EP3325348B1 - Appareil de fabrication d'un produit alimentaire pour la préparation d'une boisson par infusion dans un liquide respectif - Google Patents

Appareil de fabrication d'un produit alimentaire pour la préparation d'une boisson par infusion dans un liquide respectif Download PDF

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EP3325348B1
EP3325348B1 EP16762861.9A EP16762861A EP3325348B1 EP 3325348 B1 EP3325348 B1 EP 3325348B1 EP 16762861 A EP16762861 A EP 16762861A EP 3325348 B1 EP3325348 B1 EP 3325348B1
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for making a food product for obtaining a drink by infusion in a respective liquid.
  • Apparatuses are known for making a product, in particular for making a food product, preferably a food product for obtaining a drink by infusion in hot water, in which coffee or another infusion product is used as raw material.
  • the known apparatuses comprise respective supporting means for means for making respective products starting from a corresponding predetermined portion of raw material, in dissolved condition, which is inserted into a respective wrapper or container, for example, in the form of a bag of filter paper, or the like, or of a rigid capsule made of plastic material to be inserted into the infusion machine and then packaged in a protective outer packaging.
  • Patent document US 2008/0314003 A1 discloses a machine for making packs of infusion products, created by a first sheet of packaging material, forming a recess, in which a batched quantity of product is placed, and a second sheet of packaging material, applied on the first sheet of packaging material and joined thereto peripherally.
  • the machine includes a work assembly for feeding the first sheets to a carousel, operated to rotate on a horizontal axis, in suitable step relation with the feeding of the sheets.
  • the carousel has, made on its periphery, an ordered series of cavities, which receive the first sheets for forming thereon, a respective recess, whose shape is suitable for containing the batched quantity of product.
  • a filling group introduces the batched quantity of product into the recess formed on the first sheets, connected to the cavities of the carousel.
  • a group for feeding single second sheets joins mutually the first and second sheets in an area all around the recess filled the batched quantities of product.
  • a discharge work assembly removes the packed products from the carousel.
  • the known apparatuses have a problem in the movement and handling of the bulk material, or particles, for making the respective product, which is to be inserted into the respective wrapper or capsule and which is to be suitably fed into the respective apparatus.
  • This material which is kept in bulk condition, risks dirtying the apparatus and the ambient which it is a part of, with subsequent hygienic problems and the need to perform frequent cleaning, which in any case may not always be performed successfully.
  • the present invention therefore proposes a new solution as an alternative to the solutions known up to now and, more specifically, proposes to overcome one or more of the above mentioned drawbacks or problems and/or to meet one or more of the needs felt in the trade or inferable from the above.
  • an apparatus for making food products for obtaining a corresponding drink by infusion in a respective liquid, according to claim 1.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a preferred embodiment 10 of an apparatus for making a food product P for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, into which the product inserted.
  • the product being obtained from a raw material comprising or formed by respective particles.
  • the product P comprises a tablet of raw material M, for example roasted and ground coffee, the particles of which are adhering to each other, which tablet M is wrapped in an outer and surface layer adhering to it.
  • the compress thus obtained is preferably, but not exclusively, packaged in an external wrapper, preferably in aluminium film I.
  • the product P of this first preferred embodiment advantageously comprises a respective front or upper face in which outer layer S there are provided respective punches or recesses R for the preferential percolating or directing of the infusion liquid in and through the same product.
  • a second embodiment of product P is shown in Figures 1c) and 1d ), a third embodiment of product P is shown in Figures 1e) and 1f ) and a fourth embodiment of product P is shown in Figures 1g) and 1h ).
  • These further embodiments have the same components as the first embodiment and differ from it in that they do not have the recesses for directing the infusion liquid, and in the shape of the outer layer.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises respective supporting means 12 for means 14 for making respective products starting from a corresponding predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means 14 for making a respective product comprise means 16 for aggregating, in particular for reciprocally adhering, particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, preferably to form a compact tablet of the raw material.
  • the means 14 for making the product also comprise means 16, 18 for preparing an outer surface layer about the portion of raw material, which surface or outer layer is in particular in the form of a film of biodegradable and/or compostable material, especially of PLA, and preferably of filter material for the infusion liquid, and preferably is designed to completely surround or enclose the raw material.
  • the outer or surface layer is designed in particular to form means for containing the raw material during the steps of preparing the product.
  • the means 16, 18 for preparing an outer surface layer about the portion of raw material comprise means 16 designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material.
  • the means for aggregating, in particular for reciprocally adhering, particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or the means designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material are in the form of means for dispensing vibrating energy, in particular ultrasonic energy, to the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular provided with the outer or surface layer.
  • vibrating or ultrasonic energy in a quantity between 500 and 6000 Joules, at a frequency between 16,000 and 35,000 Hertz, and for a time between 0.5 and 20 seconds, is imparted to the predetermined portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer or surface layer.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy comprise respective sonotrode means 16.
  • the sonotrode means 16 can be activated and deactivated respectively between a condition of dispensing energy to the predetermined portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer surface layer, and a rest condition.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy comprise respective sonotrode means 16 which are movable between a position, in particular lowered, of dispensing energy to the respective portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer surface layer, and a position, in particular raised, of freely feeding the product.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy, or sonotrode means comprise a plurality of elements or devices, especially a plurality of sonotrodes 16, in particular which are designed to dispense vibrating energy to a plurality of products simultaneously.
  • the sonotrode means 16, in particular the respective sonotrode 16 have a respective face for engaging an opposite face of the product, in particular of the corresponding outer layer of it, which face for engaging the sonotrode is suitably shaped to form, in the opposite face of product, in particular in the corresponding outer layer of it, respective preferential percolating punches or recesses for the infusion liquid in and through the product.
  • the elements or devices, in particular the sonotrodes 16 are positioned in an orderly fashion in one or more transversal rows of the elements or devices, in particular the sonotrodes, and in one or more longitudinal rows of the same elements or devices, in particular of the sonotrodes, the transversal and/or longitudinal rows preferably being parallel to one another.
  • means 18 for assembling product components in particular forming means for preparing an outer surface layer about the respective predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 20 with seats for receiving and supporting the material forming the outer layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means with seats for receiving material forming the outer or surface layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material advantageously comprise a plurality of seats 20, in particular positioned in an orderly fashion in one or more transversal rows of the seats and/or one or more longitudinal or circumferential rows of the same seats.
  • the seat means 20 are movable at respective operating stations for assembling product components.
  • the means 20 with seats for receiving material forming the outer surface layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material are carried on a respective revolving wheel 22, in particular with an axis of rotation which extends transversal or horizontal.
  • the wheel 22 supporting the respective seat means 20 is movable in rotation, in particular with alternating feed motion and preferably having respective feed steps of the seat means between corresponding assembly stations and the subsequent stations, which are alternated with dwell steps at the respective assembly stations and at which respective assembly operations of product components are performed.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components advantageously comprise means 24 for preparing, or cutting by the respective film 24', a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of the product, as may be inferred from Figure 2a ).
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 26 for applying a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means 18.
  • the means 24 for applying a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means are formed by the same means for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 24', a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 26 for shaping or forming, in particular on the seat means 20, a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to form a tray-like shape for receiving the portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, as may be inferred from Figure 2b ).
  • the means 26 for shaping or for forming a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of the product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 24 for applying the respective sheet of material on the seat means 20.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, to the seat means 20, in particular on the respective sheet, preferably tray-shaped, of material forming the respective outer or surface layer of the product, as may be inferred from Figure 2c ).
  • the means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 26 for shaping the respective sheet on the seat means 20.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 30 for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 30', a respective second sheet of material for making the outer surface layer of product.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 30 for applying the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product on the first sheet, in particular containing the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, especially on the seat means 20, as may be inferred from Figure 2d ).
  • the means 30 for applying a respective second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means 18 are formed by the means for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 30', a respective second sheet of material for making the same outer surface layer of product.
  • the means 30 for applying a respective second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20, in particular on the corresponding first sheet of material for making the outer layer, with the interposition of the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise, in particular on the seat means 20, means 32 for joining, in particular sealing, the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the first sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product, in particular at the respective peripheral edge surrounding the predetermined portion of raw material, preferably in dissolved condition, as may be inferred from Figure 2e ).
  • the means 32 for joining, in particular sealing, the second sheet to the first sheet of the surface or outer layer of product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 30 for applying the second sheet on the seat means 20.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 34 for cutting an excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product, especially of the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product, in particular on the seat means 20, as may be inferred from Figure 2f ).
  • the means 34 for cutting an excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 32 for joining, or sealing, the first and second sheets forming the outer or surface layer of the product.
  • the means 18 which are designed to assemble the product components comprise means 36 for removing the waste material or the excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product, in particular at the seat means 20, which element they are provided downstream of the means for cutting the excessive peripheral portion of the outer surface layer of product, in particular of the second sheet, as may be inferred from Figure 2g ).
  • the means 18 for assembling the product components comprise means 38 for unloading the product from the same seat means 20, which, as will be more apparent from the following description, dispense product onto corresponding conveyor means, in particular towards the compacting or ultrasonic treatment area and therefore, possibly, towards the packaging means, as may be inferred from Figure 2h ).
  • the means 16 for making or for compacting the product advantageously are provided downstream of the means 18 for assembling product components, according to the direction of longitudinal extension of the apparatus.
  • means 40 for feeding the raw material are provided.
  • the means 40 for feeding the raw material comprise means designed to release respective predetermined portions of raw material, in particular onto the seat means 20, preferably onto the first sheet of material for making the outer surface layer of product, especially positioned on the seat means 20.
  • the means for feeding the raw material advantageously comprise hopper means 40 for loading the same raw material.
  • the means 40 for feeding the raw material are provided above the means 18, in particular with a revolving wheel, for assembling product components.
  • means 42 for feeding a film 24' for forming the outer or surface layer of the product in particular comprising corresponding means for supporting a respective reel of the film.
  • means 44 for feeding a second film 30' for forming the outer or surface layer of the product comprising means for supporting a respective reel of the film.
  • the means 42, 44 for feeding the first 24' and second film 30' for forming the outer or surface layer of the product are provided upstream and/or downstream of the means 18 for assembling product components, in particular respectively provided upstream and downstream of the assembly means 18.
  • the present apparatus comprises means 50 for packaging the product in a respective outer package, in particular in the form of a respective outer wrapper.
  • the outer package, or outer wrapper advantageously is formed by a corresponding film of material, in particular by aluminium film.
  • the means 50 for packaging the product in a respective outer package, or outer wrapper comprise means 52 for wrapping a corresponding film about the respective product, as may be inferred from Figure 2m ).
  • the means for wrapping the film about the respective product comprise means 49 for pushing the product against a respective film, in particular transversal to the pushing direction, of corresponding material for the package or wrapper, and for further pushing the product together with the film until wrapping the product in the same film.
  • the packaging means 50 in particular the wrapping means 52, comprise a respective surface 54, in particular fixed, for supporting and preferably sliding products.
  • the means 49 for pushing products of the wrapping means 52 advantageously operate on products which are supported on the supporting surface 54.
  • the means for pushing the product against a respective film are in the form of a corresponding element, or comb unit 49, forming respective seat means 49' open at the front for receiving the back part of the respective product, and in particular extending transversely and having a plurality of seats 49' open at the front for receiving corresponding products.
  • the film 50' for making the package or wrapper advantageously passes through, in particular perpendicularly, the supporting surface 54, especially at or close to an end upstream of the same surface 54.
  • the packaging means 50 comprise means 56 for joining opposite ends of respective opposite flaps of the film 50' forming the outer wrapper, which are positioned in condition of wrapped about the respective product, as may be inferred from Figure 2n ).
  • the packaging means 50 comprise means 58 for reciprocally joining, or sealing, opposite and matching flaps, or tabs, of the film forming the outer wrapper 50' with the respective product interposed therein, as may be inferred from Figure 2o .
  • the joining or sealing of the opposite flaps, or tabs, being performed along the respective perimeter surrounding the compact product.
  • the packaging means 50 advantageously comprise means 60 for separating, or cutting, the package or wrapper containing the product from the respective film 50' forming the outer wrapper, as may be inferred from Figure 2p ).
  • packaging means 50 comprise means 62 for unloading the packaged product, as may be inferred from Figure 2q ).
  • the means 50 for packaging the product are positioned downstream, in particular longitudinally aligned downstream, of the means 16 for making the product, or sonotrode means.
  • means 70 for conveying products along the apparatus in particular between means 18 for assembling product components and means 50 for packaging the same products and/or at the means 16 for making products, in particular the means 16 for aggregating or dispensing mechanical vibrating energy, preferably ultrasonic, to the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products are provided under the means 16 for aggregating particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or of the means designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material, that is means for aggregating or means for dispensing vibrating mechanical energy to the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise means 72, 74, 76 for supporting corresponding products forming part of the means for making the product, in particular part of the means 16 for aggregating the particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or part of the means designed to make the same outer surface layer adhere to the respective predetermined portion of raw material, especially thus forming means 72, 74, 76 for supporting the engaged products of the sonotrode means 16.
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise first means 72 for supporting respective products and second means 74 for supporting respective products, and possibly third means 76 for supporting respective products, which are movable separately from and/or independently of each other, respectively at the means 16 for making products, at the means 50 for packaging products or at the means 18 for assembling components of the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise first movement means for corresponding first means 72 for supporting products and second movement means for corresponding second means 74 for supporting products and possibly third movement means for corresponding third means 76 for supporting products.
  • the respective means 72, 74, 76 for supporting products of the conveyor means 70 comprise a plurality of seats 71 for housing a respective product, in particular positioned in an orderly fashion according to one or more transversal rows of the seats 71 and/or according to one or more longitudinal rows of the same seats 71.
  • the respective means 72, 74, 76 for supporting products of the conveyor means 70 are carried by respective movement means, which are movable, in particular separately from and independently of each other.
  • These movement means not being particularly shown in the accompanying figures and in any case preferably being in the form of respective endless, elongate, continuous means, in particular in the form of a first and a second elongate, continuous element for corresponding means, or plates, 72, 74 or 76 for supporting respective products.
  • the continuous elongate elements extend parallel to one another and transversely spaced apart and the corresponding means, or plates, 72, 74, 76 for supporting products extend between them.
  • advantageous means 48 for product passage from the conveyor means 70, in particular from the respective supporting means 72, 74, 76, to the packaging means 50, as may be inferred from Figure 2I ).
  • the means for product passage are in the form of means 48 for picking the same products from the conveyor means 70 and for releasing them onto the packaging means 50, in particular onto a respective supporting and sliding surface of them, preferably by positioning them at the end upstream of this supporting and sliding surface.
  • the supporting means 12 of the apparatus comprise an intermediate wall 121, in particular extending longitudinally, which separates the side provided with respective operating means, respectively the means 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making the product, the means 70 for conveying products and/or the means 48 for product passage and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, from the side provided with the respective actuator means.
  • the respective operating means in particular the means 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making products, the means 70 for conveying products, the means 48 for product passage, and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, extend in cantilever fashion from the intermediate separating wall 121.
  • the intermediate wall 121 separates the means for supporting the reel of the respective film 24', 30' for the respective or for both sheets forming the outer layer of material, and/or separates the means for supporting the reel for the packaging wrapper 50' from the operating means, in particular from the means 18 for assembling product components, from the means 16 for making products, from the means 70 for conveying products, from the means 48 for product passage, and/or from the means 50 for packaging the same products, and on which side the respective film is passed through corresponding slot means provided in the separating wall 121.
  • the respective operating means in particular the means 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making products, the means 70 for conveying products, the means 48 for product passage, and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, comprise a plurality of parallel rows or lines for making the product.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow avoiding the apparatus and ambient in which it is inserted from being dirtied.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow easy cleaning.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow at least relatively high production outputs.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow having a reliable and long-lasting apparatus available.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow obtaining easy maintenance and/or manufacturing of the apparatus, and also an at least relatively contained manufacturing cost.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow avoiding an excessive size, in particular a length.

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  1. Appareil (10) de fabrication de produits (P) pour obtenir une boisson correspondante par infusion dans un liquide respectif ; le produit respectif étant obtenu à partir d'une matière première comprenant ou formée par des particules respectives ; l'appareil comprenant des moyens de support (12) pour des moyens (14) de fabrication de produits respectifs en partant d'une portion prédéterminée correspondante de matière première, les moyens (14) de fabrication de produits respectifs comprenant des moyens (16) pour regrouper des particules de matière première de la portion prédéterminée respective ;
    dans lequel :
    - les moyens servant à regrouper des particules de matière première de la portion prédéterminée respective, se présentent sous la forme de moyens (16) de distribution de l'énergie ultrasonore à la portion prédéterminée de matière première ;
    - les moyens de distribution comprennent des moyens à sonotrode (16) respectifs ;
    - les moyens à sonotrode (16) comportent un côté respectif pour se mettre en prise avec un côté opposé de la couche extérieure correspondante du produit, ledit côté se mettant en prise étant façonné de manière appropriée pour former, dans le côté opposé du produit des poinçons de percolation préférentiels respectifs ou renfoncements pour le liquide d'infusion dans et à travers le produit ;
    - l'appareil comprend des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (20) dotés de sièges pour recevoir de la matière formant la couche extérieure ou superficielle du produit ;
    - les moyens dotés de sièges pour recevoir la matière formant la couche extérieure ou superficielle comprennent une pluralité de sièges (20) positionnés d'une façon ordonnée dans une ou plusieurs rangées transversales des sièges et/ou une ou plusieurs rangées longitudinales ou périphériques des mêmes sièges ;
    - les moyens à siège (20) sont mobiles en correspondance de postes opérationnels respectifs servant à assembler des composants de produit ;
    - les moyens (20) dotés de sièges pour recevoir la matière formant la couche extérieure ou superficielle et/ou la portion prédéterminée respective de matière première sont portés sur une roue pivotante (22) respective dotée d'un axe transversal ou horizontal ;
    - la roue (22) supportant les moyens à siège (20) respectifs est mobile en rotation, avec un mouvement d'alimentation alternatif et comporte des étapes d'alimentation respectives entre des postes d'assemblage correspondants et les postes suivants, qui s'alternent avec des étapes de stationnement en correspondance des postes d'assemblage respectifs et en correspondance desquels sont réalisées des opérations d'assemblage respectives des composants du produit ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (24) pour préparer ou couper, par un film (24') respectif, une feuille respective de matière pour réaliser une couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (24) d'application d'une feuille respective de matière pour réaliser une couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit aux moyens à siège (20) correspondants des mêmes moyens d'assemblage ;
    - les moyens (24) d'application sont formés par des moyens servant à préparer ou à couper par un film (24') respectif ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants de produit comprennent des moyens (26) pour façonner ou former, sur les moyens à siège (20), une feuille respective de matière pour réaliser une couche extérieure ou superficielle du produit pour former une forme ressemblant à un plateau pour recevoir la portion de matière première ;
    - les moyens (26), pour façonner ou pour former une feuille respective de matière pour réaliser une couche extérieure ou superficielle du produit, sont positionnés, selon la direction d'alimentation des moyens à siège (20), en aval des moyens (24) d'application de la feuille respective sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage comprennent des moyens (28) de distribution de la portion prédéterminée respective de matière première vers les moyens à siège (20) sur la feuille en forme de plateau respective de matière formant la couche extérieure ou superficielle respective de produit ;
    - les moyens (28) de distribution de la portion prédéterminée respective de matière première sont positionnés, selon la direction d'alimentation des moyens à siège (20), en aval, en particulier immédiatement en aval des moyens (26) pour façonner la feuille respective sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (30) pour préparer ou couper, par un film (30') respectif, une seconde feuille respective de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (30) d'application de la seconde feuille de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit sur la première feuille, en particulier contenant la portion prédéterminée de matière première, de préférence en condition dissoute, en particulier sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (30) d'application d'une seconde feuille respective de matière, pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit sur les moyens à siège (20) correspondants des mêmes moyens d'assemblage, sont formés par les mêmes moyens servant à préparer ou couper par un film (30') respectif une seconde feuille respective de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit ;
    - les moyens (30) d'application d'une seconde feuille respective de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit sur les moyens à siège (20) correspondants, sont positionnés, selon la direction d'alimentation des moyens à siège (20), en aval, en particulier immédiatement en aval, des moyens (28) de distribution de la portion prédéterminée respective de matière première ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent, en particulier sur les moyens à siège (20), des moyens (32) pour joindre, en particulier sceller, la seconde feuille de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit à la première feuille de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, en particulier en correspondance du bord périphérique respectif entourant la portion prédéterminée de matière première, de préférence en condition dissoute ;
    - les moyens (32), pour joindre, en particulier sceller, la seconde feuille à la première feuille de la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, sont positionnés selon la direction d'alimentation des moyens à siège (20), en aval, en particulier, immédiatement en aval, des moyens (30) d'application de la seconde feuille sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (34) pour couper une portion périphérique en excès de la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, plus particulièrement de la seconde feuille de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, en particulier sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (34), pour couper une portion périphérique en excès de la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, sont positionnés selon la direction d'alimentation des moyens à siège (20), en aval, en particulier, immédiatement en aval, des moyens (32) pour joindre ou sceller les première et seconde feuilles formant la couche extérieure ou superficielle du produit ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (36) pour retirer les rebuts ou portion périphérique en excès de la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, en particulier en correspondance des moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit comprennent des moyens (38) pour décharger le produit des moyens à siège (20) ;
    - il comprend des moyens (50) pour emballer le produit dans un emballage extérieur respectif, en particulier sous la forme d'une enveloppe extérieure respective ;
    caractérisé en ce que :
    - les moyens (16) de fabrication du produit sont prévus en aval des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit ;
    - des moyens (70) sont prévus pour convoyer les produits le long de l'appareil entre des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit et les moyens (50) d'emballage des mêmes produits ;
    - les moyens (70) pour convoyer les produits sont situés en correspondance des moyens (16) de regroupement ;
    - les moyens (70) pour convoyer les produits sont prévus sous les moyens (16) de regroupement.
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'énergie par vibration ou ultrasonore dans une quantité comprise entre 500 et 6 000 joules, à une fréquence comprise entre 16 000 et 35 000 hertz et pendant une durée comprise entre 0,5 et 20 secondes, est conférée à la portion prédéterminée de matière première et/ou à la couche extérieure ou superficielle respective.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens à sonotrode (16) peuvent être activés et désactivés respectivement dans une condition de distribution d'énergie à la portion prédéterminée de matière première et/ou à la couche extérieure ou superficielle respective, et dans une condition de repos.
  4. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de distribution d'énergie ultrasonore sont mobiles entre une position, en particulier abaissée, de distribution d'énergie à la portion respective de matière première et/ou à la couche extérieure ou superficielle respective, et une position relevée d'alimentation libre de produit.
  5. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de distribution d'énergie ultrasonore comprennent une pluralité de sonotrodes (16) conçues pour distribuer de l'énergie par vibration à une pluralité de produits simultanément.
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les sonotrodes (16) sont positionnées d'une façon ordonnée dans une ou plusieurs rangées transversales des sonotrodes, et/ou dans une ou plusieurs rangées longitudinales des sonotrodes.
  7. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel :
    - il comprend des moyens (40) d'alimentation de la matière première ;
    - les moyens (40) d'alimentation de la matière première comprennent des moyens conçus pour libérer des portions prédéterminée respectives de matière première, en particulier sur les moyens à siège (20), de préférence sur la première feuille de matière pour réaliser la couche extérieure ou superficielle de produit, plus précisément positionnée sur les moyens à siège (20) ;
    - les moyens d'alimentation de matière première comprennent des moyens à trémie (40) pour charger la matière première ;
    - les moyens (40) d'alimentation de matière première sont prévus au-dessus des moyens (18), en particulier avec une roue pivotante, pour assembler des composants du produit.
  8. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel :
    - l'emballage extérieur ou enveloppe extérieure est formé(e) par un film correspondant de matière, en particulier par un film aluminium ;
    - les moyens (50) pour emballer le produit dans un emballage extérieur ou enveloppe extérieure respectif(ve) comprennent des moyens (52) pour emballer un film (50') correspondant autour du produit respectif ;
    - les moyens servant à enrouler le film autour du produit respectif comprennent des moyens (49) pour pousser le produit contre un film (50') respectif de matière correspondante pour l'emballage ou l'enveloppe, et pour pousser le produit avec le film jusqu'à l'emballage du produit dans le même film ;
    - les moyens d'emballage (50), en particulier les moyens d'enveloppement (52), comprennent une surface (54) respective, en particulier fixe, pour supporter, et de préférence faire coulisser des produits ;
    - les moyens (49) pour pousser les produits des moyens d'enveloppement (52) agissent sur des produits étant supportés sur la surface de support (54) ;
    - le film (50') pour fabriquer l'emballage ou l'enveloppe passe à travers, en particulier perpendiculairement, la surface de support (54), en particulier à une extrémité en amont de la même surface (54) .
  9. Appareil selon la revendication 8, dans lequel
    - les moyens d'emballage (50) comprennent des moyens (56) pour joindre ou sceller des extrémités opposées de rabats respectifs du film formant l'enveloppe extérieure (50') en condition d'enveloppement autour du produit respectif ;
    - les moyens d'emballage (50) comprennent des moyens (58) pour joindre ou sceller réciproquement des rabats opposés et correspondants du film formant l'enveloppe extérieure (50') avec le produit respectif interposé dans ceux-ci ;
    - les moyens d'emballage (50) comprennent des moyens (60) pour séparer ou couper l'emballage ou enveloppe contenant le produit à partir du film (50') respectif formant l'enveloppe extérieure ;
    - les moyens d'emballage (50) comprennent des moyens (62) pour décharger le produit emballé;
    - les moyens (50) d'emballage du produit sont positionnés en aval, en particulier alignés longitudinalement en aval des moyens (16) de fabrication du produit ou des moyens à sonotrode.
  10. Appareil selon la revendication 9, dans lequel :
    - les moyens (70) de convoyage des produits comprennent des moyens (72, 74, 76) de support des produits correspondants, faisant partie des moyens de fabrication du produit, en particulier partie des moyens (16) de regroupement des particules de matière première avant la portion prédéterminée respective, et/ou partie des moyens conçus pour faire adhérer la même couche extérieure ou superficielle à la portion prédéterminée respective de matière première, plus particulièrement donc aux moyens de formation (72, 74, 76) pour supporter les produits engagés des moyens à sonotrode (16) de regroupement ;
    - les moyens (70) de convoyage des produits comprennent des premiers moyens (72) de support des produits respectifs et des seconds moyens (74) de support des produits respectifs, et éventuellement des troisièmes moyens (76) de support des produits respectifs étant mobiles séparément et/ou indépendamment les uns des autres, respectivement en correspondance des moyens (16) de fabrication des produits, en correspondance des moyens (50) d'emballage des produits ou en correspondance des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants des mêmes produits ;
    - les moyens (70) de convoyage des produits comprennent des premiers moyens de déplacement pour des premiers moyens correspondants de support des produits (72) et des seconds moyens de déplacement pour des seconds moyens correspondants de support des produits (74) et éventuellement des troisièmes moyens de déplacement pour des troisièmes moyens correspondants de support des produits (76).
  11. Appareil selon la revendication 10, dans lequel :
    - les moyens (72, 74, 76) respectifs de support des produits des moyens de convoyage (70) comprennent une pluralité de sièges (71) pour loger un produit respectif, en particulier positionnés d'une façon ordonnée selon une ou plusieurs rangées transversales des sièges (71) et/ou selon une ou plusieurs rangées longitudinales des mêmes sièges (71) ;
    - les moyens (72, 74, 76) respectifs de support des produits des moyens de convoyage (70) sont portés par des moyens de déplacement respectifs, étant mobiles, en particulier séparément et indépendamment les uns des autres ;
    - les moyens de déplacement se présentent sous la forme de moyens sans fin, allongés, continus respectifs portés sur des roues fonctionnelles et d'extrémité d'entraînement respectives des moyens continus, en particulier sous forme d'un premier et d'un second élément allongés continus pour des moyens correspondants ou plaque (72, 74, 76) de support des produits respectifs, et se prolongeant en étant parallèlement et transversalement espacés entre eux, entre lesquels se prolongent des moyens correspondants de support des produits (72, 74, 76);
    - des moyens (48) sont prévus pour le passage du produit des moyens de convoyage (70), en particulier des moyens de support (72, 74, 76) respectifs, aux moyens d'emballage (50) ;
    - les moyens pour le passage du produit se présentent sous la forme de moyens (48) pour saisir des produits des moyens de convoyage (70) et les libérer sur les moyens d'emballage (50), en particulier sur une surface de support et de coulissement respective de ceux-ci ;
    - les moyens de support (12) comprennent une cloison intermédiaire (121) se prolongeant, en particulier, longitudinalement, qui sépare le côté pourvu des moyens opérationnels respectifs, en particulier des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit, des moyens (16) de fabrication des produits, des moyens (70) de convoyage des produits et des moyens (50) d'emballage des mêmes produits, du côté pourvu des moyens d'actionnement respectifs ;
    - les moyens opérationnels respectifs, en particulier les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit, les moyens (16) de fabrication des produits, les moyens (70) de convoyage des produits et/ou les moyens (50) d'emballage des mêmes produits, se prolongent en porte-à-faux à partir de la cloison de séparation (121) intermédiaire ;
    - la cloison intermédiaire (121) sépare les moyens de support de la bobine de film (24', 30') respectif pour la feuille respective ou les deux feuilles formant la couche extérieure de matière, et/ou sépare les moyens de support de la bobine pour l'enveloppe d'emballage (50'), des moyens opérationnels, en particulier des moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit, des moyens (16) de fabrication des produits, des moyens (70) de convoyage des produits et/ou des moyens (50) d'emballage des mêmes produits, et sur le côté desquels le film respectif passe à travers des moyens à fente correspondants prévus dans la cloison de séparation (121) ;
    - les moyens opérationnels respectifs, en particulier les moyens (18) d'assemblage des composants du produit, les moyens (16) de fabrication des produits, les moyens (70) de convoyage des produits, les moyens de passage du produit et/ou les moyens (50) d'emballage des mêmes produits, comprennent une pluralité de rangées parallèles ou lignes pour fabriquer le produit ;
    - les moyens de poussée du produit contre un film respectif des moyens d'emballage (50) se présentent sous la forme d'un élément correspondant ou organe à peigne (49), formant des moyens à siège respectifs ouverts à l'avant (49') pour recevoir la partie arrière du produit respectif, en particulier se prolongeant transversalement et comportant une pluralité de sièges (49') ouverts à l'avant pour recevoir des produits correspondants.
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