EP3434607A1 - Trous de refroidissement pour articles emballés sous film - Google Patents

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EP3434607A1
EP3434607A1 EP18185457.1A EP18185457A EP3434607A1 EP 3434607 A1 EP3434607 A1 EP 3434607A1 EP 18185457 A EP18185457 A EP 18185457A EP 3434607 A1 EP3434607 A1 EP 3434607A1
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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
    • B65B61/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • 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
    • B65B53/06—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
    • B65B53/063—Tunnels
    • 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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/08—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for heating or cooling articles or materials to facilitate packaging
    • 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
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/24—Cooling filled packages

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  • This invention relates to cooling or freezing an article or a bundle of articles after the article has been filmed wrapped and heat shrunk.
  • the term article refers to a bundle of articles such as bottles or a single article. These articles are perishable and require a cooled environment.
  • the prior art has placed articles in cartons, having holes in the carton, to allow cold air to circulate in the carton during the freezing or cooling of the articles.
  • This technique of cutting holes in the heat shrink film for air circulation of the article has been tried without success. Cutting the holes mechanically with an heated die or heat while the heat shrink material is moving resulted in hole sizes of less than about 3/8 inch.
  • the prior art was in need of a commercial viable way of creating openings large enough to allow sufficient air circulation to cool or freeze articles wrapped with a heat shrunk film.
  • Figure 1 shows a film 1 moving between a set of rollers 2 and 3. Adjustable blade 7 on pivot 6 is lowered to cut a slit in the film. The location and the length of the slit is formed so that when a bundle of articles are film wrapped the slit 4 is located on the vertical sides of the bundle.
  • Figure 2 shows three vertical slits 4 and three vertical slits 5 to be
  • the slits are opened by increasing the shrinkage of the film surrounding the slit. This can be accomplished by directing high speed jets of hot air on the slits. Openings in excess of 20-25 mm can be achieved.
  • Figure 3 shows cups of yogurt 7 having opened slits using jets of hot air.
  • the wrapped article is transported to a freezer or cooler 7 to prevent spoilage of the contents within the bundle.
  • the heat shrunk bundle can be bundled or palletized prior to entering the freezer or cooler.
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US6820745B1 (en) * 1999-11-02 2004-11-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Package of cylindrical article and production method therefor
WO2002036436A1 (fr) * 2000-11-01 2002-05-10 Claude Andrew Neagle Tunnel de retraction pour machine d'emballage adaptable
WO2015026982A1 (fr) * 2013-08-21 2015-02-26 Alain Cerf Articles emballés d'un film de refroidissement

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