Patent GB-926806-A (GB)
Title: Bag-making machine
IPC: B31B19/84
Filed: 1961-01-19
Abstract: 926,806. Making paper bags. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Jan. 19, 1961 [Jan. 19, 1960], No. 2176/61. Class 94(2). A machine for performing valving and sleeving operations on gusseted single or multi-ply bag tubes 35, Fig. 23, including side walls 36, 37 and projecting slightly from one corner of the bag tube to form a valve extension 38 is adapted to form an opened valve at the said corner and to insert a sleeve blank thereto so that when the valve is closed there is formed either an external sleeve 41, Fig. 25, or an internal sleeve 42, Fig. 31, and the machine comprises a feeding mechanism 45 including a table 44, Fig. 1, from which the stacked bag tubes 35 are fed horizontally on to two chain-driven lugs 46 advancing the bag tubes past a pusher roller 49, which aligns the valve ends 38 of each bag to a pair of feed rollers 47 and 48, Fig. 1, whereupon the bag tube is grasped along its leading gusset edge 39 by gripper mechanisms 50, Fig. 5, mounted on chains 51, (52 and 53 not shown) and led to a vertical guide bag 57 formed by upstanding guide members 58 and 59, where the bag tube comes to rest against an adjustable stop 60, and is then released by the gripper mechanism to be firmly supported by the guide members and the stop. As the bag tube reaches the stop 60 the valve corner 38 is received by a valving and creasing mechanism 65, Figs. 1 and 9, and a portion of the gusset adjacent the corner 38 is opened by a jet of air from a pneumatic tube 70 to facilitate the gripping thereof by clamp plates 68, 69 and rings 66, 67, whereupon the clamp plates and wing assembly is rotated through an arc of 90 degrees in opposite directions and the corner 38 is unfolded forming an open valve lying in a plane perpendicular to the side walls of the bag tube, Fig. 15. A presser mechanism including blades 75 and 76 engages the outer face of the opened valve to maintain it in a flattened condition and a sleeve-applying means 80 rotatable about shaft 336, Fig. 1, in conjunction with a packing means 83, 84, Figs. 18 and 1, rotatable transversely to the shaft 326 and in opposite directions about shafts 321, subsequently insert a portion of blank insert behind a valve lip 72 and into an adhesive contact therewith whereby the blank and the valve are then medially creased by a vertically oscillating creasing finger 87, Fig. 9, and the valve-forming means 65 then closes the formed and sleeved valve by reforming the rings 66, 67 and clamp plates 68, 69 to their original position and the bag tube is released thereby, whereupon the guide means 57, which is movable from a first position in which it supports the bag tube to a second position in which it is disposed adjacent an outfeed roller 91, Fig. 5, positions the upper gusseted edge 40 of the bag tube with the assistance of a jet of air from a pneumatic nozzle 90 in juxtaposition with the said outfeed roll urging the bag tube into engagement with an outfeed sector 92, which advances it towards a pair of creasing rollers 93, 94, Fig. 1, exerting additional creasing pressure on the valved and sleeved bag tube to insure that the various folds formed during the valving and sleeving operations are maintained and the bag tube is then advanced on to a discharge conveyer 95 and is fed to a sewing mechanism (not shown) for the application of stitching to close the ends. In another embodiment the machine may be provided with interchangeable tucking means so that it may form an internal or external type of sleeve depending on the selection of tucking means. In a further embodiment the machine may be adapted for making bag tubes of varying widths by rotation of a handle 460, Fig. 1, to raise or lower the positions of guide members 59, the outfeed rollers 91 and the outfeed sector 92 relative to the stop 60. The machine is substantially independent of the length of bag tubes and the pusher roller 49 and associated parts serve to align the valve end of each successive bag tube along a predetermined line. The machine is suitable for making of both single-ply and multi-ply bags. The delivery mechanism, movable guide means, valveforming means, tucking means, creasing means and discharge means are driven in timed relationship by a chain 111 over sprockets, gears and/or cams from a central driving means (not shown). Specification 781,623 is referred to.