Unit and method for placing objects in boxes
AssigneeGima S.P.A.
InventorsPierluigi Castellari, Dario Rea, Massimiliano Medri
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Abstract
A unit for boxing packaged food products including a rotary element with at least one first seat for receiving a blank; a first transfer station for transferring the blank from a magazine for feeding blanks to a folding mould; a folding station for opening up, at least partly, the blank; a second transfer station for transferring the blank folded open from mould to the first receiving seat; an insertion station for inserting the packaged food products inside the blank folded open positioned on the first receiving seat; a closing station for closing the blank folded open, positioned on the second receiving seat and containing the packaged food products.
Claims20
A unit for boxing packaged food products, comprising:
- a rotary element, rotatable about a first axis of rotation and comprising a first receiving seat for receiving a blank, the rotary element being configured to rotate the first receiving seat in a plurality of angular positions of rotation;
- a feeding station for feeding the blank from a magazine of blanks to a folding mold;
- a folding station for opening up, at least partly, the blank positioned on the folding mold, the folding station comprising a punch, acting in conjunction with the folding mold for opening up the blank, the punch being movable at least between a first end position for contact with the blank positioned on the folding mold and a second end position for opening up the blank;
- a transfer station for transferring the blank opened up by the folding mold to the first receiving seat when the first receiving seat reaches a first predetermined angular position of rotation, the punch transferring the blank from the folding mold into the first receiving seat of the rotary element when moving from the first end position to the second end position, the folding station being spaced apart from the rotary element;
- an insertion station for inserting the packaged food products inside the blank folded open and positioned on the first receiving seat, when the first receiving seat reaches a second predetermined angular position of rotation of the first receiving seat different from the first predetermined angular position;
- a closing station for closing the blank folded open and positioned on the first receiving seat and containing the packaged food products to define a box, when the first receiving seat reaches a third predetermined angular position of rotation of the first receiving seat different from the second predetermined angular position,
- wherein the first receiving seat comprises a plurality of projections aligned parallel to the first axis of rotation, each projection extending radially and having a suction cup configured to retain the blank within the first receiving seat.
A method for boxing packaged food products comprising the following steps:
- providing a blank including a plurality of lateral faces, an upper face and a bottom face;
- providing a rotary element including at least one cavity defining a first receiving seat;
- providing a folding mold including a housing seat for housing the blank opened up;
- positioning the blank at the folding mold;
- opening up the blank by insertion of the blank in the housing seat of the folding mold;
- transferring the blank from the folding mold to the first receiving seat of the rotary element;
- inserting the packaged food products inside the blank retained in the first receiving seat;
- closing the blank to define a box;
- providing a punch to come into abutment with and push the blank inside the housing seat of the folding mold during the step of opening up the blank;
- wherein the first receiving seat comprises a plurality of projections aligned parallel to the first axis of rotation, each projection extending radially and having a suction cup configured to retain by vacuum the blank within the first receiving seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.