GB2586159B - Apparatus and methods for compressing stacks of articles - Google Patents

Apparatus and methods for compressing stacks of articles Download PDF

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GB2586159B
GB2586159B GB1911369.5A GB201911369A GB2586159B GB 2586159 B GB2586159 B GB 2586159B GB 201911369 A GB201911369 A GB 201911369A GB 2586159 B GB2586159 B GB 2586159B
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compressing stacks
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Payne Philip
Brown Richard
Darnell Antony
Morgan Gavin
Barrow David
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Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
Kimberly Clark Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
    • B65B63/026—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles for compressing by feeding articles through a narrowing space
    • 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
    • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
    • 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
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G15/00—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
    • B65G15/10—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
    • B65G15/12—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts
    • B65G15/14—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts the load being conveyed between the belts
    • B65G15/16—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts the load being conveyed between the belts between an auxiliary belt and a main belt
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/20—Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
    • B65G21/2045—Mechanical means for guiding or retaining the load on the load-carrying surface
    • B65G21/2063—Mechanical means for guiding or retaining the load on the load-carrying surface comprising elements not movable in the direction of load-transport
    • B65G21/209—Mechanical means for guiding or retaining the load on the load-carrying surface comprising elements not movable in the direction of load-transport for augmenting or creating a pression force between the load and the load-carrying surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4223—Pressing piles

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Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1989048A (en) * 1934-05-25 1935-01-22 Us Paper Mills Inc Method and apparatus for reducing the bulk of stacks of paper sheets and softening said sheets
US3120172A (en) * 1962-11-23 1964-02-04 Kimberly Clark Co Method of compressing stacks of creped paper tissues
US3291678A (en) * 1961-05-09 1966-12-13 Kimberly Clark Co Method of compressing creped paper tissue stacks at specific moisture content
US3319394A (en) * 1963-07-25 1967-05-16 Goodrich Co B F Apparatus for packaging resilient cellular material
GB2070552A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-09-09 Paper Converting Machine Co Manufacturing a packaged web product
WO1995013183A1 (en) * 1993-11-08 1995-05-18 Mölnlycke AB Roll of elongated material, method for the production thereof and means for carrying out the method
WO1995032123A1 (en) * 1994-05-20 1995-11-30 ISHIDA-BISHOPBARN Ltd Conditioning of packages
EP0899196A1 (en) * 1994-07-08 1999-03-03 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Method for packaging compressed paper rolls wound on cores
US20060059863A1 (en) * 2004-09-21 2006-03-23 Michler James R Bander apparatus and method of using same
JP2007144053A (en) * 2005-11-30 2007-06-14 Pigeon Corp Wet tissue, and method for manufacturing wet tissue
US20130256169A1 (en) * 2010-09-30 2013-10-03 Unicharm Corporation Package structure
US20130298738A1 (en) * 2010-09-30 2013-11-14 Takeshi Bando Method and apparatus for manufacturing wet wipes

Patent Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1989048A (en) * 1934-05-25 1935-01-22 Us Paper Mills Inc Method and apparatus for reducing the bulk of stacks of paper sheets and softening said sheets
US3291678A (en) * 1961-05-09 1966-12-13 Kimberly Clark Co Method of compressing creped paper tissue stacks at specific moisture content
US3120172A (en) * 1962-11-23 1964-02-04 Kimberly Clark Co Method of compressing stacks of creped paper tissues
US3319394A (en) * 1963-07-25 1967-05-16 Goodrich Co B F Apparatus for packaging resilient cellular material
GB2070552A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-09-09 Paper Converting Machine Co Manufacturing a packaged web product
WO1995013183A1 (en) * 1993-11-08 1995-05-18 Mölnlycke AB Roll of elongated material, method for the production thereof and means for carrying out the method
WO1995032123A1 (en) * 1994-05-20 1995-11-30 ISHIDA-BISHOPBARN Ltd Conditioning of packages
EP0899196A1 (en) * 1994-07-08 1999-03-03 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Method for packaging compressed paper rolls wound on cores
US20060059863A1 (en) * 2004-09-21 2006-03-23 Michler James R Bander apparatus and method of using same
JP2007144053A (en) * 2005-11-30 2007-06-14 Pigeon Corp Wet tissue, and method for manufacturing wet tissue
US20130256169A1 (en) * 2010-09-30 2013-10-03 Unicharm Corporation Package structure
US20130298738A1 (en) * 2010-09-30 2013-11-14 Takeshi Bando Method and apparatus for manufacturing wet wipes

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