WO1996000544A1 - A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the adsorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support - Google Patents

A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the adsorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support Download PDF

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WO1996000544A1
WO1996000544A1 PCT/EP1995/002474 EP9502474W WO9600544A1 WO 1996000544 A1 WO1996000544 A1 WO 1996000544A1 EP 9502474 W EP9502474 W EP 9502474W WO 9600544 A1 WO9600544 A1 WO 9600544A1
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Angelo Dotta
Giorgio Dotta
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Plastod S.P.A.
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Priority to US08/750,696 priority patent/US6062285A/en
Priority to AU28880/95A priority patent/AU2888095A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
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  • a machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the adsorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support.
  • the present invention relates to a machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings.
  • the invention relates to a machine for manufacturing small sized "strips” type and large sized “island dressing” type surgical adhesive dressings having a length comprised between 8 and 35 cm and a width comprised between 8 and 10 cm.
  • the adhesive support is unwound from rolls, separated from its protective film and perforated if necessary.
  • Adsorbing compresses obtained by transversely cutting a tape of adsorbing material, are then applied onto said adhesive support at the required intervals.
  • a protective material generally made of silicone paper is applied which covers both the adhesive support and the adsorbing compresses.
  • the so obtained product is then guided through a cutting zone wherein cutting and trimming are carried out by one or more cutting knives to obtain finished dressings of various lengths.
  • the dressings can be wrapped or enveloped in wrappers or envelopes generally obtained by coupling two tapes of cold or hot weldable material unwound from rolls.
  • known machines include drawing and feeding means, e.g. pairs of rolls suitably synchronized, cutting means, e.g. alternative or rotating cutting knives, spacing means, e.g a further pair of rolls or suckers or suction means.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings of the above referred type wherein all the described operations for preparing and placing the adsorbing material compresses are carried out by a single device.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide the above machine in a form which can be easily manufactured and which is simple and reliable to operate.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide the above machine in a form which allows a quick replacement of the parts thereof when a different format for the product is required, as is not infrequently the case.
  • Fig.2 is a schematic lateral view of adsorbing tape cutting rolls; in Fig.3 the components of a machine for larger dressings comprising a wrapping unit according to the invention are illustrated in a schematic general view.
  • the adhesive dressing 1 include a protective layer 2 unwound from a roll 3 of a protective material tape, an adhesive support 4, which is separated from its protective film 9 after being unwound from a roll 5, the protective film 9 being rewound on a roll 10 to be recovered, and an adsorbing compress 6 obtained by cutting off a tape 7 of adsorbing material unwound from a roll 8.
  • the adsorbing dressing 1 manufacturing machine comprises a first pair of rolls 11 and 12 for drawing and cutting the adsorbing material tape 7 therebetween, thereby obtaining adsorbing compresses 6.
  • the machine further includes a second pair of rolls
  • Said pair of rolls 13 and 14 has the further scope of compressing together the adhesive support 4 and the protective layer 2 with the adsorbing material compress 6 therebetween for the mutual adhesion thereof.
  • each pair of rolls 11 and 12, 13 and 14, 15 and 16 is obtained by means of gears provided on the peripheral end thereof and ensuring the synchronous reverse rotating movement of the one roll of each pair with respect to the other roll.
  • the cutting knives 19 are positioned close to the transition region between a projecting sector 17 and the subsequent recessed sector 18 so as to provide, between the recessed sector 18 and the cutting knives 19 according to the roll 12 direction of rotation, a projecting portion of the projecting sector 17 sufficient to hold correctly in position the cut tape 7 between the rolls 11 and 12 before the cut tape 7 is compressed by the subsequent projecting sector 17.
  • the projecting sectors 17 of the roll 12 are made of semirigid slightly deformable material which allows a slight deformation of the projection during compression of the adsorbing material tape 7 against the roll 11.
  • the feeding of the material is constant only between the pairs of rolls 13, 14 and 15, 16, whereas it becomes intermittent between the pair of rolls 11, 12.
  • the effect obtained by the roll 12 comprising the ⁇ projecting sectors 17 and the recessed sectors 18 is that the adsorbing tape 7 is transformed into a series of compresses of adsorbing material which are regularly spaced and have the same size.
  • the final cutting of the dressing 1 is obtained through a pair of rolls 15, 16 wherein a punched roll 16 compresses and cuts the dressing 1 by pressing it against the counter roll 15.
  • the dressing 1 may pass through a packaging zone wherein the dressing 1 is inserted between two tapes 20 of weldable material unwound from rolls 21 and guided by two idle rolls 22, 23.
  • the distance between the rolls 22 and 23 and the pair of rolls 15 and 16 is set so that during cutting, the forward end of the dressing 1 lies slightly after the pair of rolls 22 and 23 so as to provide for a package of weldable material slightly longer than each dressing to be packaged.
  • Fig.3 shows an example of a machine according to the invention, particularly designed for large sized "island dressing" type dressing wherein a packaging unit referred to as 24 is further provided.
  • the packaging unit 24 comprises a pair of rolls 25, 26 where the weldable material tapes 20 are drawn and laterally joined together so as to enclose the dressing 1 therebetween.
  • the joining and transversal cutting of the so packaged dressing are carried out by rotating members 27, 28 which compress and weld the package end portions and further provide for a transversal tear-off line allowing the separation of the packages containing the dressings.
  • Said rotating members 27, 28 are operated intermittently and pivoted with a peripheral velocity corresponding to the velocity of the rolls 25 and 26.
  • Control signals produced by a photoelectric sensor 29 energized by means of a light source 30 provide for the synchronized welding and cutting operations by the members 27, 28 in respect of the feeding of the dressing 1.

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Abstract

A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings (1) having an adhesive support (4), adsorbing material compresses (6) laying on said support and a protective layer (2), including cutting means for cutting to the desired size and placing at the desired intervals onto said adhesive layer (4) some adsorbing material compresses (6) obtained from a tape (7) of adsorbing material, wherein the cutting means for cutting to the desired size and placing at the desired intervals the adsorbing material compresses (6) comprise a first cylindrical counter roll (11) having a smooth surface and a second roll (12) acting on said first roll (11) and having projecting sectors (17) provided with at least a transversal cutting knife (19) for cutting the adsorbing tape (7) by compressing the same against the counter roll (11), alternated with recessed sectors (18), said tape (7) being drawn during the synchronous rotation of the rolls (11 and 12) only by means of the projecting sectors (17) cooperating with the surface of the counter roll (11).

Description

A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the adsorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support.
The present invention relates to a machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings.
More particularly the invention relates to a machine for manufacturing small sized "strips" type and large sized "island dressing" type surgical adhesive dressings having a length comprised between 8 and 35 cm and a width comprised between 8 and 10 cm.
Conventional machines used for manufacturing adhesive dressings of the aforementioned type have alternate or rotary movement.
The adhesive support is unwound from rolls, separated from its protective film and perforated if necessary.
Adsorbing compresses, obtained by transversely cutting a tape of adsorbing material, are then applied onto said adhesive support at the required intervals.
Then a protective material generally made of silicone paper is applied which covers both the adhesive support and the adsorbing compresses.
The so obtained product is then guided through a cutting zone wherein cutting and trimming are carried out by one or more cutting knives to obtain finished dressings of various lengths.
After the aforementioned operations the dressings can be wrapped or enveloped in wrappers or envelopes generally obtained by coupling two tapes of cold or hot weldable material unwound from rolls.
The most complex operations which are to be performed by the machine during the above disclosed manufacturing process are cutting the adsorbing material to the desired size and placing the adsorbing compresses at the desired intervals. In the presently known state of the art these operations need to be carried out by several cooperating means.
More particularly, known machines include drawing and feeding means, e.g. pairs of rolls suitably synchronized, cutting means, e.g. alternative or rotating cutting knives, spacing means, e.g a further pair of rolls or suckers or suction means. An object of the present invention is to provide a machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings of the above referred type wherein all the described operations for preparing and placing the adsorbing material compresses are carried out by a single device.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the above machine in a form which can be easily manufactured and which is simple and reliable to operate.
A further object of the present invention is to provide the above machine in a form which allows a quick replacement of the parts thereof when a different format for the product is required, as is not infrequently the case.
These and other objects are achieved by the machine of the present invention according to claim 1. A detailed description of a preferred, though non- limiting, embodiment of the machine according to the invention is now presented with reference to the following figures: in Fig.l the essential parts of the machine according to the invention are illustrated in a schematic general view;
Fig.2 is a schematic lateral view of adsorbing tape cutting rolls; in Fig.3 the components of a machine for larger dressings comprising a wrapping unit according to the invention are illustrated in a schematic general view.
Referring to the attached figures, the adhesive dressing 1 include a protective layer 2 unwound from a roll 3 of a protective material tape, an adhesive support 4, which is separated from its protective film 9 after being unwound from a roll 5, the protective film 9 being rewound on a roll 10 to be recovered, and an adsorbing compress 6 obtained by cutting off a tape 7 of adsorbing material unwound from a roll 8.
The adsorbing dressing 1 manufacturing machine comprises a first pair of rolls 11 and 12 for drawing and cutting the adsorbing material tape 7 therebetween, thereby obtaining adsorbing compresses 6.
The machine further includes a second pair of rolls
13 and 14 for drawing the adhesive support 4 and the protective layer 2 once the compresses 6 are on the adhesive support 4.
Said pair of rolls 13 and 14 has the further scope of compressing together the adhesive support 4 and the protective layer 2 with the adsorbing material compress 6 therebetween for the mutual adhesion thereof.
Through a third pair of rolls 15 and 16 the dressing 1 is cut in portions of the required length.
The coupling of each pair of rolls 11 and 12, 13 and 14, 15 and 16 is obtained by means of gears provided on the peripheral end thereof and ensuring the synchronous reverse rotating movement of the one roll of each pair with respect to the other roll.
As better shown in Fig.2, the pair of rolls 11 and
12 comprises a smooth surface roll 11 having the function of counter roll and a roll 12 having projecting sectors 17 regularly circumferentially alternated with recessed sectors 18.
When the rolls 11 and 12 rotate, the projecting sectors 17 press the adsorbing tape 7 against the counter roll 11, thereby drawing the tape therebetween, whereas the recessed sectors 18 maintain the tape 7 substantially not-drawn, being not compressed against the counter roll 11. Transversal cutting knives 19 which cut the adsorbing material by further compressing it against the counter roll 11 are provided in a roll 12 portion corresponding to the projecting sectors 17.
Specifically, the cutting knives 19 are positioned close to the transition region between a projecting sector 17 and the subsequent recessed sector 18 so as to provide, between the recessed sector 18 and the cutting knives 19 according to the roll 12 direction of rotation, a projecting portion of the projecting sector 17 sufficient to hold correctly in position the cut tape 7 between the rolls 11 and 12 before the cut tape 7 is compressed by the subsequent projecting sector 17.
The projecting sectors 17 of the roll 12 are made of semirigid slightly deformable material which allows a slight deformation of the projection during compression of the adsorbing material tape 7 against the roll 11.
With the above construction during the synchronized rotation of the three pairs of rolls the feeding of the material is constant only between the pairs of rolls 13, 14 and 15, 16, whereas it becomes intermittent between the pair of rolls 11, 12. The effect obtained by the roll 12 comprising the β projecting sectors 17 and the recessed sectors 18 is that the adsorbing tape 7 is transformed into a series of compresses of adsorbing material which are regularly spaced and have the same size. The final cutting of the dressing 1 is obtained through a pair of rolls 15, 16 wherein a punched roll 16 compresses and cuts the dressing 1 by pressing it against the counter roll 15. After being cut, the dressing 1 may pass through a packaging zone wherein the dressing 1 is inserted between two tapes 20 of weldable material unwound from rolls 21 and guided by two idle rolls 22, 23. The distance between the rolls 22 and 23 and the pair of rolls 15 and 16 is set so that during cutting, the forward end of the dressing 1 lies slightly after the pair of rolls 22 and 23 so as to provide for a package of weldable material slightly longer than each dressing to be packaged. Fig.3 shows an example of a machine according to the invention, particularly designed for large sized "island dressing" type dressing wherein a packaging unit referred to as 24 is further provided.
The packaging unit 24 comprises a pair of rolls 25, 26 where the weldable material tapes 20 are drawn and laterally joined together so as to enclose the dressing 1 therebetween.
The joining and transversal cutting of the so packaged dressing are carried out by rotating members 27, 28 which compress and weld the package end portions and further provide for a transversal tear-off line allowing the separation of the packages containing the dressings.
Said rotating members 27, 28 are operated intermittently and pivoted with a peripheral velocity corresponding to the velocity of the rolls 25 and 26.
Control signals produced by a photoelectric sensor 29 energized by means of a light source 30 provide for the synchronized welding and cutting operations by the members 27, 28 in respect of the feeding of the dressing 1.
A more detailed description of the means which carry out the synchronized rotation of the rolls and rotating elements is not deemed necessary as these means are part of the common general knowledge of any man skilled in the art and common to the machines of the state of the art.

Claims

1. A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings (1) having an adhesive support (4), adsorbing material compresses (6) laying on said support and a protective layer (2), including cutting means for cutting to the desired size and placing at the desired intervals onto said adhesive layer (4) some adsorbing material compresses (6) obtained from a tape (7) of adsorbing material, characterized in that the cutting means for cutting to the desired size and placing at the desired intervals the adsorbing material compresses (6) comprise a first cylindrical counter roll (11) having a smooth surface and a second roll (12) acting on said first roll (11) and having projecting sectors (17) provided with at least a transversal cutting knife (19) for cutting the adsorbing tape (7) by compressing the same against the counter roll (11), alternated with recessed sectors (18), said tape (7) being drawn during the synchronous rotation of the rolls (11) and (12) only by means of the projecting sectors (17) cooperating with the surface of the counter roll (11).
2. A machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the peripheral velocity of the cylindrical counter roll (11) and that of the roll (12) are equal to the adhesive support (4) feeding velocity.
3. A machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said transversal cutting knives (19) are provided in each projecting sector (17) of the second roll (12) in a position preceding of at least 1 cm the next recessed sector (18) in a direction opposite to the roll (12) rotation.
4. A machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a pair of idle rolls (22) and (23) whereon two converging tapes (20) of weldable material for forming the dressing (1) package are fed, said pair of idle rolls being provided after the cutting zone of the adhesive dressing at a distance variable according to the desired dressing length.
5. A machine according to claim 4, characterized in that it comprises means for producing a transversal welding of the packages containing the dressings, said means being intermittently controlled by signals produced by at least a photoelectric sensor (29) energized by means of a light source (30) when the dressing (1) and its package are fed therebetween, said photoelectric sensor being able to recognize the presence of the dressing (1) because of the different intensity in the light transmitted by the source (30) .
6. A machine according to claim 5, characterized in that said means for transversely welding the dressing package are a pair of rotating members (27) and (28) intermittently operated according to the dressing and package lengths.
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EP95924324A EP0767643B1 (en) 1994-06-29 1995-06-26 A machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the adsorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support
DE1995613173 DE69513173T2 (en) 1994-06-29 1995-06-26 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE PLASTERS WITH AN ADSORPTION COMPRESSE SURROUNDED BY ADHESIVE TAPE
US08/750,696 US6062285A (en) 1994-06-29 1995-06-26 Machine for manufacturing adhesive dressings having the absorbing compress completely surrounded by the adhesive support
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