WO2017114833A1 - Poste d'insertion d'une bouteille dans un coffret - Google Patents

Poste d'insertion d'une bouteille dans un coffret Download PDF

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WO2017114833A1
WO2017114833A1 PCT/EP2016/082715 EP2016082715W WO2017114833A1 WO 2017114833 A1 WO2017114833 A1 WO 2017114833A1 EP 2016082715 W EP2016082715 W EP 2016082715W WO 2017114833 A1 WO2017114833 A1 WO 2017114833A1
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casing
bottle
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Fabio Sassi
Giulia GUIDI
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Gima S.P.A.
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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
    • B65B5/04—Packaging single articles
    • 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
    • B65B35/16—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by grippers
    • B65B35/18—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by grippers by suction-operated grippers
    • 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
    • B65B43/38—Opening hinged lids
    • B65B43/39—Opening-out closure flaps clear of bag, box, or carton mouth
    • 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
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/16—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging

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  • the present invention relates to a station for inserting a bottle in a casing.
  • casings generally made of a material such as cardboard, paper, optionally with layers of polymeric films, or constituted directly by polymeric sheets
  • products such as bottles, jars, and the like.
  • this specific packaging method is very widespread for cosmetic products and for some pharmaceutical products, although it is in any case used universally also in other fields (generally with a lower incidence).
  • the casings generally have the shape of a parallelepiped and are already completely formed when the bottle is inserted.
  • bottles for the cosmetic sector are wrapped within a protective covering that is interposed between the bottle and the casing once packaging has been completed.
  • This protective covering has the function of preserving the bottle against accidental friction against other surfaces, furthermore damping the effect on the bottle of any impacts affecting the entire packaging.
  • the protective covering is generally provided by means of sheets of cardboard or polymeric material that have an undulated or ribbed shape: these shapes allow to damp the effects on the bottle of any deformations to which the entire packaged product is subjected.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, by proposing a station for inserting a bottle in a casing that does not generate permanent deformations of the casing and therefore preserves its aesthetic appearance.
  • an object of the invention is to propose a station for inserting a bottle in a casing that is completely automated.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a station for inserting a bottle in a casing that allows to process bottles wrapped within a protective covering as well.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a station for inserting a bottle in a casing that has modest costs, is relatively simple to provide in practice and is safe in application.
  • a station for inserting a bottle in a casing of the type that can be installed between a line for supplying said bottles and a line for forming/delivering said casings, characterized in that it comprises at least one functional arm provided with grip means for at least one bottle and at least one laminar tab that can be oriented to move the top flaps of a casing, said arm being movable between a pickup configuration, in which it is aligned with a region for delivering said bottles of said supply line, and an insertion configuration, in which it is aligned with a casing arranged on the end portion of said line for forming/delivering said casings, said grip means being translatable along said arm between a raised configuration, in which they surmount said laminar tab, and a lowered configuration, in which they are, at least partially, at a substantially lower height than said laminar tab, said laminar tab being able to slide along said arm between a lowered configuration of substantial
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a functional arm of a station for the insertion of a bottle in a casing, according to the invention
  • Figure 2 is a front view of the arm of Figure 1 in a first step of pickup of the bottle wrapped in a protective covering;
  • Figure 3 is a front view of the arm of Figure 1 in a second step of transfer of the bottle, wrapped in a protective covering, from the pickup region to the delivery region;
  • Figure 4 is a front view of the arm of Figure 1 in a third step of insertion of laminar tabs in a respective casing;
  • Figure 5 is a front view of the arm of Figure 1 in a fourth step of insertion of the bottle in a respective casing, the upper flaps of which are kept open by the laminar tabs;
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bottle wrapped in a protective covering.
  • the reference numeral 1 generally designates a functional arm of a station for inserting a bottle A in a casing B.
  • the station is of the type that can be installed between a line for supplying bottles A and a line for forming/delivering the casings B.
  • the line for supplying the bottles A is such as to convey the bottles A with a predefined pitch, so as to ensure that they are delivered to the station according to the invention in a precisely defined position.
  • the line for supplying the bottles A can have sliders, cups or, more generically, containers in which the bottles A are to be accommodated in order to know precisely their position at each instant.
  • the supply line can therefore also be preset for the insertion of the bottle A within a respective protective covering.
  • the assembly constituted by the pair formed by the protective covering C and the bottle A also can be delivered with precision to the station according to the invention.
  • the station according to the invention comprises at least one functional arm 1 , which is provided with grip means 2 for at least one bottle A and at least one orientable laminar tab 3 for the movement of the top flaps D of a casing B.
  • the arm 1 can move between a pickup configuration, in which it is aligned with a region for the delivery of the bottles A, which is located on the supply line of the bottles A, and an insertion configuration, in which it is aligned with a casing B that is arranged on the end portion of the line for forming/delivering the casings B.
  • the grip means 2 can translate along the arm 1 itself between a raised configuration, in which they surmount the laminar tab 3, and a lowered configuration, in which they are at least partially at a substantially lower level than the laminar tab 3.
  • the laminar tab 3 can slide along the arm 1 between a lowered configuration of substantial alignment of its terminal edge 4 with at least one upper portion of the lateral walls of a casing B arranged on the respective forming/delivery line, and a raised configuration, in which its terminal edge 4 is at a higher level.
  • the at least one functional arm 1 can validly comprise a guiding track 5 for the grip means 2 and the orientable laminar tab 3.
  • the grip means 2 and the tab 3 can translate with respect to a same linear reference (the track 5) in order to ensure correct mutual alignment.
  • the grip means 2 can comprise a linear actuator 6, which can slide along the guiding track 5, to which a fluid-operated device 7 (which might be constituted by a fluid-operated cylinder or more simply by a support which comprises a channel of a circuit in partial vacuum associated with a respective suction element) is coupled, said device being provided, at its terminal end, with a grip head 8 provided with at least one sucker (the operation of which can be validly controlled by the connection to said channel of the circuit in partial vacuum).
  • a fluid-operated device 7 which might be constituted by a fluid-operated cylinder or more simply by a support which comprises a channel of a circuit in partial vacuum associated with a respective suction element
  • the grip head 8 can comprise effectively at least one lower sucker 9 that abuts against the top of a respective bottle A (in the configuration for picking up said bottle) and at least one lateral sucker 10, which abuts against the inner wall of a protective covering C which is arranged around the bottle A, for the simultaneous pickup of the bottle A and of the protective covering C.
  • each lateral sucker 10 in this case is aligned with a respective inner wall of one of the four lateral surfaces of the protective covering C (ensuring that it retains its arrangement wrapped around the bottle A).
  • the orientable laminar tabs 3 can be at least two, mutually opposite and orientable between a first configuration, intended for their entry in a respective casing B, in which the respective terminal edges 4 face each other and are mutually proximate, and a second configuration, which is intended for the divarication of the flaps D that protrude from the lateral walls of the casing B, in which the respective terminal edges 4 are mutually distant.
  • the first inlet configuration is therefore designed for easy access of the laminar tabs 4 within the perimetric flaps D of the opening of the casing: the converging arrangement of the laminar tabs 3 in fact determines a wedge-like shape, which facilitates their entry in the opening of the casing even if the perimetric flaps D are greatly folded inward (partially occluding the opening of the casing B).
  • the second divarication configuration is instead designed for the mutual spacing of the perimetric flaps D of the opening of the casing B: the laminar tabs 3 in fact act on the internal surface of the flaps D, divaricating them and rendering the opening of the casing B delimited between them fully accessible.
  • the grip head 8 can advantageously comprise an external frame 1 1 the shape and dimensions of which are complementary to those of the protective covering C of the bottle A, for its snug entry within the covering C.
  • the frame 1 1 accommodates internally at least one main sucker 9 for the grip of at least one bottle A and supports, on its external walls, a plurality of secondary lateral suckers 10 for locking the protective covering C of said bottle.
  • the arm 1 can move, by virtue of the action of respective movement means (not visible in the accompanying figures), along a conveyance path which is arranged perimetrically with respect to a fixed supporting structure.
  • the path has at least one first portion which is aligned with a region for the delivery of the bottles A along the supply line of the bottles A and at least one second portion which is aligned with a casing B arranged on the end portion of the forming/delivery line of the casings B.
  • a sliding support 12 (able to slide along the track 5 by means of respective actuators) is interposed between the arm 1 and the at least one orientable laminar tab 3 : the at least one laminar tab 3 is pivoted to the sliding support 12 and is coupled to a pusher which is designed for its rotation with respect to the respective pivoting axis.
  • the suckers 9 and 10 are connected to a suction circuit in order to allow rapid transition (by activation/interruption of the suction flow) from a step for retaining the bottle A and the enclosure C to a step for release thereof (after they have been inserted correctly in the respective casing B).
  • suction circuit i.e., the linear actuator 6 and the component for moving the support 12
  • the fluid-operated device 7 or other equivalent movement apparatus
  • the pusher designed to move/orient the tabs 3
  • the movement means which allow the arm 1 to move along the path defined on the respective supporting structure
  • the station according to the invention can be managed in a fully automated manner.
  • Operation of the present invention is very simple: once the bottle A (and also the optional protective covering C) has been picked up from the respective supply line (by means of the suckers 9 and 10 of the grip head 8, which are supplied by the defined suction circuit), the arm 1 moves along the previously described path until it aligns itself with the region for the insertion of the bottle A (optionally wrapped within the protective covering C) that is formed along the line for forming/delivering the casings B.
  • a first descent of the laminar tabs 3 thus occurs (by virtue of the translation of the support 12 along the track 5) while they are in the first configuration, in which their terminal edges 4 face each other and are mutually proximate (wedge- like arrangement).
  • the tabs 3, by widening, are subsequently capable of spacing the flaps D and thus completely free the opening of the casing B.
  • this descent can be determined by a translation of the linear actuator 6 along the track 5, with which the fluid-operated device 7 (which as described previously might be constituted by a simple support provided with a suction channel associated with the sucker of the grip head) and the grip head 8 are integral.
  • the present invention solves the problems described previously, proposing a station for inserting a bottle A within a casing B that does not generate permanent deformations of the casing B and therefore preserves its aesthetic appearance. It has in fact been shown that the laminar tabs 3 divaricate the flaps D, moving them into a configuration that is proximate to their mutually parallel arrangement, without therefore generating any opposite folding thereon which might generate permanent deformations of specific portions of the casing B.
  • the station 1 according to the invention is fully automated: the intervention of operators to prevent the insertion of the bottles A in the casings B from being able to cause deformations of the casing B that might compromise its aesthetic appearance is therefore not required.
  • the station according to the invention allows to process even bottles A wrapped within a protective covering C.
  • the station according to the invention can be provided in a relatively simple manner, by bearing substantially modest costs: these characteristics render the station according to the invention a technical solution of assured application.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to the requirements and the state of the art.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un poste d'insertion d'une bouteille (A) dans un coffret (B), qui peut être installé entre une ligne servant à fournir des bouteilles (A) et une ligne servant à former/amener des coffrets (B) et qui comporte au moins un bras fonctionnel (1) muni de moyens (2) de préhension pour au moins une bouteille (A) et d'au moins une languette laminaire (3) susceptible d'être orientée pour déplacer les rabats supérieurs (D) d'un coffret (B); le bras (1) étant mobile entre une configuration de prise en charge, où il est aligné avec une région servant à amener les bouteilles (A) de la ligne d'alimentation, et une configuration d'insertion, où il est aligné avec un coffret (B) disposé sur la partie d'extrémité de la ligne servant à former/amener les coffrets (B); les moyens (2) de préhension peuvent translater le long du bras (1) entre une configuration relevée, où ils surmontent la languette laminaire (3), et une configuration abaissée, où ils se trouvent au moins partiellement à une hauteur sensiblement inférieure à celle de la languette laminaire (3); la languette laminaire pouvant coulisser le long du bras (1) entre une configuration abaissée d'alignement substantiel de son bord terminal (4) avec au moins une partie supérieure des parois latérales d'un coffret (B) disposé sur la ligne respective de mise en forme/d'amenée et une configuration relevée où son bord terminal (4) se trouve à un niveau plus haut.
PCT/EP2016/082715 2015-12-30 2016-12-27 Poste d'insertion d'une bouteille dans un coffret WO2017114833A1 (fr)

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