Classifications

• • 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
  • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
  • B65B49/08—Reciprocating or oscillating folders
• • 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
  • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
  • B65B49/14—Folders forming part of, or attached to, conveyors for partially-wrapped articles
• • 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
  • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
  • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
  • B65B7/26—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by closing hinged lids

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for folding at least one tab of a package according to the preamble of the independent claim.
• a device for inserting packaged goods in packaging, in particular blister strips in cartons is already known.
• the inventive device for folding at least one tab of a package according to the features of the independent claim has the advantage that a secure fixing of the blister by means of a so-called fixing tab can be made possible.
• the tab is closed only with two tools, namely with folding and pressing.
• the pressing means the tab can be pressed until a glue applied in the previous step is removed. has tied.
• the bending material does not have to be changed because it is adapted to the widest packaging.
• drive means are provided which move the folding means and pressing means in such a way that the tab reaches the movement range of the pressing means during folding, which moves and presses the tab into the interior of the packaging.
• the output movement of the two tools always remains the same, even with different geometries of the packaging with tab.
• the folding means folds the tab down by approximately or slightly less than 90 °.
• the folding means with an ascending or descending direction of movement, the pressing means according to a counter-rotating, i. descending or ascending direction of movement are operated.
• a secure folding the flap is achieved inside the package.
• folding means and / or pressing means have a comb structure, wherein the comb structures of bending means and pressure means are preferably intermeshable.
• This structure is particularly suitable for folding over particularly short tabs, where folding means and pressing means must act on the tab in a small space.
• folding means and / or pressing means can be brought into a pivoting movement via at least one lever.
• the pivoting movement of the lever can be generated by curves. This type of drive is characterized by a particularly simple design.
• folding means and / or pressing means are displaceably arranged relative to the lever. This makes it particularly easy to make adjustments to different packaging geometries.
• at least one glue head is provided which applies glue to the flap. This can be in a module secure closing or fixing the tab make.
• FIG. 1 shows a side view of the packaging with cover flaps still unfolded
• FIG. 2 shows a side view of the packaging when the cover flaps are folded in
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the packaging
• Figure 4 shows the packaging with unfolded side flap when applying the
• Figure 5 is a schematic representation of the device when folding the
• Figure 6 is a schematic representation of the device when pressing the
• FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the device
• FIG. 8 shows the top view of the device in a first working position
• FIG. 9 shows the cross section along the line A-A from FIG. 8, FIG.
• FIG. 10 shows a top view of the device in the rest position
• FIG. 11 shows a cross section along the line B-B according to FIG. 10, FIG.
• FIG. 12 shows a top view of the device in a second working position
• FIG. 14 shows a cross section along the line D - D according to FIG. 12.
• the packaging shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called
• Wallet 1 can be unfolded and closed like a wallet. It also protects a blister 3 fixed therein. Furthermore, a card 4 is provided with recesses in the areas of the wells of the blister 3. This card 4 covers the blister 3 as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. For fixing the blister 3 with the wallet 1 are laterally tabs 2 and
• Cover tabs provided as part of the wallet 1 forming packaging. These are fixed with the device for folding by means of glue 5 described later with the card 4, so that the blister 3 located between card 4 and the bottom of the wallet 1 is firmly connected to the wallet 1. At the bottom of the wallet 1 can be provided on the blister pots tuned openings or punched out. About these openings can be found in the wells located objects.
• the wallet 1 essentially has the shape of a conventional folding box. However, the wallet 1 can be reopened, for example, via an adhesive closure in the longitudinal direction again. In addition, the sides are not closed contrary to a conventional carton, since the tabs 2 are folded inwards to connect the blister 3 directly or indirectly with the wallet 1.
• the wallet 1 has a width A as indicated in Figure 3.
• a glue head 6 is provided, which applies a glue 5 to the upper side of the flap 2, compare FIG. 4.
• This tab 2 is now to be folded into the interior of the wallet 1.
• a folding means 7 below the tab 2 as shown in FIG.
• the folding means 7 is pivoted about a pivot 11 about a pivot point 9 upwards.
• the tab 2 is brought to the interior of the wallet 1 out in the working area of a pressing means 8. If the side flap 2 is located in the working area of the pressure-applying means 8, this is displaced by the lever 12
• Pivot 10 pivoted toward the tab 2.
• the working range of the pressing means 8 is selected so that it conveys the tab 2 into the interior of the wallet 1.
• the tab 2 is pressed against the card 4 or the blister 3 with the adhesive 5 now pointing downwards, as shown in FIG.
• the device is characterized by adjustment of at least three variables.
• Xlist the length of the pressing means 8. With x2, the length of the lever 11 of the folding means 7 is designated.
• X4 is the distance between the surface of the wallet 1 and the tip of the folding means 7 when it reaches its maximum, upper vertical position.
• X3 denotes the length of the (deck) flap 2, to which the variables x1, x2 and x4 are to be matched.
• a transport system 13 in the direction of travel 14 feeds a wallet 1 whose cover tabs 2 are to be glued to the card 4 lying on a blister 3.
• the wallet 1 passes a glue head 6 which applies glue 5 to the top of the flap 2. It then arrives in the working area of the folding means 7 and the pressing means 8, as described in more detail below.
• FIG. 7 shows a working position in which the pressing means 8 pushes the tab 2 to be bonded into the interior of the wallet 1.
• the head of the pressing means 8 has a comb-shaped structure 34 which terminates pointed towards the interior of the wallet 1.
• the head of the pressing means 8 can be moved over a setting means 30 along a guide 32, so that it can be adjusted via xl, as far as the pressing means 8 projects into the interior of the wallet 1.
• the head of the pressing means 8 is tilted over a lever 12, so that the head can be introduced perpendicular to the direction 14 in the wallet 1 and returned.
• the transmitted via a belt 24 movement sets a drive means 22 via a coupling rod 26 in a corresponding tilting movement of the lever 12 to.
• the belt 24 connects the drive means 22 of the Andrückmit- means 8 with the drive means 21 for the bending means 7. As shown in more detail later, the movement of the drive means 21 is converted into a tilting movement of the lever 11 which is mounted in a pivot point 10.
• the lever 11 is connected to the head of the folding means 7, which also has a comb structure 33, wherein the two comb structures 33, 34 engage each other.
• the drive means 22 for the pressing means 8 performs a movement substantially perpendicular to the running direction 14. This movement is made possible via the coupling rod 26 on the lever 12 in the sense of a pivoting movement in a plane whose normal vector is substantially parallel to the running direction 14.
• the lever 12 is tiltably mounted about the pivot point 9. The movement of the lever 12 is limited by the coupling rod 26, the other end is rotatably connected in a pivot point 27 with the lever 12. As a result, the desired pivoting movement is generated.
• FIGS. 10 and 11 The corresponding rest position is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. There, the position of the drive means 22 is so far away from the wallet 1 that the lever 12 has the tip of the pressing means 8 folded so far back that it is no longer in the interior of the wallet 1.
• the folding means 7 is still in a position in which the flap 2 has been erected substantially at almost 90 °, before the pressing means 8 conveyed the thus erected tab 2 by a further 90 ° in the interior of the wallet 1.
• the folding means 7 is also turned into a tilting motion via the lever 11. offset, wherein the lever 11 is rotatably supported via the pivot point 10.
• the folding means 7 can preferably be displaced along the longitudinal axis of the lever 11, so that thereby the length x2 is adjustable and thus the angle by which the folding means 7 kinks the tab 2 can be adjusted to almost 90 °.
• the essential components are shown in the rest position.
• the pressing means 8 is no longer in the interior of the wallet 1.
• This presentation can be particularly well the interlocked comb structures 33, 34 of bending means 7 and pressing means 8 refer.
• the vertical positions of folding means 7 and pressing means 8 can be taken from the sectional view along the line B-B in Figure 11.
• the tip of the folding means 7 is located below the tab 2.
• the drive means 22 for the pressing means 8 has its furthest away from the wallet 1 position by the lever 12 is tilted about the pivot point 10 to the rear.
• the folding means 7 is moved upward about the pivot point 9, so that the tab 2 is erected in a position according to FIG.
• the drive means 22 moves in the direction of the wallet 1, so that the lever 12 and thus the tip of the pressing means 8 is tipped off towards the wallet 1.
• the movements of folding means 7 and pressure means 8 are coordinated so that the pressing means 8 conveys the erected from the folding means 7 tab 2 into the interior of the wallet 1 in the position shown in Figure 9.
• FIG. 12 a working position is now shown which corresponds to that of FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, but adapted to a smaller tab 2.
• the pressing means 8 is arranged more remote from the wallet 1 with the aid of the adjusting means 30 and the guide 32 than with larger tab geometries , This results in that the tip of the pressing means 8 no longer protrudes so far into the interior of the wallet 1 for pressing the tab 2. Also, the length x2 between fulcrum
• FIG. 13 shows the section of the device along the line CC in the pressing position for small tab geometries x3.
• the size x2 has been correspondingly changed by displacing pressing means 8 along the lever 12.
• X4 is adjusted by a sliding block 15 is moved on a slide 16 as shown in Figure 14 can be seen.
• the sectional view along the section line D-D of Figure 14, the drive mechanism for the folding means 7 can be seen.
• a curve 18 is set in rotation.
• the curve 18 has a screw 20 with a certain inclination.
• On the right side of the screw 20 is enclosed by two cam rollers 17.
• a linear slide 16 is moved up and down.
• a sliding block 15 is adjustably mounted on the slider 16.
• a joint rod 19 transmits the movement of the sliding block 15 to the lever 11.
• This lever 11 carries the bending means 7. As a result, the lever 11 is set into a pivoting movement about the pivot point 9.
• the device for folding at least one tab 2 of a package 1 works as follows. Wallet 1 enters the device. The glue head 6 carries the glue bead 5 on the tab 2. Then the transport movement stops. The folding means 7 edges the tab 2 by a little less than 90 ° upwards. The pressing means 8 then edges the tab 2 by more than 90 ° in the interior of the wallet 1 from. The pressing means 8 holds the tab 2 in this position. The glue 5 binds off. The pressing means 8 leaves the wallet 1 and pivots into the rest position, as does the folding means 7. The wallet 1 leaves the station. At the same time the following Wallet 1 enters the station. From here, the sequence repeats as already described. The tab 2 is closed by only two tools, namely the folding means 7 and the pressing means 8.
• folding means 7 and pressing means 8 runs in opposite directions, that is, while the folding means 7, the flap 2 moves from bottom to top, the pressing means 8 again positions the raised flap 2 by a movement from top to bottom inside the wallet 1. Die
• Die The chosen construction is characterized by high flexibility. For wallets 1 with different widths A, only a single tool has to be exchanged, which is to be adapted to this width A. This is the pressing means 8, which conveys the tab 2 into the interior of the wallet 1.
• the folding means 7 is to be chosen so that it safely covers the maximum width A of the wallets 1 to be processed.
• the adjusting means 30, 32 serve to the pressing means
• folding means 7 and / or pressing means 8 are displaceably connected to the respective levers 11, 12.
• end position in working position x4 of the folding means 7 can be adjusted via the sliding block 15.
• Strap length x3 fits. As a result, although the end position is moved at rest, which is irrelevant to the function. Subsequently, the folding means 7 is moved on the lever 11 until the bending angle of the tab 2 is set to almost 90 °.
• the construction is also characterized by the fact that very flat wallets 1 can be processed with a short cover flap length x3. This is achieved in that comb structures 33, 34 are interlocked by folding means 7 and pressing means 8, respectively.
• folding means 7 and / or pressure means 8 can be driven by servomotors instead of curves.
• pivoting movements also linearly moving folding means 7 and / or pressing means 8 are conceivable.
• these need not be toothed when the movement and adjustment of the folding means 7 and pressing means 8 are changed so that the tools 7, 8 move without any overlap.
• simpler tools could be produced, but the effort for the adjustment would be greater. In particular, the risk of collision of the tools is greater due to incorrect settings.
• a knife could be provided with an additional movement, which holds down the creasing edge between tab 3 and the associated base of the wallet 1. This could improve the process of Abkantens the tab 2 by the folding means 7.
• the knife must be during the bending be in the lower position by the folding means 7. Subsequently, it would have to be brought into the upper position when the pressing means 8 carries the tab inside the wallet 1. However, this knife runs the risk of coming into contact with the glue bead 5.
• the device described is particularly suitable for fixing blister 3 in wallets 1, but is not limited thereto. Thus, it generally serves the folding of at least one tab 2 in the interior of a package.

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