EP2517965A1 - Procédé et dispositif de gonglage de coussin de protection, et emballage - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de gonglage de coussin de protection, et emballage Download PDF

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EP2517965A1
EP2517965A1 EP11163745A EP11163745A EP2517965A1 EP 2517965 A1 EP2517965 A1 EP 2517965A1 EP 11163745 A EP11163745 A EP 11163745A EP 11163745 A EP11163745 A EP 11163745A EP 2517965 A1 EP2517965 A1 EP 2517965A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65B61/22—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 for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents, e.g. cotton-wool in bottles of pills
    • 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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/20—Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media, e.g. plastic foam, granular material
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
    • B65D25/101—Springs, elastic lips, or other resilient elements to locate the articles by pressure
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/051—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric
    • B65D81/052—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric filled with fluid, e.g. inflatable elements

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  • the invention relates to a method of inflating a dunnage bag in a container, to an inflating system for inflating a dunnage bag in a container, and to a container for carrying articles for shipment according to the preambles of the independent claims.
  • dunnage- or stuffing materials preventing damage to the packed articles during shipping.
  • This dunnage very often consists of an inflatable bag which is placed into the container after the articles being placed in the container and prior to closing the container. After closing the container, the bag is inflated with air in order to fill the void space in the container and to prevent the articles inside the container from moving during shipment.
  • a method for inflating a dunnage bag is disclosed in EP 1 109 719 B1 .
  • the outside surface of the container is monitored during inflating the dunnage bag. After the outside surface of the container has started buckling outwardly due to the pressure exerted by the inflated dunnage bag to the interior surfaces of the container, inflation is stopped.
  • An important drawback of this method is that the container, after completion of the inflation of the dunnage bag, has no more flat outside surfaces, since the outside surfaces are deflected outwardly. This makes it difficult, when not impossible to stack containers upon each other.
  • the invention proposes a method of inflating a dunnage bag in a container, an inflating system for inflating a dunnage bag in a container, and a container according to the independent claims. More detailed aspects of the invention are claimed in the dependent claims. Further, important features of the invention are disclosed in this specification and in the attached drawing.
  • a major benefit of the present invention is that inflation of the dunnage bag can be stopped prior to the container walls starting to deflect outwardly from their unloaded flat configuration.
  • the container still has its "unloaded" shape with flat exterior wall surfaces.
  • a pre-load or pre-deformation is applied to a container surface, this load and/or deflection being directed against the load and/or deflection exerted later to the container portion when the dunnage bag is inflated. This allows to detect a sufficient inflation of the dunnage bag much earlier than with the prior art systems, allowing to prevent the container walls from being deflected outwardly.
  • a predetermined position of the container portion can be used as a parameter characterizing the effect of the inflating dunnage bag to the container. This position is preferably selected such that the outside surfaces of the container are just prevented from being flexed outwardly. Further, it is possible to use a predetermined distance as the parameter characterizing the effect of the inflating dunnage bag to the container. This means, that inflation is stopped when the container portion has traveled over the predetermined distance during inflation. Again, this predetermined distance is preferably selected such that the outside surfaces of the container are just prevented from being flexed outwardly. Finally, it is possible to use a predetermined load as parameter characterizing the effect of the inflating dunnage bag to the container.
  • this predetermined load is selected such that the surfaces of the container are just prevented from being flexed outwardly.
  • the predetermined values can be acquired during pretests on a typical container. During these pretests, the relevant parameters are determined during inflation of the dunnage bag for a condition just before the outside surfaces start to deflect outwardly.
  • urging the portion inwardly and detecting the predetermined position and/or the predetermined distance and/or the predetermined load involves using the same member, the member preferably being a rod connected to a driving means and to a sensor means acquiring the actual position of the distal rod tip and/or the actual movement distance of the distal rod tip and/or the actual load acting on the distal rod tip.
  • the same member for urging the container portion inwardly as well as for detecting the action of the inflating dunnage bag on the container portion reduces system complexity and costs.
  • the initially inwardly urged portion comprises an upper surface of the container. This surface is easily accessible therefore allowing to easily realize the inventive method.
  • the effect of the inflating dunnage bag on the container portion can be detected with high reliability.
  • the initially inwardly urged portion may comprise a closing flap situated inside the container.
  • a container for transporting articles in particular a container made of corrugated cardboard, usually comprises four closing flaps. Two of these closing flaps, normally the narrow side closing flaps, are first bent into their closing position, and then the two other closing flaps, usually the long side closing flaps, are bent in their closing position. Thereafter, the container is sealed for instance by using an adhesive tape closing the gap between the opposed edges of those two closing flaps that have been bent into their closing position as the latest. Thus, those closing flaps that were first bent into their closing position are situated inside the container after its closure. By using one of these closing flaps as the portion of the container being urged inwardly, no manipulation of an exterior surface of the container is necessary for detecting the action of the inflating dunnage bag.
  • the method may comprise the step of creating an opening in an outside wall of the container allowing insertion of a member for urging the closing flap inwardly.
  • This step may comprise punching out an elongated contour, leaving a one-sided hinged flap inside the contour.
  • This hinged flap is then bent away by the member which is used for urging inwardly the closing flap situated inside the container.
  • the opening is again closed by the resilient movement of the hinged flap substantially back into its initial "rest” position. This provides for a reliable protection of the articles inside the container.
  • a more simple solution to provide access to the closing flap situated inside the container is to simply drill a hole in an outside wall, in particular a top wall of the container.
  • the opening may be situated close to a fixation position of the dunnage bag with the container or away from this fixation position. If it is close to the fixation position, the probability is increased that the inflating dunnage bag really acts on the closing flap at the location where the urging member is applied. If the opening is more distant from the fixation position, any negative interaction between the inflation means and the monitoring means for monitoring the effect of the inflating dunnage bag to the container portion is avoided.
  • a container 10 comprises two articles 12 and an inflated dunnage means 14 for filling a void space in container 10.
  • the inflated dunnage means 14 comprises an inflatable dunnage bag 16 and an inflation valve 18 for inflating the dunnage bag 16 with gas, e.g. air.
  • gas e.g. air.
  • the articles 12 are wedged between the inflated dunnage bag 16 and side walls 20 and top wall 22 of container 10. Thus, articles 12 are prevented from moving around in container 10 while being shipped.
  • Inflation valve 18 comprises a card-type solid member 24 made of a flat thin but rigid and rectangular sheet or strip or band material of polyethylene in one step by molding or punching out.
  • Solid member 24 comprises a clip-or hook-shape connecting portion 26, and side wall 20 of container 10 has a hole 28 nearby to an upper corner of container 10.
  • Clip- or hook-shape connecting portion 26 is formed during punching or molding solid member 24 and looks like a punching-out. As can best be seen from FIG. 2 , clip-or hook-shape connecting portion 26 is pierced downwardly into a circumferential surface 30 of hole 28 such that it penetrates into the substance of the material from which container 10 is made, e.g.
  • solid member 24 is attached close to the corner built by edge 34 of container 10, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • Solid member 24 comprises an inflation opening 36 located nearby connecting portion 26.
  • Inflation opening 36 is also formed when solid member 24 is manufactured by creating simply a hole or, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , a clip- or hook-shape protrusion 38 of a shape similar to connecting portion 26, however having a shorter length.
  • inflation opening 36 is located at hole 28, thus allowing inflating dunnage bag 16 from outside of container 10 as will be explained in more detail further below.
  • the inflating system 40 comprises inflating means 42 for inflating the dunnage bag 16 through inflation opening 36.
  • Inflating means 42 may comprise, for example, an inflation nozzle which is applied to hole 28 and which is connected to a source of pressurized air.
  • the inflating system 40 comprises urging means 44, comprising an elongated rod 44 with a distal end portion or tip 45 connected to a driving means 46 for moving rod 44 in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis.
  • inflating system 40 comprises monitoring means 48 in the form of a displacement sensor configured to sense a movement distance of the rod.
  • Both the driving means 46 and the monitoring means 48 are connected to control means 50. Also, inflating means 42 is connected to control means 50. By this connection, monitoring means 48 transmits signals corresponding to the acquired movement distance to the control means.
  • the control means 50 sends signals to the driving means 46 for moving rod 44, and sends signals to inflating means 42 for inflating dunnage bag 16.
  • Inflation of dunnage bag 16 is performed according to the following method: As shown in FIG. 3 , prior to starting the inflation procedure, the dunnage bag 16 is arranged over articles 12, but is still not filled with air. Then, the container is closed.
  • the container is now moved to a specifically arranged station where the inflation procedure is executed.
  • the container 10 is moved to this station by an appropriate transport means (not shown), such as a conveyor belt or the like, and is stopped at the station by a stop member (not shown).
  • Hole 28 and solid member 24 are preferably arranged close to that corner or edge of the container 10, which is closest to the stop member.
  • driving means 46 are activated by control means 50 such that rod 44 urges the center of the upper surface or top wall 22, respectively of container 10 inwardly, that is in the direction of the interior void inside the container 10.
  • This movement of rod 44 is shown by arrow 52 in FIG. 4 .
  • the upper surface 22 of container 10 is flexed downwardly by the action of rod 44.
  • the movement distance of rod 44 is predetermined and corresponds to a value set in a pretest such that the upper surface 22 of container 10 is not damaged.
  • control means 50 activates inflating means 42 such that inflation of the dunnage bag 16 is started. Since hole 28 and solid member 24 are preferably arranged close to that corner or edge of the container 10, which is closest to the stop member, hole 28 and inflation opening 36 are positioned with high precision relative to the inflation means cooperating with hole 28 and inflation opening 36. As can be seen from FIG. 5 , dunnage bag 16 expands under the increasing pressure inside dunnage bag 16, as indicated by arrows 54 in FIG. 5 . In the course of its expansion, dunnage bag 16 reaches the inner surface of top wall 22 of container 10.
  • control means 50 influence inflating means 42 to stop inflation, such that no further air is introduced into dunnage bag 16.
  • inflating means 42 to stop inflation, such that no further air is introduced into dunnage bag 16.
  • the outside surfaces of container 10 are just prevented from being flexed outwardly, since they are brought back to their "unloaded" flat condition. Nevertheless, dunnage bag 16 is sufficiently pressurized to reliably maintain articles 12 in place and prevent them from moving around during further shipment of container 10.
  • inflation of dunnage bag 16 is controlled by monitoring the movement distance of rod 44 during inflation of dunnage bag 16.
  • a closing flap 58 situated inside container 10 after its closure is used for monitoring inflation of dunnage bag 16.
  • the closing flaps of such typical container 10 are shown in more detail in FIG. 1 :
  • such a container comprises, at its upper end, two narrow side closing flaps 58 and 60 and two long side closing flaps 62 and 64.
  • both narrow side closing flaps 58 and 60 are bent inwardly.
  • both long side closing flaps 62 and 64 are bent inwardly such that they build top wall 22 of container 10.
  • long side closing flap 62 and 64 are sealed with an adhesive tape 66.
  • an opening 68 is provided, the opening 68 being over narrow side closing flap 58.
  • Inflation of dunnage bag 16 is performed similarly to the method described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 .
  • rod 44 is inserted through opening 68 such that it urges narrow side closing flap 58 inwardly.
  • narrow side closing flap 58 is urged upwardly by inflating dunnage bag 16, this movement being sensed by rod 44 and sensor 48.
  • narrow side closing flap 58 approximately reaches its original position (approximately equivalent to its unloaded position prior to being urged inwardly, see FIG. 10 )
  • inflation of dunnage bag 16 is stopped. As can be seen from FIG. 10 , this allows to stop inflation just prior to top wall 22 being deflected outwardly.
  • Opening 68 may be realized simply by drilling a hole in one of long side closing flaps 62 or 64. As can be seen from FIG. 11 , opening 68 may be realized alternatively by punching out an elongated contour 70, leaving a one-sided hinged flap 72 inside the contour 70 in one of long side closing flaps 62 and 64. In operation, rod 44 urges or flexes, respectively, away flap 72 when it is inserted, such that it can reach and contact narrow side closing flap 58 as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 . After retraction of rod 44 from the inside of container 10, that is, after completion of inflation of dunnage bag 16, flap 72 returns into its original position, thus closing opening 68 again.

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