EP1961663A1 - Mobile packaging machine for small objects - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a mobile packaging machine for small individual objects, such as writing instruments, table cutlery, confectionery products or the like.
- the packaging of small objects such as pens, plastic cutlery or objects of decoration or utilities, including elongated objects, in cellophane packaging for example, is usually done either manually or automatically by robotic facilities expensive and cumbersome complexes such as those described in particular in patents US 5,423,162 A , US 3,564,809 A , US 4,862,679 A and the European publication EP 0 055 133 A .
- the market demand corresponds more to units of small size, mobile and flexible in terms of their use, which are easy to use and whose maintenance is simple and economical.
- One of the applications is, for example, the placing in a cellophane wrapper of a set of plastic table cutlery for airplanes. It is advantageous to be able to place the machine near the site of use of packaged products, that is to say in the area of the airport where meals are prepared for departing planes.
- Another application may be to package food portions, such as pastries or confectionery products, or promotional items.
- the present invention proposes to overcome the disadvantages of the known systems and to respond to the new market demand by producing a packaging machine, in particular for the semi-automatic or automatic packaging of pens or other small objects, which may be installed in a small room and moved according to the needs of the user or intended applications.
- the packaging machine as defined in the preamble and characterized in that it comprises a frame, integral with a mobile lift truck, extended by a supply arm of products to be packaged, on which is mounted a heating-drying unit, a packaging material supply device, a packaging and guiding device for products covered with packaging material, a packaging separation unit containing an object individually packaged and a discharge member of the packaged product to a storage bin.
- the machine further comprises a control unit provided with a mobile control keyboard.
- said supply arm of products to be packaged comprises a guide channel which constitutes a linear gutter in which the products respectively pushed by lugs integral with a conveyor belt circulate, these cleats exerting a thrust on the products for the products. bring to said packaging material.
- said packaging material is stored as a continuous web on a rotating drum of the supply device and is unwound by passing on and between pairs of rollers before being conveyed by an element of guiding substantially inclined at 45 °, to the packaging and guiding device arranged to perform the folding and the longitudinal junction of the edges of the strip of packaging material.
- the packaging and guiding device comprises two pairs of horizontal disks, respectively driven by toothed pinions, which ensure both the driving of the products and the joining of the longitudinal edges of the strip of folded packaging material covering the product.
- These horizontal disks can be heating disks.
- the separation unit is advantageously arranged to perform simultaneously a bonding by welding between the two juxtaposed packing material surfaces and a cross section in this connection to separate the packaged products from each other.
- this separation unit preferably comprises two transverse heating elements, sliding, of inverted U-shaped cross-section, which cooperate to weld transversely the packaging material between each product that it contains, and a knife, vertically movable through an actuator, which slides in the upper heating element.
- Said actuator of the knife may be a cylinder or a motor element.
- the packaging machine 10 is disposed on the plate 110 of a forklift truck 100.
- This representation illustrates both the small size and the mobility of the machine 10.
- the forklift truck 100 can either move the machine 10 to the machine. bring to a site of use, either to support the machine during its use.
- the function of this machine is to cover the object with a flexible packaging material, which may be paper or the like, a cellophane film or a strip of synthetic material such as for example a heat-shrinkable plastic material.
- the machine 10 comprises a frame 11 extended by a supply arm 12 of products to be packaged, on which is mounted a heating-drying unit 13, a supply device 15 of packaging material 30, a packaging device and guiding 16 products covered with the packaging material, a separation unit 17 of the package containing an individual packaged product, and a storage bin 20 of the packaged product.
- a control keyboard 19, or a touch screen, is connected by a movable arm to this control unit 14.
- the packaging material 30, for example a cellophane web is stored as a continuous web on a rotating drum 151 of the supply device 15. It is unrolled and passed over and between pairs of rolls. drive 152 and 153 before being conveyed, via a guide member 154 having substantially a 45 ° inclination and disposed at the output of the feed arm 12, to the packaging and guiding device 16 .
- the feed arm 12 illustrated in more detail by the figure 3 , on which are deposited the products to be packaged, is provided with a longitudinal guide channel 121 which constitutes a linear gutter in which the products circulate, respectively pushed by tabs 122 integral with a conveyor belt 123, these cleats exerting a thrust on the products to bring them to a sheet of packaging material.
- the heating-drying unit 13 is arranged on the supply arm 12 above the longitudinal channel 121 and is used when the products to be packaged are provided with an inscription or a mark and that, therefore, they have been presented in advance to a pad printing machine (not shown), or by any other known ink printing machine, for affixing said registration or mark.
- the purpose of this heating-drying unit 13 is to ensure the drying of the inscription affixed to the product by the pad printing machine.
- this unit 13 advantageously contains at least one infrared radiation ramp 131 and / or the if necessary a fan or other means of drying. If no ink marking is performed beforehand, the drying operation becomes unnecessary.
- the packaging and guiding device16 provides the folding and the longitudinal junction of the edges of the band of the packaging material 30 to produce a pouch in which the product is finally packaged.
- this device 16 comprises two horizontal plates 161 and 162 separated by a slot 163 whose inlet 164, disposed on the arrival side of the packaging material 30, has a flared V shape arranged to allow the introduction of said packaging material, the product to be packaged brought by the supply arm 12 is covered, by folding under said product.
- Two pairs of rotating horizontal disks 165 and 166 disposed under said trays 161 and 162, drive the product covered with said material along this slot while sealing, by heating or compression, the two longitudinal edges of the folded material under the trays 161 and 162 to form a tube in which the product is located.
- These disks 165 and 166 are rotated respectively by toothed pinions 167 and 168 coupled to respective drive motors.
- This unit 17 which closes the transverse edges of the package and separates the products, is of the guillotine type and comprises two transverse heating elements 171 and 172, of inverted U-shaped cross-section, which cooperate with each other. sliding along rods 173, for transversely welding the tube of packaging material between each product contained therein.
- a knife 174 vertically movable through an actuator 175, which may be a cylinder or other motor element, slides in the upper heating element 171 and simultaneously separates the products in the middle of the weld.
- the packaged and separated products are finally discharged into the storage tank 20 by an evacuation ramp 201.
- the machine according to the invention as configured allows to be available and mobile in any environment for automatic or semi-automatic packaging of small objects, for example promotional items such as pens.
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Description
La présente invention concerne une machine de conditionnement mobile d'objets individuels de petites dimensions, tels que d'instruments d'écriture, de couverts de table, de produits de confiserie ou similaires.The present invention relates to a mobile packaging machine for small individual objects, such as writing instruments, table cutlery, confectionery products or the like.
Le conditionnement de petits objets tels que des stylos, des couverts en plastique ou des objets de décoration ou utilitaires, notamment des objets de forme allongée, dans des emballages sous cellophane par exemple, s'effectue habituellement soit manuellement, soit automatiquement par des installations robotisées, complexes coûteuses et encombrantes telles que celles décrites notamment dans les brevets
La présente invention se propose de pallier les inconvénients des systèmes connus et de répondre à la nouvelle demande du marché en réalisant une machine de conditionnement, notamment pour l'emballage semi-automatique ou automatique de stylos ou d'autres objets de petites dimensions, qui peut être installée dans un local de faibles dimensions et déplacée en fonction des besoins de l'utilisateur ou des applications prévues.The present invention proposes to overcome the disadvantages of the known systems and to respond to the new market demand by producing a packaging machine, in particular for the semi-automatic or automatic packaging of pens or other small objects, which may be installed in a small room and moved according to the needs of the user or intended applications.
Ce but est atteint par la machine de conditionnement selon l'invention, telle que définie en préambule et caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un bâti, solidaire d'un chariot élévateur mobile, prolongé par un bras d'alimentation en produits à conditionner, sur lequel est montée une unité de chauffage-séchage, un dispositif d'approvisionnement en matériau d'emballage, un dispositif d'emballage et de guidage des produits recouverts du matériau d'emballage, une unité de séparation de l'emballage contenant un objet individuel conditionné et un élément d'évacuation du produit emballé vers un bac de stockage.This object is achieved by the packaging machine according to the invention, as defined in the preamble and characterized in that it comprises a frame, integral with a mobile lift truck, extended by a supply arm of products to be packaged, on which is mounted a heating-drying unit, a packaging material supply device, a packaging and guiding device for products covered with packaging material, a packaging separation unit containing an object individually packaged and a discharge member of the packaged product to a storage bin.
Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux, la machine comporte en outre une centrale de commande pourvue d'un clavier de commande mobile.According to an advantageous embodiment, the machine further comprises a control unit provided with a mobile control keyboard.
De façon avantageuse, ledit bras d'alimentation en produits à conditionner comporte un canal de guidage qui constitue une gouttière linéaire dans laquelle circulent les produits respectivement poussés par des taquets solidaires d'un ruban transporteur, ces taquets exerçant une poussée sur les produits pour les amener vers ledit matériau d'emballage.Advantageously, said supply arm of products to be packaged comprises a guide channel which constitutes a linear gutter in which the products respectively pushed by lugs integral with a conveyor belt circulate, these cleats exerting a thrust on the products for the products. bring to said packaging material.
De préférence, ledit matériau d'emballage est stocké sous la forme d'une bande continue sur un tambour rotatif du dispositif d'approvisionnement et il est déroulé en passant sur et entre des paires de rouleaux avant d'être acheminé, par un élément de guidage sensiblement incliné à 45°, vers le dispositif d'emballage et de guidage agencé pour effectuer le pliage et la jonction longitudinale des bords de la bande de matériau d'emballage.Preferably, said packaging material is stored as a continuous web on a rotating drum of the supply device and is unwound by passing on and between pairs of rollers before being conveyed by an element of guiding substantially inclined at 45 °, to the packaging and guiding device arranged to perform the folding and the longitudinal junction of the edges of the strip of packaging material.
Dans le mode de réalisation préféré de la machine selon l'invention, le dispositif d'emballage et de guidage comporte deux paires de disques horizontaux, respectivement entraînés par des pignons dentés, qui assurent à la fois l'entraînement des produits et la jonction des bords longitudinaux de la bande de matériau d'emballage repliée recouvrant le produit. Ces disques horizontaux peuvent être des disques chauffants.In the preferred embodiment of the machine according to the invention, the packaging and guiding device comprises two pairs of horizontal disks, respectively driven by toothed pinions, which ensure both the driving of the products and the joining of the longitudinal edges of the strip of folded packaging material covering the product. These horizontal disks can be heating disks.
L'unité de séparation est avantageusement agencée pour effectuer simultanément une liaison par soudure entre les deux surfaces de matériau d'emballage juxtaposées et une coupe transversale dans cette liaison pour séparer les produits emballés les uns des autres.The separation unit is advantageously arranged to perform simultaneously a bonding by welding between the two juxtaposed packing material surfaces and a cross section in this connection to separate the packaged products from each other.
A cet effet, cette unité de séparation comporte de préférence deux éléments de chauffage transversaux, coulissants, de section transversale en forme de U inversé, qui coopèrent pour souder transversalement le matériau d'emballage entre chaque produit qu'il contient, et un couteau, mobile verticalement par l'intermédiaire d'un actionneur, qui coulisse dans l'élément de chauffage supérieur.For this purpose, this separation unit preferably comprises two transverse heating elements, sliding, of inverted U-shaped cross-section, which cooperate to weld transversely the packaging material between each product that it contains, and a knife, vertically movable through an actuator, which slides in the upper heating element.
Ledit actionneur du couteau peut être un vérin ou un élément moteur.Said actuator of the knife may be a cylinder or a motor element.
La présente invention et ses avantages seront mieux compris à la lecture de la description détaillée d'une mise en oeuvre préférée de la machine de l'invention, en référence aux dessins annexés donnés à titre indicatif et non limitatif, dans lesquels:
- la
figure 1 est une vue en élévation de la machine selon l'invention, - la
figure 2 est une vue en coupe verticale longitudinale de la machine de lafigure 1 , - la
figure 3 est une vue en perspective du bras d'alimentation en produits à conditionner de la machine, - la
figure 4 est une vue en perspective du dispositif d'emballage du produit, et - la
figure 5 représente l'unité de séparation des produits emballés.
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figure 1 is an elevational view of the machine according to the invention, - the
figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the machine of thefigure 1 , - the
figure 3 is a perspective view of the supply arm of products to be packaged from the machine, - the
figure 4 is a perspective view of the product packaging device, and - the
figure 5 represents the separation unit of packaged products.
En référence aux
La machine 10 comporte un bâti 11 prolongé par un bras d'alimentation 12 en produits à conditionner, sur lequel est montée une unité de chauffage-séchage 13, un dispositif d'approvisionnement 15 en matériau d'emballage 30, un dispositif d'emballage et de guidage 16 des produits recouverts du matériau d'emballage, une unité de séparation 17 de l'emballage contenant un produit individuel conditionné, et un bac de stockage 20 du produit emballé. Une centrale de commande 14, solidaire d'un montant vertical 18 du bâti 11, renferme tous les éléments dynamiques de la machine 10, qui sont connus en soi et qui ne seront pas décrits plus en détail. Un clavier de commande 19, ou un écran tactile, est relié par un bras mobile à cette centrale de commande 14.The
Le matériau d'emballage 30, par exemple une bande de cellophane, est stocké sous forme d'une bande continue, sur un tambour rotatif 151 du dispositif d'approvisionnement 15. Il est déroulé et passe sur et entre des paires de rouleaux d'entraînement 152 et 153 avant d'être acheminé, par l'intermédiaire d'un élément de guidage 154 ayant sensiblement une inclinaison de 45° et disposé à la sortie du bras d'alimentation 12, vers le dispositif d'emballage et de guidage 16.The
Le bras d'alimentation 12, illustré plus en détail par la
L'unité de chauffage-séchage 13 est disposée sur le bras d'alimentation 12 au-dessus du canal longitudinal 121 et est utilisée lorsque les produits à conditionner sont pourvus d'une inscription ou d'une marque et que, de ce fait, ils ont été présentés au préalable à une machine de tampographie (non représentée), ou par toute autre machine d'impression à encre connue, en vue d'y apposer ladite inscription ou marque. Cette unité de chauffage-séchage 13 a pour fonction d'assurer le séchage de l'inscription apposée sur le produit par la machine de tampographie A cet effet, cette unité 13 contient avantageusement au moins une rampe à rayonnement infrarouge 131 et/ou, le cas échéant un ventilateur ou tout autre moyen de séchage. Si aucun marquage à encre n'est effectué au préalable, l'opération de séchage devient inutile.The heating-
Le dispositif d'emballage et de guidage16, représenté en détail par la
Le tube de matériau d'emballage ainsi formé et contenant les produits est ensuite amené dans l'unité de séparation 17 représentée en détail par la
La machine selon l'invention telle que configurée permet d'être à disposition et mobile dans n'importe quel environnement pour un conditionnement automatique ou semi-automatique de petits objets, par exemple des objets publicitaires tels que des stylos.The machine according to the invention as configured allows to be available and mobile in any environment for automatic or semi-automatic packaging of small objects, for example promotional items such as pens.
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US4862679A (en) | 1988-08-11 | 1989-09-05 | Kabushiki Kaisha Hanagata | Packaging apparatus for packaging articles in a double film |
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US4862679A (en) | 1988-08-11 | 1989-09-05 | Kabushiki Kaisha Hanagata | Packaging apparatus for packaging articles in a double film |
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