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NZ783384B2 - A fruit packaging tray, apparatus and process - Google Patents
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NZ783384B2 - A fruit packaging tray, apparatus and process - Google Patents

A fruit packaging tray, apparatus and process Download PDF

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NZ783384B2
NZ783384B2 NZ783384A NZ78338420A NZ783384B2 NZ 783384 B2 NZ783384 B2 NZ 783384B2 NZ 783384 A NZ783384 A NZ 783384A NZ 78338420 A NZ78338420 A NZ 78338420A NZ 783384 B2 NZ783384 B2 NZ 783384B2
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tray
wrapping
sheet
deposited
conveyor
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Robert Craig
Simon Craig
Michael Powick
Mark Roche
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PunchBowl Automation IP Limited
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Priority claimed from PCT/NZ2020/050052 external-priority patent/WO2020231276A1/en
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Abstract

tray, apparatus and process for packaging fruit for transport using automation to control the quality of wrapping the fruit in trays. Embodiments of the invention provide a packaging tray for use in packaging items, the tray having a first region having a cross-section which defines a concave surface having one or more cross-sections suitable to receive an item and a second region having a cross-section which is substantially straight. Embodiments provide a process in which tray may be loaded by depositing kiwi fruit and then agitated to settle and align the kiwifruit in the concave sections assisted with the straight sections providing space for movement of the kiwifruit laterally to the concave sections and directing the kiwifruit of the agitated tray towards the concave section. The tray is wrapped after the items are deposited and the wrapped tray is loaded into a box with settled items and loads the wrapped tray into a box. The process of wrapping a tray on which items are deposited comprising: providing a sheet of wrapping material over a conveyor which provides a lower-wrapping region on which the tray is deposited; depositing the tray with items on the sheet of wrapping material on a central portion with one or more lateral portions extending laterally to the central portion; and moving a wrapping element from under a lateral portion of the wrapping sheet and over the deposited tray to deposit a lateral portion over the tray.

Claims (8)

What we claim is:
1. A process of wrapping a tray on which items are deposited, the process comprising: providing a sheet of wrapping material over a conveyor which provides a lowerwrapping region on which the tray is deposited; depositing the tray with items on the sheet of wrapping al on a central portion with one or more lateral portions extending laterally to the central portion; and moving a wrapping element from under a lateral portion of the wrapping sheet and over the deposited tray to deposit a l portion over the tray.
2. An tus operable to wrap a tray on which items are deposited, the apparatus comprising: a or operable to hold thereon a sheet of wrapping film to provide a lowerwrapping region on which the tray is deposited; a tray depositing station operable to deposit the tray on a first portion of the sheet of wrapping film with a second portion extending from the first portion; a wrapping element le to move from under the second n of the sheet of wrapping film and over the deposited tray to deposit the second portion of the sheet of wrapping film over the tray to provide ng film over an upper surface of the tray.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 comprising one or more device operable to e wrapping material which extends from the wrapped tray to be under the tray as it moves into the box.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, comprising a device operable to arrange wrapping material at a trailing edge of the tray to be tucked into the tray box.
5. The apparatus of claim 3 or claim 4, comprising a transverse wrapping bar operable to move past a leading end of a tray in the g direction to arrange wrapping material extending from the g end of the tray to extend down over the g edge so the wrapping material will extend under the tray as it moves into the tray box.
6. The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 5, comprising a lateral conveyor arranged parallel with conveyor which provides a lower-wrapping region on which the tray is deposited, the lateral conveyor operable to support a second portion of the sheet of wrapping film in the form of a lateral flap of wrapping material.
7. The tus of any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the conveyor and lateral conveyor comprise a belt extending between two rollers and wherein the or and lateral conveyor are operable to move to load the sheet of wrapping onto the conveyors from a roll of wrapping material.
8. The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the conveyor and lateral conveyor are le to hold the sheet of wrapping film onto the respective conveyor by vacuum apertures connected to a vacuum source. Page
NZ783384A 2020-05-13 A fruit packaging tray, apparatus and process NZ783384B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2019901622A AU2019901622A0 (en) 2019-05-13 A Packaging Tray, Apparatus and Process
AU2019903570A AU2019903570A0 (en) 2019-09-25 An Item Packing Apparatus and Process
PCT/NZ2020/050052 WO2020231276A1 (en) 2019-05-13 2020-05-13 A fruit packaging tray, apparatus and process

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NZ783384A NZ783384A (en) 2024-07-05
NZ783384B2 true NZ783384B2 (en) 2024-10-08

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