EP2882654B1 - Appareil et procédé de compression - Google Patents

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EP2882654B1
EP2882654B1 EP13759558.3A EP13759558A EP2882654B1 EP 2882654 B1 EP2882654 B1 EP 2882654B1 EP 13759558 A EP13759558 A EP 13759558A EP 2882654 B1 EP2882654 B1 EP 2882654B1
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resilient
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David Clare
Simon Spinks
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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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
    • B65B63/024—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles for compressing by winding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/18—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
    • B65H23/195—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations
    • B65H23/1955—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations and controlling web tension
    • 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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B68—SADDLERY; UPHOLSTERY
    • B68G—METHODS, EQUIPMENT, OR MACHINES FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; UPHOLSTERY NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B68G9/00—Placing upholstery springs in pockets; Fitting springs in upholstery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/50—Auxiliary process performed during handling process
    • B65H2301/51—Modifying a characteristic of handled material
    • B65H2301/512—Changing form of handled material
    • B65H2301/5124—Stretching; Tentering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/14—Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/143—Roller pairs driving roller and idler roller arrangement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/14—Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/147—Roller pairs both nip rollers being driven
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/10—Speed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2515/00—Physical entities not provided for in groups B65H2511/00 or B65H2513/00
    • B65H2515/30—Forces; Stresses
    • B65H2515/31—Tensile forces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2555/00—Actuating means
    • B65H2555/20—Actuating means angular
    • B65H2555/24—Servomotors

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  • the present invention relates to a compression method, and is particularly concerned with a method for compressing resilient units for storage and/or transportation.
  • Resilient units such as for example pocketed spring units, for use in upholstered items such as mattresses, or in resilient pads or panels, typically comprise a plurality of springs which are encapsulated in pockets formed between layers of material.
  • DE 3514042 A1 describes a roller apparatus in which webs of material, such as paper, are wound under tension onto a winding roller.
  • US 2002/0124531 A1 describes a method of packaging spring units in which at least one web of insulator material is fixedly located against one of the top and bottom surfaces of the spring units. Each web of insulator material is secured to the outermost coil springs along longitudinal edges of the spring units with securing elements. The resultant bedding products are then roll-packed.
  • Embodiments of the present invention aim to address the above-mentioned problem.
  • the invention includes a method of compressing a resilient unit comprising a plurality of resilient elements located within one or more pockets formed between layers of material, the method comprising applying tension to the material so as to cause the resilient elements to become compressed and winding the material under tension into a roll.
  • the method comprises winding the material using a winding roller.
  • the method preferably comprises applying tension to the resilient unit by pulling the resilient unit between the winding roller and tensioning means, which may comprise one or more tensioning rollers.
  • the method comprises allowing or causing rollers to rotate at different speeds to cause the tension to be applied to the material of the unit between the winding roller and the or each tensioning roller.
  • the application of tension to the material in a longitudinal direction of the resilient unit is arranged to bring about an extension of said unit in said longitudinal direction that is substantially proportional to a reduction in a thickness of the resilient unit.
  • the invention may comprise any combination of the features or limitations referred to herein, except such a combination of features as are mutually exclusive.
  • Figures 1a and 1b are schematic views of a portion of resilient unit suitable for use with a method according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is schematic side view of the compression apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figures 3a and 3b are schematic views respectively of a portion of resilient material before compression and after compression.
  • FIGS 1a and 1b show, generally at 10, a portion of a resilient unit in the form of a pocketed spring unit.
  • the resilient unit comprises a number of springs 12 arranged in an array, each spring being encased within its own pocket formed between superposed layers 14 of material.
  • the layers are spaced apart with the springs in between and are welded at selected positions 16 between adjacent springs, to form a gridlike pattern.
  • the pocketed spring unit can be made thinner, i.e. the springs can be compressed, by pulling the layers of material in a direction transverse to the axes of the springs.
  • the springs are, for example, conically coiled wire springs, they may be compressed to a great extent, wherein they have a depth of the order of the thickness of one coil - i.e. the thickness of the wire itself.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically apparatus for compressing the resilient unit.
  • the resilient unit is fed as a continuous web 18 through first and second tensioning rollers 20, 22 to a winding roller 24.
  • the winding roller is driven at a first speed, and one or both of the tensioning rollers is also driven, but at a second speed which is less than the first speed - i.e. slower than that of the winding roller.
  • the result is that the resilient unit becomes compressed in its through thickness direction - the axial direction of the springs - before it is wound into the winding roller.
  • the resilient unit extends in length in a longitudinal direction in which tension is applied. The extension in length is substantially proportional to a reduction in a thickness of the resilient unit.
  • Servo-control (not shown) can be applied to one or more of the driven rollers to ensure that their relative speed, and hence the tension in the material, is maintained at a substantially constant level.
  • the resilient unit When under tension the resilient unit substantially flattens, the extent depending upon the degree of tension applied, within working limits.
  • the pockets become substantially flat and return to a shape that they had initially held during manufacture, dependent upon the pattern of the welding or gluing of the layers from which they are formed.
  • the roll of web When the desired quantity of resilient unit web has been wound on to the roller the roll of web is taped or wrapped to prevent unravelling.
  • Figures 3a and 3b show, respectively a portion of resilient unit before and after compression in the apparatus of Figure 2 .
  • a benefit of compressing the resilient elements in this way is that the length of resilient unit that can be wound on to a roll 24 of a given diameter is much greater than would be the case with an uncompressed resilient unit. Therefore, the quantity of resilient unit will take up less space, perhaps anything up to 90% less space, and so is more efficiently stored and/or more cheaply transported.
  • the resilient unit can be unwound from the roll, allowing it to return to an uncompressed state, and then cut to length as required for e.g. a mattress, a seat base or other pad or panel.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Winding Of Webs (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Mattresses And Other Support Structures For Chairs And Beds (AREA)

Claims (5)

  1. Procédé de compression d'une unité élastique (18) comprenant une pluralité d'éléments élastiques (12) placés dans une ou plusieurs poches formées entre des couches (14) de matériau, le procédé comprenant l'application d'une tension sur le matériau de manière à provoquer la compression des éléments élastiques et à enrouler le matériau sous tension en un rouleau.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le procédé comprend l'enroulement du matériau en utilisant un rouleau d'enroulement (24).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le procédé comprend l'application d'une tension sur l'unité élastique en entraînant l'unité élastique entre le rouleau d'enroulement et des moyens de tension.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou 3, dans lequel le procédé comporte l'entraînement de l'unité élastique entre le rouleau d'enroulement et un ou plusieurs rouleaux de tension (20, 22).
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, dans lequel le procédé comprend l'autorisation de rotation ou la mise en rotation des rouleaux à différentes vitesses afin de provoquer l'application d'une tension sur le matériau de l'unité entre le rouleau d'enroulement et le ou chaque rouleau de tension.
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GB1214305.3A GB2504768B (en) 2012-08-10 2012-08-10 Compression apparatus and method
PCT/GB2013/052129 WO2014023973A1 (fr) 2012-08-10 2013-08-08 Appareil et procédé de compression

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