EP1954862B1 - Fixation décorative comprenant une longueur de ruban adhésif pour sacs plastiques et procédé et appareil pour sa fabrication - Google Patents

Fixation décorative comprenant une longueur de ruban adhésif pour sacs plastiques et procédé et appareil pour sa fabrication Download PDF

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EP1954862B1
EP1954862B1 EP05850978A EP05850978A EP1954862B1 EP 1954862 B1 EP1954862 B1 EP 1954862B1 EP 05850978 A EP05850978 A EP 05850978A EP 05850978 A EP05850978 A EP 05850978A EP 1954862 B1 EP1954862 B1 EP 1954862B1
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Luigi Brizzolari
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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
    • B65D63/00—Flexible elongated elements, e.g. straps, for bundling or supporting articles
    • B65D63/10—Non-metallic straps, tapes, or bands; Filamentary elements, e.g. strings, threads or wires; Joints between ends thereof
    • B65D63/1009—Adhesive tapes
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/1691—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to attached closure elements
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/425—Decoration elements
    • B65D5/4262—Bands covering at least 3 adjacent faces of a container provided with a decoration, e.g. bow
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04D—TRIMMINGS; RIBBONS, TAPES OR BANDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D04D7/00—Decorative or ornamental textile articles
    • D04D7/04—Three-dimensional articles
    • D04D7/10—Decorative bow structures

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  • the present invention relates to decorative products in general, and in particular to a method and to an apparatus for making decorative fastenings for bags enclosing gifts, fastenings that are easy to apply and pleasing to look at.
  • Figure 1A shows a short strip of semi-transparent adhesive tape, often called sticky tape, to hold together the top edges of such bags, also known as shoppers.
  • Figures 1B and 1C show front and side perspective views of these bags fastened by the adhesive tape in Figure 1A .
  • the bag can be suitably fastened with adhesive tape, labels, clips or pegs, apart from the handles with which it is supplied.
  • Figure 2A shows the same bag as in Figure 1B , fastened by a centrally placed label that joins the two edges, and with a ribbon tied to the string handles.
  • the tape acts in two ways, by joining the two handles and by producing a decorative effect. Joining the two handles is not sufficient to prevent the objects in the bag from falling out and the label is affixed for this purpose, while the general effect is visibly improved.
  • Figure 2B shows the same bag as in Figure 1B fastened by a clip stapled on centrally to join the edges, and with a bow for decoration attached at the top.
  • US-A-5614274 discloses a self-adhering bow for application to an object, comprising: a) a preformed bow member with a base portion; b) a pair of flexible ribbon application bands with a surface coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the two adhesive surfaces being initially adherent to each other; c) means like a staple to secure one end of the double application bands to the base portion of the bow; d) wherein the application bands may be separated and the exposed layers of pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the object to adhere the bow to the object.
  • This self-adhering bow makes use of easily detachable adhesive layers, so that the side effects of superimposing adhesive surface is drastically reduced and there is not hint in this optic. Besides, due the central position of the bow between the two lengths of adhesive tape, it seems a device inadequate to fasten bags like gift shoppers with two edges to be joined.
  • the decorative bow is constituted by a sequence of continuous ribbon loops disposed side by said and pressed against the adhesive surface of a composite backing strip orthogonal to the originating loop. This implies peeling off the backing strip of its protective paper strip using rolls.
  • the described machine includes a strip-feeding mechanism and a ribbon-feeding mechanism. The first intercepts the adhesive strip at one end of a linear path and pushes the strip along a straight guide towards the second mechanism placed before a looping station at the other end of the linear path, where a cutoff device is situated.
  • the strip-feeding mechanism includes many pinch rolls controlled by a ratchet wheel whose angular increments determine the average speed of the backing strip. The greater speed of ribbon in respect of the back strip allows the formation of a loop during the progression of a short strip tract.
  • the main drawback of the apparatus (and method ) of the last citation is that it doesn't allow to obtain fastening devices constituted by a length of only adhesive strip with attached at one end a decorative object selectable among a large variety of possible ones (e.g.: pompoms, stars, etc. and non-ribbon-type as cockades).
  • Purpose of the present invention is to provide a device that combines the ability to fasten carrier bags, used instead of otherwise packaging a gift, with greater ease of application and obtaining a more attractive effect, while avoiding the drawbacks described above.
  • a further purpose of the present invention is to indicate a method for making said fastening devices.
  • a further purpose of the present invention is to describe an apparatus for producing in series the fastening devices according to said method.
  • the subject of the present invention is a fastening device comprising adhesive tape as described in claim 1.
  • FIGS 3A, 4A and 5A indicate three ways of making the fastening and at the same time decorative device, especially for gift bags, according to the present invention.
  • the devices illustrated respectively include decorations in the form of stars, bows and pompons, at either end of the tape.
  • Figures 3B, 4B and 5B show a more widely-used and less expensive example where the decoration is placed at only one end of the adhesive tape.
  • Different types of decorations can be used for the purpose, such as bows, pompoms, cockades, stars, ribbons, etc. These types only differ in appearance, their practical purpose being the same.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show perspective views, respectively a front and a side view of the gift bag when fastened and decorated with a pompom seen in Figure 5A .
  • the fastening device shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5 can also be used for shopping bags or the like, as well as for packages generally where it is desired to add a touch of elegance or to replace coloured string, tape or ribbon.
  • two or more such objects of suitable size can also be placed along the whole of its length.
  • a further subject of the invention is a method for producing the fastening device, as described in an independent claim concerning the method itself which is simple enough; a series of decorative objects are applied to both ends of a piece of adhesive tape cut from a roll and fed through a cutter that cuts it off at a previously established length.
  • a further subject of the invention is an apparatus that functions according to the directives of the method referred to above and described in an independent claim concerning the manufacturing equipment.
  • the apparatus may be independent in which case it is provided with a dispenser that automatically feeds in the practical/decorative objects used to make the fastening means, or else it can be added to another apparatus that makes said decorative objects. In either case production can be in series.
  • the apparatus shown in Figure 8 is applied to a component part 1 which, at the manufacturer's discretion, may be an automatic dispenser of a pompom 2, or an apparatus that produces said pompom.
  • the apparatus illustrated in Figure 8 is a simplified form to show the main parts and how they relate to each other during production.
  • the apparatus in Figure 8 comprises a frame 3 to which the various components parts are fixed, including the dispenser / forming means 1 and a container 23 to hold the finished product.
  • the fixed frame 3 also comprises uppermost a mobile part 4 shaped like a shelf with a squared profile that can slide back and forth along two vertical guides 21 and 22 of the frame 3, moved by a linear feed actuator 19 fixed to the guide 21, and whose sliding arm 20 is fixed to one end of the underside of the shelf 4.
  • Above the shelf 4 are three actuators the first two, 15 and 17, of which accomplish a linear movement, and the third 5 an angular movement.
  • Actuator 17 is rigidly fixed to the shelf 4 on one side of the frame 3, and its sliding arm 18 is fixed to a plate which provides an anchorage for the next actuator 15. This actuator and its anchorage plate are fixed to the shelf 4 so as to be able to translate horizontally back and forth when moved by the actuator 17.
  • the sliding arm 16 of the actuator 15 is fixed to an anchorage plate that supports the successive angular actuator 5.
  • This actuator and its anchorage plate are fixed to the shelf 4 and can translate horizontally back and forth under combined pressure from actuators 15 and 17.
  • the rotating arm 6 of the angular actuator 5 is joined to a pair of pneumatic pincers 7 fitted with two prehensile means, 8, 8', one at each end, for gripping the free end of an adhesive tape 9 used for series production of the fastening devices.
  • About halfway up the side of the frame 3 towards the actuator 17 is a fixed support for a reel 11 containing a roll of adhesive tape 9, said support also carrying a cutter 10 placed on the line followed by the tape 9 at a set distance from the reel 11. This distance can be adjusted by moving the cutter 10 along the horizontal supports of the structure carrying the reel, and screwing it into holes placed at a short distance one from another.
  • the dispenser / forming means 1 supplies the pompom 2 through an upper opening through which emerges an elevator placed precisely opposite the stitching device 12 situated so as to sustain the pompom 2 when it is being stitched onto the tape 9.
  • the tape 9 carries a strip of protective paper (not shown) laid over its upper glued surface facing towards the stitching device 12. The protective strip may already be cut through at suitable intervals to facilitate its removal or else these cuts can be made when it is inside the cutter 10.
  • the length of the strip of tape 9 may therefore vary between a maximum and a minimum by adjusting the position of the cutter 10 along the supporting framework between the minimum and maximum distances possible from the reel 11.
  • the device for holding the cutter 10 in place can also be adjusted so that the distance between it and the reel 11 can also be varied; this can also be done automatically by means of another linear actuator.
  • the position given to the linear actuator 19 that moves up and down along the guide 21, and the length of its arm 20, are such as to prevent the reel 11 from being crushed. For greater safety, however, a travel-stop is placed along the guides 21 and 22.
  • the stitching device 12 participates in vertical translation of the shelf 4, adding its own translating movement that enables it to rise up at the start of each working cycle, allowing the pneumatic pincer 7 to pass and reach the cutter 10 so as to pick up the end of the tape 9 beyond the cutter when each new length has been cut.
  • the cutter 10 is so devised that it holds the tape 9 after the cut has been made, until the blades become automatically separated allowing the two prehensile ends, 8 and 8', of the pincers 7 to pass through the blades and take up a position on the two faces of the adhesive tape 9.
  • the stitching device 12 could be replaced by a stapler or by a gluer.
  • the pneumatic pincers 7 can be rotated at 90° in which position they function intermittently and can stitch a series of pompoms, or similar objects, one after another, obviously if they are small ones, onto a single strip of tape.
  • the controlling microprocessor restrains the cutter 10 and causes the arm 16 of the actuator 15, and the pneumatic pincers 7, to translate back and forth so that short lengths of tape 9 are drawn in turn under the stitching device 12.
  • steps 1 to 5 are executed, then directly followed by steps 7 and 8, omitting step 6 for stitching on the second pompom.

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  1. Dispositif de fixage pour de sacs avec deux bords (fig. 6, fig. 7), le dispositif comprenant un premier objet décoratif à forme d'un ruban (fig. 3B, fig. 4B, fig. 5B) ou non à forme d'un ruban fixé à une extrémité d'un trait de ruban adhésif, caracterisé en ce qu'il comprend un deuxième objet décoratif (fig. 3A, fig. 4A, fig. 5A) du même type du premier fixé à l'autre extrémité du trait de ruban pour permettre à dit dispositif d'être prélevé manuellement pour appliquer le ruban adhésif sur les deux bords unis du sac (fig. 6, fig. 7).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dit objet décoratif est un pompon formé par un ruban (fig. 5A).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dit objet décoratif est un arc formé par un ruban (FIG. 4a).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dit objet décoratif est une étoile formée par un ruban (FIG. 3a)
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dit objet décoratif est une cocarde.
  6. Dispositif selon une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre des objets décoratifs du même type distanciés pour l'entière longueur du ruban.
  7. Méthode pour la production du dispositif de fixage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les opérations suivantes répétées cycliquement :
    a) emploi de pinces (7, 8, 8') pour prélever l'extrémité d'un rouleau de ruban adhésif (9) en le tirant à travers d'une coupeuse (10, 10') ;
    b) déplacement (15, 16) des pinces (7, 8, 8') avec le ruban (9) fixé à elles pour un trait correspondant à la longueur voulue du ruban, et par conséquent l'extrémité se trouve entre un premier ruban ou un type différent d'un ruban d'un objet décoratif (2) produit avec le même cycle des opérations, et un dispositif (12) pour fixer dit objet décoratif (29 à la surface non adhésive du ruban.
    c) découpe complet du ruban (9) avec dite coupeuse (10, 10') ;
    d) fixage permanent du dit premier objet décoratif (2) à l'extrémité couplée du dit ruban (9) ;
    e) exécution d'un deuxième déplacement (17, 18) avec la même longueur parcourue dans l'opération (b) ;
    f) fixage permanent d'un deuxième objet décoratif (31) du même type à l'autre extrémité du trait de ruban (9) ;
    g) ouverture des pinces (7, 8, 8') pour expulser le produit fini.
  8. Méthode selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans l'opération g) dites pinces (7, 8, 8') sont faites tourner selon un angle précédemment établi, avant d'être relâchées.
  9. Appareil pour l'exécution de la méthode selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :
    - des pinces (7, 8, 8') pour se coupler avec l'extrémité d'un rouleau de ruban adhésif (9) et pour le faire passer à travers une coupeuse (10, 10') ;
    - des premiers moyens (15, 16) pour déplacer dit moyens d'accouplement (7, 8, 8') pour un trait précédemment établi ;
    - des moyens (1, 30) pour distribuer des objets décoratifs (2, 31, 32) à forme de ruban ou non à forme de ruban disposés en position sur la surface non adhésive du ruban, dits objets décoratifs étant disposés à une distance de dite coupeuse (10, 10') correspondant à dit trait précédemment établi ;
    - des moyens (12) pour le fixage de tout les deux objets décoratifs (2, 31, 32) à dit ruban (9) en correspondance de respectives extrémités du produit fini, dit moyens de fixage (12) étant situés sur la surface adhésive du ruban opposée à dit moyen de distribution (1, 30),
    - des deuxièmes moyens de translation (17, 18) situés à val de dits premiers moyens de translation (15, 16) en manière de prolonger, avec dit trait précédemment établi, la traction de dits moyens d'accouplement (7, 8, 8') ;
    - des moyens (5, 7, 8, 8') pour expulser le produit fini unis en succession à dits premiers moyens de translation (15, 16).
  10. Appareil selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que dits moyens d'expulsion comprennent des moyens (5) pour faire tourner dites pinces (7, 8, 8') avec un angle précédemment établi.
  11. Appareil selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que dits moyens de translation (15, 17) et de rotation (5) sont des actuateurs.
  12. Appareil selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que dites pinces (7, 8, 8') sont actionnées pneumatiquement.
  13. Appareil selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que dits moyens de fixage (12) comprennent un dispositif de couture.
  14. Appareil selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que dits moyens (1, 30) pour distribuer des objets décoratifs comprennent un appareil pour produire dits objets.
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