WO2002044028A1 - Appareil et procede d'emballage - Google Patents

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WO2002044028A1
WO2002044028A1 PCT/US2001/044673 US0144673W WO0244028A1 WO 2002044028 A1 WO2002044028 A1 WO 2002044028A1 US 0144673 W US0144673 W US 0144673W WO 0244028 A1 WO0244028 A1 WO 0244028A1
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Paul E. Dimario
Douglas Brash, Jr.
Ronald D. Hurd
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General Mills, Inc.
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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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/02—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
    • B65B57/04—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages

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  • This invention relates to the packaging of goods. More specifically, this invention
  • Packaging goods in containers for shipment was originally done by hand. Packaging
  • the machines used for packaging may be expensive to purchase and expensive to operate. Operating expenses are increased by the size of the machines as well as by the
  • An apparatus and method that will increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of packaging products in a container is of obvious utility.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine of the present invention from a first
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the slide, conveyor belt, the turn, and the incline of
  • the present invention from the first side.
  • Figure 3 is a side view of the machine of the present invention.
  • Figure 3b is a side view of an alternative embodiment conveyor surface.
  • Figure 4 is a front view of the waterfall portion of the present invention, including the
  • Figure 5 is a downstream perspective view of the waterfall and the second conveyor.
  • Figure 6 is a block diagram of the method of operating the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a block diagram of the interconnectivity of the separate parts of the present
  • An apparatus for packaging goods in a box comprising a first conveyor for receiving
  • the first conveyor transporting the at least one good along a path
  • the apparatus further comprising a box positioned below the waterfall, wherein the box is in a position to receive the at least one
  • An apparatus for the packaging of goods in a box the apparatus further comprising a
  • first conveyor running in continuous motion and further comprising an
  • the apparatus further comprising a first wall and a
  • the conveyor return positioned at the end of the steep decline of the first conveyor; and a second conveyor, the second conveyor being an intermittent conveyor that places a box in a position below the steep decline to receive the at least one good.
  • a method of packaging goods in a box comprising placing an at least one good on a conveyor; transporting the at least one good on the conveyor over a conveyor path, the path including a steep decline at a downstream end of the conveyor path and dropping the at least one good from the conveyor steep decline into a box.
  • a machine for the packaging of goods in a box comprising means for conveying goods from a product loader to a waterfall, the goods being conveyed over the waterfall and deposited into a container, and means for positioning the container underneath the waterfall to receive the goods and to move the container with the goods away from the waterfall.
  • the packaging machine 10 may further comprise a conveyor belt 12, a product loader 14, and a box positioning mechanism 18.
  • the product loader 14 may be operatively attached to the conveyor belt 12 at an upstream point.
  • the box positioning mechanism 18 may be operatively attached to the conveyor belt 12 at a downstream point.
  • the path of the conveyor belt 12 of the present embodiment may further comprise a conveyor incline 16 and a conveyor waterfall 17.
  • the incline 16 and the waterfall 17 may be integral parts of the path of the conveyor 12.
  • the incline 16 may be situated at a point in the path of the conveyor 12 after the product loader 14.
  • the waterfall 17 may be situated after the incline.
  • the path of the conveyor 12 may start at the upstream point before the product loader 14, pass by the product loader 14 to pick up a number of the containers 26 to be packaged, go around a continuous turn 28, up the incline 16, and over the conveyor waterfall 17 at a
  • the conveyor belt 12 may travel a return journey to the starting point and repeat the path.
  • yogurt container 26 The yogurt container 26 of the present embodiment may be in the shape
  • the yogurt container 26 may be produced and filled with product at another area by
  • NFFS vertical form, fill, and seal device
  • containers 26 leave the NFFS machine and enter a slide 32 of the product loader 14 as
  • yogurt containers 26 may weigh a few ounces or more and be
  • containers 26 delivered may vary.
  • alternative embodiments may incorporate
  • the box of the present embodiment is a standard size cardboard box 30 with a
  • the box 30 may be made of lightweight cardboard and may be folded into a shape designed to receive the goods 26 at an area not within the scope of the present invention.
  • the lids of the box 30 may be unfolded and may be integrally formed of the same piece of cardboard as the main body of the box 30.
  • box 30 of the present embodiment may be replaced with other types of containers known in the art, for example, shoebox type containers wherein the lid is placed on
  • containers made out of plastic or other materials may also be
  • the conveyor belt 12 of the present embodiment may further comprise a drive unit 20, a first
  • the drive unit 20 may be operatively attached to the conveyor at a downstream end.
  • the first sidewall 22 and the second sidewall 24 may be
  • first sidewall 22 and the second sidewall 24 may extend vertically above the conveyor belt 12.
  • the conveyor belt 12 of the present embodiment may further comprise
  • the plurality of flights 42 may
  • the plurality of flights 42 of the present embodiment may be approximately two inches
  • Conveyor belts 12 of this type are well known in the art and
  • the flights 42 of the present embodiment may be narrow, rectangular pieces of
  • the flights 42 may be positioned so they are vertically disposed on the surface of the conveyor belt 12, running substantially from the first sidewall 22 to the second sidewall 24.
  • the flights 42 may be a structure that separate successive loads of containers 26 from one
  • the flights 42 may be of such a height and shape that there is no interference with the waterfall 17, or other parts of the path of the conveyor belt 12. The flights 42 should
  • the flights 42 of the present embodiment may be substituted by other flights
  • the present embodiment may position the conveyor flights 42 on the conveyor surface
  • the pitch 44 may be the distance between two
  • a pitch 44 may be called a lead flight 42a and a trail flight 42b.
  • flights 42 will alternatively refer to flights 42 as lead flights 42a and trail flights 42b depending on the focus needed for the current description. Furthermore, for purposes of
  • each flight 42 is labeled as flight 42 except for the lead flight 42a and the trail flight 42b on either side of the slide 32 in Figure 7.
  • an alternative embodiment of the conveyor surface 40 may further comprise a number of corrugated grooves 41.
  • the corrugated grooves 41 may be
  • the corrugated slots as shown in Figure 3b, run from one side of the conveyor 12 to the other side of the conveyor
  • the grooves 41 of the present embodiment may be of a width and length so that the
  • containers 26 of the present embodiment may easily nest in each slot.
  • the container 26 of the present embodiment may be a tube.
  • the shape of the tube may be
  • the product loader 14 may further comprise a slide 32, a stop
  • the slide 32 may be positioned at any one of the following dimensions: the slide 34, and a sidewall gap 36.
  • the slide 32 may be positioned at any
  • the slide 32 may be operatively attached to feed the yogurt
  • the stop 34 may be fixedly attached to the second sidewall 24 in a position directly across
  • product loader 14 may be positioned at any point compatible with the space and size
  • present embodiment utilizes a gap 26 in the first sidewall 22, alternative embodiments may have the slide 32 simply run over the sidewall 22 without requiring a gap therein.
  • the slide 32 of the present embodiment transports the containers 26 to the conveyor belt 12.
  • the present embodiment uses an automated system to place substantially identical containers 26 on the conveyor belt 12 to be
  • the conveyor 12 may collect different containers 26 or products to
  • present embodiment slide 32 which has three slots in the present embodiment, may have a greater or number of
  • the containers 26 must be timed to leave the slide at a consistent interval to place them on the conveyor 12 with the proper
  • the stop 34 may be positioned on the opposite side of the conveyor 12 from the slide
  • the stop 34 may be in a position to arrest
  • the stop 34 insures that the containers 12 come to rest on the conveyor belt 12. It is
  • the stop 34 may be of any material
  • the slide 32 of the present embodiment transports the filled yogurt containers 26 of the present embodiment from the filling area to the present invention packaging machine 10.
  • the containers 26, when they reach the bottom of the slide 32, are at such a speed that they
  • the slide 32 may be steeper or shallower, or a gate may be added to halt the slide 32
  • a cover may by placed over the top of the conveyor 12 to further
  • trail flight 42b of the pitch 44 are situated on opposite sides of the slide 32 and the sidewall
  • timing of the arrival of the containers 26 may be coordinated with the pitch 44 of the flights
  • conveyor 12 may be easily viewable because of the open nature of the packaging system 10.
  • the continuous motion of the conveyor 12 and the waterfall 17 allow for a higher speed packaging system 10.
  • the present invention allows the user to package 45 boxes or more per minute. Faster packaging further lowers the overall cost.
  • the conveyor belt 12 of the present embodiment may begin moving at a point
  • the conveyor belt 12 of the present embodiment may then travel
  • the ninety degree turn 28 of the present invention is a smooth ninety degree turn 28.
  • the ninety degree turn 28 of the present invention is a smooth ninety degree turn 28.
  • embodiment aligns the conveyor belt 12, and the goods 26 resting thereon, in a position so
  • the conveyor path may be
  • the conveyor belt 12 transports the containers up the incline path 16.
  • the conveyor belt 12 may go over the waterfall 16.
  • the incline path 16 of the present embodiment is approximately thirty degrees, but as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, this incline angle may be more or less depending on the construction of the
  • the incline path 16 of the conveyor belt 12 may serve several purposes in the present
  • the incline 16 may insure that the
  • containers 26 are nested against the trail flight 42b of the pitch 44. Nesting the containers 26 against the trail flight 42b of the pitch 44 may aid the uniform delivery of the containers 26
  • the incline path 16 may also help to insure that the containers 26 are not improperly aligned in the pitch 44 (for example, aligned with the long side of the container 26
  • the vibrating member 50 will enable the misaligned containers 26 to seat themselves properly. Finally, the incline path 16 of the conveyor belt 12
  • conveyor 12 described below has the vertical room to place the containers 26 into the box 30
  • the incline path 16 of the present invention may further comprise
  • the vibrating member 50 may help to insure that the
  • the vibrating member will insure that the containers 26 are properly nested in the
  • the vibrating member 50 may be attached below the conveyor belt
  • the vibrating member 50 may only actuate the conveyor surface 40
  • An alternative embodiment may have the vibrating member 50 actuating the conveyor over a longer length of the conveyor belt 12 as it travels up the incline
  • the vibrating member 50 may aid in the deposition of the containers
  • the vibrator 50 may be required over a longer length of the vibrator 50
  • the vibrator 50 and the incline 16 may not be
  • the waterfall 17 may further
  • a conveyor decline 54 comprise a conveyor decline 54, a belt return 56, a conveyor cover 58, and a container sensor .
  • the belt return 56 may be operatively attached to the conveyor belt 12 and the conveyor
  • cover 58 may be operatively attached to the first sidewall 22 to the second sidewall 24 in a
  • the container sensor 59 may be operably and fixedly attached to the
  • the container sensor 59 is described more fully below in the context of the box
  • trail flight 42b may be moved by the force of gravity to a position on the rear face of the lead
  • the containers 26 do not fall off the conveyor 12 because the conveyor surface 40 and
  • the cover 58 bind the containers 26.
  • the cover 58 binds the containers 26.
  • inside of the conveyor cover 58 may be relatively smooth to facilitate the passage of the containers 26 without catching or obstructing the same.
  • the containers 26 may go from resting in the corresponding groove 41 to
  • the conveyor belt 12 may reverse
  • the waterfall 17 to the box 30 of the present embodiment may be approximately three inches.
  • the containers 26 are now packaged in the box 30, ready to be sealed and shipped.
  • the conveyor cover 58 of the present embodiment may be further comprised of a lower cover
  • the lower cover 60 may be pivotally attached over the vertical section of the waterfall 17 and the upper cover 62 may
  • the lower handle 64 and the upper handle 66 are fixedly attached on the face of the lower cover 64 and the upper cover 66, respectively.
  • the lower cover 60 and the upper cover 62 may be of such a size so
  • the containers 26 fall off of the lead flight 42a and into the box 30.
  • the cover 58 may traverse a larger or small amount of the path of the conveyor 12.
  • the lower cover 60 and the upper cover 62 insure that the containers 26, as they are
  • containers 26 may be confined between the upper cover 62 and the lower cover 64, the conveyor belt surface 40, and the lead flight 42a. After the conveyor belt 12 reaches the belt
  • the pivotal connection of the lower cover 60 and the upper cover 62 may provide an
  • the covers 60 and 62 may be easily removed.
  • the covers 60 and 62 may also provide some degree of safety.
  • the covers 60, 62 of the present embodiment may be made out of a clear plastic material such as LEXANTM.
  • the covers 60 and 62 may be formed out of any material known to those reasonably skilled in the art and useful for such an application.
  • the covers 60 and 62 may be clear to provide a viewable waterfall 17, but as one reasonably skilled in the art may appreciate, this is not necessary to the scope of the present invention.
  • the waterfall 17 moves the conveyor belt 12 into a substantially downward vertical path at a point soon after the conveyor belt 12 has reached the highest point of the incline 16.
  • the conveyor belt 12 may instead have a longer plateau before going over the waterfall 17.
  • the downwards slope of the waterfall 17 itself, while substantially vertical, may be more gently sloping until the conveyor belt 12 reaches the belt return and the lead flight 42a may be moved out from a supporting position underneath the containers 26.
  • the box positioning mechanism 18 may further comprise a box conveyor 70, a first positioning bar 72, a second positioning bar 74, a take-away conveyor 76, and a box sensor 78.
  • the box conveyor 70 may
  • the first positioning bar 72 and the second positioning bar 74 may be attached in a position above the box conveyor 70 in
  • the sensor 78 may be operatively attached to the box conveyor
  • the take away conveyor 76 may be operatively attached downstream of the box conveyor 70.
  • the box conveyor 70 brings the boxes 30 to a queue position underneath the waterfall
  • the box conveyor 70 may further comprise a conveyor
  • conveyor bars 82 may be operably positioned at a point above the conveyor surface 80 and
  • the conveyor bars 82 may be at a
  • conveyor motivator 84 may be a belt drive or chain drive system known to those reasonably
  • the boxes 30 may be brought to the beginning of the box conveyor 70 by
  • Another conveyor (not shown) or alternatively, may be placed thereon by an operator.
  • the box conveyor 70 utilizes intermittent motion to position the box 30 under the
  • the conveyor bar motivator 84 operates on a timed intermittent path.
  • the intermittent motion may be timed and positioned
  • Intermittent motion conveyors of this type are known to those reasonably skilled in the art and may be replaced by other systems known to the same, for example, an alternative embodiment may utilize a conveyor with flights such as the conveyor 12.
  • the sensor 59 may also be operably attached to the waterfall 17 in a position to register the passing of the container 26.
  • the sensor 59 may indicate to the box conveyor 70 to delay moving a particular box 30 if that box has not received containers 26.
  • the sensor 59 of the present embodiment may be an electronic eye sensor 59 that registers the passage of containers 26 into the box 30. If the eye sensor 59 does not register the passage of containers 26 down the waterfall 17 and into the box 30, the box conveyor 70 will not allow the box 30 to be moved to the take-away conveyor 76.
  • the box sensor 78 may be operably positioned and fixedly connected to the box conveyor 70.
  • the box sensor 78 may indicate to the waterfall 17 and the box conveyor 17 whether a box 30 is properly queued in position to receive the containers 26. If a box 30 is not properly queued, then the sensor 78 may slow down or stop the action of the conveyor belt 12. Once the sensor 78 does register that there is a box 30 properly queued then the sensor may cause the conveyor belt 12 to resume normal operating speed.
  • the interaction of the sensor 59, sensor 78, and the box conveyor 70 represents one of the advantages of the present invention packaging system 10. Unlike prior art devices, the present invention packaging system 10 guards against empty boxes 30 and over packed boxes 30. The packaging system 10 further accomplishes uniform box filling without the constant supervision of an operator, reducing the overall cost of packaging.
  • the first positioning bar 72 and the second positioning bar 74 may help to insure that the box 30 may be in a position to receive the containers 26 from the waterfall 17.
  • the box conveyor 70 stops the box 30 underneath the waterfall 17 and the first bar 72 and the second bar 74 insure that the box 30 will be in the correct position to receive the containers 26 as they are released by the lead flight 42a of the conveyor belt 12.
  • the first bar 72 and the second bar 74 insure that the box 30 does not tip or fall over when the containers 26 fall into it.
  • the present embodiment may also include a shoe horn 86 that engages the top of the box 30.
  • the shoe horn 86 may be fixedly attached on the lower cover 60 and extend low enough to engage the box 30.
  • the top of the box 30 utilized in the present embodiment may be integrated into the main body of the box 30 and may be of the fold down variety.
  • the shoehorn 86 may prevent the top of the box 30 from binding against the structure of the waterfall 17.
  • the box conveyor 70 of the present embodiment allows a box 30 to be in position when the waterfall 17 releases the containers 26 that are to be packaged in the box 30.
  • the timing of such a system may be accomplished by known methods.
  • the box conveyor 70 may push the box 30 to the take-away conveyor 76.
  • the take-away conveyor 76 may move the filled boxes 30 to another point to be sealed for packaging and shipment.
  • rollers 90 there may be a series of rollers 90 between the box conveyor 70 and the take-away conveyor 76.
  • the rollers 90 may be operably attached to the box conveyor 70 and the take-away conveyor 76.
  • the rollers 90 facilitate the movement of the box 30.
  • the box conveyor 70 may present the box 30 to the rollers 90 with a certain forward momentum. The momentum carries the box across the rollers 90 until the take-away conveyor 76 catches the box 30.
  • the rollers 90 and the take-away conveyor 76 may be bordered by a first border 92 and a second border 94 to prevent the box from falling off of the same.
  • the first border 92 and the second border 94 may be fixedly attached at an appropriate height above the take-away conveyor 76 on either side of the same.
  • Rollers 90 and borders 92 and 94 are well known to those reasonably skilled in the art. The Method of Operation
  • Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the method of operation of the present invention packaging means 10. This invention has several operations that are performed in a
  • PLC The PLC is the central processing unit and programming platform that controls the
  • the PLC is connected the conveyor 12.
  • the PLC of the present invention is connected the conveyor 12.
  • invention controls the actions of the first conveyor 12 and the box conveyor 70.
  • the action of the box conveyor 70 may be controlled to insure that the there are an at least one
  • the first step in the present invention method may be to place
  • the present embodiment utilizes a slide 32 to
  • the PLC may be programmed to insure that the containers 26 arrive at the conveyor
  • the containers 26 of the present embodiment are placed in corresponding pitches 44.
  • the pitch 44 is the area between one flight 42 and the next successive
  • containers may be haphazardly strewn on the conveyor surface 40.
  • the containers 26 may be
  • the incline may uniformly nest the containers 26
  • the conveyor 12 may be
  • the waterfall 17 insures nests the containers on the forward flight 42a and insures that
  • the containers may go
  • the box conveyor 70 may be the intermittent conveyor as described above.
  • movement of the conveyor bar 82 may push the box 30 through the positioning bar 72 and
  • the sensor 78 indicates whether containers 26 were indeed dropped from a .
  • the box conveyor 70 and the sensor 78 may be operably
  • the PLC may be programmed to interpret the signal from the sensor 78
  • the PLC may further be connected to the
  • the PLC may be programmed to start the
  • first conveyor 12 at such a time to coordinate the arrival of the containers 26 from the slide 32 when a pitch 44 is in the proper position to receive them.
  • the box may be pushed by action of the box conveyor 70 to the take-away conveyor 76.
  • the take-away conveyor 76 The take-away conveyor 76

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La présente invention concerne une machine servant à emballer des articles dans un carton (30). Un convoyeur (16) reçoit un nombre déterminé d'articles (26) entre une série de raclettes successives situées à la surface du convoyeur (16). Le convoyeur transporte les articles en file le long d'une pente ascendante (16), puis le long d'une pente descendante abrupte, ou cascade (17). Cette cascade est fermée pour empêcher que des articles ne tombent du convoyeur lors de leur descente. Le carton (30) est placé sous la cascade (17) à l'aide d'un convoyeur intermittent (70) de façon à recevoir les articles. Un capteur permet de vérifier que le carton en attente a bien reçu les articles. Si le capteur n'indique pas au second convoyeur que le carton en attente a reçu les articles, le second convoyeur intermittent ne déplace pas le carton. Une fois que le carton (30) a bien reçu les articles (26), le convoyeur intermittent déplace le carton vers la sortie et place un autre carton (30) en attente de réception d'articles (26).
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