EP3649052A1 - Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de corps d'emballage ouverts d'un côté à l'aide d'un préhenseur oscillant - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de corps d'emballage ouverts d'un côté à l'aide d'un préhenseur oscillant

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EP3649052A1
EP3649052A1 EP18737233.9A EP18737233A EP3649052A1 EP 3649052 A1 EP3649052 A1 EP 3649052A1 EP 18737233 A EP18737233 A EP 18737233A EP 3649052 A1 EP3649052 A1 EP 3649052A1
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Prior art keywords
packing
grooves
shells
gripper
jacket
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Juergen Richter
Michael Schaaf
Christoph Schroeder
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SIG Services AG
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SIG Technology AG
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method for at least partially unfolding of
  • Packing sheaths in particular for forming unilaterally open packing bodies from open-sided packaging sheaths for the production of filled packs. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for at least partially unfolding of package coats, in particular for forming unilaterally open
  • Packing bodies of double-sided open packaging coats for the production of filled packages with a magazine comprising a stack of packing coats, wherein the packing coats of the stack are folded flat around at least two folding edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the packaging coats and wherein a gripper for gripping a side facing away from the stack
  • Packing shrouds and for moving, in particular pulling, the packing shells along a withdrawal transport path with the folded edges in grooves of at least one receptacle of a forming station is provided and wherein the grooves are spaced so that the folding edges of the packing shells in the magazine are further spaced apart than in the grooves.
  • methods are used to produce filled packages, as well as methods and apparatus for filling packages with products in
  • Packing bodies in this context are containers such as
  • understood carton composite packaging at least partially from a packaging laminate in the form of a laminate comprising a cardboard layer and outer, in particular thermoplastic, plastic layers, such as (PE) are formed.
  • the carton provides the packages with sufficient stability to allow the packages to be easily handled and stacked, for example.
  • the plastic layers protect the carton from moisture and the food from absorbing unwanted substances from the package.
  • other layers such as an aluminum layer, may be provided to prevent diffusion of oxygen and other gases through the packaging laminate.
  • Corresponding packing bodies are typically filled with products in the form of foods, in particular beverages, with the products being predominantly flowable products.
  • the filling of the packaging body with food in a sterile or aseptic environment of a filling machine takes place, since the food should be long-lasting after filling the packages.
  • the filling machines for example, sterilization rooms or aseptic chambers, in which the packaging body sterilized and then filled under sterile conditions and sealed as possible. After filling the packing body they are typically closed in the filling machine. When using appropriate Packstofflaminate, this is done
  • the packing bodies are preferably formed on the filling machine from packing coats, which in turn are produced from packaging material laminate cuts, in particular by sealing the longitudinal edges of the packaging material laminate sections to one another.
  • the inner longitudinal edge can be folded outwards in order to prevent ingress of moisture into the packaging material laminate, in particular the cardboard.
  • formed from a Packstofflaminat packing shells are made, which are open at the opposite longitudinal ends.
  • Packing shells are prefolded along four fold lines extending longitudinally of the package sheath, thereby providing fold edges which form the later edges of the pack, which typically forms a square or rectangular cross-section.
  • the pack coats will be two opposite folded edges flat folded. Two of the prefolded fold lines are folded back again.
  • the packing jacket then forms substantially two mutually parallel and superimposed sections.
  • the flat folded packaging coats are stacked on a magazine of the
  • the front portion of the package jacket at the front end of the stack ie the front of the flat folded package jacket
  • the package jacket unfolding typically to an at least substantially square or rectangular cross section.
  • both the front side and the rear side of the flat folded package jacket each form two of the four sides of the unfolded package jacket.
  • the unfolding also takes place along the pre-folded fold lines, two of which have formed the folded edges of the folded packing jacket, since the packaging material laminate along the, in particular prefolded fold lines can be easily folded or folded.
  • the corresponding unfolded packing jacket is then mounted on a mandrel of a so-called mandrel wheel, wherein the cross section of the mandrel corresponds to the cross section of the packing jacket.
  • the packing jacket is initially projecting beyond the mandrel, so that the protruding part of the packing jacket can be folded against the end face of the mandrel and pressed and sealed there.
  • the corresponding longitudinal end of the package sheath is sealed and regularly forms the bottom of the later filled package.
  • the closed end of the packing jacket could also form the head of the later package, for example when it is filled by the open bottom.
  • the unilaterally open packing body are in a sterilization zone of
  • the transport device to be handed over.
  • the transport device then ensures that the packing bodies are transported at a defined speed at a defined distance from each other through the sterilization zone of the filling machine.
  • the packing bodies are preheated with hot sterile air and then sterilized, typically with hydrogen peroxide, and dried with sterile air.
  • the sterile packing bodies are placed in the filling and sealing zone
  • Transport device transported from the filling and sealing zone and then removed from the corresponding cells of the transport device.
  • the packing bodies are transported by the transporting device in a straight line through the filling machine.
  • Filling machines are also called cross-country skiers.
  • the packing bodies describe a more or less arcuate movement, which may comprise one or more circular arc sections.
  • the present invention basically relates to both types of filling machines.
  • the present invention has the object, the method and the device respectively of the aforementioned type and further explained in such a way and further that malfunctions are further avoided and a more reliable and largely trouble-free production of unilaterally open packing bodies from both sides open packing coats is possible ,
  • This object is achieved according to claim 1 by a method for at least partially unfolding of pack coats, in particular for forming one-sided open packages of double-sided open packaging coats for the production of filled packages,
  • packing shells at least two in the longitudinal direction of
  • the flat folded packaging coats are gripped successively on a side facing away from the stack by a gripper and of the gripper along a withdrawal transport path of the packaging coats under at least partial unfolding of the packaging coats with the folded edges in grooves at least one
  • Discharge conveyor moved, in particular pressed, and
  • Packungsmäntel of the gripper at least partially moves again in the direction of the trigger transport path, in particular pulled, and / or the opposite to the gripper in the direction of the withdrawal conveyor web moved and recorded with the folded edges in the grooves packing shells with the grooves against the gripper against the direction of the withdrawal conveyor web be moved back, in particular pulled.
  • a device characterized in that the gripper and / or the grooves, a drive for moving the grabbed by the gripper portion of the packing jacket first along the withdrawal conveyor web over a grooves connecting the groove plane away, then opposite the withdrawal transport path over the Nutebene back and is then assigned again along the withdrawal transport path over the Nutebene away.
  • the basic principle in the unfolding of pack coats is that the wrap coats are first pulled into at least one receptacle, the wrap coats engaging with their fold edges in grooves spaced apart from one another such that the wrap coats are lightly received in the grooves be upset.
  • By upsetting the packing shells over the folded edges of the same is intended that the packing shells unfold at least slightly.
  • the front side of the packing jacket is typically bent in the transport direction, this results in at least slight unfolding of the packing jacket held in the grooves.
  • the flat-folded pack coats have fold lines in addition to the folded edges around which the packaging coats are folded flat in the magazine, along which the packing shells are weakened so that the packing sheaths can be easily and reliably folded around the fold lines
  • the front and / or the back of the flat folded sheath may fold around at least one fold line rather than being bent overall.
  • the direction of the bends and the direction of the kinks are basically the same and preferably as previously described. The only difference is that the forces acting on a surface bend or, if this has a weakening in the form of a fold line, the adjacent surface portions fold around the fold line.
  • the fold lines can be provided in various ways. It is
  • tops and backs of the initially flat-folded wrappers do not bend or fold as previously described
  • Transporting direction is bent or folded, while the packing jacket is received with the folded edges in the grooves of the at least one receptacle.
  • the front side and the rear side with the exception of the folded edges accommodated in the grooves, are arranged in the transport direction behind the groove plane extending through the grooves.
  • Packing jackets still have at least one fold line at the back of the flat folded package jacket, can basically work without interference, since the fold line ensures that the back is easily kinked in the right direction, ie against the transport direction of the packing jacket. Disorders can not be excluded in such cases, as the practice shows.
  • the invention has now recognized that the at least partially unfolding the
  • Packages can be reliably achieved if the gripper is not in the
  • Transport direction along the withdrawal transport path is moved to an end position and separated there from the packing jacket. Rather, the gripper is moved back once again to bend or buckle the back of the package jacket rearwardly toward the stack. For this purpose, the gripper is moved back so far against the actual transport direction that the
  • Front side of the packing jacket in the transport direction of the packing jacket no longer behind, but in front of the grooves defined by the folding edges grooves are arranged. This ensures that the rear side has thereby been bent or folded counter to the transport direction.
  • the gripper is then adjusted again in the actual transport direction and preferably moved to an end position, which is the front of the
  • the packaging shells received by the folding edges in the grooves of the at least one receptacle are at least partially moved back against the transport direction along the withdrawal transport path by the gripper, in particular pressed.
  • This backward or backward pressing preferably also relates to the rear side of the flat folded package jacket. Subsequently, at least the portion of the packing jacket gripped by the gripper, in particular the portion of the front side of the front side of the initially flat folded packing jacket, which is gripped by the gripper, is again moved in the direction of the gripper
  • Discharge conveyor moved, in particular pulled.
  • the packing shells remain in the grooves with the folded edges, which here separate the back of the pack laminate and the front side of the pack laminate from each other or connect to each other.
  • the gripper leaves the front of the
  • the gripper and the packing shell holding groove can be moved back and forth to achieve a reliable partial unfolding of the packing jacket.
  • the gripper can remain in one position for the sake of simplicity. This does not have to be.
  • the grooves are moved relative to the gripper. So that the same relative movements between the gripper and the groove are achieved, as have been previously described, the grooves are first against the gripper in the direction of
  • the gripper and / or the grooves are taken bent in the direction of the withdrawal transport path and / or kinked position.
  • the backside is bent and / or kinked by the backward movement of the grooves in the opposite direction, so that a reliable, at least partial unfolding of the packing jacket is achieved.
  • Packing mantle so based on the flat folded state of the packaging coats in the stack of the magazine of the front of the package shell, initially along the withdrawal transport path is assigned via a groove plane connecting the grooves away. This can preferably be achieved by a movement of the gripper in order to pull off the packing jacket from the stack. Then, the packing jacket by a driven by the drive movement of the gripper and / or the
  • Transport direction and / or the grooves can now be moved back against the transport direction, since the back of the package shell is now reliably maintained its shape.
  • the front side of the package jacket is thus again moved along the withdrawal transport path in the transport direction over the Nutenbene away, in particular pulled, so that the front of the
  • Packing jacket is held as desired with the folding edges in the grooves of the at least one receptacle and is at least partially unfolded.
  • the packing shells are at least partially bent in a direction defined by the deduction transport path and / or received in the grooves kinked.
  • the packing shells are therefore, if necessary, received in the grooves and at the same time bent at least partially in the transport direction over the groove plane extending between the grooves and / or kinked.
  • the correspondingly bent and / or kinked part of the packing jacket is preferably the portion of the packing jacket gripped by the gripper and / or the front side of the packing jacket relative to the flat folded and in the magazine recessed state of the packing jacket. Subsequently, the packing shells are partially moved back against the transport direction along the
  • Abzugstransportbahn defined transport direction is bent and / or kinked.
  • the corresponding bent and / or kinked portion is preferred, a not gripped by the gripper section and / or the back of the
  • Packing jacket in flat folded condition The corresponding section preferably remains in this position, while another section of the packing jacket, namely in particular the section of the packing jacket gripped by the gripper, is moved along the carrier by re-adjusting the gripper in the transport direction
  • Transport path and / or the grooves against the transport direction along the transport path preferably again, bent in the opposite direction and / or kinked.
  • the fold lines remain in the grooves.
  • the gripped by the gripper portion of the packing jacket only in Transport direction, then bent against the transport direction and finally back in the transport direction.
  • the phase-wise bending back of the packing jacket ensures that a rear section of the packing jacket, seen in the transporting direction, remains in a position bent counter to the transport direction, while the other section gripped by the gripper is bent and / or bent in the transport direction for the last time, so that a defined part unfolded packing jacket is provided, which is held in the grooves of the at least one receptacle.
  • the corresponding bending and / or buckling of the packing jacket can be caused by a movement of the gripper and / or the grooves.
  • the haul-off transport path can be aligned further parallel to the stacking direction of the packs in the stack.
  • the packing shells are not completely and / or not finally unfolded by the transfer from the stack into the grooves of the at least one receptacle. This is for the
  • Packungsmäntel in the forming station then unfolded for transfer into the grooves or at least continue to be unfolded. This can be done easily and reliably, because the packaging coats have been previously brought into a defined and suitable starting position for further handling or processing.
  • the at least further unfolding of the handed over to the grooves packing shells may, if necessary, take place between at least two mold halves of a mold, between which the packing shells are previously positioned.
  • the mold is at least partially closed by at least partially moving the at least two mold halves towards each other. Basically, only one could
  • Inner surface of the mold is defined and would not be obtained without the application of the packing shells to the inside of the mold.
  • the unfolding can be simplified if of
  • the packing shells are held in the grooves of the at least one receptacle after the gripper has transferred the packing shells to the grooves.
  • the grooves of the at least one receptacle can be pressed against opposing sides of the package mantle against the at least two folded edges of the package mantle to move the fold edges towards one another and unfold the package mantle.
  • a tapered channel can be used. This is provided in the transport direction between the stack and the grooves of the at least one receptacle, so that the packing coats are moved or pulled through the channel before being received in the grooves and thereby forcibly unfolded, at least in part. This takes place while the packing sheaths with the two opposite folding edges come into contact with the inside of the channel transversely to the packing sheath and transversely to the transport direction of the packing shells through the tapered channel.
  • the tapering of the channel causes the folding edges to move steadily towards each other as they slide against the channel and, as a result, into Depending on the rejuvenation of the canal to be unfolded. In this case, on movable parts and their control at least in
  • the channel is part of the magazine or directly connected to the magazine.
  • the magazine and the channel can form a unit and it can connect the inner sides of the channel directly to the viewed in the transport direction end of the magazine.
  • the unfolded packing shells to be pushed onto a mandrel of a mandrel wheel by the forming station for closing, in particular sealing, one longitudinal end of the packing sheath.
  • the packing shells are transferred from the stack into the grooves when the packing shells are transported further in the longitudinal direction of the grooves, either for unfolding into a mold or directly for pushing onto a mandrel.
  • the latter is particularly in question when the pack coats are already sufficiently unfolded before recording in the grooves or the further unfolding takes place while the packing shells are held in the grooves.
  • the packing shells can be transported further both in the grooves and / or with the grooves. This depends, on the one hand, on the procedural or instrumental outlay to be operated and, on the other hand, on the necessity of protecting the folded edges of the packing shells against abrasion or damage.
  • the gripper is equipped with suction cups for gripping the packaging sleeves held in the magazine.
  • the packaging coats can be grasped and released again in a simple and defined manner, which is the case in particular when the suction cups are assigned a suction device for extracting air from the suction cups.
  • the drive for moving the gripper may be formed between the magazine and the grooves along a rectilinear withdrawal transport path. This rectilinear movement of the gripper is easy to realize even with fast oscillating movements of the gripper. This is particularly useful in terms of apparatus when the withdrawal transport path of the gripper is aligned parallel to the stacking direction of the packages in the stack.
  • the forming station can have at least two mold halves which can form a shape for the packaging coats.
  • the mold halves compress the packing shells and fold the packing shells simultaneously. It may be useful for the reliable and defined shaping of the unfolded packing coats, when the mold halves and the packing coats are coordinated so that the packing coats come into contact at least substantially circumferentially to the mold halves or on the inside of the mold.
  • the inside of the mold is then shaped as well as the unfolded packing shells are to be formed.
  • the mold can be completely or at least partially closed by the mold halves.
  • the grooves may be formed as parts of the mold halves or it is dispensed with additional mold halves.
  • the grooves can be exploited as needed by the grooves of at least one recording from a receiving position for receiving the packaging coats with a long distance from each other in a Auffaltwolf for unfolding the packaging coats with a smaller distance from each other and are adjustable back.
  • the forming station has a tapered channel through which the packaging coats pass on their way to the grooves.
  • the transport direction of the packaging coats along the withdrawal transport path to a dimension that is smaller than the width of the magazine accommodated, flat folded packaging coats flat-folded pack coats.
  • Material-conserving passage through the channel can be offered alternatively or additionally if the channel continuously tapers.
  • the pack coats are required, reliably and easily kept in the grooves.
  • a mandrel for pushing the unfolded packing shells and, preferably, for closing, in particular for sealing, a longitudinal end be provided in the wound up on the mandrel of the packing jacket. This leads, if necessary, to a defined and reliable shaping and formation of a partially closed package and can also be easily and reliably combined with the at least partial unfolding of the packaging shells in the grooves.
  • displacement means can be provided which can serve to displace the packing shells in the longitudinal direction of the grooves. It can move the
  • FIG. 1A-B shows a blank of a packaging material laminate and a packaging jacket of the prior art formed in each case in a plan view
  • FIG. 2 shows a pack of the prior art formed from the packaging jacket according to FIG. 1B in a perspective illustration
  • Fig. 3 shows an apparatus for producing the package of FIG. 2 from a
  • FIG. 1B of the prior art in a schematic representation, a blank of a Packstofflaminats and a formed from the blank packing jacket in plan view, a pack formed from the packing jacket of FIG. 4B-C in a perspective view, an apparatus for producing the package of FIG. 5 from a packing jacket of FIG. 4B-C in a schematic representation, the unfolding of the package shell in a forming station in a schematic side view, the intended pre-folding of the package shell in a sectional view according to the sectional plane VIII-VIII of FIG. 7, the prefolding of the package shell in a not
  • FIG. 1A A blank 1 of a packaging material laminate 2, as known from the prior art, is described in FIG. 1A.
  • the Packstofflaminat 2 is formed as a laminate of a plurality of superposed material layers. It is in particular a cardboard / plastic composite. The illustrated
  • Packstoffflaminat 2 has two outer layers of a thermoplastic
  • Plastic preferably polyethylene (PE), on which a seal, i. a welding, the outer layers of the Packstofflaminats 2 allow.
  • a structural paperboard layer with a comparatively high bending stiffness for the packaging laminate 2 is provided.
  • at least one barrier layer may be provided, which is preferably formed from aluminum, polyamide and / or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol. Other layers are also conceivable.
  • the blank 1 is used to produce a packing jacket 3, which is formed by the outer and opposite longitudinal edges 4 of the
  • Blank 1 bent to each other and connected to each other, in particular sealed together, are.
  • the blank 1 has a series of fold lines 5, to which the blank 1 can be folded to form the desired package 7.
  • Most fold lines 5 are provided at the upper edge 8 and the lower edge 9 of the blank 1, which are folded later to form the bottom and the head or the pediment of the pack 7.
  • the blank 1 has four substantially parallel fold lines 5, on which the blank 1 is prefolded prior to forming the package jacket 3 or thereafter.
  • FIG. 1B the packing jacket 3 is shown after the sealing of the longitudinal edges 4 of the blank 1 on one another and after the subsequent flat folding of the package jacket 3 thus formed.
  • the corresponding sealing seam 10 is provided for optical reasons near one of the two provided on the longitudinal edges of the flat-folded packing jacket 3, each formed from a fold line 5 fold edges 6 of the packing jacket 3.
  • the illustrated packing jacket 3 has consequently been folded flat along the folding edges 6 so that the front portion or the front side 11 of the flat-folded packing jacket 3 and the rear portion or the back side 12 of the packing jacket 3 lie on top of each other.
  • the packing shells 3 can be easily stored in such a flat folded manner.
  • the subsequent unfolding around the four prefolded fold lines 6 is then still easily possible.
  • a packing jacket 3 having a rectangular cross section is then obtained.
  • the package 7 shown in FIG. 2 can be obtained by using the corresponding packing jacket 3.
  • the package 7 then form the four prefolded fold lines 5 including the two folding edges 6 in the region of the jacket 13 of the package 7, the edges of the pack 7 as the prefolded fold lines 6 have previously formed the edges of the package shell 3 in a similar manner.
  • the longitudinal ends 14,15 of the packing jacket 3 are to form the bottom 16 of the Pack 7 and to form the head 17 of the pack 7 has been folded and sealed.
  • packing ears 18 are formed, which are folded down and applied to the jacket 13 of the package 7 and sealed there or glued.
  • the corresponding packing tubes are folded inwards and are therefore no longer recognizable as such after forming the bottom 16.
  • 3 is a device 20 for filling packing bodies 21,
  • the apparatus 20 shown in the preferred embodiment has a number of parallel processing lines, of which only one processing line 23 is shown in FIG. Each processing line 23 is a magazine 22 with a stack 24 bez. a bundle of two of the folding lines 5 to form the folded edges 6 folded flat Packungsmänteln 3 assigned.
  • the packing shells 3 have been formed as previously described from blanks 1 a Packstofflaminats 2, the longitudinal edges 4 are sealed together. In a forming station 25, the packing shells 3 are unfolded. The unfolding of the packaging shells 3 takes place by pulling away a later side surface of the corresponding
  • the device 26 for forming the package 7 has a mandrel wheel 27, which in the illustrated and so far preferred case by way of example comprises six mandrels 28 and rotates cyclically, ie stepwise, counterclockwise. In the first Mandrel wheel position I, a packing jacket 3 is pushed onto the mandrel 28.
  • the mandrel wheel 27 is further rotated into the next mandrel wheel position II, in which the opposite end of the mandrel 28 projecting longitudinal end 15 of the package shell 3 is heated by a heating unit 29 with hot air.
  • the heated longitudinal end 15 of the packing jacket 3 is prefolded by a press 30 and sealed in the following mandrel wheel position IV in the folded position by a sealing device 31, in particular to a bottom 16, sealed.
  • a packing body 21 closed on one side is obtained, which is removed from the mandrel 28 in the following mandrel wheel position V and transferred to a cell 32 of a circulating endless transport device 33.
  • the mandrel 28 is not
  • Packaging material laminate are connected. Then, the longitudinal end of the packing jacket closed on the mandrel wheel is preferably the head of the subsequent packing. Whether the package body is filled by the later head or by the later soil, plays in the present case only a minor role.
  • the packing body 21 taken from the mandrel wheel is transported through the filling machine 34 with the open longitudinal end pointing upwards in the associated cell 32, in particular a cell string. In this case, the package body enters a
  • Aseptic chamber 35 which includes a sterilization zone 36 and a filling and sealing zone 37 through which the packing body 21 are transported in the transport direction symbolized by the arrows from left to right.
  • the transport of the packing body 21 does not have to be rectilinear, but can also take place in at least one arc or even in a circle.
  • the aseptic chamber 35 is supplied with sterile air via corresponding sterile air connections 38.
  • the packing bodies 21 are passed through a preheating device 39 preheated successively by blowing hot sterile air. Subsequently, the packing bodies 21 are sterilized by means of a sterilizer 40, preferably by means of hydrogen peroxide, whereupon the packing bodies 21 pass through
  • Treatment with sterile air is dried by means of a drying device 41 and, after the transition from the sterilization zone 36 into the filling and sealing zone 37, brought into a filling position 42 below a filling outlet 43. There, the packing body 21 are successively filled with food 44.
  • Packing bodies 21 are then closed with a closing device 45 by folding the upper portion of the packing body 21 and sealing.
  • the filled and sealed packages 7 are then removed from the cells 32 of the
  • FIG. 4A shows a further blank 50 of a packaging material laminate 51, which basically resembles the blank 50 according to FIG. 1A with respect to the packaging material laminate 51, the blank 50 and the fold lines 52, 53, 54.
  • the difference, however, is that the fold lines 52, 53, 54, in particular score lines, are arranged and designed differently.
  • only two fold lines 52 are provided, which are rectilinear in the longitudinal direction and over the entire longitudinal extent of the
  • Blank 50 extend.
  • Two further fold lines 53 are divided in sections in the longitudinal direction of the blank 50 and surround there a portion of the
  • the folding lines 53 run parallel to one another, but this is not mandatory.
  • the upper edge 55 and the lower edge 56 of the blank 50 is provided with fold lines 54.
  • the fold lines 54 of the lower edge 56 serve to form a bottom 57, while the fold lines 54 of the upper edge 55 serve to form a head 58 of a package 59.
  • the blank 50 is sealed along the longitudinal edges 60 to form a sealed seam 61 to form a packing jacket 63, the front 64 and
  • Rear side 64 'in Figs. 4B-C are shown.
  • the packing jacket 63 is attached to the folded two folds linearly in the longitudinal direction of the packing jacket 63 fold lines 52 to form the folded edges 65, so that the front side 64 and the back 64 'of the packing jacket 63 abut each other.
  • the package 59 shown in FIG. 5 can be formed.
  • the package 59 has a flat bottom
  • the packing gable 66 has a larger front gable surface 67, which is larger than the arranged on the other side of the sealing seam 68, smaller rear gable surface 71st
  • the sealed seam 68 and adjacent portions of the head 58 form opposite sides of the package 59 package ears 69 that are folded down and sealed to the jacket 70 of the package 59.
  • a larger opening portion, a greater weakening and / or a large spout may be provided on the larger gable surface 67. For the sake of simplicity, neither is
  • Opening section still shown a weakening or pouring.
  • the package 59 is that no continuous fold lines 52 or folded edges 65 are provided at the front longitudinal edges of the package 59. Furthermore, it is particularly important for the package 59 that the folding edges 65 are provided for flat folding of the package jacket 63 at no longitudinal edge of the package 59. The fold edges 65 are rather in the areas between the longitudinal edges or longitudinal edges of the pack
  • FIG. 6 shows the device 80 for filling such packages 59.
  • the device 80 largely corresponds to the device 20 shown in FIG. 3, so that essentially the differences between the device 80 shown in FIG. 6 and the device 20 shown in FIG. 3 are described below to avoid unnecessary repetitions.
  • the same components in Figs. 3 and 6 are identified by the same reference numerals.
  • a mandrel wheel with a different number of mandrels and / or a different number of mandrel wheel positions could alternatively be provided.
  • a difference consists, for example, in the fact that the packing shells 63 shown in FIGS. 4B-C are provided in the magazine 22 of the device 80 in the form of the stack 81, that is, only two at a time, in a straight line over the entire length
  • Pre-folding device 82 and the unfolding device 83 are combined in the illustrated preferred device 80 to a forming station 84 for forming the unfolded to the mandrel wheel 85 unfolded packing jacket 63. But it could also be provided only the pre-folding device 82 or only the Auffalt issued 83. Only after passing through the forming station 84 are the
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows the forming station 84 of FIG. 6
  • the forming station 84 uses the packing shells 63, which are held together by two fold lines 52 and folded edges 65 in a stack 81 of packing shells 63 in a magazine 22.
  • the stack 81 is held in a magazine 22, not shown.
  • the forming station 84 comprises a gripper 93 with suction cups 94, which engages the front side of the front flat-folded packing jacket 63 of the stack 81 and the packing jacket 63 along a withdrawal transport path in and through a channel 95 of the
  • Pre-folding device 82 pulls.
  • the pre-folding device 82 is shown in particular in the sectional view of the forming station 84 according to FIG. 8. Dashed lines the gripper 93 is shown as he takes a packing jacket 63 of the stack 81, this can be pulled in the suction cups by drawing off air, a negative pressure.
  • the stack 81 is held in a magazine 22, not shown.
  • the gripper 93 then moves together with the packing jacket 63 in a straight line to the rear and pulls the packing jacket 63 in a straight line into a transverse to the packing jacket 63rd
  • aligned grooves 97 are provided on both sides of the channel 95 in receptacles 90 which form in the transport direction of the packing shells 63 along a withdrawal conveyor path undercuts and in the packing jacket 63 in the corresponding position with the Folded edges 65 engages.
  • a channel 95 could also be dispensed with and the packing shells 63 could be transferred directly to the grooves 97.
  • the channel 95 and / or the at least one receptacle 90 could also be connected directly to the magazine 22 or also be part of the magazine 22.
  • a separation into two separate components is therefore basically preferred but not required.
  • the packing jacket 63 does not unfold as described. As shown in FIG. 9A, the packing jacket 63 can be pulled into the grooves 97 by the gripper 93 in the transporting direction T of the packing shells 63 along the conveying path TB. The front side 64 and the back side 64 'of the packing jacket 63 are not bent in opposite directions and the packing jacket 63 unfolded. There are due to the compression of the packing jacket 63, the front 64 and the back 64 'of the packing jacket 63.
  • Packing mantle 63 are arranged as shown in FIG. 9A in the same way as the suction cup 94 in the transport direction T behind the groove 97 connecting groove level NE. For this reason, the gripper 93 from the in Fig. 9A
  • the gripper 93 has the front side 64 of the packing jacket 63 as well as the back side 64 'of the
  • both the rear side 64 'and the front side 64 of the packing jacket 63, as well as the suction cup 94 of the gripper 93 in the transporting direction T, are located in front of the groove plane NE connecting the grooves 97.
  • the gripper 93 is again along the withdrawal transport path TB in the transport direction T moves.
  • the rear side 64 'of the packing jacket 63 remains in the position shown in FIG. 9B, ie in the transport direction T in front of the groove plane NE, and becomes the
  • Front side 64 of the packing jacket 63 is again moved in the transporting direction T behind the groove plane NE, wherein the front side 64 of the packing jacket 63 bends in the transporting direction T. Consequently, at least now the front 64 and the back 64 'of the packing jacket 63 are bent in different directions, so that the packing jacket 63, as shown in FIG. 9C, is at least partially unfolded for passing in the grooves 97.
  • the gripper 93 can this time release the packing jacket 63 when reaching the end position, for example by the negative pressure in the suction cups 94 is released.
  • At least one additional fold line 5 extending at least substantially parallel to the fold edges 6 is provided.
  • the fold line 5 the corresponding front side and / or the back of the package jacket 3 tends not bent as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, but rather folded around the fold line 5, since the
  • Packing jacket 3 can be easily folded around this fold line 5. In the event that the corresponding packing jacket 3 unfolds easily during the
  • Packing jacket 3 is transferred by means of the gripper 93 from the stack to the grooves 97, the front of the package jacket 3 as shown in FIG. 8 in the transport direction T kinked and / or the back of the package jacket 3 against the
  • Transport direction T be kinked. If this is not the case, the front side and / or the rear side of the package jacket 3 can, analogously to FIG. 9A, extend past the groove plane NE in the transport direction T or analogously to FIG. 9A.
  • Transport direction T be tilted in front of the groove level NE against the transport direction T.
  • the gripper 93 has released the packing jacket 3
  • the rear side can then be folded in the direction of transport T, analogously to FIG. 9C, against the transport direction T and / or the front side.
  • the gripper 93 for the reliable, at least partial unfolding of the packing jacket 63 in the grooves 97 of the receptacle 90, the grooves 97 or the at least one receptacle 90 can also be moved.
  • FIG. 10A the mold 9 is exemplhalft with two mold halves 100,101 shown in an open position.
  • the prefolded packing jacket 63 is taken over by the mold 99 in this position, for which purpose slots 99 are also provided in the illustrated preferred form 99, into which the folding edges 65 of FIG
  • Packing jacket 63 intervene. Subsequently, the mold 99 is closed and enters the closed position shown by way of example in FIG. 10B.
  • the packing jacket 63 is unfolded and at least essentially abuts the inner contour 103 of the mold 99.
  • the packing jacket 63 can be brought at least approximately into the later form of the package 59.
  • contours of a different shape may also be required, depending on the form in which the packages are to be produced.
  • Fig. 7 is by the double arrow and under the form 99th
  • FIGS. 11A-B the forming station 84 is shown in detail, which has only been shown schematically in FIG. 7 for the sake of better clarity.
  • a stack 81 of packing coats 63 is stored. This is in
  • a slider 110 Behind the stack 81, a slider 110 is provided, which presses the stack 81 against stops 111 on both sides of the stack 81 in order to position the respective front packing jacket 63 exactly.
  • the slider 110 is pressed as needed by the restoring force of a spring means against the back of the stack 81, even if the length of the stack 81 decreases.
  • the spring means is also dispensable or by others
  • each front pack jacket 63 can be gripped by a gripper 93.
  • the illustrated preferred grapple 93 has suction cups 94 which are applied to the front of the respective front packing jacket 63.
  • the suction cups 94 are characterized
  • the gripper 93 shown and so far preferred moves in a straight line in the transport direction along the withdrawal transport path away from the stack 81 and through a channel 95.
  • the gripper 93 is held on a carriage 113.
  • the carriage 113 is slidable along guides 114 and held on the guides 114, which are rod-shaped.
  • the displacement of the carriage 113 back and forth via a rotating motor drive 115 which is coupled via a lever mechanism 116 to the carriage 113, wherein the rotation of the drive 115 is converted into a linear movement of the carriage 113 back and forth.
  • the illustrated and so far preferred channel 95 is formed by two channel 95 laterally delimiting the channel elements 117.
  • the gripper 93 can be moved between the channel elements 117 therethrough.
  • the channel elements 117 form a a channel 97 tapering away from the stack 81, in the rear region of which is seen in each case a groove 97 of the stack 81 of the packing shells 63, which extends substantially parallel to the folded edges 65 of the packing shells 63 in the stack 81 and in the vertical direction.
  • the grooves 97 also extend all the way to the lower edge of the channel elements 117 and thus of the channel 95.
  • the channel elements 117 form the boundaries 96 of the channel 95 which is formed between the channel elements 117.
  • the channel elements provide 117 inwardly into the channel 95 facing sliding surfaces 118 ready.
  • the width of the channel 95 is slightly wider than the packing sheath 63 itself on the stack 81 of packing sheaths 63. Further in the channel 95, the fold edges 65 press against the sliding surfaces 118, which equates to pressing the sliding surfaces 118 against the fold edges 65 of the package sheath 63 , The folding edges 65 are thus pressed towards each other and the packing jacket 63 so partially
  • Pre-folding 82 are called.
  • FIGS. 13A-B a feeder 98 of the forming station 84 is shown, whose function is to hold the grooves 97 in the channel 95
  • the feeding device 98 is held on a traverse 119, which is held on slides 120 on lateral vertical guides 121 and vertically movable up and down.
  • the carriages 120 have rollers 123 which can roll on the lateral guides 121, which are rod-shaped.
  • the feeder 98 also has two fingers 124 which are in an upper position above the channel 95 or at least above the drawn through the channel 95 and held in the grooves 97 packing shells 63 is arranged.
  • a belt drive 125 which is motor-driven via a drive 126, the feed device 98 can be controlled up and down driven.
  • the belt 127 is placed as a closed belt 127 circumferentially around two pulleys 128, one of which
  • Guide pulley can be driven via the motor drive 126 in opposite directions as needed.
  • the feeder 98 moves or moves the fingers 124 down.
  • the fingers 124 engage from above against the upper longitudinal end of the packing jacket 63 and press the packing jacket 63 along the grooves 97 down. Subsequently, the fingers 124 move back up and another packing jacket 63 is pulled through the channel 95 into the grooves 97.
  • the packing jacket 63 is received with the leaving the channel 97 down from the groove elements 129 shown in particular in FIGS. 14A-B, which at least immediately follow the channel 95 in the illustrated and thus preferred forming station 84, even if the groove elements 129 separate Elements are.
  • the groove members 129 provide grooves 130 that are aligned with the grooves 97 of the channel 95.
  • the packing jacket 63 is guided further with its fold edges 65 into the grooves 130 of the groove elements 129.
  • the groove elements 129 extend in the illustrated and so far preferred device also down into the two mold halves 100,101 of Auffalt issued 83.
  • the mold halves 100,101 are initially arranged with the groove elements 129 in an open position in which a packing jacket 63 along the grooves 97,130 by means of Feeder 98 is pushed by the channel 95 down between the mold halves 100,101.
  • the mold halves are closed 100,101, wherein the
  • Groove elements 129 are moved towards each other with the mold halves 100,101.
  • the grooves 130 of the groove elements 129 press against the folded edges 65 of the
  • Packing mantle 63 which is so unfolded and thereby applies from the inside to the inner contour of the mold 100 formed by the mold halves 100,101.
  • the groove elements 129 are, as shown in particular in FIG. 15, compressed against the restoring force of two provided between the groove elements 129 spring elements 131. In this way it is ensured that the groove elements 129 are moved apart again when opening the mold 99 or when moving apart of the mold halves in the starting position.
  • Figs. 16A-C the unfolding means are shown in horizontal sections from above.
  • the mold halves 100, 101 and the mold 99, respectively are in the open position.
  • There are two adjusting cylinders 132 are provided one above the other, each of which has a displaceable in the adjusting cylinder 132 plunger 133 which is connected via a rod 134 with a mold half 100,101.
  • the actuating cylinders 132 are designed so that they can pneumatically or hydraulically move the respective associated mold half 100,101 in the closed position.
  • the mold halves 100, 101 move into the closed position shown in FIG. 16C with the unfolded packing jacket 63 therebetween, which adjoins the inner contour of the mold 99 formed from the mold halves 100, 101.
  • the mold halves 100,101 are held together with the adjusting cylinders 132 on a traverse 135, which can be vertically up and down slide 132 on the lateral guides 121 can be. In this way, the mold 99 or the mold halves 100,101 can be moved in the closed position down and in the open position upwards.
  • the carriages 136 roll over rollers 137 on the rod-shaped guides 121 up and down.
  • the drive of the traverse 135 via a belt drive 138 which is driven by a motor drive 139.
  • the belt 140 is placed as a closed belt 140 circumferentially about two pulleys 141, of which a pulley 141 can be driven via the motor drive 139 as needed in opposite directions.
  • the corresponding unit can be understood as a transfer device 144.
  • the lateral guides 121, the belt drives 125,138 and the motor drives 126,139 are held and mounted on a common frame 142.
  • a retaining element 143 holding the groove elements 129 is fixed in the common frame 142 in a stationary manner. The groove elements 129 can thus be moved together and apart again but not be moved up and down. The groove elements 129 thus retain their position in the process of the mold 99 down.
  • the mold 99 can be opened, which can be done by the restoring force of the spring elements 131 arranged between the groove elements 129 instead of via the adjusting cylinder 132. But this is not necessary.
  • the mold halves 100,101 are moved up over the trasverse 135 in order to accommodate a further packing jacket 63 for unfolding. Since the groove elements 129 are not adjusted vertically, the groove elements 129 can, if necessary, after opening the mold 99 already receive a new packing jacket 63, while the mold 99 is moved back to its upper position to the position in this position

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de pliage, au moins partiellement, d'enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63), de préférence selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, comportant : un chargeur (22), comprenant un empilement (81) formé d'enveloppes d'emballages (3, 63), les enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63) de l'empilement (81) étant pliées à plat le long d'au moins deux arêtes de pliage (6, 65) s'étendant dans la direction longitudinale des enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63) ; et un préhenseur, destiné à appréhender une des enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63), du côté opposé à l'empilement, et à déplacer, en particulier à tirer, l'enveloppe d'emballage (3, 63) le long d'une bande transporteuse de tirage (TB), à l'aide des arêtes de pliage (6, 65), dans des rainures (97) d'au moins un logement d'un poste de formage (84) et les rainures (97) étant espacées de telle sorte que les arêtes de pliage (6, 65) des enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63) dans le chargeur (22) sont plus espacés les unes des autres que dans les rainures (97). Selon l'invention, pour éviter davantage des défaillances et pour permettre une fabrication plus fiable et largement sans défaillances de corps d'emballage ouverts d'un côté à partir des enveloppes d'emballage ouvertes des deux côtés, un entraînement (115), pour déplacer des sections des enveloppes d'emballage (3, 63) appréhendées par le préhenseur (93), est associé, d'abord, le long de la bande transporteuse de tirage (TB), sur un plan de rainure (NE) raccordant les rainures (97), puis, contre la bande transporteuse de tirage (TB), sur le plan de rainure (NE), puis, de nouveau, le long de la bande transporteuse de tirage (TB), sur le plan de rainure (NE), au préhenseur (93) et/ou aux rainures (97).
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