DE6942143U - PACKAGING FOR BOTTLES OD. DGL. AND DEVICE FOR MAKING THE SAME. - Google Patents

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ACIOPERATIONS PTY. LIiJITED, 550 Bourke Street,
I '.. el bourne, Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia

Packaging for bottles or the like. And device for

Manufacture of the same

The invention is concerned with packaging in xartons, branches, boxes or other containers of bottles, glasses .. greed of others. Objects, uie, to reduce the risk of breakage .'... '.; to avoid damage, relatively tight c.:ci..u> cer packed, however, through partitions or other? c ~. .r ~ must be separated from each other.

For this purpose it is customary to provide a cell-like insert in the box, the Kict- approx. or other elements that run at right angles to: · ....: - the and thus form individual ropes for the items to be packed. This more wavy. Single seats generally consist of strips of cardboard or the like.
which have passed with incisions at the required intervals, which extend over half the width or height of the strips, so that the strips running transversely to one another can be plugged together to form a collapsible insert, if necessary.

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! vas packing is done in such a way that: i; r. from rn..n:

seen number of bottles or other C-cjen; in ε 'nen soft tone and then the ν -rbero:' te '::

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Bottle itself in a. Compartment of the operations Vor, .ckung3 ° operation wire after knowing the ^ .nrr.eldc performed mechanically and would also be des; .al to be carried out mechanically, because "every object in de: - f ^ r him bestirnten compartment or the corresponding cell of the YY :. ..- sutzes fixed muli.

For this reason, the usual packaging is both time-consuming and relatively expensive. It is therefore an aim of the invention to put another packaging container in a cardboard box to create i \ .r bottles or ^ ary objects, the improved t ^ i'renneins the Cold of verp .ckten Ge _"t ^decent. 'de has.

Another object of the invention is to provide eic. burn from bottles or other objects, especially broken objects in cardboard boxes or the like to be improved :, ./cittrhin i ^ t it aim and object of the invention to provide a device with which the packaging in the gev. uischte .. kind of improved can be.

Therefore, it is proposed according to the invention to pack bottles or similar objects in cardboard boxes or other containers in such a way that the objects in the container are packed in a plurality of rows in such a way that they are initially in contact with one another, whereupon a dividing strip between each of the adjacent rows from top to bottom one inserted and then another separating strip across and practically at right angles to this between the neighboring ones

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The invention is therefore based on the bottles or other objects placed in the container before the dividing strips were inserted, so that the packaging could be remembered Way can perform mechanically. The dividing strips only need between the upper ends of the packaged objects to be used because the following and yours to this running separating strips when inserting the underlying Separating strip down between the packaged items to press.

The invention is preferably suitable for the packaging of bottles, glasses or other objects with a reduced cross-section at the upper end and a curve-shaped transition: without the neck and the construction of the container, but also with the pressing of the separating strips into the ends _; <; en Sv; isohen spaces between the parts of the packaged objects that have the largest cross-section.

Preferably, the invention separation strips are provided in three superposed lie _o planes or three contiguous layers according.

In order to secure the separating strips arranged one above the other against vertical movement during transport and other movement of the packaging, an additional locking or security ^{strip is preferably loosely placed over the upper edge or the o> ι T} -; age of the separating strip so that the upper edge <? . .'i mstrip rests against the flaps of the cardboard box or the permanent lid of the container.

The invention also provides a device for deployment of dividing strips into an open container, which holds a plurality of bottles or other items in Reineμ or columns, created that contain a magazine for dividing strips, Means for removing a separating strip from the magazine and attaching this separating strip practically horizontally above the container and then in a vertical plane between two adjacent rows or has columns of objects in the container and facilities that move the relevant dividing strip near the bottom and insert objects located between the rows or columns of the general containers.

Preferably, a plurality of such devices for inserting separating strips are arranged at the required spacing above an intermittently movable conveyor which successively feeds the containers to a plurality of stations and stops at the same, at each of these stations at least one separating strip of the above-mentioned type is used . The device contains at least two of these spaced apart devices which lie in a plane at right angles to each other, so that one device uses at least one separating strip between two adjacent longitudinal rows and the other device uses at least one separating strip between adjacent transverse rows of the objects in the packaging container .

In a practical embodiment of the invention, each strip inserting device has a finger or the like, which can be pivoted about a horizontal axis i whereby grippers arranged on the pinger in a horizontal plane in correspondence with a dispensing opening at the lower end of the drawbar.

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Neten strip magazine, the parting strip lying horizontally contains one above the other, can be brought, are where made at steps to respectively refer to the lowest partition strips from the magazine and supplied to the grippers, and wherein provision is made od to the finger. like. to give a partial rotational movement, where by the extracted from AEM magazine each separation strip is accurately moved downward until it hangs horizontally across a container, and wherein measures are provided to move these separation strips down, whereby the same in the space between two adjacent longitudinal rows or two adjacent transverse rows of the objects in the container is pressed.

The gripper or gripper mechanism located on the finger or the like preferably has a spring flap or cigl., While a vertically movable pressure element is preferably arranged above the hanging strip to move the hanging separating strip downwards. The pressure element is preferably arranged vertically above the space between four objects located in adjacent longitudinal and transverse rows in the container, so that the pressure element can partially penetrate into the space between these four adjacent objects.

The invention further comprises a package, which consists of a container with a substantially rectangular shape, which accommodates a plurality of similar or identical objects, for example bottles, in at least two rows and two transverse rows with small spacings between one another in the container should be able to record. Here, according to the invention, a lower separating element consisting of a strip of material or the like is arranged and packed items lioc ~: ": ei.. '■■'.-; ± ~ cr. ~ :: in each case zv ~ i" adjacent longitudinal rows

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held by these objects. In addition, there is another racing strip made of a similar or identical material upright and practically at right angles to the first-mentioned separating strip between the packaged items arranged and is held laterally exclusively by the same. Furthermore, each is upper and / or each lower Separating element designed so that the level of the uppermost part of each of the upper separating elements is above the level of the lowest Part of each of the lower separating elements, whereby, in the entire such overlapping planes, each packaged item from the adjacent corresponding item is kept separated by one of the separators.

To further explain the invention is in the drawing an embodiment of a packaging container according to FIG Invention and a device for filling this packaging container shown schematically, namely shows

Pig. 1 is a perspective view of a carton intended to receive bottles, wherein the bottles apart by separating strips according to the invention and in the container should be held

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the container from FIG. 1 in the filled state with inserted separating strips,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section along line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and

Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the front

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In the pig. 1 to 3, a cardboard box 10 or some other rectangular box-shaped container is indicated in which a plurality of bottles 12 are accommodated in the usual way in longitudinal and transverse rows. The terms "longitudinal rows" and "transverse rows" are used solely to distinguish between the individual S ¹ lines running at right angles to one another, and not to indicate that one type of row contains more bottles than the other type of row, because in the case of a container with a square plan, the longitudinal rows have the same number of bottles as the transverse rows.

After the bottles have been inserted into the container, between ■ 3de of the adjacent transverse rows depending one made of cardboard over any other suitable material rectangular separating strip 14 inserted, these separating strips 14 extending in the transverse direction to the carton 10. The parting strips 14 are not necessarily the same except for pushed the bottom of the carton 10, although they are preferably inserted so that their top edges do not much - if at all - over the shoulders of the bottles or the bottle necks protrude.

From the drawing it can be seen that the dividing strips 14 not necessary across the entire width of the IG cardboard box extend. In fact, they are preferably a little less than the hadius of the packaged bottles is shorter than the available interior space of the container is wide, to make it easier to insert the separating strips.

After the strip irish sinä been inserted 14, additional separating strips 16 of adjacent top lying between two respective longitudinal rows of Flas ^v ^ s 12 einge-

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By inserting the separating strips 16, the separating strips 14 pushed further down between the bottles 12.

Dar. then there are others that run in the transverse direction Separating strips 18 inserted between adjacent transverse rows so that (one separating strip 18 perpendicular to a Trent strip 14 is located. By the Inserting the separating strips 18, the separating strips 14 and 16 located underneath are pushed further downwards, until the separating strips 14 inserted first touch the bottom of the box 10 or lie just above it.

Eventually, a rectangular locking strip 20 made of a similar material preferably becomes loose via the locking strips 18 in the middle of the box. 10 plugged in, so that when the not shown The lid flaps of the cardboard are folded inward and fastened together, the locking strips from the Separating strips 14, 16 and 18 hold the existing container insert in the lower part of the carton, which can be seen in particular from FIG. 3 can be seen.

From U ¹ Ig. 1 and 3 it can be seen that the locking strip 20 is at right angles to the separating bars 16 by ¹ . dei: »entüj> is arranged parallel to the separating strips 16, counting. It has been found that it is sufficient if only one locking strip 20 is arranged approximately in the middle of the dividing strip 16 in order to hold the container insert consisting of the individual dividing strips in the desired manner in the carton.

The individual layers of separating strips can be mechanically ll

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one after the other from an intermittently running conveyor belt moved, with the boxes one after the other under a none of Stations are stopped and one or more separation strips are plugged in at each station.

Pig. 4 shows schematically an exemplary embodiment for one Mechanism that can be arranged at one of these stations can, in order to simultaneously insert two separating strips lying parallel to one another into a cardboard box 10, for example the two separating strips 15, which correspond to those on a preceding one Station inserted separating strips 14 are attached.

For this purpose the mechanism has two vertically arranged magazines 26, each of which contains a plurality of separating strips 16 which lie horizontally one above the other. At the lower end of each Magaz-ns 26 a movable in the horizontal plane slide 23 is arranged ccr wiri actuated in timed relationship with the conveyor belt and is arranged so as to each have a parting strip 16 at u ^"-; ren end of each magazine 26 by a There is a dispensing opening 29 to the inside of the mechanism.

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Each separating strip 16 "released in this way is pushed into / -i the thickness of the separating strip matching slot /, · z-is arranged at the outer end of a horizontal cjr.je. Ar: .. es or pingers 32. One side - this The slot 3C is formed by a clamping spring 33 so that each separating strip is clamped firmly to the pinger 32. Each pinger 32 is partially pivotable about a fixed horizontal axis 31 and is arranged approximately midway between the two ends of the separating strip 16.

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I'jachdem dividing strip 16 into the 3 chi. it se ? Q the ringer 32 has been pushed in and clamped there. old separating strips 3Gn :: rech'üG "i; eLcrd Too: ' ¹ de .: ^ v; i., jl: enrau. held between two adjacent rows of bottles v. For ICs, a curved guide (not shown) can be provided to ensure that the Irornot tire does not fall off the finger in question during the downward movement.

If the separating strip 16 is perpendicular between: - at neighboring Rows of bottles hanging, as shown in Fig. 4, it is located directly under a:.: Slotted, vertical moves vren ^ ucwerfer 36, which has an arm 37 on a perpendicular back and forth movable Spindex 5-j is appropriate ;. Lic Spindle 3ö i & t in not shown :. stored in suitable bearings, where, as shown in Fig. to appoint ict, ar .: “ra 37 a second ejector 36 for the second finger 32 is also attached.

A suitable device, not shown, is provided in order to move the spindle 33 downwards at a suitable point in time at a speed which is at least as great as, and preferably greater than, the speed of fall determined on the basis of the acceleration due to gravity. As a result, each ejector 36 pushes the corresponding separating strip 16 from the corresponding clamping spring on the downward pointing finger down and into the space between two rows of bottles 12. Each of these slotted ejectors 36 is arranged vertically above the space between four adjacent bottles and is of a size such that that it can penetrate to a certain extent in this gap in the region of the limit of its downward movement . Thus, the dividing strips 16 are pushed in deeper than the shoulders or necks of the bottles 12.

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During the downward movement of the slotted ejectors 36 the i'inger 32 return to their horizontal starting position using -sines switch, a dock or a combination such parts back, whereupon from every magazine 26 another separating strip 16 is removed and inserted into the slot 30 of the pincers 32 concerned, which is now in alignment with the opening of the assigned magazine.

In the embodiment shown in the drawing, the cardboard insert is introduced into the cardboard box at five successive stations. According to Pig. 1, separating strips 1 and 2 are inserted into the box at the first station. Separating strips 3 and 4 are then used at the second station and a further separating strip 5 at a third station. Separating strips 6 and 7 are then used in a fourth station, while a locking strip 8 is inserted as a final piece at a fifth station. Each station works in the same manner and sequence as described above, the corresponding operations being triggered by the fact that according to Pi ₀ . 4, the carton 10 hits a stop 40 and thereby triggers the actuation of a number of switches.

When a box 10 arrives at one of the stations, it is stopped by the stop 40 and actuates a switch, not shown, which triggers the following work sequence. The pingers 32 are in the vertically downward hanging position that is shown in Pig. 4 is shown in full lines with each pinger holding a separator strip. The slotted ejectors 36 are then moved downwards so that they release the separating strips held on the pinp-p ^ n from the fingers and between them. . „Insert 3 bottles 12. Then turn the fingers 32 _ \ re horizontal position

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which is shown in Fig. 4 in dash-dotted lines and in which a new separating strip in each of the fingers can be inserted. The one assigned to each magazine 26 Slide 28 then engages the lowermost separating strip located in the relevant magazine and pushes it it into the slot 30 of the finger 32 in front of it. Simultaneously or subsequently 1: the ejector 36 honors its top starting position back. Dana ground her fingers again brought into its vertical downwardly facing position so that the device is ready for a new workflow is. The stop 40 is now withdrawn and a conveyor belt 41, which carries the boxes 10, starts moving to bring the box 10 to the next station.

The conveyor belt 41 consists of two belts which run side by side at a distance so that a gap or between them Schli "· remains free. The cardboard boxes 10 lie on these two Ribbons on. They are driven by a single drive roller, which in turn is driven by a chain drive three-phase electric motor receives its drive.

The stop 40 provided for the cardboard boxes 10 is actuated according to a time cycle determined by a cam or a cam disk. A stop is provided at each station, all of the stops being actuated simultaneously via a rod 39 which is driven by a cam (not shown). A safety time is provided in the system containing the stops so that the stops 40 remain in the upwardly extending stop position and prevent further movement of the cartons in the event that the release tab insertion mechanism malfunctions in any way. At the beginning of the machine, a mechanism (not shown) is provided which separates boxes or containers lying close together so that they pass through the individual stations at the desired spacing.

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The parting strips 14 and 18 are preferably but not necessarily half as wide as the parting strips 16.

It has been found that by erfindungsgeraäße inserting Trennsxreifen in "already bottles or cartons containing other containers etc. also brings considerable savings in material for the separating strips because separating strips are only present where they are actually needed v / ground while previously It is customary to use the dividing strips to provide a practically complete envelope for each bottle through the cells of the container inserts.

The device used for insertion is arranged and adjusted in such a way that the separating strips can be pushed in quickly at each station, with each carton staying at each station for only about 2.5 seconds. As already said above, the dividing strips are pushed down by the fingers between the rows of bottles at a speed that is at least the same and preferably greater than the speed determined by gravity, which ensures that the individual dividing strips are not out of the vertical Tilt out or be bent. Rather, this speed ensures that the individual dividing strips are exactly between the individual rows of bottles or other packaged items. Objects are inserted ...

The invention enables the packaging of bottles or other fragile objects in cardboard boxes or other containers very simplified, as pre-formed cell-shaped dividing inserts, previously used are no longer needed. This makes it possible to use the bottles, glasses upw. mechanically to insert into the cardboard boxes or other containers and only afterwards to insert the separating strips, whereby

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same in place a cellular container insert form, the best from 3? i £. 1 can be seen. This manufactured according to the invention, useful from individual composite separation strips existing container insert provides effective protection for bottles or the like and also enables the bottles to be packaged more tightly, than is possible with preformed cellular dividers.

In addition, the amount of paperboard or sheet material required for the present invention is significantly less than that required for preformed cellular partitions in the i ^: .t ze for the same purpose. Finally, there are also no costs for preforming the cellular racing inserts.

Claims (1)

Sohut claims: 1.) Packaging - from a Reohteokigen container with fragile ones arranged in at least two transverse rows and at least two longitudinal rows in it Opposite walls such as flashing od. The like, consists of separating elements that are used between them upholstered are supported, d a d u r ο h marked that the separating elements Separating strips (14,16,18) are, which run at right angles to each other in individual layers one above the other upright between the individual transverse rows and longitudinal rows of those in the container (10) Objects (12) are lying and are only filtered from the packaged objects to the side. 2.) Packing according to claim 1, characterized in that the separating strips (14 *: 16,18) in three layers one above the other are arranged in the container (10), the dividing strips (14 »18) of the top and the lowest layer parallel to each other and the separating strips (16) of the middle layer at right angles to this get lost. 3.) Packaging according to claim 1 or 2, d ^ iiroh characterized in that an additional:, serve as a Varriegelunselement or end piece: .the strip (._ ·.)) 43 9/17/70 is provided loosely on the uppermost separating strip (18) at right angles to the same and approximately in the middle between their ends, the one with the deodorant o * «? the closing flaps de? Container (10) is in contact Packaging according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by that the dividing strips (14,16,18,20) ejnfaohe reohteokige blanks made of cardboard or other sheet or plate-shaped! Material with a certain cushioning effect are