EP1170212A2 - Machine for packaging articles in blister packs - Google Patents
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- EP1170212A2 EP1170212A2 EP01114738A EP01114738A EP1170212A2 EP 1170212 A2 EP1170212 A2 EP 1170212A2 EP 01114738 A EP01114738 A EP 01114738A EP 01114738 A EP01114738 A EP 01114738A EP 1170212 A2 EP1170212 A2 EP 1170212A2
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- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 8
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- 238000010008 shearing Methods 0.000 claims description 12
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
- B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
- B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
- B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
- B65B9/045—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material for single articles, e.g. tablets
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- This invention relates to packaging of articles in the blisters of a blister pack band to produce blister packs.
- thermoformable band An orderly series of cup-shaped blisters on the thermoformable band and fill these blisters with the relative articles.
- the blisters are then hermetically closed with a sealing film bonded to the blister pack band.
- known blister packaging machines comprise, in line, a reel supporting unit with one or more reels of thermoformable band, a unit for thermoforming said band unwound from the reel currently being used, a unit for feeding the articles to the blister pack band, a unit to control the presence of said articles in the blisters of the band, a unit to seal the blister pack band and a shearing unit where the blister pack band is cut to obtain individual blister packs.
- the blister packs are then transferred to a cartoning machine.
- the object of the invention is to avoid the above mentioned problems by providing a machine for packaging articles in blister packs with a structure allowing great flexibility of use.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a blister packaging machine with a limited length.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a machine of great constructional and functional simplicity.
- the reference numeral 1 indicates a blister packaging machine as a whole.
- the blister packaging machine 1 comprises a series of modular units designed in such a way that they can be appropriately linked together. These modular units are housed in respective box-type casings designed to be reciprocally constrained by means of appropriate connection means.
- the blister packaging machine 1 is equipped with a reel supporting unit 3 with a reel 20 of thermoformable band 2, preferably located in the centre of the machine.
- thermoforming unit 4 On leaving the reel support unit 3, the band 2 unwound from reel 20 is conveyed into a thermoforming unit 4 in line and upstream of the reel supporting unit 3. Inside the thermoforming unit 4, the band 2 moves vertically from the bottom upwards. Within the thermoforming unit 4, a known mechanism forms an orderly series of blisters in the thermoformable band 2.
- the blister pack band thus obtained is conveyed downwards and then in a transverse direction in the region of a bending mechanism 41.
- the blister pack band 2 leaving the thermoforming unit 4 is transferred into a unit 5 which feeds the articles 10 to fill the blisters on the blister pack band.
- the infeed unit 5 is positioned alongside the thermoforming unit 4 and in a raised position corresponding to the upper part of said unit 4. The infeed unit 5 can be removed from the machine.
- the infeed unit 5 comprises a largely box-shaped casing 50 housing known operating mechanisms 51.
- the casing 50 is equipped with appropriate connection means 52 to fasten it rapidly to the structure of the machine in correspondence to said thermoforming unit 4 (for details, see figures 6 and 7).
- the upper part of the infeed unit 5 is equipped with a channel 53 for infeed of the articles 10. This is suitably sloped to carry these articles to the above-mentioned operating mechanisms 51.
- the input channel 53 can be closed externally with an appropriate cover 54.
- the infeed unit 5 also has a bottom inlet opening 55 for entry of the blister pack band 2 to be filled and a side outlet opening 57 for the exit of said blister pack band 2.
- the bottom opening 55 faces a corresponding opening in the thermoforming unit 4.
- the inlet and outlet openings 55 and 57 can be closed with covers 56 and 58 respectively.
- the blister pack band 2 filled with articles 10 leaving the infeed unit 5 is transferred to a sealing unit 6 where the blisters are closed with an appropriate sealing film 8 employing known operating mechanisms 60.
- the sealing film 8 unwinds from a relative reel 80 mounted on said unit 6.
- Unit 7 includes a shearing device 70 with suitable known cutting mechanisms to produce the individual blister packs.
- the modular construction of the blister packaging machine with individual units reciprocally constrained in such a way that they can be removed ensures great flexibility of use.
- the structure of the machine can be adapted to the various requirements of industrial plants.
- thermoforming unit 4 and infeed unit 5 can be separated from the sealing unit 6 and shearing unit 7 as shown in fig. 3 where, for greater clarity, the two parts of the machine are separated by a wall 9.
- the machine can also be extended modularly with additional units as indicated in fig. 4 showing a machine with an auxiliary reel supporting unit 13 with a second reel of thermoformable band.
- the machine is obviously equipped with a known type of automatic reel change mechanism.
- Fig. 5 shows removal of the infeed unit 5 from the structure of the machine for cleaning of said unit 5, in particular, when the format of articles to be packed is changed.
- the infeed unit 5 allows internal transit of the blister pack band 2 and the introduction of the articles 10 to fill the blisters on said band 2.
- unit 5 When the format of articles to be packed or type of articles must be changed, after stopping infeed of the articles 10 and the blister pack band 2 to unit 5, unit 5 is released from the structure of the blister packaging machine by acting on the rapid connection means 52.
- the clean infeed unit is rapidly mounted onto the structure of the machine by means of the connection means 52 (see fig. 6), enabling production to be resumed immediately with obvious benefits for line production rate.
- the removed infeed unit is taken to the cleaning area where cleaning can be carried out easily, in particular, sterilising the entire unit, without interfering with operation of the blister packaging machine.
- the casing of the infeed unit is hermetically closed by means of covers 54, 56 and 58 applied respectively to the input of the article infeed channel 53 and the blister pack band 2 transit openings 55 and 56 (figs. 8b and 9) in such a way that the unit is kept clean. Said infeed unit is then placed in a special area for subsequent use.
- the machine for packaging articles in blister packs thus achieves the objects of creating a structure with high flexibility of use.
- One feature of the blister packaging machine in question is the fact that it has a limited length.
- thermoforming unit 4 is predominantly upright, with the blister pack band 2 moving vertically in the region of the shearing mechanism 70 of unit 7.
- This technical-functional feature is obtained by equipping the machine upstream of the shearing mechanism 70 with a guide 180 for said blister pack band 2, with the configuration of an arc of a circle with a 90° angle at the centre and oriented in such a way as to convey said blister pack band 2 upwards.
- the blister pack band 2 Downstream of guide 80, the blister pack band 2 thus has a vertical section Z1, a curved section Z2 (with concavity facing downwards) and finally a vertical section Z3 corresponding to the shearing mechanism 70.
- the section Z2 represents a sort of storage reserve for the blister pack band 2 between the continuous infeed of the band upstream of said section Z2 and the step infeed of said band downstream imposed by the shearing mechanism 70.
- the unit 5 feeding the articles 10 is arranged alongside said thermoforming unit 4 in such a way as to completely recover the longitudinal dimension.
- a further advantage of the modular structure of the machine derives from the possibility of performing cleaning operations of the feeding unit 5 separately, after having removed it from the machine frame without any interference with the production operation stages of the machine.
Abstract
Description
- This invention relates to packaging of articles in the blisters of a blister pack band to produce blister packs.
- Automatic machines, so-called "blister packaging machines", producing blister packs from thermoformable band are known. These machines form an orderly series of cup-shaped blisters on the thermoformable band and fill these blisters with the relative articles. The blisters are then hermetically closed with a sealing film bonded to the blister pack band.
- More precisely, known blister packaging machines comprise, in line, a reel supporting unit with one or more reels of thermoformable band, a unit for thermoforming said band unwound from the reel currently being used, a unit for feeding the articles to the blister pack band, a unit to control the presence of said articles in the blisters of the band, a unit to seal the blister pack band and a shearing unit where the blister pack band is cut to obtain individual blister packs. The blister packs are then transferred to a cartoning machine.
- These blister packaging machines have a very rigid structure, preventing them from being adapted to the varying requirements of industrial plants. Known blister packaging machines are also extremely long. This excessive length obviously represents a further and significant limit to their potential use.
- The object of the invention is to avoid the above mentioned problems by providing a machine for packaging articles in blister packs with a structure allowing great flexibility of use.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a blister packaging machine with a limited length.
- A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of great constructional and functional simplicity.
- The above mentioned objects are obtained by the features presented in
claim 1. Further features are reported in the sub-claims. - Characteristics particular to the invention described herein are set forth below with reference to the enclosed drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a front view of the blistering machine that is the subject of the invention;
- Figure 2 shows a corresponding backside view of the same blistering machine;
- Figures 3, 4 and 5 show front views of different operation configurations of the machine being the subject o the invention;
- Figures 6 and 7 show a top view and a frontal view, respectively, of an article feeding unit mounted on the subject machine;
- Figures 8a and 8b show lateral views of the article feeding unit as seen according to arrow A of Figure, in opening and closing configuration respectively;
- Figure 9 shows a bottom view of the feeding unit, as seen in accordance to arrow B of Figure 7.
- With reference to the above figures, the
reference numeral 1 indicates a blister packaging machine as a whole. Theblister packaging machine 1 comprises a series of modular units designed in such a way that they can be appropriately linked together. These modular units are housed in respective box-type casings designed to be reciprocally constrained by means of appropriate connection means. - In more detail, the
blister packaging machine 1 is equipped with areel supporting unit 3 with areel 20 ofthermoformable band 2, preferably located in the centre of the machine. - On leaving the
reel support unit 3, theband 2 unwound fromreel 20 is conveyed into athermoforming unit 4 in line and upstream of thereel supporting unit 3. Inside thethermoforming unit 4, theband 2 moves vertically from the bottom upwards. Within thethermoforming unit 4, a known mechanism forms an orderly series of blisters in thethermoformable band 2. - The blister pack band thus obtained is conveyed downwards and then in a transverse direction in the region of a
bending mechanism 41. - The
blister pack band 2 leaving thethermoforming unit 4 is transferred into aunit 5 which feeds thearticles 10 to fill the blisters on the blister pack band. The infeedunit 5 is positioned alongside thethermoforming unit 4 and in a raised position corresponding to the upper part of saidunit 4. The infeedunit 5 can be removed from the machine. - For this purpose, the infeed
unit 5 comprises a largely box-shaped casing 50 housing knownoperating mechanisms 51. Thecasing 50 is equipped with appropriate connection means 52 to fasten it rapidly to the structure of the machine in correspondence to said thermoforming unit 4 (for details, see figures 6 and 7). - The upper part of the infeed
unit 5 is equipped with achannel 53 for infeed of thearticles 10. This is suitably sloped to carry these articles to the above-mentionedoperating mechanisms 51. Theinput channel 53 can be closed externally with anappropriate cover 54. - The infeed
unit 5 also has a bottom inlet opening 55 for entry of theblister pack band 2 to be filled and a side outlet opening 57 for the exit of saidblister pack band 2. When assembled, the bottom opening 55 faces a corresponding opening in thethermoforming unit 4. The inlet andoutlet openings covers - The
blister pack band 2 filled witharticles 10 leaving the infeedunit 5 is transferred to asealing unit 6 where the blisters are closed with anappropriate sealing film 8 employing knownoperating mechanisms 60. The sealingfilm 8 unwinds from arelative reel 80 mounted on saidunit 6. - Finally the sealed
film 2 is conveyed to ashearing unit 7 where the individual blister packs are separated.Unit 7 includes ashearing device 70 with suitable known cutting mechanisms to produce the individual blister packs. - The modular construction of the blister packaging machine with individual units reciprocally constrained in such a way that they can be removed ensures great flexibility of use. In practice, the structure of the machine can be adapted to the various requirements of industrial plants.
- For example, the
reel supporting unit 3,thermoforming unit 4 and infeedunit 5 can be separated from thesealing unit 6 and shearingunit 7 as shown in fig. 3 where, for greater clarity, the two parts of the machine are separated by awall 9. - The machine can also be extended modularly with additional units as indicated in fig. 4 showing a machine with an auxiliary
reel supporting unit 13 with a second reel of thermoformable band. In this case, the machine is obviously equipped with a known type of automatic reel change mechanism. - Fig. 5 shows removal of the infeed
unit 5 from the structure of the machine for cleaning of saidunit 5, in particular, when the format of articles to be packed is changed. - During normal operation, the
infeed unit 5 allows internal transit of theblister pack band 2 and the introduction of thearticles 10 to fill the blisters on saidband 2. - When the format of articles to be packed or type of articles must be changed, after stopping infeed of the
articles 10 and theblister pack band 2 tounit 5,unit 5 is released from the structure of the blister packaging machine by acting on the rapid connection means 52. - It is then possible to remove the infeed
unit 5 for cleaning and replace it on the blister packaging machine with a similar clean infeed unit prepared to take the new format or new type of articles to be packed as indicated with thehatched line 5a in fig. 5. - The clean infeed unit is rapidly mounted onto the structure of the machine by means of the connection means 52 (see fig. 6), enabling production to be resumed immediately with obvious benefits for line production rate.
- The removed infeed unit is taken to the cleaning area where cleaning can be carried out easily, in particular, sterilising the entire unit, without interfering with operation of the blister packaging machine.
- At the end of cleaning, the casing of the infeed unit is hermetically closed by means of covers 54, 56 and 58 applied respectively to the input of the article infeed
channel 53 and theblister pack band 2transit openings 55 and 56 (figs. 8b and 9) in such a way that the unit is kept clean. Said infeed unit is then placed in a special area for subsequent use. - The machine for packaging articles in blister packs thus achieves the objects of creating a structure with high flexibility of use.
- One feature of the blister packaging machine in question is the fact that it has a limited length.
- This is achieved through more rational exploitation of the vertical and transverse dimensions of the machine. In particular, the configuration of the
thermoforming unit 4 is predominantly upright, with theblister pack band 2 moving vertically in the region of theshearing mechanism 70 ofunit 7. - This technical-functional feature is obtained by equipping the machine upstream of the
shearing mechanism 70 with aguide 180 for saidblister pack band 2, with the configuration of an arc of a circle with a 90° angle at the centre and oriented in such a way as to convey saidblister pack band 2 upwards. Downstream ofguide 80, theblister pack band 2 thus has a vertical section Z1, a curved section Z2 (with concavity facing downwards) and finally a vertical section Z3 corresponding to theshearing mechanism 70. - The section Z2 represents a sort of storage reserve for the
blister pack band 2 between the continuous infeed of the band upstream of said section Z2 and the step infeed of said band downstream imposed by theshearing mechanism 70. - The
unit 5 feeding thearticles 10 is arranged alongside saidthermoforming unit 4 in such a way as to completely recover the longitudinal dimension. - A further advantage of the modular structure of the machine derives from the possibility of performing cleaning operations of the
feeding unit 5 separately, after having removed it from the machine frame without any interference with the production operation stages of the machine.
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- A machine for packaging articles in blister packs characterised in that it has a modular structure achieved through the use of units removably connected and comprising a reel supporting unit (3) with a reel (20) of thermoformable band (2); a thermoforming unit (4) for thermoforming said band (2) unwinding from said reel (20), for forming blister packs in said band (2); an infeed unit (5) feeding the articles (10) to said blister pack band (2), arranged alongside said thermoforming unit (4); a sealing unit (6) to seal said blister pack band (2) and a shearing unit (7) to cut said blister pack band (2) to obtain individual blister packs.
- Machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said reel supporting unit (3) is situated between said thermoforming unit (4) and said sealing unit (6) and shearing unit (7).
- Machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the band (2) extends in vertical upward direction within said thermoforming unit (4) and in the region of means (40) for forming a series of blisters in the same band (2).
- Machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that at the exit of said thermoforming unit (4) said blister pack band (2) is tilted transversely in the region of the bending mechanism (41) to feed the said blister pack band (2) to said article infeed unit (5).
- A machine according to claim 1 characterised in that within said shearing unit (7), said band (2) moves in a vertical direction in the region of the thermoforming means (70) for forming said individual blister packs.
- Machine as claimed in claim 1, further including an auxiliary reel supporting unit (13) for supporting a second thermoformable band reel.
- A machine according to claim 1 characterised in that said article infeed unit (5) comprises a casing (50) which can be removably fixed to the structure of the machine, alongside said thermoforming unit (4) and with a channel (53) at the top feeding said articles (10) to the operating mechanisms (51) within said casing (50) and said casing (50) with one inlet opening (55) to allow internal transit of said blister pack band (2) to be filled and a outlet opening (57) for the exit of said blister pack band (2) filled with said articles (10).
- Machine as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said thermoformable band (2) inlet opening (55) and said outlet opening (57) can be closed by respective covers (56,58).
- Machine as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said article infeed channel (53) can be closed, outside the said casing (50), by a cover (54).
- Machine as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said inlet opening (55) for said blister band (2) is made in the bottom wall of said housing (50) and, when said housing is fixed to said machine, said opening faces a corresponding aperture of said thermoforming unit (4) of said band (2).
- A machine according to claim 5 characterised in that inside said shearing unit (7), upstream of said thermoforming means (70) for forming the individual blister packs, there is a guide (180) for said blister pack band, configured so as to orient the band upwards to define a vertical section (Z1), a curved section (Z2) with the concavity facing downwards and a vertical section (Z3) in the region of said mechanisms (70).
- Machine as claimed in claim 11, characterised in that said guide is shaped like an arc of a circle and extends through an angle of 90 degrees.
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IT2000BO000401A ITBO20000401A1 (en) | 2000-07-06 | 2000-07-06 | MACHINE FOR THE PACKAGING OF ITEMS IN BLISTER PACKS. |
ITBO000401 | 2000-07-06 |
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EP1170212A2 true EP1170212A2 (en) | 2002-01-09 |
EP1170212A3 EP1170212A3 (en) | 2002-10-16 |
EP1170212B1 EP1170212B1 (en) | 2006-08-09 |
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ES2245157A1 (en) * | 2002-01-24 | 2005-12-16 | Packservice Srl. | Machine for producing so-called strip packs |
DE102005035902B3 (en) * | 2005-07-30 | 2006-10-05 | Romaco Pharmatechnik Gmbh | Blister packaging machine for pharmaceutical products, has feed unit arranged on tabletop, with air outlets forming air cushion between baseplate and tabletop |
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ES2245157A1 (en) * | 2002-01-24 | 2005-12-16 | Packservice Srl. | Machine for producing so-called strip packs |
EP1512632A3 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-09-28 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Device for filling containers, in particular hard gelatine capsules |
EP1512632A2 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-03-09 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Device for filling containers, in particular hard gelatine capsules |
US7383674B2 (en) * | 2005-03-11 | 2008-06-10 | E.P.M.O. | System for packaging tablets in a blister strip with interchangeable distribution units |
DE102005035902B3 (en) * | 2005-07-30 | 2006-10-05 | Romaco Pharmatechnik Gmbh | Blister packaging machine for pharmaceutical products, has feed unit arranged on tabletop, with air outlets forming air cushion between baseplate and tabletop |
DE102006040802A1 (en) * | 2006-08-31 | 2008-03-20 | Emil Pester Gmbh | Plastic foil web deep-draw packaging assembly has upright sandwich arrangement of heated plates and advancing plastic foil web |
EP1894844A3 (en) * | 2006-09-01 | 2009-09-09 | Beck Packautomaten GmbH & Co. KG | Film packing machine with sheet metal casing |
EP1894844A2 (en) * | 2006-09-01 | 2008-03-05 | Beck Packautomaten GmbH & Co. | Film packing machine with sheet metal casing |
DE102006045292A1 (en) * | 2006-09-22 | 2008-04-10 | Emil Pester Gmbh | Modular packing machine used in packing objects in blister packs, includes removable modules which are respectively provided with independent drive units for transporting and processing blister pack band for forming blister packs of objects |
DE102006045291A1 (en) * | 2006-09-22 | 2008-04-03 | Emil Pester Gmbh | Deep-drawing thermo-forming machine producing e.g. plastic pharmaceutical blister packs, has horizontal C-frame construction and includes molding force monitoring |
EP2138447A1 (en) * | 2008-06-27 | 2009-12-30 | IMA LIFE S.r.l. | Machine for the production of vials and bottles with doses of product |
EP3318497A1 (en) * | 2016-11-07 | 2018-05-09 | Mediseal GmbH | Solid pharmaceuticals feeder for a blister machine |
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