WO2005075294A1 - Apparatus and method of reducing gas in a filled and sealed bag - Google Patents
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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
- B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
- B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
- B65B31/06—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzle being arranged for insertion into, and withdrawal from, the mouth of a filled container and operating in conjunction with means for sealing the container mouth
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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
- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
- B65B43/46—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using grippers
- B65B43/465—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using grippers for bags
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- the present invention relates to the filling of containers (more specifically bag like containers), apparatus suitable for use in such filling and/or closure, containers (including bags) closed by such methods and/or apparatus, and packs having any of the characteristics hereinafter described.
- a frequently used form of container is that of a bag.
- a bag can take on a number of guises. It can be of a single or multiple plies and/or it can be of single or multiple materials.
- a frequently used bag assembly is that of "a bag within a bag” where the "inner bag” is of one or more heat sealable plastics plies whilst the “outer bag” is of one or more plies of a similar or different material.
- the "outer bag” is of a paper ply or of plies of paper. Many such bags are known and in this respect we refer you, by way of example, to
- particulate solids materials e.g. powders, granules, flakes, etc
- a load bearing capability without placing undue stresses on the integrity of the surround of such contents provided by the closed bag. This is particularly important if bursting or the like is to be avoided in stacking or other situations.
- Several approaches have been adopted in the past to allow for venting but which otherwise leaves products more or less contained in the container.
- the present invention consists in a method of reducing gas in a sealed bag, which method comprises or includes the steps of: loading the bag via its mouth or other loading inlet (hereafter "mouth"), extracting at least some of the gas from the loaded bag using gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth is at least substantially sealed, and thereafter sealing the bag without allowing any substantial gas ingress, wherein the seal is of the bag below where said at least substantial seal with the gas extraction apparatus occurs.
- the present invention consists in a method of reducing gas in a sealed bag, which method comprises or includes the steps of: loading the bag via its mouth or other loading inlet (hereafter "mouth"), extracting at least some of the gas from the loaded bag using gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth is at least substantially sealed, and thereafter sealing the bag without allowing any substantial gas ingress, wherein the bag is machine moved relative to the gas extraction apparatus in a machine line prior to sealing in the machine line.
- mouth loading inlet
- the present invention consists in a method of reducing gas in a sealed bag, which method comprises or includes the steps of: loading the bag via its mouth or other loading inlet (hereafter "mouth”), extracting at least some of the gas from the bag using gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth is at least substantially sealed, temporarily clamping, pinching or the like (“clamping") the mouth closed below the at least substantial seal with the gas extraction apparatus, and thereafter, prior to release of said clamping, sealing the bag without allowing any substantial gas ingress.
- means e.g. suction means
- suction means is provided in the machine or machine line whereby the mouth of the loaded bag is presented open for insertion of said gas extraction apparatus.
- said gas extraction apparatus is such as to facilitate the at least substantially sealing of the mouth of the bag to a vacuum head or vacuum head assembly ("vacuum head") of such apparatus.
- said vacuum head may include a filtering medium in order to minimise intake of particular material.
- the means by which the mouth is at least substantially sealed is by movement under the action of hydraulics, pneumatics, solenoids and/or the like of appropriate clamping members.
- the sealing of the bag without allowing any substantial gas ingress is a heat seal or some alternative such welding such as RF, ultrasonic or the like welding.
- the bag can be a bag within a bag form.
- said temporary clamping is by a pinch conveyor arrangement capable of allowing the bag when non pinching the bag, the stationing of the bag for insertion and/or removal of the gas extraction apparatus and, when pinching the bag, of moving the bag from a relatively with respect to the gas extraction apparatus to a sealing zone.
- a machine line provides for the sequenced operation of at leas the extraction of the gas and the sealing.
- the same machine line also deals with the loading of the bag.
- the invention consists in apparatus for closing a product or produce containing bag, said apparatus having (i) indexed to a bag to be closed, machine controlled in bag gas withdrawal means, and (ii) indexed to a bag previously subject to the gas withdrawal means, machine controlled bag sealing means, wherein (A) there is provision for machine controlled bag movement without any substantial gas ingress between the indexed conditions (i) and (ii), and/or wherein (B) there is the prospect both the gas withdrawal means and the sealing means are operating on different bags at least substantially simultaneously.
- the apparatus operates as in (B) without any substantial gas ingress into the bag being sealed since the time of being subjected to gas withdrawal means.
- the apparatus operates as in (B), there being means to provide a pinch closure of each bag at least substantially up until its sealing.
- the apparatus operates as in both (A) and (B) [optionally with means to provide at least prior to sealing, pinch closure of each bag].
- the arrangement is substantially as hereinafter described with or without reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings.
- the present invention consists in, in a machine line, a method of reducing the air inclusion in a bag, which method comprises or includes the steps of: at one machine zone or condition, extracting at least some of the air from a product loaded bag using gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth of the bag is at least substantially sealed, and at another machine zone or condition, thereafter sealing the bag without allowing any substantial air ingress.
- a machine zone or condition extracting at least some of the air from a product loaded bag using gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth of the bag is at least substantially sealed
- gas extraction apparatus about which the mouth of the bag is at least substantially sealed
- another machine zone or condition thereafter sealing the bag without allowing any substantial air ingress.
- the mouth of the bag is pinch clamped.
- the pinch clamping is by a conveyor which alone or in concert with other means moves and/or allows bag movement between the zones.
- the present invention consists in, in a bag sealing machine line, the provision of at least one (and preferably a pair of) endless conveyor(s) [or series thereof] which can be brought to bear on or off a bag such that, when “bearing on” a bag, it is able to move the bag between stations but, when “bearing off' the bag, it is able to allow the bag to station, firstly, at an air withdrawal station or,, secondly, at a bag sealing station yet which conveyor(s) [e.g. a belt or belts] is (are) able to provide a pinch effect on the bag so as to reduce air ingress between the stations into the bag.
- conveyor(s) e.g. a belt or belts
- the present invention consists in a machine line adapted for performing a method in accordance with any aspect of the present invention.
- the present invention consists in apparatus for performing a method in accordance with the present invention, said apparatus including: the provision of a zone or station at which an open but loaded bag can have a gas extraction apparatus positioned to draw air from within the bag whilst the bag is held to itself and/or the gas extraction apparatus thereby to minimise air ingress and the provision of a zone or station whereby the bag, without allowing any substantial air ingress, can be sealed.
- said apparatus includes a pinched clamping provision that is maintained from prior to the withdrawal of the gas extraction apparatus and until after sealing.
- conveyor belt(s) which move in synchrony with the bag after pinch clamping of the bag after at least some air withdrawal and/or expression therefrom thereby to maintain the still unsealed bag in a condition which prevents any substantial ingress of air into the bag prior to sealing.
- and/or refers to "and” or “or” or where appropriate both.
- (s)" following a noun includes as might be appropriate the plural and singular forms of that noun.
- mouth in respect of a bag refers to any appropriate part of the bag that might be considered as providing access into the remainder of the bag i.e. towards the base of the bag.
- zone does not necessarily mean a "station”.
- a station can be stationary with respect to the factory but alternatively can be moveable with respect to the factory provided it maintains at its operational time some register or synchrony with the bag. It is envisaged in some forms of the present invention a "zone" may include a single, multiple or continuous range of positions relative to a factory or other location and/or the bags.
- Figure 1 is a flow diagram showing one preferred form of the present invention
- Figure 2 is the arrangement of Figure 1 showing by reference to Zones I, II and III where it is envisaged that the machine line deals with each of the steps
- Figure 3 is a perspective view of zone II apparatus in accordance with the present invention showing the gas extraction apparatus with its (preferably) boat hull shaped vacuum head retracted from a freshly presented bag that has been opened by the action on both panels at the mouth region by at least one (and preferably two sets) of vacuum cups ready to allow the vacuum head to be inserted
- Figure 4 is the apparatus of Figure 3 showing the vacuum head inserted whereupon the vacuum cup support of the bag in an open condition would be released as vacuum is applied within the bag via the vacuum head thereby conforming the bag to the boat or other shape of the vacuum head alone and/or in conjunction with any other temporary clamping etc thereof there onto
- Figure 5 shows the movement to the left from zone II to the
- Figure 9B is a similar view to that of Figure 9A but showing, in respect of the vacuum head in its lowered condition as in Figure 9A, the filter probes in a condition where they pass down into a bag (not shown),
- Figure 10A through 10E shows in respect of an embodiment using apparatus as in Figures 9A and 9B a pre-lowered (i.e.
- Figure 11 A is a view of the vacuum head lowered down as if in a bag notionally shown, the pinch bars being shown spaced apart from the bag
- Figure 11B is a similar view as that of Figure 11A but showing the pinch bars pinching the bag so as to effect the substantial seal about the vacuum head of the bag and to continue that substantial seal to the extremities of the bag
- Figure 12 is a view from beneath apparatus, for example, as shown in Figures 9A through 1 IB but showing, below line AA and without depicting the belt about the idle and drive folders, the belt pressure roller gangs in an open condition which does not force the belt onto the bag so as to advance the bag, whilst the same drawing, above the line AA, shows the complement of
- a bag is to be sealed after having been loaded with a pre-determined amount of a particulate material (that could be of any of the kinds hereinbefore described) or can indeed relate to other materials of a kind requiring some confirmation of at least part of the bag to itself and about the load by reduction of gas and air inclusion therein.
- a particulate material that could be of any of the kinds hereinbefore described
- air should be considered synonymous with any ambient gas that may have been entrained into the bag or been in the bag during any loading stage.
- the sequence will be as depicted in Figures 1 and 2 with a plurality of suction cups 1 on each side having the effect of pulling apart the panels 2 and 3 of the bag thereby to open the mouth 4 of the bag for subsequent insertion of the vacuum head 5 of the gas extraction apparatus 6.
- the bag depicted has lie flat front and rear panels 2 and 3 respectively (whether simply fold line connected or gusset connected at the edge) it is ideal that the vacuum head be elongated so as to not be a localised vacuum horn that might intrude down into the load of the bag or otherwise provide some degree of difficulty for bag conformity thereto.
- the vacuum head 5 is shown lowered into the open bag inside a vacuum head matching surround 7 with the capability that the bag conforms closely thereto (with or without any ancillary temporary clamping). It is envisaged however that lowering of the wedge like vacuum head 5 (which optionally includes a filtering medium therein to avoid particulate material uptake) effects its own substantial seal both internally and externally of the bag.
- the bag 8 itself can preferably also be supported at its lower end on a trolley, conveyor, bogie or the like which will synchronise incrementally or continuously its movement as required at its top (whether stationed or moving) so as to reduce the load bearing required at the top regions of the bag.
- loads supporting bags of a multi-layer type are used (e.g. of one or more outer bag forming layers of, for example, a kraft paper, and at least one inner bag ply of a heat sealable thermoplastics film.
- the bag 8 is shown moving from zone II to zone III.
- the bag is temporarily clamped shut by the action of the belts 9 as in Figures 6Aa and 7 under the action of the pneumatic ram assembly 10 that acts, via linkages 11, to move the wheels 12 inwardly to achieve the belt against belt effect through the pinch clamped bag (not shown).
- clamping closed of the bag above the contents so that the vacuum head can be withdrawn without any substantial gas ingress is preferably below the vacuum head when it is in its condition as shown in Figure 4.
- the method of temporary clamping closed of the bag at both zone II and zone III is by the same endless belt conveyor or paired belt conveyors. It could be otherwise.
- carousel and other arrangements may well be gas extraction apparatus and then bag sealing apparatus to bags but with preferably the facility that at the time the gas extraction apparatus acts on one bag the sealing apparatus acts on another. It is believed that a high rate of throughput with an arrangement with the present invention is possible.
- the present invention by separating the functions into two zones or stations (i.e.
- gas removal and sealing is believed to allow milk powder and other particulate containing bags to be passed through the apparatus at about or at least 700 bags per hour which is considered well in excess of that available from existing apparatus if there is to be good load contouring of the bag.
- the gas extraction head 14 capable of being moved from a raised condition (not shown) to the lowered condition shown in each of Figures 9 A and 9B.
- gas extraction probes 15 preferably of a porous stainless steel (e.g. a sintered stainless steel) and arranged when lowered in the condition shown to have a vacuum through them so as to extract gas from within the bag.
- Figures 10A through E and 11A and 11B Shown in Figures 10A through E and 11A and 11B is an arrangement of mounts, pivots and linkages such as alternatively can be used in preference to those shown in the earlier figures.
- Figure 12 shows below the line AA two gangs 19 and 20 of rollers adapted when in the condition as shown above the line A (19A and 20 A) to bear upon the conveyor belt (not shown) so as to cause the belt to grip the bag and provide advancement in the conveyor belt moving direction.
- the endless belts have not been shown but the drive and idle rollers have been.
- the linkages operable under pneumatic rams 21 and 21 A allow the movement of the roller gangs as disclosed.
- the sequence of operation involves a filled bag supported by its base on a conveyor having its open end engaged into apparatus of the present invention at an appropriate level as which that end will be kept throughout the sequential steps.
- the following step is the opening of the bag and the insertion of the gas extraction apparatus whereupon there is then the substantial seal against the gas extraction apparatus at which stage the gas extraction probes withdraw unwanted gas from within the bag.
- a cleaning e.g. by blowing
- adhesive, heat seal and/or the like surfaces e.g.
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