ECOLEAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT A/S Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120198791 | METHOD FOR GAS FILLING OF A HANDLE PORTION OF A CONTAINER - A method for gas filling a handle portion of a container of a collapsible type. The handle portion being defined by two opposite side walls of the container and communicating, via a duct defined by the side walls, with an opening formed in one of the side walls. The method including the steps of supplying, at a gas filling station, a gas to the handle portion via the opening and the duct, blocking the duct by means of a squeezing action to retain the gas supplied to the handle portion, transporting the container to a sealing station while maintaining the squeezing action and, at the sealing station, sealing the duct while maintaining the squeezing action, so as to permanently enclose the gas in the handle portion. The disclosure further concerns a container of a collapsible type. | 08-09-2012 |
20110107730 | DEVICE FOR FILLING OF CONTAINERS - Apparatus for filling packages of the collapsible type, comprising a first station and a second station, a transport unit for intermittent transport of said packages from the first station to the second station along a transport direction (P) which extends between the first station and the second station, the transport unit being designed to transport the packages in a hanging position, and a swing-inhibiting unit which is designed to engage with said packages in order to counteract a swinging movement of the hanging packages during said transport, said swing-inhibiting unit being movable along said transport direction (P) while the transport unit transports the packages. The swing-inhibiting unit is arranged separately from the tranport unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20100288394 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING OF A CONTAINER - A device for filling a container of a collapsible type with a liquid product, said container having two opposite side walls which abut flatly against each other in the state of the container before filling and which comprise opposite inlet portions, which are to be separated to open an inlet. The device comprises an opening for opening said inlet by separating said opposite inlet portions, and a filling nozzle, which is to be inserted in said inlet for supplying said product to said container. The device also comprises a nozzle for supplying a protective atmosphere to a volume defined by the open inlet. The invention also concerns methods of filling a container of a collapsible type. | 11-18-2010 |
20100242413 | METHOD FOR GAS FILLING OF A HANDLE PORTION OF A CONTAINER - A method for gas filling a handle portion of a container of a collapsible type. The handle portion being defined by two opposite side walls of the container and communicating, via a duct defined by the side walls, with an opening formed in one of the side walls. The method including the steps of supplying, at a gas filling station, a gas to the handle portion via the opening and the duct, blocking the duct by a squeezing action to retain the gas supplied to the handle portion, transporting the container to a sealing station while maintaining the squeezing action and, at said sealing station, sealing the duct while maintaining the squeezing action, so as to permanently enclose the gas in the handle portion. The disclosure further concerns a container of a collapsible type. | 09-30-2010 |
20100206424 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING OF A CONTAINER - A device for handling containers of a collapsible type, including one or more stations and a transport unit. The device is arranged to receive the containers oriented in a first direction and the transport unit is arranged to transport the containers to at least one of the stations by moving the containers in a second direction along a curved path, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. The device has a holding device provided for at least one station and located in a stationary position adjacent to the station and a transfer device, which is provided for the at least one station and carried by the transport unit and which is cyclically movable along an endless path between a pick-up position and a delivery position located adjacent to the station. The transfer device is arranged to pick up at least one container in the pick-up position and transfer the at least one container, in the delivery position, to the holding device. The disclosure also concerns a method for handling containers of a collapsible type in a filling machine. | 08-19-2010 |
20100199612 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING OF CONTAINERS OF COLLAPSIBLE TYPE - A method for filling containers of a collapsible type, including providing a web which includes the containers in an interconnected state, feeding the web for transporting the containers in a first direction, removing, during transport in the first direction, an end seal provided on each container for opening a filling duct, disengaging, during transport in the first direction, the containers from one another, and subsequently transporting the containers in a second direction transverse to first direction and filling, during the transport in the second direction, each container with a liquid product. The disclosure further relates to a device for filling containers of a collapsible type. | 08-12-2010 |
20100061664 | CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The disclosure relates to a container and method of manufacturing a manually openable container of a collapsible type for fluid contents, including making a container with a defined compartment from a web of material. A top corner portion of the container is designed to define a product channel and an opening initiation is formed across the product channel, along which opening initiation a tab is to be separated. The opening initiation includes a starting portion, a stop portion and a terminating portion. The starting portion requiring a first separating force, and the terminating portion requiring a second separating force. The distance between the starting portion and the terminating portion forms the stop portion, which requires a third separating force. The third separating force is greater than the first and the second separating force. | 03-11-2010 |
20100037987 | DEVICE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS OF COLLAPSIBLE TYPE - A device fills a container of a collapsible type with a product in the form of powder or liquid. The container has a compartment that is defined by flexible walls and has a volume that is dependent on the relative position of the walls and communicates with the surroundings through a filling duct of the container. The container has a valve housing with a filling tube that is insertable into the filling duct of the container to supply a product to the compartment of the container through a product path that is defined by the valve housing and its filling tube, a piston element arranged in the product path and comprising a valve body and, arranged downstream thereof, an end element. The piston element is movable between a two positions. | 02-18-2010 |
20090301040 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLACING CONTAINERS OF COLLAPSIBLE TYPE IN A DISTRIBUTION UNIT - The device places filled and sealed collapsible containers. The device has a gripping unit with a number of finger pairs that correspond to the number of containers in a packing state. The gripping unit has a gripping state in which each finger is arranged to make a squeezing motion such that the contents of the container forms an inner counter-pressure structure to provide a well-defined grip. | 12-10-2009 |
20090166235 | TRANSPORT UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A transport unit comprises a load carrier, a load which comprises at least one coil of a web; the web being wound on a reel, a load distributing element, and a tightening strap, the load being carried by said load carrier in such a manner that the reel of said at least one coil is arranged perpendicular to the load carrier, the load having an upper surface facing said load distributing element, the load distributing element being arranged on the upper surface of the load, and the tightening strap enclosing a force-absorbing structure formed of the load carrier, the reel and the load distributing element and adapted to secure the load to the load carrier. The load carrier has a flat load surface, and the web comprises interconnected container blanks, the load having a lower surface which rests on the load surface and comprises an end face of the reel of the at least one coil and a bottom surface formed of a bottom edge of the web of interconnected container blanks. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a transport unit. | 07-02-2009 |
20090000692 | Device for Filling of a Container of Collapsible Type - A device for filling a container with a liquid product, the container having a compartment, whose volume is dependent on the relative position of the walls and which communicates with the surroundings via a filling duct. The device comprises a filling tube with an end portion, which is insertable into the filling duct for supplying a product to the compartment through said filling tube. The device includes a clamp which is adapted to grasp the end portion and the filling duct when the end portion is inserted into the filling duct to provide a seal. The clamp has gripping surfaces which are arranged to cooperate with the circumferential surface of the end portion when the clamp grasps the filling duct and the end portion provides the seal. Each gripping surface has opposite edge portions, a bead being arranged in each edge portion. The end portion has a circumferential surface which is formed of two opposite partial surfaces which each comprise a convexly curved central portion and a concavely curved side portion arranged on each side of the central portion, the partial surfaces being arranged with the convexly curved central portions facing away from each other, the side portions of the opposite partial surfaces on the respective sides of the central portions connecting to each other in a converging manner, and each concavely curved side portion forming a recess in the neighbouring concavely curved central portion. | 01-01-2009 |