DE2143807C3 - Unstacking or stacking device for containers, especially bottle crates - Google Patents

Description

Rail system controlled gripping elements have the ae- ypi · ™ H.ik , u ■, * «· at ι

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wise elastic means, constantly in the FrdgaSe "? 'ίΓ ⁶ 'μ" * ¹ ? ¹ ^ ""' ^ ^1Π \ J ^usamme "-

are preloaded with the sudden pivoting movements

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durchAnscSc eesiLn w H ^ J, ^ ⁸ """ ⁸ " ^{area of the} vertical movement path convertible or

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^ nS hn l-rrrpiför H h ^b u ^{reiCh the movement} " ^A n ^ hlagelemente, so that the material and con-

⁶ 5 1 f ΐ i'T ^nb _D ^{eWesto angeord} - structural effort in an optimally low order of magnitude

H Witi "Λ ^de / ^{container only wäh} - ^nut 5ß ^{en 1} ^ - The simple construction of a sol-

^re ^ = _P iR LpSmTh f f ^{e: eIlederhubs Behaves} "'s ^chen Kurt train stop system ensures

ms Maßigangsain, i.e. also takes place sluggishly. also lower maintenance costs and

The invention is based on the object of increasing operational reliability. In addition, with everyone

council of the type mentioned so further training, container stacks through the special training and

that with a simple structure and a low arrangement of the gripping levers prevents this

The lowering of the lower container at the lower end of the line

wanrleistet as well as the stacking or unstacking of or in any other way damage.

Containers of any material with or without examples of the embodiment are in the

Abutment or Einnffsöffnungen on leren side drawing shown in this show

tenwandcn made possible. You; Solution to this problem F i g. 1 and 2 each schernatic as well as partially

is achieved according to the invention in that the a ₅ sectioned end views of a destacking

override lever by means of reset devices of the type described above, known per se, in different

exercises, _ for example elastic means, permanently in different working positions,

the ireigabestcllung are biased that the course F i _E. 3 to 5 each schematically and partially in

Venbahn stop system for a front view of a stacking device shown in the Fntstape section

Positioning only on the upper end region 30 of the type described above in different ways

of the respective unstacking stroke or in the stacking work positions and

ment on the lower end of the respective sta- F i g. 6 to 8, each in an enlarged scale with the gripper slide, limited attack on the partial view shown in section in sections, and only in the sense of their attachment to a reinforcement on the side container walls that is modified compared to FIGS. 3 to 5, convertible in different working positions .
is formed and that the gripping lever in one of the A destacking device according to F i g. 1 and 2 are used like the distance from the lateral container wall area for unstacking containers, for example FIa arranged as well as the restoring device with respect to gift boxes 1 to 4, which each set at least two restoring torques or are designed to be laterally adjustable, parallel to each other, so that walls in the load-bearing 40 are formed exhibit. When Ausführungsbeispicl the gripping levers on the abutments of the two opposite side walls of the side recessed Behalterwände the force exerted by a single of the bottle case 1 whose handling facilitating new empty container on each Greifhebcl handle openings GÖ to Atigriffsstellung.
The device consists of a device frame 5 with a return device at least in the same size Gripping levers gripped medium along the guideways 5 a in the directional container stacks of the maximum number of objects marked with the double arrow? is vertically movable. On the holder on each of the gripping levers, the rotary gripper carriages 6, which are the grip openings GÖ ment minus the backward moment of the associated south walls of the bottle crates 1 ncten resetting device, a gripping member cr8 mounted opposite the face 4 by means of swiveling plate walls and ge-y the side container walls in each case as a two-armed rocking clinker gives gripping lever pressure. lever with an upward protruding longer lever

These measures are covered with a low con arm 8a and ekiem from the containers 1 to 4.

To realize structural effort and gcwahrlei- 55 turned shorter lever arm 8 b formed. the

most significant advantages. The Greifhebcl are so swivel position 9 are each in the lower Hc-

probably when unstacking as well as stacking according to the heritage of the associated rocker arm 8

the container can only be grasped by the last upper lever area each with a handle

tercn torque exerted on them without link jaws 8 c connected or equipped, the one in

or curved track guide in the attack position at 60 the handle opening GÖ of the side wall of the respectively loaded

held dcn abutments and from these immediately adjacent container 1 to 4 insertable nose 8c '

abruptly through the resetting devices in which, against spring force in the gripping surface of the

The release button is moved as soon as the respectively detected, assigned locking jaw 8c can be pushed out.

Container when destacking on the conveyor or when forms can be.

Stacking on the container below under 65 The gripping jaws 8 c are the adjacent side

equal / citigcr relief of the handle lever placed on the container walls up to their gripping or up to

will. The excess lengths of the strokes of the gripper slide are necessary for the engagement lugs 8c 'to penetrate into the grip

dahcr not erfoijcrlich so that these openings with shorter-GÖ by a Entstapelstcuereinrich-

unapproachable, which is formed by cam track elements 10 in the exemplary embodiment. The Kur- / enbahnelemcnte 10 are interchangeably arranged on struts 5 b of the Gcra'tcrahmens 5 in the Vcrtikalbewegungunusbahn of the gripping members 8 and designed in such a way that the latter on the linden tree of the vertical lifting movement of the. Greifersehlittens 6 against the force of elastic means, for example tension springs 11 , to the walls of the neighboring Fiaschenka

the tension springs 11 are designed in this way with respect to the restoring torque exerted on the gripping members R or are adjustable that the gripping jaws Hein their load-bearing attack position on the Sei-5 tenwiinclen of the container 2 total weight of an individual container on the restoring moment of the springs 11 at least in the same order of magnitude opposite torque to the longer ones Lever arms 8 ″ of the handle 8 exercises. At the end

Move stcns 2 towards you. The pivoting movements of the lowering movement of the BchUlterstnpcls are the gripping members8 by a stop system bc- lowest bottle crate! 2 on the limited, which is set off in the exemplary embodiment by the fixed container conveyor 15, so that the gripping jaws strike 6 "on the gripper slide 6 and adjusting nuts 12 8 c of the gripping members and releasing them through the tension springs 11 connected to the gripping members 8 of the bottle crate 2 push rods 1.3 is formed. The adjusting nuts 12 15 are pulled away from the side walls of the latter, as is the case with the Festanschlag.n 6 a, which is also shown in FIG. 2. On disks 14 made of elastic material, for example, the previously described unstacking rubber, ensuring a limited resilient process is repeated until the entire Bc elasticity of the adjustable stop system 6a, 12 hältstapcl in individually by the container conveyor 15 to 14 and when the Discs 14 made of bottle crates moved out of the device from noise-dampening material is also effectively released.

Attenuation of the working noise of the device. In order to use the destacking device according to FIG. 1 and 2 in one

This works as follows: In order to convert a stacking device according to FIG Staweise belt or roller conveyor 15, arranged in the device pelsteuereinrlehtung on the device. In order to be able to enter this, the gripper slider is first of all made of vertical elastic elements 6 from the end stop elements 16 shown in FIG .2, lowered so that the curved track elements 10 30 8 b of the GrcifpHcder8 on the struts 5 6 of the device release the Greifgiiccler 8 and these are attached by the frames 5, for example by means of clamping tension springs 11 in the position according to Fi g. 2 unscrew 16a which can be swiveled to be exchangeable or height-adjustable. The Bc- can then be attached.

stacked stack can be inserted into the device, in which, after the device has been converted to a stacking

he advises by limit switches (not shown) and 35 this works as follows:

other Zentricrelementc in a destacking position So that the bottle crates 1 to 4 individually in the

is stabilized, in which the Scitenwandbereiehe SL ' device can be retracted, that of the container stack must first have approximately the same Ab- Greifcrschlittcn 6 from the lower end of its vcrtikastand of the adjacent curved path element 10 of the! en movement area, for example, up to a destacking device and the transverse carriage position according to FIG. 5 can be raised. In the middle of the handle openings GÖ of the lateral ones, with the gripping elements moving apart under the action of the container walls approximately on the same Vcrtikalebcnc of the tension springs 11. Thereupon, like the vertical movement path of the engaging nose 8c ', the gripping member 8 assigned to the first FIadcs can lie by means of the container conveyor 15. Then the gift box 1 is retracted into the device and the gripper loop 6 is lifted beforehand, with the 45 described manner by the limit switch so-Kurvcnbahnclcmcntc 10 the grip member 8 against the like other centering elements in a stacking force of the tension springs JI on the lateral container position be stabilized. Thereupon the gripper wall is approached and the gripping slide 6 is moved with the engaging lugs 8c 'to the lower part of its displacement jaw 8c in the gripping opening GÖ of the second area, the shorter lever positions moving into it. During 50 8 b of the gripping elements 8 against the limited elastic support of a further short-range lifting movement of the downwardly yielding stops 16, the gripping slides 8 grip the gripping jaws 8 c and the gripping elements 8 against the tensile force of the springs whose engaging lugs 8 c 'load-bearing on the side 11 until the gripping jaws 8c attack the walls of the bottle crate 2 and lift these adjacent side walls of the bottle crate 1, including the bottle crates stacked over them. As soon as the engaging noses most 3. 4 from the bottom bottle crate 1, 8 c 'of the gripping jaws 8 c in the grip openings GÖ that this penetrated on the container conveyor 15 from aem Ge of the bottle crate 1, the device can be moved out. Greiferschlittcn 6 in the position according to Fi g. 4 snges

The gripper slide 6 is then lifted with the, with the gripping jaws 8 c or their single bottle crates 2 to 4 existing container sia- 60 gripping lugs 8 c 'load-bearing on the Scitcnwändcn of the

pci lowered in the direction of the container conveyor 15. During this lowering movement, the gripping jaws 8 c or their engagement lugs 8 c 'remain Greifdieder 8 in the load-bearing attack position

Attack the bottle crate 1 and lift it off the container conveyor 15 so far that the second bottle crate 2 below the bottle crate 1 can be moved into the device on the latter. As on the side walls of the bottle crate 2. Since the C5 has already been described previously, the weight of the swivel loader 9 of the gripping members 8 exerts such a weight of the bottle crate 1 on the GreifglicderS a horizontal distance HA from the adjacent lateral torque, which is the restoring moment of the wall area .Vß des Bchälters ^ apels and tension springs 11 in at least the same order of magnitude

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in the opposite direction. so that the grip jaws Sr remain in the load-bearing attack position on the sides of the bottle crate 1. The horizon valley section HA ^{of the swivel loader (} ) assigned to the handle members 8 on the gripper element K, the respectively adjacent rope warning areas. can be created. because the torque exerted on the (iieifglieder b / w. Schwinghe-Ik ¹ I Λ in the load-bearing atu'riffs Melhing tkr gripping jaws 8c on the lateral cup walls of the in the last container of a container Atvüglicli of the restoring moment of the / ugfedern 11 results in a smaller gripping jaw pressure on the lateral container walls than their surface pressure wedge

By a lowering movement of the Gn iterscblit-Ilmis 6 from the position according to I i g. -i in the position feniiiß f · i g. 5 is tier 1 bottle crate in the meantime by means of the container conveyor 15 in the device retracted second bottle crate 2 now, so that the gripping jaws 8r of the gripping members fi by a further lowering movement of the gripper slide 6 relieved and by the tension springs 11 from the side walls of the bottle box 1 in a the »The releasing control can be sveggesclmenkt.

Then tier already passes by repeatedly described stack process by Frfassen sos ·, ic Lifting of the bottommost bottle case in the stack as well as driving another hash case by means of the Beliältförderers 15 in the device so long until the Ik'hältstapel under the mavirnale The desired number of containers can be stacked having.

6 to 8 / own the one / a phase of the stacking process described in connection with FIGS. 3 to 5 in a somewhat modified embodiment of the device. Meanwhile Stapelsteuercinrichtung comprises besides the Anschiagelementen K 'similar or identical to the Km vcnbahnelenieiiten 10 of Hntstapelstcuercinrichtung of FIG. I tmd 2 formed Kurvenbahnclenientc 10', each in the Vertikalbcsvegungsbahn a pivotally mounted at Fcstanschlag 6 <i of Greifcrschlittens 6 Rastclcmcnts 17 on the neighboring des

Strut 5 h
or I ¹ UIsIcIIb :!
nienii · 17 are

Device frame 5 interchangeable · and / .-, ngebrachl are. Through the RaMeU: - the (rifle link 8 in the contact position of the gn il cheeks Hc on the lateral holder windings relatively / around the gripper slide 6 according to l ^; ig . - i g 3 / isplays By Kiirvenbahiieleinente 10, the detent elements 17 are int o '|> e I l-.ndhereich the \ ertikalbewegung'iiaiin of (ireiferschlitiens 6 against the force of resilient means beispieissu'i ^ e i leather. 8. The gripper members H according to FIGS. 6 and 7 can be moved into a release position, FIG. 7 showing the gripper slide 6 in the same position as FIG. 4, while FIG is shown in the same position as in FIG.

The reference is not to that in the drawing! The execution forms shown are limited. So it would be possible, for example, tlie two-armed rocker arm b / w in the drawing. Grcifglieder 8 form only one-armed and with lateral cams, on which the curve balin and / or stop elements of the Fntstapcl- or stacking device attack. if necessary, an elastically yielding type can be avoided. For structural reasons, it could also be advantageous not to let the locking elements 1 "act on the longer lever arms 8 t; the rocker arm or gripping elements 8, as in the drawing, but on the longer, shorter lever arms Hh , and or to have them act differently in terms of design For containers without handle openings Cd. but with other abutments ar the side of the container facing the gripping members, the gripping jaws 8c could also be designed for direct engagement with these abutments, for example by mounting the gripping lugs 8c 'spring crnc on the gripping jaws 8c. Weikrhir the resetting of the (jreifbackcn in the release position of the container or stack could also be done by some other resetting device, for example due to gravity.

For this purpose 2 sheets of drawings

409 630/18

Claims (6)

1 2 Position on the abutments (Gd) of the container (: claims to 4) relative to the gripper chute (6) by means of locking elements (17 1. De-stacking or stacking device for containers, fixable and the latter by further treatment, in particular bottle crates, with mutually spaced-off 5 ven track elements (10) against the Kratt voi standing parallel opposite side walls, return means (18) in a release position de arranged abutments for gripping levers, each gripping lever are designed to be movable
Because it protrudes upwards in the area of the lower handle 7. Device according to claim 1, with engaging lugs arranged on the gripping jaws on a longitudinally vertical guide of the gripping levers, there being movable gripper slides from an io characterized in that the bingnffsnasei releasing position of the containers on them (8 c ') resiliently mounted on the gripper jaws (8 c) and pivoted by a bearing in their vertices,
cal movement path optionally convertible to a unstacking or stacking position on one Device frame arranged cam track an i:
impact system are controllable, characterized in that the gripping lever (8) through reset devices known per se, in the case of the invention relates to a destacking or stacking for example elastic means (11). permanently in the device for containers, in particular FIa ^ ■? ■ -: branches, mi release position are biased that the course 20 on parallel spaced opposite side path rVischlagsystem (10, 16) for an in ten walls arranged abutments for gripping levers the unstacking position only on the upper end of the lever end protruding upwards in the area of the lower end area of the respective unstacking stroke on a longitudinally vertical guide path or in the stacking position on the lower end movable gripper carriage from a release area of the respective stacking stroke of the gripper position Containers on this pivotable gela slide (6) limited attack on the gripper and by a leg in their vertical movement, namely only in the sense of their approach to optionally in a destacking b ^ w. Stacking position; the side container walls, retrofittable, retrofittable, arranged on a device frame; det is and that the gripping levers are controllable in such a curved path stop system,
gen distance from the lateral container wall region 30 A device of the above type is arranged bekanni (SB) and (USA. Patent 3,190,466) and has a Kurgen with respect to the aligning torque such asked the Rückstelleinrichtun- mono- venbahn stop system having a fixed stop or are designed adjustable that in and an approximately longitudinally pivotable the load-bearing Attacksste development of the gripping lever cam track switch, which by optionally Anan the abutments of the side container walls 35 bring a tension spring above or below theirs from a single empty container (1) Pivot axis in the destacking or stacking of each gripping lever exerted torque which can be converted. The gripping levers are de-stacked by the restoring torque of the assigned return-in-cam stop system during the entire direction, at least in the same order of magnitude, and counter-directed during the entire stacking stroke Both the container stacks and the maximum number of filled Bs- swivel movements in the release position are controlled on each of the gripping levers Resetting device results in a gripping lever in the release position only with a gripping lever pressure which is smaller than the surface pressure resistance of the lateral lifting speed of the gripper carriage walls. gigen angular velocity can take place and 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that also the stroke of the gripper slide around the teichnet that the cam stop system for the pivoting movement of the gripping lever in the interchangeable on the device frame 50 release position decisive cam length (5) attachable cam elements (10) and 'must be extended. This both during the Entsta -schlagelcmente (16). pelns as well as stapeins about the actually required 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized borrowed container stroke beyond excess length of the teichnet that on the gripper slide (6) the gripper slide stroke is conditional in connection with the loving (8) assigned and possibly after 55 relatively slow pivoting movements generously elastic swivel limiter gripping lever uneconomically long unstacking or processing stops (6 a) are arranged. Stacking times, i.e. the known device processes 4. Apparatus according to claim I, characterized in that it is relatively sluggish. In particular in the beverage industry, however, the gripping levers (8) are currently used as angled levers with a longer upward reduction in terms of inertia, as well as the output rate of removing lever arm (8a) and one of the container or stacking devices steadily increasing demands (1 to 4) facing away from shorter lever arm stanchions, which the known device is not designed (8 b) . able to comply. 5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized with the same disadvantage are still draws that the stop element c (16) elastic 65 known devices (German utility model are flexible. 1 848 586, French patent specification 1 415 732) for 6. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized marked destacking of pallets, as they are also shows that the gripping lever (8) in the attack over the entire stroke range by a link