EP1346916A1 - Procédé et machine pour alimenter une ligne d'enveloppement d'articles avec un matériau en feuille - Google Patents

Procédé et machine pour alimenter une ligne d'enveloppement d'articles avec un matériau en feuille Download PDF

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EP1346916A1
EP1346916A1 EP03425075A EP03425075A EP1346916A1 EP 1346916 A1 EP1346916 A1 EP 1346916A1 EP 03425075 A EP03425075 A EP 03425075A EP 03425075 A EP03425075 A EP 03425075A EP 1346916 A1 EP1346916 A1 EP 1346916A1
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Ivanoe Bertuzzi
Alver Tacchi
Maurizio Ventura
Fiorenzo Draghetti
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/02—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by belts or chains, e.g. between belts or chains
    • B65H5/028—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by belts or chains, e.g. between belts or chains by chains
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/08—Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
    • B65H3/0808—Suction grippers
    • B65H3/085—Suction grippers separating from the bottom of pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/34—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/442—Moving, forwarding, guiding material by acting on edge of handled material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/23—Belts with auxiliary handling means
    • B65H2404/232—Blade, plate, finger

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  • the present invention relates to a method of feeding elements of sheet material to a product wrapping line.
  • the invention finds application to advantage in the tobacco industry, where the wrapping line of a packaging machine, typically a cigarette packer or cartoner, is supplied with slips of sheet material consisting in particular of "plain" coupons that appear as a single leaf, or "folded” coupons that present at least two mutually overlapping portions connected along one side; direct reference is made to this same field in the following specification, albeit with no limitation implied.
  • the coupons are directed from the supply to the assembly station along a transfer line by a conveying element that retains the single coupons by suction and feeds them in succession to the station, synchronously with the operation of the wrapping devices.
  • the prior art embraces conveying elements consisting in mutually opposed rollers or belts by which the coupons are gripped positively and carried thus toward the devices of the wrapping line.
  • a further drawback stems from the fact that, in order to avoid contact with the wrapping devices, the conveying elements in question must necessarily release the coupons at a given distance short of the aforementioned assembly station; this means that the coupons are effectively pitched into the station and their flight is difficult to control.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a conveying method that will allow both plain and folded coupons to be transferred with no problems whatsoever.
  • the stated object is realized according to the present invention in a method for feeding elements of sheet material to a product wrapping line, whereby elements of sheet material are conveyed from a supply station to an assembly station and united with relative products, characterized in that it comprises at least the step of pushing the elements of sheet material along a predetermined transfer line and through a predetermined distance into the assembly station.
  • the present invention relates similarly to a unit by which elements of sheet material are fed to a product wrapping line.
  • a unit according to the present invention for feeding elements of sheet material to a product wrapping line, by which elements of sheet material are conveyed from a supply station to an assembly station and united with relative products, is characterized in that it comprises pushing means such as will direct the elements of sheet material along a predetermined transfer line and through a predetermined distance into the assembly station.
  • FIG. 1 denotes a unit, in its entirety, for feeding elements 2 of sheet material to a packaging machine of which the drawings show a wrapping line 3.
  • the elements 2 of sheet material present a substantially rectangular outline and consist in coupons of either "plain” or “folded” type, which are drawn from a supply 4 serving as a distribution station and consisting in a stack 5 of the elements 2 of sheet material.
  • the elements 2 are taken up by respective feed means 6 and placed at the infeed end of a transfer line 7 extending along a substantially horizontal first feed path P1 toward an assembly station 8 located at the entry point of the wrapping line 3.
  • This same assembly station 8 is in receipt of substantially parallelepiped products 9, appearing in the example of the drawings as single packets of cigarettes 10 ordered into groups and directed thus along a second feed path P2 substantially parallel to the first feed path P1.
  • the products 9 and the relative wrapper blanks 12 are brought together at the assembly station 8, positioned one facing another transversely to the wrapping line 3.
  • the feed means 6 comprise a rocking arm 15 anchored pivotably at one end to a shaft 16 of which the axis 17 extends parallel to the first feed path P1, mounted to a frame 18 and capable thus of angular movement about the axis 17 through the agency of a first motor 19 connected to the shaft 16 by way of a mechanical linkage 19a (figures 2 and 5), between a first raised position indicated by solid lines in figure 3, and a second lowered position indicated by phantom lines in figure 3.
  • the free end of the arm 15 carries a pneumatic holder 20 mounted to a respective shaft 21 of which the axis 22 extends parallel to the axis 17 first mentioned.
  • the holder 20 consists in a block 23 keyed to the free end of the shaft 21 and equipped with a plurality of suction cups 24 able to attract and retain the elements 2 of sheet material.
  • the rocking arm 15 incorporates a first drive 25 comprising a wheel 26 mounted rotatably to the one shaft 16 and fixed relative to the frame 18, also a pulley 27 (figure 4) keyed to the other shaft 21 and free to rotate relative to the arm 15.
  • the same first drive 25 also comprises a belt 28, looped around the wheel 26 and the pulley 27 and tensioned by a jockey roller 29.
  • the arrangement of the drive 25 is such that in operation, when the shaft 16 is made to rotate (clockwise in figure 3) by the first motor 19 about the relative axis 17, which lies remote from the plane occupied by the element 2 of sheet material, the wheel 26 remains stationary whilst the arm 15 is caused to rock, and the resulting movement induced in the belt 28 thus causes the pulley 27 to rotate (anticlockwise in figure 3) about the corresponding axis 22, which lies substantially parallel to the plane occupied by the element 2 of sheet material.
  • the function of the wheel 26, accordingly, is to determine the orientation of the block 23 relative to the corresponding axis 22 whenever the shaft 16 is set in rotation.
  • the feed means 6 also include take-up and insertion means 30 serving to carry out a final step of transferring the elements 2 of sheet material from the suction cups 24 into a guide channel 31 extending along the feed path P1 followed by the transfer line 7.
  • the take-up and insertion means 30 comprise a first pair of rollers 32 mounted to the opposite ends of a shaft 33 extending parallel to the first path P1, carried between a pair of uprights 34 supported on the frame 18, and a second pair of rollers 35 mounted freely to respective pivots 36 carried by the selfsame uprights 34 and operating in conjunction with the first rollers 32 in such a way as to take up the element 2 of sheet material from the suction cups 24, with the aid also of a chute denoted 37, and insert it into an infeed end of the guide channel 31.
  • the channel 31 presents a profile substantially of "U" shape when seen in section, composed of a front side wall 38, a bottom track 39 and a rear side wall 40 (figures 1 and 2), extending from the infeed end through a predetermined distance as far as the assembly station 8, of which the front side wall 38 affords a slot 41 disposed parallel to the first feed path P1.
  • the element 2 of sheet material occupies the guide channel 31 with a first edge 2a disposed perpendicular to the bottom track 39 of the selfsame channel, addressing the infeed end, and a second edge 2b in contact with the track 39.
  • the unit 1 comprises pushing means 42 positioned alongside the guide channel 31, such as will manoeuvre each element 2 of sheet material along the transfer line 7 from the infeed end of the channel 31 to the assembly station 8.
  • the pushing means 42 in question include conveyor means 43, describing and capable of movement along a closed path comprising a forward leg that extends the full length of the channel 31.
  • the conveyor means 43 incorporate a belt 44 looped around two pulleys of which one, denoted 45, is positioned at the infeed end of the channel 31 and mounted to the vertically disposed shaft 46 of a second motor 47, and the other, denoted 48, is positioned near the assembly station 8 and mounted to a shaft 49 disposed parallel to the shaft 46 of the motor 47.
  • the looped belt 44 is furnished with pushing elements appearing as equispaced projections 50, and disposed with one branch 51, extending along the aforementioned forward leg of the looped path, that runs breasted with and along the slot 41 in such a way that the projections 50 are able to pass internally of the channel 31.
  • the pushing elements afforded by the projections 50 are set in motion cyclically between a position of interception and contact with the aforementioned first edge 2a of an element 2 positioned at the infeed end of the guide channel 31, and a position coinciding substantially with the assembly station 8, at which the element 2 is released when contact between the projection 50 and the first edge 2a of the element 2 ceases.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
EP03425075A 2002-02-27 2003-02-10 Procédé et machine pour alimenter une ligne d'enveloppement d'articles avec un matériau en feuille Expired - Lifetime EP1346916B1 (fr)

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ATE345269T1 (de) 2006-12-15
CN100333970C (zh) 2007-08-29
ITBO20020096A1 (it) 2003-08-27
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