EP1927544B1 - Machine destinée à déballer, remplacer et remballer des articles conditionnés dans des boîtes. - Google Patents

Machine destinée à déballer, remplacer et remballer des articles conditionnés dans des boîtes. Download PDF

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EP1927544B1
EP1927544B1 EP07121680A EP07121680A EP1927544B1 EP 1927544 B1 EP1927544 B1 EP 1927544B1 EP 07121680 A EP07121680 A EP 07121680A EP 07121680 A EP07121680 A EP 07121680A EP 1927544 B1 EP1927544 B1 EP 1927544B1
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Giovanni Battista Casaglia
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Cit Srl En Bresciani Maria En Casaglia Federi
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Casaglia Silvia
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/38—Opening hinged lids
    • B65B43/39—Opening-out closure flaps clear of bag, box, or carton mouth
    • 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
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B69/00—Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/20—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by folding-down preformed flaps
    • B65B7/22—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by folding-down preformed flaps and inserting flap portions between contents and wall

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  • the need to replace one or more packed items may arise also in food field, cosmetic field or in any other case in which packed items are present.
  • a machine for unpacking, replacing and repacking items packed in boxes preferably package leaflets, characterized in that it comprises feeding means for items packed in closed boxes, at least one box opening station, at least one picking station for the item to be replaced, at least one inserting station for an item replacing said item to be replaced, at least one closing station for the box containing the replaced item.
  • the invention also relates to a method using the machine, as defined in claim 15.
  • a machine for replacing a package leaflet 1 contained along with a pharmaceutical product 2 in a closed box 3 (packed item) comprises a base frame 4 which supports two parallel rows of step-by-step advancement pushers 5 ( figure 5 ) of the box 3.
  • the advancement step is managed by a control unit 150.
  • the advancement may also be of continuous type with programmed stops instead of step-by-step type as in the present embodiment.
  • Said gripping is performed by one or more suction cups 10, placed at the end of the arm 8, driven by a pneumatic vacuum generating system.
  • the picking may also occur mechanically, without any suction cup (whatever gripping means).
  • Said bar 12 is supported by a horizontal guide 112 of the box 3.
  • the station 100 comprises a body 13 selectively and vertically movable between a raised rest position and a lowered working position in which a plate 14 with hooked end 15 hooks up the upper flap 16 of the box 3 to be opened.
  • a horizontal fixed plate 17 with pointed end 18 favours the opening of the upper flap 16 partially raised by said plate 14.
  • the station 200 ( figures 10-16 ) comprises a vacuum suction tube 20 integral with a plate 21 selectively movable along guides 22, by means of sliding bars 180, between a raised rest position and a lowered working position in which the end of the tube 20 comes into contact with the folding zone of the package leaflet 1.
  • the vacuum suction determines the coupling of the package leaflet 1 which is then removed from the compartment 23 of the box 3 following the raising of the tube 20.
  • a horizontal vacuum suction tube 36 and a compressed air emitting tube 37 provide for facilitating the entrance of the new leaflet 7 in the compartment 23 of the box 3.
  • Mechanical means may be provided to facilitate the entrance of the new leaflet.
  • the station 400 further comprises three adjustable bars 41-43 adapted to impose a closing movement of the upper flap 16.
  • the front upper side flap 44 ( figure 32 ) is put into a closing position by a fixed body 45 with rounded tip ( figures 32-34 ), while the rear upper side flap 90 is put into a closing position by a hammer 46 rotationally movable between a rest position and a pushing position for closing said rear upper side flap 90.
  • a similar system may be provided in the opening station 100 after lifting the upper flap 16 of the box.
  • a hammer 46 as above described or any other pendant mean may be functional for that object.
  • the positioning of the box 3 is such that the bar 12 and the portion 81 of the supporting frame 4 of the box act as guides for the step-by-step advancement of the box 3.
  • the sensor 70 provides for stopping the machine in the case of lacking of boxes 3 in the loader 9; the sensor 72 detects the presence of the box 3 and activates the control unit 150.
  • the closed box 3 advances step-by-step until it reaches the cutting station 99.
  • the blade 98 is positioned (as in a common cutter) to cut the seal 97 ( figure 35 ). In such a manner, the seal 97 remains integral with the upper flap 16 without any bond with the side surface of the box 3.
  • the blade 98 is supported by an adjustable body according to the dimensions of the box.
  • a removal station of an adhesive label which contemplates heating means of the adhesive (also by radiation with common sources of heat, such as a laser) and subsequent mechanical removal of the label (by means of a mechanical arm or the like) may be contemplated.
  • Chemical means solvents, nitrogen, etc. may also be provided to remove the adhesive label.
  • the closed box 3 stops: the plate 14 descends until it enters in compartment 23 through a narrow gap (where the cut was made); the hooked end 15 engages with the terminal part of the flap 16 and, following the upward movement of the body 13, said upper flap 16 is raised ( figure 9 ).
  • the suction cup 130 pulls' the front side surface 80 outwards thus favouring the entrance of the hooked end 15.
  • a suction cup system which is attached to the upper flap 16 and lifts it may be contemplated instead of the aforesaid plate 14.
  • the box 3 has been unpacked.
  • the tube 20 descends to touch the folding zone of the package leaflet 1 (normally it is folded, thus enveloping the pharmaceutical product 2 as shown in figure 13 ).
  • the pneumatic suction system makes the leaflet 1 integral with the end of the tube 20 which, by raising, drags the leaflet with it ( figures 13-16 ).
  • the sensor 24 detects whether the leaflet 1 to be eliminated has actually been extracted from the box 3. If the leaflet 1 is missing, the machine stops and the operator must intervene.
  • compressed air exits from a mouth 90 adapted to disengage the leaflet 1 from the tube 20 and to make it drop into the collector 26.
  • the same sensor 24 controls that the leaflet 1 has actually been ejected.
  • the box 3 opened and emptied of the package leaflet 1 to be replaced resumes its step-by-step advancement and reaches the inserting station 300 of a new package leaflet 7 ( figures 17-22 ).
  • a belt feeder (not shown) of replacing package leaflets 7 places the leaflet 7 on the plate 35 over the chute 34.
  • the leaflet 7 is unfolded on said horizontal plate 35.
  • the tubes 36 and 37 facilitate the entrance of the leaflet 7 into the compartment 23 ( figure 18 ): the tube 37 pushes the pharmaceutical product 2 towards the rear wall of the box 3; the tube 36 pulls the front wall of the box 3 outwards.
  • a bolster of the box 3 which at the inserting station 300 is inclined outwards may further be contemplated, thus further facilitating the entrance of the new leaflet 7.
  • the box 3 starts moving again and the upper flap 16 is disengaged from the fixed plate 17: the upper flap 16 is folded slightly forwards, the box 3 with the new package leaflet 7 however remaining essentially open.
  • the upper flap 16 of the box 3 moving step-by-step, interacts with the first bar 41 which induces a complete opening of the flap 16 ( figure 26 ).
  • the second and the third bars 42-43 which subsequently interact in sequence determine the closing of the upper flap 16.
  • the feeler 47 descends to verify the presence of the item 7, the hammer 46 closes the rear upper side flap 90, and the fixed body 45 closes the front upper side flap 44 ( figure 32-34 ).
  • a further station for placing a new seal 97 and/or a new label 96 may be contemplated.
  • Said station comprises sealing and labelling means (including possible gluing means) normally marketed.
  • the machine according to the present invention may contemplate several opening stations 100, several picking stations 200, several inserting stations 300 and several closing stations 400.

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Claims (17)

  1. Machine pour déballer, remplacer et réemballer des articles emballés dans des boîtes (3), de préférence des feuillets d'emballage:
    caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend:
    des moyens d'alimentation (5, 9) pour les articles emballés dans des boîtes fermées (3),
    au moins une station (100) d'ouverture de boîtes (3),
    au moins une station d'enlèvement (200) pour l'article (1) à remplacer,
    au moins une station d'insertion (300) pour un article (7) remplaçant ledit article à remplacer (1),
    au moins une station de fermeture (400) pour la boîte (3) contenant l'article remplacé (7).
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite station d'ouverture (100) comprend une plaque (14) avec une extrémité en crochet (15) mobile sélectivement et verticalement entre une position de repos relevée et une position de travail abaissée pour soulever un rabat supérieur (16) de la boîte fermée (3) et une pompe d'aspiration (130) pour tirer une face latérale antérieure (80) vers l'extérieur en vue de favoriser l'entrée de l'extrémité en crochet (15).
  3. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisée en ce que ladite station d'ouverture (100) comprend une plaque fixe (17) avec une extrémité pointue (18) pour soulever le rabat supérieur (16) de la boîte (3) et/ou des moyens pendants (46) pour soulever les rabats latéraux (44, 90) de la boîte.
  4. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que ladite station d'ouverture (100) comprend un capteur (19) pour détecter l'ouverture du rabat supérieur (16) de la boîte (3).
  5. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ladite station de prélèvement (200) comprend des moyens de prise (20), de préférence des ventouses pneumatiques, mobiles sélectivement et verticalement entre une position de repos relevée et une position de prise abaissée de l'article (1) à remplacer.
  6. Machine selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que ladite station de prélèvement (200) comprend un capteur (24) pour détecter l'enlèvement de l'article (1) à remplacer et son éjection.
  7. Machine selon l'une des revendications 5 à 6, caractérisée en ce que ladite station de prélèvement (200) comprend des moyens d'éjection pneumatiques ou mécaniques (25) de l'article (1) à remplacer.
  8. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ladite station d'insertion (300) de l'article remplaçant (7) comprend une plaque horizontale (35) avec une ouverture de chute vers le bas (34) pour le passage de l'article remplaçant (7) et un couple de moyens réciproques de poussée et d'insertion intégrale (31-33, 35, 38), mobiles sélectivement et verticalement entre une position de repos relevée et une position abaissée dans laquelle l'article remplaçant (7) est placé à l'intérieur de la boîte ouverte (3).
  9. Machine selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend des moyens d'aspiration pneumatiques (36), de préférence des ventouses, destinés à élargir temporairement le compartiment (23) de la boîte (3).
  10. Machine selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend des moyens (37) pour émettre de l'air afin de dûment placer un deuxième produit possible présent dans le compartiment (23) de la boîte (3).
  11. Machine selon l'une des revendications 9 à 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une traverse inclinée vers l'extérieur pour faciliter l'entrée du nouveau feuillet.
  12. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ladite station de fermeture (400) comprend trois barres ajustables (41-43) dont la géométrie a été adaptée, en association avec le mouvement de la boîte (3) elle-même imposé par le moyen de manutention (5) pour imposer un mouvement de fermeture du rabat supérieur (16) de la boîte (3).
  13. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisés en ce qu'elle comprend une station d'enlèvement (99) d'un cachet (97) et/ou une station d'enlèvement (99) d'une étiquette (96).
  14. Machine selon la revendication 13, caractérisée en ce que ladite station (99) comprend des moyens de découpage, de préférence une lame (98) destinée à découper ledit cachet (97) et/ou ladite étiquette (96).
  15. Procédé de déballage, de remplacement et de réemballage d'un article emballé (1), de préférence un feuillet d'emballage, par une machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes suivantes:
    - ouverture de la boîte fermée par soulèvement du rabat supérieur de la boîte (3) initialement fermée;
    - prélèvement d'un article (1) à remplacer;
    - insertion d'un article remplaçant (7);
    - fermeture de la boîte (3) avec le nouvel article (7).
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend l'enlèvement d'un cachet (97) et/ou d'une étiquette (96).
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend le découpage du cachet (97) et/ou d'une étiquette (96).
EP07121680A 2006-11-30 2007-11-27 Machine destinée à déballer, remplacer et remballer des articles conditionnés dans des boîtes. Not-in-force EP1927544B1 (fr)

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