Device for packing protected articles for use in particular with foodstuffs into protective bags
OwnerHenri Vulliezinventor
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Abstract
A device for handling molded articles of manufacture, for use in particular with foodstuffs, such as forks or knives, and for placing the articles into protective bags or like packaging or wrappings. The device includes robots adapted to grip the molded articles prior to or upon their ejection from a mold and to convey and carry the articles to a machine which packages the articles into the protective bags.
Claims8
A device for packing molded plastic articles, such as forks and knives, into protective bags, wherein each molded article includes a flat part for protecting a portion of the molded articles and which is removably connected to a portion of the article by at least one frangible point, said portion of the article comprising, when said article is a fork, a plurality of prongs of said fork, and when said article is a knife, a sharp edge of said knife, the flat protecting part having graspable means for allowing the article to be easily grasped, said device comprising means for individually and mechanically gripping and conveying the articles from a mold, said gripping means comprising at least one robot having an arm and wrist for the simultaneous gripping of said graspable means of the protecting part of the molded articles, and for conveying the gripped molded articles to a packing means for being packed into the protective bags, and said packing means for packing the molded articles with their respective protecting parts into the protective bags including means for welding the protecting part of each article with the protective bag in which the article is enclosed through heat-sealing by ultrasound or high frequency.
A device for packing molded plastic articles, such as forks and knives, into protective bags, wherein each molded article includes a flat part for protecting a portion of the molded articles and which is removably connected to a portion of the article by at least one frangible point, said portion of the article comprising, when said article is a fork, a plurality of prongs of said fork, and when said article is a knife, a sharp edge of said knife, the flat protecting part having graspable means for allowing the article to be easily grasped, said device comprising means for individually and mechanically gripping and conveying the gripped molded articles from a mold to a packing means for being packed into the protective bags, wherein said graspable means of the protecting part of each molded article comprises a protrusion, and said gripping means comprises at least one robot having an arm and wrist including nippers for the simultaneous gripping of said graspable means on the protecting part of the molded articles, and said packing means for packing the molded articles and the respective protecting parts into the protective bags including means for welding the protecting part of each article with the protective bag in which the article is enclosed through heat-sealing by ultrasound or high frequency.
A device for packing molded plastic articles, such as forks and knives, into protective bags, wherein each molded article includes a flat part for protecting a portion of the molded articles and which is removably connected to a portion of the article by at least one frangible point, said portion of the article comprising, when said article is a fork, a plurality of prongs of said fork, and when said article is a knife, a sharp edge of said knife, the flat protecting part having graspable means for allowing the article to be easily grasped, said device comprising means for individually and mechanically gripping and conveying the gripped molded articles from a mold to a packing means for being packed into the protective bags, wherein said graspable means of the protecting part of each molded article comprises a plurality of openings, and said gripping means comprises at least one robot having an arm and wrist including a plurality of parallel gripping rods which are capable of being inserted into the openings in the protecting parts for the simultaneous gripping of the molded articles upon ejection from the mold, said packing means for packing the molded articles with their respective protecting parts into the protective bags including means for welding the protecting part of each article with the protective bag in which the article is enclosed through heat-sealing by ultrasound or high frequency.
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