EP3953257B1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum verpacken von beuteln in einen behälter - Google Patents

Vorrichtung und verfahren zum verpacken von beuteln in einen behälter Download PDF

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EP3953257B1
EP3953257B1 EP20721833.0A EP20721833A EP3953257B1 EP 3953257 B1 EP3953257 B1 EP 3953257B1 EP 20721833 A EP20721833 A EP 20721833A EP 3953257 B1 EP3953257 B1 EP 3953257B1
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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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
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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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/14—Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
    • B65B25/141—Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form packaging flat articles in boxes
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/40—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
    • B65B35/405—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers linked to endless conveyors
    • 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

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  • the present invention concerns an apparatus to package sachets inside a container.
  • the apparatus allows to introduce into a container, for example box-shaped, on each occasion and on parallel horizontal planes stacked on top of each other, a predefined and variable number of objects such as for example prefilled sachets and, together with them, for example one or more illustrative leaflets.
  • the sachets can contain different types of solid, liquid or powder products such as drugs, supplements, food stuffs, granules, seeds, creams, detergents or other.
  • the present invention also concerns a connected method to package articles, such as for example sachets and illustrative leaflets, inside a container, and a packaging machine comprising the apparatus as above.
  • Apparatuses for packaging articles inside a container are widely used in various sectors, such as for example the pharmaceutical, cosmetic or food sectors, in particular in the context of automatic machines typically called “cartoners” which have the function of automatically introducing objects into containers or boxes.
  • These apparatuses typically comprise a primary packaging unit, in which loose products are dosed and introduced into packages, also called primary packaging in the sector, and a secondary packaging unit, in which the packaged products are inserted into containers or boxes, also called secondary packaging in the sector.
  • the packages also called primary packaging
  • the packages can be in sachet form and contain solid, liquid or powder products, such as, for example, drugs, supplements, food stuffs, granules, seeds, creams, detergents or other.
  • the sachets can have various shapes, such as, for example, rectangular, stick-shaped, square, or other types based on their content and/or production requirements.
  • the secondary packaging unit can comprise one or more stations configured to prepare the containers to accommodate the sachets.
  • the stations include a station for forming the container, a station for introducing the sachets therein, optionally a station for introducing one or more further objects inside the container and a station for closing the container.
  • These packaging apparatuses known in the state of the art comprise a first line for feeding the sachets to be packaged, a second line for feeding the containers and a case for distributing the illustrative leaflets, interposed between the feed lines.
  • the known apparatuses also comprise a thruster device which, in correspondence with the introduction station, thrusts the sachets and illustrative leaflets into a respective container.
  • the illustrative leaflet can be inserted into the container after the introduction of the sachets, while other packaging apparatuses, such as those described above, provide inserting the sachets and the illustrative leaflet into the containers simultaneously.
  • an additional operating station is required, configured to insert the illustrative leaflet, thus making the apparatus more complex, expensive and bulky.
  • the leaflet is usually resting on the group of sachets or below them (that is, on the surface that supports them), which makes the solution complex and unreliable.
  • the illustrative leaflet is not very stable and can slip, be displaced or jam against the package or against parts of the machine, causing the blockages or malfunctions as above, in those cases where the leaflet remains partly outside the package, preventing it from closing properly.
  • one purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus to package articles inside a container which allows to insert groups of sachets into packages with respect to one or more containing levels.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus to package articles inside a container which allows to insert an illustrative leaflet, together with the groups of sachets ordered with respect to one or more containing levels, in a simple manner and without causing blockages.
  • Another purpose is to perfect a method to package articles such as, for example, sachets and illustrative leaflets inside a container, in which the groups of sachets are ordered with respect to one or more containing levels.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • an apparatus to package articles inside containers comprises a first feed line to feed sachets comprising a plurality of housing drawers suitable to support sachets pre-ordered in order to be introduced inside the containers, and a second feed line of containers comprising a transporter device which moves the containers.
  • the apparatus also comprises a distributor case interposed between the housing drawer and the transporter device, and configured to supply objects, for example configured as an illustrative leaflet.
  • the apparatus also comprises a thruster device configured to thrust the sachets from the housing drawer into the container.
  • the apparatus also comprises a packaging station in which a direction of introduction is defined, parallel to which the thruster device is mobile to thrust the sachets and the objects, respectively from one of the housing drawers as above and from the distributor case as above, toward the inside of a respective container.
  • the method provides to selectively drive, in an independent manner, a first and a second drive member comprised in the thruster device to drive in movement, in the direction of introduction, respectively a first and a second thrust element comprised in the thruster device, wherein the selectively driving provides to drive in movement the thrust elements so that a group of sachets thrust by one of the thrust elements, preferably the second thrust element, reaches the object before a group of sachets thrust by the other thrust element, preferably the first thrust element, wherein the first and second thrust elements are associated respectively with a first and a second support plane of the housing drawer, parallel to each other and disposed one above the other, substantially vertically aligned, and each configured to support a respective group of sachets to thrust the respective group of sachets into a respective container.
  • the method according to the present invention provides a first introduction step in which only one of the drive members moves the respective thrust element associated therewith from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets supported by the respective support plane, to a first thrust position, in which it thrusts the group of sachets toward the object, so as to determine the partial wrapping of the object around the group of sachets, until the group of sachets and the object are taken on to a respective auxiliary plane of an auxiliary drawer. Furthermore, the method also provides that during the first introduction step the other drive member remains inactive, so that the respective thrust element associated therewith remains stationary.
  • the method provides a first introduction step in which one of the drive members, preferably the second drive member, moves the respective thrust element associated therewith from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets supported by the respective support plane, to a first thrust position, in order to thrust the respective group of sachets toward the object, so as to determine the partial wrapping of the object around the respective group of sachets, until the group of sachets and the object are taken on to a respective auxiliary plane of the auxiliary drawer with a linear advancing speed greater than the linear advancing speed of the other thrust element, preferably the first thrust element, driven by the respective drive member to also move from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets supported by the respective support plane, to a first thrust position, so that the group of sachets thrust by the other thrust element that moves with a lower linear advancing speed, arrives in correspondence of the distributor case without intercepting the object, which has already been
  • a packaging machine is also provided to package articles inside containers comprising an apparatus as described above.
  • One advantage of the apparatus and of the method to package articles, in particular sachets, inside containers according to the present invention is that they allow to introduce into the containers, together with the articles, also objects - such as for example an illustrative leaflet - in an effective and reliable manner. Thanks to the apparatus and method according to the present invention, it is possible to dispose the illustrative leaflet wrapped around a group of sachets so that when the user opens the container for use, the leaflet is in a clearly visible position and comfortable to grab.
  • Another advantage of the apparatus and of the method to package articles into containers according to the present invention is that they are flexible because they allow to introduce groups of sachets disposed on several planes, disposed vertically one on top of the other, together with an illustrative leaflet, reducing the risks of the leaflet jamming during the introduction and therefore of malfunction of the apparatus.
  • Embodiments described using the attached drawings concern an apparatus to package articles inside containers, indicated as a whole with reference number 10 in the attached drawings.
  • apparatus 10 The apparatus to package articles inside containers, hereafter referred to as apparatus 10 for simplicity, is particularly suitable to introduce into containers P articles such as sachets S containing a product and illustrative leaflets L of said product.
  • the sachets S can contain solid, liquid or powder products, such as for example drugs, supplements, food stuffs, granules, seeds, creams, detergents or other.
  • the sachets S can have various shapes, such as for example rectangular, stick-shaped, square, or other types based on their content and/or production requirements.
  • two or more sachets S can be separable and connected to each other, for example by means of a tear-off connection portion, or of another type.
  • the sachets S are also called coupled sachets S.
  • the sachets S containing a product have a certain thickness which defines a lateral edge of the sachets S.
  • the sachets S can be moved and inserted into the containers P edgeways, that is, with their side of the lateral edge located resting on the plane of the containing compartment.
  • the illustrative leaflet L contains information, for example, on the active ingredients that a drug contains, to which it owes its pharmacological activity and its therapeutic efficacy, as well as the methods of administration and contraindications or other information required law.
  • the apparatus 10 can be suitable to introduce into containers P articles such as sachets S containing a product and leaflets L, on which advertising and marketing materials, purchase guarantees, discount vouchers, or other material can be printed.
  • the apparatus to package sachets into containers comprises a first feed line 11 to feed sachets S comprising a plurality of housing drawers 13 suitable to support sachets S pre-ordered to be introduced inside the containers P, and a second feed line 12 to feed containers P comprising a transporter device 32 which moves the containers P.
  • the first feed line 11 feeds the housing drawers 13 in a first direction of feed T1, while the second feed line 12 feeds the containers P in a second direction of feed T2, which is parallel to the first direction of feed T1.
  • the apparatus 10 also comprises a distributor case 16 interposed between the housing drawer 13 and the transporter device 32 and configured to supply objects L, for example configured as an illustrative leaflet.
  • objects L for example configured as an illustrative leaflet.
  • the identification letter "L" identifies both a generic object and also a specific object such as the illustrative leaflet as above.
  • the apparatus 10 also comprises a thruster device 17 configured to thrust the sachets S from said housing drawer 13 into the container P.
  • the apparatus 10 also comprises a packaging station PS, delimited with a dotted line in fig. 1 , in which a direction of introduction Z is defined parallel to which the thruster device 17 is mobile to thrust the sachets S and the objects L, respectively from one of the housing drawers 13 and from the distributor case 16, toward the inside of a respective container P.
  • the direction of introduction Z is substantially perpendicular to the first and second direction of feed T1, T2.
  • the distributor case 16 is interposed between the housing drawer 13 and the container P, during the thrusting action of the sachets S by the thruster device 17, the sachets S intercept the illustrative leaflet L, during their path toward the container P, thrusting it in turn toward the container P.
  • the housing drawer 13 is provided with at least two support planes 14, 15, parallel to each other and disposed one above the other, substantially vertically aligned, and configured to each support a group of sachets S.
  • the thruster device 17 comprises at least a first thrust element 18 and a second thrust element 19 each associated with a respective one of the support planes 14, 15 in order to thrust the sachets S disposed on the respective support plane 14, 15 inside the container P.
  • the thruster device 17 comprises drive members 20, 21, independent of each other, and each configured to move a respective thrust element 18, 19 in the direction of introduction Z in which are aligned, in order, the thruster device 17, on each occasion a housing drawer 13, the distributor case 16 of the illustrative leaflet L and, on each occasion, a container P.
  • upstream of the first feed line 11 there can be a primary packaging unit comprising one or more stations, not shown and of a type known in the state of the art, configured to package the product inside the sachets S, such as for example a filling station, a sealing station for sealing the filled sachets S, and one or more stations or devices for transferring the sachets S suitable to simultaneously feed a group formed by a desired number of sachets S.
  • a primary packaging unit comprising one or more stations, not shown and of a type known in the state of the art, configured to package the product inside the sachets S, such as for example a filling station, a sealing station for sealing the filled sachets S, and one or more stations or devices for transferring the sachets S suitable to simultaneously feed a group formed by a desired number of sachets S.
  • upstream of the second feed line there can be a station for forming the container P in the event the container P is fed for example in the form of a blank, and a sealing station for sealing the container P downstream of the packaging station PS.
  • first thrust element 18 and the second thrust element 19 are selectively moved first in an alternate manner and subsequently in a coordinated manner, in order to position the sachets S inside the container P.
  • the alternating movement is necessary to allow a correct cooperation between at least one group of sachets S present on one of the support planes 14, 15 and one object L.
  • first thrust element 18 and the second thrust element 19 are moved for a first segment of the respective travels at differentiated linear advancing speeds and, subsequently, for a second and last segment of the respective travels in unison, at the same linear advancing speed.
  • first segment as above the first thrust element 18 is moved at a linear advancing speed lower than the linear advancing speed of the second thrust element 19.
  • the thrust elements 18, 19 are suitable to thrust the groups of sachets S together with at least one object L directly inside the container P.
  • the container P advantageously, but not necessarily, can have at least one dividing partition parallel to the support planes 14, 15 of the housing drawer 13 in order to define containing planes, parallel to each other and located one above the other, to support the groups of sachets S.
  • the container P in the event the container P does not have dividing partitions, maintaining the orderly and stacked configuration is guaranteed by the degree of filling of the sachets S and by the quantity of air per product present inside them.
  • the device 10 can advantageously comprise, in correspondence with the packaging station PS, an auxiliary drawer 22, disposed between the distributor case 16 and the container P, and provided with at least two auxiliary planes 23, 24 parallel to and coplanar with respectively the support planes 14, 15 of the housing drawer 13. At least one of either the first auxiliary plane 23 or the second auxiliary plane 24 is configured to temporarily support a group of sachets S and an illustrative leaflet L, before they are inserted into the container P. In the example visible in figs. 3 and 4 , the second auxiliary plane 24 temporarily supports the group of sachets S and the illustrative leaflet L.
  • the distance, in a vertical direction, between the support planes 14, 15 and between the auxiliary planes 23, 24 has to be coherent with the containing volume of the container P and with the containing surfaces, possibly provided therein, for the storage of sachets S.
  • drive means of a type known in the state of the art and not shown, are also provided for moving the auxiliary drawer 22 in a direction parallel to the direction of introduction Z toward/away from the container P in order to accompany the groups of sachets S inside the container P so as to allow an easy insertion thereof.
  • the thrust elements 18, 19 are configured as flat or laminar elements, parallel to each other and with respect to the housing planes 14, 15 so as to be disposed lying substantially on a horizontal plane.
  • each thrust element 18, 19 independently of the other thrust element 19, 18 is configured to pass from an inactive position ( figs. 1 and 2 ), in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets S, to a first thrust position ( figs. 3 and 5 ), in which it is configured to thrust the respective group of sachets S onto the respective auxiliary plane 23, 24, to a second thrust position ( fig. 6 ), in which is configured to thrust the respective group of sachets S into the container P.
  • the second support plane 15, the second auxiliary plane 24 and the containing plane 33 of the container P are substantially coplanar in order to allow the thrust elements 18, 19 to thrust the groups of sachets S without there being any interference between the planes 15, 24, 33.
  • the containing plane 33 of the container P refers to the plane on which the group of sachets S rests, which was previously positioned on the second support plane 15 and which defines the plane which supports the one, two or more levels of groups of sachets S inserted into the container P.
  • the first support plane 14 in addition to the auxiliary drawer 22 there is also provided a dividing partition inside the container P, at least the first support plane 14, the first auxiliary plane 23 and the dividing partition of the container P are substantially coplanar in order to allow the thrust elements 18, 19 to thrust the groups of sachets S without there being any interference between the planes 14, 23 and the dividing partition.
  • the first thrust element 18 is mobile above the first support plane 14, the second thrust element 19 is configured to penetrate the space disposed between the two support planes 14, 15, both moving at a vertical distance (height) respectively from the first support plane 14 and from the second support plane 15 suitable to determine the interaction with the group of sachets S present on the support planes 14, 15, so as to generate the necessary thrust to feed the sachets S.
  • At least one of either the first thrust element 18 or the second thrust element 19, when it passes from the inactive position to the first thrust position, is configured to allow the group of sachets S moved to engage the illustrative leaflet L supplied, on each occasion, by the distributor case 16 with advantageously a vertical orientation with respect to the support planes 14, 15.
  • the group of sachets S moved toward the illustrative leaflet L allows the latter to wrap, at least partly, around the group of sachets S advantageously assuming a C or U-shaped profile around them, as shown in fig. 4 .
  • the distributor case 16 is configured to supply and to hold in position one illustrative leaflet L at a time before it is engaged by a group of sachets S.
  • the illustrative leaflet is disposed substantially in an orthogonal position with respect to the support planes 14, 15 and is loosely held in position with respect to a single holding point, not shown, but positioned at least above the second support plane 15, preferably above the support plane 14, so as to be able to disengage as soon as it is engaged by the group of sachets S.
  • the illustrative leaflet L is loosely held in two holding points, disposed for example one above and the other below the support planes 14, 15 of the housing drawer 13.
  • the illustrative leaflet L as shown in fig. 2 , is disposed in a through manner in the distributor case 16 so as to extend vertically above and below both the support planes 14, 15. This allows, at least in theory, both groups of sachets S supported by the support planes 14, 15 to engage the illustrative leaflet L.
  • the illustrative leaflet L can have a substantially rectangular shape and has a much smaller thickness than the other sizes, thus allowing an easier wrapping around the group of sachets S.
  • the illustrative leaflet L can be defined by a single sheet of paper, with a very low weight, folded on itself several times in a predetermined manner to define the substantially rectangular shape as above.
  • the distributor case 16 can be suitable to provide, on each occasion, an illustrative leaflet L with a horizontal orientation.
  • the second thrust element 19 is advantageously the one configured to thrust the group of sachets S present on the second support plane 15 toward the illustrative leaflet L and subsequently, together with it, onto the auxiliary plane 24 of the housing drawer 22.
  • engaging the illustrative leaflet L with the group of sachets S positioned on the second support plane 15, since it is the lower one with respect to the first support plane 14, allows to define a wider and more stable support surface for the group of sachets S positioned on the first support plane 14, since it is the upper one with respect to the second support plane 15, when the groups of sachets S are positioned inside the container P.
  • the illustrative leaflet L at least partly defines a continuous support surface on which the group of sachets S positioned at the top inside the container P can lie.
  • At least the second auxiliary surface 24 of the auxiliary drawer 22 is provided with retaining elements 25 configured to prevent the group of sachets S and the illustrative leaflet L wrapped around it from advancing excessively along the auxiliary plane 24 with respect to the direction of introduction Z when the thrust element 19 passes from the inactive position to the first thrust position.
  • the retaining elements 25 When the thrust element 19 passes from the first thrust position to the second thrust position, the retaining elements 25 are released and allow the group of sachets S to advance toward the container P.
  • the retaining elements 25 can translate, for example vertically, or rotate, since they are pivoted in the respective auxiliary plane, see the representations of the retaining element 25 with a dotted line in fig. 4 .
  • the thrust elements 18, 19 are respectively connected to a bar 26, 27 respectively sliding on a guide 28, 29 which allows and directs their movement in the direction of introduction Z.
  • Each bar 26, 27 is connected to a respective transmission member 30, 31 ( fig. 1 ), configured to allow each thrust element 18, 19 to perform alternate and/or coordinated movements to complete the operating cycle described below.
  • the transmission member 30, 31 can be chosen in a group comprising a belt, a lever or other known system.
  • the transmission members 30, 31 are belts, advantageously toothed, moved independently of each other respectively by the first drive member 20 and by the second drive member 21.
  • the independent driving allows the first thrust element 18 and the second thrust element 19 to pass from the inactive position to the first thrust position and to the second thrust position, and vice versa, in any order whatsoever of these positions independently. Furthermore, the independent driving allows the first thrust element 18 and the second thrust element 19 to move with equal or different linear advancing speeds. This peculiarity allows the thruster device 17 to guarantee the correct engagement of the illustrative leaflet L by the group of sachets S positioned on the second support plane 15 thus optimizing, moreover, the duration of the step of inserting the groups of sachets inside the container P.
  • the first drive unit 20 and the second drive unit 21 each comprise a respective electric motor, for example of the brushless or step type.
  • the first feed line 11 and the second feed line 12 can comprise respective transporter devices 32, for example of the belt type.
  • the method provides to selectively drive, in an independent manner, a first and a second drive member 20, 21 comprised in the thruster device 17 to drive in movement, in the direction of introduction Z, respectively a first and a second thrust element 18, 19 comprised in the thruster device 17, wherein said selectively driving provides to drive in movement the thrust elements 18, 19 so that a group of sachets S thrust by one of the thrust elements 19, 18 reaches the object L (that is, the illustrative leaflet) before a group of sachets S thrust by the other thrust element 18, 19, wherein the first and the second thrust element 18, 19 are associated respectively with a first and a second support plane 14, 15 of the housing drawer 13, parallel to each other and disposed one above the other, substantially vertically aligned, and configured to each support a respective group of sachets S so that each thrust element 18, 19 thrusts the respective group of sachets S into the container P.
  • the object L that is, the illustrative leaflet
  • a first introduction step is provided in which only one of the drive members 20, 21 moves the respective thrust element 18, 19 associated therewith from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets S supported by the respective support plane 14, 15, to a first thrust position, in which it thrusts the respective group of sachets S toward the object L, to determine the partial wrapping of the object L around the respective group of sachets S, until the group of sachets S and the object L are taken on to a respective auxiliary plane 23, 24 of an auxiliary drawer 22.
  • the other of the drive members 20, 21 remains inactive, so that the respective thrust element 18, 19 associated therewith remains stationary.
  • it is therefore provided to drive the thrust elements 18, 19 according to a sequence which is at least partly temporally offset.
  • a first introduction step is provided in which the second drive member 21 moves the second thrust element 19 with a linear advancing speed which is greater than the linear advancing speed with which the first thrust element 18 moves, driven by the first drive member 20.
  • the second thrust element 19 moves faster than the first thrust element 18 from the inactive position to the first thrust position, this determining that when the group of sachets S thrust by the first thrust element 18 arrives in correspondence of the distributor case 16, it no longer intercepts the illustrative leaflet L, which has already been engaged by the group of sachets S thrust by the first thrust element 18, partly wrapping on them. It is evident that in a completely equivalent embodiment, it can be provided to move the first thrust element 18 with a linear advancing speed which is greater than the linear advancing speed with which the second thrust element 19 moves.
  • Embodiments shown in figs. 2-7 show the operating cycle of the apparatus 10 to package, on several levels, articles such as sachets S and illustrative leaflets L into a container P.
  • this shows the step of supplying the illustrative leaflet L by means of the distributor case 16.
  • both the first thrust element 18 and also the second thrust element 19 are in the inactive position and the support planes 14, 15 of the housing drawer 13 each support a respective group of sachets S.
  • the method provides a first introduction step, shown in fig. 3 , in which the second drive member 21 moves the second thrust element 19 from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets S of the second support plane 15, to a first thrust position, in which it thrusts the respective group of sachets S toward the illustrative leaflet L, for its engagement, onto the second auxiliary plane 24 of the auxiliary drawer 22.
  • the retaining elements 25 prevent the group of sachets S and the illustrative leaflet L, wrapped on it, from advancing excessively in the direction of introduction Z, preventing it from protruding outside the second auxiliary plane 24.
  • the method provides a second introduction step in which the first drive member 20 moves the first thrust element 18 from an inactive position, in which it does not cooperate with the respective group of sachets S of the first support plane 14, to a first thrust position, in which it thrusts the group of sachets S onto a first auxiliary plane 23 of an auxiliary drawer 22.
  • the second introduction step can occur simultaneously with the first introduction step.
  • the first thrust element 18 is moved with a different speed, in particular lower, than the speed of the first thrust element 19.
  • the speed of the first thrust element 18 has to be such as to prevent an interference/interaction between the group of sachets S contained on the first support plane 14 and the illustrative leaflet L. If the speed of the first thrust element 18 is suitably calculated, the group of sachets S contained on the first support plane 14 does not touch the illustrative leaflet L which is already completely wrapped around the group of sachets S moved by the second thrust element 19.
  • the method provides another introduction step in which the first drive member 20 and the second drive member 21 move respectively and contemporarily the first thrust element 18 and the second thrust element 19, in particular at the same linear advancing speed, from the first thrust position to a second thrust position in order to thrust the respective group of sachets S into the container P.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Päckchen (S) in Behälter (P), aufweisend:
    - eine erste Zuführlinie (11) zum Zuführen von Päckchen (S), die eine Mehrzahl von Aufnahmeschubfächern (13) aufweist, die geeignet sind, um Päckchen (S) zu tragen, die vorbestellt sind, um in die Behälter (P) eingeführt zu werden,
    - eine zweite Zuführlinie (12) von Behältern (P), die eine Transportvorrichtung (32) aufweist, welche die Behälter (P) bewegt,
    - ein Verteilerfach (16), das zwischen dem Aufnahmeschubfach (13) und der Transportvorrichtung (32) eingefügt ist und eingerichtet ist, um Gegenstände (L) zuzuführen, die zum Beispiel als anschauliche Faltblätter eingerichtet sind,
    - eine Schiebervorrichtung (17), die eingerichtet ist, um die Päckchen (S) von dem Aufnahmeschubfach (13) in den Behälter (P) zu schieben,
    - eine Verpackungsstation (PS), in welcher eine Einführungsrichtung (Z) definiert ist, zu welcher die Schiebervorrichtung (17) parallel bewegbar ist, um die Päckchen (S) und Gegenstände (L), jeweils von einem der Aufnahmeschubfächer (13) und von dem Verteilerfach (16) aus, in Richtung zum Inneren eines jeweiligen Behälters (P) zu schieben, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Aufnahmeschubfach (13) mit mindestens zwei Trägerebenen (14, 15) ausgestattet ist, die parallel zueinander und übereinander angeordnet sind, im Wesentlichen vertikal ausgerichtet sind und jeweils eingerichtet sind, um eine jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zu tragen, und dass die Schiebervorrichtung (17) aufweist mindestens ein erstes Schiebeelement (18) und ein zweites Schiebeelement (19), die jeweils mit einer jeweils zugeordneten der Trägerebenen (14, 15) verknüpft sind, um die Päckchen (S), die auf der Trägerebene (14, 15) angeordnet sind, in den Behälter (P) zu schieben, und mindestens zwei voneinander unabhängige Antriebselemente (20, 21), die jeweils eingerichtet sind, um ein jeweils zugeordnetes der Schiebeelemente (18, 19) in die Einführungsrichtung (Z) anzutreiben.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie, in Korrespondenz mit der Verpackungsstation (PS), ein Hilfsschubfach (22) aufweist, das zwischen dem Verteilerfach (16) und der Transportvorrichtung (32) angeordnet ist und mit mindestens zwei Hilfsebenen (23, 24) ausgestattet ist, die jeweils parallel und komplanar zu den Trägerebenen (14, 15) der Aufnahmeschublade (13) sind, wobei mindestens eine von entweder der ersten Hilfsebene (23) oder der zweiten Hilfsebene (24) eingerichtet ist, um temporär darauf ruhend eine Gruppe von Päckchen (S) und einen der Gegenstände (L) zu empfangen, bevor diese in den Behälter (P) eingeführt werden.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Schiebeelement (18, 19) eingerichtet ist, um von einer Inaktivposition, in welcher es nicht mit der jeweiligen Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zusammenwirkt, zu einer ersten Schiebe-Position überzugehen, in welcher es eingerichtet ist, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S), und möglicherweise den Gegenstand (L), auf der jeweiligen Hilfsebene (23, 24) zu einer zweiten Schiebe-Position zu schieben, in welcher es eingerichtet ist, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S), und möglicherweise den Gegenstand (L), von der jeweiligen Hilfsebene (23, 24) zum Behälter (P) zu schieben.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eines von entweder dem ersten Schiebeelement (18) oder dem zweiten Schiebeelement (19), wenn es von der Inaktivposition zu der ersten Schiebe-Position übergeht, eingerichtet ist, um der bewegten Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zu ermöglichen, mit dem Gegenstand (L) in Eingriff zu stehen, der mittels des Verteilerfaches (16) zugeführt wird.
  5. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Zuführlinie (11) den Aufnahmeschubfächern (14) ermöglicht, sich in eine erste Zuführrichtung (T1) vorwärtszubewegen, die zweite Zuführlinie (12) den Behältern (P) ermöglicht, mittels der Transportvorrichtung (32), sich in eine zweite Zuführrichtung (T2) parallel zu der ersten Zuführrichtung (T1) vorwärtszubewegen, wobei die erste Zuführrichtung (T1) und die zweite Zuführrichtung (T2) senkrecht zur Einführungsrichtung (Z) sind.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens die zweite Hilfsebene (24) des Hilfsschubfaches (22) mit Rückhalteelementen (25) ausgestattet ist, die eingerichtet sind, um zu verhindern, dass die Gruppe von Päckchen (S) und der Gegenstand (L) bezüglich der Einführungsrichtung (Z) über die Hilfsebene (24) hinausragt, wenn das Schiebeelement (19) von der Inaktivposition in die erste Schiebe-Position übergeht
  7. Verfahren zum Verpacken von Artikeln in Behälter, das die Schritte umfasst:
    - Zuführen, mit einer unterbrochenen schrittweisen Bewegung, entlang einer ersten Zuführlinie (11), einer Mehrzahl von Aufnahmeschubfächern (13), die geeignet sind, um Päckchen (S), die vorbestellt sind, die in die Behälter (P) eingeführt werden, zu tragen, um im gegebenen Falle mindestens ein Aufnahmeschubfach (13) in Korrespondenz mit einer Verpackungsstation (PS) zu positionieren,
    - Zuführen, mit einer unterbrochenen schrittweisen Bewegung, die mit der Bewegung der ersten Zuführlinie (11) koordiniert ist, entlang einer zweiten Zuführlinie (12), einer Transportvorrichtung (32), um mindestens einen Behälter (P) zu einem Zeitpunkt zu positionieren, geeignet, um die Päckchen (S) in Korrespondenz mit der Verpackungsstation (PS) zu empfangen,
    - Zuführen, im gegebenen Falle, eines Gegenstandes (L), insbesondere eines anschaulichen Faltblattes, an die Verpackungsstation (PS) mittels eines Verteilerfaches (16), das zwischen der ersten Zuführlinie (11) und der zweiten Zuführlinie (12) eingefügt ist,
    - in der Verpackungsstation (PS), mittels einer Schiebervorrichtung (17), Schieben der Päckchen (S) und des Gegenstandes (L), jeweils von dem Aufnahmeschubfach (13) und von dem Verteilerfach (16) aus, in Richtung zum Behälter (P) in einer Einführungsrichtung (Z), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es vorgesehen ist, ein erstes und ein zweites Antriebselement (20, 21), die Bestandteil der Schiebervorrichtung (17) sind, auf unabhängige Weise selektiv anzutreiben, um jeweils ein erstes und ein zweites Schiebeelement (18, 19), die Bestandteil der Schiebervorrichtung (17) sind, in die Einführungsrichtung (Z) bewegungsanzutreiben, wobei das selektive Antreiben vorsieht, die Schiebeelemente (18, 19) bewegungsanzutreiben, sodass eine Gruppe von Päckchen (S), die mittels eines der Schiebeelemente (19, 18) geschoben wird, den Gegenstand (L) vor einer Gruppe von Päckchen (S) erreicht, die mittels des anderen Schiebeelementes (18, 19) geschoben wird, wobei das erste und das zweite Schiebeelement (18, 19) jeweils zugeordnet mit einer ersten und einer zweiten Trägerebene (14, 15) des Aufnahmeschubfaches (13) verknüpft sind, die parallel zueinander und übereinander angeordnet sind, im Wesentlichen vertikal ausgerichtet sind und jeweils eingerichtet sind, um eine jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zu tragen, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) in einen jeweiligen Behälter (P) zu schieben.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erster Einführungsschritt vorgesehen ist, in welchem nur eines der Antriebselemente (20, 21) das jeweilige mit ihm verknüpfte Schiebeelement (18, 19) bewegt von einer Inaktivposition aus, in welcher es nicht mit der jeweiligen Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zusammenwirkt, die durch die jeweilige Trägerebene (14, 15) getragen wird, zu einer ersten Schiebe-Position, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) in Richtung zum Gegenstand (L) zu schieben, um das teilweise Umhüllen des Gegenstandes (L) um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zu bewirken, bis die Gruppe von Päckchen (S) und der Gegenstand (L) auf eine jeweilige Hilfsebene (23, 24) eines Hilfsschubfaches (22) gebracht werden, und dass während des ersten Einführungsschrittes das andere der Antriebselemente (20, 21) inaktiv bleibt, sodass das jeweilige mit ihm verknüpfte Schiebeelement (18, 19) stationär bleibt.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erster Einführungsschritt vorgesehen ist, in welchem eines der Antriebselemente (21, 20) das jeweilige mit ihm verknüpfte Schiebeelement (19, 18) bewegt von einer Inaktivposition aus, in welcher es nicht mit der jeweiligen Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zusammenwirkt, die mittels der jeweiligen Trägerebene (14, 15) getragen werden, zu einer ersten Schiebe-Position, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) in Richtung zum Gegenstand (L) zu schieben, um das teilweise Umhüllen des Gegenstandes (L) um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zu bewirken, bis die Gruppe von Päckchen (S) und der Gegenstand (L) auf eine jeweilige Hilfsebene (24, 23) eines Hilfsschubfaches (22) mit einer linearen Vorschubgeschwindigkeit gebracht werden, die größer als die lineare Vorschubgeschwindigkeit des anderen Schiebeelementes (18, 19) ist, angetrieben mittels des jeweiligen Antriebselementes (20, 21), um sich zu bewegen von einer Inaktivposition aus, in welcher es nicht mit der jeweiligen Gruppe von Päckchen (S) zusammenwirkt, die durch die jeweilige Trägerebene (14, 15) getragen wird, zu einer ersten Schiebe-Position, sodass die Gruppe von Päckchen (S), die mittels des Schiebeelementes (18, 19) geschoben wird, das sich mit einer niedrigeren linearen Vorschubgeschwindigkeit bewegt, in Korrespondenz mit dem Verteilerfach (16) ankommt, ohne den Gegenstand (L) abzufangen, welcher bereits durch die Gruppe von Päckchen (S) erfasst ist, die mittels des jeweiligen Schiebeelementes (19, 18) geschoben wird, diese teilweise umhüllend.
  10. Verfahren nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 7 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen weiteren Einführungsschritt vorsieht, in welchem das erste Antriebselement (20) und das zweite Antriebselement (21) jeweils und simultan, mit der gleichen linearen Vorschubgeschwindigkeit, das erste Schiebeelement (18) und das zweite Schiebeelement (19) von der ersten Schiebe-Position aus zu einer zweiten Schiebe-Position bewegen, um die jeweilige Gruppe von Päckchen (S), von denen eine teilweise durch den Gegenstand (L) umhüllt ist, in den Behälter (P) zu schieben.
  11. Verpackungsmaschine zum Verpacken von Artikeln in Behälter, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6 aufweist.
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