WO2000064739A2 - Magasin multiple pour machine à emballer - Google Patents

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WO2000064739A2
WO2000064739A2 PCT/US1999/008872 US9908872W WO0064739A2 WO 2000064739 A2 WO2000064739 A2 WO 2000064739A2 US 9908872 W US9908872 W US 9908872W WO 0064739 A2 WO0064739 A2 WO 0064739A2
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carton
blanks
magazines
conveyor
packaging machine
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Goran Petersson
Sven-Arne Andersson
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Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, Sa
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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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/02—Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
    • 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
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/02—Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/025—Making parallelepipedal containers from a single carton blank
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • B65B43/145—Feeding carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging material
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/001—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged

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  • the present invention relates to magazines for form, fill and seal packaging machines. Specifically, the present invention relates to magazines capable of holding and processing a multitude of different carton blanks. Description of the Related Art
  • Packages formed from a blank are usually processed on a linear form, fill and seal packaging machine. Each blank is delivered to a mandrel of the packaging machine from a carton blank opener. The blank opener is fed with a series of blanks from a magazine. The magazine holds a stack of flat blanks that are erected on the carton blank opener prior to placement on the mandrel.
  • each carton has its bottom formed prior to placement on a conveyor.
  • each carton On the conveyor, each carton may be fitted with a fitment and sterilized prior to filling and top sealing.
  • Novel filling techniques as disclosed in U.S. Patent Number 5,687,779 have emerged to fulfill a need in the packaging industry, that need being the ability of a packaging machine to consecutively fill cartons with different products.
  • This breakthrough in the packaging industry has created additional problems that must be met before the full potential of the novel filling systems is realized by dairies and other producers of flowable food products such as milk, juice, yogurt and the like.
  • the most pressing need is to provide different blanks to the packaging machine for processing into cartons for each of the different products. This need must also take into account the space limitations, and other integral attachments of a packaging machine.
  • the present invention resolves the newly created problems of the novel filling systems by providing a multiple magazine apparatus.
  • the multiple magazine apparatus is integrated with a carton opener that provides erected cartons to a packaging machine.
  • the packaging machine may be a single processing line or dual processing line machine.
  • a multiple magazine apparatus and carton opener is provided of reach line of a dual processing line machine.
  • An automatic carton loader may also be integrated into an overall packaging system.
  • the present invention allows for a single packaging machine to process different products during a single production cycle. For example, skim milk, whole milk and two percent milk may be produced during a single production cycle without suspending the operation. Also, the same product for different retail distributors may be produced in a single production cycle. Further, it is contemplated that various products ranging from juice, to milk to yogurt may be filled in cartons on a single packaging machine during a single production cycle.
  • FIG. 1 a packaging system of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 a schematic side view of a multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention integrated with an automatic carton loader and a carton blank opener;
  • FIG. 3 a schematic top view a multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention integrated with an automatic carton loader and a carton blank opener;
  • FIG. 4 a top perspective view of the multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 An isolated side view of a magazine and a blank retrieval mechanism
  • FIG. 5A An isolated front view of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 6 An isolated top plan view of the blank retrieval mechanism of the multiple magazine apparatus with a carton blank thereon;
  • FIG. 7 An isolated side view of the multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 An isolated top perspective view of carton blanks on a conveyor of the multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 A an isolated side view of carton blanks on a conveyor of the multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention
  • FIG. 9 and 9A top perspective views of cartons of different sizes and products
  • FIG. 10 a schematic view of a dual stream filling system.
  • the packaging system 20 includes a packaging machine 22, a carton opener 22, a multiple magazine apparatus 26, and optionally an automatic carton loader ("ACL") 28.
  • the packaging machine may be a typical linear form , fill and seal packaging machine such as a TETRA REX® packaging machine available from Terra Pak, Incorporated of Chicago, Illinois.
  • the packaging machine 22 may have a programmable logic controller (“PLC”) 21 to control the various operations of the packaging system 20.
  • PLC programmable logic controller
  • blanks 30a-d are transported individually to the carton opener 24 for erection of the blank for placement on a mandrel of the packaging machine 22. After bottom forming on the mandrel, each carton is transported along the conveyor for eventual filling with a product at a filling station described below.
  • the multiple magazine apparatus of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 2- 4.
  • the multiple magazine 26 has a plurality of magazines 32a-d disposed in relation to a first conveyor 34. Although only four magazines are shown here, those skilled in the pertinent art will recognize that any number of magazines, either greater or lesser than four, may be provided without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
  • Each of the plurality of magazines 30a-d in this embodiment is provided with a retrieval mechanism 36a-d for retrieving a blank and placing it on the conveyor 34 for transport to the carton opener 24.
  • a second conveyor 40 and a third conveyor 42 may also be utilized to transport carton blanks 30 on the carton opener 24 which is disposed on one end of the multiple magazine apparatus 24.
  • the ACL 28 is positioned on the opposite end of the multiple magazine apparatus 24.
  • the carton opener 24 has a plurality of carton ramps for transferring cartons to the mandrel of the packaging machine 22.
  • the ACL 28 delivers parcels of blanks 45 to the multiple magazine apparatus 24 from blank storage areas 46a-d.
  • the first robot 38 then transfers each unwrapped parcel 45a-d to a corresponding magazine 32a-d.
  • the first robot 38 moves along a first ACL guide 39.
  • the parcel of blanks 45 usually contains between one hundred and one thousand blanks 30.
  • the ACL 28 would retrieve parcels of blanks 45a-d from four blank storage areas 46a-d.
  • the parcel 45a-d retrieval is accomplished by second robot 41 which transfers a parcel 45a-d to an ACL conveyor 43.
  • the ACL conveyor 43 transfers the parcels 45a-d to the first robot 38.
  • the paper or plastic packaging of the parcel 45a-d is removed prior to transfer to the first robot 38.
  • the first robot 38 has an arm 51 for stacking the carton blanks 30 onto corresponding magazines 32a-d.
  • the arm 51 is capable of vertical movement and is moved horizontally along the guide 39.
  • Each retrieval mechanism 36 may include grips 52a-b, a gripping arm 54, an actuation arm 56 and a control mechanism 55 which may be a servomotor interconnected with PLC 21. Alternatively, the control mechanism could be a pneumatic cylinder, or the like.
  • each magazine 32a-d has a retrieval mechanism 36a-d.
  • a single retrieval mechanism may be shared by all magazines 32a-d. Also, those skilled in the art will recognize that variations on the number of retrieval mechanisms 36 are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
  • a retrieval mechanism 36 may serve two or three magazines, and those a multiple magazine apparatus 24 having six magazines could have two retrieval mechanisms 36.
  • the retrieval mechanisms 36a-d are disposed below the conveyor 34.
  • the conveyor 34 has a plurality of blank guides 49 for maintaining each blank 30 during the transfer to the carton opener 24.
  • the conveyor 34 may have a continuous belt 61 centrally disposed for proving movement to the blanks 30.
  • the conveyor 34 is positioned underneath the magazines 32a-d with retrieval mechanisms 36a-d positioned accordingly for removing a blank 30 one at a time from each of the magazines 32a-d as instructed by control mechanism 55.
  • grips 52a-b attach to a blank 30, then lowers the blank 30 onto the conveyor 34 within adjacent guides 49. Once positioned on the conveyor 34, the grips 52a-b release the blank 30.
  • the grips 52a-b may be mechanically controlled or vacuum grips. It is only important that the grips 52a-b are capable of engaging one blank at a time for transfer from the magazine 32 to the conveyor 34.
  • the grips 52a-b should be able to withdraw a blank 30 from the magazine which is defined by magazines walls 33 with ledges 35 to support the blanks 30 thereon.
  • the grips enter through an aperture 37 of each magazine 32.
  • the retrieval mechanism may also only have one grip 52 to engage the blanks 30.
  • a bar code reader 70 may read a bar code of a blank 30 to instruct the packaging machine 22 on the volume and filling requirements of the carton to be erected from the blank 30.
  • a system for reading the bar code of a carton or blank is disclosed in co-pending U.S.
  • FIG. 1 Another embodiment of the retrieval mechamsm 36 is illustrated wherein only one retrieval mechanism 36 is utilized for all four magazines 32a- d.
  • the retrieval mechanism 36 is disposed on a track 60 form movement to and from magazines 32a-d as directed by the PLC. It is contemplated in the present invention that a gate mechanism may be employed on each magazine to release blanks without the need of grips 52a-b.
  • FIGS. 9 and 9A illustrated various cartons that may be consecutively produced on a packaging system 20 of the present invention.
  • magazine 32a may hold blanks for two percent milk packaged in a one liter carton 90.
  • Magazine 32b may hold blanks for whole milk packaged in a one liter carton 91.
  • Magazine 32c may hold blanks for cream packaged in a five-hundred milliliter carton 92.
  • Magazine 32d may hold blanks for skim milk packaged in a five-hundred milliliter carton 93.
  • the operator would program the packaging system 20 to produce a predetermined quantity of each product in each container. In this manner, the PLC would instruct the retrieval mechanisms 36a-d to remove that predetermined number of blanks 30a-d from each magazine 32a-d.
  • the system 20 may have set mode of operation which automatically removes blanks 30a-d from each of the magazines 32a-d at set intervals. In this operation, the bar code reader would inform the packaging machine which product and volume should be filled in the corresponding carton.
  • FIG. 10 There is illustrated in FIG. 10 a dual stream filling system of co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 08/897,554 filed on July 21, 1997 and an entitled Dual Stream Filling Valve, which is hereby inco ⁇ orated by reference in its entirety.
  • the filling system 112 has a primary tank 118 and secondary tanks 120 in flow communication with nozzles 144. Pumps 122 and 124 control the flow of the product into cartons, not shown, which are positioned under the nozzles 144.
  • Each primary fill pipe 116 has a secondary fill pipe 110 concentrically enclosed therein. Pump mechanisms 124 control the flow of the secondary product from the secondary tanks 120 to the secondary fill pipes 110.
  • the pump mechanisms 122 control the flow of the primary product from the primary tank 118 to primary fill pipes 116.
  • the secondary product may be cream and the primary product skim milk.
  • the PLC with instructions from a bar code reader 70 if necessary, instructs the filling system 112 to fill a predetermined quantity of cartons with a specific product. For example, if the product is two percent milk, the fillings system 112 dispenses a set quantity of skim milk from the primary product tank 118 and a set quantity of cream from secondary tanks 120 directly into a carton for mixing.
  • This filling system allows for the continuous product of different products without the need to deactivate the packaging machine 22 to produce a different product.
  • a similar filling system is disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,687,779 which is hereby inco ⁇ orated by reference in its entirety.

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La présente invention concerne un système d'emballage comprenant un magasin multiple destiné à fournir différentes ébauches de boîtes pliantes à une machine à emballer conçue pour former, remplir et fermer hermétiquement ces boîtes pliantes. Ce système d'emballage est constitué d'un appareil à magasin multiple, de la machine à emballer, d'un dispositif d'ouverture de boîtes pliantes, et éventuellement d'un chargeur automatique de boîtes pliantes. La présente invention concerne également un appareil à magasin multiple muni de plusieurs magasins et d'organes permettant de retirer les ébauches de ceux-ci.
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