CA1112994A - Economy automatic wrapping apparatus - Google Patents
Economy automatic wrapping apparatusInfo
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- CA1112994A CA1112994A CA326,669A CA326669A CA1112994A CA 1112994 A CA1112994 A CA 1112994A CA 326669 A CA326669 A CA 326669A CA 1112994 A CA1112994 A CA 1112994A
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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
- B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
- B65B11/04—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated
- B65B11/045—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated by rotating platforms supporting the articles
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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
- B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
- B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE
An apparatus and process for automatically wrap-ping packages with a full-web or spiral overwrap. The apparatus includes a film handling assembly in which stret-ched film is wrapped around the load rotated by a turntable.
When the load is stopped in a home position a cutting and sealing assembly is transported into the film path, engaging the film and displacing it out of its original dispensed path. Rotatable clamps mounted on the turntable are rotated upward to grab the lower portion of the stret-ched film web while the sealing mechanism of the assembly engages the trailing edge of the film web to hold it against the film wrap, after which a cutter blade of the assembly is extended into the film web, severing the film web so that the load can be transported off the conveyor with the sealing mechanism pressing the trailing edge of the film onto the package wrap. The sealing mechanism is retracted and the cutting and sealing assembly is transpor-ted away from the film web leaving a new leading film edge held by the turntable clamps to begin the next wrap cycle.
An apparatus and process for automatically wrap-ping packages with a full-web or spiral overwrap. The apparatus includes a film handling assembly in which stret-ched film is wrapped around the load rotated by a turntable.
When the load is stopped in a home position a cutting and sealing assembly is transported into the film path, engaging the film and displacing it out of its original dispensed path. Rotatable clamps mounted on the turntable are rotated upward to grab the lower portion of the stret-ched film web while the sealing mechanism of the assembly engages the trailing edge of the film web to hold it against the film wrap, after which a cutter blade of the assembly is extended into the film web, severing the film web so that the load can be transported off the conveyor with the sealing mechanism pressing the trailing edge of the film onto the package wrap. The sealing mechanism is retracted and the cutting and sealing assembly is transpor-ted away from the film web leaving a new leading film edge held by the turntable clamps to begin the next wrap cycle.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to packaging and more particularly to a method and apparatus for making unitary packages which hold a plurality of components, each package containing a load wrapped in a web of stretched material.
Case packing or boxing is a common way of ship-ping multiple unit products. The multiple unit products are generally stacked in a corrugated box or are wrapped with kraft paper with the ends of the kraft paper being glued or taped. Another way of shipping such products is by putting a sleeve or covering of heat shrinkable film around the products and shrinking it to form a uniti~ed package. The use of heat shrinkable film is described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,793,798; 3,626,654;
3,590,509 and 3,514,902. A discussion of this art is set forth in ~.S. Patent 3,867,806.
The present invention provides a simple, relia-ble and inexpensive machine and method of uniti ing multiple unit products into a single wrapped package with a stretched overwrap material.
When the present process and apparatus is com-pared with other apparatus and processes currently used to pack products in corrugated boxes and the cost of the corrugated boxes themselves, the invention shows an enormous cost savings. The invention has comparable costs with kraft wrap but it gives a much tighter and better uniti~ed package than that possible with kraft wrap. In addition to these factors the invention is designed to use a stretch cling type film material, which provides product visibility not possible with kraft or corrugated wrapping plus a desirable feature eliminating the heat seal required in other kinds of stretch wrapping apparatus. Furthermore, the present inventive system offers packaging speed, reliability ,...
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Or package seal and energy savings in that less energy is required to package the products.
A basic problem with shrink and non-cling stretch film packaging is that the primary strength and reliabillty Or the package is determined by the consistent quality of the seal. These seals depend on a careful maintenance of the sealing ~aw and are never as strong as the film itself. The time that it takes to make the seals is a limiting factor on the possible speeds Or most shrink systems and a consideration in stretch systems.
The present invention does not require a struct-ural seal and therefore can use any type of stretchable material. The invention is designed to function with a stretchable plastic cling material such as P.V.C. or cling polyethylene. In the invention the apparatus utili-zes a single mechanism which effectively cuts and secures the trailing edge Or the film web to the underlying film wrap. Furthermore the invention can be used with a full web application or a spiral wrap application.
The use Or spiral wrapping machinery is well known in the art. One such apparatus is shown by U.S.
Patent 3,863,425 in which film is guided from a roll and wrapped around a cylindrlcal load in a spiral con-figuration. A carriage drives the film roll ad~acent the surface Or the load to deposit an overlapping spiral wrap around the load and return in the opposite direct-ion to deposit another spiral overwrap around the load.
Other spiral wrapping apparatus are described by U.S.
Patent Nos. 3,857,486; 3,788,199; 3,549,017; 3,412,524, 3,191,289 and 2,716,315. The previously indicated pat-ents rely on heat shrink material, adhesives, a heat seal or the tacky nature of the film to hold the outer layer of wrap in a fixed position.
~Z~4 The use of full web wrapping machinery is also known ln the art. A full web stretch wrapping apparatus using a rotatable turntable is described ln U.S. Patent No. 3,867,806. Other full web wrapping apparatus are disclosed by U.S. Patent Nos. 3,514,920;
3,7~3,798; 3,795,o86 and 3,986,611. In thls regard it should be noted U.S. Patent No. 3,986,611 uses a tensioned cling film while U.S. Patent No. 3,795,086 uses a tacky P.V.C. film.
The turntable clamping assembly dlsclosed in this specification is disclosed in U.S. Patent No.
4,o77,179.
Various patents have described the use of mechanisms for handling wrapping materials. In U.S.
Patent No. 3,003,297 a complex cutting and holding mech-anism is used to place tape on a box and cut it off with the process being repeated for each box. The use of adhesive on the tape to bond it to the package is an integral part of the function of this concept. With-out this adhesion it would not work either in single, multiple or spiral configurations. The unique design and function of the clamping and sealing mechanism in the present invention does not require a heat seal of the film in order for the system to operate.
U.S. Patent 2,088,133 discloses a reverse wrapping wire tying machine. In the reference a gripper mechanism holds a band in position with respect to the load to be wrapped and a rotatable ring drive rotates the band around the load until the band has completed more than one wrap of the load and passes over the body of the gripper. A separator slide is used to separate the leading edge of the band from the underlying band and a second gripper mechanism attaches to the separated band. A heat sealing mechanism welds the wrapped layer band to the band underneath it and a cutting mechanism . 4 severs the leading edge of the band held by the second gripper mechanism which then becomes the trailing edge of the succeeding wrap. When the band is severed the ring drive mechanism is rotated in a reverse direction for the following load with the ~arious gripping and cutting mechanism functioning in the same manner.
Additional references Or interest which are pertinent to rotatable drives for wrapping packages are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,820,451, 3,331,312, 3,324,789, 3,309,839, 3,207,060, 2,742,562, 2,630,751,
The present invention generally relates to packaging and more particularly to a method and apparatus for making unitary packages which hold a plurality of components, each package containing a load wrapped in a web of stretched material.
Case packing or boxing is a common way of ship-ping multiple unit products. The multiple unit products are generally stacked in a corrugated box or are wrapped with kraft paper with the ends of the kraft paper being glued or taped. Another way of shipping such products is by putting a sleeve or covering of heat shrinkable film around the products and shrinking it to form a uniti~ed package. The use of heat shrinkable film is described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,793,798; 3,626,654;
3,590,509 and 3,514,902. A discussion of this art is set forth in ~.S. Patent 3,867,806.
The present invention provides a simple, relia-ble and inexpensive machine and method of uniti ing multiple unit products into a single wrapped package with a stretched overwrap material.
When the present process and apparatus is com-pared with other apparatus and processes currently used to pack products in corrugated boxes and the cost of the corrugated boxes themselves, the invention shows an enormous cost savings. The invention has comparable costs with kraft wrap but it gives a much tighter and better uniti~ed package than that possible with kraft wrap. In addition to these factors the invention is designed to use a stretch cling type film material, which provides product visibility not possible with kraft or corrugated wrapping plus a desirable feature eliminating the heat seal required in other kinds of stretch wrapping apparatus. Furthermore, the present inventive system offers packaging speed, reliability ,...
: i:
Or package seal and energy savings in that less energy is required to package the products.
A basic problem with shrink and non-cling stretch film packaging is that the primary strength and reliabillty Or the package is determined by the consistent quality of the seal. These seals depend on a careful maintenance of the sealing ~aw and are never as strong as the film itself. The time that it takes to make the seals is a limiting factor on the possible speeds Or most shrink systems and a consideration in stretch systems.
The present invention does not require a struct-ural seal and therefore can use any type of stretchable material. The invention is designed to function with a stretchable plastic cling material such as P.V.C. or cling polyethylene. In the invention the apparatus utili-zes a single mechanism which effectively cuts and secures the trailing edge Or the film web to the underlying film wrap. Furthermore the invention can be used with a full web application or a spiral wrap application.
The use Or spiral wrapping machinery is well known in the art. One such apparatus is shown by U.S.
Patent 3,863,425 in which film is guided from a roll and wrapped around a cylindrlcal load in a spiral con-figuration. A carriage drives the film roll ad~acent the surface Or the load to deposit an overlapping spiral wrap around the load and return in the opposite direct-ion to deposit another spiral overwrap around the load.
Other spiral wrapping apparatus are described by U.S.
Patent Nos. 3,857,486; 3,788,199; 3,549,017; 3,412,524, 3,191,289 and 2,716,315. The previously indicated pat-ents rely on heat shrink material, adhesives, a heat seal or the tacky nature of the film to hold the outer layer of wrap in a fixed position.
~Z~4 The use of full web wrapping machinery is also known ln the art. A full web stretch wrapping apparatus using a rotatable turntable is described ln U.S. Patent No. 3,867,806. Other full web wrapping apparatus are disclosed by U.S. Patent Nos. 3,514,920;
3,7~3,798; 3,795,o86 and 3,986,611. In thls regard it should be noted U.S. Patent No. 3,986,611 uses a tensioned cling film while U.S. Patent No. 3,795,086 uses a tacky P.V.C. film.
The turntable clamping assembly dlsclosed in this specification is disclosed in U.S. Patent No.
4,o77,179.
Various patents have described the use of mechanisms for handling wrapping materials. In U.S.
Patent No. 3,003,297 a complex cutting and holding mech-anism is used to place tape on a box and cut it off with the process being repeated for each box. The use of adhesive on the tape to bond it to the package is an integral part of the function of this concept. With-out this adhesion it would not work either in single, multiple or spiral configurations. The unique design and function of the clamping and sealing mechanism in the present invention does not require a heat seal of the film in order for the system to operate.
U.S. Patent 2,088,133 discloses a reverse wrapping wire tying machine. In the reference a gripper mechanism holds a band in position with respect to the load to be wrapped and a rotatable ring drive rotates the band around the load until the band has completed more than one wrap of the load and passes over the body of the gripper. A separator slide is used to separate the leading edge of the band from the underlying band and a second gripper mechanism attaches to the separated band. A heat sealing mechanism welds the wrapped layer band to the band underneath it and a cutting mechanism . 4 severs the leading edge of the band held by the second gripper mechanism which then becomes the trailing edge of the succeeding wrap. When the band is severed the ring drive mechanism is rotated in a reverse direction for the following load with the ~arious gripping and cutting mechanism functioning in the same manner.
Additional references Or interest which are pertinent to rotatable drives for wrapping packages are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,820,451, 3,331,312, 3,324,789, 3,309,839, 3,207,060, 2,742,562, 2,630,751,
2,330,629, 2,054,603 and 2~124,770.
The present invention uses stretchable plastic cling film ln its preferred embodiment since the stretched cling film can be brush sealed to hold the wrap without the necessity of a heat seal. The elasticity of the cling film holds the products under more tension than either the shrink wrap or the kraft wrap particularly with products which settle or relax when packaged.
Various other apparatus and processes owned by the assignee utilize stretch material in package wrapp-ing. Such apparatus and processes are disclosed in U.S.
Patent Nos. 3,867,806, 4,050,220, 4,077,179 and 4,o79,565.
Additional benefits occur in the present invent-ion over the prior art in that no changeover is required in handling random size units of a variety of materials as the apparatus is constructed to handle such random size units. Furthermore, the apparatus provides a sub-stantially continuous wrapping operation so that loads can be wrapped at any desired speed and for any time period. A significant-economic factor is also present in the present invention as the power requirements are significantly less than those of shrink systems since there is no heat tunnel required and greater speeds of operation are possible because of the elimination of the conventional heat seal which is used in non-cling wrapping. Furthermore a wider number of products can be handled by the present invention because of the elimi-nation of the heat seal requirement. Because of the simplicity of the construction of the invention there is a greater stability in the inventlve wrapping appara-tus with less maintenance being required to maintain the apparatus resulting in a corresponding reduction in breakdown time. Another desired characteristic resul-ting from the apparatus construction is that the invent-ion does not take up much floor space and can be used with either full web or spiral wrapping applications.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally comprises a novel apparatus and process for automatically making full web or spiral wrapped unitary packages having an overwrap which is not heat sealed. In the apparatus a series of loads, each containing a plurality of units are singularly fed onto a turntable ad~acent the wrapping apparatus.
The leading edge of the film from the film dispenser is held by a clamp mechanism of the turntable and the turntable is rotated to wrap the load with cling film which is stretched as it is wrapped around the load. After the first one and one quarter revolutions of the turntable, the turntable clamp releases the lead-ing edge of the film web and is withdrawn below the turntable surface. The stretched overwrap film web holds the released leading edge of film against the load and continues to be wrapped around the load until the turntable reaches the home position and stops.
The cutting and sealing assembly is then transported into the film path engaging the film to push it out of its original path orientation. The turntable clamp assembly is rotated upward to grab the lower portion " _ Or the stretched film web and the sealer mechanism is activated to engage the trailing edge of the film web and hold it against the film wrap. The cutter blade of the assembly is extended into the film web and severs the film web so that the load can be transported off the conveyor as the sealer mechanism presses the trailing edge of the cling film onto the package overwrap. The sealer mechanism is retracted and the cutting and sealing assembly transported away from the film web and its dis-pensing path leaving a new leading film edge held by the turntable clamps to begin the next wrap cycle.
The above-mentioned purposes and operations of the inventor are more readily apparent when read in con~unction with the following description of the drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel wrapping apparatus;
Figure 2 is an isolated enlarged perspective view of the cutting and sealing assembly as viewed from the rear of the film roll;
Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view partially in section of the wrapping apparatus;
Figure 4 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus engaging the stretched film web at the end of the wrap cycle; --Figure 5 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus with the turntable clamps holding the film web and the sealer engaging the film web;
~12~4 Figure 6 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus showing extension of the cutting blade to sever the film web;
Figure 7 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus in which the wrapped load is carried off of the turntable and the trailing edge of the film web is brushed against the load to form a cling seal; and Figure 8 is a perspective view of the altern-ate spiral wrap embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention pertains to a simple compactly constructed economical automatic wrapping apparatus 10 which is shown by figures 1 - 8. While the apparatus is fully shown in the full web embodiment, which is the preferred embodiment and best mode of the invention, it will also be noted that the apparatus can work with a spiral wrapping mechanism, and by the spiral embodiment which will be later described in the specification and is shown in figure 8.
In the preferred embodiment and best mode of the invention a film dispensing assembly comprising a film roll 24 is mounted on a film roll support 22 and stands vertically on the support which has a rotata-ble mandrel which allows the film to be withdrawn from the film roll. In this embodiment the film roll remains in a single rotatable position as the support does not -~, traverse up and down the frame as would be the case in the spiral embodiment. The film roll is of a suffici-ent width, so that the film web when wrapped around the load is equal to at least the height of the load, and perferably engages the pallet while extending above the top of the load thus providing a wrap around the sides of the load. The film roll support 22 is seated on frame 20, which is positioned ad~acent to turntable 12. A load 100 comprising a plurality of units 102 stacked on pallet 104 is carried onto turntable 12 by power feed conveyor 16, and after the load is wrapped it is carried away from the turntable 12 by a take-off conveyor 14. The film 26 as it is taken off of the film roll 24 is initially held in turntable clamps 80, which are rotated by two rotary cylinders 78 mounted to the turntable 12. The clamps 80 can be retracted below the level of the turntable 12. The turntable clamps 80 comprise two clamp members, 80 ~ and 80" each of which is provided with a flexible clamping strip 81 which engages and holds the film web in a fixed posit-ion between each individual clamp members.
The film handling assembly 11 of the invention which is best shown in figure 2 comprises an upright support member 21 extending from frame 20 and a bracket 32 secured to the upright support member 21. The brac- -ket 32 has a support rod 34 vertically mounted therein.
An H-shaped support member 36 is moveably mounted on support rod 34, so that it can be rotated around the support rod by a fluld cylinder 38 which is mounted to a cylinder support plate 40, which is in turn secured to bracket 32. The cylinder 38 has a piston rod 42 with a yoke 44 on one end, the yoke being connected by a pin 46 to a connector plate 48 secured to a connect-ing member 37 of the H-shaped support member 36.
A film cutting and sealing assembly 50 is secured to the ends of the legs of H-shaped support member 36. The film cutting and sealing assembly com-prises a vertical support plate 52 having a rounded edge53 secured to the H-shaped support member with a retract-able brush holder member 54 moveably connected thereto.
The brush holder member 54 contains a brush 56 or alternat-ely a flexible linear member which is adapted to engage and brush the outside surface of the film web so that it will cling to the underlying surface of the film wrap underneath it. The brush holder member 54 is activated by a brush cylinder 58 having a yoke 60 connected by pin means to an ear 62 pro~ecting rrom the H-shaped support member 36. A piston rod 59 extends from the other end of the brush cylinder to a rotatably mounted connector member 64 which can be rotated in a bracket member 65, so that the brush can be moved sideways towards the film wrap. A pin 66 holds the rotatable connector member 64 in the bracket member 65.
A moveable cutter bar 72 is held ad~acent the vertical plate 52 by cutter cylinders 68 and 68 ' . A cutter blade 74 configured for severing the film web is secured to the cutter bar 72. The cutter blade 74 is a rip saw blade with teeth and serrations so that the teeth points penetrate the film and the rest of the blade cuts through the film. The cutter bar 72 is moved by means of cutter cylinder 68 and 68 ' which are secured to plate 52, each of which has a piston rod 70, 70 ' one end of which has a connector member 71, 71 ' which moves the cutter bar and its mounted cutter blade forward against the film severing it.
In the operation of the first wrapping cycle a film web 26 is pulled from the film roll and placed in the turntable clamp assembly 80 so that it is held ad~acent the load. The turntable 12 is then rotated wrapping the desired number of film wraps around the load. After the first wrap of the load the turntable clamps are released and retracted below the turntable . ..
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surface, so that they no longer engage the film belng withdrawn by the rotating load and stretched by particle brake 28. In the home position the turntable is stopped and the cutter and brush assembly is moved into the film path by the action of cylinder 38, so that the forward edge 53 of the vertical plate 52 engages the film web as is shown in figure 4. The turntable clamp members 80 are then activated and rotated upward so that they engage and hold the lower portion of the film web in a fixed position, while the brush member 54 is driven toward the load by brush cylinder 58 so that the brush 56 engages the film web. At this time the cutter blade cylinders 68 and 68 ' are activated driving the cutter bar 72 and its associated cutter blade 74 forward to cut the film positioned between the vertical plate and turntable clamps 80 leaving a new leading edge held by the turntable clamps for the wrap cycle of the next load, while the trailing edge of the film wrap returns to its unstretched memory configuration.
As the wrapped load is carried from the turntable with brush 56 engaging the trailing edge of the film, the brush forces the film against the underlying layer of film wrap where it clings or holds to the underlying layer to form a package seal. The film cutting and sealing assembly 50 is then withdrawn from the film path through the retraction of the piston rod 42 of cylinder 38 for the beginning of the next cycle wrap.
The spiral wrapping apparatus 110 comprises an upright frame 112 sitting on a base 113. A platen assembly 114 is mounted on the frame 110 for vertical movement along the frame. The platen assembly 114 compri-ses a support structure 116 mounted to the frame and a platen 118 rotatively mounted to the support mechanism.
The platen has a flexible lower surface 119 which is adapted to be placed on the top of the load 100 comp-rising a plurality of unitary members 102 stacked ona pallet 104. The lower surface 119 of the platen is lowered onto the top of the load 100 after the load 100 is carried by power feed conveyor 106 onto turntable 108. When turntable 108 is rotated the platen 118 ro-tates within journal 111 of the platen assembly holding the units in position on the load as the spiral wrap is stretch wrapped around the load. The platen provides a force on the units 102 to prevent the units from being displaced or pulled from the load as the stretched film material is wrapped around the load. A film roll support or carriage 120 is moveably mounted on the frame 112.
The film roll carriage 120 includes a film roll mandrel or vertical holding member which holds the roll of film 124 of cling polyethylene or tacky PVC material. The film roll carriage 120 can be mounted in guides or tracks in the frame and is preferably driven by a rack and pinion drive, although chain, screw or other known drives well known ln the art could be readily adapted to the invention. The film roll as shown in figure 3 is engaged or connected to a magnetic particle brake 28 which ap-plies a restrictive force upon the film roll subjecting the film material to a braking force causing it to stre-tch as it is wrapped around the load. This restrictive force is preferably applied by utilizing roller 30 as shown in figure 3 to engage the outside of the film roll and apply constant force on the film roll, uniformly stretching the film as it leaves the roll.
In the initial operation of the spiral embodi-ment the cutter and sealer assembly 50 is in the retracted position and the film web 26 is placed in the turntable clamps 124 and held in a fixed position. The load 100 is moved onto the turntable 108 by power conveyor 106.
The turntable is then rotated by appropriate driving mechanism (not shown) which is well known in the art and braking force is applied to the web of stretchable material causing it to be substantially stretched anywhere from 10% to 50%. After one and one half revolutions of the turntable 108 the material roll support carriage 120 is driven upward and the turntable clamps 124 open. When the stretched film material reaches the top of the load 100 the roll carriage stops its upward travel and remains in that position until a number of predetermined wraps are accumulated around the top of the load for stability or packaging reasons. Once the predetermined number of wraps have been accumulated around the top of the load, the carriage moves downward carrying its associated roll of film until it reaches its original position thereby covering the load with two spiral overwraps of stretched film.
The turntable then stops in its home position and the cutting and sealing assembly is extended into the film path by its cylinder 38 in the manner previously discussed in the full web embodiment, with the cutting and sealing assembly working in the identical manner des-cribed in the full web embodiment.
In the foregolng description the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodi-ments although it is to be understood that the specific details shown are merely illustrative and that the inven-tion may be carried out in other ways without departing from the true spirit and scope of the ~ollowing claims.
The present invention uses stretchable plastic cling film ln its preferred embodiment since the stretched cling film can be brush sealed to hold the wrap without the necessity of a heat seal. The elasticity of the cling film holds the products under more tension than either the shrink wrap or the kraft wrap particularly with products which settle or relax when packaged.
Various other apparatus and processes owned by the assignee utilize stretch material in package wrapp-ing. Such apparatus and processes are disclosed in U.S.
Patent Nos. 3,867,806, 4,050,220, 4,077,179 and 4,o79,565.
Additional benefits occur in the present invent-ion over the prior art in that no changeover is required in handling random size units of a variety of materials as the apparatus is constructed to handle such random size units. Furthermore, the apparatus provides a sub-stantially continuous wrapping operation so that loads can be wrapped at any desired speed and for any time period. A significant-economic factor is also present in the present invention as the power requirements are significantly less than those of shrink systems since there is no heat tunnel required and greater speeds of operation are possible because of the elimination of the conventional heat seal which is used in non-cling wrapping. Furthermore a wider number of products can be handled by the present invention because of the elimi-nation of the heat seal requirement. Because of the simplicity of the construction of the invention there is a greater stability in the inventlve wrapping appara-tus with less maintenance being required to maintain the apparatus resulting in a corresponding reduction in breakdown time. Another desired characteristic resul-ting from the apparatus construction is that the invent-ion does not take up much floor space and can be used with either full web or spiral wrapping applications.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally comprises a novel apparatus and process for automatically making full web or spiral wrapped unitary packages having an overwrap which is not heat sealed. In the apparatus a series of loads, each containing a plurality of units are singularly fed onto a turntable ad~acent the wrapping apparatus.
The leading edge of the film from the film dispenser is held by a clamp mechanism of the turntable and the turntable is rotated to wrap the load with cling film which is stretched as it is wrapped around the load. After the first one and one quarter revolutions of the turntable, the turntable clamp releases the lead-ing edge of the film web and is withdrawn below the turntable surface. The stretched overwrap film web holds the released leading edge of film against the load and continues to be wrapped around the load until the turntable reaches the home position and stops.
The cutting and sealing assembly is then transported into the film path engaging the film to push it out of its original path orientation. The turntable clamp assembly is rotated upward to grab the lower portion " _ Or the stretched film web and the sealer mechanism is activated to engage the trailing edge of the film web and hold it against the film wrap. The cutter blade of the assembly is extended into the film web and severs the film web so that the load can be transported off the conveyor as the sealer mechanism presses the trailing edge of the cling film onto the package overwrap. The sealer mechanism is retracted and the cutting and sealing assembly transported away from the film web and its dis-pensing path leaving a new leading film edge held by the turntable clamps to begin the next wrap cycle.
The above-mentioned purposes and operations of the inventor are more readily apparent when read in con~unction with the following description of the drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel wrapping apparatus;
Figure 2 is an isolated enlarged perspective view of the cutting and sealing assembly as viewed from the rear of the film roll;
Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view partially in section of the wrapping apparatus;
Figure 4 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus engaging the stretched film web at the end of the wrap cycle; --Figure 5 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus with the turntable clamps holding the film web and the sealer engaging the film web;
~12~4 Figure 6 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus showing extension of the cutting blade to sever the film web;
Figure 7 is an isolated top plan view of the cutting and sealing assembly of the wrapping apparatus in which the wrapped load is carried off of the turntable and the trailing edge of the film web is brushed against the load to form a cling seal; and Figure 8 is a perspective view of the altern-ate spiral wrap embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention pertains to a simple compactly constructed economical automatic wrapping apparatus 10 which is shown by figures 1 - 8. While the apparatus is fully shown in the full web embodiment, which is the preferred embodiment and best mode of the invention, it will also be noted that the apparatus can work with a spiral wrapping mechanism, and by the spiral embodiment which will be later described in the specification and is shown in figure 8.
In the preferred embodiment and best mode of the invention a film dispensing assembly comprising a film roll 24 is mounted on a film roll support 22 and stands vertically on the support which has a rotata-ble mandrel which allows the film to be withdrawn from the film roll. In this embodiment the film roll remains in a single rotatable position as the support does not -~, traverse up and down the frame as would be the case in the spiral embodiment. The film roll is of a suffici-ent width, so that the film web when wrapped around the load is equal to at least the height of the load, and perferably engages the pallet while extending above the top of the load thus providing a wrap around the sides of the load. The film roll support 22 is seated on frame 20, which is positioned ad~acent to turntable 12. A load 100 comprising a plurality of units 102 stacked on pallet 104 is carried onto turntable 12 by power feed conveyor 16, and after the load is wrapped it is carried away from the turntable 12 by a take-off conveyor 14. The film 26 as it is taken off of the film roll 24 is initially held in turntable clamps 80, which are rotated by two rotary cylinders 78 mounted to the turntable 12. The clamps 80 can be retracted below the level of the turntable 12. The turntable clamps 80 comprise two clamp members, 80 ~ and 80" each of which is provided with a flexible clamping strip 81 which engages and holds the film web in a fixed posit-ion between each individual clamp members.
The film handling assembly 11 of the invention which is best shown in figure 2 comprises an upright support member 21 extending from frame 20 and a bracket 32 secured to the upright support member 21. The brac- -ket 32 has a support rod 34 vertically mounted therein.
An H-shaped support member 36 is moveably mounted on support rod 34, so that it can be rotated around the support rod by a fluld cylinder 38 which is mounted to a cylinder support plate 40, which is in turn secured to bracket 32. The cylinder 38 has a piston rod 42 with a yoke 44 on one end, the yoke being connected by a pin 46 to a connector plate 48 secured to a connect-ing member 37 of the H-shaped support member 36.
A film cutting and sealing assembly 50 is secured to the ends of the legs of H-shaped support member 36. The film cutting and sealing assembly com-prises a vertical support plate 52 having a rounded edge53 secured to the H-shaped support member with a retract-able brush holder member 54 moveably connected thereto.
The brush holder member 54 contains a brush 56 or alternat-ely a flexible linear member which is adapted to engage and brush the outside surface of the film web so that it will cling to the underlying surface of the film wrap underneath it. The brush holder member 54 is activated by a brush cylinder 58 having a yoke 60 connected by pin means to an ear 62 pro~ecting rrom the H-shaped support member 36. A piston rod 59 extends from the other end of the brush cylinder to a rotatably mounted connector member 64 which can be rotated in a bracket member 65, so that the brush can be moved sideways towards the film wrap. A pin 66 holds the rotatable connector member 64 in the bracket member 65.
A moveable cutter bar 72 is held ad~acent the vertical plate 52 by cutter cylinders 68 and 68 ' . A cutter blade 74 configured for severing the film web is secured to the cutter bar 72. The cutter blade 74 is a rip saw blade with teeth and serrations so that the teeth points penetrate the film and the rest of the blade cuts through the film. The cutter bar 72 is moved by means of cutter cylinder 68 and 68 ' which are secured to plate 52, each of which has a piston rod 70, 70 ' one end of which has a connector member 71, 71 ' which moves the cutter bar and its mounted cutter blade forward against the film severing it.
In the operation of the first wrapping cycle a film web 26 is pulled from the film roll and placed in the turntable clamp assembly 80 so that it is held ad~acent the load. The turntable 12 is then rotated wrapping the desired number of film wraps around the load. After the first wrap of the load the turntable clamps are released and retracted below the turntable . ..
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surface, so that they no longer engage the film belng withdrawn by the rotating load and stretched by particle brake 28. In the home position the turntable is stopped and the cutter and brush assembly is moved into the film path by the action of cylinder 38, so that the forward edge 53 of the vertical plate 52 engages the film web as is shown in figure 4. The turntable clamp members 80 are then activated and rotated upward so that they engage and hold the lower portion of the film web in a fixed position, while the brush member 54 is driven toward the load by brush cylinder 58 so that the brush 56 engages the film web. At this time the cutter blade cylinders 68 and 68 ' are activated driving the cutter bar 72 and its associated cutter blade 74 forward to cut the film positioned between the vertical plate and turntable clamps 80 leaving a new leading edge held by the turntable clamps for the wrap cycle of the next load, while the trailing edge of the film wrap returns to its unstretched memory configuration.
As the wrapped load is carried from the turntable with brush 56 engaging the trailing edge of the film, the brush forces the film against the underlying layer of film wrap where it clings or holds to the underlying layer to form a package seal. The film cutting and sealing assembly 50 is then withdrawn from the film path through the retraction of the piston rod 42 of cylinder 38 for the beginning of the next cycle wrap.
The spiral wrapping apparatus 110 comprises an upright frame 112 sitting on a base 113. A platen assembly 114 is mounted on the frame 110 for vertical movement along the frame. The platen assembly 114 compri-ses a support structure 116 mounted to the frame and a platen 118 rotatively mounted to the support mechanism.
The platen has a flexible lower surface 119 which is adapted to be placed on the top of the load 100 comp-rising a plurality of unitary members 102 stacked ona pallet 104. The lower surface 119 of the platen is lowered onto the top of the load 100 after the load 100 is carried by power feed conveyor 106 onto turntable 108. When turntable 108 is rotated the platen 118 ro-tates within journal 111 of the platen assembly holding the units in position on the load as the spiral wrap is stretch wrapped around the load. The platen provides a force on the units 102 to prevent the units from being displaced or pulled from the load as the stretched film material is wrapped around the load. A film roll support or carriage 120 is moveably mounted on the frame 112.
The film roll carriage 120 includes a film roll mandrel or vertical holding member which holds the roll of film 124 of cling polyethylene or tacky PVC material. The film roll carriage 120 can be mounted in guides or tracks in the frame and is preferably driven by a rack and pinion drive, although chain, screw or other known drives well known ln the art could be readily adapted to the invention. The film roll as shown in figure 3 is engaged or connected to a magnetic particle brake 28 which ap-plies a restrictive force upon the film roll subjecting the film material to a braking force causing it to stre-tch as it is wrapped around the load. This restrictive force is preferably applied by utilizing roller 30 as shown in figure 3 to engage the outside of the film roll and apply constant force on the film roll, uniformly stretching the film as it leaves the roll.
In the initial operation of the spiral embodi-ment the cutter and sealer assembly 50 is in the retracted position and the film web 26 is placed in the turntable clamps 124 and held in a fixed position. The load 100 is moved onto the turntable 108 by power conveyor 106.
The turntable is then rotated by appropriate driving mechanism (not shown) which is well known in the art and braking force is applied to the web of stretchable material causing it to be substantially stretched anywhere from 10% to 50%. After one and one half revolutions of the turntable 108 the material roll support carriage 120 is driven upward and the turntable clamps 124 open. When the stretched film material reaches the top of the load 100 the roll carriage stops its upward travel and remains in that position until a number of predetermined wraps are accumulated around the top of the load for stability or packaging reasons. Once the predetermined number of wraps have been accumulated around the top of the load, the carriage moves downward carrying its associated roll of film until it reaches its original position thereby covering the load with two spiral overwraps of stretched film.
The turntable then stops in its home position and the cutting and sealing assembly is extended into the film path by its cylinder 38 in the manner previously discussed in the full web embodiment, with the cutting and sealing assembly working in the identical manner des-cribed in the full web embodiment.
In the foregolng description the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodi-ments although it is to be understood that the specific details shown are merely illustrative and that the inven-tion may be carried out in other ways without departing from the true spirit and scope of the ~ollowing claims.
Claims (11)
1. The process of making a unitary package from a load comprising a plurality of units comprising:
a) placing a leading edge of a roll of stretchable film from a dispensing means adjacent a load in a clamp to hold it in a fixed position;
b) applying tension to the roll of stretchable film so that the film web is stretched as it is removed from the roll;
c) wrapping the load with a plurality of layers of stretched film web by rotating the load while removing the clamp so that the leading edge of the roll of stretched film is released and held against said load by an overwrap of said stretched film;
d) stopping the wrapping of said load;
e) engaging the stretched film web on one side to distort the film web out of the flow path it initially occupied when the wrap was stopped;
f) clamping at least a portion of the distorted stretched film between the area of film web engagement and the dispensing means;
g) extending a cutting means into the film web from the same side of the film web that the film web is engaged to sever the web without substantial opposing force on the other side of the film web after the film web has been distorted from its initial flow path;
h) pressing the trailing edge of the film web against the underlying film wrap layer.
a) placing a leading edge of a roll of stretchable film from a dispensing means adjacent a load in a clamp to hold it in a fixed position;
b) applying tension to the roll of stretchable film so that the film web is stretched as it is removed from the roll;
c) wrapping the load with a plurality of layers of stretched film web by rotating the load while removing the clamp so that the leading edge of the roll of stretched film is released and held against said load by an overwrap of said stretched film;
d) stopping the wrapping of said load;
e) engaging the stretched film web on one side to distort the film web out of the flow path it initially occupied when the wrap was stopped;
f) clamping at least a portion of the distorted stretched film between the area of film web engagement and the dispensing means;
g) extending a cutting means into the film web from the same side of the film web that the film web is engaged to sever the web without substantial opposing force on the other side of the film web after the film web has been distorted from its initial flow path;
h) pressing the trailing edge of the film web against the underlying film wrap layer.
2. The process according to Claim 1, wherein said roll of stretchable material is a cling-type film.
3. The process of claim 1 including the step of moving the dispensing means in one direction along the surface of the rotating load to form a plurality of overlapping wraps on the surface of the load and then moving the dispensing means in an opposite direction back along the path which it originally travelled to form a plurality of overlapping wraps over the wrapped surface of the load after step c.
4. A vertically oriented apparatus for making a unitary package comprising a frame, a film dispensing means mounted on said frame, a turntable positioned adjacent said film dispensing means and adapted to support a load, a clamp assembly mounted to said turntable adapted to hold film dispensed from said film dispensing means, drive means connected to said turntable adapted to rotate said turntable and an associated load mounted on said turntable to cause a film web to be pulled from said film dispensing means to overwrap said load, brake means connected to said film dispensing means, said brake means being adapted to restrict movement of film from said film dispensing means so that the web of film is stretched as it leaves the film dispensing means, and film handling means positioned adjacent said film dispensing means, said film handling means comprising a frame, a support member moveably mounted on said frame, a plate member mounted to said support plate, means to transport said support member and plate member, said transport means being connected to said support member to transport said plate member into and out of the film web path defined by the film flow from the film dispenser onto the load, said plate member engaging said film web on one side of the film web when transported into the film web flow path and carrying the film web to a new position adjacent said clamp assembly, fluid cylinder means mounted to said plate member, said fluid cylinder means being connected to a cutter blade and adapted to move said cutter blade into the side of the film web engaged by the plate member to sever the film web while said film web is substantially unrestricted on its other side, and film wrap sealer means moveably connected to said plate member, said sealer means being adapted to engage the film web dispensed from said dispenser means and press said film web against said load overwrap.
5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said support member is H-shaped and is rotatably mounted on a support rod mounted to said frame.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said sealer means comprises a wiper holder moveably mounted to said base plate member, fluid cylinder means mounted to said support member and connected to said wiper holder and a wiper member mounted in said wiper holder.
Claim 7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said wiper member is a brush.
Claim 8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said wiper member is a flexible linear member.
Claim 9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said brake means comprises a particle brake and a roller adapted to engage said film roll.
Claim 10. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said cutter blade is mounted in a cutter holder, said cutter holder being mounted to fluid cylinder means mounted on said base plate member, and adapted to reciprocate along the surface of said base plate member upon activation of said cylinder means.
Claim 11. Apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein said film is a cling-type film.
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