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EP1462366A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour appliquer une bande de film plastique autour d'un produit à emballer - Google Patents

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EP1462366A2
EP1462366A2 EP04396024A EP04396024A EP1462366A2 EP 1462366 A2 EP1462366 A2 EP 1462366A2 EP 04396024 A EP04396024 A EP 04396024A EP 04396024 A EP04396024 A EP 04396024A EP 1462366 A2 EP1462366 A2 EP 1462366A2
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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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/008—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material by webs revolving around articles moved along the axis of revolution
    • 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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B65B11/025—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders by webs revolving around stationary articles

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  • the present invention relates to a method for applying a plastic film around a product to be packaged, according to which method
  • a method for applying a plastic film around a product to be packaged is presented in Specification US-4,454,705, wherein a plastic film girdle of shrinkable plastic is placed on a supporting frame and the product to be packaged is brought to a position inside the supporting frame. When the supporting elements of the supporting frame are removed, the plastic film girdle is tightened around the product.
  • this method is not sufficiently efficient when it is necessary to get several products packaged in a short time.
  • plastic film girdle has to be of a suitable size corresponding to the product to be packaged.
  • Another alternative for applying a plastic film around a product to be packaged is to bring the product to the wrapping station of a wrapping packaging machine, where the product to be packaged is held stationary while wrapping packaging film is wrapped around the product from a film reel circulating about the product.
  • An essential feature of the prior-art wrapping method is that the product to be packaged remains stationary during the wrapping operation and the wrapping line is halted each time for as long as it takes to wrap up the product. The duration of the halt is additionally increased by the starting actions and the seaming and cutting of the wrapping film band associated with the wrapping operation.
  • the capacity of the packaging method used should be as high as possible to enable the products to be packaged to be passed through the packaging stage as quickly as possible.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above-described drawbacks and achieve a new and faster method for applying a wrapping plastic film around an object.
  • a specific object of the invention is to achieve a method for creating collars or girdles around a product to be packaged. Collars or girdles can also be made from wrapping plastic film, and these have numerous advantages as compared to prior-art girdles formed from steel or hard plastic bands, because a girdle formed from wrapping plastic film is softer and more resilient. It requires no corner supports to be used in conjunction with it and yet it does not damage the edges of the product to be packaged. However, producing a girdle by means of a wrapping packaging apparatus is a slow and uneconomical method as each girdle has to be wrapped separately.
  • the plastic film to be wrapped consists of either stretched plastic film or tightened or otherwise shrinkable stretched plastic film in conjunction with the wrapping carriage, the film girdle will shrink and tighten around the product to be packaged when it is transferred onto the surface of the product to be packaged.
  • the tightening force can be adjusted by suitably selecting the plastic film and/or its pre-stretching.
  • the girdle to be produced by wrapping is most preferably located outside the product to be packaged, at a distance from it.
  • the girdle to be produced by wrapping need not be aligned with the product to be packaged.
  • the products to be packaged can be moved on the track so that the area on the product where a wrapping or bandage is to be formed comes into a position aligned with the girdle, whereupon the girdle is transferred onto the product.
  • the continuous method is very fast and efficient because the wrapping packaging machine can be continuously in operation, producing wrapped tube, from the end of which a girdle of suitable width is cut off, which girdle then tightens around the product to be packaged that comes to the appropriate position while advancing on the track.
  • the invention also relates to a device for applying a plastic film around a product (16) to be packaged, said device comprising
  • a second preferred embodiment of the device of the invention is characterized in that the device has at the corners of the supporting frame supporting element pairs which can be turned or moved away from each other to pass the plastic film girdle wrapped over the supporting elements to a position around the product to be packaged.
  • a third preferred embodiment of the device of the invention is characterized in that the device comprises
  • Fig. 1 presents a side view of a wrapping machine 10 according to an embodiment of the invention, comprising a track 11 and a rotating ring 12. Attached to the track 12 is a film dispensing carriage, which is provided with a film reel 14 containing wrapping plastic film 15. Placed on top of the product 16 to be packaged moving on the track 11 are transverse pieces 17a and 17b to facilitate later manipulation of the product, said pieces being bound in the same bundle with the product 16 itself by means of girdles to be produced by wrapping.
  • the wrapping machine 10 in Fig. 1 is provided with a wrapping support system 20 comprising four supporting elements 21a-21d, which can be turned about axles 23a-23d and which are located on either side of the track 11 and therefore of the product 16 to be packaged. All the supporting elements 21a-21d have straight sides 22a-22d, which in the wrapping position shown in Fig. 1 together form a supporting frame, on which the film girdle 18 to be produced from plastic film 15 by wrapping can be formed.
  • the wrapping operation for producing a film girdle 18 is going on.
  • the product to be packaged 16 is not yet aligned with the girdle 18 because, according to the invention, the girdle 18 can be finished beforehand and only then transferred onto the surface of the product 16.
  • the product to be packaged 16 is placed on the track 11 and moving towards the wrapping station 20.
  • the supporting frame consisting of supporting elements 21a-21d has been adjusted to be larger than the product 16 to be packaged, so that the film girdle 18 being produced will be large enough to allow the product 16 being packaged to be moved inside the film girdle supported by the supporting frame.
  • Fig. 2 the wrapping operation producing a film girdle 18 has been completed.
  • the films forming the film girdle 18 supported by the supporting elements 21a-21d have now been seamed and the plastic film band coming from the reel 14 has been severed.
  • the plastic film band need not always be seamed if the film band layers placed one over the other are otherwise held fast on each other sufficiently well.
  • the product 16 to be packaged has moved on the track 11 so that transverse piece 17a is aligned with the film girdle 18 in the wrapping station 20.
  • the ring 12 and film dispensing carriage 13 connected to it have been stopped for a short while, during which the film girdle 18 is transferred onto the product 16 to be packaged and the transverse piece 17a, as illustrated in the next figures 3 and 4.
  • the end of the film band 15 coming from the film reel 14 is held fast by a gripper 24 and is ready for the start of a wrapping operation for producing the next film girdle.
  • the film girdle 18 has been tightened over the product 16 to be packaged and the transverse piece 17a.
  • the supporting elements 21a-21d have been turned about the axles 23a-23d to their outermost position, so the film girdle 18 has been able to be transferred onto the surface of the product 16 to be packaged.
  • the formation of the film girdle 18 has been completed and the supporting elements 21a-21d begin to turn again to the position of readiness shown in Fig. 1 and a ready for the next film girdle wrapping operation. Therefore, the rotating motion of the ring 12 can be quickly started and the wrapping operation for forming the next film girdle, which is to be wrapped over transverse piece 17b, can be started immediately.
  • the product 16 to be packaged also starts moving and is again at the right position on the track 11 when the next film girdle is ready to be mounted.
  • Fig. 5 presents a wrapping machine 10 according to the invention as seen from the direction of the track 11.
  • a wrapping operation for forming a film girdle around a product 16 to be packaged has just been started.
  • the end of the plastic film band 15 coming the film reel 14 is held in the gripper 24 and the ring 12 has rotated through a nearly full revolution.
  • the end of the wrapping plastic film band 15 can be released from the gripper 24 because the film layers wrapped upon each other stick together.
  • the wrapping action for forming a film girdle is continued until the number of layers of film 15 is e.g. three.
  • Fig. 6 three layers of wrapping plastic film band 15 have been wrapped one upon the other.
  • the ring is now stopped again for a short while and the seaming and cutting device 25 seams the wrapping plastic film layers to form a closed film girdle 18.
  • the gripper 24 grips the plastic film band 15 coming from the reel 14 so that it will be ready for the start of the wrapping operation for forming the next film girdle.
  • the seaming and cutting device 25 has released its grip and the film girdle 18 is continuous and ready to be transferred onto the product 16 to be packaged.
  • the supporting elements 21a-21d move in the directions indicated by the arrows, allowing the film girdle 18 to tighten around the product 16 to be packaged and over the transverse piece 17.
  • Fig. 8 presents the wrapping support system 20 of the wrapping machine of the invention according to a second embodiment.
  • the wrapping support system 20 is simpler than in the example illustrated in the previous figures because it comprises only two supporting elements 21a-21b on either side of the product 16 to be packaged.
  • the film girdle 18 is transferred onto the product 16 to be packaged in a lopsided manner with one edge first.
  • the device works just as well, at least if the product 16 to be packaged is heavy. In the case of lighter objects, it is preferable to use during the transfer of the film girdle a clutch known in itself, which presses the product 16 to be packaged from above, thus holding it reliably in place.
  • the clutch is not shown in the figures.
  • the supporting elements 21a-21b in the wrapping support system 20 of the wrapping machine are endless belts, over which the film girdle 18 is wrapped.
  • the finished film girdle 18 is cut off by means of a clipper 26 and transferred onto the product 16 to be packaged by means of second endless belts forming extensions of belts 21a-21b in the manner illustrated in Fig. 9.
  • Fig. 10 presents yet another embodiment of the wrapping machine of the invention, in which the supporting elements 21a-21d in the wrapping support system 20 are rotating bars, over which the wrapping plastic film 15 is wound from the film reel 14.
  • the film reel 14 and the bars 21a-21b are so disposed with respect to each other as to also allow a continuous wrapping action for forming a film girdle 18 over the bars 21a-21b, the product thus obtained being a plastic film tube 18b, which is cut off by means of a clipper 26 to form a film girdle 18a of suitable length.
  • the bars 21a-21b are rotating, the film girdle 18a cut off advances to the right in Fig. 10 and is first transferred onto second reels and then onto the product 16 to be packaged.

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EP04396024A 2003-03-27 2004-03-29 Procédé et dispositif pour appliquer une bande de film plastique autour d'un produit à emballer Expired - Lifetime EP1462366B1 (fr)

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FI20030459L (fi) 2004-09-28
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FI20030459A0 (fi) 2003-03-27
DE602004010734D1 (de) 2008-01-31
FI116934B (fi) 2006-04-13
US20070175179A1 (en) 2007-08-02
DE602004010734T2 (de) 2008-12-11
EP1462366A3 (fr) 2005-06-15
PL1462366T3 (pl) 2008-05-30
EP1462366B1 (fr) 2007-12-19

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