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Apparatus for making a product, preferably a food product for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid Download PDF

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US20180208335A1
US20180208335A1 US15/747,206 US201615747206A US2018208335A1 US 20180208335 A1 US20180208335 A1 US 20180208335A1 US 201615747206 A US201615747206 A US 201615747206A US 2018208335 A1 US2018208335 A1 US 2018208335A1
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for making a product, in particular for making a food product, preferably a food product for obtaining a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot water.
  • Apparatuses are known for making a product, in particular for making a food product, preferably a food product for obtaining a drink by infusion in hot water, in which coffee or another infusion product is used as raw material.
  • the known apparatuses comprise respective supporting means for means for making respective products starting from a corresponding predetermined portion of raw material, in dissolved condition, which is inserted into a respective wrapper or container, for example, in the form of a bag of filter paper, or the like, or of a rigid capsule made of plastic material to be inserted into the infusion machine and then packaged in a protective outer packaging.
  • the known apparatuses have a problem in the movement and handling of the bulk material, or particles, for making the respective product, which is to be inserted into the respective wrapper or capsule and which is to be suitably fed into the respective apparatus.
  • This material which is kept in bulk condition, risks dirtying the apparatus and the ambient which it is a part of, with subsequent hygienic problems and the need to perform frequent cleaning, which in any case may not always be performed successfully.
  • the present invention therefore proposes a new solution as an alternative to the solutions known up to now and, more specifically, proposes to overcome one or more of the above mentioned drawbacks or problems and/or to meet one or more of the needs felt in the trade or inferable from the above.
  • an apparatus for making products, in particular food products, preferably food products for obtaining a corresponding drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot water; the respective product being obtained from a raw material comprising or formed by respective particles, in particular powder, granules, pieces or the like, for example of roasted and ground coffee; the apparatus comprising supporting means for means for making respective products starting from a corresponding predetermined portion of raw material, and is characterised in that the means for making respective products comprise means for aggregating, in particular for reciprocally adhering, particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, preferably to form a corresponding compact tablet of the raw material.
  • FIGS. 1 a ) to 1 h ) are respective perspective views of four different embodiments of packages which can be made using the present apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIGS. 2 a ) to 2 q ) are respective perspective views of the preferred steps of the preferred method implemented by the present apparatus to obtain a respective product;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention, from the side opposite the one of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a detail relative to the assembly means of the product components of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a detail relative to the assembly means of the product components taken from a different side relative to the one of FIG. 5 , of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a detail relative to the conveyor means of the product of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a detail relative to the packaging means of the product of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a preferred embodiment 10 of an apparatus for making a product P, in particular a food product, preferably a food product for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot water, in particular in a respective infusion machine, into which the product inserted.
  • a product P in particular a food product, preferably a food product for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot water, in particular in a respective infusion machine, into which the product inserted.
  • the product being obtained from a raw material comprising or formed by respective particles, in particular powder, granules, pieces or the like, for example and preferably of roasted and ground coffee.
  • the product P comprises a tablet of raw material M, for example roasted and ground coffee, the particles of which are adhering to each other, which tablet M is wrapped in an outer and surface layer adhering to it.
  • the compress thus obtained is preferably, but not exclusively, packaged in an external wrapper, preferably in aluminium film I.
  • the product P of this first preferred embodiment advantageously comprises a respective front or upper face in which outer layer S there are provided respective punches or recesses R for the preferential percolating or directing of the infusion liquid in and through the same product.
  • FIGS. 1 c ) and 1 d A second embodiment of product P is shown in FIGS. 1 c ) and 1 d ), a third embodiment of product P is shown in FIGS. 1 e ) and 1 f ) and a fourth embodiment of product P is shown in FIGS. 1 g ) and 1 h ).
  • These further embodiments have the same components as the first embodiment and differ from it in that they do not have the recesses for directing the infusion liquid, and in the shape of the outer layer.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises respective supporting means 12 for means 14 for making respective products starting from a corresponding predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means 14 for making a respective product comprise means 16 for aggregating, in particular for reciprocally adhering, particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, preferably to form a compact tablet of the raw material.
  • FIG. 2 i This phase of aggregating, or compacting, is shown in FIG. 2 i ) which places the present step in a preferred embodiment method of a respective product implemented by the present preferred embodiment of the apparatus.
  • the means 14 for making the product also comprise means 16 , 18 for preparing an outer surface layer about the portion of raw material, which surface or outer layer is in particular in the form of a film of biodegradable and/or compostable material, especially of PLA, and preferably of filter material for the infusion liquid, and preferably is designed to completely surround or enclose the raw material.
  • the outer or surface layer is designed in particular to form means for containing the raw material during the steps of preparing the product.
  • the means 16 , 18 for preparing an outer surface layer about the portion of raw material comprise means 16 designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material.
  • the means for aggregating, in particular for reciprocally adhering, particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or the means designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material are in the form of means for dispensing vibrating energy, in particular ultrasonic energy, to the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular provided with the outer or surface layer.
  • vibrating or ultrasonic energy in a quantity between 500 and 6000 Joules, at a frequency between 16,000 and 35,000 Hertz, and for a time between 0.5 and 20 seconds, is imparted to the predetermined portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer or surface layer.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy comprise respective sonotrode means 16 .
  • the sonotrode means 16 can be activated and deactivated respectively between a condition of dispensing energy to the predetermined portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer surface layer, and a rest condition.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy comprise respective sonotrode means 16 which are movable between a position, in particular lowered, of dispensing energy to the respective portion of raw material and/or to the respective outer surface layer, and a position, in particular raised, of freely feeding the product.
  • the means for dispensing vibrating energy, or sonotrode means comprise a plurality of elements or devices, especially a plurality of sonotrodes 16 , in particular which are designed to dispense vibrating energy to a plurality of products simultaneously.
  • the sonotrode means 16 in particular the respective sonotrode 16 , have a respective face for engaging an opposite face of the product, in particular of the corresponding outer layer of it, which face for engaging the sonotrode is suitably shaped to form, in the opposite face of product, in particular in the corresponding outer layer of it, respective preferential percolating punches or recesses for the infusion liquid in and through the product.
  • the elements or devices are positioned in an orderly fashion in one or more transversal rows of the elements or devices, in particular the sonotrodes, and in one or more longitudinal rows of the same elements or devices, in particular of the sonotrodes, the transversal and/or longitudinal rows preferably being parallel to one another.
  • means 18 for assembling product components in particular forming means for preparing an outer surface layer about the respective predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 20 with seats for receiving and supporting the material forming the outer layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means with seats for receiving material forming the outer or surface layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material advantageously comprise a plurality of seats 20 , in particular positioned in an orderly fashion in one or more transversal rows of the seats and/or one or more longitudinal or circumferential rows of the same seats.
  • the seat means 20 are movable at respective operating stations for assembling product components.
  • the means 20 with seats for receiving material forming the outer surface layer and/or the respective predetermined portion of raw material are carried on a respective revolving wheel 22 , in particular with an axis of rotation which extends transversal or horizontal.
  • the wheel 22 supporting the respective seat means 20 is movable in rotation, in particular with alternating feed motion and preferably having respective feed steps of the seat means between corresponding assembly stations and the subsequent stations, which are alternated with dwell steps at the respective assembly stations and at which respective assembly operations of product components are performed.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components advantageously comprise means 24 for preparing, or cutting by the respective film 24 ′, a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of the product, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 a ).
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 26 for applying a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means 18 .
  • the means 24 for applying a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means are formed by the same means for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 24 ′, a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 26 for shaping or forming, in particular on the seat means 20 , a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of product to form a tray-like shape for receiving the portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 b ).
  • the means 26 for shaping or for forming a respective sheet of material for making an outer or surface layer of the product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means, downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 24 for applying the respective sheet of material on the seat means 20 .
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, to the seat means 20 , in particular on the respective sheet, preferably tray-shaped, of material forming the respective outer or surface layer of the product, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 c ).
  • the means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20 , downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 26 for shaping the respective sheet on the seat means 20 .
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 30 for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 30 ′, a respective second sheet of material for making the outer surface layer of product.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 30 for applying the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product on the first sheet, in particular containing the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, especially on the seat means 20 , as may be inferred from FIG. 2 d ).
  • the means 30 for applying a respective second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 of the same assembly means 18 are formed by the means for preparing, or cutting by a respective film 30 ′, a respective second sheet of material for making the same outer surface layer of product.
  • the means 30 for applying a respective second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the corresponding seat means 20 , in particular on the corresponding first sheet of material for making the outer layer, with the interposition of the predetermined portion of raw material, in particular in dissolved condition, are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20 , downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 28 for dispensing the respective predetermined portion of raw material.
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise, in particular on the seat means 20 , means 32 for joining, in particular sealing, the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product to the first sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product, in particular at the respective peripheral edge surrounding the predetermined portion of raw material, preferably in dissolved condition, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 e ).
  • the means 32 for joining, in particular sealing, the second sheet to the first sheet of the surface or outer layer of product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20 , downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 30 for applying the second sheet on the seat means 20 .
  • the means 18 for assembling product components comprise means 34 for cutting an excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product, especially of the second sheet of material for making the outer or surface layer of product, in particular on the seat means 20 , as may be inferred from FIG. 2 f ).
  • the means 34 for cutting an excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product are positioned, according to the feed direction of the seat means 20 , downstream, in particular immediately downstream, of the means 32 for joining, or sealing, the first and second sheets forming the outer or surface layer of the product.
  • the means 18 which are designed to assemble the product components comprise means 36 for removing the waste material or the excessive peripheral portion of the outer or surface layer of product, in particular at the seat means 20 , which element they are provided downstream of the means for cutting the excessive peripheral portion of the outer surface layer of product, in particular of the second sheet, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 g ).
  • the means 18 for assembling the product components comprise means 38 for unloading the product from the same seat means 20 , which, as will be more apparent from the following description, dispense product onto corresponding conveyor means, in particular towards the compacting or ultrasonic treatment area and therefore, possibly, towards the packaging means, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 h ).
  • the means 16 for making or for compacting the product advantageously are provided downstream of the means 18 for assembling product components, according to the direction of longitudinal extension of the apparatus.
  • means 40 for feeding the raw material are provided.
  • the means 40 for feeding the raw material comprise means designed to release respective predetermined portions of raw material, in particular onto the seat means 20 , preferably onto the first sheet of material for making the outer surface layer of product, especially positioned on the seat means 20 .
  • the means for feeding the raw material advantageously comprise hopper means 40 for loading the same raw material.
  • the means 40 for feeding the raw material are provided above the means 18 , in particular with a revolving wheel, for assembling product components.
  • means 42 for feeding a film 24 ′ for forming the outer or surface layer of the product in particular comprising corresponding means for supporting a respective reel of the film.
  • means 44 for feeding a second film 30 ′ for forming the outer or surface layer of the product comprising means for supporting a respective reel of the film.
  • the means 42 , 44 for feeding the first 24 ′ and second film 30 ′ for forming the outer or surface layer of the product are provided upstream and/or downstream of the means 18 for assembling product components, in particular respectively provided upstream and downstream of the assembly means 18 .
  • the present apparatus comprises means 50 for packaging the product in a respective outer package, in particular in the form of a respective outer wrapper.
  • the outer package, or outer wrapper advantageously is formed by a corresponding film of material, in particular by aluminium film.
  • the means 50 for packaging the product in a respective outer package, or outer wrapper comprise means 52 for wrapping a corresponding film about the respective product, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 m ).
  • the means for wrapping the film about the respective product comprise means 49 for pushing the product against a respective film, in particular transversal to the pushing direction, of corresponding material for the package or wrapper, and for further pushing the product together with the film until wrapping the product in the same film.
  • the packaging means 50 in particular the wrapping means 52 , comprise a respective surface 54 , in particular fixed, for supporting and preferably sliding products.
  • the means 49 for pushing products of the wrapping means 52 advantageously operate on products which are supported on the supporting surface 54 .
  • the means for pushing the product against a respective film are in the form of a corresponding element, or comb unit 49 , forming respective seat means 49 ′ open at the front for receiving the back part of the respective product, and in particular extending transversely and having a plurality of seats 49 ′ open at the front for receiving corresponding products.
  • the film 50 ′ for making the package or wrapper advantageously passes through, in particular perpendicularly, the supporting surface 54 , especially at or close to an end upstream of the same surface 54 .
  • the packaging means 50 comprise means 56 for joining opposite ends of respective opposite flaps of the film 50 ′ forming the outer wrapper, which are positioned in condition of wrapped about the respective product, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 n ).
  • the packaging means 50 comprise means 58 for reciprocally joining, or sealing, opposite and matching flaps, or tabs, of the film forming the outer wrapper 50 ′ with the respective product interposed therein, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 o .
  • the joining or sealing of the opposite flaps, or tabs, being performed along the respective perimeter surrounding the compact product.
  • the packaging means 50 advantageously comprise means 60 for separating, or cutting, the package or wrapper containing the product from the respective film 50 ′ forming the outer wrapper, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 p ).
  • packaging means 50 comprise means 62 for unloading the packaged product, as may be inferred from FIG. 2 q ).
  • the means 50 for packaging the product are positioned downstream, in particular longitudinally aligned downstream, of the means 16 for making the product, or sonotrode means.
  • means 70 for conveying products along the apparatus in particular between means 18 for assembling product components and means 50 for packaging the same products and/or at the means 16 for making products, in particular the means 16 for aggregating or dispensing mechanical vibrating energy, preferably ultrasonic, to the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products are provided under the means 16 for aggregating particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or of the means designed to make the same outer or surface layer adhere to the portion of raw material, that is means for aggregating or means for dispensing vibrating mechanical energy to the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise means 72 , 74 , 76 for supporting corresponding products forming part of the means for making the product, in particular part of the means 16 for aggregating the particles of raw material of the respective predetermined portion, and/or part of the means designed to make the same outer surface layer adhere to the respective predetermined portion of raw material, especially thus forming means 72 , 74 , 76 for supporting the engaged products of the sonotrode means 16 .
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise first means 72 for supporting respective products and second means 74 for supporting respective products, and possibly third means 76 for supporting respective products, which are movable separately from and/or independently of each other, respectively at the means 16 for making products, at the means 50 for packaging products or at the means 18 for assembling components of the same products.
  • the means 70 for conveying products comprise first movement means for corresponding first means 72 for supporting products and second movement means for corresponding second means 74 for supporting products and possibly third movement means for corresponding third means 76 for supporting products.
  • the respective means 72 , 74 , 76 for supporting products of the conveyor means 70 comprise a plurality of seats 71 for housing a respective product, in particular positioned in an orderly fashion according to one or more transversal rows of the seats 71 and/or according to one or more longitudinal rows of the same seats 71 .
  • the respective means 72 , 74 , 76 for supporting products of the conveyor means 70 are carried by respective movement means, which are movable, in particular separately from and independently of each other.
  • These movement means not being particularly shown in the accompanying figures and in any case preferably being in the form of respective endless, elongate, continuous means, in particular in the form of a first and a second elongate, continuous element for corresponding means, or plates, 72 , 74 or 76 for supporting respective products.
  • the continuous elongate elements extend parallel to one another and transversely spaced apart and the corresponding means, or plates, 72 , 74 , 76 for supporting products extend between them.
  • advantageous means 48 for product passage from the conveyor means 70 , in particular from the respective supporting means 72 , 74 , 76 , to the packaging means 50 , as may be inferred from FIG. 2I ).
  • the means for product passage are in the form of means 48 for picking the same products from the conveyor means 70 and for releasing them onto the packaging means 50 , in particular onto a respective supporting and sliding surface of them, preferably by positioning them at the end upstream of this supporting and sliding surface.
  • the supporting means 12 of the apparatus comprise an intermediate wall 121 , in particular extending longitudinally, which separates the side provided with respective operating means, respectively the means 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making the product, the means 70 for conveying products and/or the means 48 for product passage and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, from the side provided with the respective actuator means.
  • the respective operating means in particular the means 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making products, the means 70 for conveying products, the means 48 for product passage, and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, extend in cantilever fashion from the intermediate separating wall 121 .
  • the intermediate wall 121 separates the means for supporting the reel of the respective film 24 ′, 30 ′ for the respective or for both sheets forming the outer layer of material, and/or separates the means for supporting the reel for the packaging wrapper 50 ′ from the operating means, in particular from the means 18 for assembling product components, from the means 16 for making products, from the means 70 for conveying products, from the means 48 for product passage, and/or from the means 50 for packaging the same products, and on which side the respective film is passed through corresponding slot means provided in the separating wall 121 .
  • the respective operating means in particular the means ' 18 for assembling product components, the means 16 for making products, the means 70 for conveying products, the means 48 for product passage, and/or the means 50 for packaging the same products, comprise a plurality of parallel rows or lines for making the product.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow avoiding the apparatus and ambient in which it is inserted from being dirtied.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow easy cleaning.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow at least relatively high production outputs.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow having a reliable and long-lasting apparatus available.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow obtaining easy maintenance and/or manufacturing of the apparatus, and also an at least relatively contained manufacturing cost.
  • An apparatus has also been provided with respective features, shown above, which allow avoiding an excessive size, in particular a length.

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