Tool System for A Packaging Device

Abstract

The invention relates to a tool system for use in a packaging device for packaging food products, particularly hollow chocolate articles, with film packaging, wherein said packaging device comprises a plurality of processing units for processing the film packaging, having at least three tool parts, specifically a tool middle part as well as a tool bottom part and a tool top part, which can interact during operation such that processing may take place. The function of the tool middle part is to receive at least one film semi-finished product of the film packaging being processed and convey it between individual processing units of said packaging device, wherein the tool middle part is capable of interacting with at least one further tool part of the tool system respectively, and each of said further tool parts is a tool part of one of the processing units serving to process the film semi-finished product from reception thereof on the tool middle part to completion thereof as film packaging. The tool middle part has at least one interface which allows it to be compatible with at least one tool part of each of said processing units.

1 . A tool system for use in a packaging device for packaging foodstuff products, in particular hollow chocolate bodies, by means of a film packaging, wherein the packaging device for processing the film packaging has a plurality of processing units comprising at least three tool parts, specifically a tool central part as well as a tool lower part and a tool upper part which when in operation are capable of interacting in a processing manner, wherein the tool central part serves for receiving and conveying at least one semi-finished film product of the film packaging to be processed between individual processing units of the packaging device wherein the tool central part is capable of interacting in each case with at least one further tool part of the tool system, wherein the further tool part is in each case a tool part of one of the processing units which serve for processing the semi-finished film product from receiving the latter on the tool central part to the completion thereof as a film packaging, and wherein the tool central part has at least one interface by means of which said tool central part is compatible with at least one tool part of each of said processing units, wherein the tool central part can be driven by means of a conveyor unit, wherein the conveyor unit at leasts in portions thereof is configured as a continuously operating conveyor unit, and wherein the conveyor unit at least in portions thereof is configured as a discontinuously operating conveyor unit. 
     
     
         2 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that the tool central part comprises a film carrier which is assigned at least one semi-finished film product (F H ).   
     
     
         3 - 4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1   characterized in that the conveyor unit has a linear drive installation for the tool central part.   
     
     
         6 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that at least one tool part, in particular the tool lower part and/or the tool upper part is mounted so as to float in at least one direction transverse to the processing direction.   
     
     
         7 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 characterized in that at least one tool part, in particular the tool lower part and/or the tool upper part has/have joining bevels so as to facilitate the tool parts of the tool system converging during a processing step.   
     
     
         8 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that the tool lower part and/or the tool upper part of a processing unit are at least in portions able to be moved in a reciprocating manner along the conveying direction (R F ) of the tool central part.   
     
     
         9 - 11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that the at least one interface of the tool central part, or of the film carrier, respectively, comprises a receptacle region, and in that at least one tool part of one of the processing units of the packaging device is able to be received occasionally and in portions in the receptacle region of the tool central part, or of the film carrier, respectively, wherein the receptacle region of the tool central part, or of the film carrier, respectively, has in particular an internal contour which communicates with a corresponding external contour of the respective tool part of the respective processing unit.   
     
     
         13 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 12 ,
 characterized in that the tool central part, or the film carrier is configured so as to be substantially plate-shaped having a substantially central passage opening as the receptacle region, wherein an encircling shaping region having a chamfer of approximately 45 degrees in terms of an angle can in particular be provided in the region of the central passage opening, said shaping region opening into the passage opening.   
     
     
         14 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that the at least one interface of the tool central part, or of the film carrier respectively, has an encircling cutting groove and/or at least two tensioning recesses.   
     
     
         15 . The tool system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterized in that the interface of the tool central part, or of the film carrier, respectively, has a separately configured functional ring which comprises in particular the encircling shaping region and/or the encircling cutting groove and/or the tensioning recesses.   
     
     
         16 - 38 . (canceled) 
     
     
         39 . A packaging device for packaging foodstuff products, in particular hollow chocolate bodies, by means of a film packaging which comprises at least two shaped film parts,
 wherein the packaging device has a number of processing units for processing the semi-finished film products of the film packaging, specifically:   a cutting unit for cutting-to-size the semi-finished film products;   a shaping unit for shaping the semi-finished film products;   a closing unit for connecting the semi-finished film products so as to form a closed housing for the foodstuff product received; and   a conveyor unit for conveying the semi-finished film products (FH) of the film  40  packaging to be processed between the individual processing units of the packaging device,   wherein the conveyor unit in portions thereof is configured as a continuously operating conveyor unit and in portions thereof is configured as a discontinuously operating conveyor unit, wherein portions in which synchronizing of the discontinuously operated portions and the continuously operated portions takes place are provided.   
     
     
         40 . The packaging device as claimed in  claim 39 , characterized in that the conveyor unit has pliable drive elements for forming the continuously operated portions, the discontinuously operated portions, and the portions in which the synchronizing of the discontinuously operated portions and the continuously operated portions take place. 
     
     
         41 . The packaging device as claimed in  claim 40 , characterized in that pliable drive elements are able to be actuated by means of electronically actuated electric motors. 
     
     
         42 . A method for packaging foodstuff products, in particular hollow chocolate bodies, by means of a film packaging which comprises at least two shaped film parts, wherein the packaging device has a number of processing units for processing the semi-finished film products of the film packaging, specifically:
 a cutting unit for cutting-to-size the semi-finished film products;   a shaping unit for shaping the semi-finished film products;   a closing unit for connecting the semi-finished film products so as to form a closed housing for the foodstuff product received; and   a conveyor unit for conveying the semi-finished film products of the film packaging to be processed between the individual processing units of the packaging device,   wherein the conveyor unit in portions thereof is operated as a continuously operating conveyor unit and in portions thereof is operated as a discontinuously operating conveyor unit, wherein portions in which synchronizing of the discontinuously operated portions and the continuously operated portions takes place are provided.