EP1991474B1 - Sachets de sucre en bande continue, ou autres aliments, et distributeur connexe - Google Patents

Sachets de sucre en bande continue, ou autres aliments, et distributeur connexe Download PDF

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EP1991474B1
EP1991474B1 EP07736675A EP07736675A EP1991474B1 EP 1991474 B1 EP1991474 B1 EP 1991474B1 EP 07736675 A EP07736675 A EP 07736675A EP 07736675 A EP07736675 A EP 07736675A EP 1991474 B1 EP1991474 B1 EP 1991474B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/42—Chains of interconnected packages
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/68—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets

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  • the present invention concerns the technical field relating to the production of appliances suitable for the distribution for sachets for sugar or for other food, primarily in public places, but also at home, in office, communities, commercial businesses, private and public corporations, etc.
  • the sugar sachet obviously solves all these problems, as being perfectly sealed, welded or glued, therefore isolating the food.
  • the imposed legislative amendment has caused managers of the businesses problems as to the layout and presentation of the sachet to customers; they are most commonly inserted in open containers, trays, etc., holding a certain bulk amount, which is replaced as the sachets are used up.
  • FR 1420517 discloses the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention aims at eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks, providing a dispenser as defined in claim 1, which helps the distribution and the pulling out of sachets for sugar or other food, in a quick and easy way.
  • This invention relates to a dispenser combined with a continuous strip, according to the invention.
  • a container which typically has an opening intended for pulling out the strip, is fitted to contain the strip of sachets at least partially overlapping.
  • the space between two adjoining sachets and/or their volume is such as to allow the aforementioned overlapping.
  • each sub-strip contains the same number of sachets, which is preferably of two at the minimum.
  • the container is fitted to contain a strip of sachets which is coiled around an axis, typically the container's axis of symmetry.
  • the present invention also comprises any kind of dispensers of sugar sachets, or other food, shaped as previously described, where said sachets may be contained and from which they may conveniently issue in order to be pulled apart.
  • the dispenser is capable of supplying food sachets, which may be linked or joint in such a way as to form a continuous strip or band of sachets which are placed in a row thanks to the aid of tools which enable and/or facilitate the separation of the adjoining sachets.
  • Said dispenser typically has an opening for pulling out the strip, the tools acting in such a way as to enable and/or facilitate the separation of the sachet to be supplied from the immediately preceding one.
  • the tools enabling and/or facilitating the separation of the adjoining sachets comprise a releasable retention device, such as a peg, which helps blocking the sachets near the opening.
  • the retention device is typically placed between an input of the dispenser, through which a strip of sachets is inserted, and the output opening to block the sachets in transit between the input and the output and, in particular, to block the sachet next to the one coming out.
  • the retention device is suitably fitted with two opposing tips acting as a peg on the opposite edges of the sachet to be blocked by means of a return spring which releases the retained sachet through a strength exerted against the action of said spring.
  • the device is designed for gradually releasing the retained sachet and gradually blocking the adjoining sachet through a strength acting in the direction of the strip or band's drive towards the output opening. While strength can be applied by pulling mechanical parts, it is typically exerted by an electric appliance that grabs and pulls an edge of the last sachet in the series towards the outside of the dispenser, thus moving the strip forward of one position.
  • said dispenser comprises at least one cutting and/or engraving unit where the part of material between the two sachets must be placed in order to proceed with cutting or tearing.
  • the invention suitably includes a dispenser which is composed of:
  • the dispenser may be elastic, at least in the area where the hard spring is placed, and typically includes another weaker spring which directs the following sachets, so that they reach the point of issue in an orderly and well-positioned way.
  • the sachets' position may be higher than the issuing opening or may placed sideways.
  • a cutting unit may be placed on the opening in order to aid the tearing of the sachet being issued.
  • the dispenser includes two opposing wings which act as a guide for the sachets of the strip or band towards the exit opening. Said wings are driven against each other by a spring in such a way as to retain the sachet placed between them.
  • the spring is adjusted so as to allow the sachet to slide between the two wings when a strength acting in the drive direction of the strip or band towards the exit opening with intensity exceeding a given threshold is applied.
  • one of the two wings may present a ridge enabling the retention of the sachet of the strip or band which is next to that released by the pair of wings.
  • the dispenser is fitted with a sensor generating a signal which can detect the space between the two sachets and a controller which is sensitive to said signal.
  • the controller is configured to control the power feed instruments of the strip or band in such a way as to issue one sachet at a time through the opening, retaining the immediately preceding sachet.
  • the strip or band cutting instruments are typically present in the space between the sachet being issued and the immediately preceding one, since said cutting instruments can worked via the controller.
  • the issue of the sachet is carried out through a control which can be activated by a user device, since the controller is sensitive to said control.
  • the advantages of the present invention lie in the fact that it is possible to house several sugar sachets, or other food, in a quite limited space and in an orderly way; that said sachets may not be visible to the public; that each single user takes his/her sachet without simultaneously touching the adjoining sachets; that there is no need to frequently replace the sugar sachets, or other food, since the system ensures a high sachet capacity; that it enables a better organisation of the work in public places allowing customers to easily take the sugar sachet, or other food.
  • sachets are laid so as to form a continuous strip.
  • Each sachet 1 is lengthwise united both to the previous and next sachet.
  • Two adjoining sachets are easy to divide by tearing, thanks to the particular dotted line 2 made e.g. by engraving, but also by other technical methods.
  • the strips can be rolled as depicted in Fig. 3 or folded up like a "concertina” as depicted in Fig. 4 , then inserted into particular existing or new devices, and orderly cut, when taken, by suitable contrast blade 3, thanks to the above-mentioned dotted line 2.
  • the sachets' container may have any shape, for example circular or rectangular, getting however the same hygienic, aesthetic and functional result.
  • Fig. 5 shows a section of a particular type of dispenser for the distribution of the sugar sachets.
  • Said dispenser consists of an external surface 4 with opening 6 for the exit of the sachets 1, 1b, 1c... Said sachets are separated each other by a segment 10 of variable length, anyway useful for the function of the system.
  • the dispenser presents, under the external surface 4, a big neck 5 acting as a spring, a space 7 for the passage of the sachet and a second smaller neck 8 acting as a guide.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of this dispenser uncoupled, showing also the connecting wings 9.
  • a second solution of this invention comprises a dispenser with an extended body formed by two side walls 101, fixed by ferrules 201, and a sheet-based wall 301 that fits into corresponding tracks 401 of the side walls.
  • the back wall 301 is shaped as a slide so that a strip of sachets 1 can slide from the lower surface 8' to the upper surface of the same body and has a larger bend at the upper end directing towards a guide made by a couple of wings 501, 601 placed horizontally one in front of the other.
  • the upper wing 601 is fixed to the structure of the body, whereas the lower wing 501 moves along a vertical axis and is forced in the direction of the other wing 601 by a spring (not shown) fixed on a support 701 shaped like a butterfly.
  • the wings 501, 601, opposite to the back wall 301, have a rounded portion 801 to facilitate the taking of the sachet that, during the dispenser use, is from time to time present between the same wings.
  • the movable wing 501 also has two teeth 901 to facilitate the tearing.
  • the dispenser is completed by a couple of side convex guards 111 and a lower support 121 placed horizontally corresponding to the notches in the side walls 101 in order to fix the device to a horizontally surface, for example a bar counter or a tailor-made structure, e.g. in Plexiglas, conveniently used also to house the sachets' container (not shown in the drawings).
  • a horizontally surface for example a bar counter or a tailor-made structure, e.g. in Plexiglas, conveniently used also to house the sachets' container (not shown in the drawings).
  • the working of the dispenser can be resumed as follows.
  • the sachets' strip is loaded in the dispenser from the base, then slides along the back wall 301 to enter between the two movable wings 501, 601 suitably open exerting a force towards down on the movable wing 501 against the spring action.
  • the movable wing 501 is then released enabling the spring to push the movable wing 501 towards the fixed wing 601 thus pressing the sachet and therefore keeping it.
  • the spring is regulated to support the weight of the sachets hanged along the back wall, in particular 5-6 sachets, typically 6g each, so that the strip does not fall down unloading the wings and therefore the dispenser.
  • the dispenser according to this invention it's possible to rationalize the use of sugar sachets, or other food, getting at the same time a tidier exposition, more pleasant to look at. It's worthy to note how these results can be reached by the present invention, without increasing at all the industrial production cost of the packed product and without amending the current packaging technology, but rather reducing one passage, thus obtaining the above-mentioned advantages with no costs.
  • the current product packaging technology comprises at the end of the automatic cycle, the transversal cut of the strips of sachets, produced by the most various automatic packaging techniques that might be not altered, but on the contrary, the production appliances will be the same, however avoiding the last transversal cut that divides indeed the resulted strips into single-use sugar sachets, or other food.
  • the only variant can be represented by a longer paper flap between two adjacent sugar sachets, or other food.
  • the finished product will be constituted by strips of suitable length, in single lengthwise series, which can be later inserted into various dispensers, suitably sized, so that the customer can take and therefore come into direct contact just with the product he/she needs, enabling by the next tearing provided in the strip the successive use of the dispenser.
  • the dispensers known for other kinds of use can be constructed in the most various shapes, so that the strip of sachets supplied by the manager of the area, can be placed anyway, obviously compatible with the shape of the dispenser.
  • the most known shape of the dispenser in everyday use is the circular (coiled) one, whose tearing dispensers are used anyhow.
  • the dispenser according to this invention is mainly applied to sugar sachets, but can be used for sachets containing any kind of food.

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  1. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, dont les sachets sont attachés ou reliés entre eux de façon à former un rouleau ou une bande continue de sachets (1) placée en rangée. Le distributeur est pourvu d'accessoires (5, 7, 8, 501 et 601) qui permettent et/ou facilitent la séparation des sachets dudit rouleau ainsi que leur ouverture (6) en exerçant une force de traction sur la bande, autrement dit, lesdits accessoires permettent et/ou facilitent la séparation du premier sachet de celui qui suit grâce au système de retenue de la distribution (5, 7, 8, 501 et 601) qui aide à bloquer les sachets afin de permettre une ouverture parfaite. Ledit système de retenue est composé de deux pointes opposées (5, 501, 601) qui agissent comme une pince sur les bords opposés du sachet bloqué par le système même.
  2. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 1, dont ledit système de retenue est placé entre, d'une part, l'entrée du distributeur (8, 8') pour la bande ou le rouleau de sachets et, d'autre part, la sortie de l'ouverture (6), le but étant de bloquer les sachets en transit entre l'entrée et la sortie et de bloquer le sachet (1b) qui suit celui sortant (1).
  3. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans les revendications 1 et 2 dont le système de retenue est composé d'un ressort (5) qui libère le sachet retenu à travers une force exercée contraire à l'action dudit ressort.
  4. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans les revendications de 1 à 3 dont le système a été conçu pour libérer graduellement le sachet retenu mais aussi bloqué graduellement le sachet suivant encore attaché, et ce, en exerçant une force allant en direction du sens d'entraînement de la bande ou du rouleau, soit vers la sortie de l'ouverture (6).
  5. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 4, qui comprend au moins une unité de découpe et/ou d'incision (3) dans laquelle doit se trouver la partie du matériau située entre les deux sachets, et ce, afin de pouvoir procéder à la coupe ou au déchirement de cette dernière.
  6. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 5, formé par :
    - au moins une ouverture (6) d'où les sachets peuvent sortir ; - au moins un ressort (5) qui bloque le sachet en proximité du suivant de façon à ce que le premier sachet soit tiré puis séparé du second.
  7. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 6, dans lequel la position des sachets doit être plus élevée par rapport à l'ouverture de distribution (6).
  8. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 7, formé par une unité de découpe (3) placée sur l'ouverture (6) de façon à faciliter la séparation du sachet sortant.
  9. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 3 à 8, comprenant un ressort moins puissant supplémentaire qui sert à diriger les sachets successifs vers le point de distribution (6) de manière ordonnée et en bonne position.
  10. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 3 à 9, caractérisé par la flexibilité d'une partie, au moins, du ressort (5).
  11. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 10, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend deux ailettes opposées (501, 601) qui ont pour fonction de guider les sachets de la bande ou du rouleau vers la sortie de l'ouverture (6). Lesdites ailettes sont poussées l'une contre l'autre au moyen d'un ressort, leur but étant de retenir le sachet placé entre celles-ci.
  12. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 11, dans lequel le ressort est réglé de façon à pouvoir glisser entre les deux ailettes (501, 601) lorsqu'une force est exercée dans le sens d'entraînement de la bande ou du rouleau vers la sortie de l'ouverture (6) avec une intensité excédant une valeur seuil donnée.
  13. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans les revendications 11 et 12, dans lequel une des deux ailettes (501) présente une bordure en relief (901) servant au déchirement et/ou retenue du sachet de la bande ou du rouleau se trouvant en proximité de celui qui a été détaché par la paire d'ailettes.
  14. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 13, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend un capteur qui génère un signal à même de détecter la présence d'espace entre les deux sachets et un contrôleur sensible audit signal. Ledit signal doit être réglé afin de pouvoir commander les instruments d'alimentation de la puissance de la bande ou du rouleau de façon à distribuer un sachet à la fois à travers l'ouverture, tout en retenant le suivant.
  15. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 14, formé par des instruments de découpe supplémentaires de la bande ou du rouleau situés dans l'espace compris entre le sachet sortant et celui qui suit. Lesdits instruments de découpe fonctionnent grâce au contrôleur.
  16. Un distributeur de sachets pour sucre ou aliments, tel que revendiqué dans les revendications 14 ou 15, dont la distribution du sachet est effectuée grâce à une commande qui peut être activée par le dispositif utilisateur. Le contrôleur est sensible à ladite commande.
  17. Une combinaison d'un distributeur tel que revendiqué dans l'une ou plusieurs des revendications susmentionnées de 1 à 16, pourvue d'une série de sachets bien rangés pour sucre ou aliments.
EP07736675A 2006-03-08 2007-03-07 Sachets de sucre en bande continue, ou autres aliments, et distributeur connexe Not-in-force EP1991474B1 (fr)

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ITPI20060027 ITPI20060027A1 (it) 2006-03-08 2006-03-08 Bustine di zucchero, o di altro alimento, in nastro continuo e relativo dispensatore.
PCT/IT2007/000170 WO2007102185A2 (fr) 2006-03-08 2007-03-07 Sachets de sucre en bande continue, ou autres aliments, et distributeur connexe

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