DE1957151A1 - Device for guiding moving containers - Google Patents

Description

BAREY WEiMILLEiI
St. Louis, Missouri V. St. A.

"Device for guidance" - itself, moving container. "

The invention relates to a device for guiding see-moving containers ¹ , including dividing a single stream of containers moving at high speed into two container streams moving at lower speed.

The problem with handling or guiding fractional containers at speeds of more than 1200 containers per minute is that a considerable increase in breakage has to be accepted as a result of the containers bumping into the conveyor.

The present invention is therefore intended to provide a device be able to catch which one at high speed Individual flow of containers in two container flows smaller Speed is divisible, while the TV drive is inherently The ability of the container to break is significantly reduced.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in a device to Jiamthubi'iis bzv /. Guiding of moving containers between a single stream and two container streams,

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which has a first conveyor for moving a stream of containers along a certain path, and expands Conveyor which can be moved along a path deviating from the path of the first conveyor, and which device characterized in that a control device is operative on the first and second conveyor so that it in alternating succession each yieldingly grips one of the containers carried by the first conveyor and this the second conveyor, while the other one of the containers is held in the ßehältstrom of the first conveyor.

According to the invention, a uniform, seamless division is achieved a single stream of containers in two with less 4fc speed see moving streams with an improved part Device achieved, which moves in the sequence with the containers, so that the advantages of high speed in the area or can come into effect in the zone where the .otftteilung of the individual stream takes place »

With the device according to the present invention, breakage losses are substantially reduced; the upper limits in the speed of moving containers can be shifted in the direction of higher speeds. Although the device according to the present invention mainly serves to divide a stream of containers at high speed in two Linzelströme lower speed, the overall W can advises of the present invention in the reverse direction used to form two individual streams of containers in a uniting iiauptstroni.

The invention is explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a partial top plan view of a Conveyor system to introduce a high-speed moving stream of containers into an area, where this single stream is split into two streams;

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FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged perspective view a part of the system shown in Figure 1, through which the division of the container flows is brought about;

Figure 3 is a partial sectional view taken on line 3-3 in Figure. 2; and

Figure k is a plan view of another embodiment of the device shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, a conveyor system is shown. This has a first conveyor 9 with conveyor pockets 10 open on the side. The conveyor pockets g lü are attached to a conveyor chain 12 running over the sprocket W by means of matching struts 11. In the delivery area of the conveyor 9, the conveyor pockets move over a grid of bars 15 and move the containers C with the aid of suitable guide rails G on the grid formed by the bars. At the end of their path, the conveyor pockets 10 are moved around the axis of the shaft 15 and the sprocket wheel W with the aid of the conveyor chain 1.2. The supporting rods 13 designed as a grate form a predetermined path of movement for the flow of containers G; the track extends beyond the side gear W and in the embodiment shown is aligned in a straight line and tangential to the chain gear. After the containers C have been deposited in a manner shown in the further course of the description, the empty conveying containers 10, which are open at the side, return to their starting position, where containers are supplied from any supply.

As can be seen in particular from FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawings results is a second conveyor 17 with a pair at a distance chain sprockets IS and 19 located to one another, which rotate about vertically arranged shafts 20 and 21 and a trajectory of the in a closed circle

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the side open conveyor machine !; determine. This path diverges from the path formed by the itoststain-.eii ij. The Fö'rdertaseben 2V. run around the through düb Kettenzahnratl i ⁽ j α e l'i Ine I e, hoi'.enf ürmisre iiahn and are aligned with one of the conveyor pockets iü de «· - conveyor 9 in such a way that they take up the container and tile over the supporting lloststangen 25 a matching loss! 'conduct örde rer 2k. Thus, each absorbed by the Promoted »se he π 22 container CU on the ros tföreiiren Stan.'ion.'> ujir au Γ Men branching off of it, also ROS1 i'önri < ^r en rods 23 for acceptance! "orderer 2h fed, letting guide pin in." ... ', plate 25 is arranged with its tip 2 (> in a suitable way so that it takes the beloved CU . -./u ei ι i'Miv · (and this holds in conveying pockets 22, while \ .eehse Iweise the iuidej'cn container "YES ii is through VTAM <e: i 13 vorlies timmten iJahn are performed, these Track is formed between dor ι · Uli πίι. "Late 25 and dei 'rail 27; ar; its inner jj ^ abeende wii'd the track (lui'f-ii the rail _;", "and« lurc h another rail 28 / ^ ehished, v.'elche sicii enilauu of the conveyor 2 °. ice stretches.

The warp enzahin <I'f ■ (Fivur 'V) is duix'li on its About page a di ehbaren ü teueiunirsköi'pei · 30 and mii his l'n- underside dni'ch a corresponding essentially Steue - approximately body j'i limited; Ijeide are fixed on the bright Io, so they rotate in the same direction with it. The Ste-uerun-iskörper ~ jv and 31 are in readsimmtei · ijölie vait hbene der rost! öi niii.en Stamreu j 3 aligned so that they extend at the base and at the shoulders to lietei the borrowed holder C (Figure 5). come. ie te from the narr.es in Firrur 1 represents drawings in part; ' Di au j sic; ι can be seen, the upper, Irehuare tax university body is ~ jO <ji. I'mfanr with a spaced protrusion). 30a ausi'.it did let. At each of the protrusions e i .-> t eil. · Tiev, «-. 'j ha res Llemeni; 32 arranged, which is stored with eiuei ·: jji'ehzapfer 53 ^f in the tip of the \ * orsprun, ^f res 50a. ¹ KIf- tlfpciit 52 passes with a control surface 3h , which is directed radially nacii aulien beζύ-J the axis rler '..elie.lö. J'.in / irm 35 (Figure 2) is .javeils

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on each ti lenient arranged in such a way that it strikes against an ilalteblock 36-. The holding block jb is fixed on the surface of the control body 30. A with an opening verseheue.1 ¹ guide body 37 of the Annes 35 moves over a bolt 38, one end of which is screwed into the iialteblock. Day opposite end of the bolt carries a head 5 ⁽ J, so that a Jruckfeder 4U is supported on the head 59 and on the Führiingskb'rper 37 to keep the control surface 34 in its outermost position. Each element on the control body Ί0 is provided in a corresponding manner on the Steuermigskb'rper 31, so that it is unnecessary to repeat the structure explained above in the description.

In the embodiment shown in Figure i are on each of the control bodies six lugs or projections shown; these projections are at a distance from one another on the circumference arranged so that the container Ca in the .ausnehmungen 41 come zn while the control surfaces 34t CO is present on the other containers. The elements 32 are equipped with support surfaces 34a, which the containers GA foils; it should be mentioned that the elements mentioned 52 lie radially outside the circle of division of the conveyor 9, the engagement of the control surfaces 3 ^ on the associated container lasts is guaranteed.

The der.i sponsors 1? (Figure I) -not supplied. container Ca run towards a conventional conveyor 29 »where they get into the area of a conveyor 42. This sponsor has sprocket wheels 43 located at a distance from one another and 4'j. 'iiif around which a conveyor chain is moved. At the A number of conveyor pockets 45 are provided in the chain following one another get into alignment with the conveyor pockets IU Mor, Föi (i (i £ -ery y just before the conveyor pockets. 10 from the iiereicii of the ros-tlü rmigeii rods 13 for & e.

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The conveyor pockets 45 thus take over the movement control containers GA and that in cooperation with the side rail 27. If these are used, the containers are held in individual conveyor pockets until they are conveyed to the conveyor 29 of the usual design graze. The sprocket wheel 45 of the conveyor 42 is mounted on a suitable idle shaft 4 (5, while the associated sprocket wheel 44 is provided on the part 47.

A suitable drive machine (not shown) is connected to iv'elle Ib; Starting from this shaft, the path 47 of the conveyor 42 is set in circulation by a drive, shown schematically with reference number 48. Another variable, shown schematically with reference number 49, drives the whole 20 of the conveyor 1? «-N. Thus, the conveyor 9, 17 are ui 'i 42 connected mi teinandex- to' each with v.or be stimmtet ¹ '.ieschwiiidigkeit driven to we.rden. This means that the eluators are fed to the control area of the conveyors 17 and ki sclmfll < onutr in order to keep the corresponding conveyor pockets iJ and 45 filled. The conveyor 9 normally works at twice the speed of the conveyors i .7 unri 4Ii. In practice the conveyor 9 was operated at a speed at which 1400 to 200 containers per irpite or more could be transported.

The working method of the above-mentioned tferätefc is under on Figure 1 of the Zeiclmunije .; ei siitlich. The in Figure 1 of Control body 50 shown in the drawings rotates in the Clockwise and the conveyor 9 feeding the containers guides the containers from the right. At the same time the Conveyor 17 offset counterclockwise in Ut-i alignment, so that the conveyor pockets 22 in an arcuate path around the ac use 'of the shaft 21 are moved. The way in which the in ■ Figure Ί showni! This is so that the container. CA-I in its open-sided conveyor pocket 10 between a Pair of protrusions 50a and the adjacent one on the tip

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2 <> beginning lUuuibe rich ύο \ · lführung 2 3 is worn. Jevoi ¹ (ir r "Hc *! Nil 1 er CA- ί has reached its he« · rubbed La'.e, viinlc the · container ('- (»- L from the now empty, in front of the container CA-I ]. Füruer {asche 10 in the Fördei ^- tasehe 'I'd. Led, vas through the ötene juii'i des Lleiiie-ιΊ es 32; mi no df. Κ container ¹ JA-i leading Voi'sprmi'; 3 * The next container CO-2 shown is closed by the element 32 serving for control on the projection 3 ^ ^a ■ <"" is the Foideit.i ^ before 10 of the Föi-derei-i. ^L ) in die Fürdertasclic J ^ des Karde.rerh 17. '' In this sleue iMHi'isboreieli the conveyor 9 mid 17 the niiihsie il container CA-2 through the inner edge of the container CO-12 auinehiueiideii Förde r (asciic ¹ .: - innne.'lialb of his promotions äscin * l (> .'halt en. (! I ei ch ό ili; ■ hf> we,! rt the vor— M

derkante i '/ w, the front Fliiel-e iIit as niclis (e zuire led, empty Fö rdert asclie 2ü in ihi'ei incn i'örnii i ¹ on jjahr ior.irl, (let sic ir escape only relanrl / m · 1 · (i leather bag lu, ¹ inockeu h / v. Vorsprun "30a inliihrt the container CO-I in the S1 cucruiif SIIC re Lch e. (ileichzeitif. 'IIRD dei STEU" v.inkelig to B (MIC ^ ¹ .uiiishaiin (and with de ¹ - lipwun ") of the Behiil tevs CO- 2 moved in such a way that) the control surface ~ yh of the Kles 52 presses the container CO-" creivifi w. \ Ü these.sen into the carrier 22. The piping Ίο holds the F.leient "2 in lieruhiuni;, Ij ¹ S the 'Γ> ρ holder CO-2 in the area at the I ui e rs-side' the tip _ '· the !''Ühi' and 2f) enters. Since I am now in advance of the move: "Oa v.iiikelit ^r to the moving track, each and every one of the conveyor belts 10 of the forwarder ^ is moving, the dadu *" n he rliei. ^ ei'iihit e Aultreiien (

on the elements. 32 jeveils each control body protrusion by the spring -iv geii.iiupfl.

In the case of high speed and speed, the intervention, the aifti-effen of the v ^ rspruiiiie 30a to the i'ehvil te rn / u ^ r-u3-load tiingen leader; diii-ch Verv.cnJun: The elastically guided St euermigse lenient e 32 was, however, effective "λ ei se · this problem ^ li> st uiid zv.ar uei'aj't, since every container assigned to the conveyor" 17 with soft- · - ·: · tbercanc is fed.

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Although the speed of the conveyor 9 can be very high, expressed in "" moving containers per unit of time, need! dei * sponsor 1? can only be driven at half the speed, since each ^{container J -} assigned to the conveyor 17 is diverted, while the other containers GA are passed on on the conveyor h2 . This conveyor works at the appropriate speed to control the current via switch GA.

In Figure " h of the drawings is a further embodiment of the invention da rges 1 .eil t. In l-icur h tier drawings shown ^ parts and elements, ν implore the in Figure 1, 2 and 3 φ; ¹ ostellten ciitspreclicii, wore the same reference number in the illustrated where it cri <ebil "ic i en Ausführungsfο ri: i. the invention shall look 'a track for (lic zugefiilirt.cn container on the grid h1ui" pii Ij oni lan: ^v the Fünrungssiliieno G . The rustf öruiigen ötaiu'fMi 15 s "j. <Id by ei mc di-ehetide lazy J]) I atto [30 unteri.-smelt. The i" i * J! '- "Ci ^- [) l at 1 ο j (> wij "d you ich die" »hurry 21 of the conveyor l ~ au"(; tio heu. It carries the containers GO and GA in such a way that the hoiiaite.r Ci a short section of the j-osti 'Örmigen bare i ')> i zin-eleilet voj'deii. This short section follows (Ut circle! Cn.iigeii tap of the conveyor pockets The container aül tion ro κ ti 'shaped rods ijii reach a second, threatening 1 lii' / ciplat Le ji, welciie by the

shaft ^ 7 of the Föi-dejor.s h'l is driven. The containers GA m ^m on the Träuerplat te "1 thread through a guide rail

52 derived and an I-örderej · 2 <J aJ 1 common design with a second ι -üb rum ·; ^ rail l '. & fed.

The üei'ät shown in Firiu · Ί dej · / 'eicimurif en sicii for "i ·' ördersyi-1 e: .ie, in v, el iiic: i Trüterplatten are preferably used; in Yoj weiidii; ) '· - device designed in this way is ' ■■■ however' r-rioi f! Ej.'l i, i.e. the container of a short, arched 1..Hh κ <(· \ iöJderers ⁽ follow j and not aiii a · im weseni 11 ehon ^r era don BaJm "eiiiiut v." or den, as it is with reference:]. d ::; 'e aui die in figure ί ü <<.j.-f / estollte; .usfüliiungs foim described ibt.

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The description was drawn up with reference to a so-called herringbone distribution. As can be seen from FIG. 1 of the drawings, the device can be driven in the opposite sense, when the control lines 32 feed the containers spaced apart in a uniform path into the conveyor pockets IU of the conveyor 9. It It can be seen DAT which the conveyor 9 supplied to containers are gripped by the Steuex'flache ^ h (Figure 2) without Stoßbelastuiig of conveyor 17, while with the aid of the control surface 3 ^ A prevents wild that the alternately supplied container to eji'i saiaDOIn.

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Claims (5)

/ tO B / üiRY-wUiMILLER COMPAM "
St. Louis, Missouri
V. St. A. P ate η ta η me 1 du η g; "Gex \ il". to guide oneself more effectively lie he holds. " I i.yGerät for guiding I t-moving containers between a container Dehältereinzels crou and two streams, with a first conveyor, a uui ijehälterj- trom to move along a predetermined path, and with a second conveyor, which along a · for the first Lahn Conveyor deviating path is movable, characterized in that a control device (50, 31, 50a, j2, jh, ^l il) vvvvit the first and second conveyor (9, 17) is effective in alternating sequence in each case one of the through the ¹ first i-ö-rderer (9) to-.grip the carried oiler (CO) and divert it into the lahn of the second conveyor (17), while the other containers (CA) of the container flow in the area of the first conveyor ^- s (9) remain. 2. Apparatus for guiding moving containers according to claim 1, wherein the first conveyor is equipped with conveyor sockets open on the side, and in which! those open on the side, on the second "; Conveyor arranged conveyor bags along a circular path in and out of the aligned engagement with one of the conveyor bags of the first for- 009833/1320 -X- do '-' ors vorlaficrbiir, characterized in that the control provision. ': has bpwci'bare iilemente (32), where I ο started at one of the containers (CO) and this one from the first conveyor (m) to the aligned conveyor Steer (l * ~) of the second conveyor (J7) out. 3. A device for the 1 c;, <'gender container according to claim 2, characterized in that the control device has a rotatable gelageiicn body (3 ⁽ⁱ , 3-1) with projections arranged on the circumference ( 3 <* a), which with one of the conveyor inks (io) of the harvest conveyor (°>) are in registry, UNU that at each of the Yorsprünge (3 ^ a) a Yorrieht ium (~> J ""< ·, L ^c ·, 3ί ', · Ίθ) ajureordnel and wj rk— \ sam is to the hch.il t er (i'O) in <iie Foninrtayclipn (jJ.) Of the second fjord rice (l?) To '! back without the other stop (^ a) in the Iieiial te is great to steer out. ¹ I. Device for ι-'ϋήπιιιμ itself I? Ewe ", endei- iiehält according to claim 3, characterized in that the device arranged on each projection (30a) has an expensive element (3-» 7> ^l i) , welclics an in each case one of the containers (CO) rests in the pen pocket of the first conveyor in order to guide the Ijliällti- into the conveyor pocket (l2-) of the second hi-kidney (l7) 7. η . 5. The guide moving container according to claim 1, wherein the first conveyor is provided with a first device for supporting the containers and with a device for moving the containers over the first support while in second conveyor a second device is provided in the plane of the first, iialterung lying Keep: to sake, and a second device, D ¹ H to move the container through the second shark te tion, characterized -marked _because: "the Control device close to the first and second i.; Filter (15, 2?) Is movable and has "a control disc (30, 31) on which ii: i." - protrusions (30a) were arranged in such a way are that between the projections on- 009833/1320 Mie! More ontlanr U.ff first i.alterun /. · (Ij) are movable, viihreud 'i ;;''Ii"ie!)I" .c, au joderu iler priiiige (50a) au "eoi-ili .ole Eletueirl <· (!:.!, 3 · Ό ^{; i} · '' with (leu Vorsprünireii sich (leckeniiei; läeuäll r '· - (IfT ο rt, (ei;' and zvoitoi: .altoiuu ': ijewc, ";'j; ir are. (i. (jijiai / υ, ·, "iiiiriu) ¹¹ stell i ev.or ende r üeliiil i; et ¹ u .'- cli" eincr.i fin ι "... u. · -; jiiuc-iK J 'lit. 1,' ic! -frur / .i ¹ ic ^! n: e 1 dur (; ti ein "di'i'tteri i'ör deror (Vi), wc J r.-lif r in <i ( >] · _{) (} I! I: i de ;; er.stfüi FoJ / derers (θ) and auljc i'ii ,. i ij d'T; j ι clic IUi: s ν '·. I eil I un / f before "fiKCheii is I, to each 'die aii'lerei- '<·'α- · \ I er (i; .i) au JzuneliPieii. 009833/1320 Blank page