US3775935A - Container and carrier assembling machine - Google Patents

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US3775935A
US3775935A US00289908A US3775935DA US3775935A US 3775935 A US3775935 A US 3775935A US 00289908 A US00289908 A US 00289908A US 3775935D A US3775935D A US 3775935DA US 3775935 A US3775935 A US 3775935A
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  • ABSTRACT Improvements in container and carrier assembling machines wherein the carriers are a series of flat plastic carriers with longitudinally extending transversely arranged pairs of apertures.
  • the machine is a rotary machine which takes the carriers in successiomfolds the longitudinally central and side edges, stretches the apertures over the containers delivered to the machine, and releases the carriers to embracingly engage the containers.
  • the guide system is a unitary assembly carried on a pair of rods, adjustment, removal and maintenance of the guide system is greatly simplified.
  • the rotary applicating means is constructed as an axially spaced apart pair of spider assemblies firmly secured to a rotating shaft.
  • Individual jaw or shoe assemblies are formed as simple units of a mounting plate carrying a plurality of cam operated reciprocating rods which are secured to carrier stretching and applying shoes, and simple fixed tuckers which help to apply the carriers to the cans.
  • the individual shoe assemblies are boltedto the spiders by a pair of fasteners. Because of that construction and arrangement, reductions to practice of the invention have established that higher applicating speeds are now possible than with machines of prior known constructions.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to improve container and carrier assembling machines such as exemplified by the above noted patents to permit operation at substantially higher applicating speeds than heretofore practically possible for such machines.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a machine embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the machine shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary end-elevational view of the rotary applicating station
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of one of the individual shoe assemblies;
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the assembly of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the assembly of FIG. 4 taken along the line 6-6 of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the unitary guide system
  • FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the guide system shown in FIG. 7 taken along the line 8-8 of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is an end elevational view of the guide system shown in FIG. '7.
  • FIGS. I and 2 show the general organization of such a machine.
  • Containers 10 are generally supplied to the machine from a container filling station ahead of the machine.
  • the containers 10 are cylindrical cans.
  • the container and carrier assembly machine is shown generally at 11.
  • the carrier stock 12 is fed to the applicating machine 11 over the top thereof.
  • the applicating machine 11 essentially comprises rotor means shown generally at 13 which receives the succession of carriers 12 and applies those carriers to the tops of the cans at what may be called the assembly station beneath the rotor means I3.
  • the carrier stock I2 is intended to be a flexible plastic sheet material which has been formed such as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 by cutting or punching to comprise longitudinally extending trans verse pairs of container encircling bands.
  • the inner peripheral extent of each of the bands is less than the circumferential dimension of the cans I0 so that the con tainer encircling bands must be substantially stretched for application to the cans 1.0.
  • the carrier bands usually assume a somewhat cylindrical or frustoconical shape in the assembled container and carrier package.
  • Such container and carrier packages may be seen by way of example in FIGS. 22 and 23 of US. Pat. No. 2,874,835.
  • the applicating machine must properly fold or shape the carrier and the container encircling bands of the carrier prior to and during application of the carrier to the cans.
  • Prior applicating machines have not been able to successfully apply such carriers to cans at speeds at 1800 cans per minute because the guide system for the carrier stock to the rotor means could not properly fold and direct the carrier to the rotary means at such speeds.
  • the shoe assemblies in the rotor means for receiving, stretching and applying the carrier to the cans have been excessively complicated for efficient high speed application of the carrier stock to the cans.
  • the carrier stock 12 is normally supplied on a reel 14.
  • the reel 14 is rotatably supported on a reel stand 15.
  • the reel stand shown in the drawings is merely representative of one type of stand which may be used with the present invention.
  • tensioning system is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in a somewhat representative form to comprise roller 16 supported from the stand 15, and drum l7 and rollers 18 and 19 supported from the applicating machine.
  • the carrier 12 comprises transverse pairs of container receiving apertures, two lanes of cans 10 are directed to the applicating machine 11.
  • a suitable conveyor system is provided for carrying the cans 10 to and through the applicating machine 11 in timed relation to feeding of the carrier 12.
  • the carrier stock 12 is transversely severed between selected adjacent container gripping bands into the assembled package of an individual carrier and a number of containers by any suitable known severing means. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 the packages comprise the well known 6-pack.
  • the subject invention is directed to two improvements in the applicating machine 131.
  • One of these improvements which is shown in detail in FIGS. 3, 7, 8 and 9 is the construction and arrangement of a unique guide system for guiding the carrier stock at high speeds into the shoes or jaws of the rotor means 13.
  • the other improvement is concerned with the construction of the rotor means 13 for high speed operation and primarily involves a simple and efficient unitary shoe assembly construction for each of the shoe assemblies which are arranged circumferentially about the rotor means 13.
  • the simplicity of the unitary shoe assemblies produces a uniquely efficient arrangement for high speed application of the carrier stock to the cans.
  • the improvement of the unitary shoe assemblies is shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6.
  • FIG. 3 which is a fragmentary end view of the rotor means 13, is viewed along line such as line 3-3 in FIG. 1.
  • the rotor means 113 is supported in a fixed frame structure, fragmentary portions of which are shown at 30 in FIG. 3.
  • a driven shaft 31 is rotatively carried in the frame structure 30.
  • a pair of circular members called spiders 32 are secured on the shaft 311 in a spaced apart relationship to each other.
  • the outer periphery of each spider 32 is provided with tapped holes 33 for receiving a shoe station 34 such as shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6. Only two shoe stations or assemblies 34 are shown in FIG. 3, one at the top of the rotor means and one at the bottom.
  • each shoe assembly 34 comprises a substantially rectangular mounting plate 35, four shoes 36, four operating rods 37, tucker assembly 38, and two cam follower assemblies 39.
  • the mounting plate 35 is provided with two holes therethrough adjacent the opposite ends for the fasteners 40.
  • Each shoe assembly 34 is secured to the spiders 32 by threading the fasteners 40 into the threaded holes 33.
  • a support member 41 is secured at each end of the mounting plate 35 by fasteners 42.
  • Each member 41 has four parallel spaced apart holes therethrough for guiding and supporting the rods 37.
  • the four rods 37 are slidably carried through both members 41 and at each end thereof extend into the cam follower assemblies 39. Two of the rods 37 are secured into one of the cam follower assemblies 39 by fasteners 43 while the other two rods 37 are merely slidably retained in that cam follower assembly 39.
  • the cam assemblies 50 are secured to the frame structure 30 axially outwardly of each end of the spiders 32.
  • Each cam assembly 50 is annular in shape and the outer circumferential surface thereof is provided with a cam track 51.
  • Each cam follower 39 is provided with a roller 52 which is mounted within one of the cam tracks 51.
  • the tucker assembly 38 on each shoe assembly 34 is provided for directing the carrier 32 into proper can applicating configuration and for pushing the carrier on the cans 112 during application by the shoes 36.
  • Each tucker assembly 38 is secured to the mounting plate 35 of a shoe assembly 34 by a plurality of fasteners 55 as may be seen in FIGS. 4 and 6.
  • Each tucker assembly 38 includes a pair of tucker fingers 56 which extends outwardly from the mounting plate 35 in the same direction as the shoes 36 and on an axis parallel to the axis of reciprocation of the shoes 36.
  • Each tucker assembly 38 further includes a plate member 57 which extends in the same direction that the shoes 36 generally extend and is aligned perpendicular to the axis of reciprocation of the shoes 36 mid-way between the cooperating pairs of shoes 36.
  • the plate member 57 cooperates with the guide assembly 60 to be described hereinafter to properly form or fold the longitudinal central portion of the carrier stock 12 for high speed application.
  • each of the shoe assemblies 34 has been found to provide and permit high speed application of carrier stock to cans and it has further been found that repair and maintenance of such shoe assemblies 34 is greatly simplified over any such previous constructions known in the art.
  • the improvement of the guide system 60 is shown in cooperation with the rotor means 113 in FIG. 3 and in further detail in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9.
  • One of the important features of the improved guide system over those previously known is that the outer longitudinal edges of the container encircling bands of the carrier 12 are folded upwardly before any contact of the carrier 12 is made by the shoes 36. This feature enables the applicating machine to be operated at high speed with a minimum possibility that the container encircling bands of the carrier will be malformed by the shoes 36.
  • a further advantage of the improved guide system is that it is formed as a unitary sub-assembly of the machine and consequently is easily removed for maintenance and particularly, adjustment.
  • the guide system 66 can be completely preset before being set in the machine, is less subject to being deformed by a material jam than previous guide systemsand allows for the placement and removal of complete sets of rails without disturbing any settings.
  • the outer longitudinal sides of the container encircling bands of the carrier must be formed or bent upwardly, and the inner or longitudinally central line between the container encircling bands must be formed upwardly from the longitudinal central center line while the band portions adjacent thereto are formed downwardly.
  • the shoes 36 may enter the apertures of the carrier T2 at the top of the rotor means 13 and the shoes 36 can open, as the rotor means is rotated,
  • Arrows 611 in lFlGfl', 62 in H6. 6, and63 in FIG. 9 indicate the direction in which the carrier stock 12 moves in and through the'guide system 60.
  • the carrier 12 passes between a pair of plates 64 and 65 as shown in MG. 3.
  • the plates 64 and 65 have been removed in the showings of FIGS. 7, 6 and 9.
  • the plates 64 and 65. and the forming rails 66, 67 and 68 are secured to and carried by a pair of rods 70 as a complete assembly.
  • the rods 70 are supported in sleeves 71.
  • four bosses '72 are provided on the supporting frame 30 of the machine as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the sleeves 71 are slidable on the rods 76 and are securable thereto by fasteners 73. Thus it may be seen to remove the guide assembly 60 from the machine it is merelynecessary to loosen the fasteners 73 and slide the sleeves 71 on the rods 74) away from the ends of'the rods 70 free of the bosses 72.
  • Two supporting plates 74 are secured on the rods 70 in a parallel spaced apart relationship toeach other.
  • Four channel members '76, '76, 77 and 78 are secured between the supporting plates 76.
  • the guide rails 66, 67 and 66 are supported from the channel members 75, 76, 77 and 76 by standards 80, 81, 82 and 83.
  • a standard 80 is secured to each of the rails 68 and terminates at the upper end thereof in a fastener 85 carried in a slot in the channel member 75.
  • a standard 611 is secured to each of the guide rails 67 and the upper end of each standard 81 terminates in a fastener 86 in slots in the channel member 76.
  • a standard 82 is secured to each of the guide rails 66, 67 and 68 and terminates at the upper end thereof in a fastener 87 in a slot in the channel member 77.
  • a standard 63 is secured adjacant the rearward end of eachof the rails 66, 67 and 68 and terminates at the upper end thereof in a fastener 88 in a slot in the channel member 78.
  • the fasteners 65, 86, 87 and 86 permit the rails 66, 67 and 66 to be adjusted relative to the spacing therebetween for proper guiding of the carrier 12..
  • the outer forming rails for the carrier 12 are the rails 66.
  • the initial portion of each of "the rails 66 is formed as two flat sections with a space 89 therebetween as may be seen in MG. 6.
  • the two sections are rotated through an angle of 90- substantially in the area of the rearward rod and the upper section of each of the rails 66 terminates at that point.
  • the outer longitudinal edges of the carrier 12 pass through the spaces 69 of I the forming rails 66 and are folded generally upwardly at the end of the upper section of the rails 66.
  • the rails 67 are generally aligned on the longitudinal center lines of the apertures of the carrier stock 112, and the carrier stock 12 passes therebelow. Thus it may be seen that the rails 67 hold those portions of the carrier stock 12 down.
  • the center pair of rails, rails 68 also he over the carrier stock 12 as it passes through the guide system 66.
  • the guide rails 66 may be called the center forming rails and cooperate with the previously described plates 57 of the tuclter assembly 36 of the shoe assemblies 36 to form the longitudinal central portion of the carrier stock 12 in a generally downwardly directed V-shaped cross section.
  • the shoes 36 enter the apertures and during the further rotation of the rotor means 113, the pair of shoes 36 in each aperture are moved apart to engage the generally vertically directed inner and outer longitudinally extending portions of the container encircling bands of the carrier stock l2. As the rotor means 13 continues to rotate the stretched and folded carrier stock is applied over the upper chimes of the cans T6 to assemble the carrier stock 12 on the cans it).
  • a machine for assembling containers into packages held together by generally flat, somewhat elastic carriers having a longitudinal series of transverse pairs of container encircling bands said machine including means for directing a procession of containers to a carrier and container assembly station, there being rotor means proximate to said assembly station and a guide system for receiving, folding and directing a succession of carriers to said rotor means at a location circumferentially spaced from said assembly station, said rotor means including a plurality of shoe assemblies on the periphery thereof for receiving successive carriers from said guide system and stretching and applying the carriers into embracing relations to containers in said assembly station, the improvement of said guide system comprising a unitary assembly of guide rails formed to fold the longitudinally central and outer sides of said succession of carriers before reception of said carriers on said shoe assemblies, and each of said shoe assemblies comprising a unitary assembly solely secured on the periphery of said rotor means by a pair of spaced apart fasteners and cooperating with said guide system to receive said carriers in said folded condition.
  • said unitary assembly of guide rails being mounted on a pair of rods, and means securing the ends of said rods in fixed position in said machine at said location circumferentially spaced from said assembly station.
  • each of said shoe assemblies comprising a mounting plate carrying said shoe assemblies, and said spaced apart fasteners projecting through opposite ends of said mounting plate and into said rotor means.
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