EP2989009A1 - Machine pour envelopper des produits de confiserie - Google Patents

Machine pour envelopper des produits de confiserie

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EP2989009A1
EP2989009A1 EP14731009.8A EP14731009A EP2989009A1 EP 2989009 A1 EP2989009 A1 EP 2989009A1 EP 14731009 A EP14731009 A EP 14731009A EP 2989009 A1 EP2989009 A1 EP 2989009A1
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wrapping
drum
product
folder
retaining element
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EP2989009B1 (fr
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Antonio Vitali
Mauro PASSERINI
Stefano Piazzi
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Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche ACMA SpA
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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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/28—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a curved path, e.g. on rotary tables or turrets
    • B65B11/36—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a curved path, e.g. on rotary tables or turrets to fold the wrappers in channel form about contents and then to close the ends of the channel by folding and finally the mouth of the channel by folding or twisting
    • 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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/005—Packaging other articles presenting special problems packaging of confectionery

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  • This invention relates to a machine for wrapping confectionery products. More specifically, the invention can be applied to the wrapping of confectionery products such as, for instance, sweets, chocolates and the like, to which this description will hereinafter refer but without limiting the scope of the invention.
  • confectionery wrapping machines comprising a transfer drum for transferring a succession of products to a wrapping device.
  • the wrapping device comprises a first and a second folder roller tangent to each other at a product transfer station where the selfsame products pass from the first folder roller to the second.
  • the first folder roller places a sheet of wrapping material round the respective product and the second folder roller, which is equipped with product retaining grippers, wraps the sheet of wrapping material into a tubular shape.
  • confectionery products normally wrapped are spherical or substantially spherical in shape and the wrapping style used is usually a "double twist" wrap, or their shape is characterized by a flat base, for example frustoconical, for which the wrapping style is usually of the "boero" type, that is, a bunch fold for the flat base and a single twist bow on the opposite side.
  • the wrapping machine comprises a succession of folding elements, either fixed or movable, arranged according to a direction of rotation of the second folder roller and designed to fold the tubular wrap to obtain the required wrapping.
  • a first set of folders acts on the tubular wrap to make the basic folds to flatten the bottom of the wrap at the base of the product.
  • a twister also known in the jargon of the trade as "finger" twists the side opposite the base of the product to form a typical single twist bow.
  • tubular wrap is, in a main direction of extension of the wrap itself, much longer than the product to be wrapped.
  • the protruding portion of the tubular wrap is subject to the accelerations and decelerations of the roller and thus flaps as the roller rotates since only a minimum part of the wrap is held by the grippers at the product.
  • One problem with these machines is that the tubular wraps, since they are held by only a minimum part of their length, move relative to the product not only on account of the accelerations and decelerations of the roller but also on account of the action of the folders which make the folds at the base.
  • a second disadvantage is that the twist bows of the wrap on different products may differ from each other or even be badly formed on account of imprecise positioning of the wrap relative to the twister.
  • the operating speed of the wrapping device is suitably reduced in order to at least limit the flapping of the tubular wrap during positive or negative accelerations.
  • the main technical purpose of this invention is to propose a wrapping machine for confectionery products which is free of the above mentioned disadvantages.
  • One aim of this invention is to provide a wrapping machine for confectionery products which is capable of forming the base bunch folds and the twist bows according to the specified models.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide a wrapping machine that is faster and more reliable than prior art machines.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a wrapping machine according to this invention in a schematic front view, partly in blocks and with some parts cut away for greater clarity;
  • Figure 2 illustrates a detail of the wrapping machine of Figure 1 in a schematic front view, partly in blocks and with some parts cut away for greater clarity;
  • Figure 3 illustrates a second detail of the wrapping machine of Figure 1 in a schematic front view, partly in blocks and with some parts cut away for greater clarity;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a third detail of the wrapping machine of Figure 1 in a schematic side view
  • Figure 5 illustrates a fourth detail of the wrapping machine of Figure 1 in a schematic front view, partly in blocks and with some parts cut away for greater clarity;
  • Figure 6 illustrates a fifth detail of the wrapping machine of Figure 1 in a schematic front view, partly in blocks and with some parts cut away for greater clarity.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a wrapping machine for confectionery products according to this invention.
  • the machine 1 comprises a vertical wall 3 and a wrapping device 4 mounted on the wall 3.
  • the wrapping device 4 comprises a pair of wrapping drums 5, 6 mounted on the wall 3.
  • the drums 5, 6, have respective axes of rotation R1 , R2 preferably perpendicular to the wall 3.
  • the machine 1 comprises a feeding device 7 for feeding the confectionery products 2 and a loading or pickup station 8 where the device 7 delivers the products 2 to the wrapping device 4.
  • the feeding device 7 comprises, for example, a drum 9 comprising a plurality of grippers 10, of which only one is illustrated, for convenience, and which feeds the products 2 to the wrapping device 4, and more specifically, to the drum 5.
  • the first drum 5 comprises product pickup elements, for example grippers 11 by which the products 2 are picked up and which receive the products 2 from the drum 9 at the loading station 8.
  • product pickup elements for example grippers 11 by which the products 2 are picked up and which receive the products 2 from the drum 9 at the loading station 8.
  • the first drum 5 holds and feeds the products 2 in a feed direction V1 around the first axis of rotation R1.
  • the machine 1 comprises a transfer station 13 where the products 2 are transferred from the first drum 5 to the second drum 6.
  • the wrapping drums 5 and 6 are substantially tangent to each other at the transfer station 13.
  • the first drum 5 feeds the products 2 from the pickup station 8 to the transfer station 13.
  • the first drum 5 comprises a substantially cylindrical folder roller 14 which mounts the grippers 11.
  • the grippers 11 are uniformly distributed along the base surface of the roller 14 and project radially therefrom in substantially known manner not further described.
  • the wrapping machine 1 comprises a feeding device 15, of substantially known type and not further described, for feeding a sheet or piece 16 of wrapping material.
  • the first drum 5 comprises a plurality of pickup elements, for example grippers 17 by which the pieces 16 of wrapping material are picked up and each of which is located substantially at a corresponding gripper 11 for picking up the product 2.
  • the combination of the grippers 17 with the respective grippers 11 is of substantially known type and not described further.
  • the second portion of the sheet 16 of wrapping material is folded into the shape of an L by contact with the fixed contact panel 18.
  • the second drum 6 comprises a plurality of pickup elements, for example grippers 19, by which the products 2 are held and fed in a direction V2 around the axis of rotation R2.
  • each gripper 19 grips a respective product 2 together with the related sheet 16 of wrapping material, thereby folding the sheet 16 into a U round the product 2.
  • the sheet 16 folded into a U has a first end 16a and a second end 16b protruding outwards from the second drum 6.
  • the wrapping device 4 comprises a plurality of folders, positioned in sequence along the feed direction V2 to define the wrapping of the product 2.
  • the folders of the wrapping device 4 are arranged to form a "boero" type wrapping style, that is to say, a flat fold at the bottom of the product 2 and a twist on the opposite side.
  • the sequence of folders comprises a first movable folder 20 located downstream of the transfer station 13 in the direction V2.
  • the wrapping device 4 comprises a fixed folder 21 , for example in the form of a curved contact panel, located downstream of the movable folder 20 in the direction V2.
  • the folders 20 and 21 are mounted to face the external surface of the second drum 6.
  • the wrapping device 4 comprises a folder 22, also substantially known, located downstream of the folder 21 in the feed direction V2 of the products 2.
  • the folder 22 is configured to form the twist bow typical of the "boero" wrapping style, thus completing the wrapping of the product 2.
  • the product 2 is fed towards the fixed folder 21 which presses the second end 16b flat against the first end 16a and against the product 2, thus forming a tubular wrap around the product 2.
  • the tubular wrap has, relative to the product 2 wrapped therein, a front portion 23a and a rear portion 23b illustrated for example in Figure 4.
  • the portion 23a protrudes, preferably in a direction parallel to the axis R2, on the side opposite the portion 23b with respect to the product 2.
  • the dimension of the portion 23a along the direction of the axis R2 is smaller than the dimension of the portion 23b in the preferred case of making a "boero" type wrap.
  • the front portion 23a is the portion of the wrap facing someone observing the drawings and projecting from the grippers 19 towards the observer.
  • the rear portion 23b is the portion of the wrap projecting from the grippers 19 towards the wall 3.
  • the front portion 23a is the one which forms the base of the wrap, whilst the rear portion 23b, in the example illustrated, is the one which forms the twist bow of the wrap.
  • the wrapping device 4 comprises, substantially at the fixed folder 21 , a sequence of folders of known type for folding the portion 23a to form the base of the wrap.
  • the drum 6 comprises a plurality of pickup or retaining elements 24 for holding the piece 16 of wrapping material wrapped around the product 2.
  • the pickup element 24, as will become clearer as this description continues, is of a releasable type, that is, of a type which, when suitably driven, applies an action for holding and retaining the wrap.
  • the drum 6 comprises a corresponding pickup element 24 by which the rear portion 23b of the tubular wrap is held and retained as the drum 6 itself rotates.
  • the pickup element 24 acts on the portion of the wrap which projects from the gripper 19 towards the wall 3, that is, rearwardly.
  • the pickup element 24 acts on the portion of the wrap which projects from the gripper 19 towards the wall 3, that is, rearwardly.
  • the pickup element 24 is movable around the axis R2 and is, preferably, at least partly aligned with the corresponding gripper 19 along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation R2.
  • the drum 6 comprises a folder roller 25 which mounts the grippers 19 and, preferably, the pickup elements 24.
  • the machine 1 and more specifically, the second drum 6, is equipped with a movement system, schematically represented as a block 26, by which the pickup elements 24 are moved.
  • the movement system 26 is preferably driven by the roller 25 and causes the pickup element 24 to move along a trajectory parallel to the trajectory followed by the corresponding gripper 19 and hence by the product 2 fed by it.
  • the machine 1 comprises movement means for moving each gripper 19 along a predetermined trajectory and movement means for moving each pickup element 24 along a respective trajectory in such a way that the two trajectories remain parallel, in particular between the transfer station 13 and the folder 22.
  • the retaining element 24 has a curved surface 27 for receiving the piece 16 of wrapping material.
  • The—surface— 27— is— shaped—to— match— the tubular wrap and,— more specifically, the rear portion 23b of the tubular wrap.
  • the retaining element 24 has a plurality of holes in it or is made of a material which is permeable to air.
  • the machine 1 comprises a pneumatic system, schematically represented as a block 28, in communication with the pickup element 24 to suck air in through the selfsame pickup element.
  • the pneumatic system 28 sucks air in through the surface 27 so that the sheet 16 is held against the retaining element 24 by suction.
  • the retaining element 24, in the preferred embodiment illustrated is substantially in the form of a suction cup in the sense that it is shaped to hold the tubular wrap, and more specifically, the rear portion 23b thereof, by suction until the folder 22 which makes the twist comes into operation.
  • the retaining element 24 for holding the wrapping material comprises a first jaw 29 and a second jaw 30.
  • the first and second jaws 29, 30 are movable between a close-together position, shown in detail in Figure 3 and a spaced-apart position shown, for example, in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the jaws 29, 30 When they are at the close-together position, the jaws 29, 30 define the curved surface 27 for receiving the rear portion 23b of the tubular wrap.
  • the jaws 29 and 30 are spaced apart when they are at the folder 22, thus allowing the latter to twist the wrap.
  • the movement system 26 for moving the elements 24 is configured to keep the jaw 29 and the jaw 30 at the close-together position while the drum 6 is moving them from the transfer station 13 to the folder 22 in the feed direction V2.
  • the jaw 29 is articulated to the roller 25 about an axis of rotation R4 preferably parallel to the axis R2.
  • the machine 1 comprises an outfeed station 31 which is located downstream of the folder 22 in the direction V2 and by which the products 2 are sent on to further processing stations; for example ⁇ for packagingrof substantially known type and not further described.
  • the machine 1 as described brings important advantages.
  • the pickup element 24, by means of the jaws 29 and 30 in the preferred embodiment illustrated, prevents the wrapping material, in particular the rear portion 23b of the tubular wrap, from moving relative to the product 2 while the roller 25 is moving.
  • the auxiliary gripper defined by the jaws 29 and 30 moves parallel to the product retaining gripper 19, thus keeping the rear portion 23b of the tubular wrap correctly positioned relative to the product at all times.
  • the rear portion 23b is released by the retaining element 24 just before reaching the folder 22 which makes the twist.
  • the folder 22 thus finds the rear portion 23b in the correct position and the twist is made in the optimum manner.

Abstract

L'invention porte sur une machine (1) pour envelopper un produit alimentaire (2), laquelle machine comprend un dispositif d'emballage (4) pour emballer le produit (2) ; le dispositif d'emballage (4) comprenant un système de pliage (18, 20, 21, 22) par lequel un morceau (16) de matériau d'emballage est plié sur le produit (2) et un tambour d'emballage (6) comportant une pluralité d'éléments de saisie (19) par lesquels les produits (2) sont maintenus et distribués le long d'une seconde direction de distribution (V2) ; le tambour d'emballage (6) comprenant une pluralité d'éléments de maintien (24) pour maintenir par aspiration le morceau (16) de matériau d'emballage emballé autour du produit (2) ; les éléments de maintien (24) étant alignés avec les dispositifs de saisie (19) de produit (2) le long d'une direction parallèle à l'axe de rotation (R2) du tambour d'emballage (6).
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IT000180A ITBO20130180A1 (it) 2013-04-22 2013-04-22 Macchina incartatrice di prodotti dolciari.
PCT/IB2014/060833 WO2014174420A1 (fr) 2013-04-22 2014-04-18 Machine pour envelopper des produits de confiserie

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