EP1897810A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour emballer individuellement des produits, et produit emballé individuellement - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour emballer individuellement des produits, et produit emballé individuellement Download PDF

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EP1897810A1
EP1897810A1 EP06425618A EP06425618A EP1897810A1 EP 1897810 A1 EP1897810 A1 EP 1897810A1 EP 06425618 A EP06425618 A EP 06425618A EP 06425618 A EP06425618 A EP 06425618A EP 1897810 A1 EP1897810 A1 EP 1897810A1
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Francesco Marchioni
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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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/005—Packaging other articles presenting special problems packaging of confectionery
    • 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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/54—Wrapping by causing the wrapper to embrace one end and all sides of the contents, and closing the wrapper onto the opposite end by forming regular or irregular pleats
    • 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
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/04—Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips
    • B65B51/06—Applying adhesive tape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
    • B65D75/18—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed the upstanding portion of the wrapper being closed by regular or irregular folds or pleats, e.g. bunch-wrapped packages

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  • the present invention relates to a method for the individual packaging of products, to a machine for performing the method, and to a respective individual package for products.
  • This production technology allows to obtain packages which differ almost exclusively in the color and quality of the wrapper or at the most in the adhesive label that is applied.
  • Such adhesive label can be a sort of small stamp, which is pasted onto the outer surface of the wrapper, or a band which surrounds the packaged product; in each of these cases, the format of the label is forced by packaging requirements (it must comply with the units intended to apply it in known packaging lines).
  • Labels other than the cited stamps and bands are generally applied manually by assigned personnel, with an evident increase in costs and possible inaccuracies.
  • the application of labels having particular shapes has the advantage of giving assurance to the buyer that the product has not been opened previously and/or tampered with (label as a closure seal of guarantee).
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a method for the individual packaging of products which allows the simple application of adhesive labels of any shape and size.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a machine which applies this method in a fully automated manner.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an individual package for products which is provided with an adhesive label which can constitute a tamper-evident seal.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for the individual packaging of products, a machine which applies said method and a respective individual package for products which have low costs, are relatively simple to provide in practice, and are safe in application.
  • the present method for the individual packaging of products which consists in: arranging the individual products on a feed line; taking each product from the feed line and arranging it proximate to a wrapping unit with the interposition of packaging material between the product and the portion of the unit that faces it; moving the product towards said unit, thus bringing it into contact with said packaging material which will wrap around it, constituting a partial wrapper; coupling the product and its partial wrapper to said unit by means of grip elements of said unit; directing the grip element that supports the product and its partial wrapper toward a closure station, with consequent fastening for closure of the open part of the wrapper by means of guillotine assemblies; directing the grip element that supports the product and its wrapper, monolithically with the respective guillotine assemblies, toward a station for applying a seal, consequently applying an adhesive flap around the portion of the wrapper that is clamped by said guillotine assemblies; freeing the packaged product from the
  • the reference numeral 1 generally designates a method for the individual packaging of products
  • the reference numeral 2 generally designates a machine which applies the method 1
  • the reference numeral 3 designates a respective individual product package.
  • the method 1 provides for a sequence of consecutive steps which initially entail arranging 4 individual products 5 on a feed line 6: the line 6 can be constituted by a conveyor belt, on which the individual products 5 are aligned and distributed according to the production requirements.
  • the products 5 can be chocolates, candy or small food products in general; the method 1 might in any case be applied also to gadgets, toys or articles of various kinds.
  • each product 5 from the feed line 6 and arrange it proximate to a wrapping unit 8 with the interposition of suitable packaging material 9 between the product 5 and the portion of the unit 8 that faces it. It is then necessary to move 10 the product 5 toward the unit 8, bringing it into contact with the packaging material 9, which will wrap around it, constituting a partial wrapper.
  • each grip element 14 must clamp the product 5 and its partial wrapper, modulating both the closure speed and the force with which it acts: in this manner, there is no risk of damaging the outer surface of the products 5, which in certain cases (for example chocolates) are extremely delicate.
  • the grip element 14 that supports the product 5 and its partial wrapper must then be directed 15 toward a closure station 16, consequently fastening shut the open part 12 of the wrapper by means of suitable guillotine assemblies 17.
  • the guillotine assemblies 17 can be functionally associated with a heat-sealing element 18 for the mutual stable coupling of the portions 12 of packaging material 9 which face each other and are clamped by the guillotine assemblies 14: for this purpose, it is possible to use a material 9 of the heat-sealing type or to arrange on one of the surfaces of said material a small amount of hot-melt adhesive. By utilizing this heat-sealing step 18 also, the package 3 of the product 5 has a safer and more stable closure.
  • the arrangement of the seal 21 consists in applying an adhesive label (adhesive flap) around the portion of the wrapper 12 previously given a neck-like shape and clamped by the guillotine assemblies 17.
  • This adhesive label (adhesive flap) is arranged around said "neck" of packaging material 9 arranged above the product 5, with the function of allowing immediate identification of the package 3 (and therefore of the packaged product 5), at the same time ensuring that the package is not tampered with, since any previous opening would entail the breakage of the seal 21.
  • a possible embodiment of a machine 2 for the individual packaging of products 5 is of the type which comprises a line 6 for feeding the products 5, an assembly for supplying the packaging material 9 (which is not shown in the figure but is constituted by any of the known assemblies used by traditional packaging machines).
  • the machine 2 differs from known ones due to the particular structure of the assembly designed for the individual wrapping of the products 5.
  • the machine 2 in fact comprises a station 24 for picking an individual product 5 from the feed line 6: the station 24 is arranged downstream of the line 6 and is constituted by at least one grip device 25, which is associated with a base 26 which can move with respect to the frame of the machine 2 from a configuration in which it is aligned with the line 6 to a configuration in which it is aligned with the wrapping unit 8.
  • the grip device 25 comprises a pair of flanges 25a and 25b which are pivoted to the base 26: these flanges 25a and 25b can be oriented from a first configuration for aligning their grip ends with an individual product 5 which arrives from the line 6 to a second configuration in which they are rotated (synchronously) by an angle of substantially 180° in order to arrange the grip device 25 in alignment with the wrapping unit 8.
  • the grip device 25 in the second configuration, arranges the product 5 within a fixed seat 27 which is arranged below the unit 8: in this configuration in which the product 5 is contained in the seat 27, the packaging material 9, generally already sized into a portion adapted to package one individual product 5, is interposed between the product 5 and the unit 8.
  • the wrapping unit 8 is constituted by a rotating base 8a for supporting a plurality of grip elements 14, which comprise a pair of arms 14a and 14b which are pivoted to the unit 8 and can move with respect to each other from a closed configuration, in which one product 5 wrapped with the respective packaging material 9 is accommodated within a compartment formed between the two faces in mutual contact of the respective arms 14a and 14b (which close onto each other like a vice, placing in contact two mutually opposite faces), to an open configuration, in which the faces are spaced.
  • the pair of arms 14a and 14b comprises interposed shock-absorbing means.
  • a shaping enclosure 11 for conveying the product is provided between the packaging material 9, which is arranged above the product 5 that is present in the fixed seat 27, and the grip elements 14; the enclosure 11 is constituted by a sleeve which is shaped substantially complementarily with respect to the product to be packaged and can have deformable bristles and/or spatulas along its internal surface.
  • the product 5 therefore can perform a translational motion from the seat 27 toward the respective grip element 14 through the enclosure 11 (so that the material 9 is stretched along the lateral surfaces of the product 5, covering it precisely) by means of a lifting unit 28 provided in the base of the seat 27 and below it.
  • At least one respective guillotine assembly 17 for clamping the portion 12 of the packaging material 9 that protrudes from the top of the product 5 is arranged in the peripheral region of the path of the grip elements 14 during the rotation of the rotating base 8a that supports them.
  • the guillotine assembly 17 comprises at least one pair of mutually opposite rotating laminas 29, the facing ends of which have a V-shaped flared portion.
  • the facing ends (which can be mutually partially superimposed) delimit, between the vertices of the V-shaped flared portions, the portion 12 of the packaging material 9 that protrudes upward with respect to the top of the product 5.
  • the rotating laminas 29 are four and are coupled to each other two by two in parallel conditions (substantially one on the other): in this manner, the laminas 29 delimit and clamp the portion 12 along two mutually parallel planes and the area comprised between said two planes is therefore particularly well clamped.
  • the guillotine assembly 17 can comprise a heat-sealing element 18 which is aligned at least with part of the portion 12 that lies proximate to the portion delimited by the laminas 29 (in particular by acting, if there are four laminas 29, on the area comprised between the two planes).
  • the heat-sealing element 18 therefore affects part of the portion 12 for the stable closure of the packaging material 9 around the product 5.
  • the material 9 is appropriately chosen of a heat-sealing type; if the choice falls on a material 9 having different characteristics, it is possible to arrange on one of its surfaces a small amount of hot-melt adhesive which ensures its optimum reaction with respect to the heat-sealing element 18, allowing safer and more stable closure.
  • the station 20 for placing a seal is arranged along the peripheral region of the path of the grip elements 14 during the rotation of the rotating base 8a that supports them, after the guillotine assembly 17 along said path, and is constituted by a line 30 for feeding adhesive flaps (which constitute the seal 21), a pair of rotating levers 31 for the individual picking of the flaps (seals 21) and the subsequent arrangement of the flap (seal 21) in the portion 12 proximate to the region clamped by the at least one guillotine assembly 17.
  • the line 30 for supplying adhesive flaps (seals 21) comprises a roll 32 for storing the flaps arranged side-by-side (seals 21) on a supporting tape, a plate 33 for guiding the tape in output from the roller 32, and at least one element (the levers 31) for removing the adhesive flaps (seals 21) from the surface of the tape, which is aligned with the output end of the plate 33.
  • Said element is indeed constituted by the pair of rotating levers 31, the grip end of which has a shape and size which are substantially complementary to those of the respective flap (seal 21).
  • the tape can slide both on the upper surface and on the lower surface of the plate 33 and in fact rotates around the output end thereof: in this manner, the flaps (seals 21) arranged on its surface tend to separate (the radius of curvature of the tape around the output end of the plate is very small and the flaps separate easily from its surface) and can be removed easily by the pair of levers 31.
  • the at least one removal element is rigidly coupled to a carousel 34, which can rotate from a loading configuration, in alignment with the guiding plate 33 of the levers 31, to a deposition configuration, in alignment with the portion 12 which is comprised within the guillotine assembly 17 and is associated with the unit 8.
  • the levers 31 comprise internal channels which lead to a series of holes distributed on the grip end: said internal channels are associated with a pneumatic circuit in partial vacuum.
  • the rotating carousel 34 is constituted by a substantially cylindrical hermetic hollow element, which is provided with ducts for free circulation which lead to the channels of the respective levers 31 and with a channel for connection to a suction apparatus which ensures that partial vacuum is maintained: by means of the holes provided at the end of the levers 31 it is thus possible to retain the flaps (seals 21).
  • a station 35 for expulsion along a removal line 23 of the packaged product 3 is arranged on the peripheral region of the path of the grip elements 14 during the rotation of the rotating base 8a which supports them, after the station 20 along said path.
  • the individual package 3 for the product 5 obtained by following the method 1 is of the type that comprises an external enclosure 36 made of the packaging material 9 and one internal product 5.
  • the package 3 differs from known ones in that the product 5 has its base which rests on a substantially central portion of the material 9 (which is already prepared in the size adapted to complete packaging); the outermost regions of the material 9 instead rest on the lateral surfaces of the product 5 so as to protrude upward from them with an upper tuft 37.
  • An adhesive flap surrounds the portion 12, constituting the closure seal 21.
  • the internal surface of the material 9, at the portion 12, can be mutually heat-sealed by means of the heat-sealing element 18 which acts directly on the material 9 (heat-sealing it) or on a layer of hot-melt adhesive arranged beforehand on the surface of the material 9.
  • the adhesive flap (seal 21) comprises variously shaped areas 38 which bear drawings and lettering and can therefore be used to give a distinctive and characteristic appearance to the entire package 3.

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