EP2878542B2 - 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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EP2878542B2
EP2878542B2 EP13195311.9A EP13195311A EP2878542B2 EP 2878542 B2 EP2878542 B2 EP 2878542B2 EP 13195311 A EP13195311 A EP 13195311A EP 2878542 B2 EP2878542 B2 EP 2878542B2
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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 bundle of articles connected to one another according to the features of the preamble of claim 1, as well as a method and a device for its production according to the features of the preamble of claim 8 and claim 12.
  • Bundles are an effective way of allowing multiple items to be handled at once, for example to facilitate the transport of multiple items at once.
  • 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.
  • a number of articles also referred to as the bundle size, which are to be combined in the bundle, according to a desired arrangement within the bundle.
  • the bundle size For example, beverage containers can be combined into packs of four, six or more containers. The group of articles produced in this way is then held together according to the design of the container.
  • the star separates a required number of articles from the article stream assigned to it, in that the star intervenes in the article stream, starting with a foremost article, after a number of articles corresponding to the number of articles in a row in the finished bundle and for a row in the bundle pushes the required number of articles from behind and accelerates it to the higher, second speed, forming a gap with the articles of the article stream moving along at a first speed.
  • the articles separated in this way from their respective streams of articles are then brought together in parallel according to their arrangement in rows and rows in the article group to be combined into the bundle and then packed in cardboard boxes to hold the finished bundle together.
  • a first possibility is the use of an enclosure which encloses the articles of the bundle at the periphery of the article group.
  • the items in a bundle can be held together, for example, by means of an enclosure in the form of a strap, an outer packaging such as a wrap, a shrink tube or a cardboard box, a cardboard box or a carrying frame, to name just a few conceivable designs.
  • the container can also be packed by means of an enclosure.
  • beverage containers can not only be held together by means of shrink film wrappings, wrappings or a carton to form bundles, but can also be packed at the same time.
  • a carrying handle or one or more grip options can be provided on the enclosure in order to be able to grasp the finished container more easily with one hand.
  • honeycomb or spherical composite In order to combine articles with partially cylindrical or approximately cylindrical shapes, such as beverage cans or beverage bottles, as space-savingly as possible and with the least possible relative mobility to one another, it is also known to form a so-called honeycomb or spherical composite, which is also referred to as a nested arrangement.
  • the articles in the container are offset in rows from one another in such a way that the gaps formed between the containers are as small as possible.
  • the rows do not run at right angles to the rows, but diagonally.
  • Such a honeycomb or spherical arrangement represents a composite of a given number of containers with the smallest possible footprint.
  • containers are known that do not require an enclosure.
  • the articles themselves are connected directly to one another, for example by detachable snap-in connections, predetermined breaking points, such as perforations, or by means of adhesive bonds between the articles.
  • U1 containers which are free of an enclosure.
  • the packs consist of containers, each of which has at least one connecting means for connecting to at least one other container.
  • adhesive strips are attached to the lateral surfaces of the containers to connect the containers.
  • each adhesive strip encloses the outer surface of its container over an angle of between 90° and 180° when viewed from above the container.
  • each container is connected to each container of the bundle adjacent to it in the nested arrangement.
  • each container has an adhesive strip, which is a significant waste of resources.
  • additional latching connections arranged at a different angle can be provided on the lateral surfaces.
  • This allows nested array trusses to be made, where each container is connected to each adjacent container in the truss in the nested array, and rows and rows orthogonal array trusses to be made, all in a row and in items that are adjacent to each other in a row are connected to each other.
  • the considerable waste of resources due to the partially unused snap-in connections arranged at 180° to one another is disadvantageous.
  • the device comprises an inflow of a number of streams of articles corresponding to the number of rows in the finished bundle, each consisting of articles directly following one another.
  • the device comprises separating means for each article flow in order to separate an article string with a number of articles from the respective article flow that corresponds to the number of articles per row in the finished bundle from the respective article flow.
  • the device comprises attachment means in order to provide individual, selected or all articles of the article strands separated from the article streams with connecting means.
  • the device comprises merging means for merging the article strings with articles at least partially provided with connecting means according to the arrangement of the articles in the finished bundle such that the connecting means of the articles provided with connecting means connect all articles of the merged article strings.
  • the device comprises alignment means which align the articles provided with connecting means in accordance with an orientation required to produce a continuous chain of interconnected articles in the finished bundle.
  • the device comprises attachment means in order to provide individual, selected or all articles of the article strands separated from the article streams with connecting means.
  • the attachment means can be implemented by one or more nozzles, by means of which adhesive dots serving as connecting means can be applied to the lateral surfaces of at least selected articles for the production of adhesive bonds.
  • One object of the invention is to specify a bundle of articles connected to one another, as well as a method and a device for its production, which manages with considerably fewer resources.
  • a first object of the invention therefore relates to a bundle of articles connected to one another, the articles of the bundle connected to one another forming a continuous, single-row chain of articles connected to one another in the bundle.
  • the articles are arranged in at least two rows and at least three rows within the bundle.
  • the rows and rows may be arranged at right angles to one another, or they may be arranged in a staggered nested manner in a zippered interlocking manner.
  • the rows and rows are replicated by the chain, the chain e.g. in the case of an orthogonal arrangement, first along at least a portion of a row, then after a turn along at least a portion of a row, then again after another turn along at least a portion of a row can proceed and so on if necessary.
  • the chain may run along a line diagonal to the rows, beginning with an article at a corner of the truss, then, after a turn, jumping back to the row in which the article started at lies then, after another turn, to run along a line again, and so on.
  • the term chain within the meaning of the invention therefore specifies that each article is only connected to its predecessor and successor in the chain or, if there is no predecessor or successor, only to its successor or predecessor.
  • the chain can therefore be open with a beginning and an end, or it can be designed to circulate endlessly, being closed with no beginning and no end.
  • the interconnected articles form a one-dimensional, linear array (in the case of an open chain) or a one-dimensional, endlessly revolving array (in the case of a closed chain) in a designated direction given by the course of the chain.
  • Each item in the bundle forms a chain link, of which, in the case of an open chain with a beginning and an end, the outer chain links at the beginning and at the end of the chain are each connected to only one adjacent chain link, and the middle chain links in between are only connected to one are connected to their chain link preceding them in the chain and to their chain link following them in the chain.
  • all articles connected to one another along the chain form central chain links, which are each connected only to their chain link preceding and following in the chain.
  • the property according to which the connected articles form a one-dimensional array seen along the chain means that only one numerical specification corresponding to only one coordinate is required to determine the position of each article within the chain starting from a starting point.
  • the beginning or the end of the chain preferably represents such a starting point. Accordingly, this is a linear, one-dimensional array.
  • the starting point can be chosen arbitrarily, for example with an article that occupies an exposed, unambiguous arrangement within the chain, which, for example, meanders or winds through the bundle, for example an article arranged at a corner in the bundle. Accordingly, this is an endlessly circulating, one-dimensional array.
  • the chain itself can run in two or three dimensions within the container.
  • the chain preferably runs two-dimensionally within the container, with sections running in alternating directions within one plane.
  • the chain can run through the container in a serpentine manner with, for example, ⁇ (capital pi) or L-shaped turns.
  • ⁇ capital pi
  • L-shaped turns a right-angled arrangement of rows and rows each consisting of at least two or more articles can be simulated within the bundle without each article having to be connected to all of its neighboring articles, as is the case in the prior art.
  • the same stability is obtained in connection with a central handle, since the handle can extend along the chain of articles connected to one another.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links on both sides of the middle chain link is 180° or 90°, depending on whether the chain section under consideration 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 row between two articles preceding and following in the chain is 180°, so that a grab handle extending transversely to the bundle along the Chain can run and thus extends over articles connected to each other in a straight line.
  • the included angle is 90°.
  • the included angle for each article in the chain is 90°.
  • the chain may zigzag with, for example, V-shaped turns, or N- or W-shaped.
  • This provides a nested arrangement of the articles in which the articles zip-lock together as viewed along the rows and the rows are diagonal to the rows.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining it on either side of the middle chain link is 180° for each article in the chain that falls within the row between two articles before and after are included in the chain.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link is less than 90° and greater than 0°.
  • the included angle between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link is always smaller in amount than 90° and greater than 0°.
  • the articles are connected along the chain by gluing.
  • the bonds between the chain links can be made by one or more glue points, depending on the extent of the article perpendicular to the plane in which the chain lies.
  • Two chain links, which are formed by correspondingly low or flat articles, can accordingly be connected to each other with only one point of glue, whereas chain links formed by high articles can be connected to each other with two or more points of glue distributed over the height of the articles.
  • the plane in which the chain lies runs parallel to a plane formed by adhesive points of a chain of articles arranged at the same height as the articles. If several adhesive points are provided over the height of the articles connected to one another within the chain, the plane in which the chain lies runs parallel to the planes which lie in each case through adhesive points of the chain of articles arranged at the same height of the articles.
  • a second subject of the invention relates to a method for producing bundles of articles connected to one another, the articles of the bundle connected to one another forming a continuous, open or closed chain of articles rigidly connected to one another in the bundle, and the articles of the bundle forming at least two rows and two Rows are arranged, which can be arranged, for example, at right angles to one another, or can run diagonally to one another, as a result of which the articles within the rows and rows can be arranged in a nested manner offset like a zipper.
  • Each item in the bundle forms a link in the chain.
  • the outer chain links at the beginning and end of the chain are each connected to only one adjacent chain link.
  • the central chain links lying in between are each only connected to their chain link that precedes them in the chain and their chain link that follows them in the chain.
  • all chain links, like the middle chain links of the open chain are connected only to the chain link that precedes them in the chain and their link that follows them in the chain.
  • the method provides for the articles to be connected to form a chain to be provided with connecting means and then for the articles to be connected to one another in accordance with the course of the chain within the container.
  • the method can provide that the connecting means are already arranged on the articles according to the subsequent course of the chain in the finished bundle. If, for example, the included angle between a first article, which forms a first, middle chain link of the chain, and two further articles preceding and following in the chain, which form second chain links of the chain on both sides of the middle chain link, is a predetermined one Angle, the method provides for arranging connecting means on the first article and/or on the other articles according to the included angle.
  • the easiest way to do this is by arranging a connecting means on each article to be assembled into an open or closed chain, preferably omitting the first or last article of an open chain, which does not require a counterpart on an article with which the article in the finished Chain will be connected or is.
  • the articles to be connected to form a chain can be assembled after the arrangement of the connecting means according to the course of the chain in the finished bundle.
  • the method can also provide that connecting means are not or are not arranged on each article forming a central chain link. Instead, two connecting means can be provided only on every second article, which in each case forms a middle chain link, corresponding to every second middle chain link, one for connecting to the article forming a preceding chain link in the chain and one for connecting to the one in article forming the chain link below.
  • the method can provide that a bundle is produced within which the chain, to which the articles of the bundle are connected to each other, in serpentines with, for example, ⁇ (big Pi) or L-shaped turns, or zigzag with, for example, V-shaped turns , or N - or W-shaped, corresponding to, for example, a regular array with a rectangular array of Rows and rows of at least two or more articles within the bundle in the case of a serpentine course of the chain, or a nested arrangement in the case of a zigzag or N- or W-shaped course of the chain.
  • serpentines with, for example, ⁇ (big Pi) or L-shaped turns, or zigzag with, for example, V-shaped turns , or N - or W-shaped, corresponding to, for example, a regular array with a rectangular array of Rows and rows of at least two or more articles within the bundle in the case of a serpentine course of the chain, or a nested arrangement in the case of a zigzag or
  • the method preferably provides adhesive bonds as the means of connection.
  • the adhesive bonds can be formed by adhesive spots that are applied to the lateral surfaces of the articles.
  • a connecting means between two articles that are directly connected to one another within a chain can be formed by one or more adhesive bonds, for example each with one, two or more adhesive points. 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.
  • the number of gluings and/or their gluing 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 bundle are, runs.
  • articles that stand up high normal to the plane within which the chain connecting the articles within the finished bundle runs may have two or more glues and/or glue points across the height of the articles. Upright can be defined here, 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 bundle runs, which is greater than an extension of the individual articles parallel to the plane .
  • two or more glueing and/or glueing points across the width of the article exhibit across.
  • Broadly extending can be defined here, for example, by an extension of the individual items parallel to the plane within which the chain to which the items are connected within the finished bundle, which is greater than a height of the individual items normal to the plane. What has been said for gluing and adhesive points also applies to welding and welding points.
  • a preferred embodiment of the method can provide adhesive bonds with one or more adhesive points or adhesive lines, for example distributed over the height of the articles to be joined, as connecting means between articles along the chain, with the bundle being assembled by one of the number of rows a corresponding number of streams of articles is provided in the bundle, from which a strand of articles with one of the number of articles provided in the finished bundle is separated per row, for example as is known from the prior art described in the introduction.
  • connection means Individual, all or selected articles of one, several or all article strands separated in this way from their article streams are then provided with connecting means, whereupon the article strands are then, for example, so that their individual articles are at the same height, or are brought together like a zipper, depending on whether an arrangement with rows and rows running at right angles, or a nested arrangement is to be obtained.
  • the preferred embodiment of the method also provides that at least those articles in the individual article strands to which connecting means were previously attached are, remain or are aligned in such a way that after the article strands have been brought together, those articles previously attached to at least some of the articles of the assembled article strands Connecting means connect all articles of the assembled strands of articles to form a single chain running through the entire bundle produced in this way.
  • the preferred embodiment of the method can also provide for the connecting means to be produced by adhesive bonds, particularly preferably by means of adhesive spots.
  • a third subject matter of the invention relates to a device for producing bundles from articles that are connected to one another, the articles of the bundle that are connected to one another forming a continuous chain of articles that are connected to one another in the bundle.
  • the articles of the bundle are arranged in at least two rows and three lines, which can be arranged, for example, at right angles to one another or can run diagonally to one another, whereby the articles within the rows and lines can be arranged in a zipper-like nested manner.
  • the device comprises an inlet of a the number of rows in the finished container corresponding to the number of streams of items consisting of items that follow each other directly. This corresponds to a multi-lane feed, using the example of a pack with a 2x3 arrangement to a two-lane feed.
  • the device also includes separating means for each article flow, in order to separate an article string with a number of articles from the respective article flow that corresponds to the number of articles per row in the finished bundle from the respective article flow.
  • the device also comprises attachment means for providing the articles of the article strands separated from the article streams with connection means, only one of the articles being provided with connection means for each connection between two articles.
  • a number of connections between the articles are provided for each bundle to be produced, which in the case of a closed chain corresponds to the number of articles in the finished bundle and in the case of an open chain corresponds to the number of articles in the finished bundle minus one, so that the interconnected Items in the finished container must be connected to form a chain so that all items in the finished container are connected to one another.
  • the device comprises merging means for merging the article strands with articles that are at least partially provided with connecting means according to the arrangement of the articles in the finished bundle in such a way that the connecting means of the articles provided with connecting means connect all articles of the merged article strands to form a chain, in which case an open chain beginning with an article forming a first, outer chain link at the beginning of the chain and ending with an article forming a last, outer chain link at the end of the chain these outer chain links and all middle chain links in between, each formed by an article, along a are continuously connected to one another in a one-dimensional, linear array that pulls through the bundle, and in which, in the case of a closed chain in which all articles each form middle chain links, all middle chain links r are continuously connected to each other along a one-dimensional, endlessly circulating array that runs through the bundle, beginning in a first direction along the closed chain, circulating away from a first middle chain link and ending from the first direction at a counter to the first direction second middle chain link immediately adjacent to the first
  • Adhesive bonds produced by means of glue nozzles come into consideration as connecting means, for example, but welds are also conceivable.
  • connecting means for example, but welds are also conceivable.
  • one, two or more adhesive or weld points can be provided distributed over the height of the article.
  • the adhesive or welding points between two items form a connection means of the connection between these two items.
  • the apparatus may also include alignment means which align the items provided with the connecting means according to an orientation required to produce a continuous chain of interconnected items in the finished bundle.
  • the attachment means are implemented by one or more nozzles, in particular glue nozzles, by means of which adhesive dots serving as connecting means can be applied to the lateral surfaces of at least selected articles for the production of adhesive bonds.
  • the one or more nozzles are realized by one or more V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more glue dots on an article or a maximum of a simultaneous application of one glue dot on a number of nozzle outlet openings of the double nozzles corresponding number of articles is possible.
  • a double nozzle can be arranged between two strands of articles that have not yet been brought together and/or to the side of a strand of articles that has not yet been brought together with another strand of articles.
  • the double nozzle can simultaneously provide an article of one line of articles and an article of the other line of articles, each with a dot of adhesive.
  • the double nozzle can alternatively provide an article of one or the other strand of articles with two adhesive dots arranged distributed, for example along its height later perpendicular to the plane within which the chain runs in the assembled bundle, or apply a glue dot to two consecutive articles in the same article chain.
  • Advantages over the prior art are a significantly reduced number of connections to be made between the articles of a container that is produced without an enclosure. For example, compared to a conventional rectangular arrangement of rows and rows in a pack with two rows and three rows, corresponding to a 2x3 arrangement in which all adjacent articles are connected to one another, two connections between articles of the pack can be dispensed with. Starting from seven necessary connections in the prior art, the invention enables a saving of 28.6% of the connections with just five necessary connections.
  • each article of the bundle is provided with at least two connecting means arranged offset by 180°, supplemented by a connecting means arranged between 0° and 180° in a 2x3 arrangement in the prior art, a requirement of 18 connectors compared to just five in the invention, a saving of 72.2%.
  • the invention also requires only five connections between the six articles of a nested 2x3 arrangement, whereas that known from the prior art mentioned nested bundle has nine connections between the items, some of which are made twice.
  • the invention in the latter case results in a saving of the necessary connections and, associated therewith, of the resources expended for this of 44.4% compared to the prior art.
  • the container 01 shown is an open chain 31 with a beginning 05 and an end 06.
  • each article 02 within the chain 03 forms a middle chain link 04, which is only connected to its predecessor and successor in the chain 03 ( 1 , 2 ).
  • the container 01 shown is a closed chain 32 without a beginning 05 and without an end 06.
  • Each item 02 within the closed chain 32 forms a middle chain link 04 and is only connected to its predecessor and successor in the chain 03.
  • the items 02 are outside of the chain 03 free of connections 08 to each other.
  • Each item 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 ( figure 1 , 2 ) are each connected to only one adjacent chain link, and the middle chain links 04 lying in between, as well as all articles 02 that each form a middle chain link 04 in the closed chain 32 ( 6 ) are each only connected to their chain link in the chain 03 above and their chain link in the chain 03 below. Outside the chain 03 there are no direct connections 08 between the chain links.
  • the container 01 is designed without an enclosure that would encompass the articles 01 of the container 01 grouped into an article group from the periphery of the article group.
  • the container 01 thus manages without an enclosure. With such containers 01, the articles 02 themselves are directly connected to one another.
  • the articles 02 within the container 01 are thus arranged in at least two rows 09 and in at least two rows 10 .
  • Rows 09 and rows 10 can be used as in 1 , 4 and 6 shown perpendicular to each other, or they can be as in 2 and in figure 5 shown, run diagonally to each other. If the rows 09 and the rows 10 run diagonally to one another, the articles 02 of the container 01 are arranged in a nested, offset, interlocking manner like a zipper.
  • Rows 09 and rows 10 are replicated by chain 03.
  • the chain 03 can be designed as an open chain 31, for example in the case of a right-angled arrangement, first along at least one section of a row 10, then after a turn 11 along at least one section of a row 09, then again after another turn 11 along at least one section of a row 10 can run and possibly so on ( 1 ).
  • the chain 03 designed as an open chain 31 can, for example, start on an article 02 at a corner of the bundle 01 and run along a row 10 running diagonally to the rows, then after a turn 11 jump back to the row 09, in which is the article 02 where you started, to then, after another turn 11, run along a line 10 again, and so on ( 2 ).
  • the chain 03 can be designed as a closed chain 32, for example in the case of a 2xZ or Rx2 pack with two rows 09 and at least two rows 10 running at right angles thereto, circulating in the pack 01 following the periphery of the pack 01 in an O-shape.
  • a chain designed as a closed chain 32 can be arranged in a C-, H-, M- or G-shape in the container 01 in containers that have three or more rows 09 and rows 10, with the closed chain 32 following the course accordingly in the Container 01 is laid.
  • 6 shows an example of a C-shaped, encircling, closed chain 32 in a 3x4 container 01 with three rows 09 and four rows 10 arranged at right angles thereto.
  • the closed chain 32 follows the periphery of the container 01, whereas the closed chain 32 on the opposite side of the container 01 jumps back in the shape of a C or ⁇ (big Pi) to the articles 02 arranged inside.
  • closed chain 32 in the case of nested arrangements, in which case the closed chain can be inclined in comparison to the perpendicular arrangement according to an italic notation.
  • the chain 03 thus preferably runs two-dimensionally within the container, with sections running in alternating directions within, for example, parallel to one through the undersides of the Article 02 formed level runs.
  • the twists 11 along the warp 03 can be made as in 1 shown ⁇ - (upper case Pi) or L-shaped, so that overall a serpentine course of the chain can result through the container 01, with the chain running alternately, at least in sections, along rows and rows or vice versa, or the chain 03, for example, at 2xZ or Rx2 container 01, for example, follows the periphery of container 01.
  • the phrases as in 2 shown in a V-shape so that the chain 03 runs through the container 01 in an N or W shape or generally in a zigzag.
  • a right-angled arrangement of rows 09 and rows 10 each consisting of at least two or more articles 02 within the container 01 can be simulated by means of an open chain 31 ( 1 ).
  • a nested arrangement of the articles 02 can be obtained by means of a zigzag course by means of an open chain 31, in which the articles 02, seen along the rows 09, interlock like a zipper and the rows 10 run diagonally to the rows 09 ( 2 ).
  • the chain 03 preferably changes its direction by an amount of 90° at the L-shaped turns or it changes its direction by an amount of between 90° and 180° at the V-shaped turns, in each case its direction along the chain 03 seen. Such changes in direction correspond to an included angle 12 along the chain 03 at the L-shaped turns of the amount every 90° or at the V-shaped turns of the amount every ⁇ 90°.
  • the included angle is 12 between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links on both sides of the middle chain link 04 180° or 90°, depending on whether the section of chain 03 under consideration 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 that is included within the row 10 between two preceding and following articles 02 in the chain is 180°.
  • a handle 13 extending transversely to the container 01 can run along the chain 01 and thus extend over articles 02 that are connected to one another in a straight line.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is 180° for each article 02 in the Chain 03 enclosed within line 10 between two preceding and following articles 02 in chain 03.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, middle chain link 04 and the second chain links adjoining it on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is less than 90° and greater than 0°.
  • the included angle 12 between a first, middle chain link and the second chain links adjoining on both sides of the middle chain link 04 is the amount after ever smaller 90° and larger 0° ( 2 ).
  • the container 01 is provided with a handle 13, this can extend over at least two articles 02 connected to one another in a straight line along the chain 03.
  • the handle 13 extends diagonally from one corner of the container 01 to an opposite corner of the container 01.
  • Another possibility arises in connection with containers 01, the articles 02 of which are connected to one another, for example to form an endlessly circulating, closed chain 32 without a beginning 05 and without an end 06 ( 6 ), or are connected to form an open chain 31 with a beginning 05 and an end 06 ( 1 , 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 one another nor lie within the bundle in a straight line along the chain 03.
  • connection 08 between two items 02 is established by connecting means 18 which enable a mutual transmission of force and torque at one or more connecting points 80 between the two items 02 .
  • the connecting means 18 can comprise adhesive bonds, which can each be formed by one or more adhesive points and/or adhesive lines. Welds, each with one or more weld points, are also conceivable as connecting means 18 .
  • a connection 08 between two items 02 can include one or more connection points 80 at which a mutual transmission of force between these two items 02 takes place.
  • connection 08 between two items 02 therefore does not refer to the number of connecting elements or connection points 80 between the items 02, but merely to the fact that two items 02 are connected to one another at any number of connection points 80, so that a mutual Power and torque transmission is possible within the limits tolerable by the connecting means 18 ( 3 ).
  • connections 08 of the articles 02 along the chain 03 can be produced, for example, by gluing.
  • Two items 02 are glued together using one or more adhesive points as connecting means 18, depending on a ratio of the extent of the items 02 perpendicular to the plane in which the chain 03 runs or on which the items 02 stand, to an extent of the individual items 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 with just one adhesive point at a connection point 80 ( Fig. 3 a) ), whereas chain links formed by high items 02 with two ( Fig. 3 b) ) or more adhesive dots distributed over the height of the article 02 can be connected to one another at a corresponding number of connection points 80.
  • the plane in which the chain 03 lies runs parallel to a plane formed by the connecting points 80 of a chain 03 of articles 02 arranged at the same height as the articles 02 . If several connection points 80 are provided across the height of the articles 02 connected to one another within the chain 03, the plane in which the chain 03 lies runs parallel to the planes that are formed by the connection points 80 of the chain 03, which are arranged at the same height of the articles 02 of Articles 02.
  • the number of connecting points 80 formed, for example, by a dot of adhesive bonding comprising connecting means 18 preferably depends on the dimensions of the articles 02 parallel and/or normal to a plane, within which plane the chain 03 to which the articles 02 belong within the finished Container 01 are connected, runs.
  • connection points 80 in the form of, for example, gluing and/or Glue dots over the height of Article 021.
  • Standing up can be defined here, for example, by an extension of the individual articles 02 normal to the plane within which the chain 03 runs, to which the articles 02 are connected within the finished container 01, which is greater than an extension of the individual articles 02 parallel to the plane.
  • connection 08 in the case of articles 02, which extend parallel to the plane within which the chain 03, to which the articles 02 are connected within the finished container 01, runs a wide extension, two or more, for example by gluing and/or Glue points have formed joints 80 across the width of the article 02 away.
  • extending can be defined here, for example, by an extension of the individual items 02 parallel to the plane within which the chain 03, to which the items 02 are connected within the finished container 01, is greater than the height of the individual items 02 normal to the plane.
  • a combination of the described properties of a connection 08 between two articles is also possible, in which several connection points 80 can be provided both over the height and over the width of the article 02.
  • Container 01 shown in full or in part can be replaced by an in 4 or in figure 5 device 20 shown can be produced.
  • the number Z corresponds to the number of rows 10 in the finished container 01.
  • connection 08 between two items 02 only one of the items 02 is provided with connecting means 18.
  • the device 20 can include alignment means, which align the items 02 provided with the connecting means 18 in accordance with an orientation required to produce a continuous chain 03 of interconnected items 02 in the finished container 01.
  • the attachment means 24 can be implemented by one or more nozzles 26, by means of which adhesive dots serving as connecting means 18 can be applied, are applied or can be applied to the lateral surfaces of at least selected articles 02 for the production of bonds.
  • the one or more nozzles 26 can be implemented as one or more V-shaped double nozzles, with which a simultaneous application of two or more dots of adhesive to an article 02 or a maximum of a simultaneous application of one dot of glue to one of the number of nozzle outlet openings of the double nozzles corresponding number of articles 02 is possible.
  • a nozzle 26 implemented as a double nozzle can be arranged, for example, between two article strands 23 that have not yet been brought together or the transport paths of two article strands 23 from their separation from their respective original article flow 21 to their combination with one another to form a container 01 or part of a container 01, where it can simultaneously provide an article 02 of one line of articles 23 and an article 02 of the other line of articles 23, each with a dot of adhesive.
  • a nozzle 26 realized by a double nozzle can be installed on the side of an article strand 23 that has not yet been merged with another article strand 23 or on the side of its transport path from the separation of the article strand 23 from its article flow 21 to its merger with one or more other article strands 23 into a finished article Container 01 or a part of a container 01, where they place an article 02 of the article strand 23 with two, for example, distributed along its height later extending normal to the plane within which the chain 03 runs in the assembled container 01, or two articles 02 that follow one another in one and the same strand of articles 23 can each be provided with an adhesive dot.
  • nozzles 26 significantly reduces the number of nozzle elements required and thereby contributes to simplifying and shortening a device 20 suitable for producing a container 01 described above. This enables cost savings in the development, construction, assembly and operation of a corresponding device 20, the latter also because of the reduced space required for setting up the device 20 due to a reduction.
  • the bringing together means 25 can be designed, for example, as is known from the prior art described in the introduction, in order to form packs 01 with rows 09 and rows 10 running perpendicular to one another.
  • the bringing together means 25 can bring the strands of articles 23 together in the manner of a zip in order to obtain a nested arrangement in the finished container 01.
  • the merging means 25 can, for example, comprise at least one pressing unit 27, which presses the articles 02, which have previously been provided with connecting means 18, of the strands of articles 23 to be assembled into a continuous chain 03 in the finished container 01 against one another.
  • a pressing unit 27 can, for example, comprise rotating clamping units 28 which can be controlled individually and independently of one another and can therefore also be moved to different positions in the conveying direction F during the pressing operation.
  • the Separating means 22 can alternatively or additionally also be designed, for example, as is known from the prior art described in the introduction, whereby by accelerating the articles 02 of an article line 23 to be separated from an article flow 21 to a higher speed than that of the article flow 21, the article line 23 moves away from the Article stream 21 is separated.
  • the articles 02 of the container 01 connected to one another form a continuous chain 03 of articles 02 connected to one another in the container 01.
  • Each article 02 in the container 01 forms a chain link.
  • the outer chain links 07 at the beginning 05 and at the end 06 of the chain 03 are each connected to only one adjacent chain link, and the middle chain links 04 in between are each only connected with their leading in the chain 03 and their in connected to the following chain link of the chain 03.
  • the chain links are all middle chain links 04, each of which is only connected to its chain link that precedes it in the chain 03 and its chain link that follows it in the chain 03.
  • a connection 08 between two items 02 is established by connecting means 18, which enable a mutual transmission of force and/or torque at one or more connecting points 80 between the two items 02.
  • the connecting means 18 can already be arranged on the articles 02 in the finished container 01 in accordance with the later course of the sections of the chain 03 formed by the individual articles 02. If, for example, the included angle 12 is between a first item 02, which forms a first, middle chain link 04 of the chain 03, and two other items 02 preceding and following in the chain 03, which are adjoined on both sides of the middle chain link 04 by a second If chain links of chain 03 form a predetermined angle, the method can provide for connecting means 18 to be arranged on first article 02 and/or on the other articles 02 in accordance with included angle 12.
  • each article 02 can be designed with a connecting means 18.
  • the articles can be designed alternately without connecting means 18 and with two connecting means 18, which reach in both directions in the finished warp 03 adjacent articles 02.
  • the variant of providing only one connecting means 18 for connecting to one item 02 per item 02 has the advantage that the connecting means 18 do not have to be attached to the items 02 with a special orientation corresponding to the course of the chain 03 in the container, but rather the items 02, each with an applied connecting means 18 for connecting to an adjacent article 02 within the chain 03, only has to be aligned prior to assembly to form the container 01, which can be done by simply rotating them about their vertical axis, which is normal to the contact area.
  • the method can provide for gluing as connecting means 18, which are formed by adhesive spots that are applied to the lateral surfaces of the articles 02, with a connecting means 18 between two articles 02 that are directly connected to one another within a chain 03 by one or more gluings, each with one, two or more glue points is formed.
  • 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 connection means 18, for example adhesive points, which together form an adhesive bond as connection means 18 of a connection 08.
  • connection points 80 of a connection 08 between two items 02 along the chain 03 the number of adhesive bonds and/or their adhesive points preferably depends on the dimensions of the items 02 parallel and/or normal to a plane within which Level the chain 03, to which the items 02 are connected within the finished container 01, runs.
  • the method can also provide that connecting means 18 are not or are not arranged on every article 02 forming a central chain link 04 . Instead, two connecting means 18 can only be provided on every second article 02, which forms a middle chain link 04, corresponding to every second middle chain link 04, one for connecting to the article 02 forming a preceding chain link in the chain 03 and one for connection to article 02, which is a chain link that follows in 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 to one another, in serpentines with, for example, ⁇ (capital Pi) or L-shaped turns 11, or zigzag with e.g. V-shaped turns 11, or N- or W -shaped, corresponding, for example, to a regular arrangement with a right-angled arrangement of rows 09 and rows 10 each consisting of 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.
  • serpentines for example, ⁇ (capital Pi) or L-shaped turns 11, or zigzag with e.g. V-shaped turns 11, or N- or W -shaped, corresponding, for example, to a regular arrangement with a right-angled arrangement of rows 09 and rows 10 each consisting of at least two or more articles 02 within the container 01 in the case of a

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  1. Multipack (01) se composant d'articles (02) reliés entre eux, qui comprend A=RxZ articles (02) en R rangées (09) et en Z lignes (10), caractérisé par le fait que R≥2 et Z≥3,dans lequel les articles (02) reliés entre eux du multipack (01) forment une chaîne (03) continue d'articles (02) reliés entre eux de manière rigide dans le multipack (01) qui sont exempts de liaisons (08) entre eux hors de ladite chaîne (03), dans lequel chaque article (02) n'est relié, à l'intérieur de la chaîne (03), qu'à son prédécesseur et son successeur dans la chaîne (03), dans lequel, lorsque ladite chaîne (03) est une chaîne fermée (32) sans début (05) ni fin (06), chacun des articles (02) reliés entre eux le long de la chaîne (32) est un article (02) à l'intérieur de la chaîne (03), et, lorsque ladite chaîne (03) est une chaîne ouverte (31) ayant un début (05) et une fin (06), chaque article (02) au début (05) et à la fin (06) de la chaîne (31) où aucun prédécesseur ou successeur n'est présent est relié seulement à son successeur ou prédécesseur.
  2. Multipack selon la revendication 1, dans lequel, à l'intérieur du multipack (01), la chaîne (03) s'étend par sections dans des directions alternantes.
  3. Multipack selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la chaîne (03) s'étend en lignes sinueuses avec des virages en Π (Pi majuscule) ou en L (11) ou s'étend en zigzag avec des virages en V (11) ou en forme de N ou de W à travers le multipack (01).
  4. Multipack selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la chaîne (03) change sa direction sur les virages en L (11) respectivement d'une valeur de 90° ou sur les virages en V (11) respectivement d'une valeur comprise entre 90° et 180°.
  5. Multipack selon la revendication 1, 2, 3 ou 4, dans lequel le multipack (01) est pourvu d'une poignée de maintien (13).
  6. Multipack selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les liaisons (08) des articles (02) le long de la chaîne (03) sont réalisées par collages.
  7. Multipack selon la revendication 6, dans lequel un collage de deux articles (02) l'un avec l'autre est réalisé par un ou plusieurs points de colle, en fonction d'un rapport de l'extension des articles (02) perpendiculaire à un plan sur lequel les articles (02) sont posés, à une extension des articles (02) individuels parallèle à ce plan.
  8. Procédé de réalisation d'un multipack (01) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel les articles (02) à relier entre eux pour former une chaîne (03) sont munis de moyens de liaison (18) et, ensuite, les articles (02) sont reliés les uns aux autres à l'aide des moyens de liaison (18), suivant l'allure de la chaîne (03) à l'intérieur du multipack (01), dans lequel:
    - chaque article (02) est relié à deux autres articles (02) tout au plus,
    - on prévoit par multipack (01) à réaliser un nombre de liaisons (08) entre les articles (02) qui, dans le cas d'une chaîne fermée (32), correspond au nombre des articles (02) dans le multipack (01) fini et, dans le cas d'une chaîne ouverte (31), au nombre des articles (02) dans le multipack (01) fini, déduction faite d'un,
    - les articles (02) reliés entre eux sont reliés, dans le multipack (01) fini, pour former une chaîne (03), et
    l'ensemble des articles (02) sont reliés entre eux, dans le multipack (01) fini, suivant la chaîne (03), dans lequel, dans le cas d'une chaîne fermée (32), l'ensemble des articles (02) forment chacun des maillons de chaîne centraux (04) qui ne sont reliés chacun qu'à deux articles (02), l'article (02) formant le maillon de chaîne qui précède ceux-ci dans la chaîne (03) et l'article (02) formant le maillon de chaîne qui succède ceux-ci dans la chaîne (03), et dans lequel, dans le cas d'une chaîne ouverte (31), les articles (02) formant des maillons de chaîne extérieurs (07) ne sont reliés au début (05) et à la fin (06) de la chaîne (31) qu'à un seul article (02) voisin dans la chaîne (03) et les articles (02) situés entre les articles (02) au début (05) et à la fin (06) de la chaîne (31) et formant chacun des maillons de chaîne centraux (04) ne sont reliés chacun qu'à deux articles (02), l'article (02) formant le maillon de chaîne qui précède ceux-ci dans la chaîne (03) et l'article (02) formant le maillon de chaîne qui succède ceux-ci dans la chaîne (03), les articles étant reliés entre eux de manière rigide le long de la chaîne.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel les moyens de liaison (18) sont disposés sur les articles (02) déjà suivant l'allure ultérieure de la chaîne (03) dans le multipack (01) fini.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel des collages sont prévus en tant que moyens de liaison (18) qui sont formés par des points de colle lesquels sont appliqués sur les surfaces latérales des articles (02), dans lequel un moyen de liaison (18) entre deux articles (02) reliés directement entre eux le long d'une chaîne (03) est formé par un ou plusieurs collages ayant chacun un, deux ou plusieurs points de colle.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8, 9 ou 10, dans lequel des collages sont prévus en tant que moyens de liaison (18) entre des articles (02) le long de la chaîne (03), et le multipack (01) est composé en prévoyant un nombre (R) de flux d'articles (21) correspondant au nombre (R) des rangées (09) dans le multipack et dont respectivement un brin d'articles (23) ayant un nombre (Z) d'articles (02) par rangée (09) prévu dans le multipack (01) fini est séparé, ensuite des articles (02) individuels, choisis ou l'ensemble des articles (02) d'un, de plusieurs ou de l'ensemble des brins d'articles (23) séparés ainsi de leurs flux d'articles (21) sont munis de moyens de liaison (18), puis les articles (02) dans les brins d'articles (23) individuels sont orientés le cas échéant par une rotation autour de leurs axes verticaux afin d'orienter les moyens de liaison (18) dans une direction souhaitée par article (02), ce après quoi, ensuite, les brins d'articles (23),
    - dans le cas d'un multipack (01) ayant des rangées (09) et lignes (10') s'étendant à angle droit les unes par rapport aux autres, sont réunis en étant juxtaposés parallèlement les uns aux autres de telle manière que les articles (02) individuels des brins d'articles (23) sont situés au même niveau, ou,
    - dans le cas d'un multipack (01) ayant des articles (02) disposés de manière imbriqués, sont réunis à la manière d'une fermeture à glissière de sorte qu'au moins les articles (02) de deux brins d'articles (23) voisins sont décalés les uns par rapport aux autres en arrangement serré,
    et les moyens de liaison (18) appliqués auparavant relient l'ensemble des articles (02) des brins d'articles (23) pour former une chaîne (03) continue dans le multipack (01) fini, dans laquelle, dans le cas d'une chaîne ouverte (31), commençant sur un article (02) formant un premier maillon de chaîne (07) extérieur et se terminant sur un article (02) formant un dernier maillon de chaîne (07) extérieur, ces maillons de chaîne (07) extérieurs et l'ensemble des maillons de chaîne (04) situés entre ceux-ci et formés chacun par un article (02) sont reliés les uns aux autres de manière continue le long d'un enfilage linéaire unidimensionnel passant à travers le multipack (01), ou dans laquelle, dans le cas d'une chaîne fermée (32) où l'ensemble des articles (02) forment chacun des maillons de chaîne centraux (04), tous les maillons de chaîne centraux (04) sont reliés les uns aux autres de manière continue le long d'un enfilage unidimensionnel passant à travers le multipack (01) et circulant sans fin, en commençant de manière à circuler dans une première direction le long de la chaîne fermée (32), à partir d'un premier maillon de chaîne central (04), et en se terminant, en provenance de la première direction, sur un deuxième maillon de chaîne central (04) directement voisin du premier maillon de chaîne central (04) à l'encontre de la première direction.
  12. Dispositif de réalisation d'un multipack (01) à partir d'articles (02) reliés entre eux qui comprend A=RxZ articles (02) en R rangées (09) et en Z lignes (10), avec R≥2 et Z≥3, dans lequel les articles (02) reliés entre eux du multipack (01) forment une chaîne (03) continue d'articles (02) reliés entre eux dans le multipack (01), comprenant:
    - une amenée d'un nombre de flux d'articles (21) correspondant au nombre (R) des rangées (09) dans le multipack fini (01) et se composant chacun d'articles (02) immédiatement successifs,
    - des moyens de séparation (22) par flux d'articles (21) destinés à séparer, du flux d'articles (21) respectif, un brin d'articles (23) ayant un nombre d'articles (02) correspondant au nombre (Z) d'articles (02) par rangée (09) dans le multipack (01) fini,
    - des moyens d'attache (24) destinés à munir, de moyens de liaison (18), des articles (02) individuels, choisis ou l'ensemble des articles (02) des brins d'articles (23) séparés des flux d'articles (21), dans lequel on prévoit un nombre de liaisons (08) entre les articles (02) par multipack (01) à réaliser, qui, dans le cas d'une chaîne fermée (32), correspond au nombre des articles (02) dans le multipack (01) fini, et, dans le cas d'une chaîne ouverte (31), correspond au nombre des articles (02) dans le multipack (01) fini, déduction faite d'un, de sorte que les articles (02) reliés entre eux doivent être reliés, dans le multipack (01) fini, pour former une chaîne (03) pour que l'ensemble des articles (02) soient reliés entre eux dans le multipack (01) fini,
    - des moyens de jonction (25) destinés à réunir les brins d'articles (23) ayant des articles (02) pourvus au moins en partie de moyens de liaison (18), suivant l'agencement des articles (02) dans le multipack (01) fini, de telle manière que les moyens de liaison (18) des articles (02) munis de moyens de liaison (18) relient l'ensemble des articles (02) des brins d'articles (23) réunis, pour qu'ils forment une chaîne (03) dans laquelle, dans le cas d'une chaîne ouverte (31), commençant sur un article (02) formant un premier maillon de chaîne (07) extérieur, au début (05) de la chaîne (31), et se terminant sur un article (02) formant un dernier maillon de chaîne (07) extérieur, à la fin (06) de la chaîne (31), ces maillons de chaîne (07) extérieurs et l'ensemble des maillons de chaîne (04) situés entre ceux-ci et formés chacun par un article (02) sont reliés les uns aux autres de manière continue le long d'un enfilage linéaire unidimensionnel passant à travers le multipack (01), et dans laquelle, dans le cas d'une chaîne fermée (32) où l'ensemble des articles (02) forment chacun des maillons de chaîne centraux (04), tous les maillons de chaîne centraux (04) sont reliés les uns aux autres de manière continue le long d'un enfilage unidimensionnel passant à travers le multipack (01) et circulant sans fin, en commençant de manière à circuler dans une première direction le long de la chaîne fermée (32), à partir d'un premier maillon de chaîne central (04), et en se terminant, en provenance de la première direction, sur un deuxième maillon de chaîne central (04) directement voisin du premier maillon de chaîne central (04) à l'encontre de la première direction,
    dans lequel lesdits moyens d'attache (24) sont réalisés par une ou plusieurs buses (26) au moyen desquelles des points de colle servant à réaliser des collages en tant que moyens de liaison (18) peuvent être appliqués sur les surfaces latérales d'au moins articles (02) choisis, et dans lequel ladite une ou les plusieurs buses (26) sont réalisées par une ou plusieurs buses doubles en V qui permettent une application simultanée d'au moins deux ou plusieurs points de colle sur un article (02) ou, au maximum, une application simultanée de respectivement un point de colle sur un nombre d'articles (02) correspondant au nombre d'ouvertures de sortie de buse des buses doubles, dans lequel une buse double est disposée entre les chemins de transport de deux brins d'articles (23) non pas encore réunis et/ou à côté d'un chemin de transport d'un brin d'articles (23) non pas encore réuni avec un autre brin d'articles (23).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, dans lequel le dispositif (20) comprend des moyens d'orientation qui orientent les articles (02) munis de moyens de liaison (18) suivant une orientation nécessaire à la réalisation d'une chaîne (03) continue d'articles (02) reliés entre eux dans le multipack (01) fini.
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