Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
  • B65B51/26—Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
  • B65B51/30—Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes
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  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C65/74—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area
  • B29C65/743—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area using the same tool for both joining and severing, said tool being monobloc or formed by several parts mounted together and forming a monobloc
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C65/02—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure
  • B29C65/18—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using heated tools
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C65/74—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area
  • B29C65/745—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area using a single unit having both a severing tool and a welding tool
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C65/74—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area
  • B29C65/745—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area using a single unit having both a severing tool and a welding tool
  • B29C65/7451—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area using a single unit having both a severing tool and a welding tool the severing tool and the welding tool being movable with respect to one-another
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
  • B29C66/01—General aspects dealing with the joint area or with the area to be joined
  • B29C66/05—Particular design of joint configurations
  • B29C66/10—Particular design of joint configurations particular design of the joint cross-sections
  • B29C66/11—Joint cross-sections comprising a single joint-segment, i.e. one of the parts to be joined comprising a single joint-segment in the joint cross-section
  • B29C66/112—Single lapped joints
  • B29C66/1122—Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
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  • B29C66/41—Joining substantially flat articles ; Making flat seams in tubular or hollow articles
  • B29C66/43—Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles
  • B29C66/431—Joining the articles to themselves
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/41—Joining substantially flat articles ; Making flat seams in tubular or hollow articles
  • B29C66/43—Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles
  • B29C66/431—Joining the articles to themselves
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/80—General aspects of machine operations or constructions and parts thereof
  • B29C66/81—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/814—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
  • B29C66/81411—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat
  • B29C66/81415—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat being bevelled
  • B29C66/81417—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat being bevelled being V-shaped
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/814—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
  • B29C66/81411—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat
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  • B29C66/81422—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat being convex or concave being convex
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/814—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
  • B29C66/81411—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat
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  • B29C66/81423—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined characterised by its cross-section, e.g. transversal or longitudinal, being non-flat being convex or concave being concave
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/814—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
  • B29C66/81427—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined comprising a single ridge, e.g. for making a weakening line; comprising a single tooth
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/80—General aspects of machine operations or constructions and parts thereof
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  • B29C66/814—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
  • B29C66/81431—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined comprising a single cavity, e.g. a groove
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B29C66/8141—General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the surface geometry of the part of the pressing elements, e.g. welding jaws or clamps, coming into contact with the parts to be joined
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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
  • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
  • B65B9/06—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
  • B65B9/08—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing

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• the present invention relates to packaging apparatus and to a method of making packages.
• VFFS vertical form, fill, and seal
• a lower hermetic seal forms the upper seal of the lower package
• an upper hermetic seal forms the lower seal of the upper package.
• the upper package is then filled with product, the tube is advanced downwardly through the jaw device, and then the cycle is repeated when the upper edge of the upper package, and the lower edge of the following package, is disposed between the jaws of the jaw device.
• VFFS vertical, form, fill, and seal
• a knife 12 is disposed on one side of the flattened, longitudinally sealed tube 14, and a hardened reaction pad or anvil 16 is disposed on the opposite side of the tube 14, with the tube located between the knife 12 and anvil 16.
• the knife 12 is urged under pressure against the anvil 16 to cut through the film of the tube 14, trapped between the knife blade 18 and the anvil 16, by a pressured crush-cutting action.
• the knife 12 and the anvil 16 both rotate in phase and in opposite rotational directions as shown by the arrows in Figure 1 so that the knife 12 and the anvil 16 engage so as to cut packaging film material, in the form of a flattened tube as described below, centrally located therebetween.
• the knife 12 is rotated about an axis X orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L of the tube 14 and parallel to the surface of the anvil 16 and the cutting edge 20 of the blade 18.
• plural knives 12 may be mounted about a common shaft disposed along axis X and mutually angularly separated, so that for each cycle of rotation of the common shaft, plural cuts are made by respective knives 12.
• Plural anvils 16 would be correspondingly provided.
• the elongate knife 12 is mounted in an elongate holder 21 in the form of a mounting block.
• the lower portion of the knife 12 is received in an elongate recess 30 in the elongate holder 21 and securely fixed therein.
• the cutting action of the knife 12 is progressive, so that during the continuous rotation of the knife 12 in holder 21, initially one longitudinal end of the knife 12 first contacts the anvil 16 and subsequently the contact point therebetween progresses along the cutting edge 20 of the blade 18 towards the other longitudinal end of the knife 12.
• the cutting edge 20 of the blade 18 is ground at an angle a to the plane of the knife 12.
• the angle a is 2 degrees.
• the whole width of the flattened tube 14 is not cut through simultaneously, but instead point contact of the knife blade 18 transitions across the tube 14 as the rotary action progresses.
• the progressive cutting action is similar to that of a rotary blade of a cylinder lawnmower.
• Elongate heat seal devices 26, 28 are disposed either in the anvil 16 and/or in the elongate holder 21 for the knife so that transverse hermetic seals 32, 34 are formed in the flattened tube 14 on opposite sides of the transverse cut 36 made by the knife 12.
• the heat seal devices 26, 28 may take a number of forms, typically transversely extending mating ridges and grooves formed in the opposed surfaces of the anvil 16 and the elongate holder 21.
• the knife 12 and the heat seal devices 26, 28 are mutually parallel and also parallel to the sides 40, 42 of the elongate holder 21 which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L.
• the knife 12 and the heat seal devices 26, 28 are horizontal.
• the known rotary jaw device provides an effective heat sealing and cutting mechanism, which reliably forms hermetic seals at the opposite ends of a package and with adjacent packages being reliably separated by the action of the knife.
• the known rotary jaw device forms hermetic seals which are rather wide, in the longitudinal direction of the tube, and also there is material wastage between adjacent hermetic seals, because a portion of the film material of the tube which is cut through by the rotary cutting action of the knife must be provided between the adjacent hermetic seals.
• the present invention aims at least partially to meet this need.
• the present invention accordingly provides a packaging apparatus including a cutting device, the cutting device comprising an elongate holder, an elongate having an elongate cutting edge, and a heat seal device located on the elongate holder on opposed sides of the knife, the heat seal device comprising a pair of elongate pressure strips projecting outwardly from the elongate holder, each pressure strip extending along a respective side of the knife, wherein each pressure strip comprises an elongate bar mounted for sliding movement in a respective slot in the elongate holder, the sliding movement varying the distance an outer edge of the elongate bar projects from the elongate holder, and a biasing element within the respective slot, the biasing element engaging an inner edge of the elongate bar and arranged to bias the elongate bar outwardly of the slot.
• the elongate bar is rigid.
• the elongate bar is composed of a metal, such as stainless steel.
• the outer edge of the elongate bar has a convex cross-section.
• the convex cross-section is arcuate, and optionally the arcuate cross-section has a radius of from 0.75 to 1.25 mm.
• the elongate bar has a thickness of from 1.5 to 2.5 mm.
• the elongate bar is captive in the elongate holder.
• the elongate bar has a first coupling element located at each longitudinal end of the elongate bar which couples with a second coupling element located at each longitudinal end of the slot, the first and second coupling elements retaining the elongate bar captive in the elongate holder.
• the first coupling element comprises a male element and the second coupling element comprises a channel extending along the sliding direction of the elongate bar.
• the biasing element comprises an elongate strip of elastic resilient material.
• the elastic resilient material preferably comprises an elastomeric polymer.
• the elongate strip of elastic resilient material has an upper surface which mates with the inner edge of the elongate bar.
• the elongate strip of elastic resilient material has a circular cross-section.
• the elongate knife is mounted on and projects outwardly from the elongate holder.
• the holder is mounted on a mounting support adapted to rotate about a rotational axis
• the knife is planar
• the elongate cutting edge is parallel to the plane of the knife and the plane of the knife is inclined to the rotational axis.
• the cutting edge extends along a centre of the knife.
• the knife has a thickness of from 1 to 3 mm.
• the packaging apparatus further comprises an anvil mounted in opposition to the elongate holder, so that the elongate holder and the anvil comprise opposed jaws of a jaw device, the anvil having a reaction surface for the cutting action of the knife and for the pressure strips.
• the holder is mounted on a mounting support adapted to rotate about a rotational axis, the elongate cutting edge is parallel to the plane of the knife and the plane of the knife is inclined to the rotational axis and the knife and anvil are mutually arranged so that as the knife rotates by rotation of the elongate holder, the cutting edge of the knife progressively contacts the reaction surface with a contact point therebetween moving longitudinally along the cutting edge.
• the anvil comprises a heater for heating the reaction surface.
• the packaging apparatus of the invention may be particularly adapted for forming pillow packs of film material.
• the present invention further provides a method of making packages, the method comprising the steps of:
• each pressure strip comprises an elongate bar mounted for sliding movement in a respective slot in the elongate holder, the sliding movement varying the distance an outer edge of the elongate bar projects from the elongate holder, and a respective biasing element within the slot, the biasing element engaging an inner edge of the elongate bar and arranged to bias the elongate bar outwardly of the slot, and the anvil having a reaction surface for the cutting action of the knife and for the pressure strips, at least the reaction surface for the pressure strips being heated;
• the cut edge of each package is 0.5 to 1.5 mm from the hermetic seal, more typically about 1 mm from the hermetic seal.
• the hermetic seal has a width of from 1 to 4 mm, more typically from 1 to 2 mm.
• the packages are pillow packs of film material, and typically the packages contain snack food.
• the present invention further provides a package made by the method of the invention.
• Figure 1 is a schematic side view of known rotary jaw device for a packaging apparatus
• Figure 2 is a schematic section through a side of a rotary jaw device for a packaging apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 3 is an enlarged schematic section through the cutting and heat sealing assembly and opposed anvil used in the rotary jaw device of Figure 2;
• Figure 4 is a schematic section on line A-A through the cutting and heat sealing assembly of Figure 3;
• Figure 5 is a schematic plan view of the cutting and heat sealing assembly of Figure 3.
• Figure 6 is a schematic side view of a pair of packages produced by the rotary jaw device of Figure 2.
• Figures 2 to 5 illustrate a preferred embodiment of a rotary jaw device for a packaging apparatus according to the present invention, which has a continuous rotary jaw motion.
• the device is structured and operates in a manner similar to that of the known device of Figure 1 except that the structure of the mounting block, the knife and the heat sealing devices is significantly modified to achieve the desired reduction in the amount of packaging material required to form packages.
• the cutting and heat sealing assembly and the anvil both rotate in phase and in opposite rotational directions as shown by the arrows in Figure 2 so that the knife and the anvil engage so as to cut the film material centrally located therebetween.
• the film material is intermittently advanced in the longitudinal direction L.
• a knife 1 12 is disposed in a cutting and heat sealing assembly 1 1 1 on one side of a flattened, longitudinally sealed tube 1 14 of packaging film to form packages 1 15, similar to the known device of Figure 1.
• One package 115 is shown in Figure 2.
• a hardened reaction pad or anvil 1 16 is disposed on the opposite side of the tube 1 14, with the tube 1 14 located between the knife 112 and anvil 1 16.
• the knife 112 is urged under pressure against the anvil 1 16 to cut through the film of the tube 1 14, trapped between the knife blade 118 and the anvil 116, by a pressured crush-cutting action.
• the elongate knife 1 12 is mounted on and projects outwardly from the elongate holder.
• the knife 112 is rotated about an axis X orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L of the tube 114 and parallel to the surface of the anvil 116 and the cutting edge 120 of the blade 1 18.
• the cutting and heat sealing assembly 1 1 1 holding the knife 1 12 is mounted about the axis, for example to a shaft disposed along the axis, by a mounting support 1 1 1.
• the anvil 1 1 6 is similarly is rotated about an axis Y.
• the elongate knife 1 12 is mounted in an elongate holder 121 in the form of a mounting block.
• the width of the knife is from 1 to 3 mm, most typically 2 mm, and the cutting edge 120 is centrally located along the entire length of the blade 1 18 of the knife 1 12.
• the elongate knife 112 is mounted on and projects outwardly from the elongate holder 121.
• the knife may be disposed in a gap between two holder parts and reciprocally slidable, forwardly and rearwardly, in the gap, the sliding motion being between a forward projecting cutting position and a rearward recessed non-cutting position.
• Known form, fill and seal machines have a variety of different cutter arrangements and the heat seal device employed in the present invention has utility with these various machines.
• the lower portion of the knife 1 12 is received in an elongate recess 130 in the elongate holder 121 and securely fixed therein.
• the cutting action of the knife 1 12 is progressive, so that initially one longitudinal end 122 of the knife 1 12 first contacts the anvil 1 16 and subsequently the contact point progresses along the cutting edge 120 of the blade 1 18 towards the other longitudinal end 124 of the knife 1 12.
• the knife 1 12 is mounted at an angle ⁇ to the longitudinal direction of the elongate holder 121 .
• the cutting edge 120 of the blade 1 18 is ground so as to be parallel to the plane of the knife 112.
• the angle ⁇ is 2 degrees.
• a heat seal device is located on the elongate holder 121 on opposed sides of the knife 112.
• the heat seal device comprises a pair of elongate pressure strips 126, 128.
• the elongate pressure strips 126, 128 are parallel to the knife 1 12, and accordingly the elongate pressure strips 126, 128 are also mounted at an angle ⁇ to the longitudinal direction of the elongate holder 121.
• the knife 1 12 and the pressure strips 126, 128 are therefore inclined at the angle ⁇ to the longitudinal sides of the elongate holder 121 which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L.
• knife 1 12 and the pressure strips 126, 128 inclined at the angle ⁇ to the horizontal.
• Each pressure strip 126, 128 stands proud of the mounting surface 138 of the elongate holder 121.
• Each pressure strip 126, 128 extends along a respective side of the knife 1 12.
• Each pressure strip 126, 128 comprises an elongate bar mounted for outward or inward sliding movement in a slot 127, 129 in the elongate holder 121.
• the outward (indicated by the direction O in Figure 4) or inward (indicated by the direction I in Figure 4) sliding movement can vary the distance an outer edge 131 of the elongate bar 126, 128 projects from the elongate holder 121.
• Each elongate bar 126, 128 is rigid, and typically is composed of a metal such as stainless steel.
• the elongate bar 126, 128 typically has a thickness of from 1.5 to 2.5 mm.
• the outer edge 131 of the elongate bar 126, 128 has a convex cross-section, which is typically arcuate, for example the arcuate cross-section having a radius of from 0.75 to 1.25 mm.
• the anvil 1 16 has a front surface 160 formed with a pair of recessed channels 162, 164.
• Each channel 162, 164 is aligned with and complementarily shaped with the outer edge 131 of a respective elongate bar 126, 128. Accordingly, as described below, during the heat sealing action the plural layers of the film material to be sealed are pushed into the channels 162, 164 by the respective elongate bars 126, 128, which are at least partly received in the channels 162, 164, to form an arcuate hermetic seal.
• the front surface 160 of the anvil 1 16 may be planar.
• a biasing element 133, 135 is located within the slot 127, 129 and engages an inner edge 137, 139 of the elongate bar 126, 128.
• the biasing element 133, 135 comprises an elongate strip of elastic resilient material, such as an elastomeric polymer.
• the elongate strip 133, 135 of elastic resilient material has an upper surface 147, 149 which mates with the inner edge 137, 139 of the elongate bar 126, 128.
• the elongate strip 133, 135 of elastic resilient material has a circular cross-section.
• the biasing element 133, 135 biases the elongate bar 126, 128 outwardly of the slot 127, 129.
• each elongate bar 126, 128 is captive in the respective slot 127, 129 in the elongate holder 121.
• the elongate bar 126, 128 has a first coupling element 141 , 142 located at each longitudinal end 143, 145 of the elongate bar 126, 128 which couples with a respective second coupling element 146, 148 located at each longitudinal end 150, 152 of the slot 127, 129.
• the first and second coupling elements 141 , 146; 142, 148 retain the elongate bar 126, 128 captive in the elongate holder 121.
• the first coupling element 141 , 142 comprises a male element and the second coupling element 146, 148 comprises a channel extending along the sliding direction, indicated by the arrows O-I) of the elongate bar 126, 128.
• the anvil 1 16 is a heated block incorporating an electrical resistance heater 1 17.
• the heater may alternatively be in the elongate holder 121, or both the holder 121 and the anvil 1 16 may include a respective electrical resistance heater 1 17.
• the pressure strips 126, 128 urge the flattened tube 114 against the heated anvil 1 16 so that transverse hermetic heat seals 132, 134 are formed in the flattened tube 1 14 on opposite sides of the transverse cut 136 made by the knife 1 12.
• Each pressure strip 126, 128 is pressed against the heated anvil surface thereby simultaneously heat sealing together opposed sides of the flattened tube 1 14 to form an elongate transverse hermetic seal 132, 134 in the vicinity of each cut end of the flattened tube 1 14.
• each elongate bar 126, 128 slides rearwardly in the respective slot 127, 129 against the bias of the biasing element 133, 135 within the slot 127, 129, but the outer edge 131 remains proud of the mounting surface 138.
• the pressure strips 126, 128, compressed against the bias of the biasing elements 133, 135 ensure uniform high pressure along the flattened tube 114 which forms highly and uniformly bonded hermetic seals 132, 134 of predetermined narrow width. After release of the sealing pressure, the pressure strips 126, 128 are urged outwardly again by the outward bias of the biasing elements 133, 135 so as return to their original rest position.
• the pressure strips 126, 128 locally press the film material of the tube 1 14 against the heated anvil 116 to form the two spaced hermetic seals 132, 134 of defined width determined by the profile of the outer edge 131 of the elongate bar 126, 128.
• the plural layers of the film material of the tube 1 14 are pushed into the channels 162, 164 by the respective elongate bars 126, 128 to form an arcuate hermetic seal.
• planar hermetic seals are formed.
• the elongate pressure strips 126, 128 are parallel to the knife 1 12 and so the entire assembly of the knife 1 12 and the elongate pressure strips 126, 128 on opposite sides thereof is mounted at an inclination to the longitudinal direction of the elongate holder 121.
• elongate pressure strips 126, 128 of rigid material such as metal which are urged against a rigid heated anvil 1 16, which may have a complementarily profiled channelled surface or a planar surface provides the advantage of a high strength seal of minimum width.
• the pressure strips 126, 128 can exert a high pressure over a small surface area, providing an enhanced heat seal as compared to providing a lower pressure seal over a greater width. Therefore a narrower heat seal can provide improved hermetic performance and durability as compared to a wider seal.
• the elongate pressure strips 126, 128 are biased by concealed elastic resilient material, which is not subject to external contact and so is safely retained within the slots 127, 129, and is not subjected to excessive wear.
• the entire width of the assembly of the knife 112 and the elongate pressure strips 126, 128, all inclined to the longitudinal direction of the elongate holder 121, is 8 mm, whereas in the known device the entire width of the assembly of the knife 12 and the heat seal devices 26, 28, all parallel to the longitudinal direction of the elongate holder 21 is 20 mm.
• FIG. 6 shows two adjacent packages 200, 202 which have been separated by a cut formed by the knife 1 12.
• Each package 200, 202 has a cut transverse edge 204, 206 which is inclined at the angle ⁇ (exaggerated in the Figure) to the longitudinal direction of the package 200, 202. The angle is sufficiently small that it would not ordinarily be noticed by the consumer.
• a heat seal, forming a hermetic seal 208, 210, is provided at the end of each package 200, 202.
• An unsealed endmost portion 212, 214 adjacent to the cut transverse edge 204, 206 has a width corresponding to one half of the knife thickness.
• the unsealed endmost portion 212, 214 has a typical thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, most typically lmm, which can be compared to a typical thickness of 2.5mm of the corresponding unsealed endmost portion produced by the known device of Figures 1 to 3.
• This material saving is achieved by reducing the amount of unsealed material at the ends of the packages that has no functional purpose with respect to forming a hermetic seal.
• the heat seal can be narrower than known heat seals by using the specific pressure strips against the heated anvil, providing even greater packaging material savings.
• the heat seal has a width of from 1 to 4 mm, optionally 1 to 2 mm.
• Such a film material saving has potentially enormous impact on high volume production of products such as snack foods.
• the Applicant and its related companies form part of one of the largest snack food companies in the world, and it is estimated that this packaging material saving cumulatively amounts to a global cost saving in packaging material of many tens of millions of dollars per annum, and, importantly, a saving of approximately 16 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide production per annum.
• This invention therefore may yield very significant reductions in the carbon footprint of the packaging of a wide variety of products, particularly snack foods.
• angle and dimensions exemplified above are merely indicative of an angle size and dimensions that may be used in accordance wit the present invention, and that these parameters may be varied depending upon a number of factors, including package size, shape and dimensions.
• the jaw device and method may be used to produce primary packages of a variety of products, of which snack foods are only a preferred example.
• the jaw device and method may also be adapted to produce secondary packages, for example multi-pack packaging.
• plural knives may be mounted about a common shaft disposed along the rotational axis and mutually angularly separated, so that for each cycle of rotation of the common shaft, plural cuts are made by respective knives, and corresponding plural packages are separated by the cutting action for each rotational cycle of the shaft.
• Plural anvils would be correspondingly provided.
• the jaw device may have a translational action rather than a rotary action, and either or both of the elongate holders for the knife and the anvil may be translationally reciprocated.

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