EP1001909B2 - Verpackungsverfahren und -vorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1001909B2
EP1001909B2 EP98937688A EP98937688A EP1001909B2 EP 1001909 B2 EP1001909 B2 EP 1001909B2 EP 98937688 A EP98937688 A EP 98937688A EP 98937688 A EP98937688 A EP 98937688A EP 1001909 B2 EP1001909 B2 EP 1001909B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/76—Depositing materials in cans or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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  • This invention relates to a packaging method and apparatus and in particular to a method and apparatus for packaging trimmer line such as is used in trimmer apparatus, generally known as 'strimmers'.
  • trimmer line is packaged by firstly coiling the line - either manually or with the aid of suitable machinery or apparatus - into a generally circular form.
  • the generally circular form of trimmer line is then secured and maintained in itscircularform either by means of adhesive tape or by other suitable means, whereafter the coiled line is placed in a pack for display and sale purposes.
  • United Kingdom Patent No 1 143 756 discloses a method of and apparatus for packaging sutures, but the apparatus is unduly complicated
  • United Kingdom Patent No 2 030 537 discloses a method of and apparatus for packaging filamentary material, and again the apparatus is similarly complicated, and includes apparatus parts which are not necessary to achieve the desired end result of the present invention.
  • the present invention therefore seeks to provide a method of and apparatus for packaging trimmer line which will obviate the above and other disadvantages.
  • apparatus for the packaging of trimmer line comprising a pair of pinch wheels to feed a length of trimmer line from a supply source into guide means and thence into a closed container or package through a hole or aperture in said container or package, means being provided to sever the trimmer line when a predetermined length has been fed into said container or package, said guide means comprising feed pipes or needles located one above and one below said pinch wheels, the trimmer line being sequentially fed into the upper pipe or needle and then into the lower pipe or needle from which it is fed through the hole or aperture into the closed container or package, characterised in that said lower pipe or needle is movable axially and towards and away from said upper pipe or needle, said pinch wheels and said closed container or package so as to enable the distance between a lower end of said lower pipe or needle and said pinch wheels to be varied.
  • At least one of said pinch wheels will preferably be positively driven, whilst the other of said pinch wheels will preferably be spring-loaded so that it is biassed towards the driven pinch wheel.
  • the lower pipe or needle or a portion thereof may be rotatable about its axis relative to said container or package, and the lower extremity of said lower pipe or needle may be flared.
  • the closed container or package will preferably be mounted on a conveyor which is movable relative to said pipes or needles so as to move said container or package to and from a position beneath said pipes or needles.
  • Said apparatus will preferably include a control or programme unitto control, inter alia, the length of trimmer line fed to said closed container or package. the speed of feed of said trimmer line to said closed container or package, and the number of containers or packages completed.
  • the trimmer line 2 mounted on a drum 4 is located on a drum table 6 which is rotated by a geared motor 8 so as to feed the trimmer line from the drum to a closed container or package 10 - having a hole or aperture 10A therein - located on a conveyor 12.
  • a guide bearing 14 Located above the drum 4 is a guide bearing 14 through which the trimmer line 2 is fed and line guide rollers 16, 18, and 20 are provided as indicated. Adjacent the guide roller 20 is an upper feed pipe or needle 22 whose lower end is in close proximity to a pair of pinch rollers 24 and 26. A lower feed pipe or needle 28 whose upper end is located in close proximity to the pinch rollers 24 and 26 is providedto deliverthe trimmer line to the container or package 10.
  • a pneumatically operated cutting means is located between the lower end of the feed pipe or needle 28 and the conveyor 12 so as to enable the trimmer line to be severed when a predetermined length of trimmer line has been inserted into the conatiner or package 10.
  • the pinch roller 24 is positively driven by being mounted on the output shaft of a motor 34 - which may be of the variable speed type or an induction motor having pulleys and a belt in order to vary its speed - and the pinch roller 26 is pivotable about a pivot pin 36 and is spring-loaded by means of a spring 38 so that it is biassed towards the pinch roller 24.
  • a motor 34 - which may be of the variable speed type or an induction motor having pulleys and a belt in order to vary its speed -
  • the pinch roller 26 is pivotable about a pivot pin 36 and is spring-loaded by means of a spring 38 so that it is biassed towards the pinch roller 24.
  • the output shaft 32 of the motor 34 carries a pulley wheel 40 which, through the intermediary of an endless belt 42, is in engagement with and causes rotation of a pulley wheel 44 to which is mounted a disc 46 carrying a reflector 48.
  • a counter sensor 50 acts in conjunction with the reflector 48 as will be explained hereinafter.
  • the apparatus will incorporate a control panel including a suitable programme unit 52.
  • the unit 52 including start and stop buttons 54 and 56 respectively, a length counter 58, a speed control 60, a delay unit 62, and a tally counter 64, the appropriate electronic components and circuitry (not shown) being located within the unit 52.
  • the apparatus will preferably include a series of safety and/or warning lights in order to indicate any malfunctioning of the apparatus, and in order to indicate to an operator of the apparatus when, for example, the line drum needs to be replaced.
  • the apparatus described will be mounted within a suitable casing 66.
  • the container or package 10 to be filled with the trimmer line 2 has, as will be seen from Figures 1 and 2, the hole or aperture 10A therein, and it is through this hole or aperture 10A that the trimmer line 2 is fed in to the otherwise completely closed container or package 10.
  • the container or package 10 may be any suitable form of cavity pack, examples being a box, a blister card, a clam shell, or the like.
  • the trimmer line 2 is fed from the line drum 4 by actuating the motor 8 - it being understood that the drum will need to be driven at varying speeds (depending on the thickness of the trimmer line) in order to compensate for the take-off of the line - whereafter the line 2 passes through the guide bearing 14, over the line guides 16, 18, and 20, and thence into the upper pipe or needle 22.
  • the line 2 issues from the pipe or needle 22, it passes to the pinch rollers 24 and 26 which feed the line into the lower pipe or needle 28 from which the line enters the closed container or package through the hole or aperture 10A therein.
  • the cutting means 30 is actuated so as to sever the line 2, leaving a portion of line projecting from the container or package through the hole or aperture 10A.
  • the conveyor 12 is then operated so as to move the filled container or package 10 away from the filling station and to simultaneously position the next container or package on the conveyor at the filling station. In some instances, depending on the thickness of the line, size of drum etc., it may be unnecessary to drive the table 6.
  • the portion of line projecting from the container or package is secured in place on the outside of the container or package 10 either manually or by suitable mechanical or electrical/electronic means, not shown.
  • the disc 46 is rotating, due to its interconnection with the motor 34, so that the reflector 48 carried by the disc 46 is also rotating, the rotation of the reflector 48 being sensed by the sensor 50 so as to count the number of revolutions of the disc and hence control the length of trimmer line fed from the drum 4 to the container or package 10.
  • the size of the container or package used is correct for the diameter of the line being packaged.
  • the distance of the lower end of of the lower pipe or needle 28 from the hole or aperture 10A in the container or package 10 is also critical, as is the diameter of the pipe or needle 28.
  • the lower end of the lower pipe or needle 28, or indeed the whole pipe or needle 28 may rotate relative to the container or package being filled in order to aid the coiling of the trimmer line within the container or package 10.
  • the lower end of the lower pipe or needle 28 may be provided with a flared end in order to better feed the line into the container or package being filled.
  • the apparatus described above may be incorporated into a complete forming and packaging line, wherein the required container or package is formed in situ, fed to the filling station and filled with trimmer line, and security tagged either manually or otherwise, the completed containers or packages then being placed in outer containers for onward transmission to storage or to a point of sale.
  • the invention provides a method of and apparatus for packaging of trimmer line which obviates the known disadvantages of presently used packagings.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and easy to operate, and trimmer line packaged in accordance with the invention can readily be removed from the container or package easily and quickly with no resultant tangle.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Trimmerfaden, die Transporträder (24, 26) zum Einbringen einer Länge Trimmerfaden (2) aus einer Vorratsquelle (4) in Führungsmittel (22, 28) und von dort in einen geschlossenen Behälter oder eine geschlossene Packung (10) durch ein Loch oder eine Öffnung (10A) in dem genannten Behälter oder der genannten Packung aufweist, wobei Mittel (30) zum Abschneiden des Trimmerfadens (2) vorgesehen sind, wenn eine vorbestimmte Länge in den genannten Behälter oder die genannte Packung (10) eingebracht ist, wobei das genannte Führungsmittel Zuführrohre oder Nadeln (22, 28) aufweist, von denen eins/eine über und eins/eine unter den genannten Transporträdern (24, 26) angeordnet ist, wobei der Trimmerfaden nacheinander in das obere Rohr oder die obere Nadel (22) und dann in das untere Rohr oder die untere Nadel (28) eingebracht wird, aus dem/der er durch das Loch oder die Öffnung (10A) in den geschlossenen Behälter oder die geschlossene Packung (10) eingebracht wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das genannte untere Rohr oder die genannte untere Nadel (28) axial und zu dem genannten oberen Rohr oder der genannten oberen Nadel (22), den genannten Transporträdern (24, 26) und dem genannten geschlossenen Behälter oder der genannten geschlossenen Packung (10) hin und von diesen weg bewegbar ist, um so Variierung des Abstands zwischen einem unteren Ende des genannten unteren Rohrs oder der genannten unteren Nadel (28) und den genannten Transporträdern (24, 26) und dem genannten Behälter oder der genannten Packung (10) zu ermöglichen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eins der genannten Transporträder (24) positiv angetrieben wird.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das andere der genannten Transporträder (26) so federbelastet ist, dass es in Richtung auf das genannte angetriebene Transportrad (24) vorgespannt wird.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das untere Rohr oder die untere Nadel (28) oder ein Teil desselben/derselben in Bezug zu dem genannten Behälter oder der genannten Packung (10) um seine/ihre Achse rotiert werden kann.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das untere Rohr oder die untere Nadel (28) mit einem aufgeweiteten unteren Ende versehen ist, um den Trimmerfaden (2) besser in den genannten Behälter oder die genannte Packung (10) einzubringen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Schneidmittel (30) in dichter Nähe zu dem unteren Ende des unteren Rohrs oder der unteren Nadel (28) angeordnet sind, um den Trimmerfaden (2) abzuschneiden, wenn eine vorbestimmte Länge desselben in den genannten Behälter oder die genannte Packung (10) eingebracht wurde.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannten Schneidmittel (30) pneumatisch betätigt werden.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte geschlossene Behälter oder die genannte geschlossene Packung (10) an einer Fördereinrichtung (12) angebracht ist, die in Bezug zu den genannten Rohren oder Nadeln (22, 28) so bewegbar ist, um Bewegung des Behälters oder der Packung (10) in und aus einer Position unter den genannten Rohren oder Nadeln (22, 28) zu ermöglichen.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, die eine Steuer- oder Programmeinheit (52) zum Steuern, unter anderem, der Länge von dem genannten geschlossenen Behälter oder der genannten geschlossenen Packung (10) zuzuführendem Trimmerfaden (2), der Zuführgeschwindigkeit des genannten Trimmerfadens (2) zu dem genannten geschlossenen Behälter oder der genannten geschlossenen Packung (10), und der Anzahl von Behältern oder Packungen (10) einschließt, die mit Trimmerfaden gefüllt werden.
  10. Verfahren zum Verpacken eines Trimmerfaden, das die Schritte einschließt, einen geschlossenen Behälter oder eine geschlossene Packung (10) unter einer Fadenfüllstation zu positionieren, ein unteres Rohr oder eine untere Nadel (28) zu der erforderlichen Position in Bezug zu dem genannten Behälter oder der genannten Packung (10) und zu Transporträdern (24, 26) für den Faden abzusenken, eine benötigte Länge von Faden (2) durch ein oberes Zuführrohr oder eine obere Zuführnadel (22) und von dort durch das genannte untere Zuführrohr oder die genannte untere Zuführnadel (28) in den genannten geschlossenen Behälter oder die genannte geschlossene Packung (10) durch ein Loch oder eine Öffnung (10A) darin einzubringen, das genannte untere Rohr oder die genannte untere Nadel (28) zurückzuziehen, den Trimmerfaden (2) so abzuschneiden, dass ein Teil des genannten Trimmerfadens (2) aus dem genannten Behälter oder der genannten Packung (10) vorsteht, und danach den gefüllten Behälter oder die gefüllte Packung (10) von der genannten Füllstation weg zu bewegen und gleichzeitig einen weiteren geschlossenen Behälter oder eine weitere geschlossene Packung (10) unter der genannten Füllstation zu positionieren.
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