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Abstract
A method for packaging products utilizes a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system in combination with a vertical loading system. The packaging method includes creating product receiving cavities in a lower film, directly vertically stacking products in the product receiving cavities and then sealing the vertically stacked products in the cavities with an upper film to form product pouches. In one embodiment of the invention, a product fill station of the HFFS system is advantageously defined by a shaped packer including a stamping unit for directly vertically stacking the products. In another embodiment, a vertical lift and feed mechanism is employed to vertically stack the products in the receiving cavities.
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- The present invention claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/229,316 entitled “HFFS PACKAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERATED DOUGH” filed Jul. 29, 2009.
- The invention pertains to the art of packaging and, more particularly, to packaging refrigerated dough in a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system utilizing direct vertical product loading.
- It is common to package a refrigerated dough product in a canister of a fixed volume formed from composite paperboard which is spirally wound into a cylinder, with the refrigerated dough product being further proofed in the canister. In one known system, a packer is used to cut hexagonal shaped dough pieces, such as biscuits, from a sheet of dough and direct the dough pieces into respective canisters traveling below the packer. This overall process can be used to effectively stack multiple dough pieces, such as 4-10 biscuits, in a single, substantially continuously indexed container at a high rate. However, packaging products in cardboard is actually, relatively expensive and, at least in connection with products having a small profit margin, can be cost prohibitive.
- Mainly because of cost efficiencies and packaging versatility, vertical and horizontal form, fill and seal packaging systems have become increasingly popular, particularly in the food industry. While vertical form, fill and seal systems have mainly been limited for use in connection with making sealed bags, such as potato chip and other types of snack bags, horizontal form, fill and seal packaging systems are considered to be much more versatile, yet scarcely employed. By way of example, it is known to utilize a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system to create product cavities or pouches in a lower film, fill the pouches with frozen dough products and seal the products in the pouches with an upper film. Prior to fully sealing the pouches, a vacuum is typically drawn in order to reduce the available headspace of the package. Although evacuating the headspace is appropriate for frozen dough products, employing a vacuum on a refrigerated dough product would inherently destroy nucleation sites for leavener in the dough and, consequently, the overall product.
- Although the above discussion exemplifies disadvantages with utilizing an HFFS system with refrigerated dough products, HFFS systems have been employed in packaging other types of food products, including a single package containing a meal of meat, cheese and crackers. At least one major problem associated with the known uses of HFFS systems in packing refrigerated products is that the products are fully formed at one process location and loaded into the package at another process location in a non-continuous fashion. Using the product example given above, each of the meat, cheese and cracker products are formed at distinct locations and often shipped separately to a packing plant. There, a receiving package is formed and directed to distinct operating stations for loading. After each product loading has been completed, the package can be sealed.
- Certainly, the many advantages of utilizing HFFS systems make them enticing to employ. However, these advantages have mostly been outweighed by their disadvantages, at least with respect to particular products and loading constrictions. In particular, there has not heretofore been proposed a way to integrate a HFFS system to be used in efficiently mass producing and concurrently, vertically packaging refrigerated dough products. To this end, there is seen to still exist a need for new ways of packaging refrigerated dough products that can take advantage of the benefits of HFFS systems while avoiding known system drawbacks.
- The invention is directed to a method for packaging refrigerated dough products utilizing a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system wherein the products are cut and directly stacked into flexible pouches. According to the invention, the packaging method includes creating product receiving cavities in a lower film, directly vertically stacking products in the product receiving cavities and then sealing the vertically stacked products in the cavities with an upper film to form product pouches. In one embodiment of the invention, a product fill station of the HFFS system is advantageously defined by a hexagonal or other shaped packer including a stamping unit for both cutting and directly vertically stacking the products in one operation. In another embodiment, a vertical lift and feed mechanism is employed to vertically stack the products in the receiving cavities.
- Additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts in the several views.
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system in accordance with the invention. -
FIG. 2A is a top view of a packaging strip produced in accordance with the invention. -
FIG. 2B is side view of the packaging strip ofFIG. 2A . -
FIG. 3A is a top view of a single package cut from the packaging strip ofFIG. 2A . -
FIG. 3B is a side view of the package ofFIG. 3A . -
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of a shaped packer employed in the HFFS system ofFIG. 1 . - With initial reference to
FIG. 1 , a horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) system employed in connection with the packaging method of the invention is generally indicated at 2. As shown, system 2 has associated therewith a first or lower film 5 which runs from apayout reel 7 in the direction of arrow A to a take-up reel 8. As will become more fully evident below, the majority of film 5 is used in connection with packaging products in accordance with the invention and take-up reel 8 receives the left over or scrap film. In one form of the invention, take-up reel 8 merely receives lateral edge portions of lower film 5, such as an inch (approximately 2.54 cm) or less of either side of film 5 while the remainder of the film 5 is employed in the final package. In any case, lower film 5 is first directed to aheating station 10 and is directed between upper andlower heating units heating station 10 can employ various types ofheater units thermoforming station 18. Inthermoforming station 18, athermoforming unit 19 is employed to produceproduct cavities 20 in lower film 5. To this end,thermoforming unit 19 includes alower cavity mold 21 having amain body 22 formed withrecessed cavities 23. Alinear actuator 24 is connected tomain body 22 and designed to vertically shiftmain body 22 during the forming ofproduct cavities 20. For use in connection with the forming process, fluid communication lines, such as that indicated at 25, extend throughmain body 22 to recessedcavities 23. In conjunction withlower cavity mold 21,thermoforming unit 19 includes anupper cavity mold 30 which also includes amain body 31 from which extend various projection molds 32 that conform to recessedcavities 23. In a manner similar tolower cavity mold 21,upper cavity mold 30 is connected to alinear actuator 33 used to vertically shiftupper cavity mold 30 during a thermoforming operation. - In general, thermoforming devices such as that employed in connection with forming
station 18 are widely known in the art such that details thereof need not be presented here. However, for the sake of completeness, it should at least be understood that the function of formingstation 18 is to receive heated lower film 5 betweenlower cavity mold 21 andupper cavity mold 30, at which time the movement of lower film 5 is temporarily stopped and projection molds 32 are mated withrecessed cavities 23 in order to reshape lower film 5 to includeproduct cavities 20. To aid in this shaping operation,fluid communication lines 25 can be hooked to a vacuum source (not shown) in order to draw lower film 5 against recessedcavities 23, as well as to subsequently apply a positive pressure to aid in removing the formedproduct cavities 20 fromlower cavity mold 21 after the thermoforming process is complete. - Once
product cavities 20 are formed in lower film 5, lower film 5 advances to a loading or filling station generally indicated at 40. At this point, it should be noted that the invention is particularly concerned with employing a vertical loading system for fillingproduct cavities 20. To this end, althoughfilling station 40 can take various forms without departing from the invention,filling station 40 includes a vertical loading unit, such asvertical loading unit 42 including aplatform 43 from which extendvarious loading arms 44 used to transport products, such as that indicated at 46, into theindividual product cavities 20. As the vertical loading is an important part of the invention, further details thereof will be presented below after discussing other overall aspect of HFFS system 2. - After
products 46 are loaded intoproduct cavities 20, lower film 5 is advanced to a sealingstation 52. In general, the invention is not concerned with the specific manner in whichproducts 46 are sealed withinproduct cavities 20. However, as is widely known in connection with standard HFFS systems, a second orupper film 56 is drawn from apayout reel 57. After followingvarious guide rollers 63 to sealingstation 52, the remainder ofupper film 56 is directed to a take-up reel 65. At sealingstation 52,upper film 56 is sealed to lower film 5 acrossproduct cavities 20 in order to create an overall product package in the form of a flexible pouch as indicated at 68.FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate aproduct strip 69, shown constituted by adjacent,connected packages 68 each containing twostacked products 46, as present in HFFS system 2 after sealingstation 52. Thereafter, in referring back toFIG. 1 ,package 68 is directed to acutter station 72 wherein ablade element 73 is shifted vertically through the use of alinear actuator 74 against ananvil member 75 in order to cut eachpackage 68 from the overall web defined by the mated lower film 5 andupper film 56. Aftercutter station 72, each package takes the form shown inFIGS. 3A and 3B . At this point, it should be understood that the exact shape ofpackage 68, as well asproduct 46, can vary from that shown in these figures. Instead, it is only important that eachproduct receiving cavity 20 is formed, filled and sealed in an HFFS system and thatproducts 46 are vertically loaded. - As indicated above, filling
station 40 can take various forms without departing from the invention. In a simple form,vertical loading unit 42 can be constituted by a robot unit which can be shifted into or out of the page ofFIG. 1 to pick-upproducts 46, such as through the use of a suction system (not shown), and then shifts vertically overproduct cavities 20 prior to vertically depositingproducts 46 intocavities 20. In a more advanced form employed in connection withmass producing packages 68, vertically loadingunit 42 is constituted by a hexagonal or other product shaped packer assembly for both cutting and directly vertically stackingrefrigerated dough products 46. For details of this embodiment, reference is made toFIG. 4 which illustrates a shapedpacker 100 employed in HFFS system 2. As shown, a series of adjacent product strips 69 are conveyed in a first direction X and under atransport cutter plate 102. Asheet 104 of dough is directed along aconveyor 108, beneath aroller 110 and upontransport cutter plate 102 that moves in a second direction Y which is angled, more specifically perpendicular in the embodiment shown, relative to the first direction X.Transport cutter plate 102 is shown to take a generally honeycomb form, definingvarious openings 112 established by interconnecteddough cutting edges 116 arranged in a hexagonal shape. This shape is desirable as it virtually eliminates any residual dough, except perhaps at the lateral edges ofdough sheet 104. However, other shapes, such as circular or various polygon-shaped openings, could be employed. In any case,roller 110 forces thedough sheet 104 intoopenings 112 to createvarious products 46 prior topacker 100 as clearly shown in this figure. Upon reaching packer 100 (shown as a stamping unit), vertical shifting ofloading unit 42causes loading arms 44, which are aligned withrespective openings 112, to push orstamp products 46 directly vertically into respective ones of theproduct cavities 20. Thereafter, theproducts 46 will be re-directed to travel in the first direction with product strips 69. - Depending on various factors, such as the size of the
individual products 46, the dimensions oftransport cutter plate 102, the number of adjacent product strips 69 and the indexing time for first film 5 (which is basically governed by the required formation time at forming station 18), the travel speed fordough sheet 104 ontransport cutter plate 102 and the operation cycle forloading unit 42 can be readily established to provide for a generally continuous production line. By way of example, a hexagonal packer designed to generate eighty products during each cycle utilizing a cutter plate having 204 openings is operated as an intermittent machine with a consistent cycle even though dough is fed to the packer unit at a constant speed. In this instance, accommodations are made for the periodic accumulation of dough between the sheeting line and thepacker 100. This loading system is used with a HFFS system which is 24″ wide and has a 24″ index distance. The HFFS system has a dwell time of approximately 60% of a cycle for the thermoforming operation and requires approximately 40% of the cycle to advance the film. At thirty cycles per minute, one cycle would occur in two seconds, requiring 1.2 seconds to form pouches and 0.8 seconds to advance the film in preparation of the next cycle. In a main embodiment, the pouches are loaded during the dwell period. Certainly, maximizing the index distance will increase the output. That is, additional pouches can be filled during each stroke of the loader unit by increasing the width and/or length of the cutter bar in combination with adjusting the number of pouches presented for loading in each cycle. - Although described with reference to certain embodiments of the invention, it should be readily understood that various changes and/or modifications can be made to the invention without departing from the spirit thereof. For instance, the shape of the products, the configuration of the packaging and the number of vertically arranged products can be altered. In particular, a generally peanut-shaped dual product package having adjoining cavities can be advantageously employed with minimal product spacing, or a twin stack/single cavity packaging can be established. In addition, other alternatives could also be employed to increase production rate, such as directing a second, offset array of product pouches to the loading station. In general, the invention is only intended to be limited by the scope of the following claims.
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1. A method of packaging refrigerated dough products in a horizontal form, fill and seal assembly comprising:
delivering a first plastic film to a thermoforming device;
thermoforming pouches from the first plastic film, with each pouch defining multiple dough product receiving cavities;
vertically stacking multiple dough products in each of the dough product receiving cavities by vertically supplying the dough products directly into the dough product receiving cavities;
delivering a second plastic film across multiple ones of the dough product receiving cavities;
sealing the second plastic film to the first plastic film of the pouches about the dough product receiving cavities; and
severing the first and second plastic films in order to establish individual thermoformed pouches containing vertically stacked dough products for refrigeration.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein vertically stacking the multiple dough products in each of the dough product receiving cavities includes delivering a sheet of dough onto a cutter plate, forcing the dough into openings formed in the cutter plate, directing the pouches below a packer unit and sequentially shifting numerous ones of the dough products into each of the dough product receiving cavities.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: heating the first plastic film from the first supply unit to establish a heated first plastic film which is supplied to the thermoforming device.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
directing the pouches in a first direction from the thermoforming unit;
conveying a supply of dough to a cutter unit along a second direction, with the second direction being angled relative to the first direction;
cutting the dough with the cutter unit to form the dough product; and
vertically loading the dough product into the dough product receiving cavities such that dough of the dough product is re-directed to travel along in the first direction.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
6. The method of clam 4, further comprising: continuously supply the dough to the cutter unit while intermittently moving the pouches in the first direction.
7. A method of packaging refrigerated dough products comprising:
directing pouches, created in a thermoforming unit of a horizontal form, fill and seal packaging assembly, in a first direction;
directing a sheet of dough to a cutter unit along a second direction, with the second direction being angled relative to the first direction;
cutting the sheet of dough with the cutter unit to form dough products; and
directly vertically loading the dough product into the dough product receiving cavities such that dough of the dough product is re-directed to travel along in the first direction.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein multiple dough products are vertically stacked in each of the dough product receiving cavities.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein vertically loading the dough product includes directing the pouches below the cutter unit and vertically supplying the dough products directly into the dough product receiving cavities.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein both the cutting and the vertically loading is performed by a dough stamping apparatus.
12. A packaging system for refrigerated dough products comprising:
a first supply unit providing a first plastic film;
a thermoforming device, said thermoforming device being adapted to receive the first plastic film and create thermoformed pouches, with each pouch defining multiple dough product receiving cavities;
a product loading device, said product supply device being adapted to directly, vertically stack multiple dough products in each of the dough product receiving cavities;
a second supply unit providing a second plastic film across multiple ones of the dough product receiving cavities;
a sealing unit for sealing the second plastic film to the first plastic film of the pouches about the dough product receiving cavities; and
a cutter unit, said cutter unit being adapted to sever the first and second plastic films in order to establish individual thermoformed pouches containing vertically stacked dough products for refrigeration.
13. The packaging system according to claim 12 , wherein the first supply unit, the thermoforming device, the second supply unit, the sealing unit and the cutter unit are collectively part of a horizontal form, fill and seal packaging assembly.
14. The packaging system according to claim 13 , wherein the product loading device is positioned above the pouches made by the horizontal form, fill and seal packaging assembly and includes a stamping unit for cutting and vertically supplying the dough products into the dough product receiving cavities.
15. The packaging system according to claim 13 , wherein the horizontal form, fill and seal packaging assembly further includes a heating device, said heating device being adapted to receive and heat the first plastic film from the first supply unit and to establish a heated first plastic film which is supplied to the thermoforming device.
16. The packaging system according to claim 13 , wherein the first supply unit delivers the first plastic film in a first direction and the stamping unit receives a supply of dough conveyed along a second direction, with the first direction being substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
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