EP3705411A1 - Machine pour poser des couvercles de fermeture sur des boites de dimensions variées contenant des produits conditionnés, en particulier des articles de parfumerie et / ou des produits cosmétiques - Google Patents

Machine pour poser des couvercles de fermeture sur des boites de dimensions variées contenant des produits conditionnés, en particulier des articles de parfumerie et / ou des produits cosmétiques Download PDF

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EP3705411A1
EP3705411A1 EP19425013.0A EP19425013A EP3705411A1 EP 3705411 A1 EP3705411 A1 EP 3705411A1 EP 19425013 A EP19425013 A EP 19425013A EP 3705411 A1 EP3705411 A1 EP 3705411A1
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Francesco PINTUCCI
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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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2807—Feeding closures
    • 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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers

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  • the present invention relates to a machine for placing closing lids on boxes of various sizes containing packaged products, such as preferably perfumery articles and/or cosmetic products.
  • box-like packages comprising a box-like container (or bottom), a closing lid and a support for the articles to be packaged inserted into the container is currently widely spread.
  • the box-like container is made of cardboard, cardstock paper or similar paper materials and it has a base from which a plurality of side walls that form, together with the base, a housing compartment for the articles to be packaged, branch off at the top.
  • the closing lid as well is made of cardboard, cardstock paper or similar materials and it has a top wall from which a plurality of flanges that define, together with the top wall, a closing compartment wherein an upper portion of the box-like container is accommodated, branch off at the bottom.
  • the support that can be made of cardboard or a plastic material, for example by thermoforming, has usually an enbloc structure having one or more housing cavities with possible engagement of the articles to be packaged and it can be also equipped with means for engaging with the container body when the support is inserted into the box-like container.
  • the filling of the container with the insert containing the articles to be packaged in the respective recesses is traditionally performed in a manual or semi-automated manner while the following application of the closing lid is usually performed continuously by means of appropriate automated machines.
  • the containers containing the articles to be packaged are fed in series on a conveyor belt in a predetermined orientation and transported by the belt to an applying station of the closing lid.
  • a stack of closing lids is kept suspended over the above applying station by means of retractable and movable supports.
  • the operation of these supports is such as to allow the separation and the lowering of the closing lid below from the stack of lids in such a position that it can be intercepted by the front edge of a container while advancing in the applying station and it can be pulled by the container itself in the advancement direction thereof until the lid flanges overlap an upper part of the container.
  • a pressing station that provides for the application of a pressure on the lid with the respective container exiting the lid applying station is further provided downstream so as to place the lid in the final closure position of the container.
  • an automated machine of this type has the drawback that the positioning of the closing lid that is lowered with respect to the intercepting container is often inaccurate, involving a not always correct placement of the lid on the container exiting the applying station as well as the possible damage of the resulting package in the following pressing station.
  • the above automated machine can be subject to continuous stops on the occurrence of the above drawback, strongly limiting the production capacity thereof.
  • the main aim of the present invention is thus to provide a machine for placing closing lids on box-like containers of various sizes containing packaged products such as in particular perfumery articles, cosmetic products and the like, which has such structural and functional features as to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above with reference to the prior art.
  • Another aim is to provide an automated machine of the specified type that is relatively simple to manufacture and that allows the production capacity to be increased so as to reduce the production costs of the resulting packages.
  • a machine for placing closing lids on box-like containers containing packaged products comprising:
  • an automated machine for placing closing lids on box-like containers containing packaged products, particularly perfumery articles and/or cosmetic products or the like, is globally indicated with 1.
  • the machine 1 comprises a lower frame 2 supporting thereon a first conveyor belt 3 that is movable along an advancement direction A and a second conveyor belt 4 that is movable along an advancement direction B that is substantially perpendicular to the advancement direction A of the first conveyor belt 3.
  • first conveyor belt 3 and the second conveyor belt 4 are placed substantially perpendicular to each other (essentially in a T form) with the downstream end of the first conveyor belt 3 (with reference to the advancement direction A) terminating close to the second conveyor belt 4.
  • the first conveyor belt 3 is fed with a plurality of closing lids 5 placed juxtaposed to each other, i.e. substantially alongside on one side thereof while the second conveyor belt 4 is fed with a plurality of open box-like containers 6 containing respective articles or packaged products placed juxtaposed to each other as well.
  • the movement of the first conveyor belt 3 and of the second conveyor belt 4 is performed by respective motorized means and it is intermittent as it will be better explained hereinafter.
  • the machine 1 further comprises an upper frame 7 extended above the first conveyor belt 3 and above a transverse portion of the second conveyor belt 4 close to the downstream end of the first conveyor belt 3.
  • a head 8 that is horizontally and vertically movable above the first conveyor belt 3 and the transverse portion of the second conveyor belt 4 from a first position above a gripping area C of the first conveyor belt 3 to a second position above an application area D of the second conveyor belt 4, is supported on the upper frame 7.
  • the head 8 comprises a first body 10 fixed to the upper frame 7 and equipped with rail guides 12, and a second movable body 11 horizontally sliding as a whole above the first conveyor belt 3 and the second conveyor belt 4 along the guides 12 of the first fixed body 10.
  • the second movable body 11 comprises in turn a plate 13 horizontally sliding in the guides 12 and a support 14 that is vertically movable (through a piston) between two limit stop positions and independently of the horizontal movement of the plate 13, the support 14 terminating at the bottom with a gripping member 15 having a plurality of suction cups 16 at the ends thereof.
  • each suction cup 16 is connected and in communication with a duct 18 that can be in turn in communication with a manifold (not shown) formed in the body of the movable head 8.
  • the ducts 18 are intended to be connected to suction means that are conventional per se for the activation of the suction cups 16 in the operations for gripping the closing lids 5 and transporting them towards the box-like containers 6.
  • the machine 1 further comprises a drive and control unit bidirectionally connected to at least the motorized means of the first conveyor belt 3 and of the second conveyor belt and to the movable head 8 so as to control the machine 1 in an appropriate manner in the various operating steps thereof as it will be better illustrated hereinafter.
  • the drive and control unit controls the operation of the head 8 so that it is placed as a whole in the first position above the gripping area C and the closing lid is picked up by the gripping member 15 through the respective suction cups 16 from the gripping area C and transported above the application area D of the second conveyor belt 4.
  • the support 14 bearing the gripping member 15 is lowered and the suction cups 16, suitably activated by the suction means, couple with the closing lid 5.
  • the support 14 bearing the gripping member 15 is raised and the closing lid 5 picked up and held by the activated suction cups 16 is transported from above the gripping area C to above the application area D through the sliding of the movable body 11 of the head 8 towards the second position above the application area D.
  • the closing lid 5 transported by the movable head 8 above the application area D is released by the gripping member 15 on the box-like container 6 thereby obtaining the closure of the container.
  • the drive and control unit controls the lowering of the support 14 bearing the gripping member 15 so as to place the closing lid 5 on the box-like container 6 and arrange for the deactivation of the suction cups 16 by blowing in the ducts 18 thus obtaining the release of the closing lid 5.
  • a detection sensor 19 in bidirectional communication with a drive and control unit is placed on the support 14 of the vertically movable body 11. Upon attaining the coupling of a closing lid 5 located in the gripping area C through the suction cups 16, the sensor 19 sends a signal to the drive and control unit that provides to control the operation of the suction means and subsequently the activation of the suction cups 16 that is kept until the release of the closing lid 5 on a respective box-like container 6.
  • the sensor 19 sends a signal to the drive and control unit that provides to control the deactivation of the suction and the replacement of the latter by a blow thereby obtaining the deactivation of the grip of the suction cups 16 and the release of the closing lid 5 on the box-like container 6.
  • the machine 1 further comprises first locking means in bidirectional communication with the drive and control unit to keep in the gripping position each closing lid that has reached the gripping area C of the first conveyor belt 3.
  • These first locking means comprise a plurality of fixed (limit stop) feet 20 placed on the first conveyor belt 3 at the gripping area C and a pusher 22 placed on one side of the gripping area C of the first conveyor belt 3 and cooperating with one side panel 23 located on the opposite side of the gripping area C, the pusher being movable between a rear position outside the gripping area C and an advancement operating position in the gripping area C to intercept each closing lid that is present in the gripping area C and keep it locked in abutment against the side panel 23 until the grip through the suction cups 16 of the gripping member 15.
  • a detection sensor 24 is further provided, located sideways to the first conveyor belt 3 at the gripping area C thereof that is in bidirectional communication with the drive and control unit together with the pusher 22.
  • the sensor 24 allows the presence of each closing lid 5 that has reached the gripping area C to be detected and, in that case, it sends a signal to the drive and control unit that provides to control the stopping of the movement of the first conveyor belt 3, the advancement of the pusher 22 in the gripping area C so as to lock the above closing lid 5, the gripping and transport operations of this lid 5 from above the gripping area C to above the application area D and the resumption of the movement of the first conveyor belt 3 after the closing lid 5 picked up by the gripping member 15 has left the gripping area C to allow a following gripping cycle of the following lid.
  • the machine 1 further comprises second locking means in bidirectional communication with the drive and control unit to lock in the application position each box-like container 6 that has reached the application area D of the second conveyor belt 4.
  • These second locking means comprise two sets of feet 30 placed below the second conveyor belt 4 and transversely thereto at gaps 4b between parallel strips 4a that form this second conveyor belt 4.
  • a set of feet 30 is placed just (that is in close proximity) upstream of the application area D
  • the other set of feet 30 is placed just (that is in close proximity) downstream of the application area D, with reference to the advancement direction B of the second conveyor belt 4, and the feet 30 are movable between a retracted position wherein they are below the second conveyor belt 4 and an advanced operating position wherein they project at the top from the second conveyor belt 4 so as to intercept and lock in position each box-like container 6 that has reached the application area D until the application thereon of the respective closing lid 5 released by the suction cups 16 of the gripping member 15.
  • a detection sensor 31 is further provided, located sideways to the second conveyor belt 4 close to the application area D thereof that is in bidirectional communication with the drive and control unit together with the movable feet 30.
  • the sensor 31 allows the presence of each box-like container 6 that is reaching or has reached the application area D to be detected and, in that case, it sends a signal to the drive and control unit that provides to control the stopping of the movement of the second conveyor belt 4, the advancement of the feet 30 in the operating position thereof so as to lock the above box-like container 6, the release operation on the above box-like container 6 of the closing lid 5 picked up by the gripping member 15, the retraction of the feet 30 in the retracted (rest) position thereof and finally the resumption of the movement of the second conveyor belt 4 after releasing said closing lid 5.
  • the machine 1 further comprises a stop element 32 supported at the top above the second conveyor belt 4 upstream of the application area D (with reference to the advancement direction B of the belt 4), the stop element 32 being controlled by a piston so as to be vertically movable between respective limit stop positions departing from and approaching the second conveyor belt 4.
  • the above sensor 31 is associated with this stop element 32 and they are both in bidirectional communication with the drive and control unit.
  • the sensor 31 detects, in an upstream zone close to the application area D, the passage of the foremost box-like container 6 of the row of box-like containers transported by the second conveyor belt 4 and, on the occurrence of this passage, it sends a signal to the drive and control unit that provides to control the operation (lowering) of the stop element 32 in the limit stop position approaching the second conveyor belt 4 so as to stop the rearmost box-like containers of the row until the release of a closing lid 5 on the foremost box-like container 6 in the application area D and, after this release, the operation (raising) of the stop element 32 in the limit stop position departing from the second conveyor belt 4 so as to resume the movement of the box-like containers 6 on the second conveyor belt 4.
  • the machine 1 further comprises a pressing station 40 placed above the second conveyor belt 4 downstream of the application area D of the closing lid.
  • the station 40 comprises a press 41 that is vertically movable through a piston 42 in communication with the drive and control unit between respective limit stop positions departing from and approaching the second conveyor belt 4 and a detection sensor 43 in communication as well with the drive and control unit.
  • the entrance in the pressing station 40 of each box-like container 6 with the respective closing lid 5 on top coming from the application area D is detected by the sensor 43 that provides to send a signal to the drive and control unit.
  • the drive and control unit provides therefore to control the lowering of the press 41 in the approaching position towards the second conveyor belt 4 so as to compress the closing lid 5 and, afterwards, the raising of the press 41 in the position departing from the second conveyor belt 4 upon exit of the box-like container 6 with the respective closing lid 5 from the pressing station 40.
  • the structured pressing station 40 thereby allows the complete closure of each box-like container 6 to be obtained with the flanges of the respective closing lid that overhang in a substantially complete manner an upper part of this container.
  • the machine according to the invention meets the above aims and it achieves considerable advantages compared to the prior art.
  • the machine according to the invention has also a high production capacity being in fact capable of accurately attaining a high number of lid application cycles per unit of time.
  • the machine according to the invention has relatively low manufacture and implementation costs.

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CN114536853A (zh) * 2021-12-29 2022-05-27 安徽艾柯泡塑股份有限公司 一种一体化包装底托制品的生产工艺
CN116238746A (zh) * 2023-02-15 2023-06-09 苏州裕同印刷有限公司 一种飘带装配设备

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WO2002096755A1 (fr) * 2001-05-30 2002-12-05 United States Postal Service Systeme et procede automatique permettant de poser et/ou de retirer un couvercle
WO2009027878A2 (fr) * 2007-08-31 2009-03-05 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Système et procédé d'appariement de couvercle colorés à des cartons

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