EP1362689B1 - Method and apparatus for continuously erecting packages from blanks - Google Patents

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EP1362689B1
EP1362689B1 EP03291138A EP03291138A EP1362689B1 EP 1362689 B1 EP1362689 B1 EP 1362689B1 EP 03291138 A EP03291138 A EP 03291138A EP 03291138 A EP03291138 A EP 03291138A EP 1362689 B1 EP1362689 B1 EP 1362689B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/26—Folding sheets, blanks or webs
    • B31B50/28—Folding sheets, blanks or webs around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms
    • B31B50/282—Folding sheets, blanks or webs around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms involving stripping-off formed boxes from mandrels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/26—Folding sheets, blanks or webs
    • B31B50/28—Folding sheets, blanks or webs around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms
    • B31B50/30—Folding sheets, blanks or webs around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms the mandrels moving

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for shaping and partially continuous assembly of a package, from a pre-cut blank and repressed in a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard.
  • a package comprising a plurality of side walls hinged together by first fold lines and at least some of which comprise, at at least one of their ends, a flap said “flap “articulated on the adjoining wall by a second fold line, the second fold lines associated with the flaps arranged at the same end being arranged in the same transverse plane of the packaging, so that the folded flaps are disposed substantially in this plane in contact with flaps contiguous and assembled and locked in this position by means known in the art.
  • the packages to which this process applies are in particular of the general type of American boxes or American half-boxes, straight prisms with parallel edges and polygonal section, or truncated truncated pyramid boxes with triangular base, quadrangular and , more generally, polygonal and, after setting volume, they remain open at one of their ends, so that we can proceed immediately to their filling.
  • EP-A-1 256 441 discloses a process according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • FR 2 770 445 A discloses a method and a device for setting up the volume of cases or the like from a flat cut out of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, in which the different operations for shaping the cutting and gluing of a joining lug are carried out around a mandrel with a polygonal section similar to that of the box to be produced, which is rotated in a vertical plane relative to an axis horizontal, this chuck stopping at various stations (see pages 4, line 23 to page 5, line 17), before returning to its starting point.
  • the present invention aims to improve such methods by using a shaper such as a mandrel, around which a blank precut and repressed in a semi-rigid material is folded, shaped and assembled by gluing, while the mandrel moves in continuous, during these different operations, without any interruption of its movement.
  • a shaper such as a mandrel
  • the various shapers may be carried by a moving equipment moving along a closed path.
  • the invention also relates to a device according to claim 3.
  • the shapers serve to support the walls and flaps of the blank, when they are subjected to the thrust of the means which bring them into their assembly position on the shaper, and they also allow assembly by gluing or joining of these elements.
  • These means may be for example fixed or mobile guides or controlled shutters.
  • the corrugated cardboard blank comprises four walls 1 articulated to one another by first parallel fold lines and at each end of which are articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the preceding so-called shutters.
  • a tongue 4 of bonding which is articulated by a line parallel to the first fold lines following the free edge of a wall 1 not adjacent to the contiguous wall is intended to stick against the inner face of this contiguous wall.
  • the blanks precut and repressed are extracted one by one from a feeder 10 and are previously folded in J, as seen on the 2, before coming to cap a shaper 5 whose outer surface is substantially complementary to the inner surface of the American box to achieve, the folded blank J thus coming into contact with three contiguous walls 1 of this blank.
  • the shaper 5 is driven step-by-step, without interruption of movement, by a drive system at successive stations, between which or in which are provided means such as fixed or movable guides or controlled movable flaps, which bring the fourth wall 1 into contact with the shaper 5, with the tongue 4 previously glued in contact with the inner face of the wall 1 contiguous. These walls are then pressed against the shaper 5, so as to make them integral with the walls that are in contact.
  • the wall 1 which sticks against the tongue 4 previously glued is folded and applied in a simple manner against this tongue by contact with a fixed guide during its movement under the stress of the shaper 5.
  • the flaps 2 which are arranged in positions contiguous to one end of the shaper, after being glued, are then folded perpendicularly to the adjacent walls, to come into mutual contact and thus be assembled by gluing, while the flaps 2 arranged at the other end remain in the extension of the adjoining walls.
  • the American box 6 thus volume and partially assembled, but with an open end, is then released from the shaper 5 by relative sliding relative to one another, then it is straightened and discharged by a conveyor 7 to a filling station, while the shaper 5 is returned to its starting position to resume a new shaping cycle and assembly of a new blank.
  • a plurality of shapers 5 are used in synchronization, each in turn reaching one of the stations of the assembly and assembly cycle.
  • Each shaper 5 is carried by a moving element 8, which is driven continuously, without interruption of its movement, by a motor system, not shown, along a closed path, materialized by guides 9, of appropriate profile.
  • the method described here relates to a parallelepiped package, but it applies equally well to packagings with only three walls or more than four walls, the fold lines between the walls being parallel, as described herein, or arranged obliquely to form a volume of generally trapezoidal shape, or prism, or truncated pyramid.

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The procedure for assembling boxes from cut-out panels of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard uses a shaper (5) that is inserted into the partly-folded box while its last side panel (1) is glued onto a tab (4) on the adjacent panel to complete the side walls. The base flaps (2) are then folded over and fastened before the shaper is withdrawn, leaving the box with open top flaps (3) and ready to be filled. The shaper is one of a number moving along an endless drive system to provide continuous operation.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif pour la mise en forme et l'assemblage partiel en continu d'un conditionnement, à partir d'un flan prédécoupé et refoulé en un matériau semi-rigide tel que le carton ou le carton ondulé.The present invention relates to a method and a device for shaping and partially continuous assembly of a package, from a pre-cut blank and repressed in a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard.

Elle concerne plus particulièrement la réalisation par ce procédé d'un conditionnement comprenant une pluralité de parois latérales articulées entre elles par des premières lignes de pliage et dont certaines au moins comportent, à au moins l'une de leurs extrémités, un volet dit "rabat" articulé sur la paroi attenante par une seconde ligne de pliage, les secondes lignes de pliage associées aux volets disposés à une même extrémité étant disposées dans un même plan transversal du conditionnement, de manière que les volets rabattus soient disposés sensiblement dans ce plan au contact des volets contigus et assemblés et verrouillés dans cette position par des moyens connus dans la technique.It relates more particularly to the realization by this method of a package comprising a plurality of side walls hinged together by first fold lines and at least some of which comprise, at at least one of their ends, a flap said "flap "articulated on the adjoining wall by a second fold line, the second fold lines associated with the flaps arranged at the same end being arranged in the same transverse plane of the packaging, so that the folded flaps are disposed substantially in this plane in contact with flaps contiguous and assembled and locked in this position by means known in the art.

Les conditionnements auxquels s'applique ce procédé sont notamment du type général des caisses américaines ou des demi-caisses américaines, de prismes droits à arêtes parallèles et à section polygonale, ou encore de caisses en forme de tronc de pyramide à base triangulaire, quadrangulaire et, plus généralement, polygonale et, après mise en volume, ils restent ouverts à l'une de leurs extrémités, de sorte que l'on peut procéder immédiatement à leur remplissage.The packages to which this process applies are in particular of the general type of American boxes or American half-boxes, straight prisms with parallel edges and polygonal section, or truncated truncated pyramid boxes with triangular base, quadrangular and , more generally, polygonal and, after setting volume, they remain open at one of their ends, so that we can proceed immediately to their filling.

Le document EP-A-1 256 441 décrit un procédé selon le préambule de la revendication 1.EP-A-1 256 441 discloses a process according to the preamble of claim 1.

Divers procédés de fabrication en continu ont déjà été proposés dans ce but dans la technique, mais on est toujours à la recherche d'un procédé fiable et facile à mettre en oeuvre, même à des cadences élevées, qui n'utilise que des moyens mécaniques aisément disponibles.Various continuous manufacturing processes have already been proposed for this purpose in the art, but one is always looking for a reliable and easy to implement process, even at high rates, which uses only mechanical means readily available.

C'est ainsi que l'on connaît, par FR 2 770 445 A, un procédé et un dispositif pour la mise en volume de caisses ou analogues à partir d'une découpe à plat en carton ou en carton ondulé, dans lesquels les différentes opérations de mise en forme de la découpe et de collage d'une patte de jonction s'effectuent autour d'un mandrin à section polygonale analogue à celle de la caisse à réaliser, lequel est animé d'un mouvement de rotation dans un plan vertical par rapport à un axe horizontal, ce mandrin s'arrêtant à diverses stations (voir pages 4, ligne 23 à la page 5, ligne 17), avant de revenir à son point de départ.Thus, FR 2 770 445 A discloses a method and a device for setting up the volume of cases or the like from a flat cut out of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, in which the different operations for shaping the cutting and gluing of a joining lug are carried out around a mandrel with a polygonal section similar to that of the box to be produced, which is rotated in a vertical plane relative to an axis horizontal, this chuck stopping at various stations (see pages 4, line 23 to page 5, line 17), before returning to its starting point.

La présente invention vise à améliorer de tels procédés en utilisant un conformateur tel qu'un mandrin, autour duquel un flan prédécoupé et refoulé en un matériau semi-rigide est replié, mis en forme et assemblé par collage, pendant que le mandrin se déplace en continu, pendant ces différentes opérations, sans aucune interruption de son mouvement.The present invention aims to improve such methods by using a shaper such as a mandrel, around which a blank precut and repressed in a semi-rigid material is folded, shaped and assembled by gluing, while the mandrel moves in continuous, during these different operations, without any interruption of its movement.

L'invention a par conséquent pour objet un procédé selon la revendication 1.The subject of the invention is therefore a process according to claim 1.

Les différents conformateurs peuvent être portés par un équipage mobile se déplaçant suivant un trajet fermé.The various shapers may be carried by a moving equipment moving along a closed path.

L'invention a également pour objet un dispositif selon la revendication 3.The invention also relates to a device according to claim 3.

Les conformateurs, en nombre adapté à la vitesse de formation des conditionnements, servent d'appui aux parois et rabats du flan, lorsque ceux-ci sont soumis à la poussée des moyens qui les amènent dans leur position d'assemblage sur le conformateur, et ils permettent également l'assemblage par collage ou jonctionnement de ces éléments. Ces moyens peuvent être par exemple des guides fixes ou mobiles ou des volets commandés.The shapers, in number adapted to the rate of formation of the packages, serve to support the walls and flaps of the blank, when they are subjected to the thrust of the means which bring them into their assembly position on the shaper, and they also allow assembly by gluing or joining of these elements. These means may be for example fixed or mobile guides or controlled shutters.

Une forme de mise en oeuvre du procédé conforme à l'invention va être décrite ci-après dans son application à un emballage à section rectangulaire du type dit "caisse américaine", mais il sera clair pour l'homme de l'art qu'elle s'applique à tout autre type d'emballage à rabats et à section polygonale, comportant ou non des parois parallèles.One form of implementation of the method according to the invention will be described below in its application to a rectangular section of the type called "American box", but it will be clear to those skilled in the art that it applies to any other type of packaging with flaps and polygonal section, with or without parallel walls.

Dans la description qui va suivre, on se réfèrera aux dessins schématiques annexés, sur lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une vue schématique de dessus du dispositif ;
  • La figure 2 illustre la mise en volume et l'assemblage partiel d'un conditionnement autour du conformateur.
In the description which follows, reference will be made to the attached schematic drawings, in which:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic top view of the device;
  • Figure 2 illustrates the setting volume and partial assembly of a package around the shaper.

Dans l'exemple illustré par les dessins, le flan de départ en carton ondulé comprend quatre parois 1, articulées entre elles par des premières lignes de pliage parallèles et à chacune des extrémités desquelles sont articulés par des lignes de pliage perpendiculaires aux précédentes des volets dits "rabats", respectivement 2 et 3, destinés à être rabattus perpendiculairement aux parois attenantes.In the example illustrated by the drawings, the corrugated cardboard blank comprises four walls 1 articulated to one another by first parallel fold lines and at each end of which are articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the preceding so-called shutters. "Flaps", respectively 2 and 3, intended to be folded perpendicularly to the adjacent walls.

Une languette 4 de collage, qui est articulée par une ligne parallèle aux premières lignes de pliage suivant le bord libre d'une paroi 1 non attenante à la paroi contiguë est destinée à venir se coller contre la face interne de cette paroi contiguë.A tongue 4 of bonding, which is articulated by a line parallel to the first fold lines following the free edge of a wall 1 not adjacent to the contiguous wall is intended to stick against the inner face of this contiguous wall.

Les flans prédécoupés et refoulés sont extraits un à un d'un margeur 10 et sont préalablement repliés en J, comme on le voit sur la figure 2, avant de venir coiffer un conformateur 5 dont la surface externe est sensiblement complémentaire de la surface interne de la caisse américaine à réaliser, le flan replié en J venant ainsi au contact de trois parois contiguës 1 de ce flan.The blanks precut and repressed are extracted one by one from a feeder 10 and are previously folded in J, as seen on the 2, before coming to cap a shaper 5 whose outer surface is substantially complementary to the inner surface of the American box to achieve, the folded blank J thus coming into contact with three contiguous walls 1 of this blank.

Le conformateur 5 est entraîné pas-à-pas, sans interruption de mouvement, par un système d'entraînement à des stations successives, entre lesquelles ou dans lesquelles sont prévus des moyens tels que des guides fixes ou mobiles ou des volets mobiles commandés, qui amènent la quatrième paroi 1 en contact avec le conformateur 5, avec la languette 4 préalablement encollée au contact de la face interne de la paroi 1 contiguë. Ces parois sont ensuite pressées contre le conformateur 5, de manière à les rendre solidaires des parois qui sont à leur contact.The shaper 5 is driven step-by-step, without interruption of movement, by a drive system at successive stations, between which or in which are provided means such as fixed or movable guides or controlled movable flaps, which bring the fourth wall 1 into contact with the shaper 5, with the tongue 4 previously glued in contact with the inner face of the wall 1 contiguous. These walls are then pressed against the shaper 5, so as to make them integral with the walls that are in contact.

De préférence, la paroi 1 qui vient se coller contre la languette 4 préalablement encollée est rabattue et appliquée de façon simple contre cette languette par contact avec un guide fixe au cours de son déplacement sous la sollicitation du conformateur 5.Preferably, the wall 1 which sticks against the tongue 4 previously glued is folded and applied in a simple manner against this tongue by contact with a fixed guide during its movement under the stress of the shaper 5.

Les rabats 2 qui sont disposés en des positions contiguës à une extrémité du conformateur, après avoir été encollés, sont alors rabattus perpendiculairement aux parois attenantes, pour venir en contact mutuel et être ainsi assemblés par collage, tandis que les rabats 2 disposés à l'autre extrémité restent dans le prolongement des parois attenantes.The flaps 2 which are arranged in positions contiguous to one end of the shaper, after being glued, are then folded perpendicularly to the adjacent walls, to come into mutual contact and thus be assembled by gluing, while the flaps 2 arranged at the other end remain in the extension of the adjoining walls.

La caisse américaine 6 ainsi mise en volume et partiellement assemblée, mais avec une extrémité ouverte, est ensuite dégagée du conformateur 5 par coulissement relatif de l'un par rapport à l'autre, puis elle est redressée et évacuée par un convoyeur 7 vers un poste de remplissage, tandis que le conformateur 5 est ramené à sa position de départ pour reprendre un nouveau cycle de mise en forme et d'assemblage d'un nouveau flan.The American box 6 thus volume and partially assembled, but with an open end, is then released from the shaper 5 by relative sliding relative to one another, then it is straightened and discharged by a conveyor 7 to a filling station, while the shaper 5 is returned to its starting position to resume a new shaping cycle and assembly of a new blank.

Bien entendu, une pluralité de conformateurs 5 sont utilisés en synchronisation, chacun atteignant à tour de rôle l'une des stations du cycle de montage et d'assemblage.Of course, a plurality of shapers 5 are used in synchronization, each in turn reaching one of the stations of the assembly and assembly cycle.

Chaque conformateur 5 est porté par un équipage mobile 8, qui est entraîné en continu, sans interruption de son mouvement, par un système moteur, non représenté, suivant un trajet fermé, matérialisé par des guides 9, de profil approprié.Each shaper 5 is carried by a moving element 8, which is driven continuously, without interruption of its movement, by a motor system, not shown, along a closed path, materialized by guides 9, of appropriate profile.

Le procédé décrit ici concerne un emballage parallélépipédique, mais il s'applique aussi bien à des emballages à seulement trois parois ou plus de quatre parois, les lignes de pliage entre les parois pouvant être parallèles, comme décrit ici, ou disposées en oblique pour former un volume de forme générale trapézoïdale, ou de prisme, ou de pyramide tronquée.The method described here relates to a parallelepiped package, but it applies equally well to packagings with only three walls or more than four walls, the fold lines between the walls being parallel, as described herein, or arranged obliquely to form a volume of generally trapezoidal shape, or prism, or truncated pyramid.

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  1. Method for continuously erecting and partially assembling from pre-cut and impressed blanks a plurality of identical packagings made of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, each packaging being of the type comprising a plurality of lateral walls (1) articulated to one another by first fold lines, at least some of which walls (1) include on at the least one of their ends a flap (2, 3) articulated to the adjoining wall (1) by a second fold line, the fold lines associated with the flaps (2, 3) arranged at the same end of the walls being disposed in the same transverse plane, in such a way that the folded-down flaps are disposed substantially in this plane upon contact with the adjacent flaps and are assembled and secured together by means known in the technology, the method comprising steps of erecting and assembling the lateral walls (1) of each packaging and steps of folding the flaps (2) arranged at the same end of some of said a walls perpendicularly to the latter, and of subsequently assembling said flaps, the erecting of each blank being effected around a respective conformator (5) having an external cross-section corresponding at least partially to the internal cross-section of the packaging to be formed, each conformator (5) being transported by a drive system and passing through successive stations in which or between which fixed or movable elements perform the following operations:
    - the walls (1) of the associated packaging are moved to their final position by being folded around the conformator, thus assuming the external shape of the latter;
    - in this position, two adjacent but not adjoining walls of the packaging are assembled together by gluing of an adjoining part (4) of one of them which is made to overlap the other wall, or are joined to one another with the aid of independent means;
    - the flaps (2) arranged in adjacent positions at the same end of the packaging are folded perpendicularly to the adjoining walls and are assembled together;
    - the packaging thus erected and partially assembled, but open at the end of the walls opposite the end at which the flaps (2) have been assembled together, is separated from the associated conformator (5) by sliding with respect thereto,
    the method being characterised in that the blanks are first folded along the first fold lines to form a "U" or "J" shape and the different conformators are transported synchronously, and in that each conformator (5) moves continuously along a closed path without any interruption of its movement between the starting point of the conformator and the point at which the packaging erected and partially assembled on said conformator is separated therefrom.
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that, for each packaging, the part (4) to which glue has been previously applied and which adjoins a wall (1) is brought into overlapping contact with an adjacent wall (1) through the action of a fixed guide as it is transported by means of the associated conformator (5).
  3. Apparatus for carrying out the method according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of rigid conformators (5) having a general external cross-section corresponding at least partially to the internal cross-section of the packagings (6) to be produced; means (10) for supplying the conformators with a pre-cut and impressed blank previously folded to form a "U" or "J" shape; means for transporting each conformator (5) and the associated blank into successive stations, fixed or movable means being provided in or between said stations to fold all the walls (1) of each blank around the associated conformator (5) in such a way that the blank assumes the shape of the latter; means for securely joining to one another two adjacent, non-adjoining walls (1) in this position; means for folding the flaps (2) arranged in adjacent positions at one end of the walls and for assembling these flaps; means able to cause each packaging (6) thus erected and partially assembled, and the associated conformator, to slide with respect to one another in order to separate them from one another, said apparatus being characterised in that it includes means for synchronously transporting the different conformators (5) and subjecting them to continuous movement along a closed path without any interruption between their starting point and the point at which the associated erected and partially assembled packaging is separated from the conformator.
  4. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that the different conformators (5) are carried by a movable element which travels along a closed path.
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