EP1463676A2 - Procede de stockage, de transport et de distribution de caisses en carton - Google Patents
Procede de stockage, de transport et de distribution de caisses en cartonInfo
- Publication number
- EP1463676A2 EP1463676A2 EP03707325A EP03707325A EP1463676A2 EP 1463676 A2 EP1463676 A2 EP 1463676A2 EP 03707325 A EP03707325 A EP 03707325A EP 03707325 A EP03707325 A EP 03707325A EP 1463676 A2 EP1463676 A2 EP 1463676A2
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- cartons
- imbricated
- curl
- carton
- collapsed
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
- B65B43/126—Feeding carton blanks in flat or collapsed state
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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
- B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
- B65B43/28—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers co-operating with fixed supports
- B65B43/285—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers co-operating with fixed supports specially adapted for boxes, cartons or carton blanks
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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
- B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
- B65B43/32—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by external pressure diagonally applied
- B65B43/325—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by external pressure diagonally applied to boxes, cartons or carton blanks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/006—Winding articles into rolls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/24—Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a pile
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/28—Feeding articles stored in rolled or folded bands
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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
- B31B50/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B50/92—Delivering
- B31B50/94—Delivering singly or in succession
- B31B50/96—Delivering singly or in succession in an overlapping arrangement
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
- B65H2301/419—Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means
- B65H2301/4192—Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length in shingled formation
- B65H2301/41922—Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length in shingled formation and wound together with single belt like members
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
- B65H2701/17—Nature of material
- B65H2701/176—Cardboard
- B65H2701/1764—Cut-out, single-layer, e.g. flat blanks for boxes
Definitions
- the invention relates to cartons used in packaging, and more specifically to a method for storing, transporting and dispensing cartons utilizing a coil, or spiral roll, of imbricated cartons.
- Cartons of various configurations are useful for packaging multiples of articles such as beverage cans and bottles.
- Such cartons which may also be referred to as carriers, are typically stored in multiple quantities in collapsed condition and are erected just prior to being loaded.
- Collapsed cartons are generally stored in some rectangular configuration such as a rectangular box or simply a stack of the cartons themselves. In turn, boxes or stacks of cartons are often palletized into a larger rectangular configuration.
- cartons are stored in imbricated fashion on a coil, or spiral roll.
- an imbricated roll or coil of cartons is wound around a disk utilizing a length of a tape member.
- a de-curler mechanism removes a curl that is imparted to cartons stored on a roll so as to restore the cartons to a substantially flat condition.
- a de-curler mechanism is comprised of a series of interacting rollers that impart a convex curvature to the cartons.
- a de-curler is comprised of a variable-radius mechanism
- the de-curler is comprised of a cylindrical or corkscrew framework.
- cartons are fed directly from the coil, or spiral roll, to a carton feeder having a series of carton engaging wheels. Each wheel revolves in a direction counter to its adjacent wheel.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective illustration of a carton that is suitable for use in accordance with the teachings of a preferred embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 is an illustration of the carton of Fig. 1 in collapsed condition
- Fig. 3 is a perspective illustration of a partially rolled coil of imbricated cartons in accordance with the teachings of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a perspective illustration of a fully rolled coil of imbricated cartons shown in a horizontal disposition
- Fig. 5 is an end elevation view of the collapsed carton of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 6 is an end elevation view of a collapsed carton after it has been removed from storage on the coil shown in Figs. 3 and 4;
- Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of a coil being unrolled, the stream of curled cartons de-curled through a de-curling mechanism and the stream of cartons forwarded to a carton hopper in a packaging machine, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 8 is a schematic representation of a carton de-curling mechanism in accordance with an alternate preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 9 is a schematic representation of a carton de-curling mechanism in accordance with another alternate preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 10 is a schematic representation of a coil being unrolled, the cartons forwarded to a carton hopper in curled condition, the cartons being withdrawn from the hopper by a multi-wheeled feeder in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the invention teaches a methodology for storing collapsed cartons such as cartons for articles such as beverage cans or bottles in a spiral roll, or coil, of imbricated cartons.
- collapsed cartons such as cartons for articles such as beverage cans or bottles in a spiral roll, or coil, of imbricated cartons.
- imbricated refers to the manner in which collapsed cartons are disposed in a continuous column in flat-face, overlapping fashion like fish scales or roof shingles.
- FIG. 1 therein is illustrated an end-loadable type carton 10 that is suitable for practicing a method for storing and transporting cartons in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 therein is depicted the carton 10 of Fig. 1 in collapsed condition.
- the collapsed cartons 10 are wound around a spool 22 (which may also be considered a hub, disk or other suitable cylindrical foundation member).
- the cartons 10 to be wound are placed in a continuous, overlapping column with a band or belt 24 running longitudinally along the length of the column to facilitate winding and stability.
- flat, collapsed cartons 10 are treated like magazines or newspaper sections that are similarly rolled in imbricated coils.
- the continuous spiral is wound with the rotational axis of the spool disposed horizontally, producing a vertically oriented roll. Once the roll 20 is completed, it may be transported and/or stored in the same vertical disposition or in a horizontal disposition as shown in Fig. 4 wherein the axis of the spool is oriented vertically.
- the roll 20 is unwound to make the cartons 10 available for use in a packaging machine.
- Cartons are typically fed into a packaging machine for loading in substantially flat collapsed condition as shown in Fig. 2 and the end elevation view of Fig. 5.
- Cartons generally must be flat and uncurled because they must be manipulated by the machine and tightly loaded with articles within close tolerances.
- a carton 10 that has been stored on a roll 20 as described above typically is not flat but has a curved configuration as shown in the end elevation view of Fig. 6.
- the invention teaches "de- curling" (or “flattening”) the curled carton prior to carton loading.
- one method of de-curling the cartons is to pass them through a de-curling assembly 30 consisting of a series of rollers 32 that in effect impart a reverse curl.
- the rollers 32 apply a convex curvature to the cartons 10 that counteracts the concavity applied by the roll 20 thereby in effect producing a relatively flat carton 10.
- the reverse-curl de-curling process imparts a convex curvature that cancels, or negates, the concave curvature imparted by the roll 20.
- the de-curling mechanism 30 is shown schematically preceded by a stream of curled cartons 12, which in turn is preceded by the roll 20 of cartons 10.
- the stream of de-curled cartons 13 is forwarded to a carton infeed assembly such as a carton hopper 14 as shown.
- Figs. 8 and 9 schematically depict alternative de-curling mechanisms.
- a variable-radius de-curler 40 provides a convex surface for a simple reversal of the concavity imparted by the roll 20.
- the infeed stream 41 of cartons is drawn across the convex surface of the variable-radius device to produce an outfeed (with respect to the de-curler) carton stream 43 of substantially flat cartons ready for further processing in the packaging machine.
- FIG. 9 therein is depicted a cylindrical or corkscrew-like de- curling framework 50 in schematic representation.
- the infeed stream 51 of concavely- curled cartons from the roll 20 is run through the cylindrical framework 50 in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow 55 to produce an outfeed stream 53 of substantially flat cartons.
- FIG. 10 therein is illustrated an alternate de-curling method in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the invention.
- cartons 10 from the roll 20 are fed directly to a carton magazine or hopper 61.
- the cartons 10 in the hopper are still in a curled state at this point.
- the cartons 10 are withdrawn from the hopper 61 and placed in at least a partially-erected condition between flight bars or lugs 72 on an erected-carton conveyor 70 by a multi- wheeled carton-feeder mechanism 60 that is known in the packaging art.
- the carton feeder 60 consists of multiple wheels 62 64, 66 that rotate in opposite directions (as shown by rotational direction arrows 63, 65, 67).
- Each wheel 62 64, 66 has suction cups 69 disposed at predetermined locations. Vacuum pressure is selectively applied to the suction cups 69 at predetermined intervals. In the first wheel 62 the suction cups 69 are attached to articulating members 68 that are propelled outwardly of the center of the wheel 62 at predetermined locations so as to engage a carton 10 in the hopper and extract the carton as the wheel 62 travels in its counterclockwise motion 63.
- the selective application of vacuum together with synchronized rotation of the wheels causes the extracted carton to be transferred from the first wheel 62 to the second wheel 64, then transferred from the second wheel 64 to the third wheel 66, and ultimately deposited upon the conveyor 70 between its flight bars or lugs 72.
- the curvature of the cartons 10 that has been caused by the roll is reversed and the carton 10 is substantially flattened by the alternating rotational motions of the wheels 62, 64, 66.
- the invention provides an alternative to storing cartons in rectangular boxes or stacks.
- the de-curled, or flattened, cartons are fed directly into a hopper, carton feeder assembly or other carton-receiving assembly such as a carton conveyor of a packaging machine in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the cartons are unwound, uncurled and ultimately de-imbricated in a continuous stream, hi this manner, a continuous supply of cartons greater than a supply from a box or stack of cartons is fed into the machine.
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Abstract
Des caisses en carton (10) sont stockées par imbrication sur une bobine, ou rouleau à spirales (20). Une bobine ou un rouleau imbriqué de caisses en carton est enroulé autour d'un disque au moyen d'une longueur d'un ruban, d'une bande ou d'une courroie (24). Un mécanisme de mise à plat permet d'éliminer le roulage des caisses en carton stockées sur un rouleau de manière à redonner un aspect essentiellement plat aux caisses en carton
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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US34705702P | 2002-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | |
PCT/US2003/000519 WO2003059783A2 (fr) | 2002-01-09 | 2003-01-08 | Procede de stockage, de transport et de distribution de caisses en carton |
US347057P | 2010-05-21 |
Publications (1)
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EP1463676A2 true EP1463676A2 (fr) | 2004-10-06 |
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EP03707325A Withdrawn EP1463676A2 (fr) | 2002-01-09 | 2003-01-08 | Procede de stockage, de transport et de distribution de caisses en carton |
Country Status (5)
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US (1) | US20050161876A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1463676A2 (fr) |
AU (1) | AU2003209181A1 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA2473127C (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2003059783A2 (fr) |
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- 2003-01-08 AU AU2003209181A patent/AU2003209181A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-01-08 US US10/501,058 patent/US20050161876A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-01-08 CA CA002473127A patent/CA2473127C/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-01-08 EP EP03707325A patent/EP1463676A2/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 2003-01-08 WO PCT/US2003/000519 patent/WO2003059783A2/fr not_active Application Discontinuation
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AU2003209181A1 (en) | 2003-07-30 |
CA2473127A1 (fr) | 2003-07-24 |
WO2003059783A2 (fr) | 2003-07-24 |
WO2003059783A3 (fr) | 2004-04-01 |
AU2003209181A8 (en) | 2003-07-30 |
CA2473127C (fr) | 2008-03-25 |
US20050161876A1 (en) | 2005-07-28 |
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