A machine for packaging groups of products in a roll with a sheet of film includes a first station wrapping the sheet on four consecutive sides of the group of products. For each of the two heads of the group, upper and lower horizontal flaps and first and second vertical flaps protrude. A second station for folding the four flaps has a conveyor surface for moving the group along a feed direction. A Folding devices, positioned on opposite sides of the conveyor fold the corresponding pairs of the flaps towards the head of the group. A device for generating a negative fluid pressure for each side of the conveyor surface, located before the device for folding each lower horizontal flap, relative to the feed direction, is configured to obtain, by generating a localised vacuum, a raising of the lower horizontal flap with respect to the conveyor surface.
B65B 1/00 - Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans or jars
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
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Machine for packaging groups of tissue products and method for checking the conformity of layers of groups of tissue products
A machine for packaging groups of tissue products includes a dosing element with a plurality of passageways, each for receiving a row formed by a predetermined number of products for defining a layer of a group of products. A detection device associated with the dosing element detects a filling parameter relative to a number, dimension and/or orientation of the products occupying the passageways and generates a signal representing the filling parameter. A processing and control unit receives the signals representing the products and processes the signals to compare with signals relating to a reference layer for deriving an acceptance condition, wherein the layer is consistent with the reference layer and suitable for the packaging, or for eliminating the layer of products released from the dosing element. A rejection system ejects the layer when it is in the eliminating condition.
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 11/02 - Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
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 35/40 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
B65B 35/54 - Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
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MACHINE FOR PACKAGING GROUPS OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES IN RESPECTIVE BAGS
Described is a machine for packaging groups (1) of absorbent articles in respective packaging bags (2) comprising: a station (9) for feeding the bags (2); a station (10) for forming the groups (1) of absorbent articles; a station (11) for packaging groups (1) of absorbent articles, coming from the station (10) for forming the groups (1) of absorbent articles, in a respective bag (2) fed by the station (9) for feeding the bags (2); a device (12) for opening each bag (2), interposed between the station (9) for feeding bags (2) and the packaging station (11) and means (13) for inserting the group (1) of absorbent articles in the respective bag (2); the device (12) for opening each bag (2) comprises first suction means (14) and second suction means (15) configured to obtain at least the opening of the mouth (8) of the bag (2) operating on the corresponding outer front (3) and rear (4) surfaces of the bag (2).
B65B 43/14 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
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 43/36 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by internal pressure applied pneumatically
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 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 49/04 - Ploughs or plates with inclined slots or opposed inclined edges
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MACHINE FOR PACKAGING GROUPS OF PRODUCTS IN A ROLL
Described is a machine for packaging groups of products in a roll with a sheet of film comprising a first station first station (1) for wrapping with the sheet (2) of film wrapped on four consecutive sides of the group (G) of products in a roll and wherein, for each of the two heads (T) of the group (G) of products in a roll, an upper horizontal flap (L1), a lower horizontal flap (L2), a first vertical flap (L3) and a second vertical flap (L4) protrude; a second station (3) for folding the four flaps (L1-L4) on the two heads (T) of the group (G) of products in a roll having a conveyor surface (4) configured for moving the group (G) of products in a roll along a feed direction (A); a series of folding devices (5), positioned on opposite sides of the conveyor surface (4) and configured to fold the corresponding pairs of head flaps, horizontal (L1, L2) and vertical (L3, L4), towards the corresponding head (T) of the group (G) of products in a roll; a device (7) for generating a negative fluid pressure for each side of the conveyor surface (4), located at least before the corresponding device (5) for folding each lower horizontal flap (L2) of the sheet (2) of film, relative to the feed direction (A), and configured to obtain, by generating a localised vacuum, a raising, at least partly, of the lower horizontal flap (L2) with respect to the conveyor surface (4).
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
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Head and station for picking up a group of products
A pick-up head for groups of tissue products including a support which can be connected to a robotic arm. The support has a first sliding guide in which a first pair of compacting means runs, between an open configuration and a compacting configuration. The pick-up head also includes a plurality of unidirectional chains, wherein the unidirectional chains are positioned outside each compacting means of the first pair and slide between an engaging position and a disengaging position. The pick-up head also includes a plurality of guides associated with respective unidirectional chains, in such a way that the unidirectional chains protrude beyond an end edge of a horizontal stretch of the guide in such a way as to create a cantilever support designed to support the bottom of the group of tissue products during its movement.
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 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 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65B 61/12 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness
B65H 35/04 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators
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MACHINE FOR PACKAGING GROUPS OF TISSUE PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE CONFORMITY OF LAYERS OF GROUPS OF TISSUE PRODUCTS.
Described is a machine (M) for packaging groups of tissue products (P) comprising a dosing element (2a) equipped with a plurality of passageways (2a') each configured for receiving a row (F) formed by a predetermined number of products (P) for defining a layer (S) of a group of products (P). The machine (M) also comprises at least one detection device (4) associated with the dosing element (2a) and configured for detecting at least one filling parameter relative to a number and/or a dimension and/or an orientation of the products (P) occupying the passageways (2a') and generating a signal representing the at least one filling parameter. The machine (M) also comprises a processing and control unit (5) configured to receive the signals representing the products (P) and to process the signals in such a way as to compare them with signals relating to a reference layer (S) for deriving an acceptance condition, wherein the layer (S) is consistent with the reference layer and suitable for the packaging, or for eliminating the layer (S) of products (P) released from the dosing element (2a). The machine (M) also comprises a rejection system (6) which can be activated to eject the layer (S) when it is the eliminating condition.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
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 35/40 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
B65B 35/54 - Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 61/12 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness
B65B 11/06 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths
B65H 35/08 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with revolving, e.g. cylinder, cutters or perforators
B65H 35/10 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with devices for breaking partially-cut or perforated webs, e.g. bursters
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 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 59/00 - 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 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
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HEAD AND STATION FOR PICKING UP A GROUP OF PRODUCTS.
Described is a pick-up head "T" for groups of tissue products "P" comprising a support 1 which can be connected to a robotic arm 2. The support 1 has a first sliding guide 3 in which a first pair of compacting means 4 runs, between an open configuration and a compacting configuration. The pick-up head "T" also comprises a plurality of unidirectional chains 5, wherein the unidirectional chains 5 are positioned outside each compacting means of the first pair 4 and slide between an engaging position and a disengaging position. The pick-up head "T" also comprises a plurality of guides 6 associated with respective unidirectional chains 5, in such a way that the unidirectional chains 5 protrude beyond an end edge of a horizontal stretch 8 of the guide 6 in such a way as to create a cantilever support designed to support the bottom of the group of tissue products "P" during its movement.
A machine for packaging soft products, including a conveyor defining a ring-shaped path having an active linear lower branch facing a feed plane and a non-active linear upper branch. Each of a plurality of carriages supports a tooth, projecting towards the feed plane during the passage on the lower branch, and configured for retaining and feeding along the feed plane the groups of products. A transfer device moves one group of products at a time, with a corresponding sheet of wrapping material folded into a “U” shape around the group, towards the feed plane and to a receiving compartment defined by a first and a second tooth, along a second direction transversal to a first direction. Each tooth includes a head permanently connected to the carriage and an operating portion in contact with the groups which can be separated from and reconnected to the head.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
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
A machine for packaging soft products, including a conveyor defining a ring-shaped path having an active linear lower branch facing a feed plane and a non-active linear upper branch Each of a plurality of carriages supports a tooth, projecting towards the feed plane during the passage on the lower branch. A transfer device moves one group of products at a time, with a corresponding sheet of wrapping material folded around the group, towards the feed plane and to a receiving compartment defined by a first and a second tooth, along a second direction transversal to a first direction. Along the lower linear branch there are a number of teeth equal to the number of groups positioned or arrived on the feed plane. Each tooth is configured to define simultaneously a pushing tooth and a tooth containment when the tooth is interposed between two groups along the feed plane.
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
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
This invention relates to a package for containing and picking up stacked articles (A) and a method for making the package, which make it possible to reduce the production costs of the package and, in any case, obtain a package which is sufficiently rigid to keep the shape of the above-mentioned package. The package comprises a stiffening structure (11) and a piece of plastic film (12) enclosing the stack and the stiffening structure. An opening is formable in the upper wall of the package to access the articles in the stack.
Described is a machine for packaging soft products, comprising: a plane (1) for feeding groups (2) of products; a plurality of pulleys (3) connected on two shafts (4, 5) driven independently by two motors; on the pulleys (3) are wound two pairs of chains or belts (8) parallel to and independent from each other, movable along a first direction (D8) and a feed direction (V8), to define a ring-shaped path having an active linear lower branch (8a) facing the feed plane and a non-active linear upper branch (8b); a plurality of carriages (9) which are connected, alternatively in sequence, to the pairs of motor-driven chains or belts (8) and distributed along the ring-shaped path; each carriage (9) supports a tooth (10, 11, 12), projecting towards the feed plane (1) during the passage on the lower branch (8a), and configured for retaining and feeding along the feed plane (1) the groups (2) of products from a receiving compartment (13) to a zone (14) for unloading and releasing the group (2) of products; transfer means (16) for moving one group (2) of products at a time, with a corresponding sheet (17) of wrapping material folded into a "U" shape around the group (2) of products, towards the feed plane (1) and to the receiving compartment (13) defined by a first (10) and a second (11) tooth, along a second direction (D16) transversal to the first direction (D8); along the lower linear branch (8a) of the chains or belts (8) there is a number of teeth (10, 11, 12) equal to the number of groups (2) of products positioned or arrived on the feed plane (1), in the operational stretch between the compartment (13) for receiving the group (2) of products and up to the unloading and releasing zone (14); each tooth (10, 11, 12) is configured along the operational stretch to define simultaneously both a pushing tooth and a tooth containment when the same tooth (10, 11, 12) is interposed between two groups (2) of consecutive products along the feed plane (A).
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/12 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
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 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
Described is a machine for packaging soft products, comprising: a plane (1) for feeding groups (2) of products; a plurality of pulleys (3) connected on two shafts (4, 5) driven independently by two motors; on the pulleys (3) are wound two pairs of chains or belts (8) parallel to and independent from each other, movable along a first direction (D8) and a feed direction (V8), to define a ring-shaped path having an active linear lower branch (8a) facing the feed plane and a non-active linear upper branch (8b); a plurality of carriages (9) which are connected, alternatively in sequence, to the pairs of motor-driven chains or belts (8) and distributed along the ring-shaped path; each carriage (9) supports a tooth (10, 11, 12), projecting towards the feed plane (1) during the passage on the lower branch (8a), and configured for retaining and feeding along the feed plane (1) the groups (2) of products from a receiving compartment (13) to a zone (14) for unloading and releasing the group (2) of products; transfer means (16) for moving one group (2) of products at a time, with a corresponding sheet (17) of wrapping material folded into a "U" shape around the group (2) of products, towards the feed plane (1) and to the receiving compartment (13) defined by a first (10) and a second (11) tooth, along a second direction (D16) transversal to the first direction (D8); each at least one tooth (10, 11, 12) present on each carriage (9) comprises at least a head (18) permanently connected to the carriage (9) and at least an operating portion (19) in contact with the groups (2) of products which can be separated from and reconnected to the head (18).
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 11/12 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
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 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 11/22 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
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METHOD FOR MAKING A PACKAGE FOR GROUPS OF PRODUCTS AND MACHINE IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD
Described is a method for making a package (1) of groups (2) of products for sanitary use comprising the following steps: forming a length of tubular film by means of continuous film (3) around a frame (4) comprising elements (5) for folding the film (3) and a plurality of walls (6, 7) forming a tubular channel (8) for the passage of the groups (2) of products; the tubular channel (8) has a width (L) and a height (H); joining head flaps of the film (3); inserting in the tubular channel (8), in the feed direction (A), a predefined number of groups (2) of products, advancing until close to the closed head end of the film (3); further feeding of the groups (2) of products with simultaneous feeding of the film (3) and relative forming of the package (1) beyond the frame (4); longitudinal joining of superposed longitudinal flaps of the film (3) simultaneously with the further feeding step; joining of the tail flaps of the film (3) in order to close the package (1) at the rear of the groups (2) of products bagged; between the step of introducing the groups (2) of products in the tubular channel (8) and the step of further feeding the groups (2) of products beyond the first transversal joining elements (9) there is a step of modifying the size of the tubular channel (8) using a device (12) for moving the frame (4) in such a way as to reduce the cross section of the tubular channel (8) and obtain a reduction in the overall size of the groups (2) of products by flattening them; the invention relates to a machine implementing the method.
B65B 11/42 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in a combination of straight and curved paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
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 9/10 - Enclosing successive articles or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Wrapping machines; wrapping machines for plastics film;
wrapping machines for paper tissues; packing machines for
textiles and paper; pack assembling machines; canning
machines; packaging machines; winding machines; conveyors,
in particular belt and roller conveyors; chain conveyors;
overhead conveyors for the transport of packaging materials,
all conveyors intended for the packaging industry or
relating to packaging machines; stretch wrapping machines
for applying cling film to palletized loads; stretch
wrapping machines for applying plastics film to palletized
loads; parts of the aforesaid machines, devices and units
namely shafts, axles, pins being parts of machines,
joysticks being parts of machines, other than for game
machines, gears for machines, machine fly-wheels; valves,
vacuum pumps, compressed air pumps; control mechanisms for
the aforesaid machines, devices and units. Construction, installation, maintenance and repair services;
consultancy relating to installation and maintenance of
automatic machines and packing installations.
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Wrapping machines; wrapping machines for plastics film; wrapping machines for paper tissues; packing machines for textiles and paper; pack assembling machines, namely, machines for bundling, bagging and packaging; canning machines; packaging machines; winding machines; conveyors, in particular belt and roller conveyors; chain conveyors; overhead conveyors for the transport of packaging materials, all conveyors intended for the packaging industry or relating to packaging machines; stretch wrapping machines for applying cling film to palletized loads; stretch wrapping machines for applying plastics film to palletized loads; parts of the aforesaid machines, devices and units, namely, shafts for pumps, axles, steel pins being parts of machines, levers in the nature of gear lever knobs for machines, gears for machines, machine fly-wheels; valves for pumps, vacuum pumps, compressed air pumps; pneumatic control instruments for the aforesaid machines, devices and units, all of the foregoing for the textile, paper and cardboard industries [ Installation, maintenance and repair of packaging machines; consultancy relating to installation and maintenance of automatic packaging machines and packing installations for bundling, bagging and wrapping, all of the foregoing for the textile, paper and cardboard industries ]
