EP2712523B1 - Distributeur de sac de guichet et procédé de distribution de sacs de guichet - Google Patents

Distributeur de sac de guichet et procédé de distribution de sacs de guichet Download PDF

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EP2712523B1
EP2712523B1 EP12186087.8A EP12186087A EP2712523B1 EP 2712523 B1 EP2712523 B1 EP 2712523B1 EP 12186087 A EP12186087 A EP 12186087A EP 2712523 B1 EP2712523 B1 EP 2712523B1
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Barthelmy Piat
Ulrich Pfeifer
Winfried Schmelzer
Edward Schink
Kais Hamza
Gerald Goerich
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines

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  • the present invention relates to a wicket bag dispenser and a method for transferring wicket bags from a wicket bag dispenser to the loading station of a packing machine.
  • US 3,918,589 issued on November 11th 1975 , discloses a system of empty bags provided in stacks in a dispenser called a wicket. Each bag in the stack comprises wicket holes.
  • the packaging bag dispenser comprises a platen and a pair of wicket supports mounted thereon, the supports being disposed to mount the stack of bags to be dispensed, and to hold the wicket-holed portions of the stacked bags.
  • the wicket bag dispensers filled with stacks of empty bags, are transported into a loading station of a bag filling machine, for example by means of a bag in-feed conveyor. Articles of manufacture are also transported to the loading station of the bag filling machine.
  • the empty bags are conveyed, one-by-one, from the wicket into the loading station, where each bag is opened, and the articles of manufacture are loaded into the opened bag. Subsequently the filled bag is generally transported away from the loading station so that other operations can be performed, such as closing, sealing and trimming the bag.
  • the present invention relates, in particular, to the design and function of the wicket spools, i.e. the wicket supports, upon which the empty flexible bags are mounted in the wicket bag dispenser.
  • the apertures in the bag i.e. the wicket holes, must pass over the free end of the wicket spools and onto correspondingly positioned holder pins in the loading station.
  • the holder pins hold the bag in the correct position during the loading operation.
  • the bag can slip through the small gap between the free end of the spool and the holder pin with the result that the bag filling process fails leading to scrap of products.
  • the present invention addresses this problem.
  • the present invention relates to a wicket bag dispenser for holding flexible bags, suitable for transferring the flexible bags into the loading station of a bag filling machine, wherein the wicket bag dispenser comprises a stack of flexible bags, each bag having at least one aperture, and at least one wicket spool positioned through the apertures, wherein the wicket spool has an free end, the free end comprising a spool head, so that each flexible bag from the stack of flexible bags is conveyed along the spool in order to transfer to the loading station.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus comprising interacting wicket bag dispenser and holder pin, wherein the wicket bag dispenser comprises at least one wicket spool which is substantially axially aligned with at least one holder pin at the loading station of a bag filling machine, and further comprising a spool head between the wicket spool and the holder pin, so that flexible bags transferred from a wicket bag dispenser comprising the wicket spool pass over the spool head and onto the holder pin.
  • the present invention still further relates to a method of transferring flexible bags from a wicket bag dispenser to the loading station of a bag filling machine, wherein the wicket bag dispenser comprises at least one wicket spool, and a stack of flexible bags, each bag having at least one aperture through which the wicket spool is positioned, the method comprising the steps of:
  • the spool head is free to move in an axial direction relative to the wicket spool.
  • the spool head is free to move between a first position and a second position, without separating from the wicket spool.
  • the outer circumferential dimensions of the spool head are greater than the largest diameter of the wicket spool, for example, at least part of the spool head may be frustro-conical in shape.
  • the spool head may also comprise a shaft seated within a hollow axis of the wicket spool.
  • Preferably interacting stops on the shaft of the spool head and on the wicket spool limit the distance of travel of the spool head in the axial direction relative to the wicket spool, between the first position and the second position, provided a predetermined force is not exceeded.
  • Articles of manufacture are transported along a conveyor, in the machine direction, to the bag filling machine located at the loading station of the machine.
  • the bag filling machine comprises a bag in-feed conveyor. Wickets of empty bags are loaded onto the bag in-feed conveyor.
  • the bag in-feed conveyor transports the wickets into the bag filling machine, typically by transporting the wickets in the cross machine direction, i.e. substantially perpendicular to the machine direction.
  • Each wicket bag dispenser comprises a stack of flexible bags, each bag having at least one aperture, and at least one wicket spool positioned through the apertures.
  • wicket bag dispensers comprise two wicket spools positioned through a pair of apertures in each of the flexible bags, as shown in US 3,918,589 .
  • FIG 1 shows an example of a current wicket spool 1, which is used in the industry for transport and supply of empty flexible bags.
  • the spool 1 comprises two main components: a spool body 3, and a spool head 4.
  • the spool body 3 and the spool head 4 may be completely separated from each other in order to load the empty bags on the spool body 3, and then re-assembled in order to close the spool 1 and to prevent bags from becoming detached from the spool 1 until the time of use.
  • the bags are perforated with apertures, the diameter of which is larger than the diameter of the spool body 3, but preferably slightly smaller than the greatest diameter of the spool head 4.
  • the plastic film adjacent to the aperture contains a line of weakness, such as a score line or perforation.
  • FIG 2 shows an example of a wicket spool 11 according to the present invention.
  • the aperture passes along the spool body 13 and catches the spool head 14, thus lifting the spool head 14 and moving it axially, relative to the spool body 13.
  • the spool head 14 is lifted from its first position to a second position.
  • the flexibility of the plastic film, and/or partial tearing along the line of weakness then allows the spool head 14 to pass through the aperture so that the bag may be transferred onto holder pins of the loading station.
  • the spool head 14 comes into contact with the holder pin 15 thereby eliminating any gap between the free end of the spool head 14 and the end of the holder pin 15.
  • the flexible bag is conveyed over the spool head 14 and onto the holder pin 15, and the spool head 14 is then free to return to its first position.
  • the first position of the spool head 14 is a lower position
  • the second position of the spool head 14 is an upper position.
  • the spool head 14 returns freely from its second position to its first position under gravity.
  • the spool head 14 may be spring-loaded.
  • the loading station of the bag filling machine comprises holder pins 15 spaced apart and corresponding to the spacing of the spools 11.
  • bags are transferred, one-by one, from the spool body 13, over the spool head 14, and onto the holder pin 15 as described above.
  • bags are transferred such that the bags are held by the apertures on the holder pin 15, and remain held during the bag filling process.
  • FIGS 3A and FIG 4A show the embodiment of the wicket spool of FIG 2 in its lower and upper positions respectively.
  • the spool head 14 is inserted in the spool body 13 and fulfills the function of closing the spool for transport and supply.
  • the spool head 14 is shown in its lower position and enables a smooth wicket change, without any risk of interference between the free end of the spool head 14 and the holder pin 15.
  • FIGS 4A and 4B the spool head 14 is shown on its upper position, which occurs each time a bag is lifted up.
  • the spool head is shown coming in contact with the holder pin 15.
  • This movable spool head 14 reduces or preferably eliminates the gap between spool head 14 and pin holder 15.
  • the spool body 13 has an internal ring 16 and spool head 14 has an outer ring 17 in order to retain the spool head 13 during transport and ensuring spool head 14 cannot be separated from spool body 13 with less than predetermined force, for example the predetermined force may be 50N or greater.
  • the spool head 14 is free to move in an axial direction relative to the spool, between a first position and a second position, and the spool head 14 does so under a comparably low amount of force, namely the force transferred from the bag as the bag apertures pass over and around the spool head 14.
  • the spool head 14 may be completely removed from the spool body 13, by pulling the spool body 13 beyond the second position, but only when the spool head 14 is subject to a comparably high amount of force, for example 50N or greater.

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  1. Distributeur de sacs en liasse destiné à contenir des sacs souples, approprié pour transférer les sacs souples dans le poste de chargement d'une machine de remplissage de sacs, dans lequel le distributeur de sacs en liasse comprend une pile de sacs souples, chaque sac ayant au moins une ouverture et au moins une bobine de liasse (13) positionnée à travers l'ouverture, dans lequel la bobine de liasse (13) a une extrémité libre, l'extrémité libre comprenant une tête de bobine (14), de sorte que chaque sac souple de la pile de sacs souples passe au-dessus de la bobine pour être transféré vers le poste de chargement, caractérisé en ce que la tête de bobine (14) est libre de se déplacer dans une direction axiale par rapport à la bobine (13), entre une première position et une seconde position.
  2. Distributeur de sacs en liasse selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les dimensions circonférentielles extérieures de la tête de bobine (14) sont supérieures au plus grand diamètre de la bobine de liasse (13).
  3. Distributeur de sacs en liasse selon la revendication 2, dans lequel au moins une partie de la tête de bobine (14) a une forme tronconique.
  4. Distributeur de sacs en liasse selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la tête de bobine (14) comprend un arbre et dans lequel l'arbre est logé à l'intérieur d'un axe creux de la bobine de liasse (13).
  5. Distributeur de sacs en liasse selon la revendication 4, dans lequel des butées en interaction (16, 17) sur l'arbre de la tête de bobine (14) et sur la bobine de liasse (13) limitent la distance de déplacement de la tête de bobine (14) par rapport à la bobine de liasse (13), dans la direction axiale, à condition qu'une force prédéterminée ne soit pas dépassée.
  6. Distributeur de sacs en liasse selon la revendication 5, dans lequel la force prédéterminée nécessaire pour retirer la tête de bobine (14) de la bobine de liasse est de 50 N ou plus.
  7. Appareil comprenant un distributeur de sacs en liasse et un axe de support (15) en interaction, dans lequel le distributeur de sacs en liasse comprend au moins une bobine de liasse (13) sensiblement alignée dans le sens axial avec au moins un axe de support (15) au poste de chargement d'une machine de remplissage de sacs et comprenant en outre une tête de bobine (14) entre la bobine de liasse (13) et l'axe de support (15), de sorte que des sacs souples transférés depuis un distributeur de sacs en liasse comprenant la bobine de liasse (13) passent au-dessus de la tête de bobine (14) et sur l'axe de support (15), caractérisé en ce que la tête de bobine (14) est libre de se déplacer dans une direction axiale par rapport à la bobine de liasse (13), entre une première position et une seconde position.
  8. Appareil selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la tête de bobine (14) est libre de se déplacer au contact de l'axe de support (15) lorsque le sac souple passe au-dessus de la tête de bobine (14), supprimant de ce fait tout espace entre la bobine (13), la tête de bobine (14) et l'axe de support (15) à l'endroit où le sac souple est transféré de la bobine (13) à l'axe de support (15).
  9. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 ou 8, dans lequel les dimensions circonférentielles extérieures de la tête de bobine (14) sont supérieures au plus grand diamètre de la bobine de liasse (13).
  10. Procédé de transfert de sacs souples à partir d'un distributeur de sacs en liasse vers le poste de chargement d'une machine de remplissage de sacs, dans lequel le distributeur de sacs en liasses comprend au moins une bobine de liasse (13) et une pile de sacs souples, chaque sac ayant au moins une ouverture à travers laquelle la bobine de liasse est positionnée, le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    transporter un sac le long de la bobine de liasse (13) vers l'extrémité libre de la bobine de liasse (13) ; et
    transférer le sac au-dessus d'une tête de bobine (14) positionnée à l'extrémité libre de la bobine de liasse (13) ;
    pour que chaque sac souple de la pile de sacs souples passe au-dessus de la tête de bobine (14) pour être transféré au poste de chargement, caractérisé en ce que la tête de bobine (14) se déplace dans une direction axiale par rapport à la bobine de liasse (13), lorsque le sac est transféré sur la tête de bobine (14).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, dans lequel les dimensions circonférentielles extérieures de la tête de bobine sont supérieures au plus grand diamètre de la bobine de liasse et dans lequel des butées en interaction (16, 17) sur l'arbre de la tête de bobine (14) et sur la bobine de liasse (13) limitent la distance de déplacement de la tête de bobine (14) par rapport à la bobine de liasse (13), dans la direction axiale.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, dans lequel la tête de bobine (14) se déplace au contact de l'axe de support (15) lorsque le sac souple passe au-dessus de la bobine, supprimant de ce fait tout espace entre la bobine de liasse (13), la tête de bobine (14) et l'axe de support (15) à l'endroit où le sac souple est transféré de la bobine de liasse (13) à l'axe de support (15).
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EP12186087.8A EP2712523B1 (fr) 2012-09-26 2012-09-26 Distributeur de sac de guichet et procédé de distribution de sacs de guichet
PCT/US2013/061409 WO2014052315A1 (fr) 2012-09-26 2013-09-24 Distributeur de sacs à barrette et procédé de distribution de sacs à barrette
CN201380049363.8A CN104661569A (zh) 2012-09-26 2013-09-24 金属丝袋分配器及用于分配金属丝袋的方法
JP2015533275A JP6147859B2 (ja) 2012-09-26 2013-09-24 ウィケット袋ディスペンサ及びウィケット袋を分配する方法
US14/037,535 US20140083054A1 (en) 2012-09-26 2013-09-26 Wicket Bag Dispenser and Method for Dispensing Wicket Bags

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