MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD CONFIGURED TO PRODUCE STACKS OF FOLDED WIPES

    公开(公告)号:EP4400462A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-17

    申请号:EP24150996.7

    申请日:2024-01-09

    发明人: WINKVIST, Örjan

    IPC分类号: B65H45/20 B65H45/16

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a machine (100) configured to produce stacks of folded pop-up wipes (192) from material (110), wherein the material (110) is threaded along a path (112) through the machine (100), the machine comprising: a holder (111) of the section of material (110), a first tension unit (160), a folding unit (180), the folding unit (180) comprising: two or more folding rollers (350, 360) configured to receive a section of the material (110) and generate folded stacks of pop-up wipes (192) having an adaptable format, wherein each folding roller (350, 360) comprises: a hub (301, 302), wherein the hub (301, 302) comprises one or more grippers (331, 332, 341, 342) configured to grip and release the material (110), and one or more infeed plates (321, 322, 323, 324) configured to feed the tissue (110) to respective grippers (331, 332, 341, 342) of the other roller, wherein positions of the one or more infeed plates (321, 322, 323, 324) are configured to be adjustable in relation to positions of the respective grippers (331, 332, 341, 342), wherein distances between the grippers and the respective infeed plates adapts a width (w) of the produced stacks of wipes (192), a control unit (CU) communicatively coupled to at least the first tension unit (160) and the folding unit (180), the control unit (CU) comprising a processor, and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, wherein the material (110) is threaded along a path (112) through the machine (100) via at least the first tension unit (160) and the folding unit (180), wherein executing the instructions by the control unit (CU) causes the control unit (CU) to control the machine to perform the method herein.

    MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD CONFIGURED TO PRODUCE STACKS OF FOLDED WIPES

    公开(公告)号:EP4403504A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-24

    申请号:EP24151010.6

    申请日:2024-01-09

    发明人: WINKVIST, Örjan

    IPC分类号: B65H45/16 B65H45/20 B65H45/28

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a machine (100) configured to produce stacks of folded pop-up wipes (192) from material (110), wherein the material (110) is threaded along a path (112) having a direction through the machine (100) the machine comprising: a holder (111) of the material (110), a first tension unit (160), a perforation unit (170) configured to generate perforations in the material in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the path, a folding unit (180) configured to fold the material in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the path, a control unit (CU) communicatively coupled to at least the first tension unit (160), the perforation unit (170) and the folding unit (180), wherein the material (110) is threaded along a path (112) through the machine (100) via at least the first tension unit (160), the perforation unit (170) and the folding unit (180), wherein the control unit (CU) is configured to control the machine (100) to produce folded pop-up wipes (192) by individually controlling tension of material (110) along one or more sections of the path (712) wherein the control unit (CU) is further configured to control the machine to increase tension of the material (110) in a section of the path (712) located after the perforation unit (170) to stretch a generated perforation in the section of the path (112) by a target distance (ΔS).