EP3174808A2 - Behältnis, verfahren zur herstellung von behältnissen, vorrichtung zur aufbringung einer verschlussvorrichtung an ein behältnis sowie system zur herstellung von einer vielzahl an behältnissen - Google Patents
Behältnis, verfahren zur herstellung von behältnissen, vorrichtung zur aufbringung einer verschlussvorrichtung an ein behältnis sowie system zur herstellung von einer vielzahl an behältnissenInfo
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- EP3174808A2 EP3174808A2 EP15744155.1A EP15744155A EP3174808A2 EP 3174808 A2 EP3174808 A2 EP 3174808A2 EP 15744155 A EP15744155 A EP 15744155A EP 3174808 A2 EP3174808 A2 EP 3174808A2
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- closure
- web
- closure device
- carrier
- container
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
- B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
- B65D33/2516—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener
- B65D33/2525—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener located between the fastener and the product compartment
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
- B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
- B65D33/2516—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener
- B65D33/2533—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener the slide fastener being located between the product compartment and the tamper indicating means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
- B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
- B65D33/2575—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor the slide fastener providing access to the bag through a bag wall, e.g. intended to be cut open by the consumer
- B65D33/2583—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor the slide fastener providing access to the bag through a bag wall, e.g. intended to be cut open by the consumer the slide fastener being attached to one wall only
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
- B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B70/813—Applying closures
- B31B70/8131—Making bags having interengaging closure elements
- B31B70/8133—Applying the closure elements in the cross direction
Definitions
- Container Method for the production of containers, apparatus for applying a closure device to a container and system for producing a plurality of containers
- the invention relates to a container into which goods can be introduced. It has been found that the functionality of such containers can be improved, in particular if a first opening of the container takes place in order to at least partially remove the goods present in the container.
- the containers are often not resealable, so that the contents of the container is not reliably protected from moisture, aroma loss, environmental influences.
- the object of the invention is to provide a container which avoids the above-mentioned disadvantages, in particular that the functionality of such a container is substantially increased.
- a container into which goods can be introduced wherein the container has a flexible envelope which comprises at least one main opening and a cavity in order to introduce goods through the main opening into the cavity.
- a closure device provided on the envelope is provided on the container, wherein the closure device has a resealable opening, which allows access to the cavity when the main opening is closed.
- An essential advantage of the invention is that the material can be effectively protected from environmental influences via the resealable opening within the container.
- the resealable opening serves to remove the goods from the container, without it being necessary to open the closed main opening, through which the goods were usually introduced.
- the goods may be z. As food, food, fertilizer, seeds, powdery or granular goods, dry food or the like.
- the container may have a bag, bag or bag shape.
- the container may have a front wall and a rear wall, in particular, which may be interconnected by two side walls. It is also conceivable that a bottom wall is provided, which is fastened around its circumference at the front, or rear or the side walls.
- Various folds may be present on the above-mentioned walls in order, for example, to ensure a defined geometry of the container, in particular in the unfolded position.
- the flexible cover may advantageously be formed from a material which is a woven fabric and / or a fleece and / or a film and / or is made of a plastic and / or of paper and / or of a metal.
- the material of the envelope can be made of plastic films, preferably of PI, PP, MOPP, PE, PPS, PEEK, PEK, PEI, PAEK, LCP, PEN, PBT, PET, PA, PC, COC, POM, ABS, PVC.
- the plastic film may have a thickness of 4 to 750 ⁇ , preferably 5 to 300 ⁇ , more preferably 10 to 100 ⁇ .
- the material of the envelope, in particular the fabric or the fleece is coated to protect the goods from environmental influences, such as moisture, dust, etc. The coating can be present on the outside of the container and / or on the inside of the container.
- the material of the enclosure may be a composite material.
- the material of the covering may be formed from one or more metal foils and / or plastic foils or from paper, for example AL, Cu, Sn, Ni, Fe or stainless steel foils.
- the material of the envelope in particular the film, the fabric or the nonwoven surface-treated, coated or laminated, for example, with plastics or painted.
- the material of the wrapper may be an endless fiber fleece and / or staple fiber fleece or the like, which may be needled and / or calendered, for example.
- a fabric or nonwoven fabric is formed from plastics such as PP, PET, PA, PPS and the like, and advantageously the sheath may comprise treated fibers such as viscose fibers.
- the closure device may have an elongated configuration and / or be strip-shaped, which is fastened in a material-locking and / or non-positive and / or form-fitting manner to the enclosure.
- the closure device expediently has an extension extending essentially parallel to the bottom of the container.
- the invention also includes that the closure device, in particular the reclosable opening, can alternatively also have an angle to the bottom, or a different shape, which can also be curved or curved in addition to a straight, linear extent.
- a possible embodiment of the invention may be that the closure device has at least two closure elements, which can be brought between a closed position and an open position, in the closed position, the closure elements such interact, that the reclosable opening is in a closed state, in particular in the open position, the closure elements are detached from each other, so that the reclosable opening is in an open state.
- the resealable opening is reversibly closed to advantageously make several emptying operations with respect.
- two closure elements are provided, which act in the closed position positively and / or positively against one another, whereby an effective closure of the cavity is achieved from the outside of the container.
- the occlusive device is disposed within the cavity on one side of the sheath or within the cavity on at least two sides of the sheath. If the closure device is arranged on one side of the envelope, ie on the inside of the container, the two closure elements are also positioned on the side mentioned. In the alternative embodiment, in which the closure device is arranged both on the one and on the other inner side of the container, the one closure element is advantageously fastened to one inner side and the other second closure element to the opposite inner side of the envelope.
- An advantage of the one-sided arrangement of the closure device within the cavity of the envelope may be that the production cost of such a container, in particular the attachment of the closure device to the envelope of the container production-wise easy.
- An advantage of the two-sided arrangement of the closure device within the cavity of the enclosure may be that the geometric shape of the container filled with goods can be influenced thereby effectively.
- the invention may also provide for the closure device to be arranged outside the cavity on one side of the wrapper, wherein the wrapper has a slot opening approximately at the level of the reclosable opening which is substantially adapted to the extent of the reclosable opening.
- the closure device is not within the cavity but on the outer skin of the envelope.
- the resealable opening in this area can be reinforced by additional material layers, in particular film layers.
- the arrangement of the just mentioned closure elements can be carried out according to the invention within the cavity or outside the cavity.
- a closure element may comprise components of small hook elements, and the second closure element may include, for example, soft, flexible loops so that both closure elements may be joined together by light pressure.
- a hook-and-loop fastener is that it usually has enormous holding forces, since the interacting closure elements, in particular a form-fitting interlock, whereby a stable, releasable closure is formed.
- Velcro closures have a high temperature resistance, the Velcro is suitable for different tensile strengths.
- the invention also includes closure elements that act as zippers or sliders. These closure elements have a zipper-like effect and are particularly resistant to environmental influences.
- the closure device may have a recognition element, which acts haptically and / or acoustically for the user, if the closure device has been completely transferred from its open position into the closed position. For example the closure device can emit an audible signal, "click" when reaching the closed position.
- the container according to the invention can be developed such that the closure elements adjacent to the resealable opening are connected to each other, in particular welded or glued.
- An advantage of this embodiment is that both closure elements can be attached to the enclosure at the same time as the container is being manufactured.
- the type of fastening by means of welding represents a reliable fastening connection, which can hardly be influenced by various environmental influences.
- the method of attachment by means of adhesive has, inter alia, the great advantage that both closure elements can be adhesively bonded together in a short time, which is advantageous in relation to the manufacturing process of the container.
- the closure device, in particular the closure elements can be fastened directly to the enclosure.
- the closure device it is conceivable for the closure device to have at least one carrier on which the closure elements are arranged, the carrier being fastened to the enclosure, in particular the carrier being fastened to the closure element or closure elements by an adhesive connection or a welded connection and / or a passage opening having.
- the feature of the carrier has the advantage that first the closure elements are to be fastened to the carrier, whereby a common component of a closure device is formed, which at least consists of two closure elements and the carrier. This formed of several components component can be selectively positioned and fixed in a manufacturing step to the envelope of the container, wherein the carrier comes into contact with the envelope.
- the closure device may be useful to attach the closure device to the enclosure by means of adhesive bonding, in particular if the material of the enclosure is a tissue which is distinguished in particular by its high stability and lightness with respect to other materials.
- the carrier has at least one passage opening, so that at an open resealable opening goods can be removed from the container.
- the support may be made of a material that is made of plastic or fleece or fabric and / or that the support is designed as a film, in particular the support has a support surface which is geometrically enlarged to the closure elements .
- the closure device may be secured to the enclosure by an adhesive bond or weld, in particular the support may be secured to the enclosure by an adhesive bond or weld. Between the carrier and the envelope, the adhesive connection may be provided.
- the container according to the invention can be further developed such that a tamper-evident closure is provided on the envelope, in particular the tamper-evident closure on the outside of the envelope, which is located outside the cavity.
- a tamper-evident closure is provided on the envelope, in particular the tamper-evident closure on the outside of the envelope, which is located outside the cavity.
- the perforation can z. B. be visible to the user and / or can be palpated.
- the perforation can be a material perforation consisting of small and / or narrow perforations or openings. If the tamper-evident closure is located on the outside of the envelope, ie outside the cavity, it may be advantageous for the closure device to be fastened inside the cavity.
- the closure device can be arranged outside the cavity, that means in the outer region of the envelope, wherein a strip element can cover the closure device, which serves as tamper-evident closure acts.
- the reclosable opening is opened. If the resealable opening is opened, access into the cavity of the container is possible, whereby emptying of the container is possible.
- Behind the outside of the container arranged closure device is the slot opening which is introduced in the enclosure, so that the access into the cavity via the reclosable opening is possible.
- the slot opening is advantageously open at all times.
- the invention may provide that there are attachment areas between the enclosure and the closure device, wherein the closure device has a geometric extent which protrudes far beyond the attachment areas within the cavity along the enclosure, wherein in particular the attachment areas surround the reclosable opening.
- the attachment areas are or are designed as an enclosing web surrounding the slot opening of the enclosure and / or the perforation of the enclosure and / or the resealable opening, so that an absolute tightness of the container is ensured.
- the container according to the invention can be embodied such that attachment points are located between the carrier and the closure elements, in particular two long attachment points arranged along the longitudinal extent of the closure device are provided, which are effected via a heat input, and two short attachment points arranged transversely to the longitudinal extension of the closure device are provided, which are carried out via a Ultraschallversch spaung.
- both attachment points, in particular the long attachment points and the short attachment points can be achieved via a weld, wherein the material of the enclosure is spared by the ultrasonic welding, since in this case no heat input takes place.
- the long attachment site and the short attachment site may provide a closed attachment path surrounding the reclosable opening.
- the container according to the invention can be designed with closure elements which are designed as a common component, wherein in particular a predetermined breaking point is provided between the closure elements.
- This predetermined breaking point can also serve as a tamper-evident closure.
- closure devices on the flat web, in which the closure devices are glued to the flat web,
- the invention relates to a method for the production of containers, which comprises the following steps:
- the closure devices are fastened on the one hand to the flat web before the flat web is transferred into a tubular web.
- the inventive method also includes the possibility that the closure devices are attached to the tube web, which has been previously made of a flat web. Both process alternatives are characterized by a high production efficiency.
- the step h) before step g) or after step g) or during step g) takes place.
- the semifinished product is characterized in that it is made of a tubular web, wherein, for example, additional side walls and / or a bottom wall are present / before the closure devices are applied to the semi-finished or fixed.
- the invention includes that possible side walls and / or a bottom wall are only brought to the semi-finished products when the closure devices are already attached to the semi-finished products.
- the method provides that, for the production of the closure device, the carrier is welded to the closure elements, wherein the carrier is glued to the flat web or to the tubular web.
- the invention may comprise a method according to the invention such that an application device is provided for arranging the closure device on the flat web or on the tubular web, wherein the following steps are provided:
- each individual closure device on the moving flat web or tubular web, wherein the closure device is pressed with a force on the flat web or tubular web.
- the adhesive medium may be, for example, a hot-melt which is applied over its entire surface to one side of the carrier endless web, the adhesive medium serving to effect a reliable attachment between the carrier and the flat web or the tubular web.
- the closure elements are arranged on the opposite side of the Suendlosbahn, that means on the side which has no adhesive medium.
- the carrier endless track is deflected from the first feed movement into a further second feed movement in order to achieve a reliable feed of the carrier endless track or of the separated carriers with closure elements in the direction of flat web or tubular web.
- This may be one or more drivers, which are designed, for example, as rotating cylinders, which effectively achieve a deflection of the carrier endless track or of the individual carriers or of the individual closure devices.
- a perforation device can apply a perforation to the carrier endless track.
- the perforation device may be advantageous for the perforation device to have cutting elements to which a means is applied so that the cutting elements are not adversely affected in their cutting action by the adhesive medium located on the carrier endless web, in particular that the agent is an oil.
- the oil may be a silicone oil.
- the agent which is applied to the cutting elements causes as little or no adhesive as possible to adhere to the cutting elements, even though the cutting elements introduce small perforation holes or perforation openings during the perforation process into the carrier endless web which is wetted with the adhesive medium.
- a measure improving the invention may be that the feeding movement of the carrier endless web or the closure device takes place continuously, wherein in particular the speed of the carrier endless web or the closure device is less than the speed of the flat web or the tubular web. As a result, a fast production speed can be achieved.
- a bagged variant can be advantageous if no complicated control for the existing feed movements is desired.
- the adhesive medium can be applied to the carrier web with a small amount; in particular, the application of the adhesive medium can be less than approximately 15 g / m 2 , in particular less than approximately 5 g / m 2 .
- the adhesive medium depend strongly on the geometry of the closure device and the material properties of the flat web / tubular web and the closure device, in particular of the carrier.
- the flat web or the tubular web is a woven fabric.
- the method according to the invention can provide that
- an adhesive medium is applied to the closure device via at least one virtually stationary adhesive outlet opening
- the closure device is pressed with a force on the flat web or tubular web.
- the fixed adhesive outlet openings ensure that an efficient application of the adhesive medium to the closure device can be achieved.
- a fairly compact application device is created, which can be kept low with respect to the installation space. So that the closure device is reliably fixed on the envelope, in particular on the flat web or on the tubular web, the closure device is subjected to a defined force when the closure device is applied to the flat web or tubular web.
- the adhesive medium it may, for. B. to act a hot-melt, in particular a hot melt adhesive, which ensures effective reliable fixation.
- Another advantage of the hot melt adhesive is that the closure device can be fixed to the enclosure in a short time. In the adhesive outlet openings, it may be z. B.
- an application of the adhesive medium in the form of an adhesive contour which is advantageously applied in a straight line to the closure device, the contour depends on the feed movements.
- the application of the adhesive medium can be advantageously carried out on the carrier, which then has a defined adhesive contour or adhesive sheet, which serves as fastening means in the aforementioned steps b) and / or g).
- the first feed movement may be a translatory movement, which in particular runs the first feed movement transversely to the transport direction of the flat web or tubular web or counter to the transport direction of the flat web or tubular web.
- Both alternatives of the first feed movement show that, on the one hand, rapid application of the adhesive medium can be achieved.
- the adhesive outlet openings can be positioned as close as possible to the flat web or to the tubular web, whereby the effectiveness of the adhesive medium is not impaired.
- the adhesive medium is applied to the Shingle with a small amount, in particular that the application of the adhesive medium is less than about 15 g / m 2 , in particular less than about 5 g / m 2 .
- the second feed movement is a rotational movement, in particular the second feed movement runs in the same direction to the transport direction of the flat web or tubular web.
- the inventive method can be further developed such that a rotatable carrier provides for the second feed movement, wherein the driver has a receptacle on which the closure device is placed, wherein the receptacle has means which the closure device during the feed movement to the flat web or tubular web hold reliably on the recording.
- the second supply movement as a rotational movement has the advantage that the application device can be kept as compact as possible, wherein the drive of the driver can be arranged as close to the driver.
- the same sense is meant that at the point of contact between the train, in particular flat or Tube web and the closure device to be applied in the same direction movements of the web and the closure device are present.
- each semi-finished product is composed of the closure elements on the carrier or on the Carrier endless are attached.
- an endless track of the closure elements which may for example be present as a roll and be rolled continuously in the process, a cutting device can separate the continuous web of the closure elements at defined locations and thus can "cut" semi-finished , which are formed from two closure elements, which are to be attached only in a further method step or steps on the envelope and / or first on the carrier and / or the Stromendlosbahn.
- the object of the invention is also achieved by a device according to the invention for applying a closure device, which can relate in particular to a closure device which is already described in the container according to the invention, or is disclosed in the method or method steps according to the invention.
- the closure device is applied to a translationally moving web, in particular flat web or tubular web, the device according to the invention having an application tool which is suitable
- Adhesive outlet opening is applicable to the closure device
- the apparatus includes that a first actuator that performs the first feed movement, and a second actuator that performs the second feed movement, wherein an adhesive unit is provided with the adhesive outlet openings, the adhesive medium during the two feed movements on the closure device applying.
- a rotatably mounted driver may be provided with a receptacle on which the closure device can be positioned, wherein the carrier has means which reliably hold the closure device during the feed movement to the flat web or tubular web on the receptacle, in particular that the means are designed so that on the recording a defined pressure on the closure device acts, so that reliably the closure device during the second feed movement remains on the receptacle or that the means are designed such that positively and / or non-positively, the closure device on the recording during the second feed remains.
- the invention includes that in the region of the receptacle openings are arranged, which cause a certain negative pressure when the closure device, in particular the carrier of the closure device is arranged on the driver.
- the closure device is reliably held on the receptacle, in particular when the closure device performs its second supply movement.
- the driver can cooperate with a rotatably mounted counter element, whereby the closure device is pressed with a force on the web.
- the counter element and / or the driver may be cylindrical, wherein the web between the driver and counter element extends and is transported, at the same time when contacting the web with the counter element, the necessary force is exerted on the closure device, whereby the adhesive connection can be improved.
- a device according to the invention for applying a closure device which may relate in particular to a closure device which is already described in the container according to the invention, or is disclosed in the method or method steps according to the invention.
- the closure device is mounted on a translationally moving web, in particular flat web or tubular web applied, wherein the device according to the invention comprises an application device, the
- an adhesive application device which is suitable for applying an adhesive medium to a carrier endless web which moves in a first supply movement and on which closure elements of the closure device are already fastened
- a deflection device which deflects the carrier endless track into a second feed movement
- a separating device which is suitable for separating the carrier endless track into individual closing devices
- a device which is adapted to each individual closure device on the moving flat web or tubular web to pass, wherein the closure device is pressed with a force on the flat web or tubular web.
- the individual units such as adhesive application device, deflection device, separating device and device for transferring the individual closure device on the moving flat web or tubular web can be positioned in the application device so that the machine operator can easily intervene in the individual units, which means that Enough free space for the machine user can be created, whereby a reliable accessibility in the aggregates of the application device is conceivable.
- the invention relates to a system for producing a plurality of containers, which have already been described in the above-mentioned description.
- the system according to the invention relates to a first device for producing closure devices, to a second device for applying closure devices to a web, in particular flat web or tubular web and to a third device for producing a plurality of containers with a bottom (bottom wall) and / or one or more side walls.
- the system according to the invention may additionally be supplemented by a fourth device which is provided for separating the web transversely to the transport direction of the web, whereby a plurality of semi-finished products is formed, in particular a plurality of semi-finished products arises, each having a closure device.
- a fifth device may be integrated within the system according to the invention, which is provided for filling the containers with a good, wherein subsequently a sixth device may be provided, which closes the filled containers.
- the inventive system can, for. B. in an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine to be integrated.
- FIG. 1 shows a possible embodiment of a closure device according to the invention, which is arranged on a flexible container
- FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of a closure device which is attached to a flexible container
- FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of a closure device, which is fastened to both inner sides of the container within its cavity
- FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a closure device according to the invention, which is designed with a predetermined breaking point
- FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of a closure device according to the invention, which is arranged within the container and has a predetermined breaking point
- 6 shows a plan view of one side of the container, which shows inter alia the closure device as well as the attachment regions and attachment sites of the closure device,
- FIG. 7 is a simplified representation of an application device for arranging the closure device on the envelope, in particular flat or tubular web,
- FIG. 8 shows the application device according to FIG. 7, wherein the closure device is located in a further position, which differs from that in FIG. 7,
- FIG. 9 shows a simplified representation of a container according to the invention with a closure device shown schematically
- 1 1 is a simplified representation of a flat web with applied closure device
- FIG. 13 is a schematic representation of a system for producing a plurality of containers, each with an applied closure device,
- 15 shows a further embodiment of a method sequence for the production of containers, each with an applied closure device
- 16 shows a further embodiment of a device for applying a closure device
- FIG. 17 shows the embodiment according to FIG. 16 in a further view
- FIG. 18 shows a further exemplary embodiment in a simplified representation, which shows how a closure device according to the invention can be applied to a moving web
- FIG. 19 shows a further exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 18.
- FIG. 1 to 19 different embodiments of containers 10 are shown, which are designed for example as a sack, bag and various goods can be introduced into the containers 10, for.
- a possible embodiment of a container 10 is z.
- the container 10 has a flexible sheath 1 1, wherein the sheath 1 1 may include a first side 14 and a second side 15 and in the lower region, a closed bottom 18 is present.
- the container 10 has a cavity 13 into which goods can be introduced, wherein in the upper area the goods pass through the main opening 12 during the filling process. If the container 10 is filled accordingly, the main opening 12 is closed.
- the closing can be done for example via a weld or a bond or the like, which is not explicitly shown.
- the flexible sheath 11 has a schematically illustrated closure device 50 with a resealable opening 53.
- the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 1 to 6 show possible variants of closure devices 50 that can be applied to a container 10.
- the container 10 according to Figure 9 is a possible embodiment, of course, different types of containers 10 are conceivable, which may be folded differently, for example, or may have further side walls, which is not core of the invention.
- closure device 50 The advantage of a closure device 50 according to all embodiments is that the user can open and close the resealable opening 53, depending on the application, in order to completely and / or at least partially empty the container 10.
- the closure device 50 is located in the interior of the container 10, in particular within the cavity 13.
- the closure device 50 is composed of a first closure element 51 and a second closure element 52 which engage with their arcuate elements and the closure position 1 according to FIG Take 1. Both closure elements 51, 52 are fastened to a carrier 54, wherein between the carrier 54 and the closure elements 51, 52 attachment points 4 are present, which are illustrated in Figure 6 in a further view.
- the container 10 has two long attachment points 4a arranged along the longitudinal extent of the closure device 50 and two short attachment points 4b arranged transversely to the longitudinal extent of the closure device 50.
- the short attachment points are carried out in the present embodiment, an ultrasonic welding.
- the long attachment points 4a are formed by a heat input, for example via welding jaws.
- the long attachment points 4a and the short attachment points 4b result in a closed attachment path which surrounds the reclosable opening 53.
- the other embodiments according to Figure 2 to Figure 5 have such a mounting track with long and short attachment points 4a, 4b.
- the carrier 54 is in turn disposed on the flexible sheath 1 1 at the attachment areas 3, which is an adhesive bond.
- the application of the adhesive is shown schematically in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- An application device 20 ensures that the closure device 50 is arranged on a flat web 5 (see FIG. 11) or on a tubular web 6 (see FIG. 12), wherein during a first feed movement 21 the adhesive medium consists of an adhesive unit 28, in particular the adhesive outlet openings 23 occurs and simultaneously applied to the closure device 50, in particular on the carrier 54 during movement.
- the adhesive outlet openings 23 are fixed in position, wherein only the closure device along the first feed movement 21 is moved.
- the movement of the closure device 50 according to FIG. 7 is effected by a first actuator 31.
- the closure device 50 is placed on a receptacle 26 of a rotatable carrier 25.
- the receptacle 26 has means 27 which reliably holds the closure device 50 on the receptacle 26 during the second feed movement 22, which is shown in FIG.
- the receptacle 26 is designed as a type of platform, wherein in the illustrated embodiment, openings 27 are shown, which can cause a defined negative pressure, so that during the second feed movement 22 according to Figure 8, the closure device 50 is reliably held on the driver 25.
- a new application of an adhesive medium via fixed adhesive outlet openings 24 takes place on the closure device 50.
- a second actuator 32 is provided, which is responsible for the second feed movement 22, wherein the first feed movement 21 is translational, which runs transversely to the transport direction of the flat web 5 or tubular web 6.
- the first feed movement 21 is also conceivable such that it takes place counter to the transport direction of the flat web 5 or tubular web 6, this alternative being indicated by the reference numeral 21 'in FIG.
- the second feed movement 22, which takes place via the second actuator 32, is a rotational movement, in which the driver 25 runs in opposite directions to the transport direction of the flat web 5 or tubular web 6, which is shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 furthermore shows that the envelope 11 has a tamper-evident closure 17 which is formed by a perforation 19 on the envelope 11, which is also shown in FIG is.
- the carrier 54 has a passage opening 56. If the user now carries out an opening operation of the opening 53, which is in its closed position 1 in FIG. 1 and in all depictions, the user first removes the tamper-evident closure 17 by pulling off this strip-like closure 17 along the perforation 19. Subsequently, the closure element 52 can be moved upward in accordance with the arrow direction shown until both closure elements 51, 52 no longer intermesh. The result is an open position of the closure elements 51, 52, so that the material from the cavity 13 through the opening 53, 56 can reach the outside.
- the closure device 50 is located on one side 14 of the envelope 1 1, and indeed within the cavity 13 of the container 10. It is also conceivable that the closure device 50 according to Figure 1 is located in the outer region of the side 14 of the enclosure 1 1 , wherein at the same time the tamper-evident closure 17 is located within the cavity 13. All features described in Figure 1 are applicable according to the latter alternative.
- FIG. 2 shows a container 10 with a closure device 50, wherein substantially all features correspond to those of FIG. An essential difference is that the attachment of the closure device 50 without carrier 54 takes place on the flexible sheath 1 1.
- the closure device 50 is fixed within the cavity 13 via attachment regions 3, which can be applied to the closure device 50, for example, according to the exemplary embodiments from FIG. 7 and FIG. All statements on this also apply to FIG. 2.
- FIG. 3 an embodiment is shown, which also makes use of a closure device 50 according to the embodiments already described, with a significant difference is that the closure device 50 both on one side 14 of the envelope 1 1 and on the second side 15 of the enclosure 1 1 is attached.
- the attachment areas 3 are likewise adhesive connections which, for example according to FIG. 7 or FIG. 8, can be applied to the closure device 50.
- the container 10, in particular the flexible envelope 11 has a tamper-evident closure 17 with a corresponding perforation 19.
- the second closure element 52 In order to open the reclosable opening 53 of both exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 2 and 3, it is necessary for the second closure element 52 to be shown in FIG Arrow direction is moved from the effective range of the first closure element 51.
- FIG. 1 the closure device 50 both on one side 14 of the envelope 1 1 and on the second side 15 of the enclosure 1 1 is attached.
- the attachment areas 3 are likewise adhesive connections which, for example according to FIG. 7 or FIG. 8, can be applied to the closure device 50.
- FIG. 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a container 10, which has on one side, within the cavity 13, a closure device 50 which is essentially arranged on the flexible covering 11 in accordance with the fastening technique according to FIG.
- the closure device 50 has two closure elements 51, 52, which are designed as a common component.
- the closure device has a predetermined breaking point 55, which additionally serves as a tamper-evident closure 17. If the user wishes to open the reclosable opening 53, first the tamper evident closure 17 is to be removed on the outside so that access to the cavity 13 is subsequently possible.
- the closure device 50 according to FIG. 4 also has a carrier 54, as a result of which a reliable fixing and fastening of the closure device 50 to the flexible sheath 11 can be achieved.
- the carrier 54 In order for access to the cavity 13 to be possible with a remote tamper-evident closure 17, the carrier 54 has the passage opening 56.
- the closure device 50 according to FIG. 5 essentially corresponds to the closure device 50 according to FIG. 4, the predetermined breaking point 55 being arranged in the region of the passage opening 56 of the carrier 54.
- the closure device 50 is located on the outside of the container 10, that is, the tamper-evident closure 17 is located within the cavity 13 of the container 10.
- To open the resealable opening 53 it is first necessary, the two closure elements 51, 52 from its closed position in to move an open position, which is shown on the arrow representation shown.
- the access into the cavity 13 of the container 10 is achieved via a violation of the predetermined breaking point 55, so that the material receives access to the outside through the openings 19, 56.
- the manner of attachment of the carrier 54 to the closure elements 51, 52 corresponds to the manner of attachment according to FIG. 1. It is explicitly pointed out that the closure elements 51, 52 are shown schematically in their mode of operation and, alternatively, they can be designed as a Velcro fastener, as a zipper or as a slider.
- the sheath 1 1 is formed from a material which is a woven fabric and / or a fleece and / or a film and / or may be made of a plastic and / or of paper and / or of a metal.
- the carrier 54 is advantageously made of a material which is made of plastic, fleece or fabric and / or that the carrier 54 is designed as a film, wherein it is shown in all embodiments that the carrier 54 has a support surface 57 which increases geometrically to the surface of the closure elements 51, 52 is. This means that the good does not come into contact with the attachment points 4.
- the container 10 has on the outside a strip element 17 as a tamper-evident closure 17, which can be arranged on the closure device 50.
- the closure device 50 is covered over the strip element 17.
- a possible system 40 is shown, which may refer to the manufacture of a plurality of containers 10 according to all embodiments.
- the system 40 has a first device 41, which provides the closure devices 50 with the first 51 and the second closure element 52 and possibly the carrier 54.
- a device 42 that can apply the described closure devices 50 to the web 5, 6, which is shown by way of example in FIGS. 7, 8, 10 to 12.
- the system 40 includes a device 43 that can create a plurality of containers 10, shown for example in FIG.
- the system 40 may provide a device 44 for separating the web 5, 6 transversely to the transport direction of the web 5, 6, whereby a plurality of semi-finished products is formed, each having a closure device 50.
- the system 40 also has a device 45 for filling the containers 10 with a good, wherein it is also conceivable that subsequently a device 56 is provided within the system 40, which closes the filled containers 10.
- a device 45 for filling the containers 10 with a good wherein it is also conceivable that subsequently a device 56 is provided within the system 40, which closes the filled containers 10.
- FIG. 14 the production of a flat web 5, 6, which serves as material for the envelope 11, first takes place in step a).
- the closure device or closure devices 50 is applied to the web 5, 6, in which advantageously the closure devices 50 are bonded to the web 5, 6 according to FIG. 7 and FIG.
- step c) the flat web 5 is transferred into a tubular web 6, wherein the opposite sides of the flat web 5 are interconnected.
- the tube web is cut transversely to the tube web extension into a multiplicity of semi-finished products, each of which has a closure device 50.
- a flat web which serves as material for the envelope 11, which corresponds to step a) of FIG.
- the flat web 5 is transferred into a tubular web 6, wherein the opposite sides of the flat web 5 are connected to one another, which corresponds to the step c) of FIG.
- an attachment of closure devices 50 to the tubular web 6 can take place, which is carried out in step g), which substantially corresponds to step b) of FIG.
- FIG. 15 it is conceivable that, according to FIG.
- step h) takes place in which the flat web 5 or tubular web 6 is severed transversely to the web extension into a plurality of semifinished products, this step h) before step g) or also after Step g) or during step g) can take place.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 show a further variant of an application device 20 for arranging a closure device 50 on the flat web 5 or on the tubular web 6.
- the application device 20 has an adhesive application device 62, which comprises a container 64 and a roller 63.
- An adhesive medium, in particular a hot melt, which is located in the container 64, is applied to the carrier endless web 58 via the roller 63.
- the application of the adhesive medium is flat.
- the closure elements 51, 52 are fixed, which were applied in a previous process step on the Suendlosbahn, which is shown schematically in Figure 17.
- an endless web 59 provided, which has the closure elements 51, 52. This winding is unrolled and singulated in a cutting device shown in semi-finished products, each semi-finished consisting of the two closure elements 51, 52 is applied to the moving Suendlosbahn 58.
- the application device 20 has a deflection device, which is composed inter alia of the driver 25, whereby a deflection of the carrier endless web 58, including the already applied adhesive layer, takes place in the direction of the moving webs 5, 6.
- the driver 25 is a suction cylinder which rotates counterclockwise.
- Adjacent to a perforation device 60 is arranged, which applies a perforation on the Suendlosbahn 58.
- the perforation 60 has cutting elements 70, which cause the perforations.
- a separating device 61 Downstream of a separating device 61 is provided, which separates the Suendlosbahn 58 at the perforation lines, wherein in each case a single closure device 50 is formed, which has on one side the adhesive medium and on the other side of the carrier 54, the closure elements 51, 52.
- a rotating counter-element 29 is provided below the driver 25, which is designed as a cylinder. Between both elements 25, 29 there is a defined gap through which the web 5, 6 and the closure device 50 applied thereon are guided. The elements 25, 29 also ensure that a corresponding force is exerted on the closure device 50 in order to achieve a reliable hold between the closure device 50, in particular the carrier 54 and the web 5, 6.
- two drivers 25.1, 25.2 are shown, wherein the upper driver 25.1 rotates clockwise and the lower driver 25.2 rotates counterclockwise.
- a rotating counter-element 29 is shown, which rotates clockwise.
- a gap through which the web 5, 6 and the closure device 50 extend is shown, wherein as in Figure 16, a defined force on the closure device 50 can be exercised.
- a driver 25 and a counter-element 29 is shown, wherein the web 5, 6 obliquely the elements 25, 29 is supplied.
- a defined pressure on the closure device 50 in order to ensure a reliable attachment to the web 5, 6.
- the adhesive application device 62, the separating device 61, the perforation device 60 from FIG. 16 are also applicable, wherein it is shown schematically only in FIGS. 18 and 19 that alternative deflection devices for the carrier endless track 58 and for the closure device 50, respectively are conceivable.
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