EP2878543A1 - Procédé et dispositif de fabrication d'une gerbe constituée d'articles reliés ensemble - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de fabrication d'une gerbe constituée d'articles reliés ensemble Download PDF

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EP2878543A1
EP2878543A1 EP13195326.7A EP13195326A EP2878543A1 EP 2878543 A1 EP2878543 A1 EP 2878543A1 EP 13195326 A EP13195326 A EP 13195326A EP 2878543 A1 EP2878543 A1 EP 2878543A1
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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
    • B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
    • B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
    • 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
    • B65B27/00—Bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band; Baling fibrous material, e.g. peat, not otherwise provided for
    • B65B27/04—Bundling groups of cans or bottles
    • 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
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/02—Applying adhesives or sealing liquids
    • 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
    • B65B35/46—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by rotary conveyors

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a container from interconnected articles according to the features of the preamble of claim 1, as well as a device for its implementation according to the features of the preamble of claim 9.
  • Containers are an effective way to handle multiple items simultaneously, for example, to facilitate the transport of multiple items at the same time.
  • containers are usually unavoidable, since such containers form the most common variant of sales units for various items, such as beverage containers and bottles made of PET plastic.
  • container size a number of items to be summarized in the container, also referred to as container size, first according to a desired arrangement within the container.
  • beverage containers can be combined into containers of four, six or more containers. Subsequently, the article group thus produced is held together according to the design of the container.
  • the star separates from the article flow assigned to it a required number of articles by the star, starting from a foremost article according to a number of articles in a row in the finished container corresponding number of articles in the article flow engages and for a number in the Packs the required number of articles from the rear and accelerates to the higher, second speed to form a gap to the articles of the moving at a first speed article flow.
  • the thus separated from their respective article streams articles are then assembled according to their arrangement in rows and rows in the group of items to be summarized to the container group and then packed in cardboard boxes to hold the finished container together.
  • a first possibility is the use of an enclosure which surrounds the articles of the container at the periphery of the article group.
  • the articles of a package may, for example, be held together by means of an enclosure in the form of a strapping, an overwrapping such as a wrapping, a shrink tube or carton, a cardboard box or a carrying rack, to name just a few conceivable embodiments.
  • the packaging can also be packaged by means of enclosing.
  • beverage containers can not only be held together by means of shrink film wrappings, wraps or a box to form containers, but at the same time they can also be packed.
  • a carrying handle or one or more intervention options may be provided to make it easier to grasp the finished container with one hand.
  • honeycomb or ball bond which is also referred to as a nested arrangement.
  • the articles arranged in adjacent rows in the container are each offset from one another in such a way that the gaps formed between the containers are as small as possible.
  • the lines do not run at right angles to the rows, but diagonally.
  • Such a honeycomb or ball arrangement represents a composite of a given number of containers with the smallest possible footprint.
  • containers are known that manage without an enclosure.
  • the articles themselves are directly connected, for example, by releasable latching connections, predetermined breaking points, such as perforations, or by means of adhesive joints of the articles with each other.
  • each container has an adhesive strip, which is a considerable waste of resources.
  • at least two offset by 180 ° locking connections are provided on the lateral surfaces of the container.
  • additional locking connections can be provided on the lateral surfaces arranged at a different angle, additional locking connections.
  • containers can be made in a nested arrangement in which each container is connected to each container of the container adjacent thereto in the nested arrangement, and containers can be made in a rectangular array of rows and rows, all in one row and in one row a row of adjacent articles are interconnected.
  • the disadvantage here is the considerable waste of resources by the partially unused, arranged at 180 ° to each other locking connections, because at least one of these by 180 ° to each other arranged latching connections protrudes at least at the end of a row or row from the container.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for producing a container made of directly bonded together by bonding articles, which package is executed free of encircling, and whose articles in more than two parallel rows regularly at right angles or nested offset to each other are arranged.
  • a first subject of the invention accordingly relates to a process for producing a container from articles which are joined directly to one another by adhesive bonds.
  • the articles of the container are arranged in more than two parallel rows of two or more articles regularly in a right angle or nested offset from each other.
  • a first and a second article are directly connected to each other, by the outermost layer of the first article, for example, the lateral surface or a label applied thereto, with the outermost layer of the second article, for example, also its lateral surface or a label applied thereto, with a bond consisting of one or more adhesive dots or strips is connected. If the articles of a container made of articles which are directly connected to one another by adhesive bonds are provided with labels, for example, the adhesive dots can also be applied to the labels.
  • the bonds are formed by one, two or more adhesive dots of an adhesive. Not everyone must be provided with one or more other articles to the finished container articles to be joined with one or more adhesive dots or strips, but it can rather be provided that in two products to be joined only one is provided with adhesive dots, whereas the other article remains free of sticking points. This simplifies the handling of the articles to be joined to the finished container, since on the one hand only the articles provided with adhesive dots may need to be aligned in order to turn their adhesive dots over to the other articles adjacent to the finished container, and on the other hand, the articles can be attacked on all sides without adhesive dots when handling, as of them in particular no pollution of the attacking components of a device that manufactures or composes the container.
  • the adhesive dots are therefore applied to at least one connection point with another article on at least one lateral surface of at least two articles directly connected to one another in the finished container.
  • an adhesive point in the sense of the invention is by no means to be understood in a mathematical-geometric sense, but is an intellectual auxiliary construct which is intended to illustrate that the application of the adhesive is preferably non-contact and particularly preferred pulsed, or at least within a short period of time.
  • the term adhesive point thus comprises at least on the finished container both a punctiform, as well as linear, and also flat adhesive application and even a resulting three-dimensional adhesive body or adhesive bonding body at the joints between the articles.
  • the adhesive can be applied for example with a glue gun.
  • each row of the finished container an article strand is provided with one of the number of articles per row number of articles in the finished container, of which initially at least one of two in the finished container by means of an adhesive bond with each other at least one, two or more adhesive dots is provided.
  • the articles of two article strands are brought together and glued together to form an intermediate container with two rows by the first row in the finished container forming article of a first article strand and a second series in the finished container forming article of a second article strand at the provided with adhesive dots, in the container assembly colliding Joined joints against each other and / or pressed and held for bonding, in particular until the curing of the adhesive.
  • At least one further row is added to the intermediate package by the at least one further series of articles forming at least one further article strand of at least one Side added to the articles provided with adhesive points against the article at least one outer row of the intermediate container and / or pressed and held until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive.
  • the first row and the second row each form an outer row of the intermediate container. If, in addition, a further row is added on the side of the second row facing away from the first row, the first row and the further row each form an outer row of the intermediate container. If a further row on the side opposite the second row is added to the first row, the second row and the further row each form an outer row of the intermediate box.
  • the article strands are brought together in parallel side by side so that the individual articles of the article strands are at the same height.
  • the connecting lines between the centers of three L-shaped adjacent articles, two of which are arranged adjacent one another in a row and two in a row form an isosceles and right-angled triangle within a rectangular array, particularly if the articles are substantially cylindrical.
  • the article strands are brought together in a zipper, so that at least the articles of two adjacent product strands are offset in a compacted arrangement against each other.
  • the connecting lines between the centers of three adjacent articles, two of which are arranged adjacent one another in a row and two in a row form an equilateral triangle within a nested arrangement, in particular if the articles are substantially cylindrical.
  • the curing of the adhesive in the context of the invention means that the adhesive changes from a state when it is applied to the adhesive dots after being pressed against one another into a state in which it is capable of releasing and holding, to endure the stresses and strains acting on the further handling of the intermediate container or the finished container by forces and moments acting between the articles joined together by bonding. Depending on the adhesive used, this condition may already occur before, for example, the adhesive is actually completely through-hardened. If, in the context of the above-reproduced method steps of a joining and / or a juxtaposition of the article for the purpose of producing a permanently adhesive connection of the article to each other to form a container is mentioned, the joining forces applied for this purpose may in principle include a very wide range.
  • the application of the adhesive dots on the articles of different strands does not necessarily have to be done at the same time.
  • the application of the adhesive dots to the articles of another article strand can be delayed until later, after the articles of the first and second article strand have already been provided with adhesive dots and / or have already been brought together to form the intermediate package.
  • the adhesions may preferably be produced by an adhesive which initially hardens one after the other, for example accelerated under the action of electromagnetic radiation, such as, for example, long-wave thermal radiation or short-wave ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation, UV light).
  • electromagnetic radiation such as, for example, long-wave thermal radiation or short-wave ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation, UV light).
  • UV radiation ultraviolet radiation
  • the curing of the adhesive of the adhesive dots can be specifically controlled at selected connection points by appropriate action of electromagnetic radiation, whereas the adhesive is produced by adhesive points at connection points at which a connection or bonding to another article is made only at a later point in the current process. initially free of any impact and thus does not harden.
  • the adhesive of the adhesive dots at the connection points at which a connection or bonding with another article is produced at a later time in the current process preferably experiences an effect of the electromagnetic radiation, as soon as a curing of the adhesive to produce a bond the relevant liaison office in the current proceedings.
  • This procedure makes it possible to apply in principle the adhesive for generating the adhesive dots at all joints simultaneously and to perform a timing of its curing targeted for each joint by the action of electromagnetic radiation.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the method may provide, first to produce a first intermediate container with two rows, then after curing of the adhesive of the first Eisengebindes a second and optionally at least another intermediate container by adding at least one other row to produce an outer row of the intermediate container previously prepared , Each time you add another series, the items will be at least one of them Row of forming article strand supplied from at least one side and joined against the articles at least one outer row of the intermediate container and / or pressed and held until the curing of the adhesive, before then by adding at least one last series of articles of a last article strand to at least one outer row the previously produced intermediate container, pressing together the article and holding until the curing of the adhesive, the container is completed.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the method provides that at least the articles provided with adhesive dots are first aligned after application of the adhesive dots by rotation about their normal to a the rows and rows of the package enclosing plane raised axes before they joined against each other and / or pressed and held until the adhesive has cured.
  • the method provides that the article strands, whose articles in each case form a row in the finished container, are separated from at least one article stream of articles transported directly one behind the other.
  • an article flow is provided per row of the finished bundle, from which in each case one article strand is separated per row of a container to be produced, corresponding to an inlet of one of the number R of rows in the finished container corresponding number of article streams.
  • the method can also provide that first the articles of at least one article strand or the articles of the same article strands are joined together before the articles of different strands of articles are joined together. It can be provided that first the articles of the first and / or the second and / or at least one other article strand are connected to each other by gluing, before merging two strands of articles and the articles of the merged article strands are connected by bonding by the various strands of articles against each other and / or pressed and held until the adhesive has cured.
  • the method may also provide that the holding or clamping of the intermediate package is carried out in a shorter time than the holding or pressing of the finished package. In particular, in this way the total time of the process can be shortened. This is particularly possible if the container of the intermediate container with each other (and thus again) be held together or -gepresst while the other series of articles are held together or -gepresst with the intermediate container.
  • one layer may consist of several 2x3 containers and 3x3 containers. It is also possible, for example, to accommodate several 3x3 and 4x3 containers on one layer.
  • a variety of combinations is conceivable.
  • the adhesive dots with which the articles of the further series are provided are applied only when the articles of the intermediate package have already been brought together.
  • These include, in particular, the adhesive dots which connect the further row with the intermediate container.
  • the articles are transported continuously during the Caribbeanhaltens or -pressens.
  • the intermediate container is oriented, in particular turned, prior to being joined to one or more articles of another article strand.
  • a second subject of the invention relates to a device for producing a container from articles bonded directly by means of adhesions.
  • the bonds are each formed by one, two or more adhesive dots of an adhesive.
  • the adhesive dots are applied to at least one joint with another article on at least one lateral surface of at least two in the finished container directly interconnected article.
  • the device comprises provision means for a number of article strands corresponding to the number R of rows in the finished package, each of which corresponds to a number of articles corresponding to the number of articles in the individual rows in the finished package.
  • the provisioning means may comprise an inlet of a number of article streams corresponding to the number R of rows in the finished package, each of which comprises directly consecutive articles.
  • the providing means may further comprise separating means for each article stream, said separating means separating an article strand having a number of articles per row in the finished package from the respective article stream corresponding number of articles from the respective article stream.
  • the separating means can operate according to the principle known from the introductory description, according to which the article strand is separated from the stream of articles by an acceleration of the articles of an article strand to be separated from an article stream to a higher speed than that of the article flow.
  • the apparatus also includes attachment means for providing adhesive dots to individual, selected or all articles of the article strands.
  • the attachment means may be realized by one or more nozzles, by means of which adhesive dots serving to produce bonds Jacket surfaces of at least selected items can be applied, applied or applied.
  • the one or more nozzles can be realized by one or more, in particular V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more adhesive dots on an article or at most a simultaneous application of one adhesive dot to one of the number of nozzle outlet openings of the double nozzles corresponding number of articles is possible.
  • a realized by a double nozzle nozzle can be arranged, for example, between two unreached article strands or between the transport paths of two article strands, for example, from their separation of their respective original article stream to their merger with each other to form a container or a tundish, where they at the same time an article of the can provide an article strand and an article of the other article strand, each with a glue point.
  • a realized by a double nozzle nozzle side of a not yet merged with another article strand strand or laterally the transport path from the separation of the article strand, for example, from its original article flow to its merger with one or more other strands of articles to a finished container or a intermediate container be arranged where they arranged an article of the article strand with two, for example, along its normal to a parallel to the rows and rows in the finished container extending plane extending vertical axis arranged adhesive dots, or two successive in one and the same article strand articles each provided with a glue point can.
  • the device furthermore comprises first joining means for firstly forming a first article strand forming a first row in the finished container and a second article strand forming a second series in the finished container, the article thereof at least partially provided with adhesive dots, according to the arrangement of the articles of the first and second series in the finished container first merge into a tundish, then add to the adhesive dots against each other and / or press and then at least until at least temporarily and / or partially Curing the adhesive to keep.
  • the device comprises at least second joining means to form an intermediate package and at least one further article row forming at least one further row in the finished package, the article thereof - ie the articles of the intermediate package and / or of the at least one further article strand are at least partially provided with adhesive dots, according to the arrangement of the articles of the intermediate container and the at least one further row in the finished container to first merge to form another intermediate container or the finished container, then to the adhesive dots against each other to add and / or press and then to hold at least until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive.
  • the device may also include third, fourth and so on means of merging to add more rows corresponding to the ever growing intermediate containers.
  • the separation means may be integrated into the assembly means.
  • the merging means may be designed to be movable in whole or in part along a conveying direction in order to transport an intermediate container and / or a finished container during the curing of the adhesive in the conveying direction.
  • the joining means may, for example, comprise at least one pressing unit, which inserts and / or presses the articles of the article strands to be joined together to form an intermediate container or of an intermediate container to be assembled into a finished container and of at least one further article strand and at least until at least temporarily and / or partial curing of the adhesive holds against each other.
  • a pressing unit may for example comprise circumferential clamping units, which are individually and independently controllable and thus also during the Pressing and holding at different positions in the conveying direction F can be driven.
  • the device can also have an application unit for applying a carrying handle to the finished container.
  • the carrying handle is attached directly to one or preferably two, in the container opposing articles.
  • a possible application unit for applying a carrying handle can be arranged above the merging means, for example in the center and, if appropriate, in the conveying direction so as to be movable with it.
  • the device comprises alignment means which align at least the articles provided with adhesive dots according to their orientation necessary for the production of direct connections of the articles formed by bonds in the finished container.
  • the alignment means can additionally align the articles even before the application of one or more adhesive dots, such that, for example, an article and the adhesive dots are in a specific orientation relative to the package. This may be desirable to place, for example, imprints or labels with a company logo or a brand name within the container so that they are visible from the outside.
  • the alignment means may comprise a carousel, on which a plurality of turntables can be arranged, on which the articles are placed.
  • Each turntable is aligned by a each turntable individually associated drive, in particular by a servo drive.
  • the articles are additionally held by a likewise rotating with the carousel centering from above. The articles are thus clamped between the turntable and the centering head.
  • the invention can be realized by a separate feed of articles to be adhered to an existing intermediate container to form at least three-row containers.
  • a resulting advantage is a particularly simple handling of the container and the intermediate container, since not three or more Rows of articles to be bonded to each other must be joined and / or pressed against each other while the adhesive is not yet cured.
  • FIG. 1 An in Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 . Fig. 3 . Fig. 4 . Fig. 5 . Fig. 6 . Fig. 7
  • the articles 03 of the container 01 are offset in more than two parallel rows 04 to two or more articles 03 regularly at right angles or nested arranged to each other.
  • the articles 03 of the container 01 are therefore arranged in R rows 04 and Z rows 05, wherein the number of articles 03 per row 04 corresponds, for example, to the number Z of rows 05 in the container 01.
  • rows with different numbers of articles 03 to be joined together to form a container 01.
  • a container 01 with mutually perpendicular rows 04 and lines 05 is in Fig. 1 shown.
  • a container 01 with nested arranged articles 03 is in Fig. 2 shown.
  • the rows 04 and lines 05 run obliquely or diagonally to each other, wherein the obliquely to the rows 04 extending lines in a plan view as in Fig. 2 a) may be V-shaped angled, or as in Fig. 2 b) can run straight shown.
  • the bonds 02 are formed by one, two or more adhesive dots 20 of an adhesive applied to the shell surfaces of the articles 03 that collide in the bundle arrangement.
  • An adhesion 02 between two articles 03 can accordingly as in Fig. 3 a) represented one, or as in Fig. 3 b) represented two or as in Fig. 3c) comprise three or more adhesive dots 20.
  • each article 03 within the finished package 01 is connected to each of its adjacent articles 03, which are adjacent at least along the same row 04 and along the same line 05 within the package 01.
  • the adhesive dots 20 are applied in particular at different heights on an article 03 and in particular on the surfaces which have the greatest distance to the central axis of the article 03.
  • an article 03 such as a bottle, may have a glue dot 20 above a grip area and below a grip area.
  • the container 01 may be provided with a handle 06.
  • a method for producing a previously described container 01 provides that each row 04 of the finished container 01 an article strand 30 is provided with a number of articles 03 in the corresponding row 04 in the finished container 01 corresponding number of articles 03, of which first at least one each of two in the finished container 01 by means of a bond 02 interconnected article 03 with at least one, two or more adhesive dots 20 is provided.
  • the articles 03 of two article strands 30 are brought together and glued together to form an intermediate container 10 having two rows, by the first row 41 in the finished container 01 forming article 03 of a first article strand 31 and the second series 42 in the finished container 01 forming article 03 a second article strand 32 are pressed against each other at the connection points 21 provided with adhesive dots 20 and held until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive.
  • At least one further row 43 is added to the intermediate package 10 by the at least one further row 43 in the finished package 01 forming article 03 of at least one other article strand 33 of at least one side of the provided with adhesive dots 20 joints 21 pressed against the article 03 at least one outer row 40 of the intermediate container 10 and held until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive.
  • the intermediate container 10 which is made by gluing the first row 41 in the finished container 01 forming article 01 of the first article strand 31 and a second row 42 in the finished container 01 forming article 03 of the second article strand 32, form the first row 41 and the second row 42 each have an outer row 40 of the intermediate container 10.
  • the article strands 31, 32, 33 are brought together in parallel alongside one another such that the individual articles 03 of the article strands 31, 32, 33 are at the same height ( Fig. 4 ; Fig. 6 ).
  • the article strands 31, 32, 33 are brought together in a zipper, so that at least the
  • Article 03 of two adjacent article strands 31, 32, 33 are offset from each other in a compacted arrangement ( Fig. 5 ; Fig. 7 ).
  • the application of the adhesive dots 20 to the articles 02 of different article strands 31, 32, 33 does not necessarily have to take place at the same time.
  • the application of the adhesive dots 20 to the articles 03 of another article strand 33 as in Fig. 4 . Fig. 5 . Fig. 6 . Fig. 7 shown only when the articles 03 of the first article strand 31 and the second article strand 32 have already been provided with adhesive dots 20 and / or have already been brought together to form the intermediate package 10.
  • the adhesions 02 may preferably be produced by an adhesive which initially hardens one after the other, eg accelerated under the action of electromagnetic radiation, such as, for example, long-wave thermal radiation or short-wave ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation, UV light).
  • electromagnetic radiation such as, for example, long-wave thermal radiation or short-wave ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation, UV light).
  • the curing of the adhesive of the adhesive dots 20 can be selectively controlled at selected connection points 21 by appropriate action of electromagnetic radiation, whereas the adhesive of adhesive dots 20 at connection points 21, at which only at a later time in the current process, a compound or bonding 02 with a other article 03 is produced, initially free from any impact and thus does not harden.
  • the adhesive of the adhesive dots 20 at the connection points 21, at which a connection or bonding 02 with another article 03 is produced at a later time in the current process preferably only experiences an effect of the electromagnetic radiation as soon as the adhesive cures Production of a bond 02 is provided at the corresponding connection point 21 in the current process.
  • This procedure makes it possible to apply in principle the adhesive for producing the adhesive dots 20 at all joints 21 at the same time and to carry out a temporal control of its hardening specifically for each joint 21 by the action of the electromagnetic radiation.
  • UV emitters for example, above and / or below the second Aushärteumble 140 may be provided.
  • the method may provide that when a package of more than three or four rows 04 is to be produced, first a first intermediate package 10 having two rows 04 is produced, whereupon, after curing of the adhesive of the first insectsgebindes 10 a second and optionally at least one further intermediate container 10 by adding at least one further row 43 is made to an outer row 40 of the intermediate container 10 previously prepared.
  • the articles 03 of at least one article strand 30 forming the respective row 04 are pressed from at least one side against the articles 03 of at least one outer row 40 of the then present intermediate package 10 and held until the adhesive has hardened then the container 01 is completed by adding at least one last row 04 of articles 03 of a last article strand 30 to at least one outer row 40 of the previously made intermediate package 10, pressing the articles together and holding until the glue hardens.
  • At least the articles 03 provided with adhesive dots 20 can, according to an advantageous further development of the method after the application of the adhesive dots 20, first be aligned by rotation around their normal axes to a plane embracing the rows 04 and lines 05 of the finished package 01, before they press against each other and held until the adhesive has cured.
  • the method preferably provides that the article strands 30, whose articles 03 each form a row 04 in the finished container 01, are separated from at least one article stream 35 from articles 03 which are transported one behind the other. Particular preference is given to each row 04 of the finished container 01 an article stream 35 is provided, each of which an article strand 30 per row 04 of a product 01 is separated, corresponding to an inlet of one of the number R of the rows 04 in the finished container 01 corresponding number of Article streams 35.
  • the method can also provide that first the articles 03 of at least one article strand 30 or the articles of the same article strands 30 are joined together before the articles 03 of different article strands 30, for example the articles 03 of the first article strand 31 and the second article strand 32, are joined together. It can be provided that first the articles of the first and / or second and / or at least one other article strand 31, 32, 33 are connected to each other by gluing 02 before two strands of articles 30 merged and the article 03 of the merged article strands 30 by gluing 02 connected by the articles 03 of the various Article strands 30 are pressed against each other and held until the adhesive has cured.
  • the apparatus 100 comprises providing means 110 for a number of article strands 30 corresponding to the number R of the rows 04 in the finished container 01, each of which corresponds to the number of articles 03 corresponding to the number of articles 03 in the respective row 04 in the finished package 01.
  • the provisioning means 110 may comprise an inlet of a number of article streams 35 corresponding in each case directly successive articles 03 to one of the number R of the rows 04 in the finished container 01.
  • the provisioning means 110 may also include per article stream 35 separation means 111, which separating means 111 a article strand 30 with a number of articles 03 of the corresponding row 04 in the finished container 01 from the respective article flow 35 corresponding number of articles 03 separated from the respective article flow 35.
  • the article stream 35 is preferably transported on a conveyor belt.
  • the separating means 111 can, for example, operate according to the principle known from the introductory description, according to which the article strand is separated from the stream of articles by an acceleration of the article 03 of an article strand 30 to be separated from an article stream 35 to a speed higher than that of the article flow.
  • the device 100 further comprises attachment means 120 for providing individual, selected or all articles 03 of the article strands 30 with adhesive dots 20.
  • the attachment means 120 can be realized by one or more nozzles 121, by means of which adhesive dots 20 serving to produce bonds 02 can be applied, applied or applied to the outer surfaces of at least selected articles 03.
  • the nozzles 121 may be, for example, a plurality of glue guns, which are directed to specific locations of the articles 03 or their lateral surfaces and their valves by a Control are switched such that a glue dot 20 is fired during the continuous Vorbei angelns the article 03 on the glue guns substantially perpendicular to the lateral surface of the article 03.
  • a plurality of nozzles 121 may be provided in order to apply adhesive dots 20 to lateral surfaces of the articles 03 transported past.
  • articles 03 can be transported, for example, by means of a star or carousel, around whose circumferential section a plurality of nozzles 121 forming a transport path for the articles 03 can be arranged.
  • the arrangement of a plurality of nozzles 121 may be required, for example, because the switching speed of the nozzles 121 is limited. In principle, however, it is possible to provide the articles 03 of a complete series 04 in the finished container 01 forming article strand 30 by means of only a single nozzle 121 with adhesive dots 20.
  • the one or more nozzles 121 may be realized by one or more V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more adhesive dots 20 on an article 03 or a maximum simultaneous application of one adhesive dot 20 to one of the number of nozzle outlet openings the double nozzles 121 corresponding number of articles 03 is possible.
  • a nozzle 121 realized by a double nozzle can be arranged, for example, between two unconnected article strands 30 or between the transport paths of two article strands 30, for example, from their separation from their respective original article stream 35 for bringing them together to form a container 01 or an intermediate container 10, where it can simultaneously provide an article 03 of one article strand 30, for example the articles 03 of a first article strand 31 and an article of the other article strand 30, for example the articles 03 of a second article strand 32, each with a glue dot 20.
  • a nozzle 121 realized by a double nozzle can be laterally connected to an article strand 30 which is not yet joined to another article strand 30 or laterally to its transport path from the separation of the article strand 30, for example, from its original article stream 35 until its merging with one or more other article strands 30 a finished container 01 or a intermediate container 10 may be arranged, where they have an article 03 of the article strand 30 with two, for example, along which normal to a parallel to the rows 04 and Lines 05 in the finished container 01 extending plane extending vertical axis distributed adhesive dots 20, or two in one and the same article strand 30 successive article 03 can each be provided with a glue point 20.
  • the device 100 further comprises first joining means 130 to first a first article strand 31 forming a first row 41 in the finished package 01 and a second article strand 32 forming a second row 42 in the finished package 01, the articles 03 of which are provided with adhesive dots 20 at least in part are, according to the arrangement of the articles 03 of the first row 41 and the second row 42 in the finished container 01 first to a intermediate container 10 merge, then press against the adhesive dots 20 against each other and then at least until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive to keep.
  • the device 100 comprises at least second joining means 140 to form an intermediate package 10 and at least one further article row 33 forming at least one further row 43 in the finished package 01, whose article 03 - ie. the articles 03 of the intermediate container 10 and / or the at least one further article strand 33 are provided at least partially with adhesive dots 20, according to the arrangement of the articles 03 of the intermediate container 10 and the at least one further row 43 in the finished container 01 first to another intermediate container or merge the finished container 01, then press against each other at the adhesive dots 20 and then to hold at least until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive.
  • the device 100 can furthermore comprise third, fourth and so forth joining means in order to add further further rows 43 to the increasingly growing intermediate containers 10.
  • the first and second and optionally further joining means 130, 140 may be wholly or partially movable along a conveying direction F in order to transport a intermediate container 10 and / or a finished container 01 during the curing of the adhesive in the conveying direction F.
  • the first and second and optionally further joining means 130, 140 may, for example, comprise at least one pressing unit 150, which comprises the articles 03 of the article strands 30 to be joined to an intermediate container 10 or one to a finished container 01, previously provided with adhesive dots 20 to be brought together intermediate container 10 and at least one other article strand 33 against each other and at least until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive holds against each other.
  • at least one pressing unit 150 which comprises the articles 03 of the article strands 30 to be joined to an intermediate container 10 or one to a finished container 01, previously provided with adhesive dots 20 to be brought together intermediate container 10 and at least one other article strand 33 against each other and at least until at least temporary and / or partial curing of the adhesive holds against each other.
  • a pressing unit 150 may, for example, comprise circumferential clamping units 151 which are individually and independently controllable and thus can also be moved during pressing and holding at different positions in the conveying direction F.
  • the second merging means 140 may be configured to compress and hold the articles 03 along the transport direction F for approximately twice as long as the first merging means 130.
  • twins of clamping units 151 can circulate on the two merging means 130, 140.
  • triplets of staples can circulate to form in the finished container 01 and / or in the intermediate container 10 rows 04 of three articles 03 or it can quadruplets of clamping units 151 rotate around in the finished container 01 and / or in the intermediate container 10 rows 04 of three articles 03 to form and so on.
  • the number of clamping units 151 in a group or pressing unit 150 also corresponds with other formations of the number of articles 03, which can be found in a row 04 in the finished container 10.
  • the clamping units 151 preferably grip the articles 03 at a height which is spaced from the horizontal plane in which adhesive dots 20 have been applied.
  • the clamps of adjacent clamping units 151 engage within a group at different heights, so that when the articles 03 are brought together along the transport direction F, no collisions can occur between the clamps of adjacent clamping units 151.
  • the distance between two adjacent brackets of different groups is preferably greater than the distance of two adjacent brackets within a group.
  • a clamping unit 152 of a last pressing unit 150 with which a intermediate container 10 and at least one further article strand 33 are brought together, pressed and held, can be formed with at least one large stapling unit to hold the intermediate container 10.
  • the clips of the clamping units 152 of the merging means 140 for holding the intermediate package 10 may be longer than the clips of the first merging means 130 to enclose both rows of the intermediate package 10.
  • the device 100 can also have an application unit 160 for applying a carrying handle 06 to the finished container 01.
  • a possible application unit 160 for applying a carrying handle 06 may be arranged so as to be movable in motion above the first or second or possibly further joining means 130, 140, for example in the center and possibly in the conveying direction F.
  • the invention can be realized by a separate feed of articles 03 to be adhered to a intermediate container 10 previously produced by gluing articles 03 of article strands 30 to form at least three-row containers 01.
  • a resulting advantage is a particularly simple handling with the container 01 and the intermediate container 10, since not three or more rows 04 to be bonded together with each other article 03 against each other must be pressed while the adhesive is not cured.
  • the described device 20 allows the implementation of a method according to the invention for producing a container 01.
  • a container 01 with nested arranged items 03 are made of eight arranged in three rows 04 03 articles in which the outer two rows 41, 42 each have three articles 03 and the inner row 40 only two articles 03, or it may, for example, a container 01 with nested arranged articles 03 from a total ten are arranged in three rows 04 arranged articles 03, the outer two rows 41, 42 each have three articles 03 and the inner row 40 has four articles.
  • the container 01 is used for further processing steps, such as, for example Arrangement of a carrying handle 06 or the transport of the container 01 to or by means of a palletizer must not be rotated by 90 °, as in the prior art in a container 01 with two rows 04 and three rows 05 in conjunction, for example with the arrangement of a handle 06th and / or a further container transport by means of a palletizer is required.
  • a carrying handle 06 can be applied.
  • the carrying handle 06 can be applied, for example, by means of an application unit 160, which is able to synchronize itself within the conveying or pressing path to the respective container 01 and to attach a carrying handle 06 to it during a continuous advancement of the container 01.
  • a resulting advantage is that the attachment of the handle 06 has no harmful effect on the bonds 02, since the finished container 01 while the arrangement of the handle 06 is still held by the last pressing unit 150 and thereby stabilized.
  • the inlet of the containers to the supply means 110 for the additional row to be attached to the intermediate container can extend in regions perpendicular to the other two inlets.
  • the distance between the bumping in the inlet bump container is changed in particular by an inlet star in the supply means 111 so that the container can be individually parked on evenly distributed on a carousel turntable orientation star of the provision of 111.
  • the distance between the containers on the turntables is here still greater than the distance of the container in the container.
  • the final distance of the container in the container is produced in particular by the clamping units in the pressing unit and in particular by the divergence of individual brackets in the radius of the deflection of the pressing and the merging of the brackets in the linear part of the clamping unit.
  • This aspect can also be an independent invention.
  • each row of the finished container could thus consist of containers, which came from different strands 30.

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