EP1736426A2 - Apparatus for the production of reels of extendable film prestretched longitudinally - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the invention relates to an apparatus which is easy to manufacture and low-cost and is therefore also within the price range of small and medium-size firms, said apparatus allowing the production of reels of extendable film prestretched longitudinally and of any weight, using a conventional reel of extendable film which is not difficult to procure, which has a large degree of autonomy and which has a cost which is overall much less than that of the reels of prestretched extendable film which can be obtained from it and are otherwise acquired already ready for use.
- the apparatus comprises a container with a cover which is entirely or partly transparent, inside which the means for rotatably supporting the reel of extendable film as well as the prestretching rollers and the spindle for storing the prestretched film are arranged, these means being all operated by a centralized drive unit. Easy means are envisaged for programming the apparatus for the production of reels of prestretched film with the capacity and with the weight required in each case.
- the apparatus comprises a container 1 which is made entirely of metal or with a metal frame and with cushioning elements made of any material, which rests on the ground with anti-vibration feet 2, which is open upwards and is closed by a cover 3 which is preferably made at least partly of transparent material, which is hinged for example at 103 on one end of the said container 1 and is provided at the other end with a gripping handle 203 for raising and lowering.
- the hinging pivot 103 may be designed so that the cover 3 may be easily removed in order to facilitate the apparatus loading operations and any maintenance operations.
- the cover 3 When, on the other hand, the cover 3 is in the position for closing the container 1, it is envisaged that the said cover activates a safety microswitch 4 which automatically stops the operation of the apparatus if the said cover is raised during a working cycle of the said apparatus in question.
- the container 1 is provided internally with means for rotatably supporting about its horizontal axis the reel B supplying the extendable film, these means consisting for example of a pair of parallel and idle rollers 5 which are positioned on the bottom of the container 1 and parallel to the said hinging pivot 103 and on which the said reel of film B is rested along its generatrix, as shown in Figure 2.
- Special means, not shown, are envisaged for facilitating positioning, on the idle rollers 5 inside the container 1, of the reel B which may have a considerable weight.
- the container 1 has dimensions such that it is able to accommodate internally reels B for example with a diameter of 250-450 mm. Purely by way of a non-limiting example, the container 1 may have the following dimensions: width about 800-1000 mm, height about 500 mm, depth about 700 mm.
- the sidewalls 101 of the container 1 rotatably support a shaft 6 which is keyed to the slow output of a gearmotor 7 which may be bracket-mounted on the outside of a said sidewall 101 and on which a rubber-coated roller 108 is keyed and which has, keyed on one end, a small-diameter gearwheel 9 which meshes with a larger-diameter gearwheel 10 keyed onto the end of a rubber-coated roller 8 parallel to the roller 108 and rotatably supported by a torque shaft 11 which connects together a pair of parallel arms 12 mounted with the possibility of freely pivoting on the said shaft 6.
- a gearmotor 7 which may be bracket-mounted on the outside of a said sidewall 101 and on which a rubber-coated roller 108 is keyed and which has, keyed on one end, a small-diameter gearwheel 9 which meshes with a larger-diameter gearwheel 10 keyed onto the end of a rubber-coated roller 8 parallel to
- the gearwheels 9 and 10 may be arranged inside a special casing or inside a lateral cavity of the container 1 so that they are protected and may be lubricated with suitable means and so that, if necessary, they may be replaced if it is required to modify the relative rotational ratio of the rubber-coated rollers 8 and 108.
- the rubber-coated roller 108 rotates in the direction F1 opposite to the direction F2 of rotation of the rubber-coated roller 8 and at a higher speed which is determined by the ratio between the diameters of the gearwheels 9 and 10.
- the said rubber-coated roller 8 rests tangentially by means of gravity on the reel B of film positioned on the support rollers 5 and also causes rotation of this reel about its axis, in the direction F3 and with the speed necessary for unwinding from the latter the film Z which is conveyed around the top half of the rubber-coated roller 8 and then around the bottom half of the rubber-coated roller 108, so that when passing from one roller to the other roller, the said film undergoes the desired longitudinal prestretching action.
- Special means are envisaged for keeping the roller 8 temporarily in the raised position when it is required to position a new reel B of film on the support rollers 5.
- These means may, for example, envisage that the torque shaft 11 projects with one end from a sidewall 101 of the container 1, through a curved slit 13 provided on this sidewall and having its centre of curvature on the drive shaft 6 and this same projecting end of the shaft 11 may be easily kept in the raised position as shown in Figure 1, by means of a simple latch 14 mounted externally on the said sidewall 101 which has the eyelet 13. After mounting the reel B on the rollers 5, the latch 14 is raised so as to free the pivoting structure 11, 12 so that the rubber-coated roller 8 comes into contact with the said reel B, as shown in Figure 2. It can be easily understood how, from the position of the shaft 11 inside the eyelet 13, it is possible to determine from outside the container 1 the state of the supply reel B.
- the end of the prestretched film Z which leaves the faster rubber-coated roller 108 is fixed onto a tubular core A - for example made of cardboard - which is supplied in a suitable quantity with the apparatus in question.
- the core A is keyed onto a spindle 15 which with its ends is removably supported by a pair of parallel pivoting arms 16 keyed onto a torque shaft 17 which is supported rotatably by the sidewalls 101 of the container 1, all of which being arranged so that the said core A tends to remain in contact by means of gravity with the rubber-coated roller 108.
- This contact condition which is particularly useful during the initial stage of the cycle when the core A is empty and light, may be ensured by a special ballast weight incorporated in or associated with the spindle 15 or with the use of special resilient means, not shown in that they may be easily deduced by persons skilled in the art.
- a special ballast weight incorporated in or associated with the spindle 15 or with the use of special resilient means, not shown in that they may be easily deduced by persons skilled in the art.
- the cover 3 is opened, the film Z is cut along an accessible section, for example along the section situated between the rollers 8, 108 and then the pivoting structure 16 is rotated upwards, against the stop 18, in order to remove the spindle 15 with the associated reel B2, following which the said spindle 15 may be fitted with a new cardboard core and may be repositioned on the arms 16 for the repetition of a new working cycle.
- the apparatus With the apparatus it is possible to produce reels of prestretched film of any desired weight, these involving partial unwinding of extendable film from the supply reel B.
- the apparatus has, associated therewith in any suitable position also different from that shown in Figure 1, a small electric control panel 19 which comprises, for example, an activation control device 20, a stop control device 21 and a timer 22 by means of which it is possible to select the activity time of the apparatus and consequently the quantity of prestretched film stored on the reel A.
- the rotating selector of the timer 22 may show, around it, the weight in kilograms of the film which may be stored on the tubular core A.
- Special signalling means may be envisaged to indicate when the apparatus has produced the reel of prestretched film of predefined weight, after the timer 22 has stopped the gearmotor 7.
- a pointer 23 may be fixed onto one end of the torque shaft 17, projecting from a sidewall 101 of the container 1, said pointer moving along a graduated scale provided on the outer side of the said sidewall, in order to indicate the weight or the diameter of the reel B2 of prestretched film stored on the core A.
- the cover 3 could be designed as a kind of bell, raising of which would provide better access to the various components of the apparatus, both in order to facilitate arrangement in position of a new reel B, and for removal of the reel B2 of prestretched film produced in each case.
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- In order to wrap palletized loads using manually operated dispensers or using small apparatus or machines which may not have their own longitudinal prestretching means, at present it is required to use reels of extendable film prestretched longitudinally and of varying length and hence varying weight, which are difficult to find on the market and are therefore costly. At present there is the tendency to use prestretched film also in wrapping machines which have their own prestretching means since it has been shown that if an extendable film is prestretched with a first longitudinal prestretching operation and is left to rest on the reel for a sufficient period of time, an elastic memory return effect is activated in the film sufficient to ensure that the said film may undergo during use a subsequent longitudinal prestretching operation, or so-called "restretching" operation, so as to be able to withstand elongation greater than that which is usual, with all the economic advantages arising from this condition.
- The invention relates to an apparatus which is easy to manufacture and low-cost and is therefore also within the price range of small and medium-size firms, said apparatus allowing the production of reels of extendable film prestretched longitudinally and of any weight, using a conventional reel of extendable film which is not difficult to procure, which has a large degree of autonomy and which has a cost which is overall much less than that of the reels of prestretched extendable film which can be obtained from it and are otherwise acquired already ready for use. The apparatus comprises a container with a cover which is entirely or partly transparent, inside which the means for rotatably supporting the reel of extendable film as well as the prestretching rollers and the spindle for storing the prestretched film are arranged, these means being all operated by a centralized drive unit. Easy means are envisaged for programming the apparatus for the production of reels of prestretched film with the capacity and with the weight required in each case.
- Further characteristic features of the invention and the advantages arising therefrom will emerge more clearly from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, illustrated purely by way of a non-limiting example, in the figures of the accompanying illustrative plate in which:
- Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the apparatus cross-sectioned along a vertical plane and in the rest position;
- Figs. 2 and 3 show laterally the sole internal operating components of the apparatus, at the start and at the end of the cycle for production of a reel of prestretched extendable film.
- From Figure 1 it can be seen that the apparatus comprises a container 1 which is made entirely of metal or with a metal frame and with cushioning elements made of any material, which rests on the ground with
anti-vibration feet 2, which is open upwards and is closed by acover 3 which is preferably made at least partly of transparent material, which is hinged for example at 103 on one end of the said container 1 and is provided at the other end with agripping handle 203 for raising and lowering. If necessary, the hingingpivot 103 may be designed so that thecover 3 may be easily removed in order to facilitate the apparatus loading operations and any maintenance operations. When, on the other hand, thecover 3 is in the position for closing the container 1, it is envisaged that the said cover activates a safety microswitch 4 which automatically stops the operation of the apparatus if the said cover is raised during a working cycle of the said apparatus in question. - The container 1 is provided internally with means for rotatably supporting about its horizontal axis the reel B supplying the extendable film, these means consisting for example of a pair of parallel and
idle rollers 5 which are positioned on the bottom of the container 1 and parallel to the said hingingpivot 103 and on which the said reel of film B is rested along its generatrix, as shown in Figure 2. Special means, not shown, are envisaged for facilitating positioning, on theidle rollers 5 inside the container 1, of the reel B which may have a considerable weight. It is understood that, in place of therollers 5, it is possible to envisage other means of the known type for supporting the reel of film B rotatable about its horizontal axis, for example means equipped with bearing-type supports for supporting the ends of a spindle which is mounted axially inside the said reel B and these means may be of the sliding or pivoting type, so that they may be positioned, not only inside the container 1, but also on the outside thereof, for easy loading of the reel B. The container 1 has dimensions such that it is able to accommodate internally reels B for example with a diameter of 250-450 mm. Purely by way of a non-limiting example, the container 1 may have the following dimensions: width about 800-1000 mm, height about 500 mm, depth about 700 mm. - Parallel to the
rollers 5, thesidewalls 101 of the container 1 rotatably support ashaft 6 which is keyed to the slow output of a gearmotor 7 which may be bracket-mounted on the outside of a saidsidewall 101 and on which a rubber-coatedroller 108 is keyed and which has, keyed on one end, a small-diameter gearwheel 9 which meshes with a larger-diameter gearwheel 10 keyed onto the end of a rubber-coated roller 8 parallel to theroller 108 and rotatably supported by atorque shaft 11 which connects together a pair ofparallel arms 12 mounted with the possibility of freely pivoting on the saidshaft 6. Thegearwheels rollers 8 and 108. By means of the action of the gearmotor 7, the rubber-coatedroller 108 rotates in the direction F1 opposite to the direction F2 of rotation of the rubber-coated roller 8 and at a higher speed which is determined by the ratio between the diameters of thegearwheels arms 12 are preferably unable to go beyond the vertical position, the said rubber-coated roller 8 rests tangentially by means of gravity on the reel B of film positioned on thesupport rollers 5 and also causes rotation of this reel about its axis, in the direction F3 and with the speed necessary for unwinding from the latter the film Z which is conveyed around the top half of the rubber-coated roller 8 and then around the bottom half of the rubber-coatedroller 108, so that when passing from one roller to the other roller, the said film undergoes the desired longitudinal prestretching action. - Special means are envisaged for keeping the roller 8 temporarily in the raised position when it is required to position a new reel B of film on the
support rollers 5. These means may, for example, envisage that thetorque shaft 11 projects with one end from asidewall 101 of the container 1, through acurved slit 13 provided on this sidewall and having its centre of curvature on thedrive shaft 6 and this same projecting end of theshaft 11 may be easily kept in the raised position as shown in Figure 1, by means of asimple latch 14 mounted externally on thesaid sidewall 101 which has theeyelet 13. After mounting the reel B on therollers 5, thelatch 14 is raised so as to free thepivoting structure shaft 11 inside theeyelet 13, it is possible to determine from outside the container 1 the state of the supply reel B. - The end of the prestretched film Z which leaves the faster rubber-coated
roller 108 is fixed onto a tubular core A - for example made of cardboard - which is supplied in a suitable quantity with the apparatus in question. The core A is keyed onto aspindle 15 which with its ends is removably supported by a pair of parallel pivotingarms 16 keyed onto atorque shaft 17 which is supported rotatably by thesidewalls 101 of the container 1, all of which being arranged so that the said core A tends to remain in contact by means of gravity with the rubber-coatedroller 108. This contact condition, which is particularly useful during the initial stage of the cycle when the core A is empty and light, may be ensured by a special ballast weight incorporated in or associated with thespindle 15 or with the use of special resilient means, not shown in that they may be easily deduced by persons skilled in the art. As a result of this contact between the core A and theroller 108, the said core A is made to rotate in the direction F4 and with the speed necessary to take up the prestretched film leaving thesaid roller 108. - In order to facilitate the positioning and removal of the
spindle 15 onto and from thearms 16, it is possible to envisage usefully the possibility of pivoting these arms upwards so as to bring them into a rest condition against astop 18 integral with the inner side of at least one of thesidewalls 101 of the container 1, as indicated in Figure 1 by means of broken lines. Special damping means, not shown, may be envisaged to brake the downwards pivoting of thearms 16. - From a comparison of Figures 2 and 3, it can be understood how, by means of the rotation created by the centralized drive unit 7 in Figure 1, it is possible to achieve the rotation F3 of the film supply reel B, the rotation F1, F2 at different speeds of the
prestretching rollers 8, 108 and the rotation F4 of the cardboard core A on which the prestretched film is stored. In Figure 2 the apparatus is shown at the start of a cycle, with the supply reel B full and with the cardboard core A substantially empty, while in Figure 3 the apparatus is shown at the end of a hypothetical working cycle where all the film supplied by the reel B, which is now empty, has been prestretched and stored in the form of a reel B2 on the cardboard core A. In order to remove the reel B2 of prestretched film, thecover 3 is opened, the film Z is cut along an accessible section, for example along the section situated between therollers 8, 108 and then thepivoting structure 16 is rotated upwards, against thestop 18, in order to remove thespindle 15 with the associated reel B2, following which the saidspindle 15 may be fitted with a new cardboard core and may be repositioned on thearms 16 for the repetition of a new working cycle. - With the apparatus it is possible to produce reels of prestretched film of any desired weight, these involving partial unwinding of extendable film from the supply reel B. For this purpose, the apparatus has, associated therewith in any suitable position also different from that shown in Figure 1, a small
electric control panel 19 which comprises, for example, anactivation control device 20, astop control device 21 and atimer 22 by means of which it is possible to select the activity time of the apparatus and consequently the quantity of prestretched film stored on the reel A. The rotating selector of thetimer 22 may show, around it, the weight in kilograms of the film which may be stored on the tubular core A. Special signalling means, not shown, may be envisaged to indicate when the apparatus has produced the reel of prestretched film of predefined weight, after thetimer 22 has stopped the gearmotor 7. Apointer 23 may be fixed onto one end of thetorque shaft 17, projecting from asidewall 101 of the container 1, said pointer moving along a graduated scale provided on the outer side of the said sidewall, in order to indicate the weight or the diameter of the reel B2 of prestretched film stored on the core A. - It is understood that the description refers to a preferred embodiment of the invention, with the omission of the constructional details relating to the arrangement of the gearmotor 7 and the
gearwheels gearwheels prestretching rollers 8, 108. Other modifications may relate to the container 1 and to thecover 3, so as to provide the former only with functions of a frame for supporting the various components described, so that it is very open on the sides, and so as to provide the latter also with functions of a container. In other words, thecover 3 could be designed as a kind of bell, raising of which would provide better access to the various components of the apparatus, both in order to facilitate arrangement in position of a new reel B, and for removal of the reel B2 of prestretched film produced in each case.
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- Apparatus for the production of reels of extendable film prestretched longitudinally and of varying weight, from normal reels of extendable film, characterized in that it comprises a frame or container (1) closed by a cover (3) inside which means for rotatably supporting a reel (B) supplying the extendable film as well as parallel prestretching rollers (8, 108) and a spindle (15) for storing the prestretched film are arranged, these means being all operated by a centralized drive unit (7) and means being envisaged for programming the operation of the apparatus, for the production of reels of prestretched film with the weight required in each case.
- Apparatus according to Claim 1), in which the container (1) rests on the ground with special feet (2), is open upwards and is closed by a cover (3) wholly or partly made of transparent material for allowing viewing of the components inside the said container, this cover being hinged on one end (103) of the said container (1) and being provided at the other end with a gripping handle (203) for raising and lowering.
- Apparatus according to Claim 2), characterized in that when the cover (3) is in the position for closing the container (1), it is envisaged that it activates a safety microswitch (4) which automatically stops operation of the apparatus if the said cover is raised during a working cycle of the said apparatus in question.
- Apparatus according to Claim 1), in which the means for rotatably supporting about its horizontal axis the reel (B) supplying the extendable film consist for example of a pair of parallel and idle rollers (5) which are positioned transversely on the bottom of the container (1) and on which the said reel of film (B) is rested along its generatrix.
- Apparatus according to Claim 1), in which the means for rotatably supporting about its horizontal axis the reel (B) supplying the extendable film are equipped, for example, with bearing-type supports for supporting the ends of a spindle which is mounted axially inside the said reel (B).
- Apparatus according to Claim 1), in which, parallel to the axis of the reel (B) supplying the extendable film, the sidewalls (101) of the frame or container (1) rotatably support a shaft (6) which is keyed to the slow output of a gearmotor (7) which is bracket-mounted on the outside of a said sidewall (101), a rubber-coated roller (108) being keyed onto this shaft, and which has keyed, on one end, a small-diameter gearwheel (9) which meshes with a larger-diameter gearwheel (10) keyed onto the end of a rubber-coated roller (8) parallel to the preceding rubber-coated roller (108), positioned above the latter and rotatably supported by a shaft (11) which connects together a pair of parallel arms (12) mounted with the possibility of pivoting on the said drive shaft (6), it being envisaged that the film (Z) unwound from the supply reel (B) is conveyed around the top half of the slow rubber-coated roller (8) and then around the bottom half of the fast rubber-coated roller (108) so that, when passing from one roller to the other roller, the said film undergoes the desired longitudinal prestretching.
- Apparatus according to Claim 6), in which the gearwheels (9, 10) may be arranged inside a special associated casing or inside a lateral cavity of the container(1) so as to be protected, lubricated if necessary with suitable means and replaced if necessary if it is required to modify the relative rotational ratio of the rubber-coated prestretching rollers (8, 108).
- Apparatus according to Claim 6), in which as a result of the weight of the slow upper rubber-coated roller (8) and since the arms (12) which support this roller are preferably unable to go beyond the vertical position, the said rubber-coated roller (8) cooperates by means of gravity and tangentially with the reel (B) supplying the extendable film, so as to cause it to rotate about its axis at the appropriate speed and in the appropriate direction for supplying the film to the prestretching rollers.
- Apparatus according to Claim 6), in which special means are envisaged for keeping the slow upper prestretching roller (8) temporarily in the raised position when it is required to position a new reel (B) of film on the special support means (5).
- Apparatus according to Claim 9), in which the torque shaft (11) which rotatably supports the slow prestretching roller (8) projects with one end from a sidewall (101) of the container (1), for example through a curved slit (13) provided in this sidewall and having a centre of curvature about the drive shaft (6), and it being envisaged that this same projecting end of the said shaft (11) may be retained in the raised position by means of a latch (14) mounted externally on the said sidewall (101) which has the said eyelet (13).
- Apparatus according to Claim 6), in which the end of the prestretched film (Z) which leaves the fast prestretching roller (108) is fixed onto a tubular core (A) keyed onto a spindle (15) which with its ends is removably supported by a pair of pivoting parallel arms (16) keyed onto a torque shaft (17) rotatably supported by the sidewalls (101) of the container (1), all of which being arranged so that the said tubular core (A) tends to remain in contact with the said fast prestretching roller (108) by means of gravity so as to be rotationally driven by the latter, it being envisaged that this contact condition, which is particularly useful during the initial stage of the cycle when the said core (A) is empty and light, is ensured by special ballast weights which are intrinsic or associated with the spindle (15) and/or by special resilient means.
- Apparatus according to Claim 11), in which, in order to facilitate positioning and removal of the spindle (15) onto and from the associated pivoting support arms (16), it is possible to envisage the possibility of pivoting these arms upwards and causing them to rest against a stop (18) which is integral with at least one of the sidewalls (101) of the container (1).
- Apparatus according to Claim 12), in which special damping means may be envisaged for braking the downwards pivoting of the arms (16) which carry the spindle supporting the core (A) for storing the prestretched extendable film.
- Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises an electric control panel (19) with an activation control device (20), a stop control device (21) and a timer (22) by means of which it is possible to select the activity time of the apparatus and consequently the quantity of prestretched film stored on the tubular core (A).
- Apparatus according to Claim 14), in which special optical and/or acoustic signalling means may be envisaged for signalling when the said apparatus has produced the reel of prestretched film of predefined weight, after the said timer (22) has stopped the gearmotor (7).
- Apparatus according to Claim 6), in which a pointer (23) may be fixed onto one end of the torque shaft (17) which projects from a sidewall (101) of the container (1), said pointer moving along a graduated scale provided on the outer face of the said sidewall (101), so as to indicate the weight or the diameter of the film stored on the tubular core (A).
- Apparatus according to the preceding claims, characterized by the use of means different from the said gearwheels (9, 10) and if necessary also adjustable so as to transmit the rotation at different speeds to the prestretching rollers (8, 108).
- Apparatus according to the preceding claims, in which the container (1) may be differently structured in order to perform essentially frame functions for supporting the various internal components, while the cover (3) may also perform container functions and may for this purpose for example be structured in the form of a bell, so as to complete the said frame as regards the containing functions and to ensure that, when the said cover is in the open position or is temporarily removed, it is possible to access more easily the various components inside the apparatus, both in order to facilitate the arrangement in position of a new reel (B) and in order to facilitate the removal of the reel of prestretched film produced in each case.
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