WO2000048906A1 - Procede et dispositif permettant d'appliquer une bande adhesive sur un ensemble de boites - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif permettant d'appliquer une bande adhesive sur un ensemble de boites Download PDF

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WO2000048906A1
WO2000048906A1 PCT/IB2000/000178 IB0000178W WO0048906A1 WO 2000048906 A1 WO2000048906 A1 WO 2000048906A1 IB 0000178 W IB0000178 W IB 0000178W WO 0048906 A1 WO0048906 A1 WO 0048906A1
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Piet Brandwijk
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Supertape B.V.
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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
    • B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
    • B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling

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  • the invention relates to a method and a machine for applying an adhesive tape to an array of boxes according to the general clause of Claim 1 and Claim 8, respec- tively.
  • US-A-4 689 946 describes an apparatus for securing together rectangular-section cartons in groups of e.g. five cartons. It comprises tape dispensers for dispensing adhesive tape onto the tops and bottoms of cartons in a row. Perforating rollers containing pins are provided to perforate the tape sideways with spaced rows of perforations. The perforating rollers are synchronised with the flow of cartons, so that the rows of perforations in each tape fall between adjacent cartons. Further a breaking means for breaking the row of cartons in batches of five comprises a pressure roller and a cam roller spaced to each other and mounted on both sides of the row of cartons.
  • the above mentioned apparatus and method are only apt for a single row of cartons, which may be for instance cigarette packets or the like.
  • the breaking off of a single box will be very easy as the breaking areas of the adhesive tape can be placed more exactly on the contact areas between successive boxes. This means also that there will be no or almost no pieces of adhesive tape which project from the boxes after separation.
  • the machine according to the present invention ensures that it can be used in a usual product packaging line and that no or at least much less extra space will be necessary for introducing the novel method of producing packs of boxes. Thus, also the normally used blisters are no more necessary.
  • Fig. 1 an upper view on a separation unit for a pack of a predetermined number of boxes into an endless array
  • Fig. 2 a front view on the separation unit of figure 1 ,
  • Fig. 3 an upper view on a taping unit for applying an adhesive tape at both sides of the array of boxes
  • Fig. 4 a front view on the taping unit of figure 3
  • Fig. 5 a front view on a breaking and separating unit for breaking the endless array of boxes to packs of a predermined number of boxes and for transporting the packs at its long side
  • Fig. 6 an upper view on the breaking unit of figure 5.
  • a line-up unit 1 is shown with a predetermined number of equally sized stackable boxes or packets 3 as cigarette or chewing-gum packet or the like, which are stringed to an endless row 2.
  • the row 2 of boxes 3 are delivered between two parallel guide plates 4 in direction of arrow 6.
  • the row 2 is then separated by means of a pusher plate 7 which is driven by to and fro by a rod 8 with a cam driven roller 9.
  • a pusher plate 7 which is driven by to and fro by a rod 8 with a cam driven roller 9.
  • the pusher plate 10 is mounted on a rod 12 which is swivel-mounted to an endless chain system 13.
  • the rod 12 on its turn is guided by a U-shaped yoke 14 which is mounted on a vertical guiding rod 15, so that the rod 12 remains horizontally during its movement back and forth by the endless chain system 13.
  • the pusher plate 10 is shown in a downwards position where the pusher plate 10 will be moved out of engagement with the last boxes of row 11 and being returned to its starting position as shown in solid lines in Fig. 1.
  • the pusher plate 10 is lining up the stacked boxes 3 in a discontinuous way.
  • the lined up array 11 is pushed further in a discontinuous manner by the pusher plate 10 (fig. 1) between four pressure means 20 which comprise an endless belt 21 freely rotatable at the rolls 22.
  • These pressure means 20 are arranged such as to provide a kind of square tunnel in order to ensure that the array 11 is aligned at its long sides and at the horizontal bottom and top sides.
  • a spool 28 wounded with adhesive tape 29 is arranged on both sides of the array 11 .
  • the spools 28 are rotatable on an axis (not shown here) which may be driven by a servomotor or the like.
  • the adhesive tape 29 is unwound from the spool 28 and turned over an angle of approximately 90° on a turning roll 30, thereafter guided over a guide roll 31 and over a deflecting roll 32 before the ad- hesive tape 29 will be pressed at the outside of the array 11 of boxes or packets 3. In fact the adhesive tape 29 will be pressed in the beginning at the outer sides of the boxes 3 whereupon the adhesion of the tape 29 will be sufficient for unwinding the further tape 29 from spool 28. However, if the friction of the spool 28 on its axis is excessing the breaking tension of the tape 29 a drive mechanism like an electromotor or servomotor will be necessary to prevent this.
  • a camera system 34 comprising a camera 35 and a light source 36.
  • the light source 36 illuminates the tape 29 uniformly in order to detect with the camera 35 a regular pattern on the adhesive tape 29. This pattern may be a lengthwise perforation on the tape 29 as has been described in more detail in Dutch patent application No. 1009383 which contents herewith is incorporated by reference.
  • the camera 35 is digitizing the optical pictures and the digital signals will be transmitted to an electronic control unit (not shown) which controls a servomotor 38 (Fig. 4). As can be seen in more detail in Fig. 4 the alignment of the tape 29 with respect to the contact area or line 40 between two lined up boxes or packets 3.
  • the servomotor 38 is controlling the height of the turning roll 30 vis-a-vis the array 11 i.e. the contact line 40 of the array 11.
  • another system as the shown camera system like mechanical sensing can be used for the control of the matching of the perforation of the tape 29 with the contact area or line 40 of adjacent boxes 3.
  • FIGs 5 and 6 the so taped endless array 11 of boxes 3 is fed into a breaking unit 41 , where the array 11 is separated into single packs 42 of normally ten or less boxes 3, i.e. an upper row 43 of five boxes 3 and a lower row 44 of five boxes 3.
  • the breaking unit 41 has a feed plate 46 and subsequently a movable top guide plate 47 with a (not shown) stop member.
  • the guide plate 47 is supported by swivel-mounted vertical rods 48 which can be moved up and down by rotating of two spaced apart cam wheels 50 and 51.
  • the endless array 11 of boxes 3 is con- tinuously pushed forward against the stop, so that a pack with the length of five boxes 3 is protruding over the feed plate 46 just that the next breaking point between two adjacent boxes 3 is lying shortly behind the end of the feed plate 46.
  • the right end of the guide plate 47 will be moved firstly downwards so that the adhesive tape 29 will be broken at the upper side of the array 11.
  • the left end of the guide plate 47 will be moved downwards so that the array 11 falls on a horizontally mounted bottom plate 48.
  • the crush cutted adhesive tape 29 has knurled edges as has been described in the aforementioned Dutch patent application, the breaking of the tape 19 will thus occur easily on bending of the free end of array 11.
  • Both rollers 56 and 57 are spring biased so that their mu- tual distance is slightly smaller as the width of pack 42.
  • the movement of the pusher 58 is simultaneous with a part of the movement of the pusher 55 so that the array of boxes 3 will be fed out of the machine to the delivery position where an elevator can pick up the packs 42 for transportation.
  • two spring biased supporting members or blocks 60 are provided at a position over the pushers 55 and 58, so that the pack 42 will be kept at the outlet position whereas the pushers 55 and 58 are retracted to their start position. , P T/IBO 7
  • the boxes 3 do not have to be square but can also be triangular, octagonal or the like. The only criterium is that the boxes are equally sized and stackable in order to provide smooth side walls of the array 11 to ensure a correct joint of the adhesive tape 19 thereon.
  • U-shaped yoke guiding rod pressure means endless belt roll spool adhesive tape turning roll guide roll deflecting roll dancer matching system camera light source servomotor contact area or line breaking unit single pack upper row lower row feed plate guide plate swivel-mounted rod bottom plate cam wheel cam wheel elongated pusher roller roller pusher plate block position

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un nouveau procédé permettant d'appliquer une bande adhésive (29) sur un ensemble de boîtes empilables (3) de même dimension. Les boîtes sont alignées de manière à former un arrangement continu (11) d'une hauteur d'au moins deux boîtes, et des rouleaux presseurs (32) pressent la bande adhésive (29) sur l'arrangement de boîtes dans la direction longitudinale de manière à assembler les boîtes dans la région de leur surface (40) de contact. L'invention concerne en outre un nouveau dispositif permettant d'appliquer cette bande (29) adhésive. Ce dispositif comprend des moyens (1) de transport convenant pour l'arrangement (11) continu d'une hauteur d'au moins deux boîtes superposées, cet arrangement occupant une zone d'alignement dans laquelle les deux côtés de l'arrangement (11) sont centrés relativement aux moyens de transport, et au moins rouleau (32) presseur permettant d'appliquer la bande adhésive dans la région de la surface (40) de contact des boîtes superposées.
PCT/IB2000/000178 1999-02-18 2000-02-18 Procede et dispositif permettant d'appliquer une bande adhesive sur un ensemble de boites WO2000048906A1 (fr)

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JP2000599656A JP2003526576A (ja) 1999-02-18 2000-02-18 ボックスのアレーに接着テープを貼り付ける方法と装置
AU24572/00A AU2457200A (en) 1999-02-18 2000-02-18 Method and machine for applying an adhesive tape to an array of boxes

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IB9900287 1999-02-18

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EP0134128A2 (fr) * 1983-08-19 1985-03-13 Edgar Wilfred Dr. Borrow Machine pour former des groupes
US4928817A (en) * 1988-05-30 1990-05-29 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Packaging for a plurality of small packs, especially cigarette packs
NL9301786A (nl) * 1993-10-15 1995-05-01 Supertape Systems Bv Werkwijze voor het losneembaar aan elkaar bevestigen van twee of meer voorwerpen en inrichting voor het uitvoeren van de werkwijze.
DE4440715A1 (de) * 1994-11-15 1996-05-23 Sigismund Laskowski Umverpackungsfreie Stange, die aus Zigaretten-Packungen, aus Faltschachtel mit medizinischem Inhalt oder aus anderen vergleichbaren Packungen besteht, sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen derselben
EP0768247A1 (fr) * 1995-10-12 1997-04-16 Ribbon-Pac Engineering GmbH Emballage collectif, feuille utilisée comme élément d'emballage collectif, et application de la feuille pour la réalisation de l'emballage collectif
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WO2023170481A1 (fr) * 2022-03-10 2023-09-14 G.D S.P.A. Procédé de fabrication d'un emballage d'articles à fumer

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