WO1997003809A1 - Creasing of sheet material - Google Patents
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- WO1997003809A1 WO1997003809A1 PCT/GB1996/001760 GB9601760W WO9703809A1 WO 1997003809 A1 WO1997003809 A1 WO 1997003809A1 GB 9601760 W GB9601760 W GB 9601760W WO 9703809 A1 WO9703809 A1 WO 9703809A1
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- mould
- creasing
- sheet material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C53/00—Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor
- B29C53/02—Bending or folding
- B29C53/04—Bending or folding of plates or sheets
- B29C53/06—Forming folding lines by pressing or scoring
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C37/00—Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group B29C33/00 or B29C35/00
- B29C37/0053—Moulding articles characterised by the shape of the surface, e.g. ribs, high polish
- B29C37/0057—Moulding single grooves or ribs, e.g. tear lines
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- This invention relates to the creasing and/or sealing of sheet material, in particular the creasing of relatively thick plastics sheet material.
- Plastics and other, e.g. board, sheet material ⁇ are traditionally creased by means of a creasing rule. Creases are primarily used to give a hinge effect, for example in the manufacture of blanks for subsequent assembly into cartons. The creasing may be carried out in conjunction with cutting the outline shape of the blank so that the total blank can be stamped out in one operation.
- the invention is primarily concerned with the creasing of thermoplastic sheet material, either homogeneous or alveolate (for example corrugated or I-beam structured) , of a thickness ranging from 1 mm to 100 mm. While the invention is equally applicable with the lesser thicknesses, it is particularly aimed at thicker materials where traditional methods are not satisfactory.
- the invention seeks to provide a method of sealing for such aterials improved in the above respects.
- a method of creasing plastics sheet material which comprises providing a mould having the desired shape, heating the mould, and bringing the mould into contact with the sheet material under pressure.
- the mould has the desired shape of the end product, for example a box blank, and may contain both cutting and creasing rules as well as other product features as desired.
- a single mould may be used in conjunction with a flat plate or a complementary double mould system may be used, especially for thicker materials or where a central hinge effect is required.
- the creasing is obtained by heat deformation (rather than simple pressure of a creasing rule) and sealing of the sheet material takes place at the same time thereby destroying elastic memory and ensuring that the dimensions of the creased area remain constant after creasing.
- the creasing rule has a rounded configuration so as gently to deform the plastic sheet material and avoid breakage, in contrast with previous creasing rules which are relatively pointed in profile.
- the temperature to which the mould is heated, and the pressure applied will vary in accordance with the particular thermoplastic material used, the sheet thickness, and the sheet structure (depending on whether the sheet is homogeneous or alveolate) . However, it is usually preferred to heat the mould to a temperature just below the melting point of the plastics material of the sheet. Ideally, both parts of the mould should be heated to the same temperature, that is the parts in contact with both sides of the sheet are heated similarly.
- the heating of the mould may be carried out by means of an associated heating plate which is itself heated by any suitable means such as steam, oil, or electrical resistance heating.
- Figure 1(a) is a plan view of a mould of the present invention
- Figure 1(b) is a section taken on line A - A of Figure 1(a);
- Figures 2(a) - 2(d) illustrate the mould action
- Figure 3 is a view of the section of the creasing rule on an enlarged scale
- Figure 4 illustrates the creasing action
- Figure 5 illustrates the traditional rule creasing action.
- a mould generally designated (10) for producing a blank suitable for making up into a box or carton comprises a cutting rule (12) and a creasing rule (14) .
- other desired features such as dies (16) for the formation of holes, perforations or depressions in the box botto are also provided.
- the mould (10) may be used on its own with a sheet material (18) resting on a flat plate or platen but as illustrated a complementary mould (10') ( Figure 2) is provided. This configuration is particularly useful with thicker plastics material (18) .
- the mould (10) is heated by means of a heating plate (20) containing passageways (22) through which a heated medium such as steam or oil can be passed. Alternatively, electrical resistance heating or high frequency heating, or a combination of both, could be employed. Operation of the device is illustrated best in Figures 2, 3 and 4. As can be seen from Figure 2, a pair of complementary moulds (10) and (10') are brought together sandwiching a sheet (18) of plastics material. As the moulds move into full register ( Figure 2(c)) the sheet material (18) is cut, creased and otherwise deformed to leave the final blank (18') - ( Figure 2(d)) .
- the creasing rule (14) has a rounded edge portion so as to have a relatively gentle action on the plastic material (18) and produce a crease as illustrated at (24) .
- This is in marked contrast to the crease produced by the traditional creasing rule illustrated in Figure 5 from which it will be seen that a relatively pointed blade is pressed into the sheet (1) and then retracted (2) after deforming the sheet (3).
- the crease so formed (24') changes in dimensions (4) owing to the elastic memory of the thermoplastic material.
- the method of the invention provides a number of advantages over the prior process.
- a constant and predictable thickness of the creased areas is obtained; the creased areas can be of any type, shape and width; and various constant thicknesses of different creased areas can be produced within the same blank using a single mould.
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP96925022A EP0885111A1 (en) | 1995-07-21 | 1996-07-22 | Creasing of sheet material |
CA002227449A CA2227449A1 (en) | 1995-07-21 | 1996-07-22 | Creasing of sheet material |
JP9506458A JP2000501034A (en) | 1995-07-21 | 1996-07-22 | Crease sheet material |
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GBGB9514995.1A GB9514995D0 (en) | 1995-07-21 | 1995-07-21 | Creasing of sheet material |
GB9514995.1 | 1995-07-21 |
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WO1997003809A1 true WO1997003809A1 (en) | 1997-02-06 |
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PCT/GB1996/001760 WO1997003809A1 (en) | 1995-07-21 | 1996-07-22 | Creasing of sheet material |
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EP (1) | EP0885111A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2000501034A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2227449A1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB9514995D0 (en) |
HU (1) | HUP9802853A3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997003809A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
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US6436217B1 (en) * | 1997-12-18 | 2002-08-20 | Scanilec B.V. | Method for forming a score in a strip of laminate |
WO2007134387A1 (en) * | 2006-05-18 | 2007-11-29 | Garmond Australia Pty. Limited | Containers |
Citations (7)
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US2552353A (en) * | 1946-10-25 | 1951-05-08 | Robert Gair Co Inc | Cutting die |
US2589022A (en) * | 1948-06-21 | 1952-03-11 | Robert Gair Co Inc | Apparatus and method for making plastic folding containers |
FR1518073A (en) * | 1966-03-03 | 1968-03-22 | Eastman Kodak Co | New manufacturing process for bindings and bindings obtained |
US3379814A (en) * | 1965-03-30 | 1968-04-23 | Mobil Oil Corp | Scoring thermoplastic materials |
FR2185227A5 (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1973-12-28 | Ce Dimmler Ag | |
US3900550A (en) * | 1970-04-24 | 1975-08-19 | Dow Chemical Co | Method of enhancing flexure of plastic hinges |
FR2490143A1 (en) * | 1980-09-17 | 1982-03-19 | Sedat | Press tool for cutting and creasing viscoelastic thermoplastic sheet - for box blanks, having cutting blades and shallower hot indenting blades on one tool |
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- 1995-07-21 GB GBGB9514995.1A patent/GB9514995D0/en active Pending
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- 1996-07-22 EP EP96925022A patent/EP0885111A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1996-07-22 WO PCT/GB1996/001760 patent/WO1997003809A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-07-22 HU HU9802853A patent/HUP9802853A3/en unknown
- 1996-07-22 JP JP9506458A patent/JP2000501034A/en active Pending
- 1996-07-22 CA CA002227449A patent/CA2227449A1/en not_active Abandoned
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2552353A (en) * | 1946-10-25 | 1951-05-08 | Robert Gair Co Inc | Cutting die |
US2589022A (en) * | 1948-06-21 | 1952-03-11 | Robert Gair Co Inc | Apparatus and method for making plastic folding containers |
US3379814A (en) * | 1965-03-30 | 1968-04-23 | Mobil Oil Corp | Scoring thermoplastic materials |
FR1518073A (en) * | 1966-03-03 | 1968-03-22 | Eastman Kodak Co | New manufacturing process for bindings and bindings obtained |
US3900550A (en) * | 1970-04-24 | 1975-08-19 | Dow Chemical Co | Method of enhancing flexure of plastic hinges |
FR2185227A5 (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1973-12-28 | Ce Dimmler Ag | |
FR2490143A1 (en) * | 1980-09-17 | 1982-03-19 | Sedat | Press tool for cutting and creasing viscoelastic thermoplastic sheet - for box blanks, having cutting blades and shallower hot indenting blades on one tool |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US6436217B1 (en) * | 1997-12-18 | 2002-08-20 | Scanilec B.V. | Method for forming a score in a strip of laminate |
WO2007134387A1 (en) * | 2006-05-18 | 2007-11-29 | Garmond Australia Pty. Limited | Containers |
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HUP9802853A2 (en) | 1999-03-29 |
CA2227449A1 (en) | 1997-02-06 |
GB9514995D0 (en) | 1995-09-20 |
HUP9802853A3 (en) | 1999-04-28 |
EP0885111A1 (en) | 1998-12-23 |
JP2000501034A (en) | 2000-02-02 |
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