EP1705122B1 - Procédé et appareil pour la préparation en continue de cartouches d'infusion - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil pour la préparation en continue de cartouches d'infusion Download PDF

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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
    • 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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  1. Installation (1a, 1b) pour la fabrication de cartouches de boisson comprenant :
    - des moyens de guidage (4) pour guider une multitude de plaques (2) dans une direction d'avancement, chaque plaque (2) étant dotée d'une multitude d'alvéoles (3) positionnées transversalement par rapport à ladite direction d'avancement ;
    - des moyens (7) de distribution d'une première bande continue (6) de pellicule perméable, au-dessus des plaques (2), permettant de couvrir chaque alvéole (3) ;
    - des moyens (21) pour déposer une dose de boisson en poudre dans chaque alvéole au moyen d'un dispositif de dosage autonome (9, 12), pour chaque alvéole (3), au-dessus de ladite première bande (6) ;
    - des moyens (14) pour le pressage des doses de boisson en poudre déposées dans les alvéoles (3) ;
    - des moyens (19) de distribution d'une deuxième bande (17) de pellicule perméable, au-dessus des doses pressées ;
    - des moyens de scellage (15) pour sceller lesdites première (6) et deuxième (17) bandes ensemble avec les doses de boisson en poudre pressées à l'intérieur, afin de former les cartouches (100);
    - des moyens de découpage (16) pour découper les cartouches formées (100), caractérisés par le fait que lesdites cartouches (100) sont fabriquées pendant que les moyens de guidage (4) font avancer les plaques (2) à une vitesse constante et que lesdits moyens pour déposer les doses (21), lesdits moyens de pressage (14), lesdits moyens (7, 19) de distribution de la première et de la deuxième bande (6, 17), lesdits moyens de scellage (15) et lesdits moyens de découpage (16) sont actionnés pour être déplacé de manière synchronisée avec lesdites plaques (2) et pour fonctionner de manière continue le long d'un plan de fabrication horizontal.
  2. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits moyens de guidage comprennent une chaîne motorisée fermée (4) sur deux rouleaux opposés (5) ayant leurs axes de rotation respectifs parallèles et horizontaux.
  3. Installation selon la revendication 2, où ladite chaîne (4) se compose de deux caténaires (4',4") parallèles, flexibles et inextensibles.
  4. Installation selon la revendication 3, où lesdites plaques (2) sont associées aux deux caténaires (4',4") de manière équidistante.
  5. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits moyens (21) pour déposer une dose de boisson en poudre sont gérés avec retour par l'intermédiaire d'un système de contrôle du poids de la dose des poudres placé en aval de l'installation.
  6. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits dispositifs de dosage (9) sont déplacés par l'intermédiaire d'un cycle à pas de pèlerin.
  7. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits dispositifs de dosage (9) possèdent un mouvement oscillant par rapport à un axe d'oscillation transversal à la direction d'avancement des plaques (2).
  8. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits dispositifs (21) pour déposer une dose de boisson en poudre comprennent une trémie de chargement (10) des boisson en poudres associée à un tambour (11) tournant à la même vitesse que les plaques (2) et doté de cavités (12) qui s'interfacent de manière sélective avec les alvéoles correspondantes (3) pendant la rotation du tambour (11) pour délivrer une dose de boisson en poudre pour chaque alvéole (3).
  9. Installation selon la revendication 1, où lesdits moyens de pressage (14), lesdits moyens de scellage (15) et lesdits moyens de découpage (16) sont actionnés par un système de déplacement choisi entre la rotation autour d'un axe correspondant, transversal à la direction d'avancement des plaques (2) et par cycle à pas de pèlerin.
  10. Installation selon la revendication 1, comprenant également des moyens de préformage (20) de ladite première bande (6) au niveau des alvéoles (3) avant qu'elles soient remplies avec les boissons en poudre.
  11. Méthode pour la fabrication de cartouches de boisson comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - guidage de plusieurs plaques (2) dans une direction d'avancement, chaque plaque (2) étant dotée d'une multitude d'alvéoles (3) positionnées transversalement par rapport à ladite direction d'avancement ;
    - distribution au-dessus des plaques (2) d'une première bande continue (6) de pellicule perméable qui couvre chaque alvéole (3) ;
    - dépôt d'une dose de boisson en poudre au niveau de chaque alvéole (3) au moyen d'un dispositif de dosage autonome (9, 12) pour chaque alvéole (3), au-dessus de ladite première bande (6) ;
    - pressage des doses de boisson en poudre déposées dans les alvéoles (3) ;
    - distribution au-dessus des doses pressées, d'une deuxième bande (17) de pellicule perméable ;
    - scellage desdites première et deuxième bandes (6, 17) ensemble avec les doses de poudre pressées à l'intérieur afin de former les cartouches (100) ;
    - découpage des cartouches formées (100),
    caractérisée par le fait que lesdites cartouches (100) sont fabriquées en continu le long d'un plan de fabrication horizontal sur lequel lesdites plaques (2) avancent à une vitesse constante.
  12. Méthode selon la revendication 11 où ladite étape de découpage des cartouches (100) est réalisée directement sur les plaques (2) tandis qu'elles avancent horizontalement à une vitesse constante.
EP05076557A 2005-03-22 2005-07-08 Procédé et appareil pour la préparation en continue de cartouches d'infusion Not-in-force EP1705122B1 (fr)

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