EP1040911B1 - Procede de fabrication de recipients, dispositif de fabrication et recipient ainsi obtenu - Google Patents

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EP1040911B1
EP1040911B1 EP98959915A EP98959915A EP1040911B1 EP 1040911 B1 EP1040911 B1 EP 1040911B1 EP 98959915 A EP98959915 A EP 98959915A EP 98959915 A EP98959915 A EP 98959915A EP 1040911 B1 EP1040911 B1 EP 1040911B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/14—Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming
    • B31B50/142—Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming using presses or dies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2105/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2120/00—Construction of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B31B2120/40—Construction of rigid or semi-rigid containers lined or internally reinforced
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/26—Folding sheets, blanks or webs
    • B31B50/44—Folding sheets, blanks or webs by plungers moving through folding dies

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  • the present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of containers, to a machine for manufacturing the same and to a container obtained with this process, said containers being formed from a plurality of strips superposed and joined together and being especially suitable for containing foods.
  • These containers are formed by a plurality of layers of sheet material, the number and the material of the layers depending upon the type of foods to be contained.
  • the layers are normally of cardboard or expanded polystyrene, also including a layer of laminated material suitable for being in contact with foods.
  • the containers can include an additional layer of absorbent material placed beneath the layer of material suitable for being in contact with foods.
  • Cardboard containers have the disadvantage of not being very strong and not retaining their shape, that is, they deform and do not recover their original shape. This is due to the fact that during the pressing stage to shape the container according to a predetermined design folds are formed at the pressed zones, and these folds can deform if pressure is applied on same.
  • the manufacturing processes for this type of container usually include the stages of:
  • Another disadvantage is the power needed for the punching head of the pressing station, since a number of layers have to be pressed together. Furthermore, the tolerance between the punching heads and the dies of the pressing station has to be quite large, since a plurality of layers of a certain thickness has to be pressed all together.
  • US-A-2 116 362 discloses an apparatus for making cartons comprising an endless carrier having a step by step movement; a series of formers mounted on said carrier; means for feeding to each former a sheet of relatively thin flexible material; a series of means for folding the sheet about the respective former to provide a bag having its outer end closed and inner end open; means for advancing in step by step manner a continuous strip of carton body blanks; means for periodically severing a body blank from such strip, each carton body including a bottom panel and a side panel on opposite sides of the bottom panel and tabs projecting from the ends of such panels; a series of means for folding a carton body blank over the folded bag disposed on one side of said formers; means for feeding in limited relation to the movement of said carrier a continuous strip of end panels to the carrier in the path of movement of the formers; means for severing an end panel from each strip; and means for securing a severed end panel to the tabs on opposite ends of the folded carton body blank.
  • US-A-2 776 608 discloses a method of making containers having a plurality of layers of material which comprises assembling a plurality of sheets of material, initially applying heat to a limited area and thereby adhering the sheets to each other to form a composite blank, simultaneously folding all the sheets of the blank into a tubular body portion in which the layers are superimposed, folding the elements at one end of the blank to close one end of the body portion, adhesively securing at least a portion of said end elements to retain the elements and container body portion in folded position, and subsequently securing said side seam, and welding the sheets of material to each other by applying heat throughout the entire area of said body portion to form a smooth, strong, multiple-layered container.
  • the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of containers, characterized in that it comprises the stages of:
  • containers are formed with the number of strips desired, thus achieving a suitable thickness, without limitation.
  • a container of considerable strength is thus achieved, forming folds of very small dimensions, with high shape-retention, that is, if the container deforms it returns to its original shape.
  • the pressing stage can be carried out using cold or hot process, achieving very high manufacturing speeds compared with the known processes.
  • the process of the invention also includes an additional stage of cutting away the edges of the container after pressing and joining together all the strips.
  • the container is made by taking up strips from at least three rolls of sheet materials, the first sheet material being suitable for being in contact with foods and, when all the strips have been pressed and joined together, the one left on the internal part of the container.
  • At least one of said rolls is cardboard, the strip(s) which are die-cut from the roll(s) of cardboard being fitted between the first strip of material suitable for being in contact with foods and the strip applied on the outermost part when all the strips have been pressed and joined together.
  • some slots or orifices can be made in the first strip of material suitable for being in contact with foods.
  • a zone of the cardboard strip(s) corresponding to the slots or orifices of the first strip is treated for absorption at predetermined zones of the juices produced by the product to be packaged.
  • treatment of the cardboard strip(s) is carried out by spraying a material suitable for preventing porosity at certain zones of said strip(s).
  • the strips are cut out in advance and marks made for carrying out the subsequent pressing on each of the strips.
  • At least one of said strips is of dimensions different from the other strips.
  • a reinforcement or absorbent strip of smaller dimensions can thus be included between the other strips.
  • the present invention also relates to a machine for manufacturing containers, as is claimed in claim 11.
  • the machine of the invention also includes a cutting station at which the edges of the already-shaped container are cut after all the strips have been joined together.
  • the machine can also include at least one additional station for treating a zone of at least one of said strips.
  • the rolls of sheet material are positioned one beside the other, with the roll corresponding to the innermost strip of the already-formed container placed at one end and the roll corresponding to the outermost strip of the already-formed container at the other end.
  • the dies of the pressing stations are positioned one beside the other facing the outlet of sheet material from the rolls.
  • the present invention also relates to a container manufactured according to the foregoing process and with the machine described.
  • the machine comprises:
  • this machine is designed for the manufacturing of containers of four layers of sheet material, though containers of more or fewer layers can be manufactured by adding or removing the corresponding stations.
  • the innermost strip of the formed container is of a material suitable for being in contact with foods and can be printed on if wished.
  • This strip can be made of a heat-fusible and impermeable material, depending on requirements.
  • the outermost sheet of the formed container can be made of any suitable material, such as paper or others, and can be printed on.
  • the intermediate strip or strips, two in the case of the container manufactured with the machine shown in the drawings, are preferably of cardboard.
  • the rolls of sheet material 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d are first placed in position in such a way that they feed said material to the stations described. Any suitable means can be used as driving means of said rolls for feeding of material.
  • the machine of the invention will be synchronised in such a way that, when it comes into operation, the material is fed first from the first roll 1a, the roll on the left of the machine shown.
  • the sheet material will pass first through the gluing station 2, where one section of the material will be glued.
  • the glue used will be heat-fusible, being allowed to cool before pressing.
  • the sheet material is then die-cut and marked according to a predetermined design, with marks made for subsequent pressing thereof.
  • the strip is then pressed, by either cold or hot process. If carried out by hot process, the temperature reached will not be very high, but only sufficient to heat the glue on the strip. The part of the pressing station which will be heated will always be the die, while the punching head 5 will remain cold.
  • This already-pressed strip will pass on to the next pressing station 4 by means of the conveyer belt 6, on which a second strip will be incorporated onto said first strip when it is pressed. Said second strip had passed through the same processes as the first strip.
  • This process for incorporating a strip will be carried out successively until the entire container has been formed.
  • the machine of the invention will be synchronised in such a way that container manufacturing is carried out continuously.
  • An additional operation of spraying onto a zone of the sheet material can be carried out on the intermediate sheet materials. This spraying is carried out in order to treat some zones, thereby preventing porosity at some zones of the strip or strips.
  • one of the strips making up the container can be of dimensions different from those of the other layers.
  • a reinforcement strip of smaller dimensions can be included between the other strips.
  • At least one of the rolls can be positioned to feed material in a different direction from the rest of the rolls, thereby allowing the fibres of the sheet material from this roll to cross over the fibres of the other sheet materials.
  • the container is thus provided with greater shape stability, preventing deformations.

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  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)

Claims (16)

  1. Procédé de fabrication de containers, les containers étant formés à partir de plusieurs bandes superposées et réunies l'une à l'autre, et formés par collage, découpage à l'emporte-pièce et pressage desdites bandes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes de :
    collage de ladite pluralité de bandes à partir de rouleaux d'un matériau en feuille (« sheet material ») (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) ;
    découpage à l'emporte-pièce et réunion desdites bandes ensemble de manière à fabriquer le container selon un modèle prédéterminé individuellement pour chaque bande, en ajoutant les autres bandes alors qu'elles sont pressées successivement et individuellement à une première bande déjà pressée.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une étape supplémentaire de découpage des bords du container après pressage et réunion de toutes les bandes ensemble.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le découpage à l'emporte-pièce est effectué en prenant les bandes à partir d'au moins trois rouleaux de matériaux en feuille (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), le premier matériau en feuille (1d) étant adapté pour être en contact avec des produits alimentaires et, lorsque toutes les bandes ont été pressées et reliées ensemble, une bande est laissée sur la partie interne du container.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un desdits rouleaux maintient le carton (1b, 1c), la ou les bande(s) qui est ou sont découpée(s) à l'emporte-pièce à partir du ou des rouleau(x) en carton installé(s) entre la première bande de matériau adaptée pour être en contact avec les produits alimentaires (1d) et la bande appliquée sur la partie la plus externe lorsque toutes les bandes ont été pressées et réunies ensemble.
  5. Procédé selon les revendications 1 et 3, caractérisé en ce que lors de l'étape de découpage à l'emporte-pièce certaines fentes ou orifices sont réalisées dans la première bande du matériau adaptée pour être en contact avec les produits alimentaires (1d).
  6. Procédé selon les revendications 4 et 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une étape supplémentaire de traitement d'une zone des bandes ou de la bande en carton (1b, 1c) correspondant aux fentes ou orifices de la première bande.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que pendant l'étape de pressage et de réunion des bandes ensemble, ces dernières sont protégées par un moyen d'absorption sous vide.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le traitement de la ou des bande(s) en carton est réalisé en pulvérisant un matériau adapté pour éviter que certaines zones de ladite ou desdites bande(s) présentent une porosité.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans l'étape de découpage à l'emporte-pièce les bandes sont coupées par avance et des signes sont effectués pour réaliser le pressage postérieur sur chacune des bandes.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une desdites bandes présente des dimensions différentes à celles des autres bandes,
  11. Machine ou dispositif pour la fabrication de containers selon le procédé de la revendication 1, comprenant un nombre de poste de collage ; un nombre de postes de découpage à l'emporte-pièce qui découpent plusieurs bandes ; un nombre de poste de pressage (4) formées par plusieurs têtes de poinçonnage (5) et des outillages de frappe, et des moyens de transfert (6) des bandes à partir d'un poste vers les autres caractérisée en ce que:
    le nombre de postes de collage (2) coïncide avec le nombre de rouleaux de matériau en feuille (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) ou présente une unité inférieure au nombre de rouleaux (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) ;
    le nombre de postes de découpage à l'emporte-pièce (3) qui découpent plusieurs bandes prises à partir du même nombre de rouleaux de matériau en feuille (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), coïncide avec le nombre de rouleaux du matériau en feuille ;
    le nombre de postes de pressage (4) coïncide avec le nombre de rouleaux du matériau en feuille (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), ces postes de pressage (4) réalisant la réunion de toutes les bandes ensemble ; et
    le moyen de transfert (6) fait passer une première bande successivement à travers tous les postes de pressage (4), de manière individuelle en ajoutant une bande à chacun desdits postes au niveau de ladite première bande jusqu'à ce que la fabrication finale du container soit réalisée.
  12. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend également un poste de découpage (7) où les bords du container déjà mis en forme sont coupés après que toutes les bandes ont été reliées ensemble.
  13. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend au moins un poste supplémentaire (8) pour traiter une zone d'au moins une desdites bandes.
  14. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que les rouleaux du matériau en feuille (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) sont positionnés l'un à côté de l'autre, avec le rouleau correspondant à la bande la plus inteme (1d) du container déjà formé placé à une extrémité et le rouleau correspondant à la bande la plus externe (1a) du container déjà formé à l'autre extrémité.
  15. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que les outillages de frappe des postes de pressage (4) sont positionnés l'un à côté de l'autre en face de la sortie du matériau en feuille à partir des rouleaux (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d).
  16. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 15, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un des rouleaux est orienté dans une direction différente par rapport au reste des rouleaux.
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ES009702710A ES2149671B1 (es) 1997-12-16 1997-12-16 Procedimiento para la fabricacion de envases, maquina para su fabricacion y envase obtenido con dicho procedimiento.
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