EP0150944A2 - Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer des cartons porteurs à des articles groupés - Google Patents

Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer des cartons porteurs à des articles groupés Download PDF

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EP0150944A2
EP0150944A2 EP85300222A EP85300222A EP0150944A2 EP 0150944 A2 EP0150944 A2 EP 0150944A2 EP 85300222 A EP85300222 A EP 85300222A EP 85300222 A EP85300222 A EP 85300222A EP 0150944 A2 EP0150944 A2 EP 0150944A2
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Johan Heynen
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Mead Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
    • B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
    • B65B17/025—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling the articles being joined by a top carrier element

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  • This invention relates to an applicator device for simultaneously applying a plurality of so-called top gripping type of carriers onto a number of articles arranged in a group.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for applying top gripping carriers to bottles which are accommodated in a crate so that several multi-bottle packages are formed whereafter individual packages may be grasped and removed from the crate.
  • the applicator device which comprises a reciprocal head is, but need not be, adapted to receive known top gripping carriers.
  • the invention provides an applicator device for applying at least one article carrier to a group of articles which device comprises a plate having a locating zone for each article carrier, each zone being adapted to receive an erected article carrier having apertured top and bottom walls interconnected by spaced side walls to form a generally tubular structure, said plate having a plurality of spaced apertures formed in each of said locating zones for registry with like spaced apertures formed in the top and base walls of said carrier, characterised by an arresting means carried by said plate in each of said locating zones for engagement with the bottom wall of.said carrier adjacent one of the carrier side walls, the arrangement being such that the carrier automatically is held within said locating zone when that carrier is loaded into said applicator and thereafter automatically released by movement of the carrier bottom and side walls caused when said applicator is applied to said group of articles.
  • the applicator head 10 comprises a base plate 12 from one surface 12a of which a series of spaced transverse walls depend.
  • the series of walls include a first end wall 14 which has its outermost face flush with one end of the base plate 12; a first intermediate wall 16 spaced from end wall 14; a second intermediate wall 18 spaced from intermediate wall 16; and a second end wall 20 spaced from intermediate wall 18 and which has its outermost face flush with the opposite end of the base plate.
  • a longitudinal rib 22 extends centrally along surface 12a of the base plate and divides each of the transverse walls into two similar sections.
  • the transverse walls and the longitudinal rib together define a number of carrier locating zones Z1-Z6. Thus, each locating zone is defined by a neighbouring pair of transverse walls and the longitudinal rib.
  • the base plate is formed with four spaced circular bottle-neck receiving apertures e.g apertures a 1 - a 4 in zone Z 3 , the spacing of which is chosen so as to be in registry with aligned bottle-neck receiving apertures formed in the top and base walls of a suitably sized carton when positioned for loading in that locating zone.
  • the carton 'c' shown schematically in end view in locating zone Z 1 in FIGURE 2 comprises substantially parallel top and bottom walls 24,26, respectively, interconnected by spaced side walls 28,30 respectively, and central upstanding partition panel 32, thereby forming a generally tubular structure.
  • Top wall 24 and bottom wall 26 are each formed with four bottle neck receiving apertures 'A' located in registry.
  • the first transverse end wall 14 has a downwardly and outwardly inclined inner face 34 which terminates remote from surface 12a of base plate 12 in an inwardly directed arresting lip 34a.
  • the inner face 34 also is formed with arcuate downwardly divergent recesses 36,38 respectively, spaced for alignment with neighbouring bottle neck receiving apertures formed in the bottom panel of an adjacent bottle carrier.
  • the arcuate recesses each provide clearance for receiving a portion of the periphery of a bottle neck when the bottle neck is inserted into an article carrier located in the locating zone.
  • end wall 14 provides one transverse end of locating zones Z and Z 4 the opposite end of which is provided by face 40 of the first intermediate wall 16.
  • Face 40 also is formed with arcuate recesses 42 and 44, respectively, which are similar to recesses 36 and 38 but which are spaced for alignment with the opposite bottle neck receiving apertures of the same adjacent bottle carrier 'C'.
  • the opposite face 46 of the first intermediate wall 16 is of similar construction and includes arcuate recesses 48 and 50. However, face 46 terminates remote from surface 12a of base plate 12 in an arresting lip 46a for locating zones Z 2 and Z5.
  • the second intermediate wall 18 is of similar construction to intermediate wall 16 described above and therefore provides an arresting lip for locating zones Z 3 and Z 6 .
  • the second transverse end wall 20 also includes a downwardly and outwardly inclined inner face 52 but does not carry an arresting lip.
  • Arcuate bottle neck clearance recesses 54, .56 are formed in the inner face 52 similar to those described in relation to end wall 14.
  • the applicator head is mounted for vertical reciprocal movement in a carton applicator machine which is adapted to receive a loaded crate of bottles beneath applicator head when in its raised position.
  • flat carriers are withdrawn from a hopper, erected and correctly loaded into the locating zones of the applicator head by suitable loading means.
  • Each locating zone e.g Zone Z (see FIGURE 2) receives an erected carrier 'c' such that the natural resilience of the paperboard carrier which tends to return the carrier into its flat (non-erected) condition causes the base wall 26 of the carrier (adjacent side wall 30) to be held arrested under the arresting lip 34a.
  • Bottle carriers located in the other locating zones are similarly held in position and when the applicator head is fully loaded in which one bottle carrier is present in each locating zone, the applicator head is ready to execute an applicator stroke in relation to a crate of bottles therebelow. Thus, the applicator head is then moved downwards so that the bottle necks of bottles 'B' are received in the bottle neck receiving apertures of the carriers and the caps of the bottles pass into base plate apertures 'A'.

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EP19850300222 1984-01-12 1985-01-11 Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer des cartons porteurs à des articles groupés Expired EP0150944B1 (fr)

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GB8400748 1984-01-12
GB848400748A GB8400748D0 (en) 1984-01-12 1984-01-12 Applicator device

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EP0150944A2 true EP0150944A2 (fr) 1985-08-07
EP0150944A3 EP0150944A3 (en) 1985-08-21
EP0150944B1 EP0150944B1 (fr) 1988-04-20

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WO1997018993A1 (fr) * 1995-11-20 1997-05-29 Dalwell Ab Procede de combinaison d'une serie de contenants, notamment des bouteilles, dispositif et corps porteur servant respectivement a la mise en oeuvre dudit procede
EP3738895A1 (fr) 2019-05-17 2020-11-18 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Procédé et dispositif de fabrication d'un emballage multiple pourvu d'une pluralité de récipients de boissons

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PY2501441A (es) * 2024-01-11 2025-08-01 Westrock Packaging Systems Llc Aparato para formar un portador de artículos

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US3492778A (en) * 1967-09-30 1970-02-03 Heinz Focke Machine for mounting holding strips on elongated articles,preferably bottles
GB1427510A (en) * 1972-06-09 1976-03-10 Gauntlett J H Applicator for container carriers

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1997018993A1 (fr) * 1995-11-20 1997-05-29 Dalwell Ab Procede de combinaison d'une serie de contenants, notamment des bouteilles, dispositif et corps porteur servant respectivement a la mise en oeuvre dudit procede
US6076331A (en) * 1995-11-20 2000-06-20 Dalwell Ab Method of packaging together series of containers, particularly bottles, as well as a device and a holder designed to carry out the method
EP3738895A1 (fr) 2019-05-17 2020-11-18 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Procédé et dispositif de fabrication d'un emballage multiple pourvu d'une pluralité de récipients de boissons

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EP0150944B1 (fr) 1988-04-20
ES539504A0 (es) 1986-05-16
DE3562208D1 (en) 1988-05-26
EP0150944A3 (en) 1985-08-21
ES8607162A1 (es) 1986-05-16

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