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One thing I have noticed as a change is that since there have been certain long time posters that are posting much less frequently than before, the rudder of logic and analysis has seemed to give way to more of emotional reaction and firebomb posting type techniques around here.
I have always been proud of the group of Pred posters we have had at HF, because as a group, we were always known as a fairly good, analytical, logical group as opposed to some other team's HF poster members as a whole.
Lately, however, the timber of this board has drifted to more of the reactionary, NP.com, type of discussions. Not that there is anything wrong with disagreeing with the coaches philosophy or what we are doing on the ice....but just the reactionary way it is often [though not always] discussed.
Just making an observation....not pointing any fingers....
I think...and again...no offense to our new posters...
But I think we're getting a lot of younger fans...and fans that maybe haven't been around as long. As brutal as years 1-5 were for those of us that were around for it...it did something to us on a psychological level. We're a little bit better equipped to deal with the ups and downs. We get angry\frustrated when things don't go our way...and we're happier than anyone in the world when they do go our way. The difference...you don't see posts like, "see, this is why we're the best team in the last 20 years" when we win and "ugh, well, hope you like our team, kansas city" when we lose.
I have noticed that some good posters aren't posting as much and that does bum me out...but on the other hand, some posters that weren't posting as much...Stranger, PredDave, SLake...to name a few....have made a place on this board. The key is to just...know what to pay attention to and what to filter out
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A 46 sq. meters cottage with 2 bedrooms with accommodation for up to 5 persons. Located on a beautiful farm in Pétursey, 20 km west of Vík.
Good hiking possibilities up to the mountains and glaciers, and the beach is 2,5 km away. Horse rental on the neighboring farm. Boat trips to Dyrhólaey. Folk museum at Skógar 16 km. At the farm, milk is produced and carrots are cultivated.
Bed linen and towels can be included for an extra ISK 1500 per person, paid in cash upon your arrival. You can request them via email or in person when you come to collect your cottage key at our door.
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Our cottages sit right under the majestic Pétursey mountain and provide a fantastic view in all directions. There are numerous attractions and points of interest nearby, for example the famous Eyjafjallajökull glacier volcano which erupted in 2010, the Mýrdalsjökull and Sólheimarjökull glaciers with the possibility of a glacier jeep tour or a glacier walking tour, the beautiful Dyrhólaey peninsula which is one of the most famous landmarks of Iceland and a favorite nesting areas for the cute puffins in the summer months, as well as beautiful black beaches, basalt columns and sea stacks. 20 km east of Pétursey is a sweet little village of Vík with a supermarket, post office and a gas station, while 16 km west of Pétursey is the famous Skógar folk museum and a waterfall. You are welcome to take a pleasant walk to the beach or take a ride down there on the back of a renown Icelandic horse which you can rent on the neighboring farm. If you prefer to visit us in winter, there is a high possibility that you will be treated to a spectacular northern lights show.
And if you would rather take it slowly and just relax in the cottage and on the premises of the farm, you are welcome to sit on a patio and read a book, grill outside or have a picnic, walk up to the top of the Pétursey mountain or visit the sweet calves in our cow house and maybe feed them fresh carrots from our own carrot fields.
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- The key to the cottage can be picked up on the farm, in the white house on the left. Just come to the door where we will greet you and hand you the key with any extra information you might need.
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- The capacity of each meeting place (maximum amount of people it can simultaneously hold)
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A 90 DEG reflector scans a flat document to reflect an image of part of the document into a plane parallel to the document. Then a 180 DEG reflector reflects the image back toward a detection station. A transport made of a cable and pulleys moves the 180 DEG reflector at one-half the speed of the 90 DEG reflector so that the optical distance between the detection station and the document remains constant throughout the scan.
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Lloyd I DOZH- [V DOCUMENT Lester John Lloyd, Orinda. Calif. Decision consume'om,
. Calif.
Filed: June 28, 1971 Appl. No.: 157,348
US. Cl. 350/6, 355/41, 178/76, 95/4.5, 350/285 Int. Cl. G02!) 17/00 Field of Search 355/41; 350/6, 7, 350/285; 178/715, 250/234, 235, 236; 9514.5
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Jenker 250/219 @1111 3,752,558 1 Aug. 14, 1973 e 350/6 UK ...c cMillin "355/4! X Primary Examiner-Ronald L. Wibert Assistant Examiner-Michael J. Tokar Attomey-Limbach. Limbach 6:. Sutton ABSTRACT 7Chlm8DrawingFlguree PATENTEB AUG 14 973 SHEET 1 UF4 UQVENTOZ. LESTER JOHN MOVE DOCUMENT SCANNER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Optical scanners are used in a variety of applications for sensing marks or characters on the document or copying the document. The scanner carries an image of the document from a scanning station to a detection station where some detector senses marks, characters or pictorial informationin the image. The detection station may include a second orthogonal scanner whereby the primary scanner images successive lines of the doucment and a secondary scanner images the individual characters in the line sequentially on a single detector.
In many sitatuions it is very desirable to provide such a scanner which is as compact as possible. Additionally, it is very desirable to provide such scanners in which the scanning station is flat so that documents can be supported conveniently in a flat condition and so that documents can be conveyed as easily as possible to and from the scanning station.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION In accordance with this invention there is provided a document scanner in which the document is supported in a flat condition at the scanning station. The scanner provides a folded optical path between the scanning and detection stations so that the device can be as com pact as possible with a given optical system.
A unique reflection arrangement is provided to maintain a constant length optical path from scanning station to the detection station so that the image at the detection station remains in sharp focus thorughout scanning of the document. The reflection arrangement can use pivoted and swinging mirrors, but preferably it uses a 90 reflector and a l80 reflector moved paraIIeI to the document being scanned includes a main frame portion I having a top window I2 which defines a scanning station where a document I4 may be placed for scanning. Automatic document feed apparatus may-be added to the device. An electrical input lead I6 provides power for the scanner. and an output lead 18 conducts electrical signals responsive to the information scanned on the document.
The scanning station I2 is illustrated in phantom outline ir FIG 2 imrr ediately above a 90 reflector 20 and a l80 reflector 22.
A main guide rod 24 is mounted on the frame at one side of the scanner. and a pair of guide rods 26 is mounted on the other side of the frame parallel to the rod 24. The 90' mirror is mounted on a support structure having a pair of end plates 28. One of the end plates 28 carries a sleeve 30 slidably engaging the rod 24, and the other end plate 28 carries a'roller 32 which rides between the rods 26 to thereby guide the 90 mirror 20 along a scanning path which is parallel to the document being scanned and indicated by the arrows 3 4 in FIGS. 2 and 3.
In a similar iriaYinerfhe I 80 reflector 22 is mounted I on a pair of end plates 36 which carry a sleeve 38 and roller 40 engaging the rods 24 and 26 respectively to guide the reflector 22 along that path 42 which is parallel to the path 34.
The reflectors 20 and 22 are transported under the scanning station 12 by a cord and pulley arrangement best illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5. A pair of fixed pulleys 44 and 46 are rotatably mounted on the frame 10, and a pair of movable pulleys 48 and 50 are rotatably mounted on one of the end plates 36 of the ISO reflector 22. A cord or cable 52 is attached to the frame I0 by attachment screw 54 and extends first over the movable pulley 48 hence over fixed pulley 44 hence over fixed pulley 46 and movable pulley 50 to a tiedown point at scr e w 5 6. The cord 52 is attached to the In this preferred arrangement the 180 reflector is moved at one-half the speed of the 90 reflector, and a unique and simple pulley and cord arrangement controls transportation of the two reflectors while controlling their relative speeds.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description read in conjunction with the attached drawings of one preferred embodiment of the invention in which:
FIG. I is a prespective view of a document scanner of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a prespective view of the interior scanning mechanism in the scanner of FIG. I; FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the scanner of FIG. I taken on a plane just inside the top panel of the scanner;
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated at 4-4 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated at 5-5 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated at 6-6 in FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is a prespective view of one of the calibrating rods used in the scanner of FIGS. 1-6. and
FIG. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon the broken plane indicated at 8-8 in FIG. 4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring now in detail to the drawings and particularly to FIGS. I and 2, the scanner illustrated therein carriage 28 for the 90 mirror 20 by means of a screw 58, and a drive motor 60 is connected to the pulley 44 for driving the pulley to cause scanning of a document. The drive motor may operate in a continuous fashion. but it is preferred that the drive motor be provided with a break and incremental stop start circuitry so that the scanner will scan a line at a time as explained in greater detail hereinafter.
It will be apparent that the cord and pulley arrangement operates to maintain an exact relationship between the travel paths of the two reflectors 20 and 22.
- Any movement of the 90 reflector 20 along its path 34 is accompanied by exactly one-half the travel of the I80 reflector 22 along its path 42.
Referring again to FIG. 2, an image of a document at scanning station 12 is reflected by mirror 20 along a path 60 and hence by mirror 22 back along parallel path 62 to a detection system which includes a scanning mirror 64, a lens 66, a fixed mirror 68 and a photodetector 70. Obviously this detection system could be replaced by a complete line of photodetectors which viewed a full line of the document at one time, but the arrangement illustrated herein is much preferred bepositions which can be examined along each line of scanned data. Because of the arrangement for bodily moving both of the scanning mirror 20 and 22 in the way described above, the optical path from a document at scanning station 12 to photodetector 70 remains constant as the mirror 20 moves along path 34 to scan successive lines of the document. An index bar 72 is mounted on the carriage 28 for movement past a detector 74. The index bar 72 carries lines representative of the data line positions on a document at the scanning station. and the output of the detector 74 is provided to suitable electronics for starting and stopping the motor 60 as explained above. For convenient conversion of the scanner for handling documents with different line spacings, the index bar 72 is rotatably mounted in a frame 76 as indicated in FIGS. 3 and 7, and the bar is provided with different index patterns on different faces so that the line spacing for the scanning mechanism may be changed simply by rotating the bar 72.
A similar index bar 78 is mounted on the carriage 28 for displaying index marks representative of the series of character positions along a line being scanned by the scanner. These index marks are viewed along path 80 (FIG. 2) by the lower detector 70A in the photodetector assembly 70 while corresponding character positions on the document at scanning station 12 are viewed by the upper pnotodetector 70B of the assembly along the optical path 60-62 described above.
A series of light bulbs 82 are provided on the carriage for illuminating the document being scanned and the index bar 78. 1t will be apparent that the bar 78 is also rotatably mounted with different index patterns on difference faces of the bar to permit the scanner to be adapted rapidly to scanning documents with different character spacing along each scanning line.
The mechanism for oscillating the pivoting line scanning mirror 64 is best illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 8. The mirror 64 is pivotally mounted on the frame at a pivot post 84 and is driven by a crank arm 86. The crank arm 86 is in turn driven by a link 88 attached to a drive wheel 90 which is in turn driven by a wheel 92 on the motor 94. An arm 96 is mounted on'the back of the mirror 64 and extends into a yoke 98 containing a pair of photodetectors 100 and 102, the outputs of which 7 indicate to the machine electronics when the scanner is starting and completing a line scan.
While one embodiment of the invention has been i1- lustrated and described in detail herein it is obvious that many modifications thereof may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
1. In a document scanning apparatus having a scanning station adapted to hold a document in substantially flat condition and a detector station for detecting an image of at least a small portion of the document, the improved scanner for moving an image of a document at said scanning station across said detection station along an optical path of constant length with comprises:
a 90 reflector positioned across said scanning station in a manner to reflect an image of a line substantially completely across said document along a first plane generally parallel to said scanning station,
a 180 reflector for reflecting said lirie imagefrom said 90 reflector back toward said detection station in a second plane generally parallel to said first plane, and
transport means for moving said 9011'53" 1 reflectors generally parallel to said scanning station simultaneously at different speeds whereby the dis tance from said scanning station past said reflector past said reflector to said detection station remains substantially constant as said t) reflector traverses said scanning station.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 characterized further in that said transport means comprises means for moving said 180 minor in the same direction as and at onehalf the speed of said 90 mirror.
3. In a document scanning apparatus having a scansaid object along a first plane generally parallel to said scanning station, a 180 reflector for reflecting said image from said first reflector back toward said detection station in a second plane generally parallel to said first plane.
. am transport means for moving said 90 and 180 reflectors generally parallel to said scanning station simul-taneously at different speeds whereby the dis tance from said scanning station past said 90 reflectoi' past said 180reflec torto said detection station remains substantially constant as said 90 reflector traverses said scanning station, said transport means comprises:
first and second fixed pulleys on said frame,
first and second movable pulleys on said 180 reflector.
a cord extendin from said frame over said first movable pulley hence over said first fixed pulley hence over said second fixed pulley and hence over said second movalbe pulley to said frame.
means attaching said 90 reflector to said cord. and
drive means for rotating one of said pulleys.
4. In a document scanning apparatus having a scanning station adapted to provide an optical object in substatnially flat condition and a detector station for detecting an image of at least a small portion of the object, the improved scanner for moving an image of an object at said scanning station across said detection station along an optical path of constant length which comprises:
a 90 reflector for reflecting an image of a portion of said object along a first plane generally parallel to said scanning station.
a 180 reflector for reflecting said image from said first reflector back toward said detection station in a second plane generally parallel to said first plane.
nanssannssss'ror moving said 90 and 180 reflectors generally parallel to said scanning station simultane-ously at different speeds whereby the distance fromsaid scanning station past said 90' reflector past said 180 reflector to said detection station remains substantially constant as said 90' reflector t raverses said scanning station, and
an oscillating reflector mounted between said 180 reflector and said detection station for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to said planes. whereby said detection station scans along the lines of a sequence of lines of a document at said scanning station.
5. A document scanner. comprising:
means for moving said first and second reflectors simultaneously along said frame at different speeds in a manner to maintain a distance from the scanning station to the photo-detector substantially constant as said first reflector traverses said scanning station in the second document direction. 6. The document scanner of claim 5 which additionally comprises:
an index bar mounted across the scanning station to move with said first reflector. said index bar being a frame.
a scanning station attached to said frame and for holding a two-dimensional document in a substantially flat condition,
a flat first reflector held by said frame to one dimen- 5 sion of a document held by the scanning station and movable with respect to said frame along a second dimension of a document, said first reflector being held at an angle with respect to the document scanning station to reflect one at a time each docu- 10 ment line along a first given plane in space as the first reflector is moved along said seccond document direction,
a second reflector held by said frame to extend across said scanning station in the path of said first plane in a manner to be movable with respect to said frame along the second document direction,
positioned with respect to the first reflector so that an image thereofis scanned by the second reflector and oscillating mirror across a second point fixed in space with respect to said frame, and
a second photodetector positioned at said first point in space, whereby index marks on said index bar are detected by the second photodeteetor to provide information of a document line image position being detected by said first photodetector.
7. The document scanner of claim 6, wherein said index bar includes a plurality of index markings having different periods on various sides thereof, the index second plane for scanning document line images marking to be imaged onto the second photodetector therein across a first point fixed in space with rebeing selectable by manual rotation of the index bar.
spect to said frame, whereby the period of index markings appropriate to a a first photodetector positioned at said first point in given document format to be scanned can be selected.
space, and
thereby to reflect document line images of said first given plane into a second given plane in space,
an oscillating mirror mounted on said frame for piv- 20 otalmovement about an axis perpendicular to said second plane, said mirror being positioned in the Patent No. 3, 752 ,558 D ted August 14', 1973 Inventofls) Lester John Lloyd It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 5, line 5, "to" should read across Column 6, line 15, "first" shouldread second".
Signed and-sealed this 8th day of January 1974.
(SEAL) Attest:
EDWARD MFLETCHERJR. RENE D. TEGTMEYER Attesting Officer Acting Commissioner of Patents *f' 3 I USCOMM-DC 6O376-F'69 'E [1.5. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OI'FICF I ll 0-3I673 Sl.
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Dec. 12, 1967 E. w. GEIGEL 3,357,152
CORNER CUT THERMOPLASTIC BAG Filed Oct. 21, 1963- 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 EUGENE wl GEIGEL INVENTOR.
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United States Patent 3,357,152 CORNER CUT THERMOPLASTIC BAG Eugene W. Geigel, Springfield, Mass., assignor to Monsanto Company, a corporation of Delaware Filed Oct. 21, 1963, Ser. No. 317,572 4 Claims. ((31. 53-29) The present invention relates to bags and to methods for preparing same. More specifically, this invention relates to novel bags and methods by which they may be made and packaged.
In a copending application S.N. 267,978, filed March 26, 1963, now Patent No. 3,264,794, a bag forming and packaging apparatus is described which utilizes a continuous tube of thermoplastic material. More specifically, a bagging machine simultaneously forms bags from a continuous tube of thermoplastic material and fills the same with the material to be packaged. This apparatus overcame serious problems which arose when more flexible thermoplastic materials were used as packaging materials in place of more rigid paper products.
In the operation of this bag forming and packaging operation as described in the aforementioned copending application, the bags that are formed are nongusseted and square or rectangular in shape. It has been found that by removing the corner portions of these thermoplastic bags, many unexpected advantages are derived. Corner removal tends to eliminate the tendency to snag, improves Stackability and palletization and presents many of the shape advantages of the gusseted bag while at the same time avoiding the more cumbersome procedures of gusseted bag manufacture.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present in vention to provide novel corner cut thermoplastic bags of substantial volumetric capacity and methods for preparing same.
Another object of this invention is to provide means and methods for packaging materials in a manner such as described in copending patent application S.N. 267,978, filed March 26, 1963.
Other objects of the. present invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.
These and other objects are attained in a thermoplastic bag comprising a tubular body of thermoplastic film that is sealed across its bottom with the four corner portions of said tubular body being fashioned without corner points. Although the stackability feature may be diminished somewhat, the corner points at the top of the bag may :be maintained. for gripping purposes while the two remaining corner portions at the bottom of the tubular body are fashioned without corner points.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the attached drawings in which;
FIG. I is an elevation of the thermoplastic bag of the present invention wherein all corner points have been removed;
FIG. II illustrates an alternate embodiment of the bag shown in FIG. I wherein only the corner portions at the bottom of the bag have been removed;
FIG. HI illustrates an alternate embodiment of the bag shown in FIG. I wherein the corner portions have been severed in a circular manner to provide rounded edges;
FIG. IV is a side view, partly insection and with parts broken, illustrating mechanism for feeding and severing a continuous tube of thermoplastic film which has been severed and cut at intervals to permit formation of thermorplastic bags of the present invention;
FIG. V is a front view, partly in section and with parts broken, of the same embodiment shown in FIG. IV;
FIG. V1 is a front view, partly in section and with parts novel thermoplastic 3,357,152 Patented Dec. 12, 1967 broken, of the same embodiment shown in FIG. V except that the thermoplastic tube has been severed forming a bag blank which is in a stage of lateral advancement;
FIG. VII is a fragmentary side view, magnified and with parts broken, illustrating a modified embodiment of the apparatus of FIG. IV wherein the apparatus is adapted to triangularly sever at opposite edges and to heat seal the tube of thermoplastic film at predetermined intervals and;
FIG. VIII is a front view of the triangular cutting and heat sealing element shown in FIG. VII.
Referring to FIG. I, thermoplastic bag 10 represents a general type of bag of the present invention. FIG. 1 illustrates the preferable bag type wherein all four corners of a bag blank have to be removed to form the bag. The bag is sealed at the corner port-ions 12a, b, c, and d as well as at the bottom edge 14. The top edge 16 is open for filling purposes. After the bag is filled, the top edge 16 will be sealed by either heat means, tape or other suitable sealing means.
FIG. II illustrates a bag 20 wherein only the two bottom corner points have been removed. Similar to the bag of FIG. I, edge 22 is open for filling purpose while corner portions 24a and 24b as well as bottom edge 26 are sealed by any suitable sealing means.
The bag 30 of FIG. III is similar to the bag 10 of FIG. I in every way except that the corner portions 32a, b, c, and d have been fashioned in a circular manner rather than triangular cut.
FIG. IV schematically shows apparatus for packaging materials in thermoplastic bags utilizing a roll of tubular thermoplastic film which has been triangularly severed at intervals in order to form bags of the present invention. The equipment illustrated in FIGS. IV to VII is similar to that described in copending patent application S.N. 267,978, filed March 26, 1963, except that the tubular film being utilized has been triangular cut at intervals in order to form the bags of the present invention or means have been provided to triangularly sever at opposite edges and to seal the tube at intervals in order to eventually produce bags of the present invention. In brief, a continuous tube of thermoplastic film 40 which has been triangularly severed roll 42 by means of pull rolls 44 and 46 over support rolls 48 and 50, between said pull rolls 44 and 46 to and between clamping belts 52a and 52b. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1V and V, the tubular film material 40 is shown triangularly cut at opposing edges and transversely sealed such that the layers of the tube are cut and adhered or fused together at predetermined intervals along its length, i.e., 54a, 54b, 54c, etc., as it is unwound eyes 56 and 58 for controlling the movement of the tubular.
film 40 through the apparatus. Although any suitable control means may be used to control the movement of the tubular film through the apparatus, the use of color marks would be unnecessary here since the open areas caused by triangularly severing portions of the tubular film may be detected by an electric eye system in a manner similar to that when color bands are utilized.
In the sequence of operations pull rolls 44 and 46 are revolved to unwind and advance the tubular thermoat intervals is unwound fromit is sometimes desirable to plastic film 40. In the course of film advancement, a triangular severed portion along the edge of film 40 passes in front of electric eye 56 which detects the open area. Upon detection the electric eye 56 transmits a signal via electric means, not shown, to stop pull rolls 44 and 46 which in turn halt the advance of film 40. Since there is a time interval or lag between the detection and transmission of the signal from the electric eye 56, film 40 will advance a distance beyond electric eye 56 before the film 40 stops. To ensure that this distance remains the same each time the film is halted, a second electric eye 58 is positioned such that one of the severed areas will come to rest in front of its lens. In the event the severed area does not come to rest in front of the electric eye 58, a signal is transmitted calling for either a manual or automatic adjustment of the film position. To optimize control, it is recommended that a slight tension be maintained between pull rolls 44 and 46. During proper operation, the electric eye system will cause the pull rolls to halt the advance of the tubular film 40 such that seal 54b is slightly above knife 60 after which clam-ping belts 52a and 52b move together clamping the tubular film 40 therebetween. Knife 60 then moves laterally severing the tubular film 40 to form a bag blank 62 sealed at its lower or bottom end by seal 54a. As may be seen in FIG. V and VI, clamp belts 52a and 52b initiate advancement of the now severed tube or bag blank 62 laterally by movement of the belts on rollers 64a, 64b, 64c and 64d which causes the edge or open top 66 of bag blank 62 which projects above belts 52a and 52b to strike projection 68 at its forward corner portion forcing bag top 66 to open or separate its parallel edges first at its forward edge and then across the entire top width of the bag as the bag is forced passed and in contact with projection 68 by belts 52a and 52b. If done properly, projection 68 will cause the bag top 66 to open sufficiently to permit a filling nozzle 70 to enter for filling same, after which the opening or bag top 66 is closed by means of tape or other suitable means not shown. Although the expedient used to open the bag blank appears to be simple, the positioning or relationship between projection 68 and bag top 66 is critical. For example, unless bag top 66 projects between /2 to 1 /2 inches, depending on the flexibility of the bag, above clam-p belts 52a and 52b, the top edge of the bag will not tend to open properly. To further illustrate, if the top edge projects too high above the belts, the flexibility of the thermoplastic film will cause both edges of the bag to be pushed to one side or the other without opening the bag blank. On the other hand, if the bag top does not project sufficiently above belts 52a and 5212, the bag will not open enough to permit the filling spout to enter. When the bag is opened properly by projection 68, filling spout 70 will descend between the parallel edges of the bag blank 62 forcing belt clamps 52a and 52b to part sutficiently to permit filling of the bag blank.
When the bag forming and packaging; operation are combined, the tubular thermoplastic film material may be triangularly cut at opposing edges and transversely sealed at intervals along its length before it is unwound, i.e., by the supplier or separate sealing operation, or the thermoplastic film material may be triangularly edge cut and sealed as it is advanced through the apparatus. FIG. VII illustrates a magnified fragmentary portion illustrating an edge cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80 positioned in line partially above the cutting knife 60. The edge cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80 comprises a pair of triangular shaped knives 82a and 82b and a heating element 84 which is designed to fusion seal the triangularly severed portions of the upper and lower bag blanks and the bottom of the upper bag blank. In the sequence of operation, when pull rolls 44 and 46 have halted the advance of film 40, the edge cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80 moves horizontally toward film 40 pressing said film against back bar 86 severing the tube triangularly at the opposite edges. The heating element 84 then fuses the layers of the tubular film 40 together. The construction of the edge cutting and heat sealing mechanism is shown more clearly in FIG. VIII. Positioning the cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80* slightly above knife 60 has the advantage of minimizing control problems by reducing and possibly eliminating the need for the electric eye system which positions the tube 40. However, it is obvious that the cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80 may be located anywhere along the line of advance of the tubular film 40 prior to the knife 60 position or the cutting and heat sealing mechanism 80 and the knife 60 may be constructed in one integral unit.
The invention in its broadest sense comprises forming a thermoplastic bag which comprises a tubular body of thermoplastic film that is sealed across its bottom with at least two of the four corner portions of the tubular body being fashioned without corner points. The formation of these bags may be carried out in conjunction with the packaging operation. More specifically, a continuous tube of thermoplastic film may be triangularly cut at opposite edges and transversely sealed at intervals to form a series of connected bag blanks which are later severed across their length adjacent each seal to provide bag blanks sealed at their bottom end and having their corner points removed. Each bag blank is then transferred to a filling station where it is filled with the materials to be packaged, after which the open end of the bag blank is closed. As mentioned earlier, the thermoplastic tube may be triangularly cut and sealed at any time prior to the tube severing operation either during a separate or remote operation or in timed conjunction with the severing operation. Any suitable method for adhering or fusing the layers of the tube together at the corner portions and across the tube may be used. The width of the adhered or fused line or 'band may vary considerably although widths of to of an inch are recommended for good bonding while at the same time utilizing a minimum area of seal. The preferred methods of sealing are those which cause the layers of the tubular film to fuse together. This is generally accomplished by an electric heating element although other means of obtaining the proper fusion temperature may also be used.
When the formation of the bag and the packaging operation are carried out simultaneously, the handling problems caused by stacking the bag blanks and then transferring them to a bagging station are avoided. Any suitable means may be used to sever the bag blank from the continuous tube such as the shuttle type knife described in FIGS. IV and V, a rotary knife, a guillotine type and the like. If desired, the tubing may be pre-perforated adjacent and parallel the seals to permit mechanical separation instead of cutting the tube directly. It is important, however, that the tube be cut or separated parallel the line of seal immediately adjacent the advanced or forward end of the heat seal. In this manner a bag blank will be formed having a sealed lower end and an upper end ready for filling.
The thermoplastic bags of the present invention can be fabricated from such fusion-scalable plastic materials as polyethylene, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinylidene chloride, polyisobutylene, polypropylene, polytetrafiuoroethylene and the like and insluding their mixtures, copolymers, terpolymers and graft polymers.
The preferred material of construction is polyethylene, a solid, tough polymer of ethylene which can be manufactured in film-form in thicknesses less than one mil. It is light in weight, extremely low in water absorption and moisture permeability and consequently is an excellent material for packaging uses. In addition, layers of polyethylene can be heat sealed or fused together to present a strong bond.
The thermoplastic bags of this invention ordinarily will have a substantial volumetric capacity, e.g., at least 1 cubic foot, and are designed primarily to carry from about 50 to about 100 pounds of such common pulverulent materials as cement, flour, fertilizer, carbon black, chemicals, and granular materials such as salt, sugar and the like. The walls of the bag ordinarily will have a thickness of the order of 4-15 mils, although obviously the falls may be either thinner or thicker as indicated by the use to which the bags are to be put. If desired, the walls of the bag can be fabricated from a plurality of plies of thin thermoplastic film.
In addition to having many desirable characteristics, the thermoplastic bags of the present invention are greatly improved in terms of stackability and palletization and have many of the shape advantages of a gusseted bag but without the gusset.
The above descriptions and particularly the drawings are set forth for purposes of illustration only. Many variations and modifications thereof will be obvious to those skilled in the art and can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention herein described.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of packaging materials in an improved thermoplastic bag which comprises triangularly cutting at opposite edges, sealing the cut edges and transversely sealing a continuous uniformly flattened tube of thermoplastic film at predetermined intervals along its length, transversely severing the tubular film adjacent each transverse seal to form a bag blank sealed at one end, transferring said bag blank to a filling station and filling said bag blank with the material to be packaged.
2. A method of packaging materials in an improved thermoplastic bag which comprises triangularly cutting at opposite edges and transversely sealing a continuous uniformly flattened tube of thermoplastic film in the same operation at predetermined intervals along its length, transversely severing the tubular film adjacent each seal to form a bag 'blank sealed at one end, transferring said bag blank to a filling station and filling said bag blank with the material to be packaged.
3. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the movement of the thermoplastic tube through the cutting, sealing and filling steps are electronically controlled at the triangular cut portions of the tube.
4. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the open areas caused by the triangular cutting operation are passed in front of an electric eye to halt movement of the thermoplastic tube for the cutting and sealing steps.
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