EP0903293A1 - Verfahren zum Verpacken von Handschuhen - Google Patents

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EP0903293A1
EP0903293A1 EP98401981A EP98401981A EP0903293A1 EP 0903293 A1 EP0903293 A1 EP 0903293A1 EP 98401981 A EP98401981 A EP 98401981A EP 98401981 A EP98401981 A EP 98401981A EP 0903293 A1 EP0903293 A1 EP 0903293A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D75/002—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 in shrink films
    • B65D75/004—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 in shrink films with auxiliary packaging elements, e.g. protective pads or frames, trays
    • 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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/20—Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts
    • 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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/18—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for wearing apparel, headwear or footwear

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  • the subject of the present invention is a method of gloves packaging.
  • Gloves in particular plastic gloves for use household or other, are usually presented in a case in which they are folded.
  • Such packaging is relatively soft, which translates often by a relatively unattractive appearance or even by a non-optimal volume which can be notably due to the presence of air at inside the gloves.
  • the present invention relates to a method for to obtain rigid packaging which at least partially remedies to the aforementioned drawbacks.
  • At least one of the first and second supports can be a belt device, which may have an upper face and a underside of drive.
  • step d) the transfer can be done by pushing said assembly to the packing station.
  • the first and the second supports are belt or roller devices and when step c), the gloves and the saber piece are pinched between the two belt or roller devices and, in step d), said transfer is performed by moving the belts and / or rollers of said first and said second device.
  • At least one of the first and second supports can be resiliently recalled.
  • the gloves it is advantageous for the gloves to be gathered when they are arranged on the supports.
  • a template is associated with each support shirring width less than that of the gloves so as to allow their frowning.
  • the process can be characterized in that, during step b), the piece of sabering is guided by a template, for example a so-called gathering template, so as to come to rest on the first region of the gloves which is at least in part consisting of the fingers of the gloves, to expel at least partially air.
  • a template for example a so-called gathering template, so as to come to rest on the first region of the gloves which is at least in part consisting of the fingers of the gloves, to expel at least partially air.
  • Said support is preferably elastic, for example in resiliently recalling the first support and / or said template.
  • the template may have a guide element such as guide grooves for introducing the saber piece into the template.
  • the grooves are oriented in the direction of transfer of said assembly during step d), so that the direction introduction of the saber piece and the direction of transfer are parallel or confused.
  • said displacement can advantageously move by moving one of the supports, for example the first support, parallel to itself.
  • the method can be characterized in that, after step d), said assembly consisting of folded gloves and the saber piece is introduced into a cardboard box folded around one end of said assembly.
  • the packaging station may have at least one device for belt or roller.
  • the method may include a step e) at during which said assembly is filmed in the packaging station, preferably by introducing said assembly between two superimposed films.
  • the method can be characterized in that it comprises, after step e), step f) during which the assembly under film is subjected to perimeter welding.
  • said film is heat-shrinkable and said perimeter welding is carried out at a sufficiently short distance from contours of the saber piece so that, after a step g) of heat-shrinking, said perimeter weld closely follows the edges exteriors of the saber piece.
  • This also has the advantage of allow easy handling of the entire film before heat-shrinking, without the gloves' fingers moving.
  • the invention also relates to a device for packaging of gloves comprising at least one pair of folded gloves around a saber piece and arranged with possibly a cardboard in a plastic packaging film sealed by welding.
  • said packaging is a heat-shrunk film having a perimeter weld which closely follows the edges exteriors of the saber piece.
  • the gloves 30 are removed flat, palm up, in a template with two parts 51 and 54 arranged side by side.
  • the width of the interior space delimited by the rooms 51 and 54 is slightly lower than that of gloves 30, so as to ensure their frowning.
  • the bottom of the template consists of two sets of belts 1 and 2.
  • the first set of belts 1 is mounted on springs 3 allowing the compression of part of the gloves, in particular the finger region 32, which rests on the belt 1. This compression is obtained using a saber 10 whose longitudinal edges 12 are introduced manually in grooves 52 of the template part 51.
  • the part of saber or saber 10 is slightly wider than the gloves 30 gathered by the template parts 51 and 54.
  • the transfer of the first set of belts 1 to the second set of belts 2 folds the cuff 35 around a fold line 36 located along the side edge 15 of the saber 10.
  • the template piece 51 is moved vertically using a jack 5 having a jack rod 5 '.
  • the retraction of the cylinder rod 5 ' causes the compression of springs 3, which allows the saber 10 engaged in the grooves 52 to come press the gloves 30 so as to expel the air contained in the gloves.
  • Figure 2 This is shown in Figure 2.
  • the piece of template 51 is translated under the second belt train 2, and the cuff 35 finishes folding up on the back of the saber 10.
  • the cuff 35 then rests on the openwork frame 17 at 18 which occupies the central part of the part 10.
  • This central part is, in the example shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b, constituted by an X-shaped frame 17 which is bordered by an outline 14, the contour 14 and the frame 17 having a thickness less than that of the edges 12.
  • the second belt train 2 is recalled by a spring 4 which can move vertically freely in the internal gathering space left free by the template piece 54.
  • the workpiece template 51 and the jack 5 are carried by a slide 7 movable in translation horizontal along an axis 8 and which is actuated by a device actuation 9.
  • Figure 3 is shown a cardboard 20 having at least one fold line 21 and edges 22 and which is unstacked automatically, folded and inserted into the trajectory of the assembly by gloves 30 and saber 10 during transfer into the device filming, which can be carried out using a pusher 55.
  • the assembly constituted by the saber part 10 and the gloves 30 folded causes the net cardboard 20 and the film 60.
  • FIG. 4 is shown a preferred embodiment of the packing station in which the whole is filmed.
  • the filming is carried out at from two superimposed films 63 and 64 supplied by two reels 61 and 62 and between which is introduced the assembly 10.30.
  • the film passes around two axes 65 and 66 around which the carton 20 is folded around the whole while training the film by simultaneous action on two superimposed belt trains 67 and 68.
  • the pack is held in the two belt trains 67 and 68.
  • the welding operation is carried out by lowering the 71 upper welding abutment and by raising the block lower welding 71 which drives a film presser.
  • a peripheral welding 41 is carried out located at a certain distance from the outer edges of the saber 10, for example 5 mm, so as to then allow, by heat shrinking, an appropriate packaging of the gloves.
  • the film packaging 40 is shown before heat shrinkage in Figure 6a and after heat shrinkage in Figure 6b.
  • the heat seal line 42 runs after heat shrinkage the outer contour and in particular the edges 12 and 15 as well as the portion ring 16 of the saber part 10.
  • a scraps of film is removed for example by winding these on a bobbin after which we open the assembly constituted by the counter-support 71 and the lower welding block 72, the belts 67 are moved upwards and the belt train 68 is motorized to evacuate the pack to a retraction tunnel at the exit of which the packs under film are crated.
  • the peripheral weld 41 of the film is produced by a shape which runs as close as possible to the shape of the saber which is fitted with blank presses ensuring that the two film thicknesses are kept in contact during welding. During this operation, the film is cut and welded around opening 16 which allows the packs to be placed under film on the displays in shops.
  • the film After heat shrinking, the film is stretched and pressed against the gloves 30 and the saber piece 10.
  • the frame 17 preferably having a lower thickness to that of the edges 12, it is thus possible to obtain a flat and rigid packaging attractive in appearance and occupies minimal space on the shelves of a shop.

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CN106314838A (zh) * 2015-07-10 2017-01-11 上海生大医保股份有限公司 塑胶手套自动包装流水线末端定位装置
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