GB2246999B - Packaging method and apparatus - Google Patents

Packaging method and apparatus

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Publication number
GB2246999B
GB2246999B GB9109764A GB9109764A GB2246999B GB 2246999 B GB2246999 B GB 2246999B GB 9109764 A GB9109764 A GB 9109764A GB 9109764 A GB9109764 A GB 9109764A GB 2246999 B GB2246999 B GB 2246999B
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Prior art keywords
articles
packaging material
streams
fill
edge portions
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9109764A
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GB9109764D0 (en
GB2246999A (en
Inventor
Ian William Mcdonald
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Food Machinery Design Ltd
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Food Machinery Design Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB909017288A external-priority patent/GB9017288D0/en
Application filed by Food Machinery Design Ltd filed Critical Food Machinery Design Ltd
Publication of GB9109764D0 publication Critical patent/GB9109764D0/en
Priority to AT91307159T priority Critical patent/ATE135645T1/en
Priority to DE69118048T priority patent/DE69118048T2/en
Priority to US07/740,094 priority patent/US5155979A/en
Priority to EP91307159A priority patent/EP0470787B1/en
Publication of GB2246999A publication Critical patent/GB2246999A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2246999B publication Critical patent/GB2246999B/en
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Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/06—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
    • B65B9/073—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web having intermittent motion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/06—Cutting webs along their longitudinal direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/10—Creating an off-center longitudinal seal on horizontal or vertical form fill seal [FFS] machines

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Package Closures (AREA)

Abstract

Form-fill-seal apparatus for simultaneously packaging two streams of articles 15, a sheet of packaging material 17 being brought around the adjacent articles, a central loop portion 6 of the material being passed between the streams of articles and between outer edge portions 4, 5 of the packaging material. The packaging material (17) is heat-sealed through the combined thicknesses of its central portion and its edge portions, e.g. by rollers 27. without introducing a sealing device between the articles. Adjacent packages can be separated by cutting through the central loop portion of the packaging material which does not seal to itself, for example using a blade 29 positioned along the line of flow of the articles. The present invention enables hitherto proposed single stream form-fill-seal apparatus to be modified relatively easily to enable twin streams of packages to be produced without increasing the speed of the packaging material or the linear speed of individual articles. <IMAGE>
GB9109764A 1990-08-07 1991-05-07 Packaging method and apparatus Expired - Fee Related GB2246999B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT91307159T ATE135645T1 (en) 1990-08-07 1991-08-05 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING, FILLING AND SEALING WHEN PACKAGING TWO STREAMS OF ARTICLES SIMULTANEOUSLY
DE69118048T DE69118048T2 (en) 1990-08-07 1991-08-05 Device and method for producing, filling and sealing while simultaneously packing two article streams
US07/740,094 US5155979A (en) 1990-08-07 1991-08-05 Packaging method and apparatus
EP91307159A EP0470787B1 (en) 1990-08-07 1991-08-05 Form-fill-seal apparatus and method for simultaneously packaging two streams of articles

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB909017288A GB9017288D0 (en) 1990-08-07 1990-08-07 Packaging method and apparatus
GB919101488A GB9101488D0 (en) 1990-08-07 1991-01-23 Packaging method and apparatus

Publications (3)

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GB9109764D0 GB9109764D0 (en) 1991-06-26
GB2246999A GB2246999A (en) 1992-02-19
GB2246999B true GB2246999B (en) 1995-01-04

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GB9109764A Expired - Fee Related GB2246999B (en) 1990-08-07 1991-05-07 Packaging method and apparatus

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Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ITTO20080256A1 (en) * 2008-04-02 2009-10-03 Soremartec Sa "PROCEDURE FOR THE REALIZATION OF MULTIPLE AND RELATED PACKAGING"
EP2258628A1 (en) * 2009-06-05 2010-12-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Plastic bag for stacked soft hygienic products
EP2258627B1 (en) * 2009-06-05 2013-01-23 The Procter & Gamble Company Packaging device and method for packing stacked soft hygienic products into a plastic bag
IT1404049B1 (en) * 2011-02-08 2013-11-08 Soremartec Sa PROCEDURE FOR THE REALIZATION OF MULTIPLE AND RELATED PACKAGING.

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1332242A (en) * 1970-06-03 1973-10-03 Sig Schweiz Industrieges Packaging
GB1578973A (en) * 1976-04-05 1980-11-12 Fmc Corp Wrapping method and apparatus
GB2088811A (en) * 1980-11-28 1982-06-16 Auto Wrappers Norwich Ltd Producing a succession of individual, e.g. multi-tube, packs

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1332242A (en) * 1970-06-03 1973-10-03 Sig Schweiz Industrieges Packaging
GB1578973A (en) * 1976-04-05 1980-11-12 Fmc Corp Wrapping method and apparatus
GB2088811A (en) * 1980-11-28 1982-06-16 Auto Wrappers Norwich Ltd Producing a succession of individual, e.g. multi-tube, packs

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GB9109764D0 (en) 1991-06-26
GB2246999A (en) 1992-02-19

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