EP3044098B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur erzeugung von doppelkammer-filterbeuteln für tee - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung zur erzeugung von doppelkammer-filterbeuteln für tee Download PDF

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EP3044098B1
EP3044098B1 EP14821269.9A EP14821269A EP3044098B1 EP 3044098 B1 EP3044098 B1 EP 3044098B1 EP 14821269 A EP14821269 A EP 14821269A EP 3044098 B1 EP3044098 B1 EP 3044098B1
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/24—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for shaping or reshaping completed packages
    • 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
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • B65B29/02—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package
    • B65B29/028—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package packaging infusion material into filter bags
    • 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
    • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
    • B65B49/14—Folders forming part of, or attached to, conveyors for partially-wrapped articles

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  • the present invention relates to a method and unit for the formation of double chamber filter bags for infusion material.
  • the present invention is advantageously used for the production of teabags, or an equivalent material, in filter paper of the double chamber type, to which the following description will specifically refer, at the same time maintaining its generic nature.
  • Double chamber teabags are generally traditionally produced starting from a successive release of doses of tea onto a flat strip of filter paper which continually advances along a horizontal advancement path, followed by the formation of a tubular wrapping by folding the above-mentioned strip and closure by longitudinal seaming of two ends of the same strip.
  • the consecutive cutting of the above tubular wrapping into relative single portions, followed by a W-shaped folding of a central transversal edge of each portion is then effected in correspondence with an operational cutting and folding station, situated along said path.
  • a refolding of two substantially equal superimposed parts of each portion around the above-mentioned central edge is then effected in sequence, so that each part contains a relative dose of tea in its interior.
  • This refolding into two parts takes place during and through a subsequent transferral, substantially transversal with respect to the above path, and relative blockage of each portion between a relative gripper of a wheel with radial grippers, rotating discontinuously and forming part of an operating station for the formation of teabags.
  • the upper end opposite the above-mentioned W-folded edge of each portion is then closed and blocked for example with a staple, with a stitch or by transversal seaming, and a thread with a pickup tag is finally fixed to the upper end itself, thus completing the formation of the known double chamber teabag with a pickup tag.
  • an objective of the present invention is to provide a method for the formation and production of high-quality filter bags for infusion products, capable of guaranteeing a high production efficiency standard.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a formation unit of filter bags actuating the method in question.
  • U indicates as a whole, a formation unit of filter bags for infusion products, in particular teabags 1 of the double-chamber type, representing an integral part of a known packaging machine M of doses 2 of tea in bags 1.
  • the unit U consists of a cutting station 3 of a tubular wrapping 4 of filter paper containing the doses 2 of tea reaching the station 3, advancing in a known way (not illustrated) along an advancing path K as far as a station 5 for the formation of bags 1.
  • a rotating cylinder 6 is positioned in the station 3, equipped with a blade 7, radially protruding from the same cylinder 6.
  • the blade 7 is suitable for effecting the cutting, in sequence, of the wrapping 4 on a tile T to form a succession of portions P of the wrapping itself 4, each portion P containing two doses 2 of tea, spaced apart.
  • the unit U also comprises a folding group G defined by a folder 8 and an opposing element 9 opposite the same folder 8 and positioned on the opposite side with respect to each portion P; the folder 8 is movable from and towards the portion P and has an overturned U-shaped end 8', suitable for cooperating in a known way with an overturned V-shaped end 9' like an apex, of the opposing element 9, also movable from and towards the portion P, to form a W-shaped folding of an edge 10 of the same portion P.
  • the W-shaped folding of the edge 10 is effected in an intermediate position between the two doses of each portion P and, at the opposite end with respect to the W-folding, the portion remains open as far as a closing which is effected in a known way in a subsequent phase which is not illustrated herein.
  • Holding means Z are also present in the station 3, which are suitable for holding the wrapping 4 in a firm position before the cutting, and holding at least the relative portion P during the W-shaped folding of the edge 10.
  • the holding means Z comprise an operating group 19 composed of at least two pressing elements 11 and 12 movable from and towards the wrapping 4 and the portion P.
  • a rotating wheel 13 is envisaged in the station 5 for the formation of bags 1, with an alternating movement in an anticlockwise direction, as indicated by the arrow V in figures 1 and 3 .
  • the wheel 13 is provided with operating means comprising a plurality of radial grippers 14, each comprising two jaws 15 and 16 opposing and movably pivoted so as to oscillate towards and away from each other, as indicated by the arrows and f2 in figure 2 .
  • the wheel 13 is only partially illustrated in figure 1 and in figures 2 to 5 only one gripper 14 is shown.
  • Each gripper 14 is suitable for receiving from the station 3, by means of the group G, a relative portion P with a W-shaped folded edge, so as to define and complete a folding around the above-mentioned edge 10 of the portion P in two parts P1 and P2, which comprise two substantially equal chambers, superimposed with respect to each other, so that each part P1, P2 contains a relative dose 2 of tea inside the respective chamber.
  • the relative jaws 15 and 16 have, at their free upper end, two edges 17 and 18, suitable for respectively cooperating with the pressing elements 11 and 12, movable from and towards the wrapping 4 and the portion P in the station 3. This allows both the W-folding of the edge 10 and also the subsequent refolding into two parts P1 and P2 to be guided and controlled between the jaws 15 and 16 themselves.
  • the wrapping 4 subsequently comes into contact with the end 8' of the folder 8 of the group G and with the end 9' of the opposing element 9 of the group G to start the W-folding phase of the edge 10, the blade 7 then cuts the same wrapping 4 so that opposite free ends P' and P" of the portion P are withheld between the element 12 and the tile T and between the element 11 and the edge 17, respectively.
  • the method described in the present invention for the formation of filter bags 1 for infusion material comprising the phases of cutting the wrapping 4 containing the doses 2 of said infusion material into relative portions P, W-folding an edge 10 of each of said portions P and refolding the same portion P itself into two substantially equal parts P1 and P2, each of said parts P1 and P2 containing a relative dose 2, in order to form, by means of the gripper operating means 14, a double chamber bag 1; the method comprises the further phase of firmly withholding both said wrapping 4 before said cutting, and said portion P during the subsequent W-folding and refolding phases, said withholding being effected by means of a movable operating group 19 from and towards said wrapping 4 and the portion P.

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  1. Verfahren zur Bildung von Filtertaschen (1) für Infusionsmaterial, umfassend die Phase zum Schneiden einer kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4), die Dosen (2) aus Infusionsmaterial enthält, in Hüllenabschnitte (P) und die Phase zum Bilden einer Doppelkammertasche (1) durch ein Faltmittel (G) und ein Greifermittel (14), wobei das Bilden der Doppelkammertasche durch ein W-Falten eines Randes (10) jedes Hüllenabschnitts (P) und ein Umfalten des Hüllenabschnitts (P) in zwei im Wesentlichen gleiche Teile (P1, P2) bewirkt wird, wobei jedes der Teile (P1, P2) eine relative Dosis (2) enthält, wobei der Hüllenabschnitt (P) durch das Schneiden während der W-Faltung des dazwischenliegenden Randes (10) und während des Umfaltens der Teile (P1, P2) des Hüllenabschnitts (P) definiert ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die kontinuierliche rohrförmige Hülle (4) vor der Schneidephase und der Hüllenabschnitt (P) während der nachfolgenden W- und Umfaltephasen durch ein Haltemittel (11, 12, T; 17, 18) fest und kontinuierlich gehalten werden,
    wobei das Haltemittel Presselemente (11, 12) umfasst, die bewegbar und über sowohl der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) vor dem Schneiden als auch dem Hüllenabschnitt (P), der durch das Schneiden definiert ist, positioniert sind, und die mit gegenüberliegenden Klauen (15, 16) des Greifermittels (14) zusammenwirken, die bewegbar und unterhalb sowohl der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) vor dem Schneiden als auch dem Hüllenabschnitt (P), der durch das Schneiden definiert ist, positioniert sind.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es die Phase zum Bewirken der W-Faltung eines Randes (10) jedes Abschnitts (P) der Hülle (4) vor der Schneidephase eines Hüllenabschnitts (P) von der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) beginnt.
  3. Einheit (U) zum Bilden von Filtertaschen (1) für Infusionsmaterial, mit einem Schneidemittel (6, 7) zum Schneiden einer kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4), die Dosen (2) des Infusionsmaterials enthält, in Hüllenabschnitte (P), einem Faltemittel (G), das zum Bewirken einer W-Faltung eines dazwischenliegenden Randes (10) jedes der Abschnitte (P) und ein Umfalten in zwei im Wesentlichen gleiche Teile (P1, P2) des Hüllenabschnitts (P) geeignet ist, wobei jedes der Teile (P1, P2) eine relative Dosis (2) enthält, und einem Greifmittel (14) zum Bilden einer Doppelkammertasche (1);
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einheit (U) ein Haltemittel (11,12, T; 17, 18) umfasst, das zum festen und kontinuierlichen Halten der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) vor dem Schneiden und des Hüllenabschnitts (P), der durch das Schneiden während der W-Faltung des dazwischenliegenden Randes (10) und während des Umfaltens der Teile (P1, P2) des Hüllenabschnitts (P) definiert ist, um eine Tasche mit einer Doppelkammerkonfiguration zu bilden, geeignet ist, wobei das Haltemittel Presselemente (11, 12) umfasst, die bewegbar und über sowohl der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) vor dem Schneiden als auch dem Hüllabschnitt (P), der durch das Schneiden definiert ist, positioniert sind, und die mit gegenüberliegenden Klauen (15, 16) des Greifmittels (14) zusammenwirken, die bewegbar sind und unterhalb sowohl der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) vor dem Schneiden als auch dem Hüllabschnitt (P), der durch das Schneiden definiert ist, positioniert sind.
  4. Einheit nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Presselemente (11, 12) des Haltemittels und die gegenüberliegenden Klauen (15, 16) zusammenwirken, um die Enden sowohl der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) als auch des Hüllenabschnitts (P) zu blockieren.
  5. Einheit nach einem der Ansprüche 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden gegenüberliegenden Klauen (15, 16) des Greifermittels (14) schwenkbar und zur Bewegung zu und weg voneinander konfiguriert sind, wobei die beiden Klauen (15, 16) jeweils einen Rand (17, 18) an ihrem freien oberen Ende aufweisen.
  6. Einheit nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Presselemente (11, 12), die sich von der kontinuierlichen rohrförmigen Hülle (4) und dem Hüllenabschnitt (P) weg und zu diesen hin bewegen, zum Zusammenwirken mit jedem der Ränder (17, 18) zum Blockieren der Enden sowohl der Hülle (4) als auch des Hüllabschnitts (P) geeignet sind.
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