EP1188675B1 - Procédé et appareil d'insertion d'un moyen de fixation dans une plaque ou bande d'emballage - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil d'insertion d'un moyen de fixation dans une plaque ou bande d'emballage Download PDF

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EP1188675B1
EP1188675B1 EP01402264A EP01402264A EP1188675B1 EP 1188675 B1 EP1188675 B1 EP 1188675B1 EP 01402264 A EP01402264 A EP 01402264A EP 01402264 A EP01402264 A EP 01402264A EP 1188675 B1 EP1188675 B1 EP 1188675B1
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plate
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Therry Birkel
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49863—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part
    • Y10T29/4987—Elastic joining of parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49908—Joining by deforming
    • Y10T29/49915—Overedge assembling of seated part
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53313—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
    • Y10T29/53348—Running-length work
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
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    • Y10T29/53313—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
    • Y10T29/53383—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention and means to fasten work parts together
    • Y10T29/53391—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention and means to fasten work parts together by elastic joining

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  • the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for inserting a fixing means into a plate or strip of flexible material intended to form a package.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly remarkable in that it consists in arching the plate or strip in the direction transverse to the direction of its throat so as to separate its lips, to introduce the fixing means, to put it substantially flat said plate or strip so that said lips return to their initial positions and to move the plate or strip in the longitudinal direction to its throat during the transverse bending and reshaping operations.
  • the plate or strip is further displaced in the longitudinal direction at its groove during the transverse bending and flattening operations, while, for example, the plate or strip is guided prior to its bending by at least one means introduced into his throat.
  • the lips of the throat are crushed after flattening of the plate or strip.
  • the fixing means used is, for example, in the form of a strip or the like, although this fixing means can obviously be presented in other forms (cables, etc.)
  • the invention also provides an apparatus which is particularly remarkable in that it comprises a means for transversely bending the plate or strip, a means for introducing the fixing element. and a means for flattening the plate or strip as well as means for driving the plate or strip in the longitudinal direction to its groove.
  • the cambering means consists of two superimposed wheels whose rims respectively have a concave face and a substantially convex face, the plate or strip being intended to pass between said wheels, its groove being turned towards the wheel to concave rim.
  • the means for introducing the fastening element consists of a guide ramp for feeding said element, the end of said ramp reaching in the vicinity of the bending wheels and between them, and by a circular rib formed on the concave wheel so that said rib can press on the fixing element during bending.
  • the means for flattening the plate or strip comprises straightening wings which progressively pass from an oblique position to a substantially flat position, while the apparatus further comprises means for holding the position of the fastening element arranged above the straightening wings and which is in the form of a bar.
  • the apparatus may also include an initial means for holding and guiding the plate or strip, arranged upstream of the bending means with respect to the direction of movement of the plate or strip and which is in the form of a cylinder on which passes said plate or strip, and a roller provided to come to bear in the bottom of the groove of said plate or strip.
  • an alignment guide can also be provided in the form of a bar.
  • a means for crushing the lips of the throat in the form of pressure cylinders is arranged downstream of the flattening means.
  • the means for driving the plate or strip in the longitudinal direction at its groove are for example constituted at least in part by the motorization of at least one of the wheels of the bending means and / or of the initial cylinder for holding and guiding and / or at least one of the crushing cylinders of the lips of the throat.
  • the apparatus can also be remarkable in that the cylinder of the initial means for holding and guiding and one of the crushing means cylinders have a peripheral circular groove for the passage of the substantially square return of the plate or strip.
  • Figure 1 we can see a plate or strip 1 of flexible material provided with a groove 2 formed or having two lips 2a and 2b which partially close said groove 2 and in which a strip 3 or the like is inserted.
  • the groove 2 is arranged longitudinally and in a straight line.
  • the invention therefore recommends arching the plate or strip 1 transversely with respect to the direction of its groove 2, inserting the strip 3 and placing said plate or strip flat.
  • the invention proposes the apparatus shown more particularly in FIGS. 2 and 3, intended for continuously inserting said fastening element according to the process recalled above, of which other particularities will appear following the description of the device that will follow.
  • the apparatus comprises an initial means for holding and guiding comprising a cylinder 4 here motorized as will be explained below and a roller 5 free in rotation and for example subjected to an elastic means 6.
  • the strip 1 passes between the cylinder 4 and the roller 5 which rolls in the groove of the strip (FIG. 4).
  • an alignment guide is provided in the form of a bar 7 which is received in the groove 2 as shown Figure 5.
  • the device Downstream of the bar 7, the device comprises the means for bending the strip 1 in the form here of two superimposed wheels 8 and 9 between which the said strip 1 passes.
  • the strip 3 is supplied from a reserve, for example in the form of a coil 10 (FIG. 3), by a guide ramp 11 (FIGS. 2 and 3), the end of which arrives in the vicinity of the wheels 8 and 9 while said concave wheel 8 has a circular central rib 12 (FIG. 6) so that the latter can press on the strip 3 and position it in the groove 2.
  • a means for holding the strip 3 in position is arranged in the form of a bar 14.
  • the strip 1 is thus flattened and passes between two pressure cylinders 15, 16 (FIGS. 2, 3 and 8) intended to crush the assembly in order to close the lips 2a and 2b of the groove on the strip 3.
  • the wheel 8 of the cambering means and the cylinder 15 of the crushing means are stressed (like the roller 5 previously described) by elastic means, shown diagrammatically in FIGS. 1 and 2 by springs such as 17 and 18 respectively.
  • the plate or strip 1 is provided with a substantially square return 1 'in order to form an angle.
  • the initial guide cylinder 4 ( Figures 2 and 4) and the cylinder 16 of the crushing means ( Figures 2 and 8) have a peripheral circular groove or groove 4 'and 16' respectively for the passage of the return d 'square 1' of the plate or strip 1.
  • the plate or strip After guidance by the alignment guide 7, the plate or strip is bent transversely ( Figures 2, 3 and 6) while the strip 3 is continuously deposited in the groove 2 of the plate or strip by the guide ramp 11 .
  • the assembly is then flattened by the straightening wings 13 and the retaining bar 14 (FIGS. 2, 3 and 7) before passing between the cylinders 15 and 16 for crushing the lips 2a, 2b of the groove 2 ( Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8), the return 1 'being housed in the groove 16' of the cylinder 16.
  • the plate or strip 1 thus equipped can be used to constitute any type of packaging thus provided with an incorporated fixing means.
  • a protective packaging in the form of a ring to at least partially encircle a cylindrical object.
  • a strip provided with a substantially square return as shown, one can protect for example the end of a tube or a pipe.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Automatic Assembly (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Bending Of Plates, Rods, And Pipes (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Clamps And Clips (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
EP01402264A 2000-09-14 2001-08-30 Procédé et appareil d'insertion d'un moyen de fixation dans une plaque ou bande d'emballage Expired - Lifetime EP1188675B1 (fr)

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FR0011704A FR2813819B1 (fr) 2000-09-14 2000-09-14 Procede et appareil d'insertion d'un moyen de fixation dans une plaque ou bande d'emballage

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DE (1) DE60102989T2 (no)
DK (1) DK1188675T3 (no)
ES (1) ES2218348T3 (no)
FR (1) FR2813819B1 (no)
MX (1) MXPA01009232A (no)
NO (1) NO322366B1 (no)
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MXPA01009232A (es) 2003-09-10
EP1188675A1 (fr) 2002-03-20
NO322366B1 (no) 2006-09-25
FR2813819A1 (fr) 2002-03-15
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ES2218348T3 (es) 2004-11-16
CA2357202A1 (en) 2002-03-14
US6739037B2 (en) 2004-05-25
DK1188675T3 (da) 2004-08-30
ATE265364T1 (de) 2004-05-15
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