DE102016103619B4 - Containers for the storage of various pourable and / or flowable goods - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a container (10) with an upper container part (101) and a lower container part (102) with at least two chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods, the at least one removal opening (141) and have at least one metering device (16). According to the invention, the chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) are mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (22) and the removal openings (141, 142) in the container for secure storage and for convenient individual dosing of various pourable and / or pourable goods Lower container part (102) can be brought into an at least partial overlap with an output container (30) by rotation. There is at least one dosing device (16) for the metered removal of a pourable or flowable item from one of the chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) or for the sequential removal of several pourable items from several chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) on the lower part of the container (102) arranged.

Description

The invention relates to a container for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods according to the preamble of claim 1.

A container for storing bulk goods or liquids is out of the DE 20 2013 002 482 U1 known. This container, which is described as a feeding system, is a container with at least one feeding device and at least one storage area for at least one feed. Furthermore, at least one dispensing area is provided, the opening area of which can be at least partially closed by at least one controllable closing device. The at least one closing device can be moved by at least one drive device. In addition, at least one controllable moistening device is provided, which appears to be suitable for at least partially moistening the feed in a targeted manner in the dispensing area.

Another container for the storage of bulk goods is from the WO 2009/098281 A1 known. This container, which is described as an automatic feeding system for livestock, in particular horses, is a roughage metering device with a roughage container. This has a feed opening and a slide for opening and closing the feed opening. Furthermore, the system described comprises a concentrate feed metering device with a concentrate feed container and a delivery device for the metered release of concentrate feed. An actuating means is provided on a slide of the roughage metering device, which cooperates mechanically with the dispensing device of the concentrate feed metering device for the metered delivery of concentrate.
From the DE 18 02 687 U a dedusting device for a cell silo is known, in which several cells are arranged around a collecting tube.
From the DE 38 36 362 A1 a conveyor system for feeding several chambers of a silo battery is known. The DE 10 2013 000 840 B3 discloses a gravimetric dosing system with a mobile scale and a docking device, in which a closure member of a discharge device arranged below a bulk goods container engages to open a lid of the mobile scale. From the DE 197 21 625 A1 a container for flowable or free-flowing building material is known, in which flexible containers suspended in a hose-like manner one after the other open into a continuous mixer arranged horizontally underneath.

The object of the invention is to provide a container for secure storage and for convenient individual dosing of various pourable and / or flowable goods.

This object is achieved by a container for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods with the features of claim 1. Advantageous refinements of the invention are specified in the dependent claims related thereto.

With the present invention, it is possible, compared to known containers, to individually store and to meter various pourable and / or flowable goods individually. A multi-user solution with a chip card and / or an access code is also possible. Regardless of whether a user calls up different mixtures or, in the case of a multi-user solution, multiple users call up different mixtures, corresponding withdrawals can be stored on a chip card or in a control device and by means of the stored information on the chip card, optionally after checking an additional access code for issuing different ones Bulk mixes and / or flow mixes and quantities can be called up.

The field of application of the invention can be, for example, animal breeding facilities, animal accommodation facilities or also canteen kitchens or large bakeries.

The fact that a container consists of at least two chambers for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods and has at least one removal opening and at least one metering device means that, for example, several types of feed or food can be stored.

The storage of, for example, feed or food in the sealable container made of a robust material enables protection against germ formation or fungal attack, against drying out, against the penetration of insects and / or rodents and / or against unauthorized removal.

In an advantageous embodiment, a plurality of chambers of a cylindrically shaped container are rotatably mounted around a central column on a vertical axis of rotation to save space. For example, partition walls offset by 120 ° to one another can delimit three equally large chambers of the container. By rotating the container about the axis of rotation, there is at least partial coverage of the at least one dosing device with an output container. Either the removal of only one pourable or one flowable good, or the sequential removal of several, preferably different pourable and / or flowable goods from several chambers of the container.

In a variant of the container designed for simple operation of the metering device, it is designed, for example, as a manually movable or electrically controllable slide.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the metering device, in particular in the case of goods which are formed from fibrous, viscous and / or sticky solids, is designed as a screw conveyor, which is designed in such a way that it closes the container in the rest position / stop position in such a way that no pourable or flowable one Well can leave the container. In addition, this configuration enables an even more precise metering of the pourable and / or flowable goods, which can be necessary in particular if cost-intensive goods and / or goods should and / or have to be removed in particularly small quantities.

Any remaining pourable or flowable goods still in the screw conveyor are preferably transported back into the container from which the pourable and / or flowable material was conveyed by a reversing movement of the screw conveyor. Needle-shaped bodies are also provided on the screw conveyor at an angle of approximately 90 ° to the axis of rotation of the screw conveyor. The needle-shaped body prevents, for example, sticking of fibrous, tough and / or sticky goods in the helical spaces between the screw conveyor.

A drive is provided for the screw conveyor. This drive can be attached directly to the edge of the container at a short distance from the screw conveyor.

A possible embodiment of the container is that the at least one dosing device is attached directly to the container, and the at least two chambers have only sloping surfaces that drop towards a removal opening. This embodiment has a casing surrounding the lower container part, on which the metering device is arranged and on the inside of which the respective chamber is positioned at a close distance.

In a further embodiment, a metering device is formed on each of the chambers

In the exemplary embodiments described above, the at least two chambers of the container each have a filling opening at the end of the container opposite the metering device. Through this filling opening, each chamber of the container can be filled individually with pourable or flowable goods.

Due to the sloping surface of the at least two chambers of the container falling towards the removal opening, the pourable or flowable material located therein is moved by gravity in the direction of the metering device and the at least one chamber can be refilled via the filling opening.

A fill level sensor in the lower area of the at least two chambers can be used to call up information about the remaining amount of pourable or flowable material per chamber. The fill level sensor can be designed, for example, as a rotary vane sensor, vibration sensor or ultrasonic sensor.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the container is provided with a control device which can be used to produce a mixture of different pourable and / or flowable goods. The control device triggers a drive for the axis of rotation and / or a drive for the at least one dosing device.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the control device is connected to a device for checking an access authorization. This access authorization can take place, for example, by entering a code and / or by calling up data which are stored on a chip card. Another possibility is to book a credit on the chip card, for example, so that the pourable and / or flowable goods or the mixture taken can be paid without cash.

Furthermore, the control device can be used to set different bulk material combinations and / or flowing material combinations. This may be necessary, for example, in the case of individually prepared feed mixtures for different animals and / or at different feeding times. The chip card or a memory of the control device can contain, for example, a complete feeding program for several animals.
In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the control device, which is preferably also provided with a keyboard module and / or a card reader module, can also wirelessly transmit the signals to the drives for positioning the chambers and the drives for the metering devices. This can be achieved, for example, using a Bluetooth connection.

With an upper bracket on a ceiling or on a wall of a room, the container can be attached so that it has no contact with the floor. For example, this can prevent waterlogging in the lower container area. It also makes access to the containers more difficult for pests.

Another advantage is that the container can thereby be fastened in an ergonomically ideal position for removing the pourable and / or flowable goods.

A weighing device of the container can be attachable to a support table or to a lower bracket or to an extension of the axis of rotation. In this way, different spatial conditions can be taken into account when placing and attaching the container.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the weighing device is in a signal connection with the control device; this enables the user of the container to implement a precise and, for example, predetermined dosage of the pourable and / or flowable goods.

• 1 eine teils perspektivische Ansicht eines zylindrischen Behälters mit drei Kammern und einer Wiegevorrichtung mit Ausgabebehälter, welche direkt mit dem Behälter mittels einer Drehachse verbunden ist,
• 2 zeigt eine teils perspektivischen Ansicht eines zylindrischen Behälters mit drei Kammern, sowie zwei Wandbefestigungen, wobei die Wiegevorrichtung mit der unteren Wandbefestigung verbunden ist, 3 eine Draufsicht auf den Behälter mit drei Kammer,
• 4 eine Draufsicht auf den Behälter mit vier Kammern und
• 5 eine Draufsicht auf eine Behältervariante mit vier zylindrischen Kammern.

Exemplary embodiments of the container for storing various pourable goods are explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. It shows:

• 1 2 shows a partially perspective view of a cylindrical container with three chambers and a weighing device with a dispensing container, which is connected directly to the container by means of an axis of rotation,
• 2nd shows a partially perspective view of a cylindrical container with three chambers, as well as two wall fastenings, the weighing device being connected to the lower wall fastener, 3rd a plan view of the container with three chambers,
• 4th a plan view of the container with four chambers and
• 5 a plan view of a container variant with four cylindrical chambers.

One in the 1 , 3rd and 4th The illustrated first exemplary embodiment of a container for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods is a cylindrical container 10th with a container top 101 and a container base 102 with three chambers 121 , 122 , 123 the chambers 121 , 122 , 123 whose partitions 104 are offset by 120 ° in the exemplary embodiment, are about a vertical axis of rotation 22 arranged concentrically.

The chambers 121 , 122 , 123 each have a sloping sloping surface 131 , 132 , 133 for easier passage of the pourable and / or flowable goods through the respective chamber 121 , 122 , 123 to a removal opening 141 , 142 , 143 .

The lower part of the container 102 also has a centrally arranged conical installation 103 on, the cone tip towards the top of the container 101 points, and the lateral surface of the inclined surfaces 131 , 132 , 133 form.

At the bottom of the container 10th there is a weighing device 34 , which on a support table 32 which is at right angles to the axis of rotation 22 is arranged, or on a lower bracket 28 , or an extension of the axis of rotation 22 is attachable.

On the on the support table 32 arranged weighing device 34 is an output container 30th for receiving the from at least one metering device 16 removed pourable or flowable goods provided. The dosing device 16 and a removal opening 141 , 142 , 143 by rotating the container 10th at least partially covered so that the pourable or flowable material from the respective chamber 121 , 122 , 123 can be removed.

The dosing device 16 can by a slider 1611 , 1612 , 1623 which can be moved, for example manually, by means of an electric motor or electromagnetically and / or also with a screw conveyor 1621 , 1622 , 1623 be formed individually or in combination.

On that of the weighing device 34 opposite end of the container 10th is an upper bracket 26 for fastening the container 10th for stocking pourable and / or flowable goods on the ceiling 52 or on a wall 54 of a room 50 intended. The top bracket 26 can be especially when attached to the ceiling 52 of the room 50 For example, be designed as a height-adjustable chain construction or as a telescopic or rigid attachment.

Also on the weighing device 34 opposite top of the container 10th is at every chamber 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 a filling opening which can be closed by means of a lid 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 available, through which the pourable or flowable material into the respective chamber 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 can be filled.

A drive 20th for rotating the container 10th and a control device 36 with a keyboard module 361 and a card reader module 362 are in close proximity to the container 10th intended.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment is in the container 10th a screw conveyor 1621 , 1622 , 1623 appropriate. The screw conveyor 1621 , 1622 , 1623 has a plurality of acicular bodies 40 on that at an angle of about 90 ° to the axis of rotation of the screw conveyor 1621 , 1622 , 1623 are arranged. Here, too, a variant is possible in which only a single screw conveyor is used 1621 as a dosing device 16 serves and the different chambers 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 with their removal opening 141 , 142 , 143 each via this screw conveyor 1621 rotate. On the outside wall of the lower part of the container 102 is also a slider 1611 , 1612 , 1613 per chamber 121 , 122 , 123 or a single slider 1611 over a single discharge opening 141 appropriate. This can be opened and / or closed by a manual or electrically controlled movement. The screw conveyor drive 1621 , 1622 , 1623 takes place via a drive 39 . ( 2nd ).

To the container 10th rotatable on the axis of rotation 22 to be able to store and the support table 32 Always keep in a fixed position is at the bottom of the container 10th a swivel as a decoupling 24th to the axis of rotation 22 intended.

The decoupling 24th is with one for the rotation of the container 10th provided hollow shaft 21st connected.

There is a level sensor for measuring the level 38 in the respective chamber 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 .

In 5 is an alternative embodiment with four cylindrical chambers 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 pictured. The chambers 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 are formed here by tubes, which are available, for example, inexpensively by the meter.

The chambers 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 can be the same size as in the exemplary embodiments shown. But they can also be of different sizes and by inserting the partitions 104 in different positions on the hollow shaft 21st can be designed variably.

By means of the invention, a fully automatic provision of individually different mixtures from different chambers is possible, so that withdrawal quantities adapted to different individuals, different times and different users can be generated in a program-controlled manner.

Reference symbol list

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partition wall

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Claims (13)

Container (10) with an upper container part (101) and a lower container part (102) with at least two chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) for storing various pourable and / or flowable goods, the at least one removal opening (141) and at least one dosing device (16), characterized in that the chambers (121, 122, 123., 124) are rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation (22) and the removal openings (141, 142) in the lower container part (102) by rotation into an at least partial overlap can be brought with a dispensing container (30), at least one metering device (16) for the metered removal of a pourable or flowable item from one of the chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) or for the sequential removal of several pourable items from several chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) is arranged on the lower container part (102). Container (10) after Claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one metering device (16) is designed as a movable slide (1611). Container (10) according to the Claims 1 or 2nd , characterized in that the at least one metering device (16) is designed as a screw conveyor (1621). Container (10) according to the Claims 1 to 3rd , characterized in that the at least one metering device (16; 1611; 1621) is formed on each of the at least two chambers (121, 122, 123, 124). Container (10) according to one of the Claims 1 to 3rd , characterized in that the at least one dosing device (16; 1611; 1621) is arranged directly on the container (10). Container (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the end of the at least two chambers (121, 122, 123, 124) opposite the at least one metering device (16) each has a closable fill opening (181, 182, 183, 184) having. Container (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the at least one chamber (121, 122, 123, 124) an inclined surface (131, 132, 133, 134) falling towards the removal opening (141, 142, 143, 144) ) is provided. Container (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is provided with a control device (36) or is in signal connection which is used for portioning a pourable good and / or a pourable good and / or for producing a mixture of different pourable goods and / or flowable goods can be used and is provided for controlling a drive for the axis of rotation (22) and / or a drive for the at least one metering device (16). Container (10) after Claim 8 , characterized in that the control device (36) is connected to a device for checking an access authorization and / or for setting various combinations of bulk goods and / or flowing goods. Container after Claim 9 , characterized in that the control device (36) is provided with a keyboard module (361) and / or a card reading module (362) or can be connected. Container (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an upper holder (26) for fastening the container (10) to a ceiling (52) or to a wall (54) of a room (50) can be fastened. Container (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a weighing device (34) can be attached to a support table (32) which can be connected to the container (10) or to a lower holder (28) or to an extension of the axis of rotation (22) is. Container (10) after Claim 12 , characterized in that the weighing device (34) is in signal connection with the control device (36).

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