Multi-Row Container Production via Selective Adhesive Dot Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing containers from articles arranged in more than two parallel rows at right angles or nested offset configurations are inefficient due to resource wastage and time-consuming curing processes, particularly when dealing with three or more rows.
Innovation Solution
A method involving direct bonding of articles using adhesive dots or strips, where only selected articles receive adhesive points, allowing for efficient alignment and merging of article strands to form intermediate containers, which are then expanded to create finished containers with rows and rows arranged at right angles or nested offset, utilizing controlled adhesive curing for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If adhesive is applied to all articles in a container arrangement, then connection reliability between articles is improved, but resource wastage increases due to unused adhesive on articles that don't require connection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies adhesive only to specific articles that require connection in the container arrangement, rather than uniformly to all articles. This localized application approach ensures reliable connections where needed while avoiding waste on articles that don't require bonding, directly resolving the contradiction between connection reliability and adhesive wastage
2Productivity
If three or more rows of articles are glued together simultaneously, then production efficiency is improved, but the process becomes complicated and time-consuming due to adhesive curing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the container assembly into intermediate containers with two rows each, which are formed separately and then combined. This segmentation allows each intermediate container to be produced independently without complex multi-row gluing processes, reducing process complexity while maintaining production efficiency through subsequent combination of simpler units
Solution Approach 2:
The patent forms intermediate containers with two rows as preliminary units before combining them into the final multi-row container. This preliminary action allows adhesive application and curing to occur on smaller, simpler units first, reducing the overall process complexity compared to attempting to glue all rows simultaneously in a single complex operation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach reduces resource wastage and shortens the production time by allowing for the efficient assembly and curing of containers, enabling the creation of stable containers with minimal handling and adhesive usage.
Implementation Method 1
the outermost layer of the first article, for example its jacket surface or a label applied thereto, is connected to the outermost layer of the second article, for example also its coat surface or a label applied thereto, with a bonding (02) consisting of one or more adhesive dots or strips
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AI summary
A method and a device (100) for producing a container (01) from articles (03) directly connected to one another by means of adhesive bonds (02) are described. The container (01) comprises articles (03) arranged in at least three rows (04) of at least two articles (03) each, wherein the adhesive bonds (02) are each formed by one, two, or more adhesive dots (20) applied to at least one surface of at least two articles (03) directly connected to one another in the finished container (01). The method provides that for each row (04) of the finished container (01), a strand of articles (30) is provided with a number of articles (03) corresponding to the number of articles (03) in the corresponding row (04) in the finished container (01), of which at least one of each pair of articles (03) connected to one another in the finished container (01) is initially provided with at least one, two, or more adhesive dots (20).Subsequently, the articles (03) of two article strands (30) are glued together to form an intermediate container (10) with two rows (04) by joining and/or pressing the article (03) of a first article strand (31) forming a first row (41) in the finished container (01) and the article (03) of a second article strand (32) forming a second row (42) in the finished container (01) against each other at the adhesive points (20) and holding them until the adhesive has hardened, and then at least one further row (43) is added to the intermediate container (10),by joining and/or pressing the articles (03) forming at least one further row (43) in the finished container (01) of at least one further article strand (33) against the articles (03) of at least one outer row (40) of the intermediate container (10) from at least one side at the adhesive points (20) and holding them until the adhesive has cured. The device (100) comprises means suitable for carrying out the method.