EP2019783B1 - Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de paquets de cigarettes - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de paquets de cigarettes Download PDF

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EP2019783B1
EP2019783B1 EP07723908A EP07723908A EP2019783B1 EP 2019783 B1 EP2019783 B1 EP 2019783B1 EP 07723908 A EP07723908 A EP 07723908A EP 07723908 A EP07723908 A EP 07723908A EP 2019783 B1 EP2019783 B1 EP 2019783B1
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Martin Stiller
Burkard Roesler
Jens Schmidt
Jürgen Schwecke
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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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/54—Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
    • 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
    • B65B53/00—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging
    • B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing (hard) packages with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a device according to the preamble of claim 3.
  • the transport of individual packages is known at a distance from one another in the region of a shrinking station EP 1 055 603 A1 .
  • the packs which are supplied at a distance from one another in a single row, are transported in the region of the shrinking station between a top chord and a bottom chord, with the conveying chords of the two chords being subjected to heat by fixed heating plates.
  • the packs are transported continuously.
  • the rigid, immovable arrangement of the heating plates and the resulting position of the slidably guided along the heating plates Straps are problematic for the transmission of uniform, precisely metered heat shrinkage.
  • the packs are transported in sealed rows, lying one at a time.
  • the object of the invention is to propose methods and apparatus for producing, in particular, cigarette packs, including a shrinkage treatment, in which a high level of performance is ensured with an exact treatment result.
  • the device according to the invention is provided at least in the region of a shrinking station with two parallel packing conveyors, each conveying a row of packs, wherein in the area of the shrinking members, in particular the heating plates associated with each row of packs, the heating plates at the top and / or bottom of the packs receive contact during momentary standstill Transmission of the given shrinkage heat.
  • the packing conveyors are designed so that the underside, namely the front or back of the packs, is free for the installation of the heating plates.
  • the packs are held by suction air and / or by mechanical holding devices on a packing conveyor running above the packs or next to them.
  • a particularity in positioning the packs fed in two rows into groups of superimposed packs is that the packs arrive at staggered levels in the area of a grouping station, in particular by pack conveyors running up or down with their height spacing in the range a transverse displacement of the packs substantially corresponds to the height of a single pack.
  • the exemplary embodiments are concerned with the treatment of parallelepiped packs 10, namely cigarette packs of the folding box type.
  • the packs 10 are bounded by a large-area front 11, an opposite back 11, by side surfaces 13, 14 and by the end face 15 and bottom surface 16.
  • the thin cardboard boxes (hard) 10 are surrounded by an outer sheath of a shrinkable film.
  • the packs 10 coming from a packaging machine are provided with the outer wrapper in the area of a foil turret 17. This is folded in a conventional manner initially U-shaped around the package 10 when inserted into a pocket of the film turret 17. Thereafter, 13 folding flaps of the film in the region of overlap by sealing are connected to each other on the radially outer side surface. Furthermore, first folds of the film in the area of end face 15 and bottom face 16 are completed.
  • the pack 10 Immediately following the film turret 17, the pack 10 enters a rectilinear packing web. In their area, the packages 10 are first passed through a folding station 18, are folded in the side-facing folding flaps of the film wrapping to form conventional front and bottom folds.
  • sealing station 19 In their area, the folding flaps or folds in the area of the laterally directed end face 15 and bottom face 16 are connected to one another by thermal sealing.
  • sealing members are arranged on both sides of the package web, namely elongated sealing jaws 20, 21. These receive contact with the facing package surfaces 15, 16 during momentary standstill of the packages at cyclic promotion.
  • the sealing jaws 20, 21 are therefore movable back and forth in the transverse direction.
  • the finished packs 10 arrive in the area of a grouping station 23. Subsequently, the packs 10 are fed in formed groups to a pack packer, which produces pack packs of conventional packagings.
  • the shrinking station 22 is designed so that heat is transferred to the large-area sides of the pack by heating elements, in particular by heating plates, namely on the front side 11 and rear side 12.
  • the heating plates are during a treatment cycle, ie during the stoppage of the packs 10 of these preferably over the entire surface ,
  • the packs 10 are conveyed in such a way that the packing area to be acted upon with heat is exposed during the treatment.
  • the packs 10 are transported at least in the region of the shrinking station 22, in the present embodiments already in the region of the sealing station 19 and before it in the region of the film turret 12 in two juxtaposed rows of packs 26, 27, namely individual packs at a distance successively ,
  • the packaging surfaces 11, 12 to be acted upon are kept free for the installation of the respective heating plates by appropriate design and operation of packing conveyors.
  • they become each other associated packs 10 of the pack rows 26, 27 brought together by transverse movement to form a packing unit 28 of two superimposed packs 10th
  • the packs 10 coming from the packer are fed to the film turret 17 in two rows of packages 26, 27.
  • This is designed so that two matching part turrets 29, 30 for each row of packets 26, 27 are combined to form a unit and thus moved synchronously, the same time.
  • the rows of packages 26, 27 are passed through the folding station 18 and subsequently through the sealing station 19 following the film turret 17.
  • each package row 26, 27 associated with folding members, as well as on both sides of the packing rows 26, 27 each sealing jaws 20, 21 are arranged.
  • the shrinking station 22 is according to the embodiment Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 ... designed so that the upwardly or downwardly directed front 11 and back 12 of the packs 10 are acted upon in successive stations by hot plates.
  • Each pack row 26, 27 are associated with heating plates.
  • heating plates 24, 25 are arranged below the movement path of the packing rows 26, 27, so that the heating plates bear against the downward-pointing rear sides 12 of the packs 10.
  • the heating plates 24, 25 are dimensioned such that during a treatment cycle several, namely three successive packs 10 of a row of packs 26, 27 are acted upon simultaneously by conditioning the heating plates 24, 25.
  • the delivery cycles of the pack rows 26, 27 each correspond to a pack 10, so that the heat is transferred to the packs 10 over several cycles (three).
  • the package conveyor for the transport of the individual packages 10 to form the two parallel rows of packages 26, 27 are formed in a special way.
  • the packs are taken from the foil turret 17 by a (first) packing conveyor 31 designed as an endless conveyor and transported through an upper conveying strand 32 along a first section of a conveying path.
  • the packing conveyor 31 is formed so that the packs 10 is substantially suitably positioned between spaced apart drivers 33, 34. These detect each pack 10 in front in the transport direction and the back lying pack surfaces, namely on the side surfaces 13 and 14th
  • Each pack row 26, 27 is associated with such a pack conveyor 31. These run parallel to one another and are driven synchronously, so that the packs 10 of the packing rows 26, 27 are transported in aligned formation. After emerging from the film turret 17, the packages 10 are conveyed through the folding station 18 and then through the sealing station 19. The latter extends into the region of the shrinking station 22. The package conveyor 31 terminates at the shrinking station 22.
  • the upper conveyor 35 is designed such that when the heating plates 24, 25 are lowered, that is to say in particular during the conveying cycle, the packs 10 are held on the conveyor.
  • the upper conveyor 35 is designed as a suction conveyor.
  • the lower run 38 is associated with a suction unit, namely a suction box 40. This is connected to a vacuum source, such that at least during the delivery cycle suction air to the packages 10 are transmitted.
  • the belt of the upper conveyor 35 is designed to be permeable to air.
  • the packages 10 are transported by the upper conveyor 35 only in the region of the first sub-station, ie in the region of the heating plates 24, 25 acting from below.
  • the packages are then taken over by the sub-conveyor 41, 42 as a subsequent package conveyor, which transports the packages in the region of the heating plates 45, 46 acting on the upper side.
  • This (third) packing conveyor extends into the area of the grouping station 23.
  • the sub-conveyor 41, 42 is expediently designed as the packing conveyor 31 with an upper run 43, 44 for transporting the packs 10 between the front and rear drivers 33, 34th
  • the grouping station 23 adjoining the shrinking station 22 is designed so that the packs 10 of the two rows of packages 26, 27 arriving in staggered planes are brought by transverse displacement into a position with packs arranged in pairs one above the other ( Fig. 4 ).
  • the height offset planes are created by the fact that the feeders for the packs 10, namely the sub-conveyor 41, 42 and their upper run 43, 44 cause the height offset of the incoming packs 10 due to a corresponding inclination.
  • the upper run 43 is inclined, for example, downwards, the upper run 44 is inclined upwards, but may alternatively run horizontally.
  • heating plates 45, 46 are arranged in the region of the inclined upper runs 43 and / or 44, the shape of the heating plates is adapted to the position of the packs 10, namely to the inclined feed position.
  • a contact surface of the heating plates 45, 46 facing the packing surfaces (front side 11, rear side 12) is arranged obliquely in accordance with the inclination of the packs 10, so that the heating plates 45, 46 can rest against the obliquely directed packs 10 over the whole area.
  • the packs 10 are in the grouping station 23 by transverse conveyors, namely slide 47, 48 of the two Obertrumen 43, 44 pushed away in the transverse direction and superimposed stored on a support, namely on a platform 49. From this, the two groups of packs 10 of a Transfer conveyor 50 taken over, namely an endless conveyor, which detects the packs 10 by fed from below driver 51 and transported away. The packs 10 are transported along an arcuately shaped guide 52 and transferred in an upright position in groups to a belt conveyor 53, which carries away the packs 10 between upright runs, in particular to a packer.
  • the grouping station 23 is preceded by an ejection station 54 in the conveying direction, that is to say between shrinking station 22 and grouping station 23. In the area thereof, identified defective packages are rejected during production and transport.
  • the ejection station 54 is equipped with transverse conveyors 55, 56. These are designed as belt conveyors with arranged at suitable intervals from each other drivers 57.
  • the cross conveyor 55, 56 are arranged above the lower conveyor 41, 42 movable, namely about a drive shaft 58 pivotally. In the starting position ( Fig. 3 , right) is the cross conveyor 56 in the rest position above the lower conveyor 41, 42. If a mis-packing in the area of the ejection station 54 passes, the respective cross conveyor 55 is lowered into the conveying position and driven. Alternatively, the cross conveyors 55, 56 may be permanently driven and lowered only to the active position as needed.
  • the relevant pack 10 is fed to a discharge chute 59.
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 is constructed with a similar concept as the embodiment according to Fig. 1
  • the individual packages 10 transported in two webs are removed from the film turret 17 by the package conveyor 31 and fed via the sealing station 19 to the shrinking station 22.
  • This is constructed so that the lower heating plates 24, 25 associated with each row of packages 26, 27 and the upper heating plates 45, 46 are arranged one above the other.
  • the shrinking station 22 is thereby made shorter.
  • it In order to supply the heat preferably simultaneously to the top and bottom of the packs 10, it requires a special intermediate conveyor 60, 61 for the transport of the packs 10 in the region of the heat organs, such that the packs 10 are exposed at the top and bottom.
  • the intermediate conveyors 60, 61 assigned to each row of packages 25, 26 consist of two conveyor belts 62, 63, in each case on both sides of the path of movement of the packs 10.
  • the conveyor belts 62, 63 are designed with a small overall width, that is to say with deflection rollers of small diameter.
  • the conveyor belts 62, 63 have transversely directed drivers 64, 65 which grip the packages 10 on the front and rear side surfaces 13, 14.
  • the distances of a pack 10 associated driver 64, 65 correspond to the dimensions of the pack 10 so that they are transported without play. Due to the design and arrangement of the intermediate conveyors 60, 61, the front side 11 and the rear side 12 of the packs in the region of the heating plates 24, 25 and 45, 46 are free.
  • the intermediate conveyors 60, 61 or their conveyor belts 62, 63 of the two packing rows 26, 27 are arranged offset in the conveying direction to each other ( Fig. 9 ), such that the pairs of adjacent drivers 64, 65 of return troughs the adjacent conveyor belts 62, 63 mutually protrude into the interstices of the respective adjacent conveyor.
  • the packs 10 are transported through a further packing conveyor to the grouping station 23, namely by the lower conveyor 41, 42 formed with a shorter upper run 43, 44.
  • the grouping station 23 namely by the lower conveyor 41, 42 formed with a shorter upper run 43, 44.
  • the shrinking station 22 consists only of upper heating plates 45, 46 for the top, ie front 11, the packs 10 transported in two rows of packages 26, 27. With corresponding material of the outer casing for the packs, the heat supply is sufficient only to the top of the packs 10 to achieve a shrinkage effect.
  • Each of the two rows of packages 26, 27 is associated with a package conveyor 66, which conveys the packages 10 from the film turret 17 via the folding station 18, the sealing station 19, the shrinking station 22 to the grouping station 23.
  • an upper run 67 of the package conveyor 66 is divided into sections.
  • An end portion 68 facing the grouping station 23 is guided over a deflection roller 69 and inclined (downwards).
  • the heating plates 45, 46 are in the region of this end portion 68 and are formed in the manner described, as far as they are associated with a sloping end portion 68.
  • the heating plates 45, 46 have a trapezoidal cross section.
  • FIG. 5 and Fig. 6 This special feature is based on the example of Fig. 1 shown.
  • the two packing conveyors namely the feeding package conveyor 31 and the outfeed top conveyor 35 are arranged with mutual overlap due to appropriate positioning of guide rollers 70, 71.
  • Both conveyors are provided with the packs 10 on both sides engaging drivers 33, 34 on the one hand and 36, 37 on the other.
  • the associated drivers 33..37 are different in shape educated.
  • web-shaped carrier 33 are effective at the front of the packs 10, which have on the outer, free edge a rounded cross-section, bead-like thickening 72. This is located on the front of the pack 10.
  • the opposite driver 34 is a transversely projecting web with a bevel 73 on the side facing the pack 10.
  • the drivers 36, 37 are formed accordingly.
  • the incoming packages 10 are taken by the packing conveyor 31 into the area of the upper conveyor 35 ( Fig. 5 ).
  • the rear driver 34 is released from the package 10, because due to the deflection of the receiving upper conveyor 35, the driver 33 (with thickening 72) rests against the rear package surface and the further transport of the package takes over, and initially to the plant on the front adjacent carrier 37 of the upper conveyor 35.
  • the rear driver 34 of the feeding pack conveyor 31 can be moved without contact on the transported away package 10, namely at a lower, rear pack edge due to the bevel 73 with continued movement ( Fig. 6 ).

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  1. Procédé de fabrication de paquets (10), en particulier de paquets durs avec une enveloppe extérieure en film thermorétractable, en particulier de paquets de cigarettes du type boîte pliante, dans lequel les paquets (10) munis de l'enveloppe extérieure sont transportés à travers un poste de thermorétraction (22) avec des organes chauffants, en particulier des plaques chauffantes (24, 25 ; 45, 46) pour le transfert de chaleur de thermorétraction à des grandes surfaces orientées vers le haut et/ou vers le bas des paquets (10), caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les paquets (10) sont transportés dans deux rangées juxtaposées, notamment parallèles, de paquets individuels (10), à savoir des rangées de paquets (26, 27), à travers le poste de thermorétraction (22) ;
    b) les paquets (10) sont transportés au moins dans la région du poste de thermorétraction (22) à travers des transporteurs de paquets (35 ; 41, 42 ; 60, 61) associés à chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27), de manière cadencée et à distance les uns des autres,
    c) les paquets (10), pendant le transport, sont saisis exclusivement par des dispositifs d'entraînement (36, 37 ; 64, 65) qui agissent à l'extérieur des surfaces des paquets sollicitées par les organes chauffants, c'est-à-dire les surfaces orientées vers le bas ou vers le haut,
    d) à la suite du poste de thermorétraction (22) les paquets (10) juxtaposés, associés les uns aux autres, des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27), sont réunis par déplacement transversal en formant des groupes de deux paquets (10) respectivement superposés.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les rangées de paquets (10) dans la région du poste de thermorétraction (22) et/ou à la suite du poste de thermorétraction (22), sont transportées sur des voies de paquets inclinées vers le bas ou vers le haut, de telle sorte que les paquets (10) mutuellement associés des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) puissent être réunis dans des plans décalés en hauteur exclusivement par un déplacement transversal pour former le groupe de paquets.
  3. Dispositif de fabrication de paquets (10), en particulier de paquets durs avec une enveloppe extérieure en film thermorétractable, en particulier de paquets de cigarettes du type boîte pliante, qui à la suite d'une machine d'emballage, notamment à la suite d'un emballeur à film, peuvent d'abord être transportés à travers un poste de scellement (19) pour sceller des volets pliants de l'enveloppe extérieure puis à travers un poste de thermorétraction (22) avec des plaques chauffantes supérieures et/ou inférieures (24, 25 ; 45, 46), qui, pendant un arrêt temporaire des paquets (10) s'appliquent contre le côté supérieur et/ou le côté inférieur des paquets (10) pour transmettre la chaleur provoquant la thermorétraction de l'enveloppe extérieure, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les paquets (10), au moins dans la région du poste de thermorétraction (22), peuvent être transportés dans deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) juxtaposées, constituées de paquets individuels (10),
    b) à chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27) sont associés des transporteurs de paquets (35 ; 41, 42 ; 60, 61) séparés pour le transport cadencé des paquets (10) à distance les uns des autres, les paquets (10), pendant le transport, étant saisis exclusivement par des dispositifs d'entraînement (36, 37; 64, 65) des transporteurs de paquets (35 ; 41, 42 ; 60, 61) qui agissent à l'extérieur des surfaces des paquets sollicitées par les plaques chauffantes (24, 25 ; 45, 46), à savoir les surfaces des paquets orientées vers le bas ou vers le haut,
    c) dans le poste de thermorétraction, chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27) est associée à des plaques chauffantes séparées (24, 25 ; 45, 46),
    d) au moins un paquet (10) parmi des paquets adjacents (10) associés les uns aux autres des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) peut être déplacé à la suite du poste de thermorétraction (22) dans la région d'un poste de regroupement (23) par un déplacement transversal en formant un groupe de paquets constitué notamment de deux paquets individuels superposés (10).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le poste de thermorétraction (22) se compose d'au moins deux postes partiels successifs, notamment avec des plaques chauffantes (24, 25) disposées dans la région d'un premier poste partiel en dessous de la voie de déplacement des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) et ensuite avec des plaques chauffantes (45, 46) disposées dans la région d'un deuxième poste partiel au-dessus des paquets (10).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les paquets (10) des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) peuvent être transportés par un premier transporteur de paquets (31) pour chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27) à travers le poste de scellement (19), jusqu'au poste de thermorétraction (22),
    b) dans la région du poste de thermorétraction (22), en particulier dans la région d'un premier poste partiel avec des plaques chauffantes (24, 25) disposées sous les rangées de paquets (26, 27), les rangées de paquets (26, 27) peuvent être transportées par un deuxième transporteur de paquets séparé, à savoir un transporteur supérieur (36), qui ne saisit pas les paquets (10) dans la région des côtés inférieurs,
    c) à la suite du transporteur supérieur (35), les paquets (10) des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) peuvent être transportés par d'autres transporteurs de paquets, à savoir des transporteurs inférieurs (41, 42) dans la région du deuxième poste partiel, les transporteurs inférieurs (41, 42) ne saisissant pas les paquets (10) dans la région du côté supérieur.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les paquets (10) peuvent être transportés dans la zone d'action de plaques chauffantes (24, 25) au niveau du côté inférieur des paquets (10) notamment par les transporteurs supérieurs (35), qui fixent les paquets (10), lorsque les plaques chauffantes (24, 25) sont abaissées, ou pendant le transport, par de l'air aspiré et/ou par des organes de serrage mécaniques, sur le transporteur supérieur (35).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que le transporteur supérieur (35) est réalisé sous forme de transporteur aspirant, avec un organe d'aspiration, notamment une caisse aspirante (40), dans la région d'un tronçon inférieur (38), sur lequel les paquets (10) sont maintenus au moins pendant le transport.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les transporteurs de paquets (35 ; 41, 42 ; 60, 61) sont réalisés sous forme de transporteurs sans fin, avec des dispositifs d'entraînement avant et arrière (33, 34), pour saisir à chaque fois un paquet (10) au niveau d'un côté avant et d'un côté arrière.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que le poste de thermorétraction (22) est formé de plaques chauffantes inférieures (24, 25) et de plaques chauffantes supérieures (45, 46) orientées essentiellement les unes vers les autres, qui peuvent être déplacées de préférence simultanément en vue du transfert de chaleur vers le côté inférieur ou vers le côté supérieur des paquets (10), les paquets (10) pouvant être transportés au moins dans la région des plaques chauffantes (24, 25 ; 45, 46) par des transporteurs (60, 61), en particulier des transporteurs intermédiaires, qui ne saisissent pas les paquets (10) dans la région du côté supérieur et du côté inférieur, en particulier par des courroies transporteuses (62, 63) disposées latéralement à côté des rangées de paquets (26, 27), qui saisissent les paquets (10) de préférence seulement dans la région d'un côté arrière du paquet.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les courroies transporteuses (62, 63) tournant dans le plan horizontal sont disposées avec des dispositifs d'entraînement orientés latéralement (64, 65) des deux côtés de chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27), de préférence avec un décalage dans la direction d'avance, de telle sorte que les dispositifs d'entraînement (64, 65) de tronçons de retour tournés l'un vers l'autre des bandes transporteuses (62, 63) disposées entre les deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) entrent en alternance dans des espaces intermédiaires.
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que le poste de thermorétraction (22) présente des plaques chauffantes (45, 46) agissant seulement d'un côté des paquets (10) des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27), de préférence sur le côté supérieur des paquets (10), les paquets (10) pouvant être transportés par un transporteur de paquets unique (66) à travers le poste de scellement (19) et à travers le poste de thermorétraction (22), de préférence avec un tronçon supérieur (67) s'étendant sous les rangées de paquets (26, 27) pour le transport des paquets (10).
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les paquets (10) des rangées de paquets (26, 27) peuvent être acheminés à la suite du poste de thermorétraction (22) au poste de regroupement (23) pour former des groupes de paquets, les transporteurs de paquets tournés vers le poste de regroupement (23), en particulier les transporteurs de paquets inférieurs (41, 42) ou le transporteur de paquets (66), présentant un tronçon supérieur (43, 44) ou une portion d'extrémité (68) d'un tronçon supérieur (67), qui est guidé (e) de la rangée de paquets (26) à la rangée de paquets (27) en plans décalés, notamment inclinés, de telle sorte que les paquets (10) arrivant dans la région du poste de regroupement (23) des deux rangées de paquets (26, 27) puissent être déplacés exclusivement par un déplacement transversal dans une position avec deux paquets (10) superposés.
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que pour le transfert des paquets (10) d'un transporteur de paquets à un transporteur de paquets suivant disposé sur un côté opposé de la rangée de paquets (26, 27), en particulier lors du transfert des paquets (10) du transporteur de paquets (31) au transporteur supérieur (35), des organes de déviation, à savoir des rouleaux de déviation (70, 71) des deux transporteurs de paquets sont disposés de manière décalée les uns par rapport aux autres avec un chevauchement, des dispositifs d'entraînement (33, 34) du transporteur de paquets (31) et des dispositifs d'entraînement (36, 37) du transporteur supérieur (35) étant réalisés de manière différente, à savoir d'une part en tant que nervure avec un épaississement (72) en forme de bourrelet du côté du bord, et d'autre part en tant que nervure avec un chanfrein (43) du côté du bord, de telle sorte que des paquets (10) arrivant soient saisis par un dispositif d'entraînement (36) du transporteur effectuant le transfert, c'est-à-dire du transporteur supérieur (35) au niveau du côté arrière, et puissent être déplacés vers un dispositif d'entraînement (37) du côté avant, les dispositifs d'entraînement (33, 34) du transporteur d'acheminement, c'est-à-dire du transporteur de paquets (31) pouvant être détachés à la suite de la déviation, des surfaces avant et arrière des paquets (10).
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce qu'à la suite du poste de thermorétraction (22), notamment dans la direction de transport avant le poste de regroupement (23), un poste d'éjection (54) est formé en particulier pour des paquets (10) défectueux, un transporteur transversal (55, 56) étant associé à chaque rangée de paquets (26, 27) dans la région du poste d'éjection (54), lequel peut être déplacé pour l'éjection de paquets (10) défectueux dans une position de travail, notamment peut être abaissé par pivotement, de telle sorte que le paquet (10) à rejeter puisse être saisi au niveau d'une surface de paquet orientée latéralement par des dispositifs d'entraînement du transporteur transversal (55, 56) et puisse être évacué dans la direction transversale.
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