Package making – Methods – Filling preformed receptacle
Patent
1992-11-05
1993-12-21
Coan, James F.
Package making
Methods
Filling preformed receptacle
53158, 53243, 53539, B65B 508, B65B 3532
Patent
active
052712095
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates, in general terms, to apparatus for the packaging of articles. The invention also relates to a process for the packaging of articles. Primarily, the invention is concerned with multi-article packages, that is to say packages which contain more than one article, and to apparatus and a process for the packaging of such articles. In one embodiment the invention relates to the packaging of a plurality of different types of product in a single package.
In the packaging art it is convenient to consider the existence of two basic types of packaged product. These are, firstly, where all the articles to be packaged are of the one type and, secondly, where the articles to be packaged are of two or more different types.
One of the problem areas which exist in relation to both basic types of packaged product, is in relation to the accurate positioning of a package to receive the product. A further difficulty concerns the question of the orientation of an article when it is packaged. Certain articles need to be packaged with reference to a specific orientation of the article within the package. In particular, some articles have a distinct bottom surface, and the article must be packed so that the bottom surface sits on the bottom of the package.
It is accordingly, a first object of the present invention, to provide a packaging apparatus and a packaging process which addresses, and at least partly overcomes, the problems and difficulties which exist at the present time in relation to the packaging or location of articles of different types into a one or more packages or containers.
It is a second object of this invention to provide a packaging apparatus and a packaging process which address, and at least partly overcomes, the problems and difficulties which exist at the present time in relation to the accurate positioning of a package to receive product, and, to the orientation of a packed article.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided an apparatus for packaging products, said apparatus including; a first plate member having a plurality of cavities adapted to receive product to be packaged; a second plate member having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough equal in number to the number of cavities in said first plate member; means to move said first plate member into contact with said second plate member so that said second plate member overlies said first plate member, with the openings of said cavities facing upwardly, and, with said apertures in said second plate member overlying the cavities carrying said product; means to register a package or container means against said second plate member; and, means to invert said package or container means, with said two plate members being in overlying relationship, so that said products move into said package or container means in predetermined positions determined by the position of said cavities.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention a number of apertures in the second plate member are formed as cavities to receive a second product.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the Art, the number of plate members which may be used in the invention to bring together product from different sources need only be limited by the size of the plates and the number of product pieces which are to be packed. Thus three or four plate member could be used quite successfully. What is required with each successive plate, which overlies the plate or plates below, is that apertures must be provided in alignment with the cavities on the plate or plates below so that upon inversion of the plates and package, access is provided for product to pass through the successive plates into the package.
The package will always be registered with the uppermost plate, before inversion of the assembly.
In yet another aspect the invention provides an apparatus for the packaging of products wherein each product piece is to be individually packaged by the apparatus before being packed together in the one outer package. In this as
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Adriano Sarah B.
Berman Charles
Coan James F.
Gradual Pty. Ltd.
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