EP1758793A1 - Device and method for cross-sealing a flexible packaging hose - Google Patents
Device and method for cross-sealing a flexible packaging hoseInfo
- Publication number
- EP1758793A1 EP1758793A1 EP05744196A EP05744196A EP1758793A1 EP 1758793 A1 EP1758793 A1 EP 1758793A1 EP 05744196 A EP05744196 A EP 05744196A EP 05744196 A EP05744196 A EP 05744196A EP 1758793 A1 EP1758793 A1 EP 1758793A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- tubular bags
- support
- sealing
- intermediate space
- tubular
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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
- B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
- B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
- B65B51/26—Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
- B65B51/30—Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes
- B65B51/306—Counter-rotating devices
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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
- B65B23/00—Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs
- B65B23/10—Packaging biscuits
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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
- B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
- B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
- B65B35/24—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
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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
- B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
- B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
- B65B51/26—Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
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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
- B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
- B65B9/06—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
- B65B9/067—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device and a method for transverse sealing of a packaging tube filled with products according to the preamble of claims 1 and 15, respectively.
- the invention particularly relates to a horizontal tubular bag machine.
- a band-shaped packaging material in particular a film
- a product usually one or more piece goods
- the packaging material web is folded and sealed lengthways.
- the packaging tube is then divided into individual product packages or tubular bags by welding transverse sealing seams.
- the individual tubular bags are usually separated from one another during or shortly after the transverse sealing by means of a knife and are transported one after the other via a removal conveyor for further processing or packaging.
- US-A-5'685'131 and US-A-4726'168 disclose horizontal form fill seal machines with a cross seal unit.
- US-A-4,949,846 shows the simultaneous cross sealing and separation of the bags.
- the cross sealing unit Since the cross sealing unit has to contact the packaging tube from above as well as from below, it engages with its sealing jaws in a space between the feed conveyor and the removal of the conveyor. In this area, the packaging filling hose or the tubular bag is not guided. It is therefore proposed in the prior art to provide the sealing roller of the lower sealing jaw with a support ring which supports the tubular bag at least over a partial area. Such a support ring is shown for example in CH-A-554'260.
- the support ring is also roller-shaped and its axis of rotation runs in a plane parallel to the conveying plane, transverse to the conveying direction, a space or hole still remains between this support ring and the upstream end of the removal belt. Since the packaging material surrounding the product has too little stiffness, particularly if it is a thin film, short products in particular tend to tip into this hole. This is even more the case with short and tall products.
- US-A-4,102,111 also discloses a horizontal tubular bag machine with a transverse sealing unit. In the area of the cross-sealing jaws, swiveling edge inserts are arranged, which fold in the bags laterally during cross-sealing.
- the device according to the invention for the transverse sealing of a packaging tube filled with products for the formation of tubular bags has a feed conveyor for feeding the packaging tube and a removal conveyor for removing the tubular bags as well as a cross sealing unit which engages in an intermediate space between these two conveyors. Furthermore, there is a means for supporting the tubular bag which at least partially supports the tubular bag in the transition of this space. According to the invention, this means for supporting the tubular bags is a support base which engages under the tubular bags from two opposite sides.
- the support base is designed to be movable so that it can, if necessary, be brought out of the area of those parts of the cross-sealing unit which temporarily intervene in the intermediate space in order to carry out the cross-sealing. Furthermore, it has a speed component in the conveying direction, so that it not only performs a carrying function but also a transport function.
- the support base is formed by at least two support rings which can be rotated about axes perpendicular to the conveying plane, which extend into the intermediate space with their periphery and thus support the tubular bags. They also have cutouts in which the cross sealing jaws can engage if necessary.
- a lateral guide is preferably provided on the support base on both sides of the conveyor line in order to guide the tubular bags laterally when the intermediate space passes through.
- the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention have the advantage that they also safely transport and guide the products packaged in tubular bags in the area of the transverse sealing station or in the area immediately adjoining them. This is also the case with short and high products, in particular with piece goods stacked on top of one another in a tubular bag, such as biscuits or crackers Case.
- the packaging material or the film can be made of a very thin and flexible material, since sufficient rigidity of the packaging material is no longer required for reliable guidance.
- tray can be easily replaced in order to adapt to the shapes and sizes of the products or tubular bags.
- existing horizontal tubular bag machines can be retrofitted with such trays.
- Figure la is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention in a first conveying position
- Figure lb is a schematic representation of a side view of the device according to the invention in the position shown in Figure 1 a;
- Figure 2a shows the device according to Figure la in a second conveying position
- FIG. 2b shows a side view of the device in the position according to FIG. 2a;
- FIG. 3a shows the device according to FIG. 1a in a third conveying position
- FIG. 3b shows a side view of the device in the position according to FIG. 3a;
- FIG. 4a shows the device according to FIG. 1a in a fourth conveying position
- FIG. 4b shows a side view of the device in the position according to FIG. 4a;
- Figure 5a shows the device of Figure 1 a with a tubular bag and
- FIG. 5b shows a side view of the device according to FIG. 5a.
- FIGS. 1a and 1b A device according to the invention is shown in a first conveying position in FIGS. 1a and 1b. It is a horizontal form, fill and seal machine of the type mentioned at the beginning.
- the device has a feed conveyor 1.
- these are two parallel sliding plates.
- conveyor belts or other means of transport On this feed conveyor 1, a packaging material tube (not shown), which has already been filled with products, folded and longitudinally sealed, is demanded with the products arranged therein to form a transverse sealing unit Q.
- the direction of conveyance is shown with an arrow.
- a removal conveyor 2 is arranged adjacent to the transverse sealing unit Q. This is also preferably a one-part or multi-part endless revolving conveyor belt. Between the feed conveyor 1 and the removal conveyor 2 there is an intermediate space Z, in which the transverse sealing unit 3 engages.
- each product can consist of a single piece goods.
- each product consists of several piece goods, which are, for example, stacked on top of one another or which are aligned standing one behind the other.
- the products can already contain primary packaging.
- the products are especially foods such as biscuits or crackers.
- the packaging material can also consist of various materials. It is preferably a thin and ilexible packaging film.
- the known units can be used as the transverse sealing unit Q.
- it has at least one first upper sealing roller 3 and at least one a lower sealing roller 3 '.
- These two sealing rollers 3, 3 ' are rotatably mounted on axes of rotation 33, 33' running parallel to one another.
- the axes of rotation 33, 33 ' run in an upper or lower plane parallel to the conveying plane F perpendicular to the conveying direction.
- each sealing roller 3, 3 ' there is at least one, here two sealing jaws 30, 30', 31, 31 'are arranged, which protrude in the radial direction from the roller body 34, 34'.
- the sealing jaws 30, 30 ', 31, 31' can be heated.
- the sealing rollers 3, 3 ' preferably rotate in opposite directions to one another, the sealing jaws 30, 30', 31, 31 'moving in the area between the two conveyors 1, 2 in the conveying direction and in this area contacting the packaging material from one side and closing it weld a Quemaht N. So that the welding can be carried out optimally, the sealing jaws run with the packaging material for a certain period of time.
- the sealing jaws 30, 30 ', 31, 31' or the sealing rollers 3, 3 ' can further be provided with at least one separating knife or a counter-holder in order to separate the individual cross-sealed tubular bags from one another or to perforate them for the purpose of later To provide separation.
- a means for supporting the tubular bags is now present in the area of the transverse sealing unit Q, which supports and guides the individual tubular bags during the transition of the intermediate space Z so that they cannot tip into the intermediate space.
- This agent is a support base which reaches under the tubular bag from two opposite soaps and supports at least its edge area.
- the tray can be designed in a variety of ways.
- the support base is formed by at least two support rings 40, 40 ', which are designed as projecting flanges, each with a gap compensation disk 4, 4'.
- the support rings 40, 40 ' are at least approximately at the same height above the floor as the highest support point in the intermediate space or at the bordering ends of the conveyors 1, 2. If a support ring 32 'of known type is connected in the intermediate space to the lower sealing roller 3', the upper contact surface of the support rings 40, 40 'is preferably aligned with the upper apex line of this support ring 32'.
- Each gap compensating washer 4, 4 ' has a washer body 43, 43' which projects beyond the support ring 40, 40 '.
- Two of the at least two spacer washers 4, 4 ' are arranged adjacent on two opposite sides of the conveying plane F, the distance between the two disk bodies 43, 43', measured between their outer jacket points, approximately the width of the tubular bag B or the product packed therein equivalent. As a result, the product is not only supported during the passage of the intermediate space Z but also guided laterally.
- the gap compensating disks 4, 4 ' are rotatably supported, each being rotatable about an axis of rotation 44, 44' running perpendicular to the conveying plane.
- the individual axes of rotation 44, 44 ' run parallel to one another, but perpendicular to the axes of rotation 33, 33' of the sealing rollers 3, 3 '.
- Each of the gap compensation washers 4, 4 ' has a central opening 41, 41'. Fastening means, in particular screws, are arranged in this central opening 41, 41 ', by means of which the washers 4, 4' are fastened in the transverse sealing unit Q or a suitable frame of the device.
- the gap compensation disks 4, 4 ' can be exchanged in a simple manner and, for example, by disks with a greater thickness and / or with a larger one.
- the support rings 40, 40 'or here the entire gap compensation disks 4, 4' have at least one radially extending recess 42, 42 '.
- the same number of cutouts 42, 42 'are present per disk 4, 4' as sealing jaws 31, 31 'or other re the rollers 3, 3 'protruding and protruding into the intermediate space Z at any time are present.
- FIGS. 1a and 1b A first conveying position is now shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b.
- a product which would thus be in the intermediate position in the current position would not only be supported by the support ring 32 'but also by the support base.
- the support ring 32 'itself is not absolutely necessary and can in principle also be omitted.
- FIGS. 5a and 5b also show a packaging material hose S and a for clarification Tubular bag B shown with a product packed therein.
- the gap compensating disks 4, 4 'and the sealing rollers 4, 4' are thus preferably moved synchronously with one another.
- the speed component of the gap compensating disks 4, 4 'in the conveying direction corresponds at least approximately, preferably exactly, to the conveying speed of the packaging tube S in the area of the transverse sealing unit.
- the gap compensating disks 4, 4 'and the sealing rollers 4, 4' thus perform a so-called "limp motion".
- the support rings preferably execute a rotational movement.
- the synchronization of the movement of the support rings and the sealing jaws can be carried out electronically via a control.
- the two shims 4, 4 ' are connected via a gear to one of the two sealing rollers 3, 3', in particular to the lower one.
- a preferred construction of the transmission is as follows: a gear arranged on the lower sealing roller 3 'meshes with a drive gear which drives the vertical axis of rotation of the respective shim 4, 4' via a bevel drive. It should be noted that the two shims 4, 4 'move in opposite directions to one another, with a forward component in the conveying direction.
- a belt drive can be interposed between the bevel drive and the axis of rotation.
- the device according to the invention allows the tubular bags to be transported in the space created by the cross-sealing unit between the two conveyors. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
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CH10192004 | 2004-06-16 | ||
PCT/DE2005/000653 WO2005123514A1 (en) | 2004-06-16 | 2005-04-12 | Device and method for cross-sealing a flexible packaging hose |
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EP1758793B1 EP1758793B1 (en) | 2008-03-19 |
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