EP2119630A2 - Emballage des cosses de poudre d'infusion et portions de poudre - Google Patents

Emballage des cosses de poudre d'infusion et portions de poudre Download PDF

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EP2119630A2
EP2119630A2 EP09159017A EP09159017A EP2119630A2 EP 2119630 A2 EP2119630 A2 EP 2119630A2 EP 09159017 A EP09159017 A EP 09159017A EP 09159017 A EP09159017 A EP 09159017A EP 2119630 A2 EP2119630 A2 EP 2119630A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • 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
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • B65B29/02—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package
    • B65B29/025—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package packaging infusion material into pods
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3261—Flexible containers having several compartments
    • 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
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/16—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging
    • 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
    • B65B2230/00—Aspects of the final package
    • B65B2230/02—Containers having separate compartments isolated from one another

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  • the present invention involves the packaging of single-portion pods of infusion powder in general, typically single-portion pods of coffee, and powder substances intended to flavour an infusion, including for example sugar, powdered milk, and powdered chocolate.
  • single-portion pods of infusion powder comprise two superimposed layers of filtering material, permeable to water and sealed together along the lateral edges, such as to define a closed compartment containing a measured quantity of infusion powder.
  • Single-portion pods are used in automatic machines for the preparation of drinks like coffee, wherein immersion in a flow of boiling water, which passes through the filtering material, causes the infusion of the powders, before serving into a cup as a beverage.
  • Infusion powders oxidize in contact with air, resulting in a loss of a significant part of their essential characteristics, and consequently pods are normally enclosed in sealed wrappers of impermeable material, sometimes conserved in a protective atmosphere.
  • the sealed wrappers can be bags designed to hold 15 to 18 single-portion pods, or individual wrappers for each pod.
  • toppings are sugar, powdered milk, and cocoa powder. Toppings are generally supplied in single-portions inside small sealed sachets, which can be made of paper or impermeable materials.
  • Sachets containing toppings and sealed wrappers containing the pods of infusion powder are packed together inside rigid boxes, generally of cardboard, which might also include a dividing wall separating the pods from the sachets of powder.
  • the above description clearly indicates that the packaging of single-portion pods of infusion powder together with relative toppings requires the use of a complex system comprising at least a first machine to manufacture the single-portion pods and seal them in the relative impermeable wrappers, a second machine to manufacture the sachets of loose powder (toppings), and a third machine to box the proconduits prepared by the first and second machines.
  • An aim of the present invention is to simplify the packaging of single-portion pods of infusion powder together with single-portions of relative toppings.
  • a further aim of the invention is to attain the abovementioned aim in a simple, practical, and relatively inexpensive solution.
  • the invention makes available a package for pods of infusion powder and portions of loose powder, typically flavouring powders (toppings), comprising a single package formed from two superimposed layers of impermeable film, the layers being sealed together such as to define at least two distinct closed compartments respectively containing a pod of infusion powder and a portion of loose powder.
  • loose powder typically flavouring powders (toppings)
  • the pod of infusion powder is protected inside the same sachet containing the portion of loose flavouring powder, thus effectively reducing the number of packages required for the joint packaging of the two proconduits, providing not only considerable savings in terms of proconduition costs, but also a significant simplification of the entire packaging process.
  • the packages of the invention can also be sold inside boxes of simpler structure than those currently in use, for example without internal dividing walls, which are simpler and more economic to produce.
  • the packages of the invention offer the further advantage of providing final users with both proconduits together, eliminating the need for separate storage and retrieval every time the proconduits are required.
  • the invention also provides a packaging method suitable for the realization of the package of the invention, the method comprising insertion between two layers of an impermeable film of at least a single-portion pod of infusion powder and a portion of loose powder, subsequently sealing the two layers of impermeable material to enclose the pod of infusion powder and the portion of loose powder, such as to form at least two distinct compartments containing respectively the pod of infusion powder and the portion of loose powder.
  • the two layers of impermeable film, between which at least a pod of infusion powder and a portion of loose powder are inserted are obtained by folding a single sheet of impermeable film.
  • a ribbon of impermeable film from a reel, fold the ribbon unwound from the reel along the length of the ribbon such as to obtain two facing longitudinal flaps, seal the flaps together longitudinally along their outside edges such as to form a tube of impermeable material, then seal the flaps together longitudinally along a central line such as to divide the tube into two separate parallel tubes, insert into each tube respectively a pod of infusion powder and a portion of loose powder, and finally transversally seal the flaps together before and after the pod and powder portion inserted previously, such as to enclose the pod and powder portion inside respective closed compartments.
  • packaging can be continuous as part of an automated process, providing rapid, simple, and economical proconduition of the packages using a single ribbon of impermeable film.
  • the invention also provides a packaging machine designed to implement the above packaging method for pods of infusion powder and portions of loose powder.
  • the packaging machine comprises:
  • the packaging machine comprises, more specifically:
  • packages of the invention are realized starting from a single ribbon of impermeable film, in a simple, fast, economic and almost entirely automatic process.
  • upstream of the means for distributing the packaging machine also comprises means for manufacturing pods of infusion powder and means for transferring the pods from the means for manufacturing pods of infusion powder to the means for distributing, for insertion between the facing layers of impermeable film.
  • the means for manufacturing preferably comprise a support surface sliding in a predefined advancement direction, and associated to the support surface:
  • the means for transferring collect a single-portion pod at a time from a collection position on the sliding support surface, downstream of the means for cutting, and transfer the pod to an unloading position at the means for distributing.
  • the machine of the invention is able not only to package pods of infusion powder together with portions of loose powder, but is also capable of manufacturing the pods as part of an integrated process in which pods are packaged immediately after fabrication, such that pods remain exposed to ambient air for a very short time, thus significantly limiting the risk of oxidation of the infusion powders.
  • the packaging machine also comprises a sliding conveyor surface to which are associated:
  • the machine is effectively capable of carrying out an entire packaging process for pods of infusion powder and portions of loose powder, rapidly obtaining boxes ready for sale.
  • the packaging machine 1 schematically comprises both means for manufacturing single-portion pods 105 of infusion powder, in the example pods of coffee for use in automatic drinks vending machines, and means for packaging the pods 105 of infusion powder together with single portions 106 of loose powder serving to flavour drinks after vending, for example portions of sugar, powdered cocoa, or powdered milk.
  • the means for manufacturing pods of infusion powder comprise a plurality of plates 2, individually exhibiting a central cavity 20, the plates 2 being advanced in series by a chain conveyor 3 which develops along a vertical plane and is powered by drive means (not illustrated), such as for example an electric motor.
  • the plates 2 are horizontal with the cavities 20 facing upwards, and the plates 2 are adjacent to each other such as to define a single continuous support surface, slideable in the advancement direction indicated by the arrow X in figure 1 .
  • first guide means such as to provide above the plates 2 a first continuous ribbon 100 of filter film, of permeable material, covering the cavities 20.
  • the first ribbon 100 of permeable film is unwound from a reel 101, driven by a chain conveyor 3 sliding in direction X.
  • batching means 30 for inserting a portion 200 of infusion powder, in the example coffee, into each cavity 20 of the plates 2, on the first ribbon 100 of permeable film.
  • the batching means 30 schematically comprise a vertical supply conduit 31, open at the bottom and communicating above with an accumulation reservoir 32 of infusion powder, and a screw device 33, contained axially inside the supply conduit 31, the screw device 33 being activated cyclically by an electric motor 34, such as to enable a downwards-directed exit of batched quantities of infusion powder.
  • the sliding support surface Downstream of the batching means 30, the sliding support surface is associated to second guide means (of known type and not illustrated) serving to provide above the plates 2 a second continuous ribbon 102 of filtering film, of permeable material, which covers the portions 200 of infusion powder supplied onto the first ribbon 100.
  • second guide means (of known type and not illustrated) serving to provide above the plates 2 a second continuous ribbon 102 of filtering film, of permeable material, which covers the portions 200 of infusion powder supplied onto the first ribbon 100.
  • the second ribbon 102 of permeable film is unwound from a relative reel 103, drawn by the sliding of the chain conveyor 3.
  • the second ribbon 102 exhibits substantially the same width as the first ribbon 100, such as to completely cover the first ribbon 100, the portions 200 of infusion powder being interposed between the two ribbons 100 and 102.
  • sealing means 35 for sealing together the first and second ribbons of permeable film 100 and 102, such as to enclose the portions 200 of infusion powder, forming a sequence of closed compartments of permeable material, each of which containing a respective portion 200 of infusion powder.
  • the sealing means 35 schematically comprise a hollow matrix 36, which is driven by suitable activating means (not illustrated) in an alternating movement in a vertical direction, between a raised position, when the sliding of the ribbons 100 and 102 is enabled, and a lowered position, when the first and second ribbons 100 and 102 are pressed against the underlying plate 2 and sealed together.
  • the cavity of the matrix 36 matches and is superimposed over the cavity of the underlying plate 2, such that the plates 100 and 102 are sealed together only along a perimetral portion surrounding the portion 200 of infusion powder.
  • the hollow matrix 36 is associated to means for heating (not illustrated), such as to thermally seal the ribbons 100 and 102 during the compression stage.
  • the sliding support surface Downstream of the sealing means 35, the sliding support surface is also associated to means for cutting 37 to cut the ribbons 100 and 102 at the sealed portions such as to separate the individual pods 105 comprising a portion 200 of infusion powder enclosed between two sheets of permeable film.
  • the means for cutting 37 comprise a blade 38 driven by suitable drive means (not illustrated) along an alternating movement in a vertical direction between a raised position, where the blade 38 does not interfere with the ribbons 100 and 102, and a lowered position, where the blade 38 cuts the first and the second ribbon 100 and 102 by bearing down onto the underlying plate 2. Downstream of the means for cutting 37, the pods 105 of infusion powder 20 continue advancing on the respective plates 2 of the sliding support surface, until a collection position is reached, indicated as A.
  • the packaging machine 1 comprises means for transferring 4, which globally serve to transfer each pod 105 of infusion powder from the collection position A to an unloading position B, after temporarily depositing the pods 105 at a weighing position C, above a weighing device 5 (of known type) serving to check the effective weight of the pods 105.
  • This transfer is achieved by a movement of the pods 105 in a transverse direction Y relative to the direction of advancement X of the plates 2 of the sliding support surface.
  • the means for transferring 4 comprise two sucker devices 40 and 41, aligned with each other along the transverse direction Y and reciprocally separated, along direction Y, by a distance equal to the distance separating the collection position A from the weighing position C.
  • the sucker devices 40 and 41 are vertically oriented and supported, above the plates 2 and the weighing device 5, by a horizontal arm 42 fixed projectingly to a vertical plate 43.
  • the ends of the vertical plate 43 are respectively articulated to a first end of two equal and parallel connecting rods 44, and second ends of the connecting rods 44 are articulated to a fixed support structure 6, such as to form an four-bar linkage system.
  • the four-bar linkage is designed to move along a vertical plane, transversally to the advancement direction X of the plates 2 of the sliding support surface.
  • Each of the connecting rods 44 of the four-bar linkage is fixed to a cogged wheel 45 coaxial to the hinge axis of a connecting rod 44 relative to the support structure 6.
  • Both the cogged wheels 45 enmesh with a vertically-developing rack 46, the upper end of the rack 46 being connected to a lever 47 through an intermediate connecting rod 48, forming a pushing lever mechanism.
  • the pushing lever system enables the rack 46 to conconduit an alternative movement in the vertical direction, driven by drive means (not illustrated) acting to rotate the lever 47, for example an electric motor.
  • the connecting rods 44 of the four-bar linkage are horizontal and are oriented such that the sucker devices 40 and 41 are respectively at the collection position A and the weighing position C, directly above the pods 105 of infusion powder lie in positions A and C.
  • sucker devices 40 and 41 are activated simultaneously, such as to restrain the respective pods 105 of infusion powder.
  • the rotation of the connecting rods 44 is translated into a movement of the horizontal arm 42 upwards and in the transverse direction Y, during which the sucker devices 40 and 41 transfer the attached pods 105.
  • the sucker devices 40 and 41 are deactivated, such that the pod 105 that was previously at the weighing position C is now released at the unloading position B, and the pod 105 that was previously at the collection position A is released at the weighing position C, above the weighing device 5.
  • the sucker device 40 moves back to the weighing position C, where in the meantime the weighing device 5 has checked the weight of the pod 105 transported previously, and the sucker device 41 moves back to the collection position A, where in the meantime another pod 105 has been deposited by the advance of the sliding support surface.
  • the cycle repeats continuously, providing the transfer of one pod 105 at a time from the collection position A to the unloading position B.
  • each pod 105 of infusion powder is released into a funnel 70 profiled such as to orient the pod 105 vertically and guide the pod 105 into the upper inlet 71 of an underlying vertically-developing conveyor conduit 72.
  • the means for transferring 4 are contained in a compartment 49 also containing the weighing device 5 and the inlet of the funnel 70, and the compartment 49 is transited by the plates 2 of the sliding support surface when at the collection position A.
  • the compartment 49 is provided with means (of known type and not illustrated) serving to insert in the compartment 49 a pressurised antioxidant gas, typically nitrogen, such as to create a protective atmosphere for the preservation of the essential characteristics of the pods 105 during transfer.
  • a pressurised antioxidant gas typically nitrogen
  • the pods 105 of infusion powder are released one at a time into a conveyor conduit 72.
  • the transverse cross-section of the conveyor conduit 72 is generally flat in shape, exhibiting width and depth approximately equal to the width and depth of the pods 105 of infusion powder, such as to accurately guide the pods 105 as they slide down, until exiting the lower outlet 75.
  • the first and second conveyor conduits 72 and 73 are positioned at the same height and are substantially aligned along the same vertical plane, reciprocally separated by an appropriate space.
  • batching means Associated to the second conveyor conduit 73 are batching means, denoted in their entirety by 8 and serving to internally supply batched quantities of a loose powder, for example sugar, cocoa powder, or powdered milk, serving as toppings for drinks obtainable using the pods 105 of infusion powder.
  • a loose powder for example sugar, cocoa powder, or powdered milk
  • the batching means 8 comprise a vertical supply conduit 80, which inserts into the upper inlet 74 of the second conveyor conduit 73 and communicates above with an accumulation reservoir 81 for the lose powder, and a screw device 82, housed axially inside the supply conduit 80, and driven cyclically by an electrical motor 83, such as to cause the downward release of individual batched portions of loose powder.
  • each portion of loose powder supplied by the vertical conduit 80 passes into the conveyor conduit 73, where it is guided downwards until exiting at a lower outlet mouth 76.
  • the packaging machine 1 further comprises a profiled body 9, installed in a fixed position relative to the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the profiled body 9 exhibits a substantially pyramidal shape with three sloping surfaces, being a forward surface 90 and two lateral surfaces 91.
  • the lateral surfaces 91 are separated by a narrow opening that extends along the shared corner, and two descending sidewalls 92, deriving from the edges of the lateral surfaces 91, vertical and perfectly counterpositioned, define a cavity. Inserted inside the cavity, with a degree of transverse play, are both the conveyor conduits 72 and 73, such that their inlets 71 and 74 are positioned higher relative to the sloping surfaces of the profiled body 9, while the respective lower outlets 75 and 76, are positioned at a lower level.
  • the profiled body 9 serves to slidingly guide a ribbon 110 of impermeable film, for example cellophane, which unwinds from a relative reel 111, rises centrally on the sloping frontal surfaces 90 of the profiled body 9 and, sliding over the sloping lateral surfaces 91, enters the cavity between the descending sidewalls 92.
  • a ribbon 110 of impermeable film for example cellophane
  • the ribbon 110 of impermeable film is folded lengthwise and deviated by about 90 degrees relative to the unwinding direction of the reel 111, such that downstream of the profiled body 9 the ribbon 110 is folded into two facing longitudinal flaps, sliding downwards from above and encompassing both the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the ribbon 110 runs vertically and is folded such as to exhibit a substantially U-shaped transverse cross-section, defined by the opposite longitudinal flaps.
  • the conveyor conduits 72 and 73 are thus axially contained in the cavity between the longitudinal flaps, the upper inlets 71 and 74 remaining exposed externally and the lower outlets 75 and 76 opening inside the cavity.
  • the cavity is closed along the vertical side on which the longitudinal flaps are united at the fold and the cavity is open along the opposite vertical side, where the vertical edges of the longitudinal flaps are separated.
  • the width of the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 of impermeable film is greater than the horizontal bulk of the conveyor conduits 72 and 73, such that the separated flaps can touch each other.
  • the packaging machine 1 comprises sealing means, not illustrated in figure 1 and labelled globally as 10, serving to seal together the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 of impermeable film obtained by folding.
  • the sealing means comprise a plurality of distinct pincer devices 11 to 14, each comprising in general two facing jaws 15 to 18, arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 and provided with a movement of reciprocal approach and withdrawal, such as to press the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 against each other, sealing them together along the portion at which they contact each other.
  • suitable means for heating are associated to the jaws 15 to 18 of each of the pincer devices 11 to 14, such as to thermally weld the longitudinal flaps during compression.
  • the sealing means 10 comprise a first pincer device 11, positioned at a height between the outlets 75 and 76 of the conveyor conduits 72 and 73, and the profiled body 9.
  • the jaws 15 of the first pincer device 11 exhibit a prevalently vertical development, such as to seal together the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 of impermeable film, along a narrow vertical portion.
  • the first pincer device 11 is positioned such as to act on the separated vertical edges of the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110.
  • the jaws 15 of the first pincer device 11 act to progressively seal together the separated edges along the entire longitudinal extension thereof, transforming the ribbon 110 of impermeable film substantially into a tube.
  • the sealing means 10 further comprise a second pincer device 12, substantially identical to the first pincer device 11 and positioned at the same height thereas, in a central position, such as to interact with the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 in the separation space between the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the jaws 16 of the second pincer device 12 act to seal a central portion of the longitudinal flaps, for the entire length thereof, subdividing the tube of impermeable film obtained using the first pincer device 11, into two distinct parallel and separate tubes, into which open the two outlets 75 and 76 of the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the sealing means 10 also comprise a third pincer device 13, substantially identical to the first two, 11 and 12, and positioned at the same height, located laterally, such as to act on the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 at the fold that unites the flaps of the ribbon 110.
  • the jaws 17 of the third pincer device 13 act to completely seal the fold between the longitudinal flaps, sealing any tears that might have formed during folding on the profiled body 9.
  • the sealing means 10 finally comprise a fourth pincer device 14, positioned at a lower height relative to the outlets 75 and 76 of the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 comprises two jaws 18 exhibiting a substantially horizontal development, such as to press the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 against each other and seal them together, along a portion extending for the entire transverse development of the longitudinal flaps.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 serves to close the bottom of both tubes of impermeable film realized by the pincer devices 11 to 13 positioned above, such as to form two adjacent compartments of impermeable film, open only towards the top, into which the two conveyor conduits are respectively inserted 72 and 73.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 is also associated to a motorized drive means of known type (not illustrated) and acting to alternatingly drive the pincer device 14 in a vertical direction during which the pincer 14 follows a cyclic activation movement from above downwards, in which the jaws 18 close on the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110, followed by a return movement upwards, in which the jaws 18 are open.
  • a motorized drive means of known type (not illustrated) and acting to alternatingly drive the pincer device 14 in a vertical direction during which the pincer 14 follows a cyclic activation movement from above downwards, in which the jaws 18 close on the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110, followed by a return movement upwards, in which the jaws 18 are open.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 pulls the ribbon 110 of impermeable film downwards.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 is also the organ actively drawing the ribbon 110 of impermeable film to unwind from the reel 111 and run over the profiled body 9.
  • the jaws 15 to 17 of the pincer devices 11 to 13 are closed, such as to seal together the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110 along vertical portions and realizing tubes of impermeable film as described above.
  • the first pincer devices 11 to 13 open simultaneously while the fourth pincer device 14 closes, such that the jaws 18 grip the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110, along a transverse portion underlying the vertical portions sealed previously.
  • the jaws 18 of the fourth pincer device 14 close the bottom of the tubes of impermeable film formed by the pincer devices 11 to 13, obtaining, as already stated, two adjacent compartments of impermeable film, into which open the respective outlets 75 and 76 of the conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the means for transferring 4 release a pod 105 of infusion powder into the conveyor conduit 72, guiding the pod 105 which drops by gravity to the bottom of the relative compartment of impermeable film.
  • the batching means 8 supply a portion 106 of loose powder into the conveyor conduit 73, guiding the loose powder which drops by gravity to the bottom of the other compartment of impermeable material.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 is activated in a downward advance movement, during which the jaws 18 are closed, such as to complete the sealing phase and advance the ribbon 110.
  • the fourth pincer device 14 reaches the lower endrun position (not illustrated)
  • the pod 105 of infusion powder and the portion 106 of loose powder are completely enclosed inside the relative compartments of impermeable material, suitably spaced from the outlets 75 and 76 of the relative conveyor conduits 72 and 73.
  • the jaws 18 close again to seal the longitudinal flaps of the ribbon 110, such as to close above and thus completely close the compartments of impermeable material containing the pod 105 of infusion powder and the portion 106 of loose powder.
  • the packaging machine 1 Downstream of the sealing means 10, the packaging machine 1 also comprises means for cutting of known type (not illustrated), which act to transversally cut the ribbon 110 of impermeable film.
  • the cut is along the transverse portions sealed by the fourth pincer device 14, such as not to compromise the airtightness of the compartments containing the pods 105 of infusion powder and the portions of loose powder.
  • the means for cutting can be arranged to cut the ribbon 110 at each of the sealed transverse portions, such as to obtain individual rectangular packages 107 each containing a pod 105 of infusion powder and a portion 106 of loose powder; alternatively the means for cutting can be arranged to obtain longer sections comprising a plurality of packages 107 joined together.
  • the packaging machine 1 downstream of the means for cutting, the packaging machine 1 finally comprises a conveyor surface 108 slideable in direction Q, to which are normally associated in series (not illustrated because of known type): means for providing a plurality of open cardboard boxes 109 above the sliding transport surface 108; means for loading acting to load a predefined number of packages 107, or groups of packages 107, arriving from the means for cutting, into each of the open cardboard boxes 109; and finally means for closing the filled cardboard boxes 109.
  • a technical expert in the sector could introduce numerous modifications of a practical-technical nature to the packaging machine 1 as described above, without its forsaking the ambit of the invention as claimed herein below.

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