EP0706476B1 - Kartoniermaschine - Google Patents

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EP0706476B1
EP0706476B1 EP95916582A EP95916582A EP0706476B1 EP 0706476 B1 EP0706476 B1 EP 0706476B1 EP 95916582 A EP95916582 A EP 95916582A EP 95916582 A EP95916582 A EP 95916582A EP 0706476 B1 EP0706476 B1 EP 0706476B1
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holding frame
folding boxes
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articles
cartoning machine
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Walter Dietrich
Manfred Hermann
Guenter Loew
Eberhard Krieger
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
    • B65B43/265—Opening, erecting or setting-up boxes, cartons or carton blanks
    • 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
    • B65B23/00—Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs
    • B65B23/22—Packaging glass ampoules, lamp bulbs, radio valves or tubes, or the like
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks

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  • the invention relates to a cartoning machine according to the Preamble of claim 1.
  • Cartoning machines With such a known for example from EP 0 465 437 A1 Cartoning machines are erected and one Folding boxes that reveal the opening cross-section along one conveyed horizontally. Parallel and in Alignment with the folding boxes is in one Product cup of several stacked blister strips with a package insert enclosing this U-shape promoted. The content of the product cups is determined by the Insert plungers assigned to product cups in the Folding boxes inserted and the folding boxes then closed. Cartoning machines of this type are particularly suitable for packaging insensitive items Goods that have the opening cross-section of the folding box fill in completely.
  • folding boxes with an integrated holding frame for packing sensitive objects, such as ampoules, vials, etc. known.
  • the holding frame is wide Inner wall of the folding box integrally connected and enables by laying it flat against the inner wall can be a flat-lying transport and storage of such folding boxes.
  • These folding boxes can be however with the known ones described above Do not process cartoning machines because of the holding frame at least partially after the folding box has been erected lies flat, and so the objects are not in the Retaining frame trained recordings for the objects can be inserted.
  • the object of the invention is therefore a cartoning machine to show with which also folding boxes with integrated Holding frame can be processed.
  • the cartoning machine according to the invention with the characteristic features of claim 1 has in contrast the advantage that folding boxes with integrated Holding frame can be processed reliably.
  • a wedge-shaped formation of the erecting elements is a reliable erection at different Holding frame formats achieved. They are particularly good Push objects into the holding frame if this held by a support element during insertion becomes. Through a special design of the slide-in ram can tilt the objects when inserted into the Avoid folding box. With an appropriate design of the erecting element can jam the holding frame be prevented.
  • FIG. 1 shows a section of the Cartoning machine according to the invention in a simplified perspective view
  • Fig.2 with a folding box integrated holding frame in perspective view
  • the Fig. 3 to Fig. 5 cross sections through the cartoning machine according to Fig.1 during different work phases
  • the 6 shows a cross section according to Figure 4 in a modified Embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows a horizontal conveying path of a cartoning machine 10, between the carriers 12 of which are arranged at regular intervals on a belt conveyor 11, cartons 15 are continuously conveyed.
  • the folding boxes 15, which are initially lying flat, are removed from a stack magazine by means of a removal, erection and transfer device which is known per se (not shown) and are inserted between the drivers 12 with the side walls erected.
  • the folding boxes 15 have at their two opposite openings 16, 17 closure tabs 18, 19 which are bent in the region of the horizontal conveying path shown by likewise known and not shown guide rails, so that the full opening cross section 22 of the folding box 15 is exposed.
  • each folding box 15 (FIG.
  • a pocket 34 is formed between an intermediate wall 32 connecting the wall sections 26, 27 and a second wide side wall 33 of the folding box 15, into which a folded package insert 35 can be inserted.
  • product cups 38 which run along with the folding boxes 15 are arranged on a second belt conveyor 37, in the recesses 39 of which the ampoules 30 provided for a folding box 15 and on the ampoules 30 of the package insert 35 are conveyed.
  • each product cup 38 is also assigned an insertion device 42 which is aligned therewith and whose push-in plunger 45, which is adapted to the number and shape of the ampoules 30, can be moved into and into the conveying direction of the folding box 15.
  • two pins 46 are arranged on at least two slide-in plungers 45, each associated with a product cup 38, which serve as a stop for the package insert 35.
  • each folding box 15 is assigned an erecting element 47 which moves with it and which can be moved centrally in the opening cross section 22 into the folding box 15.
  • the pin-shaped erection element 47 is wedge-shaped on its tip 48 facing the wall section 27 of the holding frame 25, so that the underside of the tip 48 is approximately flush with the inside of the wide side wall 23.
  • a support element 50 assigned to it can also be moved transversely to the conveying direction of the folding box 15.
  • the support element 50 has a fork-shaped carrier 51 which is arranged approximately parallel to the pin-shaped erecting element 47.
  • the carrier 51 has a support surface 52 with cutouts 53 which is adapted to the opening cross section 22 of the folding box 15 and the openings 28 of the holding frame 25.
  • the cutouts 53 are dimensioned such that they have a larger opening than the openings 28 and also from the tip 48 of the erecting element 47 can be penetrated.
  • the cartoning machine 10 described above works as follows:
  • the product beakers 38 equipped with the ampoules 30 and the package insert 35 run parallel to and in alignment with the erected folding boxes 15 which are continuously conveyed between the carriers 11. So that in particular the ampoules 30 can be inserted into the openings 28 formed in the holding frame 25, the holding frame 25 which is still lying flat against the side wall 23 after the folding box 15 has been erected must be erected so that the two wall sections 26, 27 with the openings 28 protrude perpendicularly from the side wall 23.
  • the erecting element 47 is moved transversely to the conveying direction of the folding box 15 in its opening 17 (FIG. 3).
  • the wedge-shaped tip 48 of the erecting element 47 grasps the wall section 27 of the holding frame 25 facing it and folded over parallel to the side wall 23 and straightens it up together with the holding frame 25. As soon as the holding frame 25 is erected, the erecting element 47 is moved back and the supporting element 50 is inserted into the opening 17 so far that the supporting surface 52 of the holding frame 25 lies completely against the wall section 27 (FIG. 4). In this position, the openings 28 of the holding frame 25 are aligned with the ampoules 30 in the product cup 38.
  • the push-in plunger 45 of the push-in device 42 are moved transversely to the conveying direction of the folding box 15 such that the ampoules 30 and the package insert 35 are inserted through the opening 16 into the openings 28 of the holding frame 25 or the pocket 34. Due to the positive engagement of the support surface 52 of the support element 50, the holding frame 25 is held in the intended position during the entire insertion of the ampoules 30 into the holding frame 25. As soon as the push-in plunger 45 has inserted the ampoules 30 into the intended position in the folding box 15, these and the support element 50 are moved out of the folding box 15 (FIG. 5). The folding box 15 is then conveyed to a closing device for closing the closing flaps 18, 19.
  • the erecting element 47a has a U-shaped cross section with the opening 55 facing the holding frame 25.
  • the two legs 56, 57 of the erecting element 47a flanking the opening 55 are each wedge-shaped. Their faces 58 facing the opening 55 are concave in the exemplary embodiment, but they can also be bsw. just be trained.
  • the holding frame 25 is guided during erection in such a way that holding frames 25 can also be erected, which are critical with regard to the dimensioning of their sections or their folding process.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
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KR960703766A (ko) 1996-08-31
EP0706476A1 (de) 1996-04-17
CZ288274B6 (en) 2001-05-16
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