EP1705122B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontinuierlichen Herstellen von zu brühenden Kartuschen - Google Patents
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- EP1705122B1 EP1705122B1 EP05076557A EP05076557A EP1705122B1 EP 1705122 B1 EP1705122 B1 EP 1705122B1 EP 05076557 A EP05076557 A EP 05076557A EP 05076557 A EP05076557 A EP 05076557A EP 1705122 B1 EP1705122 B1 EP 1705122B1
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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
- B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
- B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
- B65B9/042—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material for fluent material
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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
- 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
- B65B29/025—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package packaging infusion material into pods
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- the present finding refers to a plant and method for the continuous manufacture of brewing cartridges.
- the present invention refers to a plant and method for the continuous manufacture of espresso or American coffee cartridges.
- plants for the manufacture of coffee cartridges generally consist of a chain made to advance step by step and supporting a plurality of plates that are equally spaced apart along the same chain, where each plate is provided with a plurality of recesses.
- US 5,074,102 discloses an apparatus for producing soft plastic or gelatinous capsules filled with a powder, granule, liquid or paste composition
- vacuum means for continuously causing said first strip of material to be pulled in tight against the walls of the capsule forming cavities during a filling step.
- the material of the capsules is not permeable and no pressing means for the powder, granule, liquid or paste composition are provided downstream of the filling means.
- FR 1 172 697 shows a method and apparatus to fill capsules that are realized in a continuos fashion starting from strips of impermeable material and provided with means for advancing said strip that may engage one in the other having a shape corresponding to the cavities to be formed, filling means and sealing means for the capsules. The material in the capsule is not pressed immediately after filling.
- Plants of the aforementioned type do, nevertheless, have some drawbacks.
- Plants for manufacturing coffee cartridges that operate with a continuous movement and capable of high yields of cartridges are also known.
- Said continuous plants generally consist of a rotatable released drum along which the recesses for the deposition of coffee powder are formed.
- the powder is fed through a scraping metering device of simple construction.
- the purpose of the present invention is that of providing a method and plant for the manufacture of brewing cartridges having structural and functional characteristics such as to satisfy the aforementioned requirements and at the same time to avoid the aforementioned drawbacks with reference to the prior art. Such a purpose is accomplished through a plant for the manufacture of brewing cartridges in accordance with claim 1 and a method according to claim 11.
- the plant for the manufacture of brewing cartridges in accordance with the present invention, which is globally indicated, in the two embodiments, through the reference numerals 1a and 1b respectively, comprises guide means for guiding a plurality of plates 2 along an advancing direction.
- Each plate 2 is provided, on the upper part of the surface, with a plurality of recesses 3 arranged transversally with respect to the advancing direction.
- the amount of recesses 3 present on the plates 2 can vary according to the production requirements.
- the guide means for guiding the plates 2 comprise a motorised closed chain 4 on a pair of opposite rollers or pinions 5 having the respective parallel and horizontal rotation axes.
- said chain consists of a pair of parallel, flexible and inextensible catenaries 4', 4" ( fig. 2 ).
- At least one of the rollers or pinions 5 is actuated, with a continuous movement at constant speed, with respect to its own axis, so as to make the plates 2 advance at a constant speed to arrange them in succession at the manufacturing steps of the cartridges 100.
- the plates 2 are fixed to the chain 4 and are uniformly spaced apart.
- the plant comprises means for providing, above the plates 2, a first continuous band 6 of permeable film that covers each recess 3.
- the first band 6 is wound on an unwinding roller 7 rotatably associated with a base 8 upon which the pair of rollers or pinions 5 also depend.
- the width of the first band 6 is such as to allow all of the recesses 3 present on each plate 2 to be substantially covered.
- the plant also comprises means 21 for depositing a dose of brewing powder, for example coffee powder, at each recess 3 through an autonomous metering device 9 for each recess 3, above the first band 6.
- a dose of brewing powder for example coffee powder
- said means 21 for depositing a dose of brewing powder are managed with feedback through weight control system, not illustrated, of the dose of powder arranged downstream of the plant.
- said metering devices 9 undergo an oscillating movement with respect to an oscillation axis transversal to the advancing direction.
- the metering devices 9 deposit a desired amount of powder for each recess 3 during the advancing of the underlying plates 2, and therefore the speed in the advancing direction is the same.
- the magnitude of oscillation carried out for the depositing of powder and the speed of the oscillation in the opposite direction to the advancing direction are chosen so as to ensure the correct filling of the recesses 3 with a predetermined dose of powder and they can be chosen according to multiple alternatives that always ensure synchrony with the plates 2 in the advancing direction.
- the means 21 for depositing a dose of brewing powder comprise a charging hopper 10 of the brewing powders associated with a drum 1 rotating at the same speed as the plates 2 and provided with undercuts 12 that selectively interface with the corresponding recesses 3 during the rotation of the drum 11 for the release of a dose of brewing powder for each recess 3.
- the undercuts 12 have the same function as the metering devices 9 of figure 1 .
- Said sealing element 13 can also have the functions of a cleaner of the drum portions 11 surrounding the undercuts 12. In addition, it is possible to foresee the use of further cleaning means, not illustrated.
- sealing means 15 and cutting means 16 are installed in succession, which in the first example are actuated through a mit process and in the second embodiment are actuated into rotation about an axis for each one, transversal to the advancing direction of the plates 2.
- the pilgrim process allows alternating up and down movement, along a vertical line, indicated with the vertical double arrows in figure 1 , and simultaneous advancing along a horizontal line, indicated with the horizontal double arrow in figure 1 .
- all of the means moved with the vocational process are preferably actuated by a single actuator, schematised in the crank mechanism indicated with 17 in figure 1 , which moves them simultaneously on a plane horizontal plane parallel to the advancing direction.
- the pressing means 14 and the cutting means 16 consist of a turntable system
- the sealing means 15 consist of a rotating drum provided with cavities having the outline suitable for welding.
- upstream of the sealing means 15 means are foreseen that deposit, over the pressed doses, a second band 18 of permeable film, using, for example, a further unwinding roller 19.
- preforming means 20 of the first band 6 at the recesses 3 before they are filled with the brewing powder.
- Said performing means 20, in the first embodiment, have alternating movement along a vertical line towards the recesses 3 coordinated by the actuator 17 along a horizontal line parallel to the advancing direction, with a vocational process movement.
- said performing means 20 are actuated into rotation about a horizontal axis transversal to the advancing direction.
- first band 6 to be distributed by making it exactly couple with the plurality of recesses 3 present on the plates 2, proportionally and delicately covering its whole surface and accurately avoiding the first band 6 fraying.
- the performing means 20, the metering devices 9, the pressing means 14, the unwinding rollers 7, 19, the sealing means 15 and the cutting means 16 are all actuated in synchrony with the plates 2 that advance at a constant speed, to operate continuously along a horizontal manufacturing plane of the cartridges 100.
- the first band 6 is laid on the plates 2 in movement at constant speed.
- the following act the performing means 20 of said first band 6 at the recesses 3; the metering devices 9 that deposit the dose of brewing powder in each recess 3; the means 14 for pressing the powder deposited in the recesses 3; the means for providing the second band 18 over the first band 6; the sealing means 15 that seal the two bands 6, 18 together to form the cartridges 100; the cutting means 16 for punching the outlines of the cartridges directly on the plates 2.
- the waste 200 of the bands 6, 18 is separated from the cartridges 100.
- the waste 200 is directed into a suitable container 300, whereas the cartridges 100 are made to slide into a collection sector, not illustrated.
- the cartridges 100 are manufactured continuously along a horizontal manufacturing plane on which the plates 2 are made to advance at a constant speed.
- the plant for the manufacture of brewing cartridges according to the present invention allows the requirements to be satisfied and the drawbacks mentioned in the introductory part of the present description with reference to the prior art to be overcome.
- the plant for the manufacture of brewing cartridges according to the invention ensures better forming of the cartridges without spilling product outside of the outer edge constituting an advantage for the quality of the end product.
- cartridges of equal weight are obtained during the entire production cycle and with the opposite surfaces regular, i.e. without undesired swelling and/or depressions also thanks to the cut carried out directly on the manufacturing plane.
- said plant allows perfect and clean welds to be obtained in the sealing points of the bands forming the cartridges, in a zone without powder residues.
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- Anlage (1a, 1b) für die Herstellung von Brühfiltem einschließlich:- Förderband (4) zum Führen einer Vielzahl von Platten (2) in einer Vorwärtslaufrichtung, jede Platte (2) ausgestattet mit mehreren Vertiefungen (3), die zur Laufrichtung quer angeordnet sind;- Einrichtung (7) zum Bereitstellen eines ersten, fortlaufenden Bandes (6) aus einem durchlässigen Material auf den Platten (2), das die Vertiefungen (3) abdeckt;- Einrichtung (21) zum Deponieren einer Pulverdosis in jede Vertiefung durch eine autonome Dosiervorrichtung (9, 12) für jede Vertiefung (3) auf dem ersten Band (6);- Einrichtung (14) zum Pressen der Pulverdosen in den Vertiefungen (3);- Einrichtung (19) zum Bereitstellen eines zweiten Bandes (17) aus durchlässigem Material auf den gepressten Pulverdosen;- Versiegelungsvorrichtung (15) zum Versiegeln des ersten (6) und zweiten Bandes (17) mit den gepressten Pulverdosen zur Formung der Brühfilter (100);- Schneidevorrichtung (16) zum Schneiden der geformten Brühfilter (100), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Brühfilter (100) hergestellt werden, während das Förderband (4) die Platten (2) bei konstanter Geschwindigkeit vorwärts bewegt und, dass die Einrichtungen zum Deponieren (21), zum Pressen (14), die Einrichtungen (7, 19) zum Bereitstellen des ersten und zweiten Bandes (6, 17), die Einrichtungen zum Versiegeln (15) und Schneiden (16) so betrieben werden, dass sie sich für einen kontinuierlichen Betrieb entlang einer horizontalen Produktionsebene synchron zu den Platten (2) bewegen.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei das Förderband eine motorisierte, durchgehende Kette (4) auf einem Paar gegenläufiger Rollen (5) mit den jeweiligen parallelen und horizontalen Rotationsachsen beinhaltet.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 2, wobei die Kette (4) aus einem Paar paralleler, flexibler und nicht dehnbarer Kettenlinien (4', 4") besteht.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 3, wobei die Platten (2) dem Kettenlinienpaar (4', 4 ") in gleichmäßigem Abstand zugeordnet werden.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei die Einrichtung (21) zum Deponieren der Pulverdosis mit Rückkopplung durch ein Gewichtskontrollsystem der Pulverdosis gesteuert wird, das der Anlage nachgeschaltet ist.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei die Dosiervorrichtungen (9) durch Pilgerschrittverfahren bewegt werden.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei sich die Dosiervorrichtungen (9) oszillierend in Bezug auf eine Oszillationsachse quer zur Laufrichtung der Platten (2) bewegen.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei die Einrichtung (21) zum Deponieren der Pulverdosis einen Fülltrichter (10) für das Pulver beinhaltet, der einer in der gleichen Geschwindigkeit der Platten (2) rotierenden und mit Kammern (12) ausgestatteten Trommel (11) zugeordnet ist, wobei die Kammern (12) während der Rotation der Trommel (11) selektiv in die entsprechenden Vertiefungen (3) übergehen und so eine Pulverdosis in jede Vertiefung (3) füllen.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei die Vorrichtungen zum Pressen (14), Versiegeln (15) und Schneiden (16) durch ein Bewegungssystem durch Rotation um eine entsprechende Achse quer zur Laufrichtung der Platten (2) und durch Pilgerschrittverfahren betrieben werden.
- Anlage nach Patentanspruch 1 mit zusätzlichen Vorrichtungen (20) zur Vorformung des ersten Bandes (6) in den Vertiefungen (3) vor deren Befüllung mit dem Pulver.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung von Brühfiltern, welches die folgenden Schritte beinhaltet:- Förderung einer Vielzahl von Platten (2) entlang einer Vorwärtslaufrichtung, jede Platte (2) ausgestattet mit mehreren Vertiefungen (3), die quer zur Laufrichtung angeordnet sind;- Bereitstellen eines ersten fortlaufenden Bandes (6) aus durchlässigem Material auf den Platten (2), welches jede Vertiefung (3) abdeckt;- Deponieren einer Pulverdosis in jede Vertiefung (3) durch eine autonome Dosiervorrichtung (9, 12) für jede Vertiefung (3) auf dem ersten Band (6);- Pressen der Pulverdosen in den Vertiefungen (3);- Bereitstellen eines zweiten Bandes (17) aus durchlässigem Material auf den gepressten Pulverdosen;dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Filter (100) kontinuierlich entlang einer horizontalen Produktionsfläche hergestellt werden, auf der sich die Platten (2) in konstanter Geschwindigkeit fortbewegen.
Versiegeln des ersten und zweiten Bandes (6, 17) mit den gepresstem Pulverdosen zur Formung der Brühfilter (100);
Schneiden der geformten Brühfilter (100), - Verfahren nach Patentanspruch 11, wobei der Arbeitsschritt des Schneidens der Filter (100) direkt auf den sich horizontal in konstanter Geschwindigkeit fortbewegenden Platten (2) ausgeführt wird.
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