Device for a unit for ejecting waste in a machine for producing packaging

• US 9,327,421 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2011
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bobst Mex SA (JBF Finance SA)
• Original Assignee: Bobst Mex SA (JBF Finance SA)
• Inventors: Bguin, Boris
• Primary Examiner(s): Michalski, Sean
• Assistant Examiner(s): RILEY, JONATHAN G
• Application Number:
  US13/885,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20130228056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• Field of Search: 225/3, 225/99, 225/98, 225/97, 225/96
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 2007/1881 using countertools
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/18 Means for removing cut-out material or waste
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/1818 by pushing out
• CPC Class Codes: B26F 1/40 using a press, e.g. of the ram type presses in general B30B
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/2074 Including means to divert one portion of product from another

Abstract

A device for a waste stripping unit fitted with two rotating tools which cooperate to strip at least one item of waste which originates from a blank of a plate element (4) which passes through the unit and between the two tools. At least one tool has pins that remove the waste items. At least one part (39) is inserted between the two tools and which forms a support for the blank and also opens a passage for the stripped off waste. The part is shaped and positioned in accordance with the layout of the blank.

Claims

1. A waste stripping unit for stripping at least one waste zone cut from a blank of a plate element defined according to a layout for the blank, comprising:

two rotating tools arranged and oriented parallel to each other and defining a space from an inlet of the waste stripping unit to an outlet of the waste stripping unit through which the blank may pass as the two rotating tools are rotating, a first one of the two rotating tools comprising at least one stripping needle protruding radially outwards from an outer surface of the first one of the two rotating tools, the at least one stripping needle being positioned according to a position of the at least one waste zone of the blank, the two rotating tools cooperating with each other to strip the at least one waste zone originating from the blank passing through the waste stripping unit and between the two rotating tools to generate at least one stripped waste zone; and

a device that includes at least one part inserted in the space between the two rotating tools and placed and configured for forming a support for the blank passing through the space and for forming a passage for the at least one stripped waste zone through the at least one part,

wherein the at least one part is a plate including at least one opening through the plate to define the passage for the at least one stripped waste zone through the plate, the at least one opening having a shape and a position in accordance with a layout of the blank, and the at least one opening being defined by flat edges that provide support for the blank passing through the space;

wherein the at least one part comprises at least one longitudinal notch, located at the inlet of the unit, opening out in the passage, and sized to allow the passing of the at least one stripping needle; and

wherein the at least one part comprises at least one longitudinal slant, located at the outlet of the unit, the slant having a free edge located in the passage, and oriented in the direction of the first one of the other rotating tools.

2. A waste stripping unit according to claim 1, wherein the at least one part extends through at least a part of the space between the two rotating tools and between the inlet of the waste stripping unit and the outlet of the waste stripping unit.

3. A waste stripping unit according to claim 2, wherein the at least one part has an upper plane extending just below an outer surface of a first one of the rotating tools.

4. A waste stripping unit according to claim 1, further comprising a waste stripping cassette, the cassette comprising a frame provided with bearings positioned and configured for carrying the two rotating tools, and capable of being introduced, attached in and removed from the waste stripping unit.

5. A packaging production machine comprising a waste stripping unit according to claim 1 positioned downstream of a cutting unit for cutting a plane support into plate elements, the waste stripping unit comprising a frame and the two rotating tools.

6. A packaging production machine according to claim 5, further comprising a cutting unit, wherein the waste stripping unit is positioned downstream of the cutting unit.

7. A packaging production machine according to claim 5, further comprising, in succession, from an upstream to a downstream direction, a cutting press with a plate, a drive arrangement, a transfer device, a first vacuum transport, the waste stripping unit, and a second vacuum transport.