WO2011089628A1 - Machine de conditionnement et procédé de conditionnement de produits - Google Patents

Machine de conditionnement et procédé de conditionnement de produits Download PDF

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WO2011089628A1
WO2011089628A1 PCT/IT2010/000013 IT2010000013W WO2011089628A1 WO 2011089628 A1 WO2011089628 A1 WO 2011089628A1 IT 2010000013 W IT2010000013 W IT 2010000013W WO 2011089628 A1 WO2011089628 A1 WO 2011089628A1
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Francesco Dinardo
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Priority to PCT/IT2010/000013 priority Critical patent/WO2011089628A1/fr
Priority to CN201080062073.3A priority patent/CN102791581B/zh
Priority to DK10707681.2T priority patent/DK2526021T3/da
Priority to BR112012018049A priority patent/BR112012018049A2/pt
Priority to RU2012130943/13A priority patent/RU2516134C2/ru
Priority to EP10707681.2A priority patent/EP2526021B1/fr
Priority to US13/522,834 priority patent/US20120297734A1/en
Publication of WO2011089628A1 publication Critical patent/WO2011089628A1/fr

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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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/06—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
    • 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or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/08—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or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzle being adapted to pierce the container or wrapper
    • 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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
    • B65B25/065—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/12—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by gravity

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  • the present invention refers to a packaging machine and a method of packaging goods.
  • the machine and method according to the present invention applied to the packaging of food products, for example oven products, cold pork meats and others.
  • food products for example oven products, cold pork meats and others.
  • Packaging machines are known to package goods starting from a tape of coiled plastic material.
  • the tape unwound from the coil is made to move forward in a feeding direction toward a tube-forming member of plastic material operatively located downstream of the coil.
  • the tape is wound around such forming member to define the said tube by superimposing two side edges of the tape.
  • the tube is completed by longitudinally welding said side edges to each other by means of a first welding means located in correspondence of the forming member.
  • the packaging machines of known type comprise a second welding means which is made to act on the tube to close it completely by welding in correspondence of a section transverse to a tape-feeding direction, so as to define a pocket.
  • the second welding means operates a succession of transverse weldings on the tube, thereby defining a corresponding succession of pockets.
  • a product to be packaged is then inserted into the tube in correspondence of the forming device. More in detail, one product is inserted within each pocket. Subsequently to the insertion of each product, the second welding means operates a welding on the tube so as to close the pocket in which the product has been inserted and, at the same time, to define the successive pocket.
  • the closed pocket defines therefore a package which is detached from the tube by means of a blade.
  • Such packaging machines of known type exhibit a major disadvantage inasmuch as they cannot make vacuum packages, that is, packages able to preserve food products over an extended period of time.
  • Such devices are available on the market for creating a vacuum and sealing the packages.
  • Such devices comprise a container hermetically closable by a lid.
  • a bag holding a product to be packaged is introduced into the container, the latter being connected to a pump for sucking air.
  • the operator closes the lid and starts the pump to create a vacuum inside the container.
  • Such devices further comprise a welding means, located in correspondence of the lid and able to seal the bag.
  • the technical task of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine and a method of packaging products without the above cited drawbacks .
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine and a method of packaging food products by vacuum operation for mass- production.
  • numeral 1 designates in the whole a packaging machine according to the present invention .
  • Such packaging machine 1 allows packaging products starting from a taper 3 of wrap material.
  • tape 3 is wound into a coil 2.
  • the wrap material may, in case of enclosures for food products, be a film of polymeric type.
  • the wrap material may further comprise an internal or external coating suited for the product to be packaged. Besides, such wrap material is heat-sealable .
  • the coil 2 is unwound to provide the said wrap material 3.
  • the tape 3 moves then forward along a direction of advancement "A".
  • the packaging machine 1 includes a tube-forming device 5.
  • a tube-forming device 5 comprises driving means (not shown) for the tube 5, which move the latter along the said direction of advancement "A".
  • the forming device further comprises a tubular forming member 4 of known type, operatively located downstream of the coil 2.
  • the tape 3 of wrap material is then wound around such forming member 4 to define a tube 5 by superimposing the edges of tape 3.
  • the tube 5 is completed by welding the edges of tape 3 to each other in correspondence of the forming member 4.
  • the forming device forms the tube 5 by joining the edges of two tapes 3 unreeling from a respective coil.
  • the tube 5 then transits in correspondence of a first sealing device 7 locate downstream of the forming member 4.
  • such sealing device 7 is made to act on the tube 5 for producing a succession of seals 23 transverse to the direction of advancement "A" of tube 5.
  • each seal 23 extends over the whole width of tube 5 so as to tightly close a section of tube 5 transverse to the direction of advancement "A”.
  • the sealing device 7 defines a succession of pockets 11 for the insertion of the products 6.
  • each pocket 11 results defined by at least a relevant seal 23.
  • Such pocket 11 results open, thereby allowing the insertion of the product 6 through an insertion section 5b of tube 5 and preferably located in correspondence of the forming member 4.
  • the forming member 4 exhibits an inlet mouth 4a in correspondence of which the insertion section 5b is disposed.
  • each seal 23 defines a respective pocket 11 to be filled with a product 6, and closes the pocket 11 previously filled with another product 6.
  • the sealing device 7 is a welder preferably shaped as a bar of a length at least equal to the width of tube 5.
  • the packaging machine 1 comprises a device 13 for the removal of air from tube 5.
  • the air- removing device 13 is made to act on each pocket 11 in correspondence of an aperture 25 to produce a vacuum inside each pocket 11.
  • the air-removing device 13 is active on the pocket 11 to take out substantially all the air held therein.
  • Such air-removing device 13 is preferably located to operate downstream of the sealing device 7. The operation of the air-removing device 13 is best illustrated herebelow.
  • the packaging machine 1 comprises a blocking element 10 located to operate downstream of the sealing device 7.
  • such blocking element 10 is operatively located between the sealing device 7 and the air-removing device 13.
  • Such blocking element 10 is activable on the tube 5 to retain the latter and hermetically isolate the pocket 11 which holds the product 6.
  • the blocking element 10 operates in cooperation with the air-removing device 13 by temporarily closing the pocket 11 during the removal of air.
  • the blocking element 10 comprises a press 12 movable away from the tube 5. Said press 12 being also movable close to the tube 5. The press 5, thereby, is commutable between an operating configuration in which it engages the tube 5 to isolate the pocket 11, and a release configuration in which it is cleared of tube 5.
  • the air-removing device 13 is activated when the blocking element 10 is active on tube 5. In other words, the air-removing device 13 is active when the press 12 is in operating configuration .
  • the air-removing device 13 comprises a hollow needle 14 for perforating the pocket 11 and defining the aperture 25.
  • the air-removing device 13 further comprises a suction member 15 connected to the needle 14 to remove the air from pocket 11.
  • a suction member 15 connected to the needle 14 to remove the air from pocket 11.
  • such needle 14 is able to move close to and away from the tube 5.
  • the needle 14 is movable in such a way as to perforate the pocket 11 by entering therein and sucking the air therefrom and, similarly, to come out from the pocket 11 upon completion of suction.
  • the suction member 15 comprises a hollow cylinder 16 connected to the needle 14 in correspondence of a base 16a.
  • a piston 17 is inserted into the cylinder 16 and is movable away from the base 16a to suck air from tube 5 through the needle 14.
  • the step of inserting the needle 14 inside the pocket 11 takes place prior to the descent of the blocking element 10 onto the tube 5; in this way, the introduction of needle 14 into the surface of tube 5 is made easier by said surface being not under stress.
  • the packaging machine 1 also comprises a further sealing device 22 operatively located downstream of the air-removing device 13.
  • Such sealing device 22 is movable to and away from tube 5, when the press 12 is in operating configuration, to define an additional seal on pocket 11.
  • Such additional seal isolates the aperture 25 by hermetically sealing the pocket 11 to prevent the air from entering through the same aperture 25.
  • the additional seal divides the tube 5 into an air-removing region 19a and a storage region 19b for holding the product 6.
  • the air-removing region 19a and the storage region 19b for holding the product 6 define the pocket 11.
  • the additional seal runs throughout the width of the tube 5 and is a segment parallel to the seals 23 formed on tube 5.
  • the aperture 25 is formed by the needle 14 onto the air-removing region 19a.
  • the additional sealing device 22 comprises a welder 20.
  • the welder 20 is preferably shaped as a bar of a length at least equal to the width of tube 5. Since the tube 5 is made of a thermoweldable material, the welder 20 operates on the pocket 11 by heat-sealing it.
  • a further embodiment provides for the use of an upper welding bar which, by entering in contact with a corresponding lower welding bar, carries out the transverse welding.
  • the packaging machine 1 also comprises cutting means (not shown) for separating the pocket 11 from tube 5 in correspondence of each seal 23.
  • Said cutting means preferably include a stationary blade (not shown) located in correspondence of the sealing device 7 so that the latter, when actuated, will enter in contact with the blade. Consequently, the blade is made to act preferably simultaneously to the sealing device 7. In this way, the just filled pocket 11 is separated from the tube 5 and a fresh pocket 11 to be filled is defined.
  • the packaging machine 1 further comprises a work plane 21 able to be inclined with respect to a preferably horizontal reference direction "B".
  • the blocking element 10, air-removing device 13, sealing device 7 and additional sealing device 22, are active in correspondence of the work plane 21.
  • the packaging machine 1 may comprise a feeding device 26 for products 6, which is operatively located upstream of the forming member 4.
  • the feeding device 26 is disposed in correspondence of the work plane 21 so that the products 6 exiting from the same feeding device 26 are laid onto the inclined work plane 21.
  • the products 6 move by gravity along the work plane 21 toward the inlet mouth 4a of forming member 4 to enter the tube 5 and, in particular, the pocket 11 to be filled.
  • the work plane 21 is horizontal and the packaging machine 1 comprises a driving device (not shown) to insert the products into the tube 5 through the inlet mouth 4a.
  • the sealing device 7, additional sealing device 22 and blocking element 10 are connected above the work plane 21.
  • the air-removing device 13 is located sideway of the work plane 21. In an alternate embodiment, the air-removing device 13 is located above the work plane 21.
  • the packaging machine 1 comprises means for adjusting the inclination of the work plane 21. It is thus possible to change the angle of inclination of the work plane 21 with respect to the reference direction "B". This makes it possible to suitably reduce the speed of descent of product 6 thereby avoiding risks of damage. It is also possible to increase the speed of product 6 should these risks be not present, by increasing the number of products packaged by the machine 1 per unit of time.
  • the method comprises the steps of predisposing the tube 5 of warp material. Thereafter, the succession of transverse seals 23 are formed on the tube 5 so as to define a succession of pockets 11 starting from the tube 5. Once each seal 23 is carried out, each product 6 is inserted into the pocket 11 just defined on tube 5 by the corresponding seal 23.
  • the tube 5 is blocked and the said pocket 11 is hermetically and simultaneously isolated.
  • the pocket 11 is then perforated to define the aperture 25, preferably in correspondence of the air-removing region 19a (upper portion of pocket 11) . Air is then drawn out of pocket 11 through the aperture 25, preferably until all the air is removed therefrom. In particular, the removal of air is carried out during the step of hermetic isolation of pocket 11.
  • said further seal of pocket 11 is formed during the step of hermetic isolation of same pocket 11, preferably by thermowelding .
  • the operation of making said further seal onto the pocket 11 ends up during the step of hermetic isolation of pocket 11.
  • the step of temporarily and hermetic isolation of pocket 11 terminates successively to the formation of said further seal.
  • Each seal 23 closes the pocket 11 being filled up, defines one package and at the same time the base of the successive pocket 11.
  • the method also comprises a cutting step to separate the finished package from the successive pocket 11.
  • Such cutting step preferably takes placed concurrently to the sealing step.
  • the present invention reaches the specified object and achieves major advantages.
  • this machine is able to package mass-produced items in vacuum condition so as to package a large quantity of food products in a short time.
  • the packaging machine according to the present invention is also able to package products of whatever length, latter being limited merely by the extension of the coiled tape.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une machine de conditionnement (1) comportant un dispositif permettant la formation d'un tube (5) de matériau d'emballage dans lequel il est possible d'insérer une succession de produits (6) ; un dispositif de soudage (7) mis en œuvre sur ledit tube (5) pour réaliser une succession de soudures (23) de manière transversale par rapport à la direction d'avance "A" du tube (5) et pour définir une succession correspondante de poches (11) destinées à retenir les produits (6) ; un dispositif de retrait d'air (13) mis en œuvre sur chaque poche (11) de manière correspondante à une ouverture respective (25) pour produire un vide à l'intérieur de chaque poche (11) ; un dispositif de soudage supplémentaire (22) situé fonctionnellement de manière au moins correspondante au dispositif de retrait d'air (13) pour isoler ladite ouverture (25) et souder hermétiquement la poche (11).
PCT/IT2010/000013 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Machine de conditionnement et procédé de conditionnement de produits WO2011089628A1 (fr)

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PCT/IT2010/000013 WO2011089628A1 (fr) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Machine de conditionnement et procédé de conditionnement de produits
CN201080062073.3A CN102791581B (zh) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 包装机及包装产品的方法
DK10707681.2T DK2526021T3 (da) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Emballagemaskine og fremgangsmåde til emballering af produkter
BR112012018049A BR112012018049A2 (pt) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 máquina de embalagem e método para embalar produtos
RU2012130943/13A RU2516134C2 (ru) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Упаковочная машина и способ упаковывания продуктов
EP10707681.2A EP2526021B1 (fr) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Machine de conditionnement et procede de conditionnement de produits
US13/522,834 US20120297734A1 (en) 2010-01-20 2010-01-20 Packaging machine and method of packaging products

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