EP3356236B1 - Verfahren zum lagern und transportieren von karton und anderen waren und vorrichtung zum verkleben von kartonfüssen - Google Patents

Verfahren zum lagern und transportieren von karton und anderen waren und vorrichtung zum verkleben von kartonfüssen Download PDF

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EP3356236B1
EP3356236B1 EP16791089.2A EP16791089A EP3356236B1 EP 3356236 B1 EP3356236 B1 EP 3356236B1 EP 16791089 A EP16791089 A EP 16791089A EP 3356236 B1 EP3356236 B1 EP 3356236B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/14—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
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/14—Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
    • 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
    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
    • B65B61/202—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents for attaching articles to the outside of a container
    • 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
    • B65D71/0088—Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck
    • 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
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/04—Customised on demand packaging by determining a specific characteristic, e.g. shape or height, of articles or material to be packaged and selecting, creating or adapting a packaging accordingly, e.g. making a carton starting from web material
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00006—Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck
    • B65D2571/0008—Load supporting elements
    • B65D2571/00086—Feet or isolated supports, not formed by the articles

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  • the present invention relates to storage and transport of cardboard and other goods or products without palletizing and apparatus for gluing cardboard feet.
  • pallets The way of storage and transport of goods that can make use of the whole pallets of single one or reusable with different sizes depending on the size of the cardboard sheets is known.
  • These pallets may be made of wood, plastic or cardboard.
  • a cargo pallet of corrugated board consisting of a plate to which are adhered at least two pairs of feet, the feet are glued to at least two strips, is known from the Polish patent PL 171245 .
  • a pallet consisting of a plate made of multiple layers of corrugated cardboard glued together and glued directly to the feet is known from European patent EP 0 283 799 .
  • EP1602582A2 presents packet placing system for use with an automated packaging machine which includes glueing system for a wrapper of the packet where glue is applied to a face of the packet, which is then placed on the outside of the wrapper of the packaged product.
  • Solution according to the invention is intended for rather heavy packets where tilting the packets during the process might be troublesome
  • US4897980A discloses apparatus for forming a bulk package and including bottom tray placement means for placing a bottom tray on a support, stacking means for stacking layers of objects on the bottom tray, top cap positioning means for positioning a top cap over the upper-most layer of stacked objects, and post member positioning means for positioning post members at preselected spaced locations between the bottom tray and top cap.
  • the apparatus according to US4897980A however allows for attachment of the feet from the top. Proposed invention allows to apply cardboard feet from the underneath without needing to tilt the whole pallet or package.
  • the aim of the invention is to provide a new method for the storage and transport of cardboard and other goods and an apparatus for gluing cardboard feet.
  • the method according to this invention whereas cardboard feet are glued directly to the lower surface of the pile (stack) of cardboard or other goods or products, and wherein the spacing of the cardboard feet allows the transport of cardboard with the use of a hand pallet truck or a forklift truck works as follow.
  • a stack of corrugated cardboard or other goods fastened preferably with polypropylene tape located on a conveyor for delivering the goods is measured to give the width and position on the conveyor and then gradually moving through the gate of sensors its length is measured.
  • the obtained parameters are sent to the controller, which determines the amount of cardboard feet needed for the lining of a stack of cardboard or other goods, from a feet tray cardboard feet are fed out one by one on a transverse conveyor and are covered up with glue.
  • the stack of cardboard or other goods is moved away by a distance determined by the controller to bond the next row of feet, and then the process of preparing and bonding the next row of feet is repeated, the cycle is repeated until the last row of feet is bonded, and the number of rows bonded depends upon the length of the stack and is at least 2.
  • the number of the feet glued is dependent on the size and weight of the stack and is not less than four pieces. Preferred spacing and the amount of cardboard feet bear the load evenly over the entire surface.
  • the cardboard pallet foot consists of one or more cardboard patterns, between which are wavy corrugated cardboard patterns of the direction of the waves perpendicular to the two cardboard patterns.
  • the cardboard feet are made of corrugated cardboard.
  • Cardboard feet are in the shape of a cuboid or cylinder.
  • the invention presents the apparatus for gluing cardboard feet to a stack of cardboard or other goods having a glue application station, sensors measuring the size and location of the stack of cardboard or other goods wherein it consist of four aligned belt conveyors: one conveyor for delivering the goods, a transverse conveyor for preparing feet, pressing conveyor and conveyor for receiving the stack. It further consist of a system of pushing feet, anda feet tray. Between the conveyor for delivering the goods and the pressing conveyor there is a difference in levels associated with the height of cardboard feet.
  • the device is equipped with sensors that measure the size and location of the stack of cardboard or other goods in order to maintain the process of feet gluing fully automatic.
  • the conveyor for preparing cardboard feet is additionally mounted on rails to allow raising and lowering of the conveyor.
  • the solution in accordance with the invention allows to eliminate the use of wooden pallets, plastic or cardboard, of single or multiple use of different sizes depending on the size of the stack of cardboard or other goods.
  • FIG. 1 presents an axonometric view of a stack of cardboard or other goods
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus for gluing cardboard feet in plan view and side view
  • Fig. 3-9 show the different stages of gluing cardboard feet and so:
  • Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 present the cardboard stack on the conveyor belt before and during the measurement of the dimensions of the stack,
  • Fig. 5 stack of cardboard or other goods in a position to stick the first row of cardboard feet
  • Fig. 6 stack of cardboard or other goods at the time of sticking a row of the feet,
  • Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 repeating the cycle in order to bond successive rows of cardboard feet
  • Fig. 9 complete stack of cardboard or other goods with all the cardboard feet ready for storage and transport.
  • Fig. 1 ready for storing and transporting a stack of cardboard or other goods consists of a stack 7 of cardboard or other goods fastened, for example with polypropylene tape not shown in the figure, and cardboard feet 8 glued with the use of an adhesive not shown in the figure.
  • Setting cardboard feet 8 enables the transport with the use of a hand pallet truck or forklift truck.
  • the number of the feet glued is dependent on the format and weight of the stack and is not less than four pieces. Preferred spacing and the amount of feet bear the load evenly on the entire surface of the stack.
  • the device for gluing cardboard feet is aligned in series four belt conveyors: one conveyor for delivering the goods 1, a transverse conveyor 2 for preparing cardboard feet, pressing conveyor 3 and conveyor 4 for receiving the stack. It also consist for a system 6 of pushing feet feet tray 5, glue application station not seen in the figure, and the device is equipped with sensors that measure the size and location of the stack of cardboard or other goods. Between the conveyor 1 for delivering the goods, and the pressing conveyor 3 there is a difference in levels associated with the height of the cardboard feet.
  • the bonding process is carried out fully automatically using sensors which measure the size and location of the stack of cardboard or other goods, and the controller which are not shown in the drawing constituting the electronic apparatus of the device.
  • the apparatus functions in such a way that the stack of corrugated cardboard or a different goods fastened, for example, with polypropylene tape located on the conveyor 1 for delivering the goods is measured to give the width and position on the conveyor and then when it is gradually moving through the gate of the sensors, where its length is being measured.
  • the resulting parameters are sent to the controller, which determines the number of feet required for the lining of the stack of cardboard or other goods. From the feet tray 5 the cardboard feet 7 are fed out one by one on the transverse conveyor 2 for preparing feet and are covered, from above, with glue. After coating the cardboard with an adhesive the foot is shifted by the distance depending on the width of the stack of cardboard or other goods.
  • next pieces are prepared in the same way (totally including min 2 pcs.), which together form the first row of cardboard feet glued under the stack.
  • a complete row is then pushed by means of a system 6 of feet pushing on the pressing conveyor 3.
  • a stack of cardboard or another product located on the conveyor 1 for delivering the goods is moved over the pressing conveyor 3 in such a way that it protrudes over the edge of a length making it possible to adhere the first row of feet.
  • the pressing conveyor 3 rises and presses up the cardboard feet to the bottom sheet in a stack of cardboard in order to bond them.
  • a stack of cardboard or a different product is moved away by a distance determined by the controller to glue the next row of feet.
  • the process of preparing and bonding the next row of feet is repeated. The whole cycle is repeated until the last row of feet is bonded.
  • the number of the rows bonded depends upon the length of the stack and is at least 2 pieces.

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  1. Das Verfahren zum Lagern und Transportieren eines Stapels aus Pappfüßen, wobei Pappfüße jene Teile sind, welche direkt auf die Unterseite eines Karton- oder anderen Warenstapel geklebt werden, wobei der Abstand der Pappfüße den Transport von Pappe unter Verwendung eines Handhubwagens oder eines Gabelstaplers ermöglicht, dass ein Stapel Pappe oder anderen Gütern, die vorzugsweise mit einem Polypropylenband befestigt sind und sich auf einem Förderer (1) zum Liefern der Güter befinden, gemessen wird, um die Breite und Position auf dem Förderer zu bestimmen und sich dann allmählich durch das Sensortor zu bewegen, dessen Länge gemessen wird und die so erhaltenen Parameter an die Steuerung gesendet werden, welche die Menge der Pappfüße bestimmt, die zum Anbringen an einen Stapel Pappe oder anderer Güter benötigt wird, von einer Fußablage (5) werden die Pappfüße (7) einem Querförderer zugeführt (2) und mit Leim überzogen, dann wird ein Pappfuß je nach Breite des Pappstapels oder der anderen Güter um eine bestimmte Strecke bewegt, die nächsten Stücke werden in gleicher Weise vorbereitet - Mindestens 2 Stück, welche zusammen die erste Reihe der unter den Stapel geklebten Pappfüße bilden, dann wird eine vollständige Reihe unter Verwendung eines Systems (6) von Füßen geschoben, die so auf einen Pressförderer (3) geschoben werden, dass sie über die Länge der Kante hinaus ragt, um das Kleben der ersten Fußreihe zu ermöglichen, und dann erhebt sich der Pressförderer (3) und drückt die Pappfüße am Pappstapel auf das untere Bodenblatt, um sie nach dem Verlassen des Pressförderers zu verbinden (3), der Stapel aus Pappe oder anderen Gütern wird um eine von der Steuerung festgelegte Strecke fortbewegt, um die nächste Fußreihe zu verbinden, und dann wird der Vorgang des Verbindens und Vorbereitens der nächsten Fußreihe wiederholt, wobei der Zyklus bis zur letzten Reihe wiederholt wird, bis die gesamte Anzahl der Füße verbunden ist, wobei die Anzahl der verbundenen Reihen von der Länge des Stapels abhängt und mindestens 2 beträgt.
  2. Eine Vorrichtung zum Aufkleben von Pappfüßen auf einen Karton- oder anderen Warenstapel mit einer Leimauftragsstation, Sensoren zum Messen der Größe und Lage eines Karton- oder anderen Warenstapels, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie aus vier Bändern besteht. Förderer: ein Förderer (1) zur Abgabe der Ware einen Querförderer (2) zur Vorbereitung der Füße, einen Pressförderer (3) und einen Förderer zur Aufnahme des Stapels (4), und sie besteht ferner aus einem System (6) von Füßen, einer Fußablage (5), und sie ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen der Fördereinrichtung (1) zum Liefern der Waren und dem Pressförderer (3) ein Höhenunterschied besteht, welcher den Höhen der Pappfüße entspricht.
  3. Eine Vorrichtung zum Kleben von Pappfüßen mit dem 2 ansprüche und dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Querförderer (2) zum Vorbereiten der Pappfüße auf Schienen montiert ist, um das Anheben und Absenken des Pressförderers (3) zu ermöglichen.
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