EP1937556B1 - Procédé et appareil permettant d'appliquer un manchon à un article - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil permettant d'appliquer un manchon à un article Download PDF

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EP1937556B1
EP1937556B1 EP06794544A EP06794544A EP1937556B1 EP 1937556 B1 EP1937556 B1 EP 1937556B1 EP 06794544 A EP06794544 A EP 06794544A EP 06794544 A EP06794544 A EP 06794544A EP 1937556 B1 EP1937556 B1 EP 1937556B1
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    • 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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/003—Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped
    • 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
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/105—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents the axis of the tube being parallel to the conveying direction
    • 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
    • B65B61/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B65B61/025—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators

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  • This invention relates to a method of printing and applying sleeves used in packaging.
  • the invention also relates to apparatus for use in the method, and to packages formed with sleeves.
  • the present invention provides a method of applying a sleeve to an article, characterised by:
  • the printing may suitably be flexographic printing, preferably UV flexographic printing.
  • the printing may optionally use water based inks, which are more environmentally-friendly by virtue of being biodegradable.
  • the base colour is preferably dense white, particularly where an appearance resembling paper labels is desired, and may be applied by plate cell patterning to give maximum coatweight and opacity.
  • Additional printing may be performed on-the-fly in association with the severing and wrapping steps, for example in order to print catch weights.
  • the web is reeled after printing, optionally preceded by trimming, and subsequently unreeled and applied in a separate operation, typically at a location remote from the printing location.
  • the printing step preferably includes the printing of one or more index marks on each printed sieeve portion, for use in controlling severing and application of the portion.
  • One suitable material is polypropylene, preferably biaxially oriented polypropylene copolymer film.
  • the thickness of the film may typically be between 48 microns to 90 microns.
  • the film will typically be clear or white, although preferably clear.
  • Other suitable materials include turns made from cornstarch or corn flour. The material should be heat-sealable and may typically be around 40 microns thick.
  • the film will typically be clear or white, although preferably. clear
  • suitable materials include films made from cornstarch or corn flour.
  • the material should be heat-sealable and may typically be around 40 microns thick.
  • the film will typically be clear or white, although preferably clear.
  • Heat may be applied by radiant heat, or by the application of a heated presser bar.
  • a further aspect of the invention provides a reeled web of clear, heat-sealable material formed by a series of identical portions each of which has part of its area printed with a base colour and overprinted with selected text and/or graphics, part of each portion being left unprinted to form one or more windows.
  • the invention provides apparatus for use with the web defined in the preceding paragraph, the apparatus comprising a reel stand for holding and unreeling a reeled web, a guillotine for severing the web into portions, an applicator for applying each portion around an article with two opposed edges of the portion overlapping, and heating means for applying heat to the opposed edges.
  • the apparatus also includes an optical reader for detecting index marks printed on the web, and control means responsive to the optical reader to control the guillotining position.
  • the apparatus may further include a printer for printing additional information, such as a catch weight, on each portion.
  • additional information such as a catch weight
  • the additional information is printed before guillotining.
  • a sleeve 10 is applied around a packaging tray 12.
  • the sleeve 10 has a top portion 14, two side portions 16, and two base portions 18 which are overlapped when applied.
  • the sleeve 10 can be printed in a variety of areas as seen in Fig. 2 , and a print area 20 can include one or more windows 22.
  • the sleeve is formed from a clear, heat sealable plastic film.
  • the preferred material is BOPP (bi-axially oriented polypropylene) co-extruded film of food grade, both sides heat sealable and one side coated for UV flexographic printing, and formulated with antistatic and antislip additives. Such materials are well known and commercially available. Other suitable film materials and printing methods may be used. Alternatively, the material may be a food grade film made from corn flour or cornstarch, which offers the additional benefit of being biodegradable after disposal.
  • Fig. 2 shows a number of possible print layouts. At (a), only the top 24 is printed, with a window 22 left clear. (b) shows the same plus one side 26 printed leaving clear windows 28. (c) adds print to the adjacent half-base 30, while (d) additionally has print on the other side 32 (with windows 34) and the other half-base 36. Many other layouts are possible.
  • the printing of these areas is carried out by applying a base colour over the whole print area and then printing the desired text and/or graphics on the base colour.
  • the most suitable base colour is a dense white, which is applied in the preferred embodiment by plate cell patterning using appropriately formulated inks.
  • the remainder of the desired print is then applied by standard UV flexography which may typically be up to eight colours plus varnish.
  • the inks and varnishes employed may optionally be water-based, thereby providing a degree of biodegradability after disposal.
  • the printing is carried out on a continuous web supplied as a reel which is passed through a suitable flexo press in the usual way.
  • the printed web cold be utilised straight from the press, but it is more economical and convenient for these to be separated. Accordingly, in the preferred method, the printed web is re-reeled onto a suitable carrier such as a cardboard tube.
  • a suitable carrier such as a cardboard tube.
  • the sides of the web may be trimmed prior to re-reeling. This can be used to reduce a stock web to a desired smaller size, and also to obtain a sleeve with print extending right to the edge.
  • FIG. 3 there is shown schematically an apparatus for using the printed and re-reeled film web 40 to form sleeves around articles, in this examples trays 42 which will typically contain meat or other food products.
  • the web is unreeled at 44 and aligned with trays 42 moving along a conveyor or the like.
  • a guillotine 46 severs the web into sleeve portions 48.
  • the web 44 may have index marks among the print matter, which can be detected optically to control the positioning of the guillotine relative to the print area.
  • Each sleeve portion 48 is wrapped around a respective tray, for example by being fed over a smooth forming plate with the loose ends being ploughed around the tray, and the overlapped ends are sealed together at 50 by heating, for example by application of a heat seal bar 52.
  • the apparatus may optionally include a printer, such as an inkjet printer, for adding package-specific information such as catchweight or best-before date.
  • a printer such as an inkjet printer, for adding package-specific information such as catchweight or best-before date.
  • a second printer could be used to print on the reverse of the film, for example so as to be visible through a window area.
  • the preferred sequence is print-guillotine-apply, such that the printing is performed on the web before severing.
  • the invention enables sleeves to be provided which have wide flexibility of printed and clear areas, including windows within print areas.
  • the use of plastic film provides sleeves with high transparency and gloss, and resistance to deterioration from environmental and storage effects.

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  1. Une méthode pour appliquer un manchon (10) sur un article (12), caractérisée par :
    prévoir une bande continue (40) de matériau thermoscellable,
    où le matériau thermoscellable est transparent ;
    former sur la bande continue (40) une série de portions (14, 16, 18) correspondant chacune à un manchon (10) devant être appliqué, et comprenant chacune au moins une zone imprimée (20) et au moins une zone laissée transparente pour former une fenêtre (22, 28), l'impression comprenant l'impression d'une couleur de fond sur des zones sélectionnées de la portion, et la surimpression de texte et / ou d'images souhaités sur la couleur de fond ;
    découper des portions séquentielles (14, 16, 18) de la bande continue (40) ;
    appliquer chaque portion découpée (14, 16, 18) autour d'un article (12) en faisant se chevaucher deux bords opposés ; et
    appliquer de la chaleur pour sceller les deux bords opposés ensemble.
  2. Une méthode selon la revendication 1 où l'impression comprend l'impression flexographique.
  3. Une méthode selon la revendication 2 où l'impression comprend l'impression flexographique UV.
  4. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où l'impression comprend l'utilisation d'encres à base d'eau.
  5. Une méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 1 à 4 où la couleur de fond est un blanc dense.
  6. Une méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 1 à 5 où la couleur de fond est appliquée par plate cell patterning (impression à plaque et alvéoles).
  7. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où une impression additionnelle est effectuée à la volée en association avec les étapes de découpage et d'enveloppement.
  8. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où la bande continue (40) est enroulée après impression, et est par la suite déroulée et appliquée dans une opération distincte.
  9. Une méthode selon la revendication 8 où l'enroulement est précédé du rognage.
  10. Une méthode selon la revendication 8 ou la revendication 9 où la bande continue (40) est déroulée et appliquée à un endroit qui est distant de l'endroit où est effectuée l'impression.
  11. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où l'étape d'impression inclut l'impression d'une ou plusieurs marques de repère sur chaque portion de manchon imprimé.
  12. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où le matériau est du polypropylène.
  13. Une méthode selon la revendication 12 où le matériau est un film de copolymère polypropylène bi-orienté.
  14. Une méthode selon la revendication 12 ou la revendication 13 où le film a une épaisseur comprise entre 48 microns et 90 microns.
  15. Une méthode selon la revendication 13 ou la revendication 14 où le film est transparent ou blanc.
  16. Une méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 1 à 11 où le matériau est un film fabriqué à partir d'amidon de maïs ou de fécule de maïs.
  17. Une méthode selon la revendication 16 où le film a une épaisseur d'à peu près 40 microns.
  18. Une méthode selon la revendication 16 ou la revendication 17 où le film est transparent ou blanc.
  19. Une méthode selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente où de la chaleur est appliquée par chaleur rayonnante ou par l'application d'une barre de presse chauffée.
  20. Un manchon (10) fabriqué à l'aide d'une méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 1 à 19.
  21. Un article (42) sur lequel est appliqué un manchon (10) fabriqué au moyen de la méthode selon n'importe laquelle des revendications 1 à 19.
  22. Une bande continue enroulée (40) de matériau transparent thermoscellable formée d'une série de portions identiques (14, 16, 18), une couleur de fond étant imprimée et du texte et / ou des graphiques sélectionnés étant surimprimés sur une partie de la surface de chacune de ces portions, une partie de chaque portion étant laissée vierge afin de former une ou plusieurs fenêtres (22, 28).
  23. Appareil destiné à être utilisé avec la bande continue revendiquée dans la revendication 22, l'appareil comprenant un porte-bobine destiné à porter et à dérouler une bande continue enroulée (40), un massicot (46) destiné à découper la bande continue (40) en portions (14, 16, 18), un applicateur destiné à appliquer chaque portion autour d'un article (42) en faisant se chevaucher deux bords opposés de la portion, et des moyens de chauffage destinés à appliquer de la chaleur sur les bords opposés.
  24. L'appareil selon la revendication 23 comprenant de plus un lecteur optique destiné à détecter des marques de repère imprimées sur la bande continue (40), et des moyens de commande sensibles au lecteur optique pour commander la position de massicotage.
  25. Appareil selon la revendication 23 ou la revendication 24 comprenant de plus une imprimante destinée à imprimer des informations supplémentaires, telles qu'un poids variable, sur chaque portion (14, 16, 18).
  26. Appareil selon la revendication 25 où les informations supplémentaires sont imprimées avant le massicotage.
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