EP3434607B1 - Cooling holes for film wrapped articles - Google Patents

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EP3434607B1
EP3434607B1 EP18185457.1A EP18185457A EP3434607B1 EP 3434607 B1 EP3434607 B1 EP 3434607B1 EP 18185457 A EP18185457 A EP 18185457A EP 3434607 B1 EP3434607 B1 EP 3434607B1
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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
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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
    • 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 (s. e.g. EP 0 879 770 ) 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.
  • 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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Description

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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 (s. e.g. EP 0 879 770 ) 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.
  • The prior art, shown in US Patent Application number 13/972,078 filed on August 21, 2013 by Alain Cerf titled, Cooling film Wrapped Articles, is acknowledged. The application shows forming slits or slots in the longitudinal direction in a heat shrink film for allowing cooling air to circulate between the articles while maintaining the structural integrity of the heat shrunk film. This invention was not always able to achieve openings of sufficient size for allowing cooling air to circulate between the articles
    • Description of embodiments
    • 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 located on opposing vertical sides of the bundle. After film wrapping the bundle moves through a heat shrink tunnel on a conveyor where the film is heat shrunk. Within in the tunnel, 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.
  • After the film is heat shrunk, 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.

Claims (12)

  1. A process for arranging a bundle of articles wrapped with heat shrink film so that cool air can circulate through the bundle comprising,
    forming an opening in the film (1),
    film wrapping the bundle,
    transporting the wrapped bundle to a heat shrink tunnel,
    heat shrinking the bundle, characterised by the step of
    increasing the size of the opening during heat shrinking by further heating the film surrounding the opening to a temperature that increases the heat shrinkage of the film surrounding the opening.
  2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the opening is a slit (4, 5).
  3. A process according to claim 1 wherein the heat shrinkage of the film (1) is increased by directing high speed jets of hot air on the film surrounding the opening during heat shrinking of the film.
  4. A process according to claim 1 including cooling the film wrapped article to prevent spoilage.
  5. A process according to claim 2 wherein the slit (4, 5) is located on a vertical side of the bundle.
  6. A process according to claim 5 including multiple vertical slits (4, 5) located on opposing vertical sides of the bundle.
  7. A process according to claim 2 wherein high speed jets of hot air are directed on the slit during heat shrinking of the film.
  8. An apparatus for arranging an article or a bundle of articles wrapped with heat shrink film so that cool air can circulate through the bundle comprising,
    means for forming an opening in the film (1),
    means for locating the opening (4, 5) so that the opening is positioned on the vertical sides of the bundle during film wrapping,
    means for film wrapping the bundle,
    means for transporting the wrapped bundle to a heat shrink tunnel,
    means for heat shrinking the bundle, characterised by
    means for increasing the size of the opening during heat shrinking by further heating the film surrounding the opening to a temperature that increases the heat shrinkage of the film surrounding the opening.
  9. An apparatus according to claim 8 including means (7) for cooling the film wrapped article to prevent spoilage.
  10. An apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the means for forming an opening forms a slit (4, 5).
  11. An apparatus according to claim 10 including means for forming multiple vertical slits on opposing vertical sides of the bundle.
  12. An apparatus according to claim 10 or 11 further including means for directing high speed jets of hot air on the slits during heat shrinking of the film.
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