CA3043357C

CA3043357C - Conveying device and method for mounting a cable conduit on a conveying device

Info

Publication number: CA3043357C
Application number: CA3043357A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Arthur Binder; Matthias Meier; Peter Muehlstein; Konrad Senn; Johann Lehner; Daniel Weilhammer
Original assignee: Krones AG
Current assignee: Krones AG
Priority date: 2017-01-12
Filing date: 2017-10-02
Publication date: 2021-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 2037-10-02
Also published as: EP3568891B1; CA3043357A1; DE102017100566A1; EP3568891A1; CN110301077A; CN110301077B; WO2018130317A1; EP3568891C0

Abstract

The invention relates to a conveying device (1) for conveying containers (5) or container closures (6) and to a method for mounting a cable conduit (30; 300) on a conveying device (1). The conveying device (1) has a conveying element (11, 12; 19) for making contact with at least one part of the containers (5) or container closures (6), at least in some sections or temporarily, while they are conveyed in a predefined conveying direction (TR), the conveying element (11, 12; 19) being supported on a frame (10), and at least one cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) for holding a cable conduit (30; 300), wherein the at least one cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) is designed to mount the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) on the conveying device (1) without tools and to accommodate the cable conduit (30; 300) without tools.

Description

CONVEYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A CABLE CONDUIT
ON A CONVEYING DEVICE
Description The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying containers and / or container closures and a method for mounting a cable conduit on a conveying device, which in particular conveys containers and / or container closures in a container treatment plant.
In a container treatment plant, container goods, such as trading units or container closures or containers, in particular bottles, cans, etc., are conveyed by a conveying device between various container treatment machines or to or away from container treatment machines, such as a labeling machine, a filling machine, a capper, a packaging machine and the like.
Depending on the application, a plurality of containers can be conveyed in a row next to one another on a conveyor belt, in the so-called mass convey, or else conveyed individually in a row one after the other in a conveying direction.
For electrical connections between the individual machines in the container treatment plant electrical lines are guided in particular by at least one cable conduit. It is possible to guide such a cable conduit along the conveying device. For this purpose, the cable conduit or the cable conduits can be attached, for example, to a carrier plate on the wall.
However, if there is no wall, it is also conceivable to attach the cable conduit to the conveying device. For this purpose, it is currently necessary to provide separate holding elements for special cable conduit holders. For mounting the cable conduit holders to the holding elements, two screws are to be untightened completely on the conveying device so that a cable conduit holder can be installed between a holding element and a washer. This type of mounting or assembly is time consuming and therefore expensive and consequently disadvantageous.
A further disadvantage is that cable conduit holders in very different shapes are needed to cover the possibilities for different guide heights of the lines on the conveying device, the different cable conduits in terms of their shape and the different spaces to the conveying device, such as occur on curves, for example. As a result, more cable conduit holders than actually needed are to be hold available for mounting the cable conduit at the installation site.
Because of this, more cable conduit holders than actually necessary are to be send to the installation site, so that the correct cable conduit holders are available in the required quantity.
This causes high conveying and storage costs.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a conveying device and a method for mounting a cable conduit on a conveying device with which the aforementioned problems can be solved. In particular, a conveying device and a method for mounting a cable conduit to a conveying device are provided in which the cable conduit holder with different cable conduits is compatible and configured so that the installation of a cable conduit in a container treatment plant for different cable conduits is simple, flexible and inexpensive to carry out.
This object is achieved by a conveying device according to claim 1. The conveying device has a conveying element for making contact with at least one part of the containers or container closures, at least in some sections or temporarily, while they are conveyed in a predefined conveying direction, the conveying element being supported on a frame, and at least one cable conduit holder for holding a cable conduit, wherein the at least one cable conduit holder is configured to mount the cable conduit holder on the conveying device without tools and to accommodate the cable conduit without tools.
In the conveying device, the cable conduit holder is compatible for various cable conduits. In practice, about 80% of all mounting situations occurring in a container treatment plant can be covered with the described cable conduit holder. Therefore, the variety of variants of cable conduit holders to be hold available can be reduced significantly.
Another advantage is that no tool is needed for mounting or for the assembly of the described cable conduit holder. Therefore, for the mount of the described cable conduit holder a considerable part of the required mounting time can be saved per cable conduit holder with

2 respect to a mount in which, for example screws are to be untightened with a tool, then the cable conduit holder is to be threaded and then the screws are to be tightened again with the help of tools. This results in a reduction of mounting costs.
Due to the various recesses, all cable conduits themselves or supports for the at least one cable conduit can be locked to the cable conduit holder very easily, quickly and safely and can be fixed additionally with a lug if necessary.
"Is supported on a frame" means, in particular, that the conveying element is movably or fixedly positioned on the frame and / or is supported by the frame.
Advantageous further embodiments of the conveying device are specified in the dependent claims.
Preferably, the cable conduit holder is configured for mounting without tools of at least two different cable conduit geometries and / or for mounting without tools of at least one cable conduit geometry at different heights on the cable conduit holder and to the conveying element.
Preferably, the cable conduit holder is configured for mounting without tools to provide a form-closed accommodation of a part of the frame in at least one axis of the frame.
Herein, the cable conduit holder can be configured such that the form-closed accommodation is effected by fastening on the conveying device so that a movement of the cable conduit holder and / or the cable conduit is possible only in one axis of the conveying device.
Possibly, the cable conduit holder comprises a mounting unit for accommodating a correspondingly shaped part of the conveying device, and at least one holding unit for accommodating the cable conduit.

3 In this case, the mounting unit has substantially a counter part of the shaped part of the conveying device on which the mounting unit is to be suspended for forming a form closure for form-closed accommodation.
It is also conceivable that the mounting unit comprises a recess for the form-closed accommodation of a washer or a screw or nut of a screw fastener for a railing post on the frame, and / or the mounting unit is positioned on a first side of the cable conduit holder, which is averted from a second side of the cable conduit holder, on which the at least two holding units are positioned, and / or the cable conduit holder is bent from a piece of sheet metal, and /
or the cable conduit holder has a U-shape, at the bottom of which at least two holding units are positioned and on whose two legs the mounting unit is positioned.
Preferably, the mounting unit is positioned at one end of the cable conduit bracket, wherein the at least two support units are positioned at the other end of the cable conduit holder.
It can also be that the mounting unit comprises a first pair of hooks which are positioned side by side in a first direction and are configured for a form-closed accommodation of a part of the frame, and at least one further hook which is positioned in a second direction, which differs from the first direction, adjacent to the first pair of hooks and is configured for a form-closed accommodation of a part of the frame, wherein the hooks are positioned spaced from one another at the one end of the cable conduit holder.
There may be differently shaped holding units are provided, which are positioned spaced apart from one another in a row next to each other on the cable conduit holder, and / or wherein a holding unit comprises a recess in at least two sides of the cable conduit holder, and / or wherein a holding unit comprises a slot-shaped recess which comprises a lug and / or which comprises a recess at its both ends, and / or wherein a holding unit comprises an oval or round opening which is positioned adjacent to a slot-shaped recess on the cable conduit holder for attaching further elements to the cable conduit holder.

4 In one implementation, the conveying device also has a cable conduit held by the at least one cable conduit holder and configured to accommodate an electrical cable or line, and at least one clip configured to accommodate a pipe for guiding a liquid or gaseous medium on the cable conduit, wherein the at least one clip is configured to be mounted without tools to the cable conduit. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one clip is adapted to the cable conduit such that the clip is displaceable or is not displaceable along the cable conduit on the cable conduit. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one clip comprises two clip hooks which are configured for mounting the clip on the cable conduit without tools.
The object is also achieved by a method for mounting a cable conduit on a conveying device according to claim 12. The conveying device is configured to convey containers or container closures and comprises a conveying element for making contact with at least one part of the containers or container closures, at least in some sections or temporarily, while they are conveyed in a predefined conveying direction, the conveying element being supported on a frame, wherein the conveying element is supported on a frame. The method comprises the steps: mounting, without tools, a cable conduit holder on the conveying device, wherein the cable conduit holder is configured for tool-less mounting of the cable conduit holder on the conveying device, and mounting, without tools, the cable conduit on the cable conduit holder, which is configured for accommodating the cable conduit without tools.
The method achieves the same advantages as previously mentioned with respect to the conveying device.
Further possible implementations of the invention also include not explicitly mentioned combinations of features or implementations described above or below with regard to the embodiments. The skilled person will also add individual aspects as improvements or additions to the respective basic form of the invention.
The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and on the basis of embodiments.

5 Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a conveying device having two cable conduit holders according to a first embodiment, in which a cable conduit is accommodated;
Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional view of a railing holder on which a cable conduit holder according to the first embodiment can be mounted without tools;
Fig. 3 is a three-dimensional view of a cable conduit holder according to the first embodiment;
Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional view of a railing holder which accommodates a post for a railing of the conveying device and to which is mounted a cable conduit holder according to the first embodiment, which accommodates a cable conduit;
Fig. 5 is a side view of the railing holder with posts and cable conduit holders with cable conduit with respect to Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 shows a three-dimensional view of a conveying device having two cable conduit holders according to the first embodiment, on which alternatively a different cable conduit than in Fig. 1 is accommodated;
Fig. 7 shows a three-dimensional detail view of a conveying device having two cable conduit holders according to the first embodiment, on which a cable conduit with cut-off bridge is accommodated;
Fig. 8 is a partial sectional view of the conveying device with cable conduit holder, on which a cable conduit with cut-off bridge and hose holder is accommodated;
Fig. 9 to Fig. 11 are each a three-dimensional view of a specific implementation variant of a hose holder according to the first embodiment;

6 Fig. 12 shows a three-dimensional view of a cable conduit holder according to a second embodiment;
Fig. 13 is a three-dimensional partial view of a railing holder receiving or accommodating a .. post for a railing of the conveying device and mounting a cable conduit bracket according to the second embodiment receiving or accommodating a cable conduit;
Fig. 14 is a three-dimensional view of a cable conduit holder according to a third embodiment;
Fig. 15 is a three-dimensional view of a railing holder which accommodates a post for a railing of the conveying device and to which is mounted a cable conduit holder according to the second embodiment, which accommodates a cable conduit; and Fig. 16 is a side view of the railing holder with post and cable conduit holder with cable conduit of Fig. 15.
In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference numerals, unless stated otherwise.
In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements, unless otherwise indicated, are provided with the same reference numerals.
Fig. 1 shows a conveying device 1, which is configured for conveying containers 5 and / or container closures 6. The containers 5 and / or container closures 6 can be conveyed individually or packaged in packaging units, such as trading units, cartons, etc. The conveying device 1 can be part of a container treatment plant in which the containers 5 are treated, like labeled and / or printed, filled with a product, closed with the container closure 6, packaged, inspected, etc., or conveyed by the conveying device 1. The containers 5 are in particular transparent or non-transparent containers, plastic bottles, glass bottles, metal cans, empty, full,

7 closed, unlocked, labeled, not labeled, printed, etc. However, the containers 5 may also be, for example, boxes, cartons, packages, etc.
The conveying device 1 has a frame 10, on which, in the view of Fig. 1, two cable conduit holders 20 are mounted spaced from each other and hold or accommodate a cable conduit 30.
The frame 10 has a first railing 11 and a second railing 12, which are positioned substantially parallel to each other, so that the container 5 can be guided between the first and second railings 11, 12. The first and second railings 11, 12 are secured respectively with holding rods 13 to railing posts 14 which are accommodated in railing holders 15. The railing holders 15 are fastened to supports 16, 17, even if the railing holders 15 are not visible on the support 16 in Fig. 1.
The containers 5 are conveyed by means of a conveyor belt 19 (Fig. 8), not visible in Fig. 1, along the first and second railing 11, 12 on the supports 16, 17 in a predetermined conveying direction TR, which is illustrated in Fig. 1 by a white block arrow. Thus, the first and second railings 11, 12, the conveyor belt 19 (Fig. 8) and optionally the supports 16, 17 are each a conveying element which contacts the containers 5 when they are conveyed in the predefined conveying direction TR. Herein, the frame 10 is configured with the supports 16, 17, the holding rods 13 and the railing posts 14 for storing the first and second railings 11, 12 as conveying elements.
Thus, for example, the conveying element can be a guide railing that contacts the containers 5 and / or container closures 6, for example, on their side when they are conveyed through a curve or pressed against the railing 11, 12 by stagnation pressure. However, the conveying element can also be a conveyor belt 19 (Fig. 8) on which the containers 5 are conveyed standing upright. In both cases, if necessary, only a portion of the container 5 and / or the container closure 6, such as the container bottom or a portion of the container side wall in the vertical or horizontal direction of the container 5, etc., is contacted. In a mass convey of the containers 5 and / or container closures 6, in which more than one container 5 can be accommodated between two spaced handrails 11, 12, the railings 11, 12 as a conveying

8 element can contact the container 5 and / or container closures 6 also only temporarily, since the container 5 can be guided in this case only on the conveyor belt and not on the railings 11, 12.
Fig. 2 illustrates the railing holder 15 in more detail. The railing holder 15 has a C-shaped base body 150, whose ends are each bent lug-shaped. In the ends of the base body 150 openings 151 are provided through which a non-illustrated fastening element can be inserted to mount and thereby secure the railing holder 15 to one of the supports 16, 17 of the conveying device 1 of Fig. 1.
In addition, the railing holder 15 has according to Fig. 2 two post receiving or post-accommodating openings 152, which are positioned in slot-shaped recesses 153.
In Fig. 2, only one of the two post-accommodating openings 152 is visible. The slot-shaped recesses 153 extend at one end thereof to a first screw fastening 15A or a second screw fastening 15B, with which the slot-shaped recesses 153 can be narrowed in order to fix a railing post 14 shown in Fig. 1 in the post-accommodating openings 152 of Fig. 2. For this purpose, the first screw fastener 15A has a screw 154, two washers 155 and a nut 156. The screw 154 is inserted through a washer 155 and then from one side through a first hollow cylindrical part of the base body 150. The hollow cylindrical part of the base body 150 is a hollow cylinder which is not completely closed inwards. Therefore, the respective washer 155 abuts to the railing holder 15 with only a portion of its surface. On the other side of the hollow cylindrical part of the base body 150, the second washer 155 abuts. The screw 154 and the two washers 155 are secured with the nut 156, which is screwed onto a non-visible screw thread of the screw 154. Alternatively, the screw 154 and the nut 156 may be configured as two separate screws .. that are screwed into the railing holder 15.
The second screw fastener 15B has a screw 157, two washers 158 and a nut 159.
The second screw fastener 15B is mounted on a second hollow cylindrical part of the base body 150 in the same manner as the first screw fastener 15A, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
Alternatively, the screw

9 157 and the nut 159 may be implemented as two separate screws which are screwed into the railing holder 15.
The railing holder 15 thus serves to fix the railing post 14 introduced from above into the railing holder 15 in two points in a force-locking manner by clamping the railing post 14 into the railing holder 15 via the screws 154, 157. These screws 154, 157 and / or the screw head washers 155, 158 which are inserted between the railing holder 15 serve as a point for attaching the cable conduit holder 20. Thus, the cable conduit holder 20 is fixed by a form-lock with the railing holder 15 and mounted vertically to the conveying plane. If the conveying device 1 of Fig. 1 is straight, the cable conduit holder 20 preferably points downwards at an angle of 900 , as described in more detail below.
Fig. 3 shows in more detail the cable conduit holder 20, on which a mounting unit 21 and a plurality of holding units 25 are provided. The mounting unit 21 is positioned at one end of the cable conduit holder 20. The plurality of holding units 25 is positioned at the other end of the cable conduit holder 20. In addition, the mounting unit 21 is positioned on a first side of the cable conduit holder 20, which is averted from a second side of the cable conduit holder 20, on which the holding units 25 are positioned.
The cable conduit holder 20 is preferably formed in one piece. For example, the cable conduit holder 20 is formed of a sheet metal or sheet metal bent part which is bent into a U-shape after punching out the desired shapes for the mounting unit 21 and the holding units 25 from the planar sheet, as shown in Fig. 3. At the bottom and / or the two legs of the U-shape, the holding units 25 are positioned. The mounting unit 21 is positioned in the two legs of the U-shape.
The mounting unit 21 has a first hook 211, which forms a first semicircular recess 212, a second hook 213, which forms a second semicircular recess 214, a third hook 215, which forms a third semicircular recess 216, and one in Fig. 3 invisible fourth hook forming a fourth semicircular recess. Depending on the application, however, the fourth hook can be omitted.

The mounting unit 21, more specifically its three or four recesses 212, 214, 216, is adapted to the shape of the first and second screw fasteners 15A, 15B of Fig. 4. More specifically, the three or four recesses 212, 214, 216 are each adapted to the outer shape or geometry of a washer 155, 158 or a screw 154, 157 or nut 156, 159. Therefore, the mounting unit 21 can be fastened form-locking to the first and second screw fasteners 15A, 15B as shown in Fig. 4. The attachment can be done without tools by setting the mounting unit 21 with its first and second hook 211, 213 on the washers 155 or the screw 154 or the nut 156 and with its third hook 215 and the fourth hook not shown on the washer 158 or the screw 157 or the nut 159. Depending on the configuration of the hook 211, 213, 214 and recesses 212, 214, 216, a slight press fit may be advantageous. For this purpose, the respective inner diameter of the recesses 212, 214, 216 has a slightly smaller value than the outer diameter of the washers 155, 158 or screws 154, 157 or nuts 156, 159. It is also conceivable that the hooks 211, 213, 215 or recesses 212, 214, 216 are adapted to any other form not described here and thus each formed as a counterpart to the shape.
According to Fig. 3, each of the holding units 25 has a slot-shaped recess 251 or a slot-shaped recess 258, each having a cavity 252 at its two ends. The cavities 252 are each provided on sides of the cable conduit holder 20 which are positioned transversely to the side of the cable conduit holder 20, which faces the cable conduit 30 when the cable conduit 30 is mounted on the cable conduit holder 20. In a part of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 at its one edge, namely in the middle between the two cavities 252, two cuts or dividing lines are provided transversely to the edge of the recess 251, 258, so that a lug 253 is formed.
In Fig. 3, the lugs 253 are each bent in the direction of the associated cavities 252, wherein the bending line of the lugs 253 is positioned approximately parallel to the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. The lugs 253 are thereby also each bent in the direction of the mounting unit 21.
In the lugs 253 is provided in each case a perforation or opening 254, which is configured in the illustrated example as a round opening. At each of the openings 254, further parts can be fastened, which otherwise would have to be circumvented laboriously due to the installation of the cable conduit 30.

The slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 are each positioned approximately parallel to each other.
However, in the example of Fig. 3, the slit-shaped recesses 251, 258 have a different width. In addition, the space between the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 is different.
The width and the space depend on which cable conduit 30 is to be held with the cable conduit holder 20.
Preferably, the number, width and the space between the recesses 251, 258 are selected so that the largest possible number of different cable conduits 30 can be held with the cable conduit holder 20. It is possible that the same recess 251, 258 is used to hold a plurality of cable conduits 30 of different geometry in order to minimize the number of necessary recesses 251, 258 despite high variability of the cable conduit holder. At least one recess, in particular a recess having a higher slot height, such as the recesses 258, may be provided for accommodating a cable conduit cover, not shown. The holding units 25 are thus spaced from one another in a row next to each other on the cable conduit holder 20.
Of course, other implementations of the cable conduit holder 20 are possible, which are configured for a tool-free mount of at least two different cable conduit geometries and / or for a tool-free mount of at least one cable conduit geometry at different heights on the cable conduit holder 20 and to the railing 11, 12 or to the conveyor belt 19 (Fig. 8), as also described later.
Fig. 4 shows an example of a grid-shaped cable conduit 30, which comprises bars 31, which are transversely positioned to the railing post 14, and U-shaped bars 32. The bars 31 are also positioned transversely to the U-shaped bars 32. The bars 31 are each positioned approximately parallel to each other. The U-shaped bars 32 of the grid are each positioned approximately parallel to each other. The illustrated cable conduit 30 has the same dimensions on its side grid walls and on its grid bottom, respectively. However, the dimensions on its side grid walls and on its grid bottom may also be at least partially different. In the cable conduit 30, electrical cables or line(s) 34 can be accommodated, as shown very schematically in Fig. 4.
If the cable conduit 30 is inserted with one of its side walls without tools into the cable conduit holder 20 until the bars 31 are positioned in the cavities 252, the cable conduit 30 can be securely received or accommodated on the cable conduit holder 20. In this way, the cable conduit 30 cannot easily slip out of the cable conduit holder 20. This is also better apparent from Fig. 5. By preferably tool-less, bending the lugs 253 in the direction of the cavities 252 and thus the bars 31, the cable conduit 30 can be fixed even more firmly to the cable conduit holder 20. The lugs 253 thus provide a further lock of the cable conduit 30 to the cable conduit holder 20.
Fig. 6 shows an alternative cable conduit 300, which can be accommodated on the conveying device 1. Also, the cable conduit 300 is U-shaped. However, the side grid walls of the cable conduit 300 have a lower height than the grid bottom of the cable conduit 300 is wide. In addition, the cable conduit 300 is inserted with its bottom into the holding units 25 of the cable conduit holder 20 and thus fixed at its bottom to the cable conduit holders 20.
Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show the cable conduit 30, which is additionally equipped with a cut-off bridge 35. The cut-off bridge 35 is preferably also formed in one piece. The cut-off bridge 35 is .. longitudinally inserted into the cable conduit 30, as shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, for example, to separate signal lines from power lines or power cables from low power lines.
For example, the power cables may conduct currents as regards voltages between 110 and 400V.
For example, the low power lines may conduct currents as regards voltages up to 48V. Both the power cables and the low power lines may have at least one wire. However, other separations of .. cables or lines 34 (Fig. 4) are possible, such as electrical cables or lines for a labeling machine separated by the cut-off bridge from electrical cables or lines 34 (Fig. 4) for an inspection machine, etc.
The cut-off bridge 35 may be L-shaped and be provided in the bottom area with a lug.
Preferably, the cut-off bridge 35 is formed so that the vertically extending leg is aligned at right angles to the bottom of the cable conduit 30 after installation. As shown in Fig. 8, the lug provided in the bottom prevents the cable conduit 30 from tipping to the right in the direction of the cable conduit holder 20 by application of a force. The leg of the L-shaped cut-off bridge 35, which extend parallel to the bottom of the cable conduit 30, prevents analogously in conjunction with the lug tilting to the left.

The cut-off bridge 35 can be fastened to the cable conduit 30 by a lug in the bottom region.
The actual attachment is done by a "snap-in movement" in the longitudinal direction or alternatively in the transverse direction, depending on how the lug is implemented.
In Fig. 8 is shown also a clip 37, which is mounted without tools below the cable conduit 30, that is, outside of the cable conduit 30, on one of the bars 31 of the grid.
The clip 37 may receive or accommodate, for example, a pipe 37A for guiding a liquid or gaseous medium, in particular a belt lubrication hose, in which belt lubricant is guided. The belt lubricant is needed to reduce the coefficient of friction between the containers 5 as conveying goods and the conveying surface. The conveying surface can be realized as a conveyor belt 19, so that the containers 5 move with the conveyor belt 19 in the conveying direction TR, as previously described with reference to Fig. 1.
As illustrated in Fig. 9, the clip 37 has first and second clip hooks 371, 372, each configured to partially encompass one of the bars 31. Therefore, the clip hooks 371, 372 are each open on one side of their length. The clip hooks 371, 372 each form a hollow cylinder segment. The clip hooks 371, 372 are spaced from each other on the outer wall of another hollow cylinder segment, which forms a line accommodation or line receptacle 373. The pipe 37A
can also be inserted without tools into the line receptacle 373. For this purpose, the line receptacle 373 is laterally open lengthwise.
In this way it is ensured that the liquid medium in the pipe 37A is kept separate from current-carrying lines, which is prescribed according to local regulations. In addition, this type of mounting allows better accessibility during initial mounting and / or later access by an operator.
If several clips 37 are provided spaced apart along the bars 31 on the conduit 30 or 300, a pipe 37A can be very easily mounted to the conduit 30 or 300 and guided safely and thus advantageously on the cable conduit 30 or 300 along in particular the entire conveying device 1. Compared to a fixed piping of the pipe 37A, the clips 37 significantly simplify and speed up the installation of the pipe 37A.
Since the clip 37 is formed in two parts in the region in which it is clipped onto the cable .. conduit 30 without tools, the clip 37 can be mounted so that it cannot slip along the cable conduit 30 or can be displaced. For this purpose, the clip hooks 371, 372 can be mounted on two sides of a bar 32 on a grid 31. As a result, defined spaces between the mounting points of the clip 37 can be realized, so that sagging of the pipe 37A is prevented.
This allows a fast, clean and unambiguous installation of the pipe 37A. As required, however, the clip 37 can also be mounted between two bars 32 on a bar 31, if it is to be possible to move the clip along the bar 31.
Instead of a pipe 37A, the clip 37 may at least indirectly receive or accommodate a cable or another part which is to be guided on the cable conduit 30 or the cable conduit 300.
Fig. 10 shows a clip 370 which, except for the dimensions of the clip hooks 371, 372 and the line receptacle 373, is configured or designed in the same way as the clip 37 of Fig. 9. The clip 370 of Fig. 10 is longer in the longitudinal direction than the clip 37 of Fig. 9. As a result, the clip 370 has a greater stability and thus better function than the clip 37 of Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 shows a variant of a clip 38 which can be mounted without tools at an intersection of two bars 31, 32 of the cable conduit 30 or 300. For this purpose, the clip 38 has a box-shaped base body 380, on which on one side four projections 381, 382, 383, 384 protrude, between which recesses 385, 386 are provided. The recesses 385, 386 are adapted in shape to the round bars 31, 32. In addition, the recesses 385, 386 are positioned crosswise to one another.
Here, the recess 385 is provided between the four projections 381, 382, 383, 384, wherein the recess 386 is positioned deeper in the base body 380 than the recess 385. As a result, the clip 38 can advantageously be used at an "intersection area" of two bars 31, 32 of the grid cable conduit 30, 300. At a line receptacle 387, the pipe 37A can be accommodated without tools.

Thus, a conveying device 1 for conveying containers 5 is shown, on which a C-shaped railing holder 15 is positioned, which can fix a railing 11, 12 in a force-locked manner in two points.
On the railing holder 15, a cable conduit holder 20 is pluggable without tools, wherein the cable conduit holder 20 is fixed in form-lock by its form adapted to the geometry or shape of the .. railing holder 15. As a result, an orientation of the cable conduit holder 20 is performed at an angle of 900 to the conveying device 1, in particular its conveyor belt. The cable conduit holder 20 comprises due to the holding units 25 recesses or clearances for various cable conduits 30, 300, so that each of the cable conduits 30, 300 is attachable without tools to the respective cable conduit holder 20. Moreover, at least one tool-free attachable clip in the form of clips 37, 38, 380 can be mounted, if required, on the cable conduit 30, 300, as described above.
The great advantage of the described cable conduit holder 20 and / or the clip 37, 38, 380 and the conveying device 1 is that fitters during mounting of the conveying device 1 need only a fraction of the time for the installation of the cable conduits 30, 300 and /
or the clip 37, 38, 380 .. than in a conventional mounting. This is clearly perceptible due to falling costs for the putting into service of the conveying device 1.
In a method for mounting the cable conduit 30 or 300 on the conveying device 1, accordingly, at least one cable conduit holder 20 is mounted with its mounting unit first, as described above.
Preferably, then the cable conduit 30 or 300 is mounted without tools in at least two holding units 25 of the cable conduit holder 20, as described above. However, it is also possible that at least one cable conduit holder 20 is already mounted on the cable conduit 30 or 300 before the cable conduit holder 20 is mounted with its mounting unit 21 on the frame 10 of the conveying device 1.
Fig. 12 shows a cable conduit holder 200 according to a second embodiment. The cable conduit holder 200 is largely carried out in the same manner as the cable conduit holder 20 according to the preceding embodiment.

In contrast to the cable conduit holder 20 according to the preceding embodiment, however, the cable conduit holder 200 according to the present embodiment has lugs 255, which are positioned approximately parallel to the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. The lugs 255 are positioned approximately in the middle of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258.
The lugs 255 may be bent toward the cavities 252 along a bend line that is approximately vertical to the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. As a result, the lugs 255 can also be bent respectively in the direction of the mounting unit 21 on the cable conduit holder 200.
Between a slot-shaped recess 251, 258 and a lug 255 perforations or openings 256 are provided in the form of an oval opening. At the openings 256, more parts may be fastened such as cantilever arms, which otherwise would have to be circumvented laboriously due to the installation of the cable conduit 30. It is also conceivable to attach cut-off bridge(s) 35 for a cable conduit 30 to the openings 256, as shown in Fig. 6, instead of attaching them to the cable conduit 30 itself.
According to Fig. 13, a cable conduit 30 can also be mounted on the cable conduit holder 200.
Likewise, mounting of a cable conduit 300 is possible on the cable conduit holder 200, even if this is not shown in the figures.
Thus, also in the second embodiment, the conveying device 1 is executed in the same manner as described above with respect to the first embodiment.
Fig. 14 to Fig. 16 show a cable conduit holder 2000 according to a third embodiment. The cable conduit holder 2000 is largely implemented in the same manner as the cable conduit holder 200 according to the previous embodiment.
However, unlike the cable conduit holder 200 according to the foregoing embodiment, the cable conduit holder 2000 according to the present embodiment has no cavities 252 at the end of the slit-shaped recesses 251, 258. Instead, the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 are configured or designed as a straight running slot. In addition, no openings 254, 256 are provided.
The cable conduit holder 2000 according to the present embodiment, however, has lugs 257 which are positioned approximately parallel to the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. The lugs 257 are positioned on the edge of the side of the cable conduit holder 2000, which faces the cable conduit 30 or 300 when the cable conduit 30 or 300 is mounted on the cable conduit holder 2000. Thus, the lugs 257 are positioned off-center of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. The lugs 257 can be bent toward the cavities 252 along a bend line that is positioned approximately vertically to the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258. As a result, the lugs 257 can also be bent respectively in the direction of the mounting unit 21 on the cable conduit holder 200.
According to Fig. 15 and Fig. 16, a cable conduit 30 can also be mounted on the cable conduit holder 2000. Likewise, it is possible to mount a cable conduit 300 on the cable conduit holder 2000, even if this is not shown in the figures.
Thus, also in the third embodiment, the conveying device 1 is executed in the same manner as described above with respect to the first and second embodiments.
All off the previously described embodiments of the conveying device 1, the cable conduit holders 20, 200, 2000 and the method can be used individually or in all possible combinations.
In particular, features may also be omitted unless they are described as essential to the invention. In addition, the features of all described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily.
Moreover, in particular, the following modifications are conceivable.
The elements shown in the figures are depicted schematically and may differ in the specific implementation from the forms shown in the figures provided that the above-described functions are ensured.

The conveying device 1 does not necessarily have a conveyor belt.
Alternatively or additionally, the conveying device 1 may comprise a carousel with which the containers 5 can be conveyed on a circular path. Also on the carousel the cable conduit holders 20, 200, 2000 are easy to install, since the different distances to the conveying device 1 can be covered, as they occur for example on curves.
The conveying plane of the conveying device 1 does not have to be positioned horizontally.
The conveying plane can therefore also be positioned inclined to the horizontal.
Depending on the availability, various cable conduit holders 20, 200, 2000 can be used in the conveying device 1 for mounting one of the cable conduits 30, 3000.
It is very easy to adapt the position of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 or lugs 253, 255, 257 as needed to the cable conduits 30, 300 which are to be mounted. Thus, it can be reacted flexibly to the existing local conditions for mounting the conveying device 1.
It is also possible to provide at least one of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 with a cavity 252 in the cable conduit holders 20, 200, 2000 as needed, as shown and described for the cable conduit holders 20, 200. In addition, at least one of the slot-shaped recesses 251, 258 without cavity 252 may also be provided on the same cable conduit holder 20, 200, 2000, as shown and described for the cable conduit holders 20, 200.
In addition, it is conceivable to combine as desired at least two different forms of the shapes shown for the lugs 253, 255, 257 on the cable conduit holders 20, 200, 2000.

List of reference signs 1 conveying device container 5 6 container closure frame 11, 12 railing 13 holding rod 14 railing post

10 15 railing holder 15A first screw fastening 15B second screw fastening 16, 17 support 18 deflection roller 19 conveyor belt cable conduit holder 21 mounting unit holding unit cable conduit 20 31,32 bar 34 electrical cable or line cut-off bridge 37, 38 clip 37A pipe 25 150 base body 151 opening 152 post accommodating opening 153 slot-shaped recess 154, 157 screw 30 155, 158 washer 156, 159 nut 211, 213, 215 hook 212, 214, 216 recess 251, 258 slot-shaped recess 252 cavity 253, 255, 257 lug 254, 256 opening 370 clip 371, 372 clip hook 373 line receptacle 380 base body 381, 382, 383, 384 projection 385, 386 recess for bar of grid 387 line accommodation TR conveying direction

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. A conveying device (1) for conveying containers (5) or container closures (6), comprising a conveying element (11, 12; 19) for making contact with at least one part of the containers (5) or container closures (6), at least in some sections or temporarily, while they are conveyed in a predefined conveying direction (TR), the conveying element (11, 12; 19) being supported on a frame (10), and at least one cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) for holding a cable conduit (30;
300), wherein the at least one cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) comprises, to mount the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) on the conveying device (1) without tools, a mounting unit (21) for accommodating form-closed a correspondingly shaped part of the conveying device (1), and wherein the at least one cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) comprises, to accommodate the cable conduit (30; 300) without tools, at least one holding unit (25) for accommodating the cable conduit (30; 300).

2. The conveying device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000) is configured for at least one of:
mounting without tools of at least two different cable conduit geometries, and mounting without tools of at least one cable conduit geometry at different heights on the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) and to the conveying element (11, 12, 19).

3. The conveying device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000) is configured for mounting without tools to provide a form-closed accommodation of a part (15A, 15B) of the frame (10) in at least one axis of the frame (10).

4. The conveying device (1) according to claim 3, wherein the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000) is configured such that the form-closed accommodation is effected by fastening on the conveying device (1) so that a movement of at least one of the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) and the cable conduit (30; 300) is possible only in one axis of the conveying device (1).

5. The conveying device (1) according to any one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein the mounting unit (21) has substantially a counter part of the shaped part of the conveying device (1) on which the mounting unit (21) is to be fastened for forming a form closure for form-closed accommodation.

6. The conveying device (1) according to any one of the claims 1 to 5, wherein at least one of:
the mounting unit (21) comprises a recess (212; 214; 216) for the form-closed accommodation of a washer (155; 158) or a screw (154; 157) or nut (156; 159) of a screw fastener (15A, 15B) for a railing post (14) on the frame (10), the mounting unit (21) is positioned on a first side of the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000), which is averted from a second side of the cable conduit holder (20, 200, 2000), on which the at least two holding units (25) are positioned, the cable conduit holder (20, 200, 2000) is bent from a piece of sheet metal, and the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) has a U-shape, at the bottom of which at least two holding units (25) are positioned and on whose two legs the mounting unit (21) is positioned.

7. The conveying device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the mounting unit (21) is positioned at one end of the cable conduit bracket (20; 200; 2000), and wherein the at least two support units (25) are positioned at the other end of the cable conduit holder (20 ; 200; 2000).

8. The conveying device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the mounting unit (21) comprises a first pair of hooks (211, 213) which are positioned side by side in a first direction and are configured for a form-closed accommodation of a part of the frame (10), and at least one further hook (215) which is positioned in a second direction, which differs from the first direction, adjacent to the first pair of hooks and is configured for a form-closed accommodation of a part of the frame (10), wherein the hooks (211, 213, 215) are positioned spaced from one another at the one end of the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000).

9. The conveying device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein at least one of:
differently shaped holding units (25) are provided, which are positioned spa d apart from one another in a row next to each other on the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000), a holding unit (25) comprises a recess (251; 258) in at least two sides of the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000), a holding unit (25) comprises a slot-shaped recess (251; 258) which comprises at least one of a lug (253; 255; 257) and a cavity (252) at its both ends, and a holding unit (25) comprises an oval or round opening (254; 256) which is positioned adjacent to a slot-shaped recess (251; 258) on the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000) for attaching further elements to the cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000).

10. The conveying device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a cable conduit (30; 300) held by the at least one cable conduit holder (20;
200;
2000) and configured to accomodate an electrical cable or line (34), and at least one clip (37) configured to accommodate a pipe (37A) for guiding a liquid or gaseous medium on the cable conduit (30; 300), wherein at least one of:
the at least one clip (37) is configured to be mounted without tools to the cable conduit (30; 300), the at least one clip (37) is adapted to the cable conduit (30; 300) such that the clip (37) is displaceable or is not displaceable along the cable conduit (30; 300) on the cable conduit (30; 300), and the at least one clip (37) comprises two clip hooks (371, 372) which are configured for mounting the clip (37) on the cable conduit (30; 300) without tools.

11. Method for mounting a cable conduit (30; 300) on a conveying device (1) which is configured to convey containers (5) or container closures (6) and which comprises a conveying element (11, 12; 19) for making contact with at least one part of the containers (5) or container closures (6), at least in some sections or temporarily, while they are conveyed in a predefined conveying direction (TR), the conveying element (11, 12; 19) being supported on a frame (10), wherein the conveying element (11, 12; 19) is supported on a frame (10), wherein the method comprises the steps of mounting, without tools, a cable conduit holder (20; 200; 2000) on the conveying device (1), such that a mounting unit (21) of the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000) accommodates form-closed a correspondingly shaped part of the conveying device (1), and mounting, without tools, the cable conduit (30; 300) on the cable conduit holder (20;
200; 2000), such that at least one holding unit (25) of the cable conduit holder (20; 200;
2000) accommodates the cable conduit (30; 300) without tools.