US3722176A - Package handling - Google Patents

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US3722176A
US3722176A US00131138A US3722176DA US3722176A US 3722176 A US3722176 A US 3722176A US 00131138 A US00131138 A US 00131138A US 3722176D A US3722176D A US 3722176DA US 3722176 A US3722176 A US 3722176A
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A Hordijk
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Hordijk G Houtind Zoandam NV
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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
    • B65B7/26—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by closing hinged lids

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  • the guide plate engages the outer surface of the empty half-section in the upright position of the latter.
  • the empty half-section is pivoted downwardly and the hookshaped end of the pivoting arm is released from the free edge of the-empty half-section opposite the hingedly connected side.
  • the pivoting arm pivots back to its downwardly depending position and can thus engage the corresponding edge of the empty half-section of the next package.
  • the hook-shaped end on the package the latter is oriented with its leading edge and hence with the hinged-together sides of the two halves practically truly perpendicular to the direction of movement.
  • the snapfastening means of the two half-sections are thus properly juxtaposed.
  • the invention further relates to apparatus for carrying out the method described above.
  • an apparatus is characterized by a belt conveyor comprising a plurality of spaced parallel horizontal conveyor belts, a freely pivotabledepending pivoting arni terminating just short of said belts and having atits lower end a hook-shaped portion opening against the direction of transport of the belt, and by a stationary guide plate consisting of a plurality of stripscorresponding with the belts and sloping downwardly in the direction of movement in a slight curve'from a point adjacent to the extreme point of the path of movement of the hook in the direction of transport.
  • package is provided with a score line. to provide for easy sub-division of the package into two portions con- 1 transversely'to the plane of drawing, so that there are interspaces between the belts
  • the packages bear on the belts with the bottoms of the compartment portions of the filled half-section, and in the position shown'for package 1 also withthe bottoms of the compartment portions of the empty half-section.
  • a pivoting arm 12 Pivotable about a stationary, horizontal shaft 13 is a pivoting arm 12 which at its lower end 14 is formed in the shape of a hook capable of engaging under and behind the free leading edge, on'the right-hand side in the drawing, of the empty half-section 6. The free edge is engaged, in the embodiment 1 shown, practically throughout its length. Because the package is transported from position 1 in the direction of arrow A, arm 12 pivots in the direction of arrow B to the dotted position 12', while half-section 6 is pivoted upwardly to position 16 as shown for package 2 by hook 14.
  • .Pivoting arm 12 is light enough for it to swivel upwardly in the direction of arrow B for moving an empty half-section upwardly without slippage of the. belts relative to the bottoms of the compartments filled with tomatoes.
  • Indicated by reference numeral 18 is a guide plate composed of a plurality of strips corresponding in number to the conveyor belts .of conveyor 11, said strips being located in side-by -side relationship trans verse to the plane of drawing. From a point just to the right of, slightly below, position 14' of the hook 14, the strips of the guide plate 18 slope downwardly tothe right in the drawing, slightly curved, so that package 2, when moved .further to the right in the direction of arrow A, will be in transit to occupy position 3. During this movement, the hook 14 has slipped ofl the free edge of the empty half-section, and arm 12 will pivot back to its original position 12.
  • An apparatus for closing a package of slightly resilient material of the type having two-half sections hinged together on one side, each half section having a free edge provided with complemental snap fastening means, each half section having complementary portions defining a plurality of compartments for receiving articles subject to damage or breakage such asfruit or eggs in which one empty half section is pivoted from a position in which it is co-planar with the other half sec tion containing the articles to a position in which it overlies the other section to which it is subsequently attached by the snap fastening means, comprising conveying means along which the package is advanced in a direction transverse to said side, an arm freely pivotable about a horizontal axis having a lower end terminating adjacent the conveying means, said lower end having a hook-shaped portion opening against the direction of movement of the conveying means, the free edge of the empty half section having the snap fastening means being adapted -to abut against the hook-shaped portions, whereby thehook-shaped portion engages under and behind the free edge so that movement of the package
  • An apparatus for closing a package of slightly resilient material of the type having two half-sections, each section having a free edge provided with comple mental snap fastening means, each of the half sections having complementary portions defining a plurality of compartments for receiving articles subject to damage or breakage such as fruitand eggs in which one empty half section is pivoted from a position in which it is coplanar with the other half Section containing the articles to a position in which it overlies the other half section to which it is subsequently attached by the snap fastening means comprising a belt conveyor defined by a plurality of spaced parallel horizontal conveyor belts, a depending pivoting arm freely pivotable about a horizontal axis and having a lower end terminating just short of said belts said lower end having a hook-shaped portion opening against the direction of transport of the belt, the free edge of the empty half section being adapted to abut against said hook-shaped portion whereby the hook-shaped portion engages under and behind the free edge so that movement of the package swings the arm and hence the empty half section upi wardly
  • said compression means including plunger means movable toward one another through the interspaces between the conveyor belts and theistrips constituting said guide plate, for action on corresponding zones of the respective upper and lower half-sections of a package.

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  • Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
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DE (1) DE2116474A1 (de)
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Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3877205A (en) * 1972-12-15 1975-04-15 Vefi As Packing machine
US3884015A (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-05-20 Seymour Foods Inc Carton cover closing machine
US5493848A (en) * 1994-11-28 1996-02-27 Mckibben Manufacturing, Inc. Clamshell package closing machine and process
EP3299303A1 (de) * 2016-09-23 2018-03-28 Van de Ven Beheer B.V. Verpackungsvorrichtung zum befüllen einer verpackung mit eiern
EP3303143A4 (de) * 2015-01-24 2019-10-16 YTA Holdings, LLC Schliesssystem einer lebensmittelverpackung und verfahren dafür

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US2660012A (en) * 1950-12-06 1953-11-24 Fmc Corp Machine for closing cartons
US3141279A (en) * 1961-01-16 1964-07-21 Boyd J Arnett Carton flap-opening apparatus
US3447282A (en) * 1966-02-03 1969-06-03 Fmc Corp Container handling apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2660012A (en) * 1950-12-06 1953-11-24 Fmc Corp Machine for closing cartons
US3141279A (en) * 1961-01-16 1964-07-21 Boyd J Arnett Carton flap-opening apparatus
US3447282A (en) * 1966-02-03 1969-06-03 Fmc Corp Container handling apparatus

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3877205A (en) * 1972-12-15 1975-04-15 Vefi As Packing machine
US3884015A (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-05-20 Seymour Foods Inc Carton cover closing machine
US5493848A (en) * 1994-11-28 1996-02-27 Mckibben Manufacturing, Inc. Clamshell package closing machine and process
EP3303143A4 (de) * 2015-01-24 2019-10-16 YTA Holdings, LLC Schliesssystem einer lebensmittelverpackung und verfahren dafür
EP3299303A1 (de) * 2016-09-23 2018-03-28 Van de Ven Beheer B.V. Verpackungsvorrichtung zum befüllen einer verpackung mit eiern
NL2017524B1 (nl) * 2016-09-23 2018-04-04 Van De Ven Beheer B V Verpakkingsinrichting voor het vullen van een verpakking met eieren

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FR2089318A5 (de) 1972-01-07
BE765183A (nl) 1971-08-30
IL36557A0 (en) 1971-06-23
AU2739871A (en) 1972-10-12
NL7004968A (de) 1971-10-11
ES390248A1 (es) 1973-06-16
DE2116474A1 (de) 1971-10-28
GB1292009A (en) 1972-10-11

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