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US 8,671,648 B2Granted
Hinged-lid package, and packing method and machine for producing a hinged-lid package
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsIvanoe Bertuzzi, Andrea Biondi, Alessandro Minarelli
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Abstract
A packing method and machine for producing a package, the method including the steps of feeding the content of the package into a first pocket of a first packing conveyor; transferring the content of the package from the first pocket of the first packing conveyor to a second pocket of a second packing conveyor at a first transfer station; feeding a first blank to the second pocket by means of a first feed device; and folding the first blank, in the second pocket, about the content of the package to form a container with a lid.
Claims14
A packing method for producing a hinged-lid package;
- the packing method comprising the steps of:
- feeding a content (3) of the package (1) into a first pocket (62) of a first packing conveyor (60);
- transferring the content (3) of the package (1) from the first pocket (62) of the first packing conveyor (60) to a second pocket (68) of a second packing conveyor (69) at a first transfer station (67);
- feeding a first blank (33) to the second pocket (68) by means of a first feed device (71);
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- folding the first blank (33), in the second pocket (68), about the content (3) of the package (1) to form a container (2) with a lid (10);
- the packing method being characterized by comprising the further steps of:
- feeding a second blank (39), which forms an insert (21), to the first pocket (62) by means of a second feed device (64) located upstream from the first transfer station (67);
- feeding a rigid object (19) into the first pocket (62) by means of a third feed device (66) located downstream from the second feed device (64) and upstream from the first transfer station (67), so as to insert the object (19) into, and connect the object (19) to, the insert (21);
- feeding at least one article (20) into the first pocket (62) by means of a fourth feed device (75) located downstream from the third feed device (66) and upstream from the first transfer station (67), so as to insert the article (20) into the insert (21) and complete formation of the content (3) of the package (1);
- and
- transferring the insert (21), together with the object (19) and the article (20), from the first pocket (62) to the second pocket (68) at the first transfer station (67).
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A packing machine (46) for producing a hinged-lid package (1);
- the packing machine (46) comprising:
- a first packing conveyor (60) having a first pocket (62) for receiving the content (3) of the package (1);
- a second packing conveyor (69) having a second pocket (68);
- a transfer station (67) where the content (3) of the package (1) is transferred from the first pocket (62) to the second pocket (68);
- and
- a first feed device (71), which feeds a first blank (33) to the second pocket (68), so that the first blank (33) is folded, in the second pocket (68), about the content (3) of the package (1) to form a container (2) with a lid (10);
- the packing machine (46) being characterized by comprising:
- a second feed device (64) located upstream from the transfer station (67), and which feeds a second blank (39), forming an insert (21), to the first pocket (62);
- a third feed device (66) located downstream from the second feed device (64) and upstream from the transfer station (67), and which feeds a rigid object (19) into the first pocket (62), so as to insert the object (19) into, and connect the object (19) to, the insert (21);
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- a fourth feed device (75) located downstream from the third feed device (66) and upstream from the transfer station (67), and which feeds at least one article (20) into the first pocket (62), to insert the article (20) into the insert (21) and complete formation of the content (3) of the package (1);
- and wherein the insert (21) is transferred, together with the object (19) and the article (20), from the first pocket (62) to the second pocket (68) at the transfer station (67).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.