Method and device for packaging a product
AssigneeEasy2Open B.V.
InventorHans Rudolf Baartmans
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for packaging a product in a packaging material. It also relates to packaged products obtained by packaging them in the packaging material that has been provided with one or more openings, in order to make it easy to open the package. The packaged products can also be provided with a cover element. A punching unit (5) is also described that comprises a rotatable backing roll (34), a rotatable punch roll (33) and a frame in which the backing roll (34) and the punch roll (33) are arranged with respect to each other, and where the punch roll (33) can rotate independently of the backing roll (34). The punch roll (33) can make one or more openings in the packaging material.
Claims45
A method for the in-line packaging of a product, comprising:
- feeding in a packaging material, the packaging material being selected from a group of materials including at least a shrink film, a stretch film, a combined stretch-shrink film, and a packaging material used on a skin-packaging machine;
- applying at least one cover element to the packaging material;
- forming at least one first opening in the packaging material at the place of the cover element, substantially without forming a corresponding opening in the cover element that lies beyond it, which at least one first opening is arranged for opening the package by hand;
- forming at least one second opening, at the place of the cover element, in the combination of the packaging material and the cover element that lies beyond it;
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- packaging at least one product in this packaging material, comprising placing at least one product on the packaging material and sealing the packaging material.
A device for packaging a product, comprising:
- a feed unit for feeding in a packaging material, the packaging material being selected from a group of materials including at least a shrink film, a stretch film, a combined stretch-shrink film, and a packaging material used on a skin machine;
- a cover-element applying unit for placing at least one cover element on the packaging material;
- a punching unit having a first punch component configured to cut a first opening in the packaging material right up to the cover element, substantially without making a corresponding opening in the cover element that lies beyond it, and having a second punch component configured to cut a second opening both in the packaging material and in the cover element that lies beyond it;
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- a packaging unit for packaging the product within the packaging material, comprising at least a sealing unit for sealing the product in the packaging material;
- wherein the feed unit, the cover-element applying unit, the punching unit, and the packaging unit are integrated with one another to make it possible to use an in-line packaging process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.