An apparatus for packaging articles to provide a corresponding package in the form of a secondary package, such as a bag, for example in plastic or paper film, a box, for example in cardboard or plastic material, and/or in the form of a tertiary package, such as a palletized load, includes a device for supplying said articles, a device for preparing a respective group of articles to be packaged, and a device for using the respective group of articles to be packaged, including a device for packaging the same group of articles to be packaged. The apparatus includes a plurality of independent, or discrete, modules, for the treatment of said articles, which treatment modules, are associated, in a sequential manner, or in succession, to one another to define the same apparatus, especially to provide for the packaging of the same articles, through the preparation of corresponding groups of articles.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/02 - Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 43/52 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up stateFeeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging positionLocating containers or receptacles at the filling positionSupporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless conveyors
A device (10) for gripping corresponding articles (11), preferably said articles being in the form of articles having an outer wrapping (13), for example in the form of a plastic and/or paper film, and/or in other material; in particular said articles being in the form of packages of one or more corresponding products (15) and/or being in the form of said same products (15), in particular said products being products of the so-called tissue industry. The device (10) comprise means (12) for supporting means (14) for holding the respective article (11), said holding means comprising a plurality of, in particular first and second, holding means (16, 18) for the respective article (11).
A packaging, in particular of a secondary type, (10) for the packaging of a product (11 ), in particular said product being in the form of an article (13), preferably of a group of articles, (13), preferably the article being in the form of a respective good and/or of a package (13), especially a primary package, of a respective good or respective goods, which goods are preferentially goods of the so-called tissue industry and/or are in corresponding paper material, i.e., in thin sheet or ply of paper material, or they are non-woven fabric products, or they are sanitary napkins or diapers for personal hygiene, or in other material, comprises a casing (12), surrounding said product (11 ), which is in the form of an envelope (12) made of paper.
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 43/12 - Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed stateFeeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65D 30/08 - Sacks, bags or like containers characterised by the material used with laminated or multiple walls in spaced face-to-face relationship, e.g. double walls
B65D 33/04 - Windows or other apertures, e.g. for viewing contents
B65D 33/10 - Handles formed of similar material to that used for the bag
B65D 33/18 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps
4.
AN EQUIPMENT, OR UNIT, TO PACKAGE, IN PARTICULAR TO BOX, ARTICLES, IN A CORRESPONDING HOUSING PACKAGE.
An equipment, or unit, (10) to package, in particular to box, articles (11), in a corresponding housing package, preferably in the form of a corresponding box (13) comprises means (14) for supporting said packages, or boxes, (13), and means (16) for transferring said articles (11) from corresponding means (12) for supporting said articles (11) to said means (14) for supporting said packages, or boxes, (13). Said means (16) for transferring said articles (11) are adapted to position, in sequence, a plurality of layers (15) of articles (11) inside the respective package, or box, (13).
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/54 - Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
B65B 43/52 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up stateFeeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging positionLocating containers or receptacles at the filling positionSupporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless conveyors
B65B 43/54 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
B65B 57/12 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B25J 9/10 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
B25J 15/06 - Gripping heads with vacuum or magnetic holding means
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/38 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers by suction-operated grippers
B65B 35/58 - Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
B65B 43/44 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up stateFeeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging positionLocating containers or receptacles at the filling positionSupporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation from supply magazines
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
An apparatus (10) for packaging articles (11), in particular to provide for a corresponding package (13 and/or 15), in particular in the form of a secondary package (13), such as a bag (13'), for example in plastic or paper film, a box (13"), for example in cardboard or plastic material, and/or in the form of a tertiary package (15), such as a palletized load (15'), comprises means (12) for supplying said articles (11), means (14) for preparing a respective group (19) of articles to be packaged, and means (16) for using the respective group of articles to be packaged (19), in particular comprising means (20) for packaging the same group of articles to be packaged (19). The apparatus (10) comprises a plurality of independent, or discrete, modules, or units (14, 18, 22, 24, 26) for the treatment of said articles (11), which treatment modules, or units, (14, 18, 22, 24, 26) are associated, in particular in a sequential manner, or in succession, to one another to define the same apparatus (10), especially to provide for the packaging of the same articles (11), through the preparation of corresponding groups of articles (19).
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 57/06 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 11/02 - Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 43/52 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up stateFeeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging positionLocating containers or receptacles at the filling positionSupporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless conveyors
6.
A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR OF THE CYCLING TYPE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FORM OF A BICYCLE
A vehicle (10), in particular of the cycling type, especially consisting in a bicycle, and preferentially in the form of a mountain bike, a city bike, or the like; the vehicle comprises a support frame (12), wheel means, respectively front (14) and rear (16) wheel means, said front wheel means (14) comprising a first (141) and a second (142) wheels that are side-by-side to one another and supported by respective first and second struts (143, 144), and steering means (18), in particular in the form of a respective handlebar, in particular from which a respective steering control shaft (180) extends. Furthermore, articulated connecting means (20) are provided between said steering means (18), or handlebar, and said first and second front wheels (141, 142), in particular between said steering control shaft (180) and said first and second struts (143, 144) for supporting said first and said second front wheels (141, 142). Said first and second struts (143, 144) for supporting said first and said second front wheels (141, 142) extend tilted forward at least at the respective upstream end at said articulated connecting means (20).
A unit for the control or management of articles includes a plant including an operating line including an upstream section for making the articles, including a log saw for cutting rolls off elongate logs, a packaging section including a packing section where the articles or rolls are packed, and a bagging section where the packs are placed in bags and/or a palletizing section where the packs or bags are placed on pallets. A conveying section transports products between the upstream section and the packaging section and/or between one packaging section and another downstream. A process controller controls the functioning of the plant sections. The unit includes a device for detecting and/or lighting a face of the product or pack and which is adapted to produce different images of the face, to exhibit different states of reflection of the light that is incident upon the face.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
8.
Plant for processing products including a unit for detecting defective products
A processing plant, in particular for making respective products, in particular defined by articles or packages of respective articles, the articles being preferably in the form of articles of the tissue industry, the plant including at least one unit for detecting products, in particular defective products, especially defective articles and/or packages, preferably for detecting defective rolls and/or packs.
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
A device (10) for gripping or grasping products (11), said products being in particular in the form of packages, in a preferred manner defined by a corresponding envelope, for example made of a plastic film, or a paper sheet, or other, or made of cardboard which wraps or contains one or more articles; in particular said articles being articles of the so-called Tissue field and preferably being made of paper material or other material, such as woven fabric or non-woven fabric, and preferentially being in the form of rolls, in particular rolls of toilet paper, of kitchen paper or for another use, or rolls for the treatment of food products, such as rolls of aluminium foil, plastic film, wax paper film, and the like, i.e., said articles being in the form of packaging, in particular packs, packets or other containers, in particular for napkins, handkerchiefs, small towels for hands and face, hand towels, bed sheets, and other. The device comprises supporting means (12) for means (14) for engaging and holding by suctioning the respective product (11). Said means (14) for engaging and holding by suctioning the respective product (11) define a first (141) and a second (142) surfaces for engaging and holding by suctioning the same product (11), in particular angularly spaced apart, preferably angularly spaced by an angle equal to, or substantially equal to, 90°.
B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
B25B 11/00 - Work holders or positioners not covered by groups , e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders
B25J 15/06 - Gripping heads with vacuum or magnetic holding means
B66C 1/02 - Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting, lowering, or hauling gear of cranes, or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
10.
A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR OF THE CYCLING TYPE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FORM OF A BICYCLE
A vehicle (10), in particular of the cycling type, especially consisting in a bicycle, and preferentially in the form of a mountain bike, a city bike, or the like, comprising a support frame (12), front (14) and rear (16), respectively, wheel means, and steering means (18), in particular in the form of a respective handlebar, in particular comprising a respective steering control shaft (180) and suitably connected to said front wheel means (14). Said front wheel means (14) comprise a first (141) and a second (142) wheels, which are side-by-side to one another and supported by respective first and second struts (143, 144). Articulated connecting means (20) are provided between said steering means (18), or handlebar, and said first and second front wheels, in particular arranged between said steering control shaft (180) and said first and second struts (143, 144) for supporting said first and said second front wheels (141, 142), and wherein means (22) are further provided for connecting said articulated connecting means (20) to said support frame of the vehicle (12).
B62K 5/05 - Tricycles characterised by a single rear wheel
B62K 5/10 - Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels with means for inwardly inclining the vehicle body on bends
B62K 21/18 - Connections between forks and handlebars or handlebar stems
B62K 25/18 - Axle suspensions for mounting axles resiliently on cycle frame or fork with rocking arm pivoted on each fork leg with single arm on each fork leg for front wheel the arm being pivoted intermediate its ends
An apparatus for the treatment of articles such as rolls made of paper material, and/or packets, packs, envelopes, bags, pallets or boxes, or another type of packaging. The apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding the articles, at least one unit for treating the articles, a transferring device for transferring the articles from the feeding device to the treatment unit, and an arranging device able to arrange the articles in respective groups of articles, each group including one or more articles arranged according to a respective and desired configuration of utilization by the treatment unit. In the apparatus, the arranging device is defined by the transferring device.
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65B 63/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
12.
Unit or an apparatus for controlling or managing products or rolls
A unit for control or management of products, including rolls of paper material, includes a plant including an operating line including at least one upstream section including a log saw for cutting rolls off elongate logs, a packaging section for primary packaging, including a packing section where the rolls are packed, and a bagging section where the packs are placed in bags and/or a palletizing section where the packs or bags are placed on pallets. A conveying section transports products between one section of the plant and another, in particular between the upstream section and the packaging section and/or between one packaging section and another downstream. A process controller controls the functioning of the plant sections. The unit includes a device for eliminating a defective product or roll.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
An apparatus (10) for packaging a product (11) in a corresponding package (13), preferably in the form of a wrapping (11), preferably of plastic film, especially of heat sealable film, and in particular in the form of an envelope, and such packaging or wrapping has a respective open side suitable for the introduction of the product inside the same packaging or wrapping; preferably said product (11) being defined by one or more articles, in particular of paper or tissue material, and especially said articles being defined by rolls, in particular of toilet paper or of kitchen paper, and/or by big rolls, wipes, handkerchiefs, napkins, nappies, sheets, or others, which may already be packaged in a respective package; the apparatus comprising a support frame (12), and means (25) for introducing the products (11) in the respective packagings or wrappings (13, 15) housing the respective product (11). The apparatus (10) is adapted to use first means or units (14) for supplying a first type of packagings or wrappings (13) for housing the product (11) and/or second means (16) for feeding a second type of packagings or wrappings (15) for housing said product (11).
An apparatus (10) for the treatment of articles (11), in particular said articles being in the form of articles of the tissue sector or of another sector, and in particular being defined by products and/or packages of respective products, said products being preferably in the form of rolls, in particular of toilet paper or of kitchen paper, big rolls, wipes, napkins, nappies, sheets, or other, preferably made of paper material, and/or said packagings are preferably in the form of packets, packs, envelopes, bags, pallets or boxes, for example cardboard or pasteboard, or in the form of another type of packaging. The apparatus comprising corresponding means (12) for feeding said articles (11), at least one unit (14) for treating said articles (11), means (16) for transferring said articles from said feeding means (12) to the same treatment unit (14), and means that are able to arrange said articles in respective groups of articles, each group comprising one or more articles arranged according to a respective and desired configuration (13) of utilisation by said treatment means (14); in the apparatus said means that are adapted to arrange said articles in respective groups of articles arranged according to a respective and desired configuration (13) are defined by said means (16) for transferring said articles on the respective treatment unit (14).
A unit for the control or management of articles includes a plant including an operating line including an upstream section for making the articles, including a log saw for cutting rolls off elongate logs, a packaging section including a packing section where the articles or rolls are packed, and a bagging section where the packs are placed in bags and/or a palletizing section where the packs or bags are placed on pallets. A conveying section transports products between the upstream section and the packaging section and/or between one packaging section and another downstream. A process controller controls the functioning of the plant sections. The unit includes a device for detecting and/or lighting a face of the product or pack and which is adapted to produce different images of the face, to exhibit different states of reflection of the light that is incident upon the face.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
A conveyor for transporting a product, the product being preferably in the form of respective articles, in particular articles of the tissue industry, including a means for supporting and guiding an endless conveyor belt, especially one of the type with articulated links, the belt including at least one respective positive stretch, in particular for transporting the product, and preferably a return stretch, if necessary positioned under the respective longitudinal transporting stretch; and means for driving the conveyor belt and including a means for engaging the respective link of the conveyor belt and, more specifically, means which are adapted to engage a rear-facing surface of the respective conveyor belt link, the means for engaging and driving the conveyor belt being adapted to engage a respective longitudinal stretch, preferably rectilinear, of the conveyor belt itself.
B65G 17/06 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
B65G 23/16 - Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain with dogs engaging abutments on belts or chains
B65G 17/08 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the surface being formed by the traction element
B21B 1/16 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling wire or material of like small cross-section
B65G 23/06 - Drums, rollers, or wheels with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels
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Plant for processing products including a unit for detecting defective products
A processing plant, in particular for making respective products, in particular defined by articles or packages of respective articles, the articles being preferably in the form of articles of the tissue industry, the plant including at least one unit for detecting products, in particular defective products, especially defective articles and/or packages, preferably for detecting defective rolls and/or packs.
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
18.
Unit or an apparatus for controlling or managing products or rolls
A unit for control or management of products, including rolls of paper material, includes a plant including an operating line including at least one upstream section including a log saw for cutting rolls off elongate logs, a packaging section for primary packaging, including a packing section where the rolls are packed, and a bagging section where the packs are placed in bags and/or a palletizing section where the packs or bags are placed on pallets. A conveying section transports products between one section of the plant and another, in particular between the upstream section and the packaging section and/or between one packaging section and another downstream. A process controller controls the functioning of the plant sections. The unit includes a device for eliminating a defective product or roll.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/58 - Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
B65B 35/10 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
19.
APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING OF A PRODUCT IN A RESPECTIVE PREFORMED WRAPPING
Described is an apparatus (10) for packaging a product (13) in a respective preformed or ready-formed wrapper (11), preferably made of a suitable film, such as plastic film, and being in particular in the form of a bag, the ready-formed wrapper having a respective open end, allowing the product to be inserted into the wrapper and the product being in particular in the form of a paper product for personal or domestic use, preferably being in the form of a group of articles, especially being in the form of packets, in particular packets of face wipes, hand towels or handkerchiefs, or rolls, preferably of toilet paper or kitchen paper, or the like; the apparatus comprises means for feeding the preformed wrappers, means for feeding the product and means (12) for inserting the product into the ready-formed wrapper through the open end (111) and is characterized in that it comprises means (14) for clamping the preformed wrapper (11) when the product (13) is inserted into the preformed wrapper.
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 39/00 - Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
B65B 39/02 - Expansible or contractible nozzles, funnels, or guides
B65B 39/06 - Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers adapted to support containers or wrappers
B65B 43/12 - Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed stateFeeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
B65B 43/14 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
B65B 43/26 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
B65B 43/28 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers co-operating with fixed supports
B65B 43/30 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 61/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
A conveyor (10) for transporting a product, the product being preferably in the form of respective articles, in particular articles of the tissue industry, comprises means (11) for supporting and guiding an endless conveyor belt (13), especially one of the type with articulated links (12), the belt (13) including at least one respective positive stretch, in particular for transporting the product, and preferably a return stretch, if necessary positioned under the respective longitudinal transporting stretch; and means (30) for driving the conveyor belt (13) and comprising means (31) for engaging the respective link (12) of the conveyor belt (13) and, more specifically, means which are adapted to engage a rear-facing surface (18a) of the respective conveyor belt link, the means (31) for engaging and driving the conveyor belt (13) being adapted to engage a respective longitudinal stretch (13), preferably rectilinear, of the conveyor belt (13) itself.
Described is an apparatus for conveying articles towards corresponding points of use and preferably located between an upstream machine for making rolls, in particular in the form of a saw machine for cutting rolls from a respective tube or elongate log, and at least corresponding first and second conveyers moving the articles towards corresponding downstream points of use or packaging machines. The apparatus includes a supporting frame for a conveyor which receives the articles from the machine which makes the articles and for a movable conveyor passing the articles respectively at least to first or second conveyors for conveying them downstream. The apparatus has a conveyor receiving the articles and includes a transporting unit engaging the articles at an off-center lower zone laterally opposite the lateral engagement zone where the articles are engaged by the lateral supporting conveyor of the upstream machine which makes the articles, or saw machine.
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
B65G 15/50 - Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/54 - Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
B65B 63/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
22.
A PLANT FOR PROCESSING PRODUCTS INCLUDING A UNIT FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
A processing plant (10), in particular for making respective products, in particular defined by articles or packages of respective articles, the articles being preferably in the form of articles of the tissue industry, the plant (10) comprising at least one unit (12) for detecting products, in particular defective products, especially defective articles and/or packages, preferably for detecting defective rolls and/or packs.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
A unit (300) for the control or management of products, in particular packs, is preferably usable in a plant for making respective articles (11), in particular defined by rolls (111) of paper material, the plant (10) preferably comprising at least one operating line including at least one upstream section (1) for making the articles, in particular in the form of a log saw for cutting rolls off respective elongate logs, at least one respective packaging section (2), in particular for primary packaging, preferably in the form of a packing section where the articles or rolls are packed and preferably at least one or more further packaging sections, in particular in the form of at least one bagging section (3) where the packs are placed in bags and/or one palletizing section (4) where the packs or bags are placed on pallets; the plant comprising a conveying section (5), or means, by which the products are transported between one section of the plant and another, in particular between the means (1) which make the articles and the respective packaging section (2) and/or between one packaging section and another downstream; the plant being provided with process control means for controlling the functioning of the plant sections. The unit comprises means for detecting and/or lighting a respective face of the product or pack and which are adapted to produce different images of the respective product face, in particular which exhibit different states of reflection of the light that is incident upon the respective product face.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
24.
A UNIT OR AN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OR MANAGING PRODUCTS OR ROLLS.
Described is a unit or apparatus (200) for the control or management of products, in particular rolls, is preferably usable in a plant for making the products (11), in particular defined by rolls (111) of paper material, the plant (10) preferably comprising at least one operating line including at least one upstream section (1) for making the articles, in particular in the form of a log saw for cutting rolls off respective elongate logs, at least one respective packaging section (2), in particular for primary packaging, preferably in the form of a packing section where the articles or rolls are packed and preferably at least one or more further packaging sections, in particular in the form of at least one bagging section (3) where the packs are placed in bags and/or one palletizing section (4) where the packs or bags are placed on pallets; the plant comprising a conveying section (5), or means, by which the products are transported between one section of the plant and another, in particular between the means (1) which make the articles and the respective packaging section (2) and/or between one packaging section and another downstream; the plant being provided with process control means for controlling the functioning of the plant sections. The unit comprises means (221) for eliminating the respective product or roll, in particular a defective product or roll (111).
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
Described is an apparatus (10) for conveying a product, comprising means (12) for supporting corresponding means (14) for conveying the product, in particular following a respective path between a respective upstream end (101) and a respective downstream end (102); More specifically, the conveying means (14) have one or a plurality of conveyor belts (141), especially of the type with links (142) articulated to each other, preferably through corresponding articulation pins; the apparatus has a plurality of separate modules (1A, 1 B, 1 C, 1 D, 1 E, 1 F, 1 G), each of which is designed to define a respective conveying section or stretch or longitudinal extension of the apparatus, the respective modules can be associated with each other and comprise a plurality of component means of the conveying section or stretch which are in a pre-assembled condition with each other.
B65G 21/06 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
B65G 21/22 - Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements
26.
Process for the management of a flow of material along a respective plant
A process for the management of a flow of products along a plant for making and packing respective articles, in particular in the form of rolls, such as rolls of toilet paper or paper towels, an apparatus for making and packing the articles, in particular including one or more lines for making and packing the articles, a rewinding machine for making the semi-finished product and elements for accumulating or storing the semi-finished products, from which the making and packing apparatus, that is, the respective making and packing line, receives the semi-finished product and which, in turn, receives the semi-finished product from the rewinding machine for making a semi-finished product. According to the process, the respective operating speed of the respective line of the making and packing apparatus downstream is adjusted in such a way that the semi-finished product in the accumulation elements is kept around a predetermined filling level.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 57/12 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages
B65B 57/16 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole
B65B 63/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
27.
AN APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING ARTICLES TOWARDS CORRESPONDING POINTS OF USE
Described is an apparatus (10) for conveying articles (11), in particular in the form of rolls of paper, towards corresponding points of use and preferably located between an upstream machine for making the rolls, in particular in the form of a saw machine (20) for cutting the rolls from a respective tube or elongate log, and at least corresponding first and second means (31, 33) for conveying the articles (11) towards corresponding downstream points of use or packaging machines. The apparatus (10) comprises a supporting frame (12) for conveyor means (14) which receive the articles from the machine which makes the articles and for movable conveyor means (16) which are adapted to pass the articles (11) respectively at least to first means (31) or second means (33) for conveying them downstream. The apparatus has conveyor means (14) for receiving the articles (11) and which comprise transporting means (141) adapted to engage the articles at an off-centre lower zone which is laterally opposite the lateral engagement zone where the articles are engaged by the lateral supporting conveyor means (27) of the upstream machine which makes the articles, or saw machine (20).
A conveyor (10) for transporting products, in particular in dusty environments, especially in tissue paper processing installations, includes one or more conveyor belts (12) in particular of a mobile type, for transporting the product between one or more pickup and/or release points, includes a mounting frame (11) for the respective conveyor belt (12) which includes a respective frame (13) for supporting an endless band (14) which transports the product and which runs on corresponding guide and slide elements. The conveyor includes band sliding elements (15) which can be moved between a normal position where the band (14) is engaged and retained and a position where the selfsame band (14) is disengaged.
B65G 15/60 - Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
B65G 21/06 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
B65G 15/00 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
B65G 41/00 - Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames
29.
A PROCESS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF A FLOW OF MATERIAL ALONG A RESPECTIVE PLANT.
Described is a process for the management of a flow of products along a plant (10) for making and packing respective articles (11, 13), in particular in the form of rolls, such as rolls of toilet paper or paper towels (10), comprising an apparatus (12) for making and packing the articles, in particular comprising one or more lines for making and packing the articles (12a, 12b), an apparatus, or rewinding machine (14) for making the semi- finished product and means (16) for accumulating or storing the semi- finished products, from which the making and packing apparatus (12), that is, the respective making and packing line (12a, 12b), receives the semi- finished product and which, in turn, receives the semi-finished product from the apparatus (14) for making a semi-finished product. According to the process, the respective operating speed of the respective line (12a, 12b) of the making and packing apparatus (12) downstream is adjusted in such a way that the semi-finished product in the accumulation means (16) is kept around a predetermined filling level.
A conveyor for transporting products includes a mounting frame for one or more product feed lanes, each lane being defined by a respective conveyor belt which extends along a respective path, and by element for centering the products on the conveyor belt and including respective first and second lateral guides which are spaced from each other transversely to the direction of extension of the conveyor belt in order to define a track having a respective width. A unit for adjusting the distance between the guides are provided which includes a first transversal support and movement member for the corresponding lateral guide of the lane, and a second transversal support and movement member for the other lateral guide of the lane. Also provided is a respective transversal member for supporting the first and second support and movement members and a defining unit for fastening to the conveyor frame.
B65G 15/60 - Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
B65G 17/26 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots
B65G 15/44 - Belts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections for impelling the loads
B65G 19/24 - Attachment of impellers to traction element
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APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ARTICLES PROVIDED WITH DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING THE ARTICLES.
An apparatus (10) for feeding articles, in particular rolls which are packaged in a special wrapper, comprising means (12) for conveying the articles, aligned with each other, in particular which are designed to place the articles with the respective longitudinal axis directed according to the feed direction, the conveying means (12) receiving the articles from the means (14) for lateral joining of the wrapper on the respective article, and which feed the articles oriented with the respective longitudinal axis directed transversely to the feed direction, with the end faces held in contact with opposite joining elements preferably defined by respective rotatable lateral bands (14a, 14b). The apparatus comprises a device (16) for extracting the articles from the joining means (14), which are designed to pass the articles to the conveying means downstream (12).
B65B 9/067 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously
B65B 51/18 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by endless bands or chains
B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
A conveyor for transporting products, in particular in dusty environments, especially in tissue paper processing installations, comprises one or more conveyor belts in particular of a mobile type, for transporting the product between one or more pickup and/or release points, comprises a mounting frame for the respective conveyor belt which comprises a respective frame for supporting an endless band which transports the product and which runs on corresponding guide and slide means. The conveyor comprises band sliding means (15a, 15b) which can be moved between a normal position where the band is engaged and retained and a position where the selfsame band is disengaged.
B65G 15/00 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
B65G 21/06 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
A conveyor (10) for transporting products (11), preferably in the form of rolls or packs of material for household or personal use, comprises a mounting frame (12) for one or more product feed lanes (13), each lane being defined by a respective conveyor belt (14), preferably of the type with articulated links (14'), which extends along a respective path, and by means for centring the products on the conveyor belt (14) and comprising respective first and second lateral guides (16a, 16b) which are spaced from each other transversely to the direction of extension of the conveyor belt in order to define a track having a respective width. Means for adjusting the distance between the guides are provided which comprise a first transversal support and movement member (18a) for the corresponding lateral guide (16a) of the lane, and a second transversal support and movement member (18b) for the other lateral guide (16b) of the lane. Also provided is a respective transversal member (22) for supporting the first and second support and movement members (18a, 18b) and defining means for fastening to the conveyor frame.
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
A conveyor (10) of the type with articulated links (12) comprises means (11) for supporting and guiding an endless conveyor belt (13) which has an upper, product feed stretch and a lower, return stretch. Each link comprises a portion (14) for supporting the product and which, at the front and rear transversal edges of it (23a, 23b), has longitudinal protrusions on it, being transversely outer protrusions (26, 28; 34, 36) and transversely inner protrusions (24; 30, 32) relative to each other. The longitudinal protrusions are designed to be inserted into matching recesses in the adjacent links and laterally delimit matching recesses on them, being transversely outer recesses (27, 29; 35, 37) and transversely inner recesses (25; 31, 33), respectively, for receiving matching protrusions on the adjacent links. The outer recesses (35, 37) on the front edge (23a) of the link have respective transversal end faces (35a, 37a) which are longitudinally next to or in front of the respective end faces (31a, 33a) of the central recesses (31, 33), whilst the outer recesses (27, 29) on the rear edge (23b) of the link, have respective transversal end faces (27a, 29a) which are longitudinally behind the end face (25a) of the central recess (25).
B65G 17/08 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the surface being formed by the traction element
B65G 21/10 - Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable partsDevices for moving framework or parts thereof
B65G 21/22 - Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements
B65G 23/06 - Drums, rollers, or wheels with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels
36.
PROCESS AND INSTALLATION FOR HANDLING PRODUCTS, PREFERABLY ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER AND/OR HOUSEHOLD PAPER
In a process and an installation for handling products (11a, 11b), in particular rolls of paper for sanitary and/or household use, where the products (11a, 11b) are obtained from at least one respective log by a plurality of transversal cuts, a first batch (13a) and a second batch (13b) of products obtained from the log are separated from each other for subsequent packaging.
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
An apparatus (10) for orienting articles, in particular articles in the form of single packaged rolls (11) or a plurality of packaged rolls aligned with each other, especially in the form of rolls of paper for bathroom use or for drying and cleaning in general. The apparatus comprises article (11) conveying and supporting means (12, 14) that have an upstream end (10a) for receiving the articles (11) from a machine that packages or wraps the articles in a respective film individually or in aligned groups, and a downstream end (10b) for transferring the articles (11) in particular to a bagging machine that places a plurality of articles (11), packaged in a respective film, in an overwrapping bag. The apparatus also comprises conveying and supporting t means (12, 14) which constitute means for turning the articles (11).
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
B65G 47/252 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning over or inverting them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction
38.
DEVICE FOR MOVING, IN PARTICULAR FOR ORIENTING LONG ITEMS
A device (10) for orienting tubular cores made of card for supporting rolls of toilet or kitchen paper comprises means for imparting an angular movement to each long item (11) in such a way that it is fed out of the device at a suitable angle. The means for the angular orientation of the item (11) are designed to cause the item to be fed forward while keeping it substantially- transversal to the direction of feed and comprise first mobile means (12) for feeding a corresponding portion of the item (11) and extending along a respective path, which has a curved section (12a) , and second mobile means (14) for feeding a second portion of the item (11) and extending along a respective path having a curved section (14a) which is concentric with and radially inside the curved section (12a) of the first mobile feed means (12) .
B65G 15/02 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration for conveying in a circular arc
B65G 15/10 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
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