EP1746028B1 - Dispositif d'alimentation automatique en film plastique d'une machine d'emballage - Google Patents

Dispositif d'alimentation automatique en film plastique d'une machine d'emballage Download PDF

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EP1746028B1
EP1746028B1 EP06013411A EP06013411A EP1746028B1 EP 1746028 B1 EP1746028 B1 EP 1746028B1 EP 06013411 A EP06013411 A EP 06013411A EP 06013411 A EP06013411 A EP 06013411A EP 1746028 B1 EP1746028 B1 EP 1746028B1
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Torre Francesco
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B7/00—Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/005—Rescue devices for passengers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/06—Safety devices or measures against cable fracture
    • 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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B65B41/14—Feeding webs from rolls by grippers

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  • the present invention refers to an automatic device for feeding plastic film for packaging machines with miscellaneous products.
  • US-A-5 855 106 and US-A-4 472 864 disclose devices according to the preamble of Claim 1.
  • Applicant's International Patent Application WO 2004/048201 discloses a packaging machine equipped with a packaging head oscillating with a swinging movement adapted to put in contact the plastic film with the product to be packaged and to adhere the film itself to the product in a stretched position; such packaging head is further equipped with means for feeding the plastic film, such as for example a coil, from which the plastic film is manually unwound for an adequate length for packaging, so that, by lowering the packaging head, the plastic film gets in contact with the product to be packaged in a packaging area of the head itself. It is however evident that the manual unwinding of the plastic film can have some inconveniences, resulting in a critical activity for the packaging machine operation, since it can create, for example, the slowing down of packaging operations or prevent the completely automatic operation of the device.
  • object of the present invention is solving the above prior art problems by providing an automatic device for feeding plastic film for packaging machines with miscellaneous products which can be easily manufactured and operated, which is more inexpensive and simpler than what is proposed by the prior art.
  • the term "product” will designate both an individual object or element to be packaged (for example in the foodstuff field), and the same object or element placed in a vessel, tank or the like, for packaging the whole assembly.
  • the device 1 according to the present invention is described, such device being applied as an example to a packaging head 10 of a packaging machine 12 like the one described in the previously mentioned WO 2004/048201 , but it is wholly obvious that numerous variations and modifications can be made to the device, in order to adapt it to different packaging machines without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the automatic device 1 for feeding a plastic film 4 for packaging machines with miscellaneous products comprises means for feeding the plastic film 4, such as for example at least one coil 8, and gripping and transporting means, actuated by command and control means, adapted to continuously and automatically unwind the plastic film 4 from its feeding means, in order to take it to a packaging area 6 of the packaging machine 12.
  • the gripping and transporting means comprise at least two parallel dragging belts 5 sliding on the packaging area 6 sides, made of plastic or rubbery material or another material coated with plastic or rubbery material, preferably having a mirror polished surface aimed to get in contact with the plastic film 4 and to create with this latter one a slight gluing, mentioned below, for dragging it in the packaging area 6 of the packaging machine 12.
  • the dragging belts 5 can be in a different number from two and with variable length.
  • the command and control means comprise at least one first and one second rotating shaft, respectively 11, 13, which allow rotating the dragging belts 5 and suitably arranged in order to be able to drag the plastic film 4 on the packaging area 6 of the packaging machine 12, the first rotating shaft 11 being the drive shaft driven by a motor 15, preferably of the electric type, which drags the dragging belts 5.
  • the film 4 When unwinding the plastic film 4 from the coil 8, the film 4 itself is laid onto the dragging belts 5 by passing through at least one pressing rubbery roller 7 which, by pressing against the first rotating shaft 11, allows a slight gluing of the plastic film 4 on the surface of the dragging belts 5; glueing, adapted for dragging the plastic film 4 by the dragging belts 5, occurs by means of a natural cohesion between the plastic film 4 and the polished surface of the dragging belts 5 by removing interposed air and is enabled by the pressure which the pressing rubbery roller 7 exerts against the dragging belts 5 polished surface.
  • the command and control means can also comprise adjusting systems, such as for example an Encoder (not shown), which adjust the unwound plastic film 4 length by detecting the angular positions of the first rotating shaft 11 and by means of the motor 15 allows unwinding a certain length of the plastic film 4 from the feeding means; the Encoder in fact allows actuating the motor 15 for a number of revolutions set according to the desired length of the plastic film 4 to be unwound.
  • an Encoder not shown
  • the managing and control means can comprise, as replacement for the Encoder, other adjusting systems for the plastic film 4 length operating by means of micro-switches actuated by variable abutments or timers with adjustable time.
  • the managing and control means actuate the motor 15 which rotates the first rotating shaft 11 for such a number of revolutions as to allow unwinding from the coil 8 an adequate length of plastic film 4; due to gluing between dragging belts 5 and plastic film 4 enabled by the pressing rubbery roller 7, the plastic film 4 is taken to the packaging area 6 above the product to be packaged; by then lowering the packaging head 10, the product is packaged and the plastic film 4 is cut in the proper and known modes of the packaging machine 12; by lifting the packaging head 10 again, the managing and control means again actuate the motor 15 for unwinding from the coil 8 another adequate length of plastic film 4, bringing back the packaging machine 12 ready to perform a new packaging.

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  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
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Claims (9)

  1. Dispositif automatique (1) d'alimentation d'un film plastique (4) pour machines de conditionnement (12) de divers produits, ledit dispositif (1) comprenant:
    - des moyens d'alimentation dudit film plastique (4);
    - des moyens de préhension et de transport dudit film plastique (4); et
    - des moyens de commande et de contrôle capables de dérouler ledit film plastique (4) desdits moyens d'alimentation, lesdits moyens de commande et de contrôle comprenant au moins un premier et un second arbre rotatif (11, 13), ledit premier arbre rotatif (11) étant entraîné par un moteur (15) pour amener lesdits in moyens de préhension et de transport en rotation;
    caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de préhension et de transport dudit film plastique (4) comprennent deux courroies d'entraînement (5) séparées, chacune desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) étant capable d'entrer en contact avec un respectif côté dudit film plastique (4) qui ne devra pas être en contact avec les produits à conditionner, chacune desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) étant encore capable d'entraîner ledit film plastique (4) dans une zone de conditionnement (6) de ladite machine de conditionnement (12), lesdits moyens de préhension et de transport comprenant encore un rouleau de pression en caoutchouc (7) capable de coopérer avec ledit premier arbre rotatif (11) pour coller ledit film plastique (4) aux susdites courroies d'entraînement (5), ce collage étant capable d'entraîner ledit film plastique (4) au moyen desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) ; cette opération s'effectuant par l'intermédiaire d'une cohésion naturelle entre ledit film plastique (4) et la surface polie desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) par élimination de l'air intercalé, ce collage étant réalisé par la pression exercée par ledit rouleau de pression en caoutchouc (7) contre la surface polie desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) ; après ceci ledit film plastique (4) étant capable de se détacher desdites courroies d'entraînement (5) lors de la mise en rotation dudit dispositif (1) dans le but de placer ledit film plastique (4) sur et en contact avec les produits à conditionner.
  2. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'alimentation comprennent au moins une bobine (8).
  3. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite courroie d'entraînement (5) est en matière plastique ou caoutchouteuse.
  4. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite courroie d'entraînement (5) est recouverte de matière plastique ou caoutchouteuse.
  5. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite courroie d'entraînement (5) a une surface polie spéculaire de contact avec ledit film plastique (4).
  6. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande et de contrôle comprennent un système de réglage d'une longueur dudit film plastique (4) déroulé.
  7. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit système de réglage comprend un Encoder coopérant avec ledit moteur (15).
  8. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit système de réglage comprend des micro interrupteurs actionnés par des repères variables.
  9. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit système de réglage comprend des temporisateurs à temps réglable.
EP06013411A 2005-07-22 2006-06-29 Dispositif d'alimentation automatique en film plastique d'une machine d'emballage Not-in-force EP1746028B1 (fr)

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IT000103U ITTO20050103U1 (it) 2005-07-22 2005-07-22 Dispositivo automatico di alimentazione di pellicola plastica per macchine di confezionamento

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