EP1153832A1 - Système de transport pour matériau filiforme dans la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion - Google Patents

Système de transport pour matériau filiforme dans la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion Download PDF

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EP1153832A1
EP1153832A1 EP01103056A EP01103056A EP1153832A1 EP 1153832 A1 EP1153832 A1 EP 1153832A1 EP 01103056 A EP01103056 A EP 01103056A EP 01103056 A EP01103056 A EP 01103056A EP 1153832 A1 EP1153832 A1 EP 1153832A1
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Stefan Dr. Lambertz
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Teepak Spezialmaschinen GmbH and Co KG
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Priority to DE50101169T priority patent/DE50101169D1/de
Priority to EP01103056A priority patent/EP1153832B1/fr
Priority to US09/849,195 priority patent/US6505731B2/en
Priority to JP2001141569A priority patent/JP2002255422A/ja
Priority to CN01117918A priority patent/CN1368462A/zh
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/002—Precutting and tensioning or breaking
    • 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
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • B65B29/02—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package
    • B65B29/028—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package packaging infusion material into filter bags
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains

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  • the present invention relates to a device for transporting a Backing material strand, which at least on one side with individual, from each other spaced and consecutive, closed on all sides, one each Chambers containing substance quantum is connected and made of web-shaped Carrier material consists.
  • Such a strand of carrier material provided with chambers is in particular at the continuous production of infusion bags for the preparation of tea transport.
  • Such infusion bags consist of at least one Quantum of substance of a substance to be leached, by Cross sealing of a tube made of filter material and chamber a section of a carrier material web connected to the chamber, which for Handling and suspension of the infusion bag is used.
  • the transport of a strand of carrier material provided with chambers as Intermediate, especially in the context of a continuous production of Infusion bags for the preparation of tea is like conventional pulling devices, For example, roller trains, due to the arranged on the strand of carrier material and filled chambers made of filter paper material not or only unsatisfactorily feasible.
  • the strand of carrier material can only be detected at discrete points, since otherwise the chambers and / or those present in the chambers Substance quanta are damaged.
  • Another problem is with the given continuous production of infusion bags in manufacturing tolerances.
  • the distances between the chambers on the strand of carrier material differ due to Manufacturing tolerances, which are particularly in the context of a continuous Manufacturing can increase through mutual influence, different strongly different from each other.
  • Such manufacturing tolerances are, for example, with Carrier materials provided with printing marks at different intervals of the Print marks to each other due to tolerances in the printing of the Base material justified.
  • a safe and especially damage-free Transport of the strand of carrier material provided with chambers is insofar difficult.
  • the invention is based on the object of providing a device for transporting a strand of carrier material provided with chambers of the type mentioned at the outset, which enables damage-free and reliable transport of a strand of carrier material provided with chambers at high speed.
  • the present invention provides a device of the type mentioned at the outset, with at least two independently driven belts, the strands of which run at least partially parallel to the strand of substrate material and which have spaced-apart cams on the side facing the substrate material strand, which between the substrate material strand capture the chambers and / or in the area of the connection of a chamber to the strand of carrier material by interacting with a counter bearing and transport them with the movement of the belts.
  • the device according to the invention has the advantage that reliable and quick transportation of the chambered Strands of carrier material is given, by detecting the cams between the chambers and / or in the area of the connection of a chamber with the strand of carrier material is ensured so that the chambers are not damaged become.
  • the device according to the invention thus permits high-speed transport Production output.
  • the drives of the belts are advantageously controllable such that the two Belt alternately transport the strand of carrier material, whereby a cam one of the belts is in engagement with the strand of substrate and the Carrier strand transported while a cam of the other belt in a position for grasping the strand of substrate is brought and the Subsequently, the strand of carrier material is transported. So that's an absolute positional transport of the carrier material strand given. More advantageous Way servomotors are used for the drives of the belts.
  • the drives are print mark controlled, the print marks preferably on the Base material strand are arranged.
  • Transport devices are optical sensors for controlling the drives provided that the printing marks arranged on the carrier material strand recognize and drive the belt so that the cams each in one position can be brought to grasp the strand of carrier material.
  • the straps are the transport device in the direction of transporting the strand of carrier material arranged side by side, the at least partially parallel to the The strand of carrier material runs the strands in the direction of transport of the strand of carrier material at least partially overlap.
  • the areas of Belts are therefore perpendicular to the strand of carrier material in the direction of transport Direction of transport in succession.
  • these are independent of one another on both sides of the strand of carrier material driven belt on, at least in the area parallel to the The strand of carrier material running opposite each other.
  • the opposing belts are driven by a drive, the cams of the opposing belts suitably such are aligned that they mutually form a counter bearing, so that the opposite cams of the opposite belts practical Use pliers to grip the strand of substrate.
  • the cams are at least one Side of the straps spring-loaded, so that an absolutely secure grasp at simultaneous exclusion of any damage to the strand of carrier material or the chambers is guaranteed.
  • the belts each have a drive wheel, a driven wheel and a tensioning wheel, which are arranged in the form of a triangle to each other, wherein the run between the drive wheel and Deflection wheel runs and lies opposite the tensioning wheel. Due to the triangular shape Arrangement of the drive wheel, the driven wheel and the tensioning wheel Transport device according to the invention, this can be extremely compact form.
  • the cams are so locally distributed on the belt that the substrate strand in Range of distance or connection of every second chamber, especially preferably every fourth chamber is detectable.
  • the transport device 1 shown in Figures 1 to 3 is used for transport a carrier material strand 12 made of web-like carrier material, which on both sides with individual, spaced and successive, closed on all sides, each containing and containing a quantum of substance Filter paper material existing chambers 6, is connected.
  • the transport device 1 has four each via a drive wheel 7 or 7 ' Deflection wheel 8 or 8 'and a tensioning wheel 9 or 9' running belts 2, 2 ', 3 or 3' on whose run runs parallel to the strand of carrier material 12.
  • the tensioning wheels 9, 9 'of four belts 2, 2 ', 3, 3' are, as can be seen from FIG Springs 10 mounted so as to tension the straps 2, 3 and 2 ', 3' accordingly to keep.
  • the drive wheels 7, 7 ', deflection wheels 8, 8' and tension wheels 9, 9 ' are in Form a triangle to each other, the parallel to the Carrier material strand 12 run between drive wheel 7, 7 'and Deflection wheel 8, 8 'runs and is opposite the tensioning wheel 9, 9'.
  • the belts 2, 3 and 2 ', 3' are each on the strand 12 of the carrier material facing side with cams 4 and 5 respectively. These are those in FIG. 1 Belts 2 ', 3' shown above, each with four spaced apart locations on the belts 2 ', 3' arranged rigid cams 4 which, like can be seen from Figure 2, formed as an L-shaped angle and at the Belts 2 'and 3' are screwed on. Form the belts 2 ', 3' with the cams 4 counter bearing for the belts 2 and 3 with the cams 5.
  • the cams 5 are also L-shaped and local to the belts 2 and 3 screwed spaced apart. The smaller one, perpendicular to the Surface of the belt 2 or 3 and thus perpendicular to the transport Base material strand 12 standing leg of the L is resiliently mounted educated.
  • the belts 2, 2 ', 3, 3' provided with cams 4 and 5 are as shown in FIG Figure 3 can be seen, driven by servomotors 11 and controlled such that the cams 4 and 5 of the opposing belts 2, 2 'and 3, 3' in the manner of pliers, the strand of substrate 12 between the chambers 6 and in the area of the connection of the chambers 6 to the strand of carrier material 12 Grasping grasping.
  • the direction of movement B becomes the carrier material strand 12 in the transport direction T transported.
  • the cams are alternately opposite belts 2, 2 'or 3, 3' brought into a position for gripping the strand of carrier material 12 and the substrate strand 12, as shown in Figure 2, by opposite cams gripped while the cams of the next lying pair of belts the carrier material strand 12 due to still engaged transport the existing cam.
  • the opposing straps 2, 2 'or 3, 3' alternately take over the transport of the Carrier material strand 12.
  • the cams 4, 5 alternately transport the a belt 2, 2 'or 3, 3' the carrier material strand 12 while the cams 4, 5 of the second belt 3, 3 'or 2, 2' for the subsequent takeover of the Further transports are brought into a transport position.
  • the first belt of the Device moves to the transport position under the control of print marks via servomotors and transports the strand of carrier material 12 provided with chambers 6 Piece further.
  • the cams 4, 5 provided for transportation second belt disengaged and are in time in the other Transport of the carrier material strand 12 provided with chambers 6 predetermined Onward transport position spent.
  • the speed of the second Belt regulated via the servo motors, the servo motors being controlled here not explicitly shown optical sensor print marks on the Carrier strand 12 capture and the speed of the second belt adjust accordingly so that the cams 4, 5 of the second belt in Transport position are brought and the chamber 6 provided Detect and transport strand of carrier material 12.
  • the cams 4, 5 of the first belt are disengaged and will accordingly moved into their new gripping position.
  • the belts 2 and 3 or 2 ' and 3 ' partially in the transport area on the part of the carrier material strand 12 one after the other and thus overlapping for the strand of carrier material 12 arranged.
  • the cams 4 and 5 are in such a way the belts 2, 2 ', 3 and 3' spaced from each other that these as opposing pairs of cams 4, 5 of the belts 2, 2 'and 3, 3', respectively only every second successive chamber 6 on one side of the Grip carrier material strand 12.

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EP01103056A 2000-05-11 2001-02-09 Système de transport pour matériau filiforme dans la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion Expired - Lifetime EP1153832B1 (fr)

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AT01103056T ATE256596T1 (de) 2001-02-09 2001-02-09 Transportvorrichtung für strangmaterialien zur kontinuierlichen herstellung von aufgussbeuteln
DE50101169T DE50101169D1 (de) 2001-02-09 2001-02-09 Transportvorrichtung für Strangmaterialien zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Aufgussbeuteln
EP01103056A EP1153832B1 (fr) 2000-05-11 2001-02-09 Système de transport pour matériau filiforme dans la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion
US09/849,195 US6505731B2 (en) 2001-02-09 2001-05-04 Transport device for strand materials in continuous production of infusion bags for making tea
JP2001141569A JP2002255422A (ja) 2001-02-09 2001-05-11 茶調製用袋の索材料の搬送装置
CN01117918A CN1368462A (zh) 2001-02-09 2001-05-11 用于连续制造制备茶的茶叶袋的材料带的输送装置

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EP00109939 2000-05-11
EP00109939A EP1164080B1 (fr) 2000-05-11 2000-05-11 Procédé et machine pour la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion
EP01103056A EP1153832B1 (fr) 2000-05-11 2001-02-09 Système de transport pour matériau filiforme dans la fabrication continue de sachets d'infusion

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CN106882418A (zh) * 2017-03-31 2017-06-23 山东威高集团医用高分子制品股份有限公司 输液器组装包装生产线

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US2472440A (en) * 1946-03-07 1949-06-07 Ivers Lee Co Machine for fabricating packages
CH423205A (de) * 1963-08-16 1966-10-31 Trans Atlas Ag Maschine zur Behandlung einer Materialbahn, beispielsweise durch Thermoschweissung und Zerschneiden, insbesondere zur Herstellung von Säcken
EP0095542A1 (fr) * 1982-05-28 1983-12-07 Nicolas Goedert Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de sachets-filtres pour infusions végétales

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US2472440A (en) * 1946-03-07 1949-06-07 Ivers Lee Co Machine for fabricating packages
CH423205A (de) * 1963-08-16 1966-10-31 Trans Atlas Ag Maschine zur Behandlung einer Materialbahn, beispielsweise durch Thermoschweissung und Zerschneiden, insbesondere zur Herstellung von Säcken
EP0095542A1 (fr) * 1982-05-28 1983-12-07 Nicolas Goedert Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de sachets-filtres pour infusions végétales

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CN106882418A (zh) * 2017-03-31 2017-06-23 山东威高集团医用高分子制品股份有限公司 输液器组装包装生产线

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