FRAME FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE |
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申请号 | EP13716201.2 | 申请日 | 2013-03-28 | 公开(公告)号 | EP2834548B1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2017-11-01 |
申请人 | UNICRIM SRL; SBABO, Morgan; | 发明人 | SBABO, Morgan; | ||||
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说明书全文 | The present finding concerns a support frame for a packaging machine, according to the general part of claim 1. As it is well known to industrial machine designers, a support frame must substantially satisfy two requisities: it must be sufficiently strong so as to be able to support all the mechanical components necessary for the operation of the machine and, at the same time, it must have minimal bulk, thus being as small as possible. Such a rational construction of the frame is particularly necessary in packing machines, such as packaging machines of the most different types, known by the commercial term "horizontal flow-pack", using a centre folded or side sealing machine, with twin reel or reel feed from below, suitable for packaging a product that may or may not be a food product, through the use of plastic films, heat-sealable or cold welded, wound in a reel. First models of such machines that appeared on the market had a frame that was made up of a cast iron box, which was positioned below the working area and which had considerable dimensions, so as to be able to contain the actuation apparatuses, which included electric motors, chains and drive shafts and where the electric compartment was made up of a small box, which also acted as a control panel. As progress was made in terms of technology the mechanical actuation apparatuses were gradually replaced by electronic actuation apparatuses with consequent increase of the dimensions of the electrical syste, integrated in the machine. Substantial progress was made with the introduction of so called "simple cantilever frames", in which the box containing the mechanical control components and the electric installation is positioned laterally with respect to the working area, which is moved to the side and is mounted cantilevered. In practice, such a construction solution (as an example we shall mention patent document On the other hand, again in practice, the presence of the box again constitutes a bulk, which causes there to be a waste of space and allows only the cantilevered side to be accessible, with the consequence of having a consuderable waste of time in the case in which the worker has to intervene on the opposite side. A packaging machine having the technical features of the preamble of the appended claim 1 is known for example from The purpose of the present finding is that of making a support frame for packaging machines, which does not have the drawbacks of similar known products. Such a purpose is achieved by making a frame which is provided with two cantilevered supports, arranged parallel and over one another and in which the lower support sustains the mechanical operation components, whereas the upper support sustains the electrical control group and, possibly, also the pneumatic system. Specifically, the lower support places the mechanical componets at the height of a work plane that is accessible to the worker, from 70/90 cm from the ground, whereas the upper support sustains the control group at a height that is greater than the human stature, advantageously above 2 metres from the ground. The finding shall become clearer with the description of a possible embodiment thereof, given only as an example and not for limiting purposes, with the help of the attached drawing tables, in which:
As visible in The two uprights 1 end, at the top, with a cantilevered shelf, indicated with reference numeral 4, on which rest a box 5, which encloses the electric installation and, possibly, also the pneumatic system; again, the control panel 7, with buttons and an interface display for controlling the machine, is applied onto said shelf. As visible, in particular, in Moreover, as visible in Moreover, as visible in Moreover, as visible in Finally, as visible in From what has been outlined above it can be understood that the proposed purposes have been achieved, since the use of the frame according to the finding makes it possible to obtain:
Of course, the dimensions, the materials and the technical components of the frame according to the finding can be wide-ranging, as long as it is all covered by the inventive concept defined by the following claims. |