US3897671A - Apparatus and method for covering a load on a pallet - Google Patents
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- B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat
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- plastic covers When the pallets are to be outdoors or otherwise surrounded by an atmosphere which may damage the articles, plastic covers have been em ployed heretofore for protection. Moreover, the plastic covers reduce pilferage, stabilize the loads so the arti' cles are not dislodged. and protect against dust and moisture.
- a general object of the invention is to provide a effective and reliable method and apparatus for covering a load on a pallet with heat shrinkable film.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view ofthe heat shrink tunnel illustrating diagrammatically the method of placement of the bag of heat shrink film over the load on the pallet.
- FIG. 2 is longitudinal section taken along line 22 of FIG. I, and diagrammatically illustrating a load on a pallet covered with heat shrink film in the tunnel.
- FIG. 2A is an enlarged view of a movable vane of the type employed in the shrink tunnel.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view ofthe heat shrink tunnel in part broken away to illustrate the heating system.
- FIG. 3a is a view taken along line 3a3u of FIG. 3 illustrating an air flow control.
- FIG. 3h is a view taken along line 3h3h of FIG. 3 illustrating the inlet ducts at the top of the tunnel.
- FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view of the bottom vent for withdrawal of air from the bag and associated linkage for controlling the movable vanes.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the tunnel diagrarnmatically illustrating the manner in which the inverted bag of heat shrink film covers the load on the pallet.
- FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view showing in phantom lines the system for folding the flap or skirt under the front end of the pallet. and illustrating the vent opcning below the pallet for withdrawal of air from the inverted bag.
- FIG. 6a is a diagrammatic view showing in phantom lines the system for folding the flap or skirt under the rear end of the pallet. and illustrating the manner in which the vent opening follows the movement of the pallet so that air is withdrawn from the inverted bag while the pallet is moving.
- FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the pallet load showing the flaps folded beneath the pallet.
- the present invention is directed to re moving the air from an inverted bag of heat shrink film covering a load on a pallet while the pallet is moving.
- the air is removed with sufficient negative pressures to cause the depending lateral skirts or flaps to fold under the bottom of the pallet at which location they are welded and fused to assist in anchoring the bag to the pallet.
- a loosely fitting bag I0 made of heat shrinkable film is placed over a load I] on pallet 12.
- the inverted bag may be placed over the load as indicated by the arrow either manually or by automatic equipment.
- the load on the pallet covered with the inverted bag is then moved through the tunnel 30 by suitable conveying means. After passing through the heat shrink tunnel the heat shrinkable bag tightly encases the load and pallet, as illustrated at the right side of FIG. 1.
- the inverted bag should have a height greater than the combined height of the load and pallet so that the lower edges of the bag form a skirt or flap which depends below the pallet and which can be folded under the pallet bottom to secure the bag.
- FIG. 7 which shows the bottom of the pallet after emerging from the tunnel.
- flaps 10A, 10B, 10C. and 10C which have been folded under the pallet bottom and secured in place by fusion or welding of the heat shrinkable plastic at the overlapping corners.
- the flaps are fused at the corners form a frame which encloses the marginal portions of the pallet bottom.
- the front end flap 10A is folded as shown in FIG. 6, as the pallet is transferred to conveyor 20 for movement through the tunnel 30. As illustrated. the pallet is transferred from conveyor 25 to conveyor 20, and the front flap 10A is folded during the transfer from one conveyor to the other.
- FIG. 6a The folding of rear end flap 10B is illustrated in FIG. 6a.
- the conveyor 25 is provided with transverse roller bars 26 which rotate freely about their transverse axes.
- the conveyor 25, at the time of the movement of the rear end of the pallet to conveyor 20. rotates at an increased speed which has a longitudinal velocity greater than the movement of the pallet and conveyor 20.
- the greater speed of conveyor 25 and bars 26 acts to push flap 10B below the pallet as it moves on to conveyor 20 as depicted in FIG. 6a.
- the side flaps 10C and 10D are folded under the pal let by air pressure differentials between the exterior and interior of the bag as will now be described. Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5. it will be noted that the pallet 12 has a greater width than the conveyors 20 and 25. This allows the flaps at the sides of the pallet to hang freely below the pallet bottom as the pallet enters the tunnel 30.
- FIG. 5 there is shown an air return duct 40 located below the conveyor 20 and below the center portion of the pallet I2.
- the duct extends sub stantially the entire length of the path of travel of the pallet through the tunnel. although the desired length can be varied as circumstances warrant.
- Duct 40 creates a negative air pressure in the bag 10 in sufficient amounts to cause the flaps 10C and IOD to fold under the bottom of the pallet as illustrated in FIG. 5.
- an effective frame for holding the plastic bag can be formed with only three flaps. for example, 10A. 10C and IUD, and the present invention contemplates three folds, as well as the four folds as described hereinabove.
- the negataive air pressure should be applied to the inverted bag I of heat shrink film before the film reaches the weld temperature.
- the inverted bag will be collapsed around the load I] and pallet 12 and overlapping folds of the heat shrink film both around the load 11 and under neath the pallet 12 will become fused before significant shrinkage of the film occurs.
- Subsequent shrinkage of the heat shrink film after fusion will draw the heat shrink film taut around the load and pallet.
- the initial application of negative air pressure serves to collapse the inverted bag I0 of heat shrink film and conserve the shrink energy in the film for use in drawing the film taut over the loaded pallet.
- the duct is provided with a moving vent 41 that follows the pallet as it moves through the tunnel.
- a moving vent 41 that follows the pallet as it moves through the tunnel.
- the pallet 12 is at the beginning of the tunnel 30, and the duct 40 has vent openings 41 below the pallet while the vent openings at the opposite end of the duct 40 are closed
- FIG. 60 it will be noted that the pallet 12 is at the end of the tunnel 30, and the vent openings 41 at the end of the duct 40 are open while those at the beginning of the duct 40 are closed.
- the vent openings follow the pallet 12 as it travels through the tunnel.
- the vent openings 41 are closed by slats 45 which move relative to the vent openings.
- the slats 45 are secured to a frame 46 which is slidable on the duct 40 by pneumatically operated piston 48.
- the piston is operated by a control system (not shown) that controls the movement of the slats to open the vents below the pallet as it traverses the tunnel.
- Motor driven blower S0 is the source of a forced air in a closed system which follows the air path indicated by the arrows in FIG. 3.
- the air is first heated by heating elements 52 in furnace 54, then driven by blower into the top and sides of the tunnel and then returned by duct 40 to furnace 54 for recirculation.
- the air is directed by longitudinally extending nozzles directed toward the bottom of the pallet in order to assist in the folding of the side flaps 10C and IUD and the heat shrinkage of plustic film at the bottom of the bag. Following the nozzles 60, the entire sides and top of the bag is heated.
- Vanes 66 are pivotally mounted for directing the air discharged by ducts 64 toward the moving load and pallet as it continues through the tunnel.
- FIG. 2A which illustrates one vane.
- the vane 66 is secured to a vertical pivotal rod 67 so that the vane can pivot to the positions indicated by the dotted lines in order to direct the hot air projected through the duct 64 toward the moving load.
- the vanes are operated by a linkage mechanism connected to sliding frame 46 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4.
- the vertical rods 67 for the vanes are pivotally mounted in a movable bars 68 which are connected through link 69 and rod 70 to the slidable frame 46.
- the slats 45 moved to open the vents 4I to provide a moving vent for withdrawal of air that follows the bottom of the bag 10, but also the vanes 66 are moved to direct hot air against the sides of the covered load as it progresses through the tunnel.
- a divider valve in the form of a hinged plate proportions the relative amounts of forced hot air from blower 50 between the sides and top of the shrink tunnel.
- the adjustment of plate 80 is conveniently made by threaded supporting rods 81 that extend outside the top of the furnace 54. By simply turning the nuts 82 on rods 81, adjustments to the plate 80 are made to control the air flow.
- FIG. I An inverted bag 10 of heat shrink film is placed over the load as indicated in FIG. I.
- the bag is of a height size sufficient for flaps or skirts to depend below the bottom of the pallet I2.
- the flap 10A at the front of the pallet is folded under the pallet bottom as the pallet is placed on the conveyor 20 for the tunnel. as shown in FIG. 6.
- the flap 10B is folded as the rear of the pallet moves on to the conveyor 20, as shown in FIG. 6.
- the flaps IOC and 10D at the sides of the pallet are folded under the pallet bottom and the bag 10 is collapsed around the load II by negative air pressures created within the bag 10 by vent 40.
- the overlapping corners of the flaps are fused and welded together in the tunnel to form a frame for securing the bag to the load and the pallet.
- the frame may be formed with only three flaps 10A. 10C and [OD and in some circumstances it may be the simplest and most convenient method for anchoring the bag to the load and pallet. Also, any overlapping portions of the bag collapsed around the load are fused and welded together.
- the vent for withdrawing air from the bag moves with the pallet so as to apply a continuous negative air pressure to the bag While it traverses the tunnel.
- the vent is moved by operating slats 45.
- An under-frame is provided by the flaps below the bot tom ofthe pallet.
- the under-frame may consist of three or four flaps depending upon the circumstances.
- the side flaps in any case are readily folded under the pallet bottom in the tunnel to be fused at their corners with front and/or rear flaps by air pressures.
- a method of covering a load on a pallet comprising the steps of:
- said bag offllm having a length greater than the combined height of the load and pallet so that a skirt of film depends below the pallet
- a method of covering a load on a pallet with heatshrinkable film comprising:
- venting system providing negative pressures within the bag
- venting system so as to follow said moving pallet and load and control the venting to sequentially apply negative pressures within the bag during at least a portion of the heat-shrinking operation.
- Apparatus for shrinking an inverted bag of heatshrinkable film upon a loaded pallet comprising:
- duct means below the pallet for withdrawing air from the inverted bag to produce negative pressures therein, said duct means including air directing means to sequentially apply negative pressures beneath the moving pallet, and
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