EP3247642B1 - Procédé de formation de paquets avec une feuille revêtue d'une substance antidérapante - Google Patents

Procédé de formation de paquets avec une feuille revêtue d'une substance antidérapante Download PDF

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EP3247642B1
EP3247642B1 EP15828876.1A EP15828876A EP3247642B1 EP 3247642 B1 EP3247642 B1 EP 3247642B1 EP 15828876 A EP15828876 A EP 15828876A EP 3247642 B1 EP3247642 B1 EP 3247642B1
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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
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • 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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/24—Enclosing bottles in wrappers
    • B65B21/245—Enclosing bottles in wrappers in flexible wrappers, e.g. foils
    • 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
    • B65B53/00—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging
    • B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat
    • 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
    • B65B61/14—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages
    • 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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/08—Wrappers shrunk by heat or under tension, e.g. stretch films or films tensioned by compressed articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof

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  • the present invention concerns a process for forming a pack of several containers arranged in an orderly way in one or several parallel rows, the pack being obtained by wrapping the assembly of the containers (formed of at least two containers) by a sheet obtained from a film made from a suitable plastic material, such sheet holding the containers joined to each other for storage and transportation.
  • Packs of the type described above are well known and widely used. They are used to pack a given number of containers including bottles (in particular for water, milk, or other drinks), cans (for beer or other drinks), jars (in particular for conserves), cardboard or paper containers (for milk, sugar, rice, pasta, and all of those products for which this type of containers can be used).
  • Such containers are first put side to side in an orderly way to form one or several parallel rows, the assembly thus obtained being subsequently wrapped by a sheet obtained from a film made from a heat-sealable and usually also heat-shrinkable, plastic material (in particular different types of polyethylene are used), in the form of a rolled-up continuous strip having an appropriate width. Two opposed edges of the sheet are made overlap (usually below the containers to be wrapped) and then hot-sealed so as to obtain a pack which has an approximately parallelepiped shape.
  • the pack can be provided with a handle which, in the typical case of 1.5 or 2 liters bottles for water or other types of drinks, consists of a more robust strip made from a plastic material, with a width of 2-3 cm, whose two end parts are secured, by means of an appropriate machine, to the pack (more precisely to the envelope of the pack) over a length which normally ranges from 5 to 30 cm per side.
  • a handle which, in the typical case of 1.5 or 2 liters bottles for water or other types of drinks, consists of a more robust strip made from a plastic material, with a width of 2-3 cm, whose two end parts are secured, by means of an appropriate machine, to the pack (more precisely to the envelope of the pack) over a length which normally ranges from 5 to 30 cm per side.
  • strength we mean the ability to hold the containers of a pack joined to each other without the envelope breaking, but also without the containers moving with respect to the packing envelope, such movement being due to a slip of the containers with respect to the respective surface of the envelope.
  • document WO2011/024050 describes an apparatus for packing an assembly of liquid container elements, for instance bottles, which implements the packing of such container elements by using a non heat-shrinkable polyethylene film, to which polymers are added suitable for increasing the mechanical resistance of the film, with a thickness not exceeding 10 microns, said film being wrapped several times around the assembly of container elements so as to reach an overall thickness suitable for supporting the loads.
  • WO97/21608 refers to a method for packaging a plurality of containers in one or more rows, with the containers wrapped in a plastic film which firmly keeps the containers for storage and transportation, said film being a heat-sealable plastic film and having pre-cut lines formed beforehand in the film according to a direction parallel to the direction in which the film extends and that the packaging, on one side of the film used for obtaining the packaging, is provided with a strip shaped area which is not heat-sealable when comes into contact with the film.
  • said solution does not solve the above mentioned drawback taking into account that the displacement/slipping of the containers is avoided by wrapping several times the grouped containers with the plastic film.
  • EP2589545 discloses a container for carrying products such as bottles and similar which are kept together by means of a film made of a thermo-shrinkable material wrapping said materials and to which can be fixed an handle to transport said container and with said handle which is fixed externally to the film wrapping the products and in correspondence of recesses/seats of the wrapping film itself; however, also said solution does not solve the above disclosed drawbacks related to the use of a handle.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a process for forming a pack of several containers arranged in an orderly way, in one or several rows, such process being such as not to jeopardize the "strength" of each individual pack.
  • Another object consists of providing a process of the type specified above that allows to produce such packs with a handle as not to present the drawback of the handle detaching therefrom because of the envelope having torn.
  • a further object consists of providing a process of said type that allows to produce packs that, when handled by means of a means of transportation, by using loading units, for instance pallets or footboards, its respective load does not originate an instability.
  • this pack is obtained by wrapping the assembly of the six bottles, arranged in two juxtaposed rows of three bottles each, by a sheet made from a heat-sealable plastic material, at least two of the opposed edges of the sheet being superimposed and then heat-sealed to each other in a conventional manner to obtain the desired pack, which features a substantially parallelepiped shape.
  • the process according to the present invention specifies that, before wrapping said sheet around the assembly of the six bottles to obtain a pack, at least a part of the surface areas of the sheet destined to get in contact with the bottles, be at least partially coated with an anti-slip substance, which prevents each of said bottles from moving with respect to the envelope of the pack.
  • the sheet might even be formed of several films having different characteristics, in particular two films coupled with each other.
  • the complete surface of the sheet used for packing and destined to get in contact with the bottles be coated with said anti-slip substance, even though, in this case, only those parts which get in contact with the bottles (possibly including their cap) can perform an anti-slip function.
  • every bottle shall get in contact with an area of the sheet, coated with such substance, having a sufficient extension to prevent the bottle from slipping with respect to the envelope.
  • the anti-slip substance might even be applied in the respective areas in a discontinuous manner, for instance in stripes, which might even cross to each other according to a "mesh" pattern, with square, rectangular, rhomboidal meshes or meshes of any other geometrical shapes.
  • the pack is provided with a handle in the form of a strip, whose two end sections shall be secured to the envelope of the pack, the positions where these end sections are secured to the envelope, externally thereto, shall correspond to areas of the inner surface of the envelope where the anti-slip substance is present and are also in contact with a respective bottle.
  • the anti-slip substance that allows to get the results as indicated above is for instance that denominated FTR 970150231, sold by SUN CHEMICAL GROUP S.p.A. of Sordio (Lodi, Italy), a substance that has been demonstrated to be also usable in the case that the containers are cans or cardboard or paper boxes and is activated upon heating, in particular upon the heating performed to make the polyethylene sheet used for the packing heat-shrink.
  • a true glue might even be used as an anti-slip substance, preferably a glue of a type that allows to separate the envelope from the bottles by tear-off, so as to prevent shreds of envelope from remaining attached to the bottles.
  • a glue of a type that allows to separate the envelope from the bottles by tear-off, so as to prevent shreds of envelope from remaining attached to the bottles.
  • some gluing effect is also provided by the above indicated substance.
  • packs obtained thanks to the process according to the present invention feature an optimum "strength", and that when such packs are handled by means of means of transportation, by using loading units like pallets or footboards, the assembly of the packs loaded onto the loading units feature a good stability, and in addition the handle does not detach when a user manually carries the pack.
  • the process according to the present invention can conveniently comprise an additional step consisting of at least partially coating with an anti-slip substance at least a part of those surface areas of the sheet, used to form the pack, which are destined to get in contact with the remaining packs that form the assembly loaded onto a loading unit.
  • the envelope of a pack features inner and outer surface areas, or even its whole inner and/or outer surface, coated with an anti-slip substance, possibly applied in a discontinuous manner (for instance according to a "mesh" pattern).

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  1. Procédé de formation d'un paquet de plusieurs récipients, consistant à envelopper un ensemble de récipients, agencés d'une manière ordonnée, par une feuille composée d'un matériau plastique thermo-soudable et thermo-rétractable, au moins deux bords opposés de la feuille étant superposés et thermo-soudés entre eux pour obtenir un paquet dont l'enveloppe a une forme sensiblement parallélépipède, caractérisé en ce que, avant l'enveloppement de ladite feuille composée d'un matériau plastique thermo-soudable et thermo-rétractable autour de l'ensemble des récipients pour obtenir le paquet, au moins une partie des zones de surface de la feuille destinées à venir en contact avec les récipients est revêtue au moins partiellement avec une substance qui empêche chacun desdits récipients de glisser par rapport à l'enveloppe du paquet, lesdites zones de surface partiellement revêtues avec la substance antidérapante et en contact avec un récipient définissant une position de retenue pour deux sections d'extrémité d'une poignée sous la forme d'une bande fixée à ladite enveloppe dans des positions respectives correspondant à des parties de l'enveloppe dans lesquelles la substance antidérapante est présente et en contact avec un récipient respectif et le paquet est muni d'une poignée sous la forme d'une bande dont deux sections d'extrémité devraient être liées à l'enveloppe du paquet, de manière que lesdites deux sections d'extrémité soient fixées à l'enveloppe dans lesdites positions de retenue respectives.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la substance antidérapante est d'un type qui est activé lors du chauffage utilisé pour obtenir le thermo-rétrécissement de la feuille elle-même.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la substance antidérapante est appliquée aux parties respectives de la surface de la feuille d'une manière discontinue.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la substance antidérapante est appliquée en bandes ou selon un schéma maillé.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les récipients sont des bouteilles.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les bouteilles sont composées d'un matériau plastique, pour de l'eau ou d'autres boissons.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans lequel le nombre des bouteilles est six, et les bouteilles sont juxtaposées sur deux rangées de trois bouteilles chacune.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les récipients sont des canettes.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les conteneurs sont des bocaux.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la feuille est composée de polyéthylène, de polypropylène ou de polyamides.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la feuille est formée d'au moins deux films de caractéristiques différentes couplés l'un à l'autre.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la feuille a une épaisseur d'environ 30 micron.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la substance antidérapante est une colle d'un type qui permet de séparer l'enveloppe des bouteilles par arrachement.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel une étape additionnelle est prévue, comprenant le revêtement au moins partiel avec une substance antidérapante également d'au moins une partie de ces zones de surface de la feuille utilisée pour former le paquet, qui sont destinées à venir en contact avec les paquets restants qui forment un ensemble de manière ordonnée chargé sur une unité de chargement.
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