pushed along the surface 22 in the direction of arrow 42 whilst the rear end of the stack 24 is raised slightly, and thereby the stack 24 can be inserted in the sleeve 28, the position being shown in Fig. 1c.
  • the trailing portion of documents is laid over the stack as shown at 44 so that the trailing end and leading end of the documents as regards the assembly of stack and sleeve emerge from the open top of the sleeve.
  • the assembly is now removed from the surface 22 and eventually it will be placed in a container 46 as shown in Fig. 1, the assembly in the container being indicated by reference numeral A1.
  • the container in fact will be filled with assemblies A1, A2, A3 and so on in a sequence to form a body of assemblies in the container 46. That body of assemblies and more particularly the documents contained therein form a consignment to be dispatched to a consumer who will then pull the documents from the stacks and use them in a processing and inserting plan as described herein.
  • Fig. 2 shows one such row having being formed, and it will be seen that the trailing ends of the documents of each stack which extend up alongside the stack are connected to the documents of the next stack and so on.
  • Fig. 2 also shows that conveniently the assemblies of each row may be held in a tray 48 of cardboard of the like material. This is convenient, because in accordance with the invention rows of assemblies are manipulated for gripping them into bodies as described hereinbefore. The methods of handling the rows are described hereinafter.
  • FIG. 3 shows two rows R1 and R2 which have been produced sequentially by the steps hereinbefore described in relation to the earlier figures.
  • the rows are shown as being continuously connected by the document as at reference 50, and although row R2 is not shown as being provided with a tray 48, this is only for convenience of illustration.
  • row 2 is simply swung through 180° as indicated by arrow 52 in Fig. 3 so that the rows R1 and R2 lie side by side and parallel as shown in Fig. 4.
  • This means that the rows will be connected by section 50 which takes up a fan shape as shown in Fig. 4.
  • Subsequent rows R3, R4 and R5 are positioned similarly, but are swung through 180° in alternate directions, as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 4 and by arrows 54 and 56.
  • Fig. 11 shows a final arrangement of such a method of arranging the rows.
  • the bridging section 50 of documents can be initially of any length, and surplus documents can be folded back into the top of the stack of the adjacent assembly.
  • the invention provides other methods for arrangement of the rows rather than that shown in Fig. 4, and Figs. 5 and 6 show another method.
  • Fig. 5 shows the rows R1 and R2 in alignment similarly to the arrangement of Fig. 3, but to position the rows in side by side parallel arrangement, rows R1 and R2 are laterally displaced one relative to the other as indicated by arrow 58 in Fig. 5, and when the rows are laterally displaced equal to a row width, the rows are then moved together as shown in Fig. 6 by movement in a direction parallel to the rows.
  • the bridging section 50 as shown in Fig. 6 requires a twist 60, and the section 50 extends from the last assembly of row R1 to the first assembly of row R2 which lies adjacent the first assembly of row R1.
  • the section 50 therefore extends from front to rear of the rows but bridges between adjacent rows.
  • Fig. 12 shows a completed arrangement.
  • the twist in each of sections 50 is not harmful to the subsequent processing of the stacks of documents because as the documents are pulled out from the assemblies in turn, and are fed to a distant processing and inserting equipment, the twist is unravelled.
  • FIG. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing rows R1 and R2 aligned and connected by the bridging section 50 of documents.
  • the rows R1 and R2 are placed side by side as shown in Fig. 10 by firstly as shown in Fig. 8 rotating the row R1 as indicated by arrow 62 until end A of row 1 previously remote from end C of row 2 lies adjacent end C and end B becomes remote. This is the effect of imparting a twist to the section 50 which remains connected between end B and end C of the respective rows.
  • the row R1 again as shown in Fig.
  • row R3 To add the row R3, the two rows R1 and R2 are rotated as shown by arrow 66, but in the opposite direction from arrow 62 to bring end C of row R2 adjacent end A of row R3 as shown in Fig. 10. Finally, row R3 is moved into position in the direction of arrow 64 alongside row R2, and so the process is repeated until the body is built up as shown in Fig. 13.
  • the advantage of the invention is that the continuous stationery remains continuous ie with breaks or splices throughout the entire body, and the body can be made as large practicable or as desired so that vast amounts of continuously connected stationery can be presented in bodies of assemblies.
  • twists in the connecting portions 50 as shown in Figs. 12 and 13 are not detrimental, as the processing and inserting equipment will be located sufficiently remote for the twist to be of no effect, and in any case the twists will unravel eventually.
  • Fig. 14 shows the prior art arrangement, and illustrates the disadvantage thereof.
  • the figure shows two assemblies 70 and 72 each comprising a stack of documents and a sleeve with the trailing portion of the documents along one side of the stack.
  • the assemblies 70 and 72 are the last and first assemblies of adjacent rows, and the stack of assemblies 72 is reverse fan folded compared to the stack of assembly 70.
  • This means that the drive apertures 74 of the documents of the stacks are arranged at the same side when viewed in Fig. 14, but to connect trailing leading ends of the documents of the assemblies 70 and 72, as shown by arrow 76, there has to be a twist 78 in the documents as well as a splice.
  • Such an operation is carried out by hand and this makes the process labour intensive.
  • splicing of documents such as these is extremely difficult, and invariably results in the misalignment of the printing on the documents and/or a thickened region in the continuous stationery which can cause problems in the processing and inserting equipment.

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EP1431189A1 (fr) * 2002-12-19 2004-06-23 KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Aktiengesellschaft Machine à étiqueter des récipients
WO2022198556A1 (fr) * 2021-03-25 2022-09-29 Nuevopak (Jiangmen) Environmental & Technology Company Limited Procédés de formation d'une palette sans fin à partir d'un matériau en plaques de largeur réduite à déploiement continu

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EP0383501A2 (fr) * 1989-02-14 1990-08-22 Metric Group Limited Systèmes d'alimentation de bande de papier
EP0763491A2 (fr) * 1995-09-18 1997-03-19 Intouch Marketing Services, Inc. Procédé pour empaqueter des cartes à insérer

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EP0763491A2 (fr) * 1995-09-18 1997-03-19 Intouch Marketing Services, Inc. Procédé pour empaqueter des cartes à insérer

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EP1431189A1 (fr) * 2002-12-19 2004-06-23 KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Aktiengesellschaft Machine à étiqueter des récipients
WO2022198556A1 (fr) * 2021-03-25 2022-09-29 Nuevopak (Jiangmen) Environmental & Technology Company Limited Procédés de formation d'une palette sans fin à partir d'un matériau en plaques de largeur réduite à déploiement continu

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