EP1097866B1 - Machine horizontale à former, remplir et fermer des sachets - Google Patents

Machine horizontale à former, remplir et fermer des sachets Download PDF

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EP1097866B1
EP1097866B1 EP00121940A EP00121940A EP1097866B1 EP 1097866 B1 EP1097866 B1 EP 1097866B1 EP 00121940 A EP00121940 A EP 00121940A EP 00121940 A EP00121940 A EP 00121940A EP 1097866 B1 EP1097866 B1 EP 1097866B1
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Herbert Barsch
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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
    • 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
    • B65B9/06—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
    • B65B9/067—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously

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  • the present invention relates to a horizontal tubular bag packaging machine with a Foil feed from above, with a first conveyor for unpacked goods, one second conveyor for goods covered by the film, a support device between the two conveyors and a film feed and sealing device for the Moving and welding the film, wherein a film guide is provided, which the film wraps around the goods in a tube shape, so that the two film edges under the Merge goods during their movement in the direction of transport.
  • FIG 1 shown schematically.
  • the goods 6 are initially unpacked on a first transport device 3 moves.
  • the packaging film 7 is initially on the roll 2.
  • a Feeder is the film from above over the goods 6 and with their side edges this led around and in the embodiment shown on the underside with the help of the welding and feed device 5 closed.
  • the previously unpacked product 6 is located immediately behind the welding device in a tube made of the film 7.
  • the separating and welding device 8 cuts the endless hose and welds it the ends of each piece.
  • the packaged goods are transported on with the conveyor 4.
  • the goods can only on Film feed are moved, d. That is, the goods are due to the static or sliding friction on the Contact point between the goods and the film within the film tube, which is not yet fully developed driven.
  • this friction is often precisely at the transfer points not sufficient, so that, especially with small round goods, the only possible punctiform on a support device (sheet metal wedge) between the not yet connected film edges rest, the goods slide or slide within the tubular film roll begins and is not transported further. In this case, the packaging machine be stopped and the fault can be eliminated by hand.
  • FIG 2 the critical area just described is shown again in a view from above.
  • the dashed circles denoted by 5 represent the rollers of the film feed and Welding device for moving the film at feed speed and that Welding the film.
  • the individual rollers 5 of the device rotate in the direction of the arrow.
  • the direction of goods transport runs from right to right in the picture Left.
  • the transport device for unpacked which adjoins the support plate 9 to the right Goods 3, which also ends in a sheet metal wedge serving as a support.
  • To the left is followed by the cutting and welding device 8, also not shown.
  • the unwrapped Goods are therefore brought in from the right.
  • the film which is not shown here, is shown in Direction of view, fed perpendicular to the plane of the paper and tubular around it bent around.
  • the two edges of the film are underneath the goods and corresponding to the Contour of the support plate 9 merged substantially wedge-shaped.
  • An unimpeded one To enable the foil to be guided, the two support plates 9 each have a wedge-shaped shape Recess 16 on. After the two edges of the film are brought together, the Edges welded with the help of the rollers 5 and transported further.
  • the only one-sided Wedge-shaped recess 12 of the support plate 9 on the left side of the support plate in the picture is required so that the weld seam can be folded over.
  • the transport belts or belts 10 transported.
  • the goods are not directly on the Transport belt or belt 10, but already placed on the tube around the goods Foil.
  • the conveyor belts 10 can also continue in the middle of the web be arranged, but they must then be made shorter so that they do not fit into the wedge Engage recess 16 of the support plates 9 in order to achieve unimpeded film guidance.
  • the Trays have an outer dimension that guarantees that they are carried by the conveyor belt or belt 10 takes place.
  • Horizontal tubular bag packaging machines are therefore often used for individual goods without a tray with a film feed from below for use. Because the film If the goods are brought up from below, the goods lie flat on the film and the transport belt or belt can also be arranged further in the middle of the web without the film guide is disturbed so that a safe movement of the goods is guaranteed. Through the Foil feed from below, however, the weld seam necessarily comes to the top of the Goods to lie. For individually packaged goods, this is irrelevant, since the goods after the packaging process can be easily turned over.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of a horizontal tubular bag packaging machine with a film feeder from above, which is also safe Packaging of individual, small parts of goods allowed. This task is accomplished by a horizontal tubular bag packaging machine according to claim 1 solved.
  • the support element takes over part of the function of the transport belt or belt 10 in Figure 2.
  • the support element is not the Foil guidance hindered, but at most brings the foil better into contact with the goods all from the bottom of the goods.
  • An embodiment is particularly preferred in which at least one pair of support elements is provided with a right and a left support element, the one Support element for receiving the film essentially in the area of one film edge and the other support element for receiving the film essentially in the area of the other Foil edge serves.
  • the goods are thus lying on two support elements together with the film, the Foil between the pair of support elements down to the transport or Welding device is performed.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention provides that several Support elements or several pairs of support elements on a circulating belt are mounted so that several support elements are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction are, which preferably move synchronously with the film. This can do much more Goods are packed because there is no need to wait for the support element or the pair of support elements are available for the transportation of the next part of the goods stands.
  • An embodiment is particularly preferred in which the horizontal movement is vertical for the transport movement of the support element with the essentially wedge-shaped course of the film corresponds. That is, the support member can be substantially parallel to the wedge-shaped Recess 16 in Figure 2 are performed.
  • the support element is as possible far inward, d. H. to the center of the web, pushed without the film guidance being impeded becomes.
  • the path through which the support elements pass preferably has at least two sections on, the web of the support elements also in the first section in the transport direction has a component perpendicular to the direction of transport, so that the support elements move to the middle of the web, and the support elements in the second section of the web in the direction of transport be moved almost exclusively in the transport direction.
  • the movement of the Support elements perpendicular to the direction of transport are usually only necessary where the film guide a changing space requirement on the underside of the goods. This is e.g. B. in The area of the wedge-shaped notches 16 in FIG. 2 is the case. In this area the support elements preferably pushed inwards successively. After the two edges of the Are brought together, the space requirement of the film guide no longer changes, so that a transverse movement of the support elements can be dispensed with.
  • a particularly useful embodiment provides that the two film edges in the second Section of the web passing through the support elements between the at least a pair of support elements are guided vertically downwards and preferably are guided in this path section by the welding device. As a result of that In this second section, no transverse movement takes place, a secure welding can take place the film web can be guaranteed.
  • An embodiment can also be particularly expedient be, in which at least a third path section passing through the support elements is provided in which one, the right or the left support element of a pair in essentially has only one component of movement in the direction of transport, while the other Support element additionally a movement component perpendicular to the transport direction of has the center of the web facing outwards.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the operation of a horizontal packaging machine according to the state of the art and have already been sufficiently discussed.
  • FIG 3 a conveyor of a packaging machine according to the invention is shown.
  • the figure shows the same section of the packaging machine as Figure 2.
  • the straps 10 in Figure 2 come here according to the invention two bands or chains with individual support elements 13 for use.
  • the bands are driven in the direction of transport.
  • the support elements are not only in the transport direction but also moved in the transverse direction.
  • the goods 6 are through the transport device 3 moved into the tubular bent sheet.
  • the two film edges are under the goods 6 are brought together essentially wedge-shaped in the region of the wedge-shaped recesses 16.
  • the support elements are in front of this Area initially moved outwards in the transverse direction.
  • the Foil below the goods in area 16 brought together until they finally from the welding and conveying device 5 is detected.
  • the support elements are also in this area 13 successively moved inwards in the transverse direction.
  • the support elements 13 of the the two tapes very close together so that they support the film below the goods and better contact with the goods and thus the static or sliding friction of the goods 6 within the tubular bag is increased due to the larger contact surface.
  • the weld is led down between the two conveyor belts.
  • the third area which is to the left of the left pair of rollers 5 in FIG.
  • FIG. 1 A side view of the treadmill is shown in FIG.
  • the treadmill is driven by a drive shaft 14, which is connected via a belt 15 to the treadmill, the support elements 13 transported, driven.
  • the individual support elements 13 are with the help of a positive guide brought into the desired position in the transverse direction.
  • the drive 14 must therefore only for ensure the movement of the treadmill in the direction of transport.
  • FIGS. 5a to 5c show three typical situations during the packaging process Cut shown.
  • the support elements 13 are moved outwards in the transverse direction, so that the film 7 can be guided down between the two support elements.
  • the support elements 13 in the further course, to the essentially wedge-shaped merging of the film edges corresponding, successively shifted inwards until that shown in Figure 5b Position is reached.
  • the film 7 is brought together between the two support elements 13 and is transported using the rollers of the welding device 5.
  • the sealing element 13 shown on the left in FIG. 5c ends the welding process pushed outwards so that the weld 7 'of the film 7 can be folded over to the left can.

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  1. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) comportant une amenée de feuille depuis le haut, un premier dispositif de transport (3) pour produits non emballés, un deuxième dispositif de transport (4) pour produits enveloppés dans une feuille, un dispositif de support entre les deux dispositifs de transport (3, 4) et un dispositif d'avancement et de fermeture de feuille (5) destiné à déplacer et fermer la feuille (7), un guide de feuille étant prévu qui place la feuille (7) autour du produit (6) à la manière d'un tube de sorte que les deux bords de la feuille sont réunis sous le produit pendant son déplacement dans le sens de transport, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu en liaison avec le deuxième dispositif de transport (4) ou bien en plus de celui-ci au moins un élément de support (13) qui est déplaçable dans la région du dispositif de support dans la direction transversale, c'est-à-dire perpendiculairement au sens de transport, et qui est agencé de façon à être mobile au moins partiellement sous le produit (6) afin de recevoir celui-ci, la feuille (7) étant agencée entre l'élément de support (13) et le produit (6) pendant que l'élément de support (13) et la feuille (7) se déplacent dans le sens de transport avec le deuxième dispositif de transport (4).
  2. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu au moins une paire d'éléments de support (13), l'un des éléments de support (13) sert à recevoir la feuille (7) sensiblement au niveau de l'un des bords de la feuille et l'autre élément de support (13) sert à recevoir la feuille (7) sensiblement au niveau du bord opposé de la feuille.
  3. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que plusieurs éléments de support (13) ou plusieurs paires d'éléments de support sont montés sur une bande périphérique de sorte que plusieurs éléments de support (13) sont agencés les uns derrière les autres dans le sens de transport.
  4. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le déplacement transversal perpendiculairement au transport des éléments de support (13) correspond à l'allure sensiblement en coin de la feuille sous le produit.
  5. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le circuit emprunté par les éléments de support (13) comporte au moins deux portions, le circuit des éléments de support comportant également une composante perpendiculaire au sens de transport dans la première portion par référence au sens de transport de sorte que les éléments de support (13) se déplace vers le milieu du circuit, et les éléments de support (13) étant déplacés à peu près exclusivement dans le sens de transport dans la deuxième portion par référence au sens de transport.
  6. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que les deux bords de la feuille sont guidés sensiblement verticalement vers le bas dans la deuxième portion du circuit emprunté par les éléments de support (13) entre la paire au moins d'éléments de support et sont guidés avantageusement dans cette portion de circuit par le dispositif de fermeture.
  7. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon l'une des revendications 5 ou 6, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu au moins une troisième portion de circuit empruntée par les éléments de support (13) dans laquelle un élément de support d'une palre ne présente sensiblement qu'une composante de déplacement dans le sens de transport, tandis que l'autre élément de support comporte en plus une composante de déplacement transversal perpendiculaire au sens de transport et orientée du milieu du circuit vers l'extérieur.
  8. Ensacheuse horizontale (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu au voisinage immédiat de la troisième portion un dispositif qui rabat la cordon de soudure (7') de l'emballage en direction de l'élément de support (13) déplacé vers l'extérieur.
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