EP0107251A2 - Dispositif pour la fixation automatique de becs verseurs sur des boîtes d'emballage pour produits liquides - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la fixation automatique de becs verseurs sur des boîtes d'emballage pour produits liquides Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0107251A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: arm; mouth; mobile; seat; container
Prior art date: 1982-10-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP83201483A

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German (de)

English (en)

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EP0107251B1 (fr

EP0107251A3 (en

Inventor

Carlo Taddei

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Seal Spout International Ltd

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Seal Spout International Ltd

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1982-10-22

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1983-10-18

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1984-05-02

1983-10-18 Application filed by Seal Spout International Ltd filed Critical Seal Spout International Ltd

1983-10-18 Priority to AT83201483T priority Critical patent/ATE28823T1/de

1984-05-02 Publication of EP0107251A2 publication Critical patent/EP0107251A2/fr

1985-10-23 Publication of EP0107251A3 publication Critical patent/EP0107251A3/en

1987-08-12 Application granted granted Critical

1987-08-12 Publication of EP0107251B1 publication Critical patent/EP0107251B1/fr

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239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 9
239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 5
230000005484 gravity Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 3
238000009527 percussion Methods 0.000 claims description 6
230000000295 complement effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
230000010355 oscillation Effects 0.000 description 2
230000037431 insertion Effects 0.000 description 1
238000003780 insertion Methods 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B31B50/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B50/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B50/84—Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents, e.g. valves or spouts

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This invention relates to a device for automatically applying metal delivery mouths to packaging containers for products of fluid behaviour, in particular cardboard containers for powders.
the delivery mouths are formed from a metal strip and fed intermittently to a device, the purpose of which is to apply them to the boxes.
Said applicator device is formed structurally from a hammer and an anvil.
the hammer comprises a cavity for receiving the formed delivery mouth, and is arranged to be moved, in synchronism with the anvil, into a position corresponding with the container in order to carry out the application of said mouth.
Machines of the type described in Italian patent 828,966 are large rotary machines of high productivity, and comprise a turntable carrying a plurality of said applicator devices each capable of successively applying the delivery mouths to the containers, which are continuously fed in an upright position by a suitable conveyor.
a machine of lower productivity able to be coupled to packaging machines into which the empty containers are conveyed in a lying position by spindles which move stepwise.
the object of the present invention is to satisfy the aforesaid need, and for this purpose the invention provides a device for automatically applying metal delivery mouths to packaging containers for products of fluid behaviour, of the type in which each mouth is formed from a metal strip by a forming unit and is fed to a complementary seat in an arm provided with a hammer which is arranged to apply the mouth to a relative container, characterised in that said arm is mobile alternately between a vertical position in which the mouth is received in said seat from said forming unit by gravity, and a horizontal position in which said mouth is applied to a container, there being provided a positioning unit arranged to correctly locate the mouth in the seat, and sequential operating means for said unit and said arm.
the device according to the invention is formed from a frame 10 carrying a forming unit indicated diagrammatically by 11 and of known type, arranged to form delivery mouths 12 from a metal strip 13.
the formed mouths 12 are fed one at a time to an underlying applicator device, indicated overall by 14, which offers them up to a cardboard container 15 and applies them thereto.
the applicator device 14 comprises a right angular arm 16 which swivels about 17 between the vertical position shown in Figure 3 and the horizontal position shown in Figure 5.
a percussion head 19 commonly known as a hammer, slides on suitable guides 18.
said head 19 is articulated to one end of a bell crank lever 20 pivoted at 21 to the arm 16, and maintained in the position of Figure 2 by a spring 8.
Said bell crank lever is oscillated by the rod 22 of a cylinder 23 fixed to the machine frame.
a positioning unit indicated overall by 24 cooperates with the described applicator device 14.
Said unit 24 is composed of a blade 25 and a pusher 26 which are rigid with each other and are carried by a slide 27 slidable on guides 28.
the blade 25 and relative pusher 26 are mobile horizontally forwards and backwards between the positions shown in Figures 2 and 4.
a locking device also cooperates with the applicator device, and consists of the rod 29 of a cylinder 30, said rod becoming inserted into two bores 31 of the arm 16, so as to lock it exactly and securely in said vertical and horizontal positions.
the containers 15 are mounted in a lying position on spindles 32 of a packaging machine (not shown) mobile stepwise. In moving, said spindles 32 carry each container 15 against a counter-member 33 which is mobile vertically in a guide block 34 between the lowered position of Figure 3 and the raised position of Figure 5.
This control system can for example comprise a drive shaft 35 with which there are rigid two plates 36 in which cam seats 37 are formed in order to provide, by means of lever systems, the abutting movement of the counter-member 33 and the oscillation of the arm 16 about 17 respectively.
said shaft 35 drives a second shaft 39 carrying a third plate 36 comprising a cam seat 37 which operates the positioning unit 24 by means of lever systems.
the delivery mouths 12, formed by the forming unit 11, are made to fall one at a time into the underlying applicator device 14. More specifically, the mouth 12 falls into the cavity 9 ( Figure 2) when the percussion head 19 is in its rest position, in which it is maintained by the action of the spring 8 on the bell crank lever 20.
the positioning unit 24 operated by the combination of that plate 36 with camseat 37 driven by the shaft 39 and the relative lever systems, moves by virtue of the sliding of the slide 27 on the guides 28 until the blade 25 and the pusher 26, which is provided with elastic means, correctly position the mouth 12 against the percussion head 19 ( Figure 4).
the packaging machine Before the rotation of the arm 16, the packaging machine (not shown) has already moved one of its spindles 32, on which a container 15 is disposed, into a position corresponding with the mobile counter-member 33 when in its raised position ( Figure 5).
the cylinder 23 is operated so that its rod 22 engages against the lever 20 pivoted at 21, to cause the percussion head 19 to slide on the guides 18.
the counter-member 33 is lowered inside the guide block 34, and the packaging machine rotates its spindle 32, which carries the container 15 to which the mouth 12 has been applied. Simultaneously, the rod 22 of the cylinder 23 retracts, and the spring 8 returns the arm 20 and the head 19 connected to it into the rest position ( Figure 6).
the rod 29 of the cylinder 30 withdraws from the second bore 31 and enables the arm 16 to return to the vertical position under the forming unit 11, where it is locked by the engagement of the rod 29 of the cylinder 30 in the first bore 31 ( Figure 2).

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EP83201483A 1982-10-22 1983-10-18 Dispositif pour la fixation automatique de becs verseurs sur des boîtes d'emballage pour produits liquides Expired EP0107251B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT83201483T ATE28823T1 (de)	1982-10-22	1983-10-18	Vorrichtung zum automatischen anbringen von giessstutzen an fluessigkeitsbehaeltern.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT23882/82A IT1152941B (it)	1982-10-22	1982-10-22	Dispositivo per applicare automaticamente bocche di erogazione metalliche a contenitori destinati alla confezione di prodotti a comportamento fluido
IT2388282		1982-10-22

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0107251A2 true EP0107251A2 (fr)	1984-05-02
EP0107251A3 EP0107251A3 (en)	1985-10-23
EP0107251B1 EP0107251B1 (fr)	1987-08-12

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP83201483A Expired EP0107251B1 (fr)	1982-10-22	1983-10-18	Dispositif pour la fixation automatique de becs verseurs sur des boîtes d'emballage pour produits liquides

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EP (1)	EP0107251B1 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE28823T1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE3372943D1 (fr)
IT (1)	IT1152941B (fr)

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US2589769A (en) *	1946-08-16	1952-03-18	Seal Spout Corp	Machine for inserting pouring spouts into containers
US3025813A (en) *	1959-12-14	1962-03-20	Seal Spout Corp	Spout inserting machine
US3385248A (en) *	1966-02-21	1968-05-28	Seal Spout Corp	Machine for attaching spouts to containers
US3673663A (en) *	1970-12-11	1972-07-04	Seal Spout Europ Spa	Machine for applying pouring spouts to containers
DE3025118A1 (de) *	1980-07-03	1982-01-28	Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart	Vorrichtung zum anbringen von ventilen an packmitteln

1982
- 1982-10-22 IT IT23882/82A patent/IT1152941B/it active
1983
- 1983-10-18 EP EP83201483A patent/EP0107251B1/fr not_active Expired
- 1983-10-18 AT AT83201483T patent/ATE28823T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-10-18 DE DE8383201483T patent/DE3372943D1/de not_active Expired

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0107251B1 (fr)	1987-08-12
IT8223882A0 (it)	1982-10-22
EP0107251A3 (en)	1985-10-23
DE3372943D1 (en)	1987-09-17
IT1152941B (it)	1987-01-14
ATE28823T1 (de)	1987-08-15

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