EP2878542A1 - Gerbe constituée d'articles reliés ensemble et procédé et dispositif de fabrication de celle-ci - Google Patents

Gerbe constituée d'articles reliés ensemble et procédé et dispositif de fabrication de celle-ci Download PDF

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EP2878542A1
EP2878542A1 EP13195311.9A EP13195311A EP2878542A1 EP 2878542 A1 EP2878542 A1 EP 2878542A1 EP 13195311 A EP13195311 A EP 13195311A EP 2878542 A1 EP2878542 A1 EP 2878542A1
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    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0201—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side
    • B65D21/0205—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side joined together by bonding, adhesive 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • 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
    • B65B27/00—Bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band; Baling fibrous material, e.g. peat, not otherwise provided for
    • B65B27/04—Bundling groups of cans or bottles

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  • the present invention relates to a container of interconnected articles according to the features of the preamble of claim 1, as well as a method and an apparatus for its production according to the features of the preamble of claim 8 and of claim 12.
  • Containers are an effective way to handle multiple items simultaneously, for example, to facilitate the transport of multiple items at the same time.
  • containers are usually unavoidable, since such containers form the most common variant of sales units for various items, such as beverage containers and bottles made of PET plastic.
  • container size a number of articles, which are also referred to as container size, which are to be combined in the container, first according to a desired arrangement within the container.
  • beverage containers can be combined into containers of four, six or more containers. Subsequently, the article group thus produced is held together according to the design of the container.
  • the star separates from the article flow assigned to it a required number of articles by the star intervening starting from a foremost article according to the number of articles in a row in the finished container corresponding number of articles in the article flow and for a number in the container required number of articles from behind and accelerates to the higher, second speed, forming a gap to the articles of the article stream traveling at a first speed.
  • the thus separated from their respective article streams articles are then assembled according to their arrangement in rows and rows in the group of items to be summarized to the container group and then packed in cardboard boxes to hold the finished container together.
  • a first possibility is the use of an enclosure which surrounds the articles of the container at the periphery of the article group.
  • the articles of a package may, for example, be held together by means of an enclosure in the form of a strapping, an overwrapping such as a wrapping, a shrink tube or carton, a cardboard box or a carrying rack, to name just a few conceivable embodiments.
  • the packaging can also be packaged by means of enclosing.
  • beverage containers can not only be held together by means of shrink film wrappings, wraps or a box to form containers, but at the same time they can also be packed.
  • a carrying handle or one or more intervention options may be provided to make it easier to grasp the finished container with one hand.
  • honeycomb or ball bond which is also referred to as a nested arrangement.
  • the articles in the container are each offset in rows in such a way that the gaps formed between the containers are as small as possible.
  • the lines do not run at right angles to the rows, but diagonally.
  • Such a honeycomb or ball arrangement represents a composite of a given number of containers with the smallest possible footprint.
  • containers are known that manage without an enclosure.
  • the articles themselves are directly connected to each other, for example by releasable latching connections, predetermined breaking points, such as perforations, or by means of adhesive joints of the articles with each other.
  • each container is free of an enclosure.
  • the containers consist of containers, each having at least one connecting means for connection to at least one further container.
  • adhesive strips are mounted on the lateral surfaces of the container for connecting the container. Starting from a vertical container axis, each adhesive strip surrounds the lateral surface of its container in a plan view of the container over an angle between 90 ° and 180 °.
  • each container is connected to each container of the container adjacent to it in the nested arrangement.
  • each container has an adhesive strip, which is a considerable waste of resources.
  • In a second container at least two offset by 180 ° locking connections are provided on the lateral surfaces of the container.
  • containers can be made in a nested arrangement in which each container is connected to each container of the container adjacent thereto in the nested arrangement, and containers can be made in a rectangular array of rows and rows, all in one row and in one row a row of adjacent articles are interconnected.
  • Another disadvantage is the considerable waste of resources by the partially unused latching connections arranged at 180 ° to one another.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a container of interconnected articles and a method and an apparatus for its production, which requires considerably less resources.
  • a first subject of the invention accordingly relates to a container of articles joined together, wherein the interconnected articles of the container form a continuous, single-row chain of interconnected articles in the container.
  • the articles are arranged within the container to at least two rows and at least two rows.
  • the rows and rows may be arranged at right angles to each other, or they may be arranged like a zipper in an interlocking nested relationship with each other.
  • the rows and rows are replicated by the chain, the chain being used in the case of a right-angled, for example Arrangement may first along at least a portion of a row, then after a turn along at least a portion of a row, then turn after a turn again along at least a portion of a row can run and optionally so on.
  • each article is connected only with its predecessor and successor in the chain or, if no predecessor or successor exists, only with its successor or predecessor.
  • the chain can therefore be designed to be open with a beginning and an end, or it can be designed endlessly circulating, being formed closed without beginning and without end.
  • the interconnected articles form a one-dimensional, linear string (in the case of an open chain) or a one-dimensional, endless string (in the case of a closed chain) in a predetermined direction given the course of the string.
  • Each article in the container forms a chain link, of which in the case of an open chain with a start and an end, the outer chain links are connected at the beginning and end of the chain, each with only one adjacent chain link, and the intermediate middle chain links only with their chain in the chain and their chain chain follower are connected.
  • middle links which are each connected only to their chain-leading and chain-following links.
  • the property whereby the linked articles form a one-dimensional array along the chain thus means that to determine the position of each article within the chain starting from a starting point, only a number corresponding to one coordinate is required.
  • the beginning or the end of the chain represents such a starting point. Accordingly, this is a linear, one-dimensional array.
  • the starting point can be chosen arbitrarily, for example, in an article occupying an exposed, unambiguous arrangement within the chain which, for example, meanders or winds through the bundle, for example an article located at a corner in the bundle. Accordingly, this is an endless, one-dimensional array.
  • the chain itself can be two- or three-dimensional within the container.
  • the chain extends within the container two-dimensionally, wherein it extends in sections in changing directions within a plane.
  • the chain can run through the container with, for example, ⁇ (large Pi) or L-shaped turns in a serpentine pattern.
  • ⁇ large Pi
  • L-shaped turns in a serpentine pattern a rectangular arrangement of rows and rows of at least two or more articles within the container can be modeled without each article must be connected as in the prior art with all its adjacent articles.
  • a central handle since the handle can extend along the chain of interconnected items.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining both sides of the middle chain link is 180 ° or 90 ° whether the considered section of chain runs along a line with three or more articles or along a row.
  • the included angle for each article in the chain enclosed within the line between two upstream and downstream articles is 180 ° such that a handle extending transversely of the package extends along the edge Chain can extend and thus extends over each other connected in a straight line article.
  • the included angle is the amount of 90 °.
  • the included angle for each article in the chain is 90 ° in the amount.
  • the chain may be zigzag-shaped with, for example, V-shaped turns, or N- or W-shaped.
  • a nested arrangement of the article is obtained, in which the articles in the rows zipper-like mesh and the lines run diagonally to the rows.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining both sides of the middle link is 180 ° for each article in the chain that is within the line two preceding and following articles in the chain are included.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link is, in terms of magnitude, less than 90 ° and greater than 0 °.
  • the included angle between a first, central chain link and the adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link second chain links in terms of magnitude less than 90 ° and greater than 0 °.
  • the joints of the articles are made along the warp by gluing.
  • the bonds between the chain links may be made by one or more adhesive dots, depending on how large the extension of the articles is perpendicular to the plane in which the chain lies.
  • Two chain links, which are formed by correspondingly low or flat articles, can therefore be connected to one another with only one glue point, whereas chain links formed by high articles can be connected to one another with two or more glue dots distributed over the height of the articles.
  • the plane in which the chain lies lies parallel to a plane formed by adhesive dots of a chain of articles arranged at the same height of the articles.
  • a second object of the invention relates to a method of producing containers from interconnected articles, wherein the interconnected articles of the package form a continuous, open or closed chain of interconnected articles in the package, and the articles of the package at least two rows and two rows are arranged, which may for example be arranged at right angles to each other, or may extend diagonally to each other, whereby the articles within the rows and rows can be arranged in a zipper offset nested to each other.
  • Each article in the container forms a chain link.
  • the outer chain links are connected at the beginning and at the end of the chain with only one adjacent chain link.
  • the intermediate middle chain links are each connected only to their in the chain projecting and their chain chain in the following chain link.
  • all chain links such as the middle chain links of the open chain, are each connected only to their chain link in the chain and their chain link below.
  • the method provides to provide the chain to be connected to each other article with connecting means and then connect the articles according to the course of the chain within the container with each other.
  • the method can provide that the connecting means are already arranged according to the later course of the chain in the finished container on the articles. For example, is the included angle between a first article that forms a first, middle chain link of the chain, and two in the chain forward and subsequent, other articles, which form on both sides of the middle chain link second chain links of the chain, a predetermined Angle, the method provides in this case to arrange connecting means on the first article and / or on the other articles corresponding to the included angle.
  • the easiest way to do this is to arrange, preferably by omitting the first or last article of an open chain, on each article to be assembled into an open or closed chain, a connecting means which does not require a counterpart to an article with which the article is finished Chain is connected or is.
  • the articles to be connected to a chain can be assembled following the arrangement of the connecting means according to the course of the chain in the finished container.
  • the method may also provide that not be arranged on any middle chain link forming article connecting means or are. Instead, only at each second article, each forming a central chain link, corresponding to each second middle chain link, two connecting means may be provided, one for connection to the one in the chain projecting chain link forming article and one for connection to the one in the chain following chain link forming article.
  • the method may provide that a container is made within which the chain to which the articles of the container are joined together Wavy lines with, for example ⁇ - (United Pi) or L-shaped turns, or a zigzag shape with, for example, V-shaped turns, or N - or W-shaped manner, in accordance with, for example, an array having a rectangular array of rows and columns of at least two or more articles within the container in case of a serpentine curve of the chain, or a nested arrangement in the case of a zigzag-shaped or N - or W-shaped course of the chain.
  • ⁇ - United Pi
  • L-shaped turns for example, V-shaped turns, or N - or W-shaped manner
  • the method preferably provides adhesions as connecting means.
  • the bonds can be formed by adhesive dots, which are applied to the lateral surfaces of the article.
  • a connecting means between two articles which are directly interconnected within a chain can be formed by one or more bonds, for example with one, two or more adhesive dots each. Bonding by means of adhesive lines, in which an adhesive, for example a hot melt adhesive, is applied along a line on the lateral surface of an article, are also conceivable.
  • welds are produced, for example, by one or more spot welds in each case.
  • the number of adhesions and / or their adhesive points per connection between two articles along the chain preferably depends on the dimensions of the articles parallel and / or normal to a plane within which plane the chain to which the articles are connected within the finished package are, runs. For example, in articles that are normal to the plane within which the chain to which the articles are joined within the finished package is raised, two or more bonds and / or glue dots may extend across the height of the articles.
  • Upstanding here may be defined, for example, by an extension of the individual articles normal to the plane within which the chain to which the articles are connected within the finished package is larger than an extension of the individual articles parallel to the plane , Alternatively or additionally, for articles parallel to the plane within which the chain to which the articles are joined within the finished package, they may have a wide extension, two or more bonds and / or glue dots across the width of the articles have away. Broad extending may be defined, for example, by extending the individual articles parallel to the plane within which the chain to which the articles are connected within the finished package is greater than a height of the individual articles normal to the plane. This also applies to bonds and spot welds.
  • a preferred embodiment of the method may provide adhesive bonds, each with one or more adhesive dots or glue lines, distributed over the height of the articles to be joined together, as connecting means between articles along the chain, the container being assembled by one of the number of rows in the container corresponding number of streams of articles is provided, of which in each case an article strand is separated with one of the provided in the finished container number of articles per row, for example as known from the prior art described in the introduction.
  • Individual, all or selected articles of one, several or all so separated from their article streams article strands are then provided with connecting means, whereupon the article strands then, for example, so that their individual articles are at the same height, or be zipped together, depending on whether an arrangement with perpendicular rows and rows, or a nested arrangement is to be obtained.
  • the preferred embodiment of the method further provides that at least those articles in the individual article strands to which connecting means have previously been attached are or remain so aligned that after the article strands have been joined, they are previously attached to at least some of the articles of the assembled article strands Connecting means connect all the articles of the merged article strands into a single, running through the entire package so produced chain.
  • the preferred embodiment of the method may also provide that the connecting means are made by particularly preferably by means of adhesive dots comprehensive adhesions.
  • a third object of the invention relates to a device for producing containers from interconnected articles, wherein the interconnected articles of the container form a continuous chain of interconnected articles in the container.
  • the articles of the container are arranged to at least two rows and two rows, which may for example be arranged at right angles to each other, or may extend diagonally to each other, whereby the articles within the rows and rows in a zipper offset offset from each other can be arranged.
  • the device comprises an inlet of one of the number of rows in the finished container corresponding number of article streams from each directly consecutive articles. This corresponds to a multi-lane inlet, the example of a container with a 2x3 arrangement a two-lane inlet.
  • the apparatus further comprises separating means for each article stream for separating an article strand having a number of articles corresponding to the number of articles per row in the finished package from the respective article stream from the respective article stream.
  • the device also comprises attachment means for providing the articles of the article strands separated from the article streams with connecting means, wherein for each connection between two articles only one of the articles is provided with connecting means.
  • each container to be produced a number of connections between the articles is provided, which corresponds to the case of a closed chain the number of articles in the finished container and in the case of an open chain, the number of articles in the finished container minus one, so that the interconnected Articles in the finished container must be connected to a chain so that all items are connected together in the finished container.
  • the apparatus further comprises joining means for joining the article strands with at least partially fastened articles according to the arrangement of the articles in the finished package such that the connecting means of the interconnected articles connect all the articles of the assembled article strands into a chain, in which case an open chain starting at a first outer link forming article at the beginning of the chain and ending in a last, outer chain link forming article at the end of the chain, these outer chain links and all intermediate chain links formed by one article are connected to one another along a one-dimensional, linear array through the package, and in which, in the case of a closed chain, all articles each mean chain links form, all middle chain links along a through the container pulling, one-dimensional, endless circumferential stringing are connected to each other continuously, starting in a first direction along the closed chain circumferentially away from a first middle chain link starting and ending from the first direction coming in a counter to the first direction directly adjacent to the first middle chain link second middle chain link.
  • connecting means for example, by means of glue nozzles produced bonds in question, but there are also conceivable welds.
  • welds Depending on the height of the articles, one, two or more adhesive or spot welds may be provided per bond or weld.
  • the adhesive or welding points between two articles form a connection means of the connection between these two articles.
  • the apparatus may further comprise alignment means which align the articles provided with connecting means according to an orientation necessary for producing a continuous chain of interconnected articles in the finished container.
  • the attachment means can be realized by one or more nozzles, in particular glue nozzles, by means of which adhesive dots serving as connection means for the production of adhesions can be applied to the outer surfaces of at least selected articles.
  • the one or more nozzles can be realized by one or more V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more adhesive dots on an article or a maximum simultaneous application of one adhesive point to one of the number of nozzle outlet openings of the double nozzles corresponding number of articles is possible.
  • a double nozzle can be arranged between two article strands not yet brought together and / or laterally of an article strand not yet brought together with another article strand.
  • the double nozzle at the same time an article of one article strand and an article of the other article strand provided with a glue point.
  • the double nozzle may alternatively provided an article of one or the other article strand with two, for example, along which later normal to the plane within which the chain in the finished put together container extending height extending adhesive points arranged, or two consecutive articles in one and the same article strand, each provided with a glue dot.
  • each article 02 within the chain 03 forms a middle chain link 04, which is connected only to its predecessor and successor in the chain 03 ( Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 ).
  • container 01 is a closed chain 32 without a beginning 05 and without an end 06th
  • Each article 02 within the closed chain 32 forms a middle chain link 04 and is connected only to its predecessor and successor in the chain 03.
  • the articles 02 are outside the chain 03 free of compounds 08 with each other.
  • Each article 02 in the container 01 thus forms a chain link, of which the outer chain links 07 at the beginning 05 and at the end 06 of an open chain 31 (FIGS. Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 ) are each connected to only one adjacent chain link, and the intermediate middle chain links 04 as well as all in each case a middle chain link 04 forming article 02 in the closed chain 32 (FIGS. Fig. 6 ) are each connected only with their in the chain 03 preceding and their in the chain 03 subsequent chain link. Outside the chain 03 there are no direct connections 08 of the chain links with each other.
  • the container 01 is executed free of an enclosure, which would embrace the grouped into a group of articles Article 01 of the container 01 from the periphery of the article group forth.
  • the container 01 is thus without an enclosure.
  • the articles 02 themselves are directly connected to each other.
  • the articles 02 within the container 01 are thus arranged to at least two rows 09 and at least two rows 10.
  • the rows 09 and rows 10 can be like in Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 be arranged at right angles to each other, or they can be like in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 5 shown, diagonal to each other. If the rows 09 and the rows 10 run diagonally to one another, the articles 02 of the package 01 are arranged in an interlocking manner in a zipper-like manner, nested in relation to one another.
  • the rows 09 and rows 10 are modeled by the chain 03.
  • the chain 03 may be designed as an open chain 31, for example in the case of a right-angled first along at least a portion of a row 10, then along a turn 11 along at least a portion of a row 09, then again after a turn 11 along at least a portion of a row 10 and possibly so on ( Fig. 1 ).
  • the chain 03 embodied as an open chain 31 can extend, for example, beginning at an article 02 at a corner of the container 01 along a line 10 extending diagonally to the rows, then after a turn 11 back to the row 09, in FIG which is the article 02 which has been started, then to run again along a line 10 after a new turn 11, and so on ( Fig. 2 ).
  • the chain 03 can be executed as a closed chain 32, for example, in the case of a 2xZ or Rx2 container with two rows 09 and at least two at right angles thereto extending lines 10 O-shaped circumvent the periphery of the container 01 in the container 01.
  • a chain designed as a closed chain 32 can be arranged in containers which have three or more rows 09 and rows 10 C-, H-, M- or G-shaped circulating in the container 01, wherein the closed chain 32 according to the course following in the Container 01 is laid.
  • Fig. 6 shows an example of a C-shaped encircling, closed chain 32 in a 3x4 container 01 with three rows 09 and four lines 10 arranged at right angles thereto.
  • the closed chain 32 follows on the opposite side of the container 01 to its inside arranged articles 02 C- or ⁇ - (large Pi) shaped jumps back.
  • the chain 03 thus extends within the container preferably two-dimensionally, wherein it extends in sections in changing directions within, for example, parallel to a plane formed by the undersides of the article 02 level.
  • the turns 11 along the chain 03 can, as in Fig. 1 represented ⁇ - (large Pi) or L-shaped, so that a total of a serpentine course of the chain can result from the container 01, wherein the chain alternately at least partially along rows and rows or vice versa, or the chain 03, for example, 2xZ or Rx2 containers 01, for example, the periphery of the container 01 follows.
  • the turns as in Fig. 2 may be formed V-shaped, so that the chain 03 extends N - or W-shaped or generally in zigzag through the container 01.
  • an orthogonal arrangement of rows 09 and rows 10 of in each case at least two or more articles 02 within the package 01 can be reproduced by means of an open chain 31 (FIG. Fig. 1 ).
  • a nested arrangement of the articles 02 can be obtained by means of an open chain 31, in which the articles 02, as seen along the rows 09, engage in a zipper-like manner and the lines 10 extend diagonally to the rows 09 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • the chain 03 thus each changes its direction by an amount of 90 ° at the L-shaped turns or it changes their direction by an amount between 90 ° and 180 ° at the V-shaped turns, in each case their direction along the chain 03rd seen.
  • Such changes in direction correspond to an angle 12 included along the chain 03 at the L-shaped turns of the amount of every 90 ° or of the V-turns of the amount of ⁇ 90 °.
  • the included angle 12 is between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link 04 180 ° or 90 °, depending on whether the considered section of the chain 03 runs along a line 10 with, for example, three or more articles 02 or along a row 09.
  • the included angle 12 for each article 02 in the chain 03 is within the line 10 is included between two upstream and downstream articles 02, 180 °.
  • a handle 13 extending transversely to the container 01 can run along the chain 01 and thus extend over articles 02 connected to one another in a straight line.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is also 180 ° for each article 02 in FIG Chain 03, which is included within the line 10 between two in the chain 03 forward and below articles 02.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is, in terms of magnitude, smaller than 90 ° and greater than 0 °.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, central chain link and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is the magnitude after less than 90 ° and greater than 0 ° ( Fig. 2 ).
  • the container 01 is provided with a handle 13, this can extend over at least two in a straight line along the chain 03 interconnected article 02.
  • the handle 13 extends diagonally from a corner of the container 01 to an opposite corner of the container 01.
  • the articles 02 are connected to each other, for example, to an endlessly circulating, closed chain 32 without beginning 05 and without end 06 ( Fig. 6 ), or are connected to an open chain 31 having a beginning 05 and an end 06 ( Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 ), wherein the handle extends from a first article 02 of the chain 03 to a second article 02 of the chain 03, which are neither directly adjacent to each other, nor lie within the container in the straight course of the chain 03.
  • connection 08 between two articles 02 is made by connecting means 18 which allow mutual force and / or torque transmission at one or more joints 80 between the two articles 02.
  • the connecting means 18 may comprise bonds which may be formed by one or more adhesive dots and / or adhesive lines.
  • welds, each with one or more welds are conceivable as connecting means 18.
  • a connection 08 between two articles 02 may comprise one or more connection points 80 at which a mutual transmission of force takes place between these two articles 02.
  • connection 08 between two articles 02 therefore does not refer to the number of connecting elements or joints 80 between the articles 02, but only to the fact that two articles 02 are connected to one another at any number of connecting points 80, so that one another Force and / or torque transmission within the tolerable by the connecting means 18 limits is possible ( Fig. 3 ).
  • connections 08 of the articles 02 along the chain 03 can be produced, for example, by adhesive bonds.
  • a bonding of two articles 02 together by one or more adhesive dots is made as a connecting means 18, depending on a ratio of the extension of the article 02 perpendicular to the plane in which the chain 03 extends or on which the articles 02 up, to an extent of single article 02 parallel to this plane.
  • Two chain links, which are formed by correspondingly low or flat articles 02, can therefore be connected to one another at only one bonding point 80 ( Fig. 3 a) ), whereas chain links formed by high articles 02 have two ( Fig. 3 b) ) or more about the height of the article 02 distributed adhesive dots can be connected to each other according to a plurality of connection points 80.
  • connection means 80 which are formed, for example, by adhesive dots each, preferably depends on the dimensions of the articles 02 parallel and / or normal to one plane, within which plane the chain 03 to which the articles 02 are finished Bundled 01 are connected runs.
  • standing upright can be defined by an extension of the individual articles 02 normal to the plane within which the chain 03 extends, to which the articles 02 are connected within the finished container 01, which is larger than an extension of the individual articles 02 parallel to the plane.
  • connection 08 between two articles is also possible, in which a plurality of connection points 80 can be provided both over the height and across the width of the articles 02.
  • FIG. 1 A previously described and in Fig. 1 . Fig. 2 . Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 wholly or partially presented container 01 can by a in Fig. 4 or in Fig. 5 illustrated device 20 are produced.
  • the number Z corresponds to the number of lines 10 in the finished container 01.
  • connection 08 between two articles 02 it may be provided that only one of the articles 02 is provided with connecting means 18.
  • the device 20 may comprise alignment means which align the articles 02 provided with connecting means 18 according to an orientation required to produce a continuous chain 03 of interconnected articles 02 in the finished package 01.
  • the attachment means 24 can be realized by one or more nozzles 26, by means of which for the production of bonds as connecting means 18 serving adhesive dots on the outer surfaces of at least selected items 02 can be applied, applied or can be applied.
  • the one or more nozzles 26 can be realized by one or more V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more adhesive dots on an article 02 or at most a simultaneous application of one adhesive point to one of the number of nozzle outlet openings of the double nozzles corresponding number of articles 02 is possible.
  • a realized through a double nozzle nozzle 26 may be arranged, for example between two not yet merged article strands 23 and the transport paths of two article strands 23 of the separation of their respective original article stream 21 to their merger with each other to a container 01 or part of a container 01, where It can simultaneously provide an article 02 of one article strand 23 and an article 02 of the other article strand 23, each with a glue dot.
  • a realized through a double nozzle nozzle 26 side of a not yet merged with another article strand 23 article strand 23 or laterally the transport path from the separation of the article strand 23 of the article flow 21 to its merger with one or more other article strands 23 to a finished Can be arranged 01 or a part of a container 01 01 where they have an article 02 of the article strand 23 with two, for example along which extends laterally normal to the plane within which the chain 03 extends in fully assembled container 01, extending height arranged adhesive dots, or two in one and the same article strand 23 successive article 02 can each be provided with a glue point.
  • nozzles 26 significantly reduces the number of nozzle elements required and thereby contributes to a simplification and shortening of a device 20 suitable for producing a container 01 described above. This allows cost savings in the design, construction, installation and operation of a corresponding device 20, the latter also because of the reduction in space required for the installation of the apparatus 20.
  • the joining means 25 may, for example, be designed as known from the introductory description of the prior art in order to form containers 01 with mutually perpendicular rows 09 and rows 10.
  • the merge means 25 can zip the article strands 23 together to obtain a nested arrangement in the finished package 01.
  • the joining means 25 may, for example, comprise at least one pressing unit 27 which presses against each other the articles 02 of the article strands 23 which are to be brought together into a continuous chain 03 in the finished container 01, previously provided with connecting means 18.
  • a pressing unit 27 may comprise, for example, circumferential clamping units 28 which are individually and independently controllable and thus can be driven during pressing at different positions in the conveying direction F.
  • the separating means 22 can alternatively or additionally also be designed, for example, as known from the introductory description of the prior art, wherein the article 02 of an article strand 23 to be separated from an article stream 21 accelerates to a speed higher than that the article stream 21, the article strand 23 is separated from the article stream 21.
  • the device 20 described above allows the implementation of a method for producing a previously described container 01 from interconnected
  • each article 02 in the container 01 forms a chain link.
  • the outer chain links 07 are connected at the beginning 05 and the end 06 of the chain 03, each with only one adjacent chain link and the intermediate middle links 04 are each only with their in the chain 03 preceding and their in the chain 03 subsequent chain link connected.
  • the chain links are all middle chain links 04, which are each connected only to their in the chain 03 projecting ahead and their in the chain 03 subsequent chain link.
  • a connection 08 between two articles 02 is made by connecting means 18 which allow mutual force and / or torque transmission at one or more joints 80 between the two articles 02.
  • the connecting means 18 can already be arranged according to the later course of each formed by the individual articles 02 sections of the chain 03 in the finished container 01 to the articles 02.
  • the method may provide here, to arrange connecting means 18 on the first article 02 and / or on the other articles 02 corresponding to the included angle 12.
  • the easiest way to do this is preferably by omitting, at least, a first and / or last article 02 of a chain 03 to be designed as an open-end chain 03, at least one joining means 18 being arranged on each article 02 to be assembled into a chain 03, which without a counterpart on an article 02 manages, with the article 02 in the finished chain 03 will be connected or is.
  • to be connected to a chain 03 Article 02 following the arrangement of the connecting means 18 according to the course of the chain 03 in finished Container 01 are assembled.
  • one of the articles 02 of the package 02 to be assembled into the chain 03 for example the first or the last article at the beginning 05 or at the end 06 of the chain 03, is executed free of a connecting means 18.
  • each article 02 can be executed with a connecting means 18.
  • the articles can alternately be made free of connecting means 18 and with two connecting means 18 which extend to both directions in the finished chain 03 adjacent articles 02.
  • the variant to provide only one connecting means 18 for connection with one article 02 each article 02 has the advantage that the connecting means 18 must not be mounted under a special orientation corresponding to the course of the chain 03 in the container on the articles 02 aligned, but the article 02, each with an applied connecting means 18 for connection to a within the chain 03 adjacent article 02 only need to be aligned before assembly to the container 01, which can be done by simply rotating about their normal to the footprint standing upright axis.
  • the method can provide bonds as connecting means 18, which are formed by adhesive dots, which are applied to the lateral surfaces of the article 02, wherein a connecting means 18 between two within a chain 03 directly interconnected articles 02 by one or more bonds with one, two or more adhesive dots is formed. Accordingly, a connection 08 between two articles 02 along the chain 03 can have a plurality of connection points 80, which can each be formed by a connecting means 18, for example adhesive dots, which together form a bond as connection means 18 of a connection 08.
  • connection points 80 of a connection 08 between two articles 02 along the chain 03 the number of adhesions and / or their adhesive points preferably depends on the dimensions of the articles 02 parallel and / or normal to a plane within which Level the chain 03, to which the articles 02 are connected within the finished container 01 runs.
  • the method may also provide that not at each one middle link 04 forming article 02 connecting means 18 are arranged or are. Instead, only at each second article 02, each forming a middle chain link 04, corresponding to each second middle chain link 04, two connecting means 18 may be provided, one for connection to the one in the chain 03 projecting chain link forming article 02 and a for connection with the article 03 forming a chain link in the chain 03.
  • the method can provide that a container 01 is produced, within which the chain 03, to which the articles 02 of the container 01 are connected, in serpentine lines with, for example, ⁇ - (large Pi) or L-shaped turns 11, or zigzag with For example, V-shaped turns 11, or N- or W- shaped, for example, a regular arrangement with a rectangular array of rows 09 and rows 10 from at least two or more articles 02 within the container 01 in the case of a serpentine course of the chain 03, or a nested arrangement in the case of a zigzag or N - or W - shaped course of the chain 03.

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