DE7810021U1 - MOVABLE BASE FOR ACCOMMODATION OF BODIES, SUCH AS BOTTLES OR THE SAME, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MACHINING SYSTEM WITH CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING KINEMATICS - Google Patents

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Dipi.-lng. Heinz Lesser Dipl-Ing. OUo wing. Patent Attorneys D-8 Munich 81. Coslmastraße 81

Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin SA - 3 - L 11.340 10 » rue de Soultz F-68 060 Mulhouse

Movable base for holding bodies such as bottles or the like, in particular for a processing system with continuously acting kinematics

The invention relates to a movable base for holding bodies such as bottles or the like, in particular for a processing plant with continuously Acting kinematics, which is primarily intended for the formation of an end chain with other movable sub-blocks i'it, the traverses the system in order to process the body or Moving parts from one job to another.

It is known to transport bodies in processing systems, in particular in processing systems with so-called continuously acting kinematics, in which the Machining operations take place during the displacement of the body moving at a constant speed, di-o to to arrange machining body in subsets, which are connected to form an endless chain, which the entire system or part of the system is supplied (FR-PS 2 250 692).

The known endless chains, however, have various disadvantages, one of the most important being seen therein is that the alignment of one subsection with respect to another can only be changed in a single plane. So lets

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I, for example, in a machine with continuously operating kinematics, in which the endless chain works from one work roll to another work roll, in whose areas the bodies are machined, the direction of the one subsets in relation to the others only in one plane by running perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the work rolls. In other words, that formed by the subsets ! ndless chain can only be bent in the horizontal plane, if the axes of rotation of the working rolls run vertically, if the objects carried in the pedestals are bottles that are upright in the pedestals are arranged, this means that these bottles can neither be tilted nor turned if they are not taken out len subsets. This is a disadvantage especially in the draining process, which involves turning the tabs is required. In addition, the well-known [ndless chains generally of complex construction, difficult and expensive.

'He invention is based on the object of providing a movable inter-substitute of the aforementioned type, which is centered on the type and (can also accommodate a body to be processed, which makes it possible to use the base with u can pivot a body by 180 ° about a horizontal axis, the body being held in the pedestal.

This object is achieved by adding the characteristics specified in the identification of claim 1 to those of the generic.

read subsets can now be put together to form an EndToskette to accommodate bodies that are spiraling can roll in without the bodies, which are still held centered, being able to fall out.

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Lesser. Dip! -Ing. Otto Flügel, Palentanwälte D-8 Munich 81. Cosimastraße 81

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It is particularly important that the holding devices are also supplemented by guide devices: this is Particularly of importance when it comes to rotating bodies, especially cylindrical ones, such as bottles, acts. That is, if the holding devices are not evenly distributed on the housing circumference of the pedestal, so for For example, if only one or two holding devices are provided, it is necessary to lock them through the guide device add to. If a single holding device is now provided, then it is necessary to provide two guide devices, because the cylindrical body would only run along it fit in a line on the housing, which would not be sufficient; quite apart from the fact that the body is then not arranged in a centered manner.

It is useful to design the connecting device as a flexible element.

Further features emerge from the description and the claims.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to exemplary embodiments shown schematically in the drawings explained.

It shows:

Fig. 1

Fig. 2a

a plan view of a system with continuously acting kinematics, which is equipped with an endless chain, which is only in the Horizontal plane can bend;

a plan view of a first embodiment of a movable base according to FIG Invention;

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Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Lesser. Dipl-Ing. OtIo wing. Patent Attorneys D-8 Munich 81. Cosimastraße 81 G· 2 B e AnI age de Machines du Haut-Rhin S.A. - 6 - L 11.340 Manufacture an axial section along the line I-I of Fi Fig. 2a, left side, and along the line II- G. 3a II of Fig. 2a, right side; a top view of two interconnected Fi movable bases according to a second be G· 3b preferred embodiment of the invention; an elevation of the two subsets of Fig. 3a, Fi seen in the direction perpendicular to the displacement G. 3c direction of the endless chain; a section along the line III-III of Fig. 3a Fi G· 3d of one of the two subsets of Fig. 3a; a section along the line IV-IV of Fig. Fi 3a, the left half sectional view being a Bottle shows that on the protrusions of Zun gen rests, and the right ha ^lj be sectional view shows a bottle in its lower position, in G· 4a that it is held by the tongues; an outline of a plant with continuously we Fi kender kinematics with an endless chain G· 4b Pedestals equipped according to the invention are ""; a top view of the plant with continuous Fi G· 1 line Lich acting kinematics of Fig. 4a. I nuierl gt the schematic elevation of a plant with con Fi send end! acting kinematics with a recording ti zontal level a well-known type of chain that is only di can bend. In the example shown, a first work role 1 and a second work

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roller blind I ¹ . An endless chain 2, which consists of an arrangement of receptacles 3 referred to as a movable base - only a few are shown in the drawing - is guided around the two work rollers 1 and 1 'and can move at a constant speed in the direction of arrow F because they runs over a number of deflection rollers 4, in which it supplies to the movable pedestals 3 disposed upright bottles, first the Arboitsrolle 1, and then the work roll 1. ¹ The loading of the movable bases 3 with bottles takes place manually or automatically on a section of the endless chain which is located above the work roller 1 in the direction of movement of the bottles; Likewise, the unloading takes place below the work roll 1 ¹ after the processing of the bottles has been carried out, for example filling and corking, on each of the two work rolls 1 and 1 ¹ .

A system of the type shown in FIG. 1, however, has the disadvantage that the bottles are in the movable bases are held upright and - as is the case in the example described above

their openings are directed upwards and that they are neither laterally inclined can still be turned around. This disadvantage is serious in certain cases. When the bottles For example, they have to be rinsed and drained before filling, with their opening pointing downwards, it would be it is not possible to carry out these operations on an additional one arranged above the work roll 1 in the system of FIG Carrying out work role, and purging and the subsequent Drain would necessarily have to be on a completely different system with all the disadvantages associated with it Investment and labor costs are carried out.

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In addition, in the case of a movable pedestal that only bends in the horizontal plane, as shown in FIG. 1, the working crowns 1 and 1 'supply chain strand and the return strand necessarily in the same horizontal plane arranged, which has a significant space requirement.

The invention is based on the object of providing a device with which the body can be moved Pedestals are movable so that these movable pedestals are mutually oriented in different planes.

2a and Zb show a first embodiment according to the invention. The movable base 3 has an annular shape, which is preferably obtained by casting a suitable material, for example plastic. In the central recess of this ring-shaped structure, ribs 5 and 6 allow the bottle, which is arranged in this movable base, to be guided. To hold the bottle 3 without any shifting inside the movable base, the ribs 6 are held by a thumb 7 which is molded or cast onto a leaf spring 8 fixed on the wall of the movable base by a rivet 9. The leaf spring 8 tries to move the thumb 7 and thus the grooves 6 in the direction of the axis 0-0 of the movable base. To bring a bottle into the movable base, the thumb 7 is to be reset by exerting a tensile force on the end 10 of the leaf spring 8 in the direction of the arrow G. After a bottle has been introduced, the leaf spring is released and the pressure exerted on the bottle wall by the thumb 7 or the ribs 6 prevents the bottle from being displaced, regardless of the direction in which the movable base is moved. Next to the

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A second movable base of the endless chain, which is connected to the first movable base by flexible connecting links 11, is shown in dash-dotted lines with the movable base shown in FIG. 2a. These flexible connecting members allow namely changing the orientation of the two movable subsets relative to one another in the perpendicular Z ¹ J their axes extending plane, as be seen from Figure 2a, where the two movable subsets form an angle. "- form of about 30 ° . These flexible connecting members 11 also allow - although to a lesser extent - a change in direction of the movable bases in other planes. If the subsets oer rich £ and consequently the indlichen in them YA bottles are, for example, in the group formed by the movable subsets endless chain in a vertical position, it is possible to (n + 1) the subsets of the series, a slight inclination of 5 ° with respect to lend on the vertical. This inclination is transmitted through inversely inclined positions of the upper flexible connecting member 11 and the lower flexible connecting member 11 with respect to the vertical plane extending through the center of these links. It is also transmitted by slightly twisting the two flexible connecting links that connect the movable pedestals of the series η and (n + 1) to one another. Likewise, a movable subset of row (n + 2) can itself be inclined, for example, by 5 ° with respect to a subset of row (n + 1), i.e. by 10 ° with respect to the subset of row n, and thus gradually so that the pedestal of the row (n + 36) is shifted by 180 ° with respect to the pedestal of the row η and thus the bottle located therein is vertical with the neck down when the bottle provided in the pedestal of the row η is vertical is arranged with the neck up. Thus, with a base chain reacting to the simple arrangements of FIGS. 2a and 1b, it is possible to achieve tilting of the bottles, and this is the aim of the invention

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We have already seen the arrangement of a bottle 14 in a saucer by inserting the bottle bottom first described. Of course, you can also insert the bottle neck first in order to position it first bring them, as shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 3d, and then bring them into the one shown on the left-hand side of this ficture Bring location.

However, the solution described above has the disadvantage that a relatively long chain (e.g. 36 subsections corresponding to) is required to achieve tilting of the bottles. For this reason, the following is based on the figures 3a to 3d are preferable.

In this new solution, the base 3 also has an annular shape, preferably by casting a plastic that has a certain flexural elasticity such as a polyamide or an acetal resin. Those provided on the bases of the figures at 2a and 2b However, thumbs 7 to prevent the bottles from slipping are not present here. You will go through a lot number of small elastic tongues 12 replaced, which at their lower ends with a protruding into the interior of the pedestal Projection, nose or the like 13 provided see ind. Fig. 3d shows two axial positions that a bottle 14 - under other positions - in the saucer can take. This bottle 14 oriented vertically with the bottom down is inserted into the base 3 through its upper opening. This introduction takes place without any difficulty, since the inside diameter of the base 3 is slightly larger than the outside diameter of the bottle 14. The bottle 14 now comes to stand by its own weight on the projections 13 of the small tongues 12, as on the left

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of Fig. 3d is shown, because the od in the base by the projections. Like. limited passage diameter is smaller than the outside: rchrnesser of the bottle 14. The bottle 14 is now in the one on the left Side of Fig. 3d shown position.

If a sufficiently large force is now exerted from top to bottom on the bottle 14, the bottom of the bottle bends the Projections 13 and thus the tongues 12 elastic, as shown on the right side of Fig. 3d, and the bottle can now, for example, move down to the position shown on the right-hand side of FIG. 3d. In such a The position of the bottle - regardless of its angle of inclination - is held by the friction on the projections 13, without being able to slip, the projections 13 being strongly against the bottle wall due to the elastic bending of the tongues 12 be pressed.

From Fig. 3d, the type of connection between adjacent bases 3 can be seen. Every subset points two extension pieces 15 and 16 designed as approaches, which are diametrically opposite one another. The extension piece 15 carries a joint head 17 and the extension piece 16 has a recess 18 for this joint head. The trough 18 corresponds approximately a hemisphere, so that the insertion of the joint head 17 of a base into the interior of the joint cavity 18 of the adjacent pedestal - as can be seen from the extreme right-hand side of FIG. 3d - a real one Latching corresponds to where two consecutive subsets are connected to one another. In that for the production of the bases in a single piece according to the Figu. 3a and 3d an elastic plastic material is used, it is possible directly by casting parts with a slight taper such as the joint head 17 and the To work out joint recess 18.

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The connection obtained between two successive sub-sets provided with devices with latchable joints according to FIGS. 3a and 3d allows these sub-sets a relatively much greater freedom in the orientation than in the case of the solution described above with reference to FIGS. 2a and 2b Case is. If a saucer with a bottle of the series η is in a vertical position, the saucers and the bottles in the row (n + 1) are inclined by at least 15 times, so that the bottles can be completely tilted by using only 12 instead of 36 pedestals in the case the solution according to Figures 2a and 2b begins.

Bases according to FIGS. 3a to 3d have two pins 19 and 19 'and two diametrically opposite pins 20 and 20' in the diametrical plane running perpendicular to the plane of the extension pieces 15 and 16. These tenons essentially have the task of supporting the pedestal chain during their To steer running, either on guide rails 21 and 22 (Fig. 3c) on which the pins 19 and 20 rest, or in cooperation with each between the pegs 19 and 19 'and guide rails 23 and 24 running through the pins 20 and 20'. The use varies from case to case one or the other type of guide rails will be explained later.

4a and 4b schematically show a system with continuously acting kinematics with the pedestal chain for carrying bodies according to the invention, wherein pedestals of the type shown in FIGS. 3a to 3d are used in particular. The reference numerals used in FIG. 1 have been used here for the parts of the system that correspond to the parts of FIG. The plant according to Fig. 4a and 4b therefore also includes substantially two working rollers 1 and 1 ^1, comprising the succession of one of bottles 14

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Undersets 3 formed endless chain 2 are served. This chain moves in the direction of arrow F.

In the example shown, the work role 1 should be a Be the drip roller to which the bottles 14 are fed in an upturned vertical position, as shown in the upper right section of FIG. 4a. The endless chain 2 is guided by pulleys 4 at the inlet and outlet of the work roller 1. At the point 28, the endless chain meets two Rails that continue in half helical lines and which correspond to the guide rails 23 and 24 of FIG. H. , they each occur between the guide pins 19 and 19 'and the guide pins 20 and 20' of the base supporting the body in connection with each other. Under the Effect of these semi-helical rails 28 is rolling the endless chain 2 and the bottles 14 move from the vertical, downwardly tilted position to the upright Position in which they are processed in the area of the work roll 1 ', which is intended here, for example, as a role for filling and corking. Of course, the pitch is the Guide rails 28 such that the bottles can be tilted over a length of the endless chain 2 corresponding to 12 subsets he follows.

At the outlet of the work roll 1 ', the filled and closed bottles 14 are removed from the bases 3. The endless chain 2 then encounters helical guide rails 29, which correspond to the guide rails 28, but only ^{develop in fourth 1} -screws instead of in half-helical lines. These rails cause the longitudinal axes of the pedestals 3 to move from the vertical to the horizontal position, whereupon the endless chain 2 with horizontally arranged bottles is moved on via a pulley and forms a return line which is moved further below the aforementioned line - and this in the same

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chen vertical plane, which saves a lot of space i ™ comparison with the arrangement shown in FIG. 1 is achieved will.

At the end of the return line, the endless chain 2 runs over a pulley 25 with a horizontal axis, then it meets guide rails 27, the two in half screw Benlinien show running rails, which lead back the longitudinal axes of the pedestals in the vertical. New bottles 14 are now introduced into the subsets 3 and the the above-described workflow is repeated.

All those parts of the endless chain that do not deal with the helical guide rails 27, 28 and 29 are in engagement or that are not carried by a work roller or a pulley, are by angle rails according to Type of rails 21 and 22 (Fig. 3c) guided and carried.

The invention is of course not limited to the above-described and illustrated examples, on the basis of which further embodiments and types can be developed without this falling outside the scope of the invention.

Claims (6)

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Lesser. Dipl.-lng. Otto Flügel, Patentanwälte - D-8 Munich 81. Cosimastraße 81 Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin S.A. - 1 - L 11.340 10, rue de Soultz L / km F-68 060 Mulhouse CLAIMS 1. Movable base for holding bodies, especially for a processing system with continuously acting Kinematics that can be combined with other movable subsets to form an endless chain, which the Plant for moving the body to be treated from one job to another, marked d by a device (11) for connecting two movable bases (3) with at least one Degree of freedom in the direction of rotation of a movable pedestal in relation to a "other - and through leadership and Holding devices (12, 13) for cooperation with a in a movable base introduced body (14). 2. Movable base according to claim 1, d a d u r c h characterized in that the connecting device is a flexible element (11). 3. Movable base according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the connecting device from a first extension (15) carrying a joint head (17) and one diametrically opposite the first extension (15) opposite second approach (16) consists, wherein the second approach has a joint trough (18), and the joint head (17) of a movable base for Engaging in the joint recess (18) of the immediately adjacent 7810021 07/27/78 Dipl.-lng. Heinz Lesser. Dipl. Ing. Otto Flügel, patent attorneys · D-8 Munich 81. Cosimastraße 81 Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin S.A. - 2 - L 11.340 traversing the pedestal by means of a latching connection is determinable. 4. Movable bases according to one of the preceding Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that they are in one piece, especially made of plastic, such as polyamide or acetal resin, which are flexible is, are poured. 5. Movable base according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the Guide and holding devices consist of an arrangement of small elastic pliers (12), the free Ends in '-' origins (13), which have the task of the body (14) conveyed in the movable base (3) by elastic clamping or - if the body is above the protrusions - hold it in place by simply holding it. 6. Movable base according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by at least two pairs of pins (19, 19 '; 20, 20'), which are diametrically opposite and in a perpendicular to the plane in which the lugs (15, 16) are arranged in a diametrical plane, these pins (19, 19 '; 20, 20 ') to interact with guide rails (21, 22; 23, 24) are suitable. 7810021 07/27/78