CN103221309A - A machine and system for applying container carriers to containers - Google Patents
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A container packaging system for containers applies an apertured plastics film carrier stock to substantially identical containers such as beverage cans having annular chimes, cylindrical side walls, and frusto-conical walls between the chimes and the side walls. The carrier stock has shaped apertures to securely retain drinks cans, food cans, bottles and similar containers, as a multi-pack unit. The carrier stock is rolled onto suitably juxtaposed containers engaging a tabbed aperture edge portion progressively from above to below the upper edge of the respective containers to be multi-packed and assumes a waveform 3D conformation to unitise the containers. The rolling method contrasts prior stretch application methods and enables cheaper and thinner carrier stock to be used.
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Invention field
The present invention relates to be used for carried in containers thing (container carrier) is applied to the method and system of container and is used for the packaging system of container and utilizes packaging system to come packing container.The invention still further relates to flexible load carriage (flexible carrier stock), it is used for machine application to substantially the same container such as the beverage can with annular groove, cylindrical side wall and the frustoconical wall between groove and sidewall and have crest or the bottle of seal bead.Particularly, the machine application of plastic film that the present invention relates to have the hole is to keep drink jar, food cans, bottle and similar containers securely, and relate to the method that film is applied to the uniqueness of container, and the resulting combination that the packing of many packings or modularity is provided.
Background of invention
As usual, beverage is packaged in the jar such as bubble fruit juice, cola drink, beer and analogue, these jars are made by extruded aluminium or galvinized steel usually, about the about 50 μ m of thickness.These jars usually with four packings (2 * 2)-or six packings (3 * 2) sell.The example in the early time of packing such packing makes the cardboard modularity of encapsulation tank.In the 1950's, at first announced the plastic film container load.The form in the early time of plastic film container load makes the hole modularity, these bore deformations when being applied to sheet (sheet) on the jar, and film forms continuous lug area around the limit of jar thus.Film around jar the beaded edge that forms of the junction of the lid that is placed on jar of top below.Though this form in the early time of load film allows jar to be meaned that by the counter motion that hauls out-exists some difficulty-jars with respect to load plastic flange will be near crimping and the further sizable power of needs of moving with toilet-cleaning jar.
Fig. 1 has shown the example from US 2 874 835 (ITW), and it provides the load 30 of the plain film that comprises plastic material, and this plain film is provided with a plurality of holes 32.The hole is significantly less than (＞20%) diameter by the jar of load maintenance.Fig. 1 a has shown in use how to keep jar, and wherein the internal edge of the circumference of plastic eyelet engages with the lower edge at edge 46.As seen, the edge-perpendicular in the stretched distortion basically of plastics load material-after using sizable power-make hole is in the plane of the plastics load of periodically placing jar, especially with reference to the parts among Fig. 1 b 40.In fact, US 2 874 835 shows, needs outstanding power that jar is unexpectedly unclamped from maintenance equipment.The disclosure of US 2 874 835 shows that polyethylene is preferred plastic material, its in press punching press to form the hole.This example has been instructed extra hole (hole), and the end of the handle of elongation can insert by extra hole subsequently.The load carriage-being stretched exceeds its elastic limit for these plastic films-be commonly called.That is to say that hole size will and then be drawn into the shape (according to US 4 250 682 (ITW)) with the shape complementarity of container.After container is removed from load, can not reuse because of permanent tensile deformation at the application process load that is used for packing purpose.
The load carriage is polyethylene normally, and has 500 μ m or bigger thickness in the example in the early time, although for the load of using the edge, thickness is 400 μ m or bigger normally.
Make plastic film can close with the edge joint of jar required power be sizable and, certainly, the problem when being used for that container package big power together caused each jar of customer's access.GB 1 200 807 (ITW) introduces slit in the hole, but the power of using remains sizable, because hole " significantly less than the diameter of jar, the load film will be assembled with jar " and therefore still stretch and exceed elastic limit of materials.
US 2 997 169 has instructed the solution to this problem of tearing fin 72b by comprising; According to Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b, the precharge member relevant with tab portion can be torn plastics and keep film, and this is considered to easier than the edge that orders about around the plastic film of drawn jar.Jar diameter bigger than the diameter in hole, and correspondingly, stretchable holes and to make contiguous material deformation be frustoconical shape is kept to stop in the taking-up of going up in the opposite direction with the side that inserts them thus jar powerfully.
US 2 936 070 has instructed also another patent, and the instruction of this patent is to be used to solve such plastics load, and it provides and is not subject to make jar grip portion of the influence of loss by distortion and curvilinear movement.With reference to Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b, upwards order about elastomeric flexible grips 28 (in packaging process when plastic film be placed on many jar on the time), handgrip determines that by root 30 this root 30 partly is defined as the internal edge part in hole.Fig. 3 b and Fig. 3 c have shown instruction from existing retainer with lateral plan, and wherein circular crenulation 28 is clearly visible.US 2 936 070 has stated the diameter of root diameter (RD) less than jar particularly, and still sizable tensile force is applied to plastic material in the process that with material extending is frustum of a cone near root, and almost cylindrical configuration is shown among Fig. 3 c.Describe and also disclose " load can with sizable facility by suitable number jar on downward simply punching press load and assembled with jar.Jar enters the hole with cam driven, the deflection handgrip simply .... jar can be firmly grasped by the following handgrip of the crimping that abuts against jar powerfully thus ".In fact, stamping press will be sizable.
Development in addition comprises different changes: a suggestion about the article load is to be formed from tubes, this pipe alternately splits from side to side in the mode of the connecting bridge that does not split that keeps the follow-up relative edge who replaces, and the continuous part of pipe can relative to each other be folded into common sides substantially and is used to admit the article that are handled upside down thus.For economical with materials, common hope is made tube wall thin as far as possible, meets desired intensity and durability.Therefore, up to now, in the structure of this proposition, the article of the next-door neighbour in the packing only the double thickness of the material by relative thin in the regional each interval that contacts with load.Find that for many purposes, such is not enough at interval because in practice Jin Lin article such as bottle or jar each other friction so that accordingly the surface may produce cut or otherwise sustain damage.For example, as usual, by photoetching or other means mark or other are decorated design and are applied to beverage can, and if allow jar exceedingly rub together such as in transportation when making packing stand continuous motion or vibrating, this mark can be damaged.US 3 924 738 provides by forming the rib device of longitudinal extension, provides the solution to this problem of separation spacing thus between jar, as shown in Figure 4.
US 3 968 621 has instructed the meshwork of extruding by formation to make load, subsequently by using roller that this meshwork is flattened to produce the perforated film of load carriage, as shown in Figure 5.
US 3 317 234 has instructed the packaging system of utilizing upper layer stampings and lower layer stampings.Being seen as reference Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b, the upper layer stampings comprise the first continuous plastic layer and comprise the second layer stampings of porose card layer that these upper layer stampings are placed on the bottle and arrange bottle.The hole of card layer is arranged to be engaged on the corresponding metal cap of Drinking bottle, and the neighboring in hole is arranged to engage with the following of metal cap, keeps the top part of bottle thus.The lower layer stampings are arranged to act on the bottle with distinctive waist in a similar fashion, and the card member of second layer stampings can engage with plastic layer around this distinctive waist, and this plastic layer is sealed the bottom part of bottle.In a similar fashion, jar keeps by substantially similar ground floor stampings and second layer stampings, the directed edge joint of the corresponding upper flange of its card member and double flange formula jar and the body of lower flange.
In phase early 1980s, in the method that the film carriage is applied to jar or analogue, exist to change.The previous form that is used for the belt bracket of circular hydrostatic column provides circular basically hole.On the contrary, the instruction that is equal to or stems from US 4 219 117 (ITW) has proposed the load carriage, and it is designed to use by the pawl of special use and cylinder machine (such as what describe among the US 4 250 682).These suggestions relate to such carriage, and it has whole bonded assembly band section, and this band section defines a jar receiving opening in longitudinal row and transverse row.Band section comprises outer longitudinally substantially section, and each outer section restriction jar receiving opening partly in the row outside.The hole of defining in this carriage is triangle/D shape substantially, be mainly used in and help carriage mechanically to place around the edge of jar, this machine applications necessitates the use of mechanical handgrip, and this handgrip stops use in this equipment in two any configurations of arranging the longitudinal rows (two-rank longitudinal rows) are provided usually.That is to say that jar attached to be arranged in juxtaposition with two jars: the use of system is restricted and can not operates reliably usually so that the jar with 3 * 3 or 3 * 4 or 4 * 4 or the like layout packing for example to be provided.
In the load carriage of diagram and description, the band section also comprises in US 4 219 117: inner segment, and it partly limits a jar receiving opening; And the section of horizontal expansion, it connects inner segment, is used for the handgrip gripping element.
In the past, the jar with littler groove diameter is compared in jar maker's introduction with the diameter of sidewall.Such jar is called as " inside constriction " jar.The jar of the inside constriction of these of up-to-date version further and has significantly reduced the ratio of groove diameter and sidewall diameter.When using carriage, define the band section of jar receiving opening and firmly grasp the frustoconical wall of jar and the lower edge of engagement groove tightly by known program.
In the jar than the inside constriction of newtype, the frustoconical wall between groove and the sidewall has defined greater than about 28 ° coning angle and has defined big to about 37 ° coning angle in some cases.When the frustoconical wall has defined such wide-angle with respect to the axis of jar, be difficult to use the load carriage, have the tendency of not expecting on the jar on the lower edge that jar is upwards slided and be shelved on groove because define the band section of jar receiving opening.This tendency is owing to above-mentioned pawl application system is enhanced.
Another problem of known system is when using very big power to use the load carriage, in use these very big power may be difficult to remove-be not only accident-especially be difficult to remove by the youngster, this causes the generation that bubbles over, because from the load band, remove the unnecessary upset that the drink jar causes inner bubbling liquid, when follow-up open jar, cause spraying or overflowing by power.
EP 0 461 748 (ITW) and EP 0 621 203 (ITW) have proposed to provide and have torn fin, and the groove that it extends up through straight wall and bevelled jar respectively makes thus to discharge and simplifies.Fin in latter's patent has the Outboard Sections of concave surface of the bar of the contiguous fin that is used for " stress elimination ".In addition, these files all relate to the use of thick relatively (greater than 400 μ m) load carriage, and these load carriages that center on jar in placement are stretched and exceed its elastic limit.Yet the load carriage of these types is not adopted widely.
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The present invention attempts to overcome at least one problem relevant with prior art.Especially, specifically described hereinafter the present invention attempts to provide and utilizes the plastics load bracket piece that comprises the film plastics to make up and the machine and the technology of packing container such as jar and bottle, does not need very big tensile force to realize attached (" modularity (unitising) " of so-called container) of some containers in six packings or similar littler or bigger packing thus.
This purpose is attainable by using application roll, and this application roll is configured to will to have progressively the load bracket piece film of appropriate bore to promote on the edge that is accumulated in together with the continuous container that is used for modularity.Application roll cooperates with container top edge (crimping, groove or edge) with the internal edge in the hole of the load bracket piece that will comprise plastic film partly locatees and brings to top edge, and this marginal portion is moved be positioned under this container top edge up to whole internal holes edge under the container top edge progressively.
The load bracket piece film that appropriate bore is arranged in different embodiments is patent application GB 2 475 622 A of common pending trial and the theme of WO 2,011 061 518, and these applications are incorporated in view of the above by reference.
Term load, load carriage, load sheet (carrier sheet) and retention tab can be used at this convertibly so that describe different aspect of the present invention, and be meant the flexible load that comprises plastic film, it is adapted to pass through more specifically described hereinafter method and packs, especially, do not need to use separation or the stretcher that in routine is used, is used for packing container, do not need to use the tensile force of the elastic deformation limit that will exceed the plastic sheet material yet.
Particularly, it should be noted that being used for making load to stretch with container in application roll pawl, the handgrip (finger) that separates or the prior art that needs are expanded that is suitable for promotion load carriage on the container of accumulation according to the present invention cooperates required similar effector.More properly, according to the present invention, when handling the container unit that porose load or retention tab make a plurality of accumulations, make the container of roller and accumulation make that side by side the internal edge in the hole of porose load sheet partly is bonded under the edge at the first make contact place when roller rotates with respect to the edge of container.Afterwards, the remainder at edge that roller promotes the hole with dislocation (ease) lightly on the edge, so that the marginal portion on the load sheet is pushed under the edge progressively under the edge of whole bore edges at container.
According to a first aspect of the invention, provide the machine that the carried in containers thing is applied to container by roller.
The configuration of load carriage, especially hole configuration make and to cooperate in conjunction with roller application process and container top edge for example jar that initial plane load carriage is configured as centering on the 3-d modelling of jar again.
Formation comprises the plastic film material by the load carriage of the carried in containers thing of machine application, it has and is used for a plurality of holes that a plurality of containers are kept together, the hole is arranged and continuously at first direction at least, normally extend on the machine direction, be used for as using from the continuous band of the reel (reel) of all porose as described above plastic films of supply system.Suitably, the hole has center and peripheral, and the edge that wherein defines the hole has the geometry that comprises in the face of a plurality of fins (tab) at center, and fin is separated by groove, and groove comprises root at out of center maximum of points place; Wherein the innermost edge of fin and root lay respectively on first circumference and second circumference with respect to the center, and second circumference is equal to or greater than the crimping circumference of container; When the configuration in hole made and to place around container, along with the plastic film around container is pushed down and plastic film flexibly forms three-dimensional wavy form structure around container, the edge of fin engaged with the described crimping of such container.
The load film preferably utilizes by the following group of forming and makes: polyolefin plastics such as polyethylene and polythene derivative such as copolymer and addition polymer or blend polymer comprise other plastic material with similar mechanical characteristics that reclaims plastics but can use.The load film can advantageously be made by thinner plastic film, for example, is made by the plastic film of the about 350 μ m thickness of as many as.Plastic film at least about 50 to 75 μ m can be used to some containers, and normally the plastic film of the about 100 μ m of as many as will be suitable for the container of many types.For optimum performance of the present invention, the load carriage can be made by plastic film fully, but do not get rid of the laminated product that comprises described film and another kind of material, it is flexible to allow the roller application of load carriage on container as described herein that this another kind material does not suppress.Similarly, can use the paper tinsel of not using any coating, mark, sign, chromatograph or the application disturbed mutually with roller.
Load plastics fenestra can be determined size to be fit to around the jar with cylindrical wall.Load plastics fenestra can be determined size to be fit to the jar around groove that reduces or constriction.Load plastics fenestra can be determined size to be fit to the neck crimping on every side around bottle.Therefore, make load film pore-forming so that be formed for will modularity or the container engagement portion branch of each container of many packings.Machine can accept to comprise the carriage of the single row or multiple rows perforated film of certain-length.
After this plastic film is pushed on the top of container, can observe, meet the neck of container to previous flat plastic membrane portions or under the groove part of container, and other parts form groove so that all the flat plastic film is transformed into running surface with desired use, and this running surface extends between the container that comes modularity by film.
Machine also comprises the conveyer system that is used for transfer cask, and it can be usually known type; Conveyer is operable as supply for receptacles to the accumulation position; And the container band of accumulation is used for the porose load of for example aforementioned load carriage or the application of retention tab to using the station.Machine uses roller that porose load or retention tab are pushed on the container of the accumulation of using the place, station.Roller is admitted porose load or the retention tab from supply system.
Be used for porose plastic film be pushed to roller on the container of accumulation can have improved surface configuration with the process on the container that porose plastic film is pushed to accumulation or afterwards with a certain amount of force applications to porose plastic film.This guarantee following aspect in can have benefit: when roller during with respect to the motion of the container of continuous accumulation, suitably locate with respect to the edge of container in each hole, makes the edge in hole always be pushed under the edge of cell therefor.Particularly, roller can have the pillar or the rib of protrusion such as space, and it is positioned at joined web between the hole of the porose load of plastic film or retention tab.
Eligibly, conveyer and roller are arranged to cooperate jointly with supply system, make when the conveyer mobile containers, and the edge of container is brought to the load carriage of porose plastic sheet, and the inner tab edge in hole can be near the lower edge of the crimping of container thus.Simultaneously, under the continuous promotion campaign of movable roller, the load carriage of porose plastic film is pushed on the edge of accumulation container of conveying.Particularly, the effect that promotes roller when using porose plastic film is to make the lateral edges in hole flexibly depart from the limit around the container crimping at the edge that defines container, up to the internal edge adjacent edge edge relative with first jointing edge hole the hole.At that time, the impetus of roller causes the internal edge at the described relative inner tab edge in hole to engage with the following of edge, and is thus that porose film and jar is fixing.
Eligibly, before bringing to the application station, conveyer moves to the accumulation position with container.Eligibly, the container that conveyer will have the plastic film of application moves to cutter sweep, and described cutter sweep is operable as and can produces suitable packing size, can realize the separation of the container package of modularity thus.
Eligibly, provide the sheet supply axle of a plurality of co-operate, thus, provide sheet without interruption to roller, with the seamless link of the sheet realizing separating so that the actv. continuous handling of system to be provided.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide and utilized machine and porose plastic film to make for example method of jar modularity of container, this method also comprises the steps: to admit jar; Promote the internal edge of the fin in hole towards the lower recess edge of jar; The fin of the adjacent side in hole is displaced on the corresponding edge part of jar, up to the internal edge adjacent edge edge relative with first jointing edge hole the hole lightly; And, the internal edge of last fin was engaged with the following of edge, thus that porose film and jar is fixing.
Being suitable for load carriage in machine of the present invention and the method is provided with and is used for a plurality of holes that a plurality of containers are kept together, the load carriage comprises the plastic film material with a plurality of holes, these holes for example are arranged to the series on first direction at least, its mesopore comprises a plurality of handgrips or the wing members of being separated by groove, and the hole has the center; Wherein on the innermost edge of handgrip element or most advanced and sophisticated first circumference that is positioned at respect to the center, and the bottom of groove is positioned on second circumference with respect to the center, and second circumference is equal to or greater than the circumference of container; Wherein along with groove is promoted downwards and outwards, the edge of handgrip operationally engages with the crimping of container; Groove is operable as and allows film flexibly to be out of shape when placing and can make film take three-dimensional structure.Though the present invention needs at least three handgrips or fin, but find, owing to allow the film upward movement of adjacent grooves by the power of handgrip from groove, between contiguous container, produce rough wave effect or running surface thus, so be favourable in (fin) hole of four handgrips aspect the packing of product.The three-dimensional structure that film is taked is similar with the monocoque of vehicle on effect; Because the intensity of the carriage of the wave shape that contacts with container greater than other flexible material be pushed for intensity before container contacts.
The applicant is definite, and during such as the groove of beverage can, material is with downward direction deflection below fin or handgrip are run into the crimping of container.Because contact is discontinuous, this makes in material to produce and acts on fin or handgrip and impel their to keep the three-dimensional wave that contacts with container.In the corner of sheet (for example under the situation of four packings), the otch in the knock hole (cut out) relatively because there is not downward power, only acts on the side force that the effect of groove applies by handgrip, material is ordered about enters the top, contributes rough wave effect at it from jar point place farthest.This combination on rough wave effect and top also stops handgrip to leave below groove and guarantees that container is firmly held.
Porose material can be determined size to be fit to around traditional jar with cylindrical shape wall such as traditional baked bean jar (for example, 307 * 512US CMI).Porose film can be determined size to be fit to the jar around inside constriction, and as (2011) that produce in the beverage industry usually at present, it is one of following type (overall dimension is an approximate value) 330ml in Europe,
Highly; 440ml,
Highly; 500ml (～16 fluid ounce US)
Highly.
The size of introducing the another kind of 250ml jar of professional beverage such as so-called energy drink also be slightly constriction and be approximately
Highly.
Because treat these size differences of the container of modularity when different times, machine of the present invention can be equipped with control apparatus, be used to change the relative positioning of application roll with respect to the container that is transferred and accumulates between the packing operation of different vessels.
Porose film also can be determined size with suitable bottle around the ridge constriction, and the crimping that wherein centers on the neck of bottle can act on the groove or the crimping of jar in a similar fashion.
The hole can similar cardinal principle square shape (four limits are arc) hole, wherein fin comprises outward extending slightly arc.For the container that is generally used for beverage, other how arc hole is fine, yet the number of fin is less than ten.
Be used for the load carriage of plastic film that comprises of the present invention and can comprise whole bonded assembly band section, this band section defines a jar receiving opening in longitudinal row and transverse row.Can there be the mono-longitudinal row.The band section comprises outer longitudinally substantially section, and each outer section partly limits a jar receiving opening in the row outside.In application, load carriage or film can be set to volume, are used for being used in the method for using this product with the form of volume, eligibly with usually but be not the wide multi-route forms of 6 routes uniquely.Sheet material is supplied to volume and goes up and supply in the applied for machines with approximately continuous action, and this moment, it was divided into the packing size of needs again in machine, for example 4 packings, 6 packings etc.
The method that film is rolled to the top of container is utilized the downward pressure of roller, along with container process in its lower section, with the mutual action by film and container mildly flexibly shaped material so that realize above-mentioned promptly effect and the three-dimensional transformation of sheet material.Therefore, roller also has following effect on the container that film is pushed to accumulation that will modularity the time, promotes the performance of film by the particular configuration that promotes to adopt.
Particularly, as the direct result that acts on the different power on the material, plastic film defines 3D shape after being applied to a plurality of containers, increases the inherent strength of resulting product thus.As the direct result of applied film strength increase (with the form of three-dimensional), can realize the grade (grade) of membrane material and the reduction of thickness: because of the raw MAT'L that needs still less, so cost can reduce.Further, because machine does not need to apply great power and realizes that material engages with container, the technical requirements of packaging plant can reduce, and has reduced cost once more.Can realize total significant energy saving by the present invention.
Also have other advantage to be, because machine be not huge and can do not use big gripper/hand (as in industry, use at present-it has hindered the function of the gripper/hand of positioned adjacent) situation under use, some packing streams can place simply with configuration side by side-even can make 12-hole row.
Therefore, the present invention has utilized the physical property of apertured plastic film material, thus, astoundingly, container such as beverage can be kept by the sheet of following thickness, this thickness is greatly reduced with respect to the thickness of the sheet on the edge that is placed on container of institute's widespread use so far, thus, below edge, a plurality of internal edges adjacent side that the inner circumferential in hole defines, inner circumferential is less than the circumference of jar under free state, because around the discontinuous circumferential contact at described edge, sheet material is thus to provide the three dimensional form of stability and intensity to meet to container and film combination under the edge.Especially, three dimensional form provides much larger than the intensity of utilizing the attainable intensity of standard film.As the direct result of the intensity of its increase, the material of selection can be selected at price and availability rather than at quality itself.
Above advantage and other advantage can realize purpose of the present invention.
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To with reference to load carriage that shows prior art and the accompanying drawing of embodiment of the present invention embodiment preferred more of the present invention be described by the mode of embodiment now, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 a-Fig. 1 c has shown first example of known load carriage;
Fig. 2 a, Fig. 2 b have shown second example of known load carriage;
Fig. 3 a-Fig. 3 c has shown the 3rd example of known load carriage;
Fig. 4 has shown the carried in containers thing of the band that comprises material;
Fig. 5 has shown the container holder of another prior art;
Fig. 6 a, Fig. 6 b have shown card and plastic lamination product holding device;
Fig. 7 a-Fig. 7 e has shown the example of the current load carriage that generally uses;
Fig. 8 a-Fig. 8 c shown film with and in use first embodiment;
Fig. 9 has shown second embodiment;
Figure 10 has shown the 3rd embodiment;
Figure 11 has shown another embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 11 a has shown its version, and Figure 11 b-11d has shown the version of Figure 11 a in use;
Step in the each side of Figure 12,12a-12f detailed description technique for applying;
Figure 13 a and Figure 13 b have shown packaging facilities with planar view and lateral plan;
Figure 14 has shown the lateral plan of application cylinder according to a further aspect in the invention; And,
Figure 15-Figure 20 has shown the jar that utilizes another example elementization of the present invention.
Detailed description of the preferred embodiments
Now will be only by the mode of embodiment describe the contriver current think be used to implement best mode of the present invention.In the following description, having set forth many details understands of the present invention fully to provide.It will be tangible to those skilled in the art that the present invention can utilize the version of details to implement.
The load carriage that is used for the modularity container
Now with reference to first embodiment shown in Fig. 8 a-Fig. 8 c the present invention is described.Fig. 8 a and Fig. 8 b have shown first transparent view and second transparent view of the layout of five beer cans that kept by the plastic film carriage with six container holes.
In Fig. 8 c, shown plastic film with planar view.Each hole 80a is a square substantially, operationally is arranged as the cylindrical part of admitting the circle of container by it, wherein four handgrips or fin 81,82,83 and 84 breach or groove extensions from having the mesh element that is connected contiguous handgrip or fin.Groove is in slightly the radius greater than the radius of container, and film is designed to keep around this radius of container.The tip of handgrip or fin promptly, will eligibly curve inwardly slightly in abutting connection with the part of the edge or the groove of jar.In fact, in order the most closely to cooperate around container, arc is corresponding to the arc that has with the circumference of the corresponding radius of radius of container, and it orientates the edge or the groove of direct adjacent vessel as, shape is considered the following fact: in view of the elasticity of the plastic film that is utilized, film will be taked wavy shape.Though it should be noted that the elastic performance that has utilized film, not near elastic limit of materials.
In use, the load carriage is provided with and is used for many holes that many containers are kept together, and carriage comprises the thin plastic material, and this thin plastic material has many holes of arranging on first direction at least.The hole comprises a plurality of fins or the handgrip element that is separated by groove, and the hole has the center.The tip of handgrip element is positioned on first circumference with respect to the center, and the bottom of groove (decentering of groove farthest that part of) be positioned on second circumference with respect to the center, and second circumference is equal to or greater than the circumference of container.In use, the tip of handgrip engages with the crimping of container, and as direct result, because groove is the part of same film, so groove is promoted downwards and outwards.In doing so, groove promotes film flexibly being out of shape when placing, and can make film take three-dimensional structure.Though the number of fin or handgrip can upwards change from three, but find, owing to allow the film upward movement of adjacent grooves by the power of handgrip from groove, producing rough wave effect thus, is favourable in four holes (perhaps can operate to realize a plurality of handgrip equivalents of identical effect) that have handgrip aspect the packing of product therefore.The three-dimensional structure that film is taked is similar to the structure type of vehicle in making in many aspects, that is, structure is a monocoque, and wherein the bulk strength of finished film is greater than the bulk strength of intrinsic flexible material.
Specifically with reference to Fig. 8 c, film 80 is provided with hole 81, and the hole is defined by handgrip 82-85.A hole 81 will be discussed now; Distance between the center of the handgrip that opposite face is right approximately is that the hole will be around 90% of the diameter of its osed top container part, and the distance between the relative groove is corresponding to 110% of described diameter.As can seeing with further reference to Fig. 8 a and Fig. 8 b, handgrip 82-85 is in abutting connection with the bottom part at the groove or the edge of jar, and film close follow the inside neck down portions of container.Be not to utilize the elasticity of material that container is held, film according to the present invention takes three-dimensional geometrical structure form, this three-dimensional geometrical structure form to make the shape of film that the layout of relative rigidity can be provided thus when using by rolling as described herein.In fact, not to utilize the high-quality new plastic film of preferred thickness in the scope of 400-500 μ m, according to applied container, purpose is that the present invention can utilize the about 350 μ m of thickness or even littler for example about 100 μ m or littler recovery plastic film by using thinner material to use as far as possible little weight.What realize is, approximately is two grams though be used for the weight of the single perforated films of six packings,, in the whole world, the plastics of several kilotons are used to utilize in the manufacturing of container of film.The amount of plastics reduce 25% or more running costs of any tinning factory that will make significantly reduce.In addition, this area (for example EP1038791) is known that because client's view makes any bending of horizontal net drop to minimum; Think smooth horizontal net pleasant more from the aesthstic angle.
As will be understood, the existing system that is used to connect container is more closely near the elastic deformation limit of plastic material.In fact, at US-A-4, in the device shown in 250,682, shown the machine that engages the load band and load band and a plurality of article that move to it with close relation are assembled.US-4,250, device in 682 has the swing roller that has the load tensile member, and the load tensile member is used for the load band is engaged, stretches and is positioned on the top of the article that move under it, makes the load material remain under the groove of article.Similarly, stated that in another instruction (EP0456357) load band conjugative component is used to be used in the load that engages with the article stack-mounted and is out of shape with flexibility.
Because salvage material more may have impurity and other shortcoming, these can damage the intensity of the material that stretches to elastic limit, and industry can not accepted such material before, has increased the financial burden in the packaging industry.The present invention not only provides and has used than having raw MAT'L that solution lacks and the solution that meets " environmental friendliness " more now, and in fact is used for raw MAT'L of the present invention and can comprises salvage material or have significant salvage material content at least.
Packing (modularity) method
Program according to the application of perforated film of the present invention can eligibly constitute by many methods.Describe current preferable methods with reference to Fig. 8 c, for convenience's sake, this method is assumed to be from a right side admittance jar (not shown); The internal edge of the handgrip 84 in hole is promoted to the lower recess of jar (upper edge along); On the corresponding edge part that then handgrip 81,83 of the adjacent side in hole is displaced in lightly jar, up to the internal edge adjacent edge edge relative hole with first jointing edge hole, so the pressure that continues can make the internal edge of the handgrip 82 in last hole engage with the following of edge, thereby can make perforated film simple, safe and engage securely.To understand, because do not need sizable power that the hole can be arranged on the container, machine does not need so hugely so, and three or more containers can easily be kept by film according to the present invention; Previous system can not utilize in such as the technology of rapid movement manufacturing line reliably more than two containers.
Though first example is a square hole, will be appreciated that the hole that three handgrips of cardinal principle that comprise equilateral substantially triangle configuration can be set, and the design of the bottom line handgrip with maintenance safety will be provided.To understand, configurable many polygon forms of operating according to the present invention, though the hole on four limits of rule may be easy to more generally accepted.The container that can keep other cylinder form; What may be fit to is, every hole has five, six or more a plurality of handgrip or fin.Discovery is for big domestic container, and ten is suitable number.
Referring now to Fig. 9, shown the part of film 90 with six holes side by side, hole 91 has the quadrangle form of second rule.When container was kept by film, other hole or slit 92 are determined size with circular port 93 and monocoque film shape is kept with help in the location.Circular open 93 can be formed by different shapes and can be replaced by tight spacing many less hole together eligibly.In this film, the shape in hole and position are to make that the groove between the handgrip is corresponding with the angle of curved side, and the distance between the relative groove approximately is a container at 110% of the diameter of edge.
Figure 10 has shown another part of film 100, and it has square hole 101 substantially, and hole 101 has the handgrip 102-105 that is separated by sulculus 106-109.Groove moves significantly with respect to the groove of Fig. 9 and Figure 11, but can have other shape according to do not introduce the requirement of tearing in film.In addition, the distance between the relative groove is a container at about 110% of the diameter of edge.Figure 11 has shown another embodiment, and wherein each side of square hole comprises different circular cross-section 111-114 substantially; Groove can be considered to be present in the center of contiguous circular arc 115-118.Figure 11 a has shown arc quadrangle design-calculated version, and wherein foursquare basically hole concurs with the wing members with arc fin of inwardly facing.Figure 11 b-11d has shown the version of Figure 11 a in use.
Significant advantage of the present invention only need to be the mechanical characteristics of material enough to keep jar by force, and stretches without undergoing the harshness and the height of the standard application technology that runs in the prior art.This not only has significant advantage (operating effort of reduction causes the less abrasion of applied for machines and therefore further reduced running cost) in manufacturing process, and can utilize more cheap plastics to be used.In fact, can use reclaim plastics such as rudimentary consumption after refuse (for example, low density polyethylene (LDPE)-LDPE), it also satisfies the long-term demand of market demands, because basic consumable material is more cheap.As discussed above, in view of material does not need to be stretched to the special limit, the thickness of basic product also can reduce, that is, thickness can be 300 μ m (or littler): the problem whether impurity exists is unessential.Under stress-free conditions for previous system the preferred thickness of this carriage from about 16 Mills (400 μ m) to the scope of about 17.5 Mills (445 μ m).The present invention allow to utilize can with far away than the high quality material of regulation more remunerative price buy the raw MAT'L that obtains.
Preferred application process utilizes simple roller in application process, as disclosed in detail hereinafter; Simple machine can be used in the process industry; As with to its elastic limit or surpass the direct result that the system of its elastic limit stretched plastic compares owing to do not use great tensile force, it is minimum that throw of lever and/or hydraulic operation are dropped to, and the intensity of machine needs not to be great.The use of simpler and more cheap machine also will make system be operated by less manufacturing enterprise, and therefore widen market.
Figure 12 a-Figure 12 f has shown that the edge in the hole that does not stretch is superimposed upon on the crimping 126 of container 122.Figure 12 a has shown with how utilizing the carriage according to porose plastic sheet of the present invention keeps the first relevant applying step of many containers.The inner tab edge 121 in hole is near the lower edge of the crimping 126 of container.Figure 12 b shown about porose plastic sheet carriage 100, application roll will be how with respect to the direction container rotation of process below perpendicular to roll axis.Roller is not shown, but shows that carriage has arc profile, and will discuss in further detail about following machine.
When roller continues when mobile, with reference to Figure 12 c and Figure 12 d, the lateral edges 123 and 125 in hole flexibly departs from the limit around container crimping 126.To understand, this figure is the part cross-sectional plane on plane of crimping 126 and jars 122 part side perspective view.From the application of force AF of central role of application roll is quite soft, does not exist the stretched plastic sheet material to exceed the power of its elastic limit.Figure 12 e and Figure 12 f have shown the corresponding planar view and the lateral plan of technique for applying, and be as directed, and edge 127 is admitted by the edge 126 of container, and application roll is shown as container through under the axis of roller.
As discussed above, the power required in view of assembling vessel reduces, and system power supply requires and will reduce, and expenditure of energy will reduce.For example, with 6-12 row width film is applied to container by making system, package station can become compacter then, and simplifies and distribute, because the form of big width has avoided shifting the demand of packing after the application that is ready to pallet packing technology.Also additional advantage with operation width of broad is to reduce the bulk velocity of machine.Compare with 2-package assembling system, operating speed be this 2-package assembling system speed 1/3rd to sixth.This will have the advantage of coexistence of the cost of used life, reliability (be expensive downtime) and conveyer, driving engine and fastening.Similarly, the demand of material will reduce, and also allows to use more rudimentary material.
The packaging plant that comprises the modularity machine
With reference to Figure 13 a and Figure 13 b, shown to be used to transport soft drink can 139 or the similarly planar view and the lateral plan of other standard conveyer system 130 of the container of form.Particularly, with reference to Figure 13 b, jar 139 supplies to accumulation position 134 (advancing) along conveyer on by arrow 138 indicated directions.In the accumulation position, when the application of the porose retention tab of preparing to be undertaken by the roller 132 from sheet supply system 133 admittance sheets 110, container very closely relies on each other.Can produce suitable packing measurement being labeled as the cutter sweep of controlling between 136 the unit.With reference to Figure 13 b, sheet supply axle 135 can with other axle (not shown) co-operate so that sheet without interruption to roller 132 to be provided.Just as is known, the seamless link that can carry out sheet separately is with the continuous operation of the actv. that system is provided, or the subcontinuous at least operation of system.
Figure 14 has shown corresponding lateral plan and the detailed view that application cylinder and manufacturing line conveyer are arranged.Figure 16-Figure 20 has shown the jar that utilizes according to another example elementization of load carriage of the present invention.
The application cylinder that promotes the load carriage when making container unit can have a plurality of pillar protrusions, these pillar protrusions be configured to load bracket piece mutual action be beneficial to suitably to descend on the load carriage pressure and help flexibly to form the three-dimensional structure of load carriage around the upper member of container.
To understand,, in production-line technique, increase changeability because container can utilize known technology differently to pack different lines with the wide line of 6+ (wide line) layout so.In addition, utilize the suitable fluting can be across other products (trade mark), the balance demand for other engines/systems be a N/R thus.The load carriage is for example formed such as low density polyethylene (LDPE) by the monolithic elastic polymeric material by die-cut.Known load carriage is formed such as low density polyethylene (LDPE) by high-quality plastic sheet.
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1. one kind is used for by using roller (132) the container unit film to be applied to the machine of container, described container unit film comprises having the plastic sheet material (80) that is used for a plurality of holes (80a) that a plurality of containers are kept together, described hole extends upward in first party at least, wherein said hole has the center, and the edge that wherein defines described hole has the geometry that comprises in the face of a plurality of fins (81-84) at described center, described fin is defined by the innermost edge that is separated by groove (85-88), and described groove defines root at the maximum of points place from described center; Wherein said innermost edge and described root lay respectively on first circumference and second circumference with respect to described center, and described second circumference is equal to or greater than the crimping circumference of container; The configuration in described hole makes when placing around container, along with described groove downwards and is outwards promoted and described porose sheet material (80) flexibly forms three-dimensional structure, the described innermost edge of described fin engages with the described crimping of such container, and wherein said machine comprises the conveyer system (130) that is used for transfer cask; Described conveyer system is operable as to be carried described supply for receptacles with described container to accumulating position (134) and being operable as to using the station, described application station comprises the described roller (132) that is used for described porose sheet is applied to described container, in use described roller is admitted porose sheet material and described porose sheet material is pushed to described container from supply system (133) and makes each container be received within the hole, and described thus sheet material forms described three-dimensional structure.
2. machine according to claim 1, wherein said conveyer and described roller are positioned and are operable as and make when described conveyer moves described container, the edge of described container is brought to carriage (Figure 12 a of porose plastics, Figure 12 b), and the inner tab edge (121) in described hole is near the lower edge of the crimping (126) of described container, and when described roller continues (Figure 12 c when mobile, Figure 12 d), the lateral edges (123 in described hole, 125) flexibly depart from limit around described container crimping (126), be close to described edge and cause the internal edge at the described inner tab edge in described hole below described edge, to engage (Figure 12 e up to the internal edge relative described hole with first jointing edge described hole, Figure 12 f), on described jar, fix described porose film thus.
3. machine according to claim 1 and 2, wherein before bringing to described application station, described conveyer moves to accumulation position (134) with described container.
4. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 3, wherein have cutter sweep, described cutter sweep is operable as and can produces suitable packing measurement.
5. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 4, the sheet supply axle (135) of a plurality of co-operate wherein is set, so as to sheet without interruption to described roller (132) is provided, with the seamless link of the sheet realizing separating so that the actv. continuous handling of described system to be provided.
6. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 5, wherein said load film is by comprising that following group makes: polyethylene, polythene derivative and the plastic material with similar mechanical characteristics.
7. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 6, wherein said load film is the plastic film of thickness less than about 350 μ m.
8. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said load fenestra is determined size to be fit to around the jar with cylindrical wall.
9. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said load fenestra is determined size to be fit to the jar around groove that reduces or constriction.
10. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said load fenestra is determined size to be fit to the neck crimping on every side around bottle.
11. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 10, wherein said carriage comprises the single porose film of certain-length.
12. according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 10, wherein said carriage comprises the porose film of many rows of certain-length.
13. a utilization makes for example method of jar modularity of container according to each described machine in the claim 1 to 12, may further comprise the steps:
Admit jar;
Promote the internal edge of the fin (84) in hole towards described jar lower recess edge;
The fin (81,83) of the adjacent side in described hole is displaced in lightly on described jar the corresponding edge part, up to the contiguous described edge of the described internal edge relative described hole with first jointing edge described hole; And,
The internal edge of last fin (82) is engaged, so as to described porose film and described jar is fixing with the following of described edge.
14. method according to claim 13, wherein realize the dislocation of the fin of the promotion of internal edge of fin and adjacent side by the application roll (132) of using described machine, described roller cooperates with described container top edge (crimping, groove or edge) described top edge is partly located and brought to the internal edge in the hole of described load bracket piece film and described marginal portion is moved under described container top edge progressively, is positioned under the described container top edge up to whole internal holes edge.
15. be used for the container unit film is applied to the device of container, it is described with reference to Figure 13 a in the accompanying drawing, Figure 13 b and Figure 14 in fact as mentioned, and as Figure 13 a, Figure 13 b and shown in Figure 14.
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