DK163054B

DK163054B - DEVICE FOR THE CONVERSION OF A SUPPLIED MULTI-TRACKED BOTTLE FLOW TO A DISPOSED BOTTLE REMOVED

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Publication number: DK163054B
Application number: DK342487A
Authority: DK
Inventors: Gerhard Born; Walter Conrad; Paul Elsner; Volker Ullrich
Original assignee: Seitz Enzinger Noll Masch
Priority date: 1986-07-05
Filing date: 1987-07-03
Publication date: 1992-01-13
Also published as: DE3715923A1; DK342487A; DK163054C; DE3762229D1; EP0252461A1; DK342487D0; EP0252461B1; ES2015289B3

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Opfindelsen angår en indretning til omdannelse af en tilført flersporet flaskestrøm til en ensporet flaskestrøm, der føres bort i henhold til krav l's indledning.The invention relates to a device for converting a supplied multi-track bottle flow into a single-track bottle flow which is disposed according to the preamble of claim 1.

5 En indretning af denne art er kendt fra DE-OS5 A device of this kind is known from DE-OS

34 45 543 og finder f.eks. anvendelse, hvor flasker tilføres i en flersporet flaskestrøm og til videreførelse til en flaskebehandlingsmaskine, f.eks. en etiketterings- og flaskefyldemaskine, må omformes til 10 en ensporet flaskestrøm. Den kendte indretning har hertil en tilgangstransportør til tilførsel af den fler-sporede flaskestrøm, en mellemtransportør samt en afgangstransportør, over hvilken sidste den ensporede flaskestrøm føres bort. Samtlige transportører er hver 15 især dannet af transportbånd i form af i sig selv lukkede og endeløst omløbende hængselbåndkæder, hvor indretningen ses således, at både den i transportretningen forreste ende af den af flere på tværs af transportretningen ved siden af hinanden anbragte transportbånd 20 dannede mellemtransportør og den af et enkelt transportbånd dannede afgangstransportør slutter sig umiddelbart til den i transportretningen bageste ende af tilgangstransportøren med sit i transportretningen forreste indgangsområde, altså er anbragt i en retning på 25 tværs af transportindretningen ved siden af mellemtransportøren. Mellemtransportørens og afgangstranspor-tørens transportbånd ligger med deres øverste længder i dette indgangsområde i et bundt ved siden af hinanden og danner en fælles transportflade, der tjener som 30 omformningsområde til omformning af den flersporede flaskestrøm til den ensporede flaskestrøm. Ved det fælles overgangsområde mellem tilgangstransportøren og mellemtransportøren samt afgangstransportøren er der ved de kendte indretninger tilvejebragt i det mindste 35 en stedfast overgangsplade i form af en glideplade, der 234 45 543 and find e.g. use where bottles are supplied in a multistore bottle stream and for continuation to a bottle processing machine, e.g. a labeling and bottle filling machine, must be converted to a single-track bottle flow. The known device has for this an inlet conveyor for supplying the multi-tracked bottle stream, an intermediate conveyor and a discharge conveyor, over which last the single-tracked bottle stream is conveyed. Each of the conveyors is each formed in particular by conveyor belts in the form of closed and endlessly extending hinge conveyor chains, the device being seen such that both the front end of the conveyor 20 formed by several transverse conveyor belts arranged transversely of one another and the exit conveyor formed by a single conveyor belt immediately joins the end of the inlet conveyor rearward in the conveying direction with its inlet area leading in the conveying direction, i.e. arranged in a direction transversely of the conveying device adjacent to the intermediate conveyor. The conveyor belt of the intermediate conveyor and the exit conveyor lies with their upper lengths in this input region in a bundle adjacent to each other, forming a common conveying surface which serves as a converting region for converting the multi-track bottle flow into the single-track bottle flow. At the common transition area between the inlet conveyor and the intermediate conveyor as well as the exit conveyor, at least 35 provide a known fixed transition plate in the form of a sliding plate which

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danner en overgang mellem tilgangstransportørens transportflader og omformningsområdet i en sådan form, at der til flaskerne efter passagen af glidepladen dannes en fortynding af flaskestrømmen både på mellemtranspor-5 tøren og på afgangstransportøren i disses indgangsområde, således at de på mellemtransportøren stående flasker til dannelse af en ensporet flaskestrøm hver især kan bevæge sig ind i huller mellem de på afgangstransportøren stående flasker. Denne kendte indretning ud-10 mærker sig ganske vist i sammenligning med andre ligeledes kendte indretninger ved en formindskelse af det konstruktionsmæssige opbud samt ved et væsentlig reduceret støjniveau ved omformning af den flersporede flaskestrøm til en ensporet flaskestrøm. Den kendte ind-15 retnings ydelse, dvs. antallet af tilførte og fraførte flasker pr. tidsenhed, er imidlertid begrænset.forming a transition between the conveyor surfaces of the access conveyor and the reshaping region in such a manner that, after the passage of the sliding plate, a dilution of the bottle flow is formed both on the intermediate conveyor and on the discharge conveyor in their entrance area, so that the bottles on the intermediate conveyor form a single-track bottle flow can each move into gaps between the bottles on the exit conveyor. This known device is distinguished, in comparison with other also known devices, by a reduction in the design range and by a significantly reduced noise level when converting the multi-track bottle flow into a single-track bottle flow. The known device performance, i.e. the number of bottles delivered and dispensed per time unit, however, is limited.

Det er opfindelsens formål at videreudvikle en indretning af den i indledningen nævnte art således, at der under bibeholdelse af de grundlæggende fordele ved 20 den nævnte indretning muliggøres en større ydelse.It is an object of the invention to further develop a device of the kind mentioned in the introduction so that while maintaining the basic advantages of the said device a greater performance is made possible.

Til løsning af denne opgave udformes en indretning i henhold til krav l's kendetegnende del.In order to solve this task, a device according to the characterizing part of claim 1 is designed.

En væsentlig konstruktiv forskel·mellem indretningen ifølge opfindelsen og den kendte indretning af 25 den beskrevne art består i, at mellemtransportørens transportretning slutter sig ligeløbende til tilgangs- j transportøren, og afgangstransportøren slutter sig ligeløbende til mellemtransportøren, og at der ved overgangs- eller tilslutningsområdet mellem tilgangstrans-30 portøren og mellemtransportøren, men også ved overgangs- eller tilslutningsområdet mellem mellemtransportøren og afgangstransportøren er tilvejebragt i det mindste én overgangsplade. Denne overgangsplade i tilslutningsområdet mellem mellemtransportøren og afgangs-35 transportøren er ifølge opfindelsen f.eks. en glidepla-de, der ligger i samme niveau eller i ca. samme niveauA major structural difference between the device according to the invention and the known device of the type described consists in that the transport direction of the intermediate conveyor joins in parallel with the access conveyor and the departure conveyor joins in parallel with the intermediate conveyor and that in the transition or connection area between at least one transition plate is provided at the access conveyor and intermediate conveyor, but also at the transition or connection area between the intermediate conveyor and the exit conveyor. This transition plate in the connection area between the intermediate conveyor and the discharge conveyor is according to the invention e.g. a sliding plate which is at the same level or for approx. same level

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3 som mellemtransportørens og afgangstransportørens transportflade eller danner en overgang mellem transportfladerne for transportørerne, der i transportret-ningen slutter sig til hinanden.3 as the conveying surface of the intermediate conveyor and the departure conveyor or forming a transition between the conveying surfaces of the conveyors joining in the direction of transport.

5 I en udførelsesform, ved hvilken mellemtranspor tøren i det mindste har to transportbånd, til hvilke der i det mindste slutter sig to transportbånd for afgangstransportøren, og som har en bredde, der er mindre end flaskernes diameter, kan overgangspladen mellem 10 mellemtransportøren og afgangstransportøren også være anbragt noget dybereliggende end mellemtransportørens og afgangstransportørens transportflader, nemlig når mindst én overgang mellem et af mellemtransportørens transportbånd og det sig til dette sluttende transport-15 bånd for afgangstransportøren samt en yderligere på tværs af transportretningen umiddelbart ved siden af liggende overgang mellem et transportbånd og afgangstransportørens transportbånd, der slutter sig til dette, er forsat i forhold til hinanden i transport-20 retningen.In one embodiment, in which the intermediate conveyor has at least two conveyor belts to which at least two conveyor belts join the outlet conveyor and having a width smaller than the diameter of the bottles, the transition plate between the intermediate conveyor and the discharge conveyor may also be positioned somewhat deeper than the conveyor surfaces of the intermediate conveyor and the departure conveyor, namely when at least one transition between one of the conveyor conveyor belts and the adjacent conveyor conveyor conveyor belt, as well as a further transverse direction of transport, immediately adjacent the transition between a conveyor belt and the departure conveyor conveyor belts joining this are set relative to each other in the conveying direction.

Indretningen ifølge opfindelsen tillader, at flaskerne i forhold til ved kendte indretninger af den beskrevne art tilføres i en meget bredere flaskestrøm og efter to gange omformning føres meget hurtigt bort i 25 en ensporet flaskestrøm, idet der ved en forstyrrelsesfri arbejdsmåde i sammenligning med kendte indretninger af nævnte art opnås meget højere ydelse ved ringere støjniveau.The device according to the invention permits the bottles to be supplied in a much wider bottle flow compared to known devices of the type described and after twice re-shaping is carried out very quickly in a single-track bottle flow, in a disturbance-free operation compared to known devices of said species achieves much higher performance at lower noise levels.

Fordelagtige videreudformninger af opfindelsen 30 er genstand for underkravene.Advantageous embodiments of the invention 30 are the subject of the subclaims.

Opfindelsen forklares i det følgende nærmere under henvisning til tegningen, på hvilken fig. 1 skematisk set fraoven viser en udførelsesform for indretningen ifølge opfindelsen til omform-35 ning af flaskerækker, fig. 2 i skematisk fremstilling et snit svarende til linien I-I i fig. l gennem mellemtransportøren i indretningen ifølge fig. 1, 4The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing, in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of the device for the transformation of bottle rows; FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view corresponding to line I-I of FIG. 1 through the intermediate conveyor in the device according to FIG. 1, 4

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fig. 3 skematisk et snit svarende til linien II-II i fig. 1 gennem mellemtransportøren i indretningen ifølge fig. 1, fig. 4 skematisk et snit svarende til linien 5 III-III i fig. 1 gennem afgangstransportøren for indretningen ifølge fig. 1, fig. 5 skematisk set fraoven en yderligere udførelsesform for indretningen ifølge opfindelsen til omformning af flaskerækker, 10 fig. 6 et til fig. 1 svarende billede til for klaring af flaskestrømmen og den trykløse sammenføring af flaskerne på de på mellemtransportøren samt på afgangstransportøren dannede omformningsområder, fig. 7 en ændret udførelsesform af den i fig. l 15 viste mellemtransportør, og fig. 8 skematisk set fraoven en yderligere udførelsesform for indretningen ifølge opfindelsen til omformning af flaskerækker.FIG. 3 schematically shows a section similar to line II-II in FIG. 1 through the intermediate conveyor in the device according to FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view corresponding to line 5 III-III in FIG. 1 through the exit conveyor of the device of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of a further embodiment of the device for the transformation of bottle rows; FIG. 6 is a view of FIG. 1 is a view similar to that for clarifying the flow of the bottle and the pressureless joining of the bottles on the transformation regions formed on the intermediate conveyor and on the discharge conveyor; FIG. 7 is a modified embodiment of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a schematic top view of a further embodiment of the device for converting bottle rows.

Den i fig. 1-4 viste udførelsesform for indret-20 ningen ifølge opfindelsen består i hovedsagen af tre i de transporterede flasker l's transportretning, pilen A, uafhængige transportstrækninger, der slutter sig til hinanden, og af hvilke den i transportretningen A første transportstrækning er den også som doserings-25 strækning udformede tilgangstransportør 2, den transportstrækning, der i transportretningen A slutter sig til denne, er mellemtransportøren 3, og den transportstrækning, der i transportretningen A slutter sig til denne, er afgangstransportøren 4. Flaskerne 1 bliver 30 som vist i fig. 6 ved den i fig. 1 og 6 valgte fremstilling af indretningen tilført i flere spor fra venstre, idet de hver især står op, dvs. at med deres længdeakse i lodret retning anbragte flasker 1 danner seks rækker på transportbåndet 2 på tværs af trans-35 port retningen A, og flaskerne l i hver række er forskudt således i forhold til naborækkens flasker, at 5The FIG. 1-4, the embodiment of the device according to the invention consists essentially of three in the transport direction of the transported bottles 1, the arrow A, independent transport sections joining each other, of which the first transport section in the transport direction A -25 sectional access conveyor 2, the conveying section joining in the conveying direction A is the intermediate conveyor 3, and the conveying section joining in the conveying direction A is the exit conveyor 4. The bottles 1 become 30 as shown in FIG. 6 in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and 6, the preparation of the device is applied in several grooves from the left, each standing up, ie. that with their longitudinal axis vertically arranged bottles 1 form six rows on the conveyor belt 2 across the conveying direction A, and the bottles 1 in each row are displaced so that relative to the bottles of the neighboring row 5

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en flaske 1 vinkelret på transportretningen A ligger umiddelbart over for en række af de mellem flaskerne 1 i en naborække dannede lakuner, og at flaskerne 1 fra række til række altså er anbragt "lakuneforsat".a bottle 1 perpendicular to the direction of transport A is immediately opposite a row of the gaskets formed between the bottles 1 in a row of neighbors, and the bottles 1 are arranged from row to row "lacunae".

5 Ved hjælp af afgangstransportøren 4 bliver de omformede flasker 1", som det også er vist i fig. 6, ved den til fig. 1 og 6 valgte fremstilling til sidst ført bort ved indretningens højre side som en ensporet flaskestrøm, hvori flaskerne 1" efterhånden tilvej βίο bringes stødende umiddelbart op til hinanden i transportretningen. Omformningen af den på tilgangstranspor-tøren 2 dannede, flersporede flaskestrøm i den ved udgangen fra afgangstransportøren 4 bortførte, ensporede flaskestrøm sker ved den viste indretning delvis i 15 mellemtransportøren 3's område, ved hvis bageste ende i transportretningen A eller udgang den oprindelige flaskestrøm, der har seks flaskerækker, omformes til en flaskestrøm med to rækker, og endelig i afgangstransportøren 4's i transportretningen A forreste endeom-20 råde eller indgang.5 By means of the exit conveyor 4, the transformed bottles 1 ", as also shown in Fig. 6, in the manufacture selected for Figs. 1 and 6, are finally carried away at the right-hand side of the device as a single-track bottle flow, in which the bottles 1" eventually, βίο is brought into contact with each other immediately in the direction of transport. The conversion of the multistore bottle flow formed at the inlet conveyor 2 into the single-tracked bottle flow carried away at the exit of the exit conveyor 4 takes place at the device shown partly in the region of the intermediate conveyor 3, at the rear of which the transport direction A or output has the original bottle flow. six rows of bottles, are converted into a two-row bottle stream, and finally in the exit end area or entrance of the exit conveyor 4 in the direction of transport A.

I den viste udførelsesform er tilgangstransportøren 2 dannet af seks parallelt med hinanden og vinkelret på transportretningen A ved siden af hinanden anbragte transportbånd 5, der hver især er lukkede 25 hængselbåndkæder og løber endeløst rundt. Transportbåndene 5 ligger i det mindste med deres øvre længde, der strækker sig i transport retningen A, i et bundt ved siden af hinanden på tværs af transportretningen A, nemlig således at den øvre overfladeside af disse øvre 30 længder af samtlige transportbånd 5 ligger i et fælles ved den viste udførelsesform vandret plan og således danner en fælles vandret transportflade, på hvilken de transporterede flasker kan stå med deres bund. Ved den i transportretningen A forreste ende, indgangen, 35 samt ved den i transportretningen A bageste ende, udgangen, er transportbåndene 5 hver især ført overIn the embodiment shown, the access conveyor 2 is formed by six parallel to each other and perpendicular to the conveying direction A, adjacent conveyor belts 5, each of which are closed 25 hinge belt chains and run endlessly around. The conveyor belts 5 lie at least with their upper length extending in the conveying direction A in a bundle adjacent to each other across the conveyor direction A, namely that the upper surface side of these upper 30 lengths of all the conveyor belts 5 lies in a common to the illustrated embodiment, the horizontal plane thus forms a common horizontal conveying surface on which the transported bottles can stand with their bottom. At the end leading in the conveying direction A, the entrance, 35 and at the end in the traveling direction A, the exit, the conveyor belts 5 are each passed over.

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6 styrehjul eller ruller, henholdsvis 6 og 7, der er drejeligt lejret på en vandret, vinkelret på transportretningen A løbende akse, og af hvilke styrerullen 7, der står drivende i indgreb med transportbåndet 5, til 5 drift af dette er drivende forbundet med en regulerbar elektrisk drivmotor 8. Ved hver af tilgangstransportøren 2's to langsider er der tilvejebragt et ledegelænder 9 for flaskerne 1, hvor den afstand, som de to ledegelændere 9 udviser i retningen vinkelret på 10 transportretningen A, fastlægger tilgangstransportøren 2's sporbredde.6 guide wheels or rollers 6 and 7, respectively, pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis perpendicular to the conveying direction A and of which the guide roller 7, which is driven in engagement with the conveyor belt 5, for 5 operation thereof is driven connected to a adjustable electric drive motor 8. At each of the two long sides of the access conveyor 2, a guide rail 9 for the bottles 1 is provided, the distance shown by the two guide rail 9 in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction A, determining the track width of the access conveyor 2.

Mellemtransportøren 3 består i den viste udførelsesform ligeledes af seks parallelt med hinanden og vinkelret på transportretningen A ved siden af hinan-15 den anbragte transportbånd 10, der atter danner i sig selv lukkede hængselbåndkæder og løber endeløst rundt.In the illustrated embodiment, the intermediate conveyor 3 also consists of six parallel to each other and perpendicular to the conveying direction A adjacent to each other conveyor belts 10, which again form in themselves closed hinge chain chains and run endlessly around.

Ved samme bredde af det anvendte transportbånd er det væsentligt, at antallet af mellemtransportørens 3's transportbånd 10 er lig med antallet af tilgangs-20 transportøren 2's transportbånd 5, og at transportbåndene 10 alligevel er fuldstændigt adskilt fra transportbåndene 5. I det mindste ved sin øvre, i transportretningen A løbende længde er transportbåndene 10 atter vinkelret på transportretningen A 25 anbragt i et bundt ved siden af hinanden, således at den øvre længde af transportbåndene 10 med hver af deres øvre sider danner en transportflade, på hvilken flaskerne 1' kan stå på deres bund, og som i det mindte ved den i transportretningen A forreste ende, 30 indgangen, af mellemtransportøren 3 ligger i samme niveau som tilgangstransportøren 2's transportflade, således at mellemtransportøren 3 slutter sig til tilgangstransportøren 2 i samme niveau og samme spor.At the same width of the conveyor belt used, it is essential that the number of conveyor belts 10 of the intermediate conveyor 3 is equal to the number of conveyor belts 5 of the access conveyor 2 and that the conveyor belts 10 are nevertheless completely separated from the conveyor belts 5. At least at its upper, in the conveying direction A, the conveyor belts 10 are again perpendicular to the conveying conveyor A 25 arranged in a bundle side by side so that the upper length of the conveyor belts 10, with each of their upper sides, forms a conveying surface on which the bottles 1 'can stand on their bottom, and at least at the forward end, in the direction of transport A, of the intermediate conveyor 3 is at the same level as the conveying surface 2 of the access conveyor 2, so that the intermediate conveyor 3 joins the access conveyor 2 at the same level and the same track.

Ved indgangen til samt ved udgangen fra mellem-35 transportøren 3 er transportbåndene 10 hver især ført omkring styrehjul eller -ruller, henholdsvis 11At the entrance to and at the exit of the intermediate conveyor 3, the conveyor belts 10 are each guided around guide wheels or rollers 11 respectively.

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7 og 12, der er lejret drejeligt om akser, der i hovedsagen ligger parallelt med akserne for styrerullerne 6 og 7, og af hvilke i det mindste styrerullen 12 griber ind i transportbåndene 10 og til drift af trans-5 portbåndene 10 er forbundet med en regulerbar drivmotor 13 eller 13'. Ligesom ved transportbåndene 5 sker også driften af transportbåndene 10 naturligvis på en sådan måde, at den øverste længde af disse transportbånd bevæger sig i transportretningen A, hvor det 10 i alle tilfælde ved tilsvarende udformning af drevene for transportbåndene 10, f.eks. ved anvendelse af flere drivmotorer eller tilsvarende drev, er muligt, at transportbåndene 10 udviser samme transporthastighed eller forskellige transporthastigheder, det vil i sid-15 ste tilfælde f.eks. sige, at de i mellemtransportøren 3's midterste område anbragte transportbånd 10 har en noget større transporthastighed end de ved mellemtransportøren 3' s langsideområde anbragte transportbånd 10. Mellemtransportøren 3 har to ledegelændere 20 14 og 15 for flaskerne 1', hvor ledegelænderne 14 og 15 ved indgangen til mellemtransportøren 3 hver især danner fortsættelsen af de to ledegelændere 9, dvs. at de hver især slutter sig umiddelbart til indføringsgelænderet 9 og i området mellem mellemtransportørens 25 indgang og udgang løber skråt i forhold til transportretningen A på en sådan måde, at afstanden mellem ledegelænderne 14 og 15 formindskes i transport retningen A. Ledegelænderne 14 og 15 begrænser således imellem sig en vej for flaskestrømmen, der i transport-30 retningen A snævrer sig tragtformet ind og fører fra tilgangstransportøren 2 til afgangstransportøren, hvor den ved ledeglænderne 14 og 15's afstand fastlagte sporbredde for mellemtransportøren 3 ved dennes udgang svarer til den tosporede eller torækkede flaske-35 strøm. Ledegelænderne 14 og 15 er stift udformet. Ledegelænderne 14 og 15 kan også, i det mindste i deres 87 and 12, rotatably mounted on axes substantially parallel to the axes of the guide rollers 6 and 7, at least of which the guide roller 12 engages in the conveyor belts 10 and for operating the conveyor belts 10 is connected to a adjustable drive motor 13 or 13 '. Of course, as with the conveyor belts 5, the operation of the conveyor belts 10 takes place in such a way that the upper length of these conveyor belts moves in the conveying direction A, where in all cases 10, by the corresponding design of the drives for the conveyor belts 10, e.g. by using multiple drive motors or similar drives, it is possible that the conveyor belts 10 exhibit the same transport speed or different transport speeds; say that the conveyor belts 10 located in the middle region of the intermediate conveyor 3 have a somewhat higher conveying speed than the conveyor belts 10 located at the longitudinal region of the intermediate conveyor 3. The intermediate conveyor 3 has two guide rails 20 14 and 15 for the bottles 1 ', the guide rails 14 and 15 at the entrance. to the intermediate conveyor 3 each forms the continuation of the two guide rails 9, ie. each joining immediately to the guide rail 9 and in the region between the inlet and outlet of the intermediate conveyor 25 running obliquely with respect to the transport direction A in such a way that the distance between the guide rails 14 and 15 is reduced in the transport direction A. The guide rails 14 and 15 thus between a path of the bottle flow, which in the transport direction A narrows funnel-shaped and leads from the access conveyor 2 to the exit conveyor, where the track width of the intermediate conveyor 3 at the distance of the guide rails 14 and 15 corresponds to the two-track or dry bottle. 35 current. The guide rails 14 and 15 are rigidly formed. The guide rails 14 and 15 can also, at least in their 8

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skråt i forhold til transportretningen A løbende delområde, være udformet elastisk, dvs. at de i det mindste i dette delområde imod en modkrafts virkning kan bevæges elastisk udad et bestemt stykke, som det er an-5 tydet ved pilen B i fig. 1, for med sikkerhed at kunne forhindre en eventuel fastklemning eller spærren mod hinanden af flaskerne 1' ved omformning af flaskestrømmen på mellemtransportøren 3 eller i det af denne mellemtransportør 3 dannede omformningsområde. Den 10 nævnte modkraft dannes enten af ledegelænderne 14 og 15's egenelasticitet og/eller af ydre, ikke nærmere viste fjederelementer.oblique in relation to the direction of transport A running sectional area, be elastic shaped, ie. that at least in this sub-region they can be resiliently moved outwardly against a particular piece, as indicated by arrow B in FIG. 1, in order to be able to safely prevent any clamping or blocking against each other of the bottles 1 'by reshaping the flow of bottles on the intermediate conveyor 3 or in the conformational area formed by this intermediate conveyor 3. The said 10 force is formed either by the intrinsic elasticity of the guide rails 14 and 15 and / or by outer, not further shown spring elements.

I den viste udførelsesform er mellemtransportøren 3's to midterste transportbånd 10 endvidere 15 forlænget ud over de øvrige transportbånd 10 i transportretningen, dvs. at de af drivmotoren 13' drevne styreruller 12 for de to midterste transportbånd 10 i transportretningen ligger bag ved de ved drivmotoren 13 drevne styreruller 12 for de ydre transportbånd 20 10. Herved er mellemtransportøren 3's transportflade i det yderligere område af den af ledegelænderne 14 og 15 begrænsede vej, der slutter sig til det tragtformigt indsnævrende område af vejen, over en dellængde stadig dannet af to transportbånd 10, således at en hældning 25 i forhold til vandret af mellemtransportøren 3's transportflade 16 på tværs af transportretningen A er mulig, som det forklares i det følgende.In the illustrated embodiment, the two middle conveyor belts 10 of the intermediate conveyor 3 are further extended 15 in addition to the other conveyor belts 10 in the transport direction, ie. that the guide rollers 12 driven by the drive motor 13 'for the two middle conveyor belts 10 in the conveying direction lie behind the guide rollers 12 driven by the drive motor 13 for the outer conveyor belts 10. Here, the transport surface of the intermediate conveyor 3 is in the further area of the guide rails 14 and 15. limited path joining the funnel-narrowing region of the road, over a portion length still formed by two conveyor belts 10, so that a slope 25 relative to the horizontal of the conveyor surface 16 of the intermediate conveyor 3 is possible, as explained in FIG. the following.

Indretningen påtræffes endvidere således, at oversiderne af transportbåndene 10's øvre længder, 30 der i den viste udførelsesform danner mellemtransportøren 3's transportflade 16 for flaskerne 1', ved indgan-gen til mellemtransportøren 3 ligger i et fælles vandret plan, fig. 3. Også ved udgangen, dvs. ved mellemtransportøren 3's bageste ende i transport-35 retningen A, kan oversiden af de øvre længder af transportbåndene 10, der danner transportflade 16 for fla- 9The device is further found such that the upper sides of the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 10, which in the illustrated embodiment form the transport surface 16 of the conveyor 3 for the bottles 1 ', at the entrance to the intermediate conveyor 3 lie in a common horizontal plane. 3. Also at the end, ie. at the rear end of the intermediate conveyor 3 in the conveying direction A, the upper side of the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 10 forming the conveying surface 16

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skerne 1', lig-ge i et fælles vandret plan. I den viste udførelsesform er transportbåndene 10 endvidere udformet således, at de øvre længder af de to i transportretningen A forlængede midterste transportbånd 5 ved mellemtransportøren 31 s udgang og i hvert fald i føderetningen først efter området, der indsnævrer sig tragtformigt, af den mellem ledegelænderne 14 og 15 dannede vej danner en standflade, der i retningen vinkelret på transportretningen A hælder svagt i forhold 10 til vandret, som det er vist i fig. 2 for transportflade 16's område 16'. I området 16* ligger mellemtransportøren 3's transportflade 16 ved ledegelænde-ret 14' s side noget dybere end ved den af ledegelæn-deret 15's begrænsede side, dvs. at mellemtransportø-15 ren 3's transportflade udviser en vridning således, at denne transportflade 16 udgående fra et vandret område ved indgangen til mellemtransportøren 3 i transportretningen A tiltagende går over i det i forhold til vandret hældende område 161, hvor overgangen mel-20 lem det vandrette område og området 16', dvs. begyndelsen af den i transportretningen A tiltagende vridning af mellemtransportøren 3's transport flade 16, i den viste udførelsesform i transportretningen A tidligst ligger der, hvor flaskerne 1' allerede af lede-25 gelænderne 14 og 15 er sammenført til den tosporede flaskestrøm. Ved den beskrevne vridning af transportfladen 16 eller ved den beskrevne hældning af transportfladen 16 i området 16' er det muligt ved mellemtransportøren 3 at tilslutte afgangstransportøren 30 4 med en på samme måde hældende transportflade, for ved mellemtrans-portøren 3's udgang at omforme den forhåndenværende flersporede, det vil i den viste udførelsesform sige tosporede, flaskestrøm ved afgangstransportøren 4' s indgangsområde til den ensporede 35 flaskestrøm, der føres bort ved afgangstransportøren 4's udgang, på en meget kort længde og/eller med en samlet høj ydelse af indretningen.cores 1 ', lying in a common horizontal plane. In the illustrated embodiment, the conveyor belts 10 are furthermore designed such that the upper lengths of the two middle conveyor belts 5 in the conveying direction A extend at the exit of the intermediate conveyor 31 and at least in the feed direction only after the area that narrows funnel-shaped by that between the guide rails 14 and 15 formed path forming a stand surface which in the direction perpendicular to the direction of transport A slopes slightly relative to 10 horizontally, as shown in FIG. 2 for area 16 'of conveying surface 16. In the region 16 *, the conveying surface 16 of the intermediate conveyor 3 lies at the side of the guide rail 14 somewhat deeper than at the restricted side of the guide rail 15, ie. that the conveying surface of the intermediate conveyor 3 exhibits a twist such that, from a horizontal area at the entrance to the intermediate conveyor 3 in the conveying direction A, this conveying surface 16 gradually increases with the horizontal inclination area 161, where the transition between the horizontal region and region 16 ', i.e. the beginning of the twisting surface 16 of the intermediate conveyor 3 increasing in the transport direction A, in the illustrated embodiment in the transport direction A, is at the earliest, where the bottles 1 'are already joined by the guide rails 14 and 15 to the two-track bottle flow. By the described twisting of the conveying surface 16 or by the described inclination of the conveying surface 16 in the area 16 ', it is possible to connect the intermediate conveyor 3 with an equally inclined conveying surface at the output of the intermediate conveyor 3 to transform the existing multi-groove at the output of the intermediate conveyor 3 , that is, in the illustrated embodiment, two-track bottle flow at the exit area 4's entrance area to the single-track bottle flow away at the exit conveyor 4 at a very short length and / or with an overall high performance of the device.

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Afgangstransportøren 4 består i den viste udførelsesfonn af to parallelt med hinanden og vinkelret på transportretningen A ved siden af hinanden anbragte transportbånd 19, der atter er i sig selv lukkede 5 hængselbåndkæder og løber endeløst rundt. I det mindste på deres øverste længde er transportbåndene 19 anbragt liggende i et bundt ved siden af hinanden og danner således med deres øvre længders overside en fælles transportflade for flaskerne 1" på afgangstransportø-10 ren, hvor denne transportørs transportflade i det mindste ved afgangstransportøren 4's indgang på det nærmeste ligger i niveau med den af transportbåndene 10 dannede transportflade for mellemtransportøren 3.In the embodiment shown, the departure conveyor 4 consists of two parallel conveyors 19 perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the conveying direction A, which are in themselves closed 5 hinge band chains and run endlessly around. At least at their upper length, the conveyor belts 19 are arranged in a bundle side by side, thus forming with their upper length upper side a common transport surface for the bottles 1 "of the exit conveyor 10, the conveying surface of this conveyor at least at the departure conveyor 4's. the inlet nearest is level with the conveying surface formed by the conveyor belts 10 for the intermediate conveyor 3.

Ved indgangen samt ved udgangen er de af trans-15 portbåndene 10 atter uafhængige transportbånd 19 ført om styrehjul eller -ruller 20, 21 og 21', der er lejret drejeligt om akser, der på det nærmeste løber parallelt med styrerullerne 12's akser. I det mindste styrerullen 21 er i indgreb med transportbåndene 19 20 og er til drift af dette driftsmæssigt forbundet med drivmotorer 22, 22', gearmotorer, hvor driften af transportbåndene 19 naturligvis også sker således, at transportbåndene 19's øvre længder, der strækker sig i transportretningen A, bevæger sig i denne transport-25 retning. Ved hjælp af drivmotorerne 22, 22' drives de to transportbånd 19 med samme transporthastighed. Grundlæggende er det imidlertid også muligt at udforme drevet således, at transporthastigheden for det ene transportbånd 19 er noget større end transporthastig-30 heden for det andet transportbånd 19, i hvilket sidste tilfælde fortrinsvis det øverste, umiddelbart ved siden af afgangstransportøren 4's retliniede, stive ledegelænder 23 liggende transportbånd 19 fremviser den noget højere transporthastighed. Ved siden af det alle-35 rede nævnte stive ledegelænder 23 for flaskerne 1", der strækker sig i transportretningen A ved afgangs-At the entrance as well as at the exit, the independent conveyor belts 19 of the conveyor belts 10 are again guided by guiding wheels or rollers 20, 21 and 21 ', which are mounted pivotally about axes which run almost parallel to the axes of the guide rollers 12. At least the guide roller 21 engages with the conveyor belts 19 20 and, for its operation, is operatively connected to drive motors 22, 22 ', gear motors, the operation of the conveyor belts 19 of course also being such that the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 19 extending in the conveying direction A, moves in this transport direction. By means of the drive motors 22, 22 ', the two conveyor belts 19 are driven at the same conveying speed. Basically, however, it is also possible to design the drive such that the conveying speed of one conveyor belt 19 is somewhat greater than the conveying speed of the other conveyor belt 19, in which latter case preferably the upper, immediately adjacent to the rectilinear rigid guide rail of the exit conveyor 4 23 conveyor belts 19 show the somewhat higher transport speed. Beside the aforementioned rigid guide rail 23 for the bottles 1 "extending in the direction of transport A at the exit

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transportøren 4's ene langside og slutter sig til afgangstransportørens indgang umiddelbart ved mellemtransportøren 3's ledegelænder 14, har afgangstransportøren 4 et ligeledes stift udformet ledegelænder 5 24. Ledegelænderet 24 er sammensat af flere afsnit, nemlig af et første afsnit 24', der ligeledes løbende i transportretningen A parallelt med ledegelænderet 23 og udgående fra afgangstransportøren 4's indgang strækker sig i området mellem denne afgangstransportø-10 rens indgang og udgang, af et afsnit 24", der i transportretningen A slutter sig til afsnittet 24', og i hvilket ledeglænderet 24 løber skråt indad i transportretningen A, samt af et afsnit 24'", der slutter sig hertil, og som atter forløber parallelt med ledege-15 lænderet 23, idet afstanden mellem ledegelænderet 23 og afsnittet 24', ved hvilken føringsgelænderet 15 går over i føringsgelænderet 24, svarer til den fler-sporede flaskestrøm, og afstanden mellem ledegelænderet 23 og afsnittet 24'" svarer til den ensporede fla-20 skestrøm ved indretningens udgang.the one longitudinal side of the conveyor 4 and joins the entrance of the departure conveyor immediately at the guide rail 14 of the intermediate conveyor 3, the departure conveyor 4 also has a rigidly shaped guide rail 5 24. The guide rail 24 is composed of several sections, namely of a first section 24 'which is also continuous in the transport direction A parallel to the guide rail 23 and exiting the entrance of the exit conveyor 4 extends in the region between the entrance and exit of this departure conveyor 10, of a section 24 "joining in the direction of transport A to the section 24 'and in which the guide rail 24 extends inwardly into the the conveying direction A, and of a portion 24 '"which joins thereto, which again runs parallel to the guide rail 23, the distance between the guide rail 23 and the section 24' at which the guide rail 15 passes into the guide rail 24 corresponds to the multi-track bottle flow and the distance between the guide rail 23 and the section 24 ' "corresponds to the single-track flash current at the output of the device.

Ved afgangstransportøren 4's indgang, eller der hvor afsnit 24' går over i ledegelænderet 15, er der ved den ene ende fastgjort et modgelænder 25, der strækker sig i transportretningen A og på tværs af 25 denne, således at afstanden mellem ledegelænderet 23 og modgelænderet 25 aftager i transportretningen og ved modgelænderet 25's frie ende kun svarer til den ensporede flaskestrøm. Modgelænderet 25, der ved sin frie endes område ved hjælp af en glideklods 26 lig-30 ger an mod afgangstransportøren 4's transportflade, kan imod en modkraft svinges til siden, dvs. i retning mod en tiltagende afstand fra ledegelænderet 23, som det i fig. 1 er vist ved pilen C. Denne modkraft kan f.eks.At the entrance of the exit conveyor 4, or where section 24 'passes into the guide rail 15, a counter rail 25 is extended at one end extending in the conveying direction A and across 25 so that the distance between the guide rail 23 and the counter rail 25 decreases in the transport direction and at the free end of the counter rail 25 only corresponds to the single-track bottle flow. The counter rail 25, which at its free end is supported by a sliding block 26 against the transport surface of the exit conveyor 4, can be pivoted to a counter force, i.e. in the direction towards an increasing distance from the guide rail 23, as shown in FIG. 1 is shown by arrow C. This counter-force can e.g.

35 være frembragt ved hjælp af i det mindste et ikke nærmere vist fjederelement og/eller ved hjælp af det i om- 1235 may be produced by means of at least one spring element not shown and / or by means of the spring element 12 shown.

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rådet ved sin forreste ende i transportretningen eller i området ved indgangen til afgangstransportøren 4 i så fald fast indspændte modgelænder 25's egenelasticitet. I den viste udførelsesform er modgelænderet 25 5 f.eks. dannet af en på højkant anbragt flangetunge af kunststof.at its forward end, in the direction of transport or in the area at the entrance to the exit conveyor 4, the fixed elasticity of the counter-rail 25 is then firmly fixed. In the embodiment shown, the counter rail 25 is e.g. formed by a flanged flange tongue made of plastic.

Grundlæggende er det muligt, at afgangstransportøren 4's af transportbåndene 19's øvre længder dannede transportflade over hele afgangstransportørens 10 samlede længde ligger i et vandret plan. I den viste, specielle udførelsesform, ved hvilken mellemtransportøren 3's transportflader ved enden af denne mellemtransportør, områderne 16', på ovenfor beskrevne måde hælder noget i forhold til vandret på tværs af trans-15 portretningen, har afgangstransportøren 4's transportflader ved indgangen til denne afgangstransportør en tilsvarende hældning, som det er vist i fig. 4, dvs. ved indgangen til afgangstransportøren 4 har dennes transportflade i området ved den af ledegelænderet 23 20 dannede langside et noget dybere niveau end den tværs overfor i transportretningen A liggende langside, idet afgangstransportøren 4's således i forhold til vandret let hældende transportflade efter sammenføringen af flaskerne 1" i den ensporede flaskestrøm, dvs.Basically, it is possible that the exit conveyor 4 formed by the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 19 formed by the conveying surface over the entire length of the exit conveyor 10 lies in a horizontal plane. In the particular embodiment shown, in which the conveyor surfaces of the intermediate conveyor 3 at the end of this intermediate conveyor, areas 16 ', are inclined somewhat in relation to the horizontal across the conveyor direction, the conveyor surfaces 4 of the conveyor at the entrance to this departure conveyor have a corresponding slope as shown in FIG. 4, i.e. at the entrance to the exit conveyor 4, its conveying surface in the region of the longitudinal side formed by the guide rail 23 20 has a somewhat deeper level than the long side lying transversely opposite in the conveying direction A, the departure conveyor 4's thus relative to the horizontal slightly inclined conveying surface after the joining of the bottles 1 ". the single-track bottle flow, i.e.

25 fortrinsvis i transportretningen, efter modgelænderet 25 går over i en vandret transportflade. Ved denne udformning har afgangstransportøren 4's af transportbåndene 19's øvre længder dannede transportflade altså også en vridning.25, preferably in the transport direction, after the counter rail 25 enters a horizontal conveying surface. In this embodiment, the conveying surface 4 of the conveyor belts 19 formed by the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 19 thus also has a twist.

30 Som fig. 1 viser, ligger de af styrerullerne 7 og 11 dannede styreområder for transportbåndene 5 og 10 samt de af styrerullerne 12 og 20 dannede styreområder for transportbåndene 10 og 19 umiddelbart op til hinanden. Over det af styrerullerne 7 og 11 dan-35 nede styreområde er en første glideplade 27 anbragt stedfast således, at glidepladen 27 ligger med sin 13As FIG. 1 shows the control areas formed by the guide rollers 7 and 11 for the conveyor belts 5 and 10 and the control areas formed by the guide rollers 12 and 20 for the conveyor belts 10 and 19 immediately adjacent one another. Above the guide area formed by the guide rollers 7 and 11, a first sliding plate 27 is arranged in place so that the sliding plate 27 lies with its 13

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underside umiddelbart op til oversiden af transportbåndene 10's øvre længder, eller med sin underside glidende liggende på i det mindste transportbåndene 10's øvre længder og med sin overside danner en ikke-5 bevægelig glideflade for flaskerne l's bund, på hvilken glideflade de over tilgangstransportøren 2 tilførte flasker 1 først skubbes frem, før flaskerne 1, efter at have passeret glidepladen 27, kommer til at stå på mellemtransportøren 3's af transportbåndene 10 10 dannede transportflade. Glidepladen 27's forreste kant 28 i transportretningen er indrettet således, at der fås en sømløs og næsten i samme niveau liggende overgang mellem den af glidepladen 27's overside dannede faste glideplade og den af transportbåndene 5 15 dannede glideflade. Hertil er det formålstjenligt, at glidepladen 27 i området for sin vinkelret på transportretningen A løbende kant også i det mindste i ringe grad overlapper den af transportbåndene 5 dannede transportflade.an underside immediately up to the upper side of the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 10, or with its underside sliding lying on at least the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 10 and with its upper side forming a non-movable sliding surface for the bottoms 1, on which sliding surface the bottles supplied over the access conveyor 2 1 is first pushed before the bottles 1, after passing the slide plate 27, are placed on the conveying surface formed by the intermediate conveyor 3 by the conveyor belts 10 10. The leading edge 28 of the sliding plate 27 in the conveying direction is arranged so that a seamless and almost at the same level is provided between the fixed sliding plate formed by the top face 27 of the sliding plate 27 and the sliding surface formed by the conveyor belts 5 15. To this end, it is desirable that the sliding plate 27 in the region of its perpendicular to the direction of transport A also also at least slightly overlap the conveying surface formed by the conveyor belts 5.

20 Den i transportretningen bageste kant af glide pladen 27, i hvis område glidepladen 27 overlapper den af mellemtransportøren 3's transportbånd 10 dannede transportflade, er i den viste udførelsesform udformet med en tagskrånende facon, dvs. denne bageste 25 kant er sammensat af to retliniede afsnit 29 og 30, der med transportretningen A danner en vinkel større end 60° og mindre end 90°, fortrinsvis en vinkel på 65e, og som specielt udviser et sådant forløb, at afsnittene 29 og 30 sammen indeslutter en stump vinkel, 30 der åbner sig imod transport retningen A, idet overgangs- eller skæringspunktet mellem afsnittet 29 og 30, hvor disse afsnit udviser den største afstand fra kanten 28, ligger i mellemtransportøren 3's i transportretningen A løbende midterakses område. Afstanden 35 mellem kanten 28 og afsnittene 29 og 30 aftager gående ud fra midteraksen for mellemtransportøren 3The edge of the sliding plate 27 in the direction of transport, in the region of which the sliding plate 27 overlaps the conveying surface formed by the conveyor belt 10 of the intermediate conveyor 3, is in the illustrated embodiment formed with a roof sloping shape, ie. this trailing edge 25 is composed of two rectilinear sections 29 and 30 which, with the conveying direction A, form an angle greater than 60 ° and less than 90 °, preferably an angle of 65e, and which exhibit in particular such a course that sections 29 and 30 together, a blunt angle 30 which opens against the transport direction A encloses, the junction or intersection of sections 29 and 30, where these sections exhibit the greatest distance from the edge 28, lies in the middle axis of the intermediate conveyor 3 in the transport direction A. The distance 35 between the edge 28 and the sections 29 and 30 decreases starting from the center axis of the intermediate conveyor 3

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14 imod dennes langsider. Ved hjælp af glidepladen 27 opnås i forbindelse med den i forhold til transportbåndene 5 højere transporthastighed af transportbåndene 10, at der, efter passagen af glidepladen 27, 5 over hvilken flaskerne 1 skubbes af den til enhver tid over tilgangstransportøren tilførte flaskestrøm, til at begynde med fås en lakunedannelse i flaskestrømmen, som det er antydet i fig. 6 for de på mellemtransportøren 31 s transportbånd 10 stående flasker 1'.14 against its long sides. By means of the slide plate 27, in conjunction with the higher conveying speed of the conveyor belts 10, relative to the conveyor belts 5, it is obtained that, after the passage of the slide plate 27, 5 over which the bottles 1 are pushed by the bottle flow supplied at all times to the conveyor. a lacuna formation is obtained in the bottle flow, as indicated in FIG. 6 for the bottles 1 'on the conveyor belt 10 of the intermediate conveyor 31.

10 Ved lakunedannelsen i flaskestrømmen er det da muligt, at flaskerne 1* ved hjælp af det af mellemtransportøren 3 dannede omformningsområde inden for den af ledegelænderne 14 og 15 dannede tragtformede vej sammenføres til den tosporede flaskestrøm, idet der til 15 denne sammenføring står tilstrækkelig plads til rådighed for hver flaske 1', og der således ikke sker en gensidig fastklemmen af flaskerne eller en blokering af flaskestrømmen. Under bibeholdelse af samme virkning er det grundlæggende også muligt at udforme glidepladen 20 27's i transportretningen A bageste kanter forløbende skrå på en anden måde i forhold til transportretningen A, f.eks. V-formet, som det ved punkterede linier er vist i fig. l. I dette sidstnævnte tilfælde er glidepladen 27's bageste kanter i transport-25 retningen dannet af to afsnit 29r og 29", der atter danner en vinkel med hinanden, der imidlertid åbner sig i transportretningen A. Overgangsområdet mellem afsnittene 29' og 30' ligger også i denne udførelsesform i området for mellemtransportørens midterakse, der 30 strækker sig i transportretningen A, idet afstanden mellem den forreste og bageste kant af glidepladen 27 er mindst i dette overgangsområde og tiltager hen imod mellemtransportøren 3's to langsider. Grundlæggende er det også muligt at udforme den i transportretningen 35 bageste kant af glidepladen 27 som lige eller skrå strækkende sig over mellemtransportøren 3's samlede 1510 In the formation of the gaps in the bottle flow, it is then possible that the bottles 1 *, by means of the conformational area formed by the intermediate conveyor 3, within the funnel-shaped path formed by the guide rails 14 and 15, are combined with the two-track bottle flow, leaving sufficient space for this connection to available for each bottle 1 'and thus no reciprocal clamping of the bottles or blocking of the flow of bottles occurs. While retaining the same effect, it is also basically possible to design the sliding plate 20 27's in the rearward direction A of the rear edges inclined in a different manner in relation to the transport direction A, e.g. V-shaped, as shown by dotted lines in FIG. In this latter case, the trailing edges of the slide plate 27 in the transport direction are formed by two sections 29r and 29 ", which again form an angle with each other which, however, opens in the direction of transport A. The transition area between the sections 29 'and 30' lies also in this embodiment in the region of the middle axis of the intermediate conveyor 30 extending in the direction of transport A, the distance between the anterior and posterior edges of the sliding plate 27 being at least in this transition region and increasing towards the two longitudinal sides of the intermediate conveyor 3. It is also possible to design the trailing edge 27 of the slide plate 27 in the direction of transport 35 extending straight or inclined over the total 15 of the intermediate conveyor 3

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bredde, idet den skrå dog danner en vinkel på mere end 60° og mindre end 90°, fortrinsvis en vinkel på 65°, med mellemtransportøren 3's to langsider.however, it is inclined to form an angle of more than 60 ° and less than 90 °, preferably an angle of 65 °, with the two longitudinal sides of the intermediate conveyor 3.

Ved overgangsområdet mellem mellemtransportøren 5 3 og afgangstransportøren 4 er der stedfast over styrerullen 20 anbragt en yderligere glideplade 31, der i sin funktion svarer til glidepladen 27. Glide-pladen 31 ligger atter med sin nedre overfladeside, sin underside, stødende umiddelbart op til oversiden af 10 transportbåndene 19's øvre længder, eller glidepladen 31's underside ligger glidende på oversiden af de øvre længder af i det mindste transportbåndene 19 i styrerullerne 20's område. Oversiden af glidepladen 31 danner en glide- eller transportflade, der ikke bevæger 15 sig, på hvilken de af mellemtransportøren 3 tilførte flasker 1' først og fremmest glider med deres bund eller skubbes frem af de efterfølgende flasker 1', før disse flasker når til afgangstransportøren 4's af transportbåndene 19 dannede transportflade. Den i 20 transportretningen A forreste kant 32 af glidepladen 31 løber atter vinkelret på transportretningen A og er indrettet således, at der fås en overgang så vidt muligt uden lakuner og i samme niveau mellem mellemtransportøren 31 s af transportbåndene 10 dannede 25 glideflade og den af glidepladen 31's overside dannede stedfaste glideflade, hvorfor glidepladen 31 i sin kant 32's område i ringe grad overlapper mellemtransportøren ved dens midterste transportbånd 10. Den i transportretningen bageste kant 33 af glidepladen 31, 30 ved hvilken denne glideplade overlapper afgangstrans-portøren 4's af transportbåndene 19 dannede transportflade, forløber skråt i forhold til transportretningen A, og i den viste udførelsesform på en sådan måde, at kanten 33 med ledegelænderet 24's afsnit 35 24' eller ved den i transportretningen forreste ende af gelænderet 25 begrænsede langside af afgangstrans- 16At the transition area between the intermediate conveyor 5 3 and the departure conveyor 4, a further sliding plate 31, which in its function corresponds to the sliding plate 27, is placed permanently above the guide roller 27. The sliding plate 31 again lies with its lower surface side, its underside, adjacent immediately to the upper side of the 10, the upper lengths of the conveyor belts 19, or the underside of the sliding plate 31 lie sliding on the upper side of the upper lengths of at least the conveyor belts 19 in the region of the guide rollers 20. The upper side of the slide plate 31 forms a non-moving sliding or conveying surface onto which the bottles 1 'supplied by the intermediate conveyor 3' first slide with their bottoms or are pushed forward by the subsequent bottles 1 'before these bottles reach the departure conveyor. 4 of the conveyor belts 19 formed by the conveyor belts 19. The edge 32 of the sliding plate 31 in front of the conveying direction A runs again perpendicular to the conveying direction A and is arranged so as to obtain a transition as far as possible without gaps and at the same level between the intermediate conveyor 31 s of the conveyor belts 10 and the sliding plate formed by the sliding plate 10 The upper surface of the 31 forms a fixed sliding surface, so that the sliding plate 31 in the area of its edge 32 overlaps slightly with the middle conveyor 10 at its middle conveyor 10. The rear edge 33 of the sliding plate 31, 30 at which this sliding plate overlaps the departure surface 4 of the conveyor belts 19 formed , is inclined with respect to the conveying direction A, and in the illustrated embodiment in such a way that the edge 33 with the guide rail 24's section 35 24 'or at the longitudinal end of the railing 25 restricted in the transport direction is limited 16

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portøren 4 danner en vinkel større end 60° og mindre end 908, fortrinsvis en vinkel på 65°, der åbner sig i transportretningen. Ved glidepladen 31 bliver der i forbindelse med den i forhold til transportbåndene 10 5 noget højere transporthastighed af transportbåndene 19 i det område, omformningsområdet, af afgangstransportøren 4, der i transportretningen slutter sig til glidepladen 31, i hvilket område sporbredden af afgangstransportøren 4 endnu svarer til en tosporet flaske-10 strøm, opnået en lakunedannelse i flaskestrømmen ved mellemtransportøren 3's udgang, som det er vist for flaskerne 1" i fig. 1. Denne fornyede lakunedannelse i flaskestrømmen bevirker, at hver flaske 1", der efter passage af glidepladen 31 befinder sig ved ledegelæn-15 deret 24's eller gelænderet 25's side, finder plads i en lakune mellem to -umiddelbart langs ledegelænderet 23 førte flasker 1", eller ved gelænderet 25 eventuelt med hjælp fra afgangstransportøren 4's transportfladens hældning, jvf. fig. 4, kan bevæges sideværts ind 20 i en sådan lakune, uden at det kommer til en gensidig klemning mellem flakserne 1" eller til en blokering af flaskestrømmen. Senest efter passagen af gelænderet 25 bliver flaskerne 1" derpå transporteret bort af afgangstransportøren 4's umiddelbart ved siden af 25 ledegelænderet 23 liggende transportbånd som en ensporet flaskestrøm eller overgivet til en ikke nærmere vist yderligere transportindretning eller til indgangen til en ikke nærmere vist flaskebehandlingsmaskine m.v., der slutter sig den højre ende af indretningen i 30 fig. 6.the porter 4 forms an angle greater than 60 ° and less than 908, preferably an angle of 65 ° which opens in the direction of transport. At the sliding plate 31, in relation to the conveyor belts 19 in the area, the conversion area, of the discharge conveyor 4, which joins the sliding plate 31, in which area the trace width of the discharge conveyor 4 corresponds to the conveyor belt 4, a two-lane bottle stream, obtained in the flow of the gasket at the outlet of the intermediate conveyor 3, as shown for the bottles 1 "in Fig. 1. This renewed gasket in the flow of the bottle causes each bottle 1" which, after passage of the slide plate 31, can be moved at the side of the guide rail 24 or rail 25, in a gasket between two bottles 1 "which are immediately disposed along the guide rail 23, or at the rail 25 possibly with the aid of the inclination of the conveyor 4, the transport surface inclination, cf. laterally into such a gap without causing a mutual squeeze between the flakes 1 "or to block the flow of bottles. Not later than the passage of railing 25, the bottles 1 "are then transported away by the conveyor belt lying immediately adjacent to the guide rail 23 as a single tracked flow of bottles or transferred to an unspecified additional conveying device or to the entrance of a bottle processing machine not shown. the right end of the device in Fig. 6 is joined.

Grundlæggende er det også muligt at udforme den bageste kant 33 af glidepladen 31 i transportindretningen skrå på en anden måde end vist. For den bageste kant 33 kan der også tænkes en anden 35 udformning. Grundlæggende er det endelig muligt at udforme de bageste kanter af glidepladerne 27 og 31 17Basically, it is also possible to shape the rear edge 33 of the slide plate 31 of the conveyor in a different manner than shown. For the rear edge 33, another configuration may also be envisaged. Basically, it is finally possible to design the rear edges of the sliding plates 27 and 31 17

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retliniet og vinkelret på transportretningen A, selv om de beskrevne, skrå udformninger byder på særlige fordele med hensyn til en tilstræbt høj ydeevne, dvs. antallet pr. tidsenhed af tilførte og bortførte fla-5 sker, henholdsvis 1 og 1", samt med hensyn til funktionssikkerhed af indretningen. Den effektive transporthastighed af tilgangstransportøren 2, mellemtransportøren 3 samt af afgangstransportøren 4 er naturligvis afstemt således efter hinanden, at antallet pr.the rectilinear and perpendicular to the direction of transport A, although the inclined designs described offer special advantages in terms of a high performance aim, ie. the number per The unit of time of supply and discharge 5 is respectively 1 and 1 ", and in terms of functional safety of the device. The effective transport speed of the access conveyor 2, the intermediate conveyor 3 and of the departure conveyor 4 is, of course, aligned so that the

10 tidsenhed af flersporet over tilgangstransportøren 2 tilførte flasker 1 er lig med antallet af de i et spor, over afgangstransportøren 4 bortførte flasker 1", dvs. ved en sekssporet udformning af tilgangstransportøren 2 er afgangstransportøren 4' s effektive 15 transporthastighed mindst seks gange så stor som tilgangstransportøren 2's effektive transporthastighed.10 units of time of the multiple track over the supply conveyor 2 supplied 1 is equal to the number of bottles carried away in a track, over the exit conveyor 4, i.e., in a six-track configuration of the access conveyor 2, the effective conveyor speed of the exit conveyor 4 is at least six times as large. as the effective transport speed of the access conveyor 2.

Det samme gælder også med hensyn til forholdet mellem de effektive transporthastigheder for mellemtransportøren 3 og afgangstransportøren 4 eller mellem til-20 gangst ransportøren 2 og mellemtransportøren 3, dvs. i den viste udførelsesform er afgangstransportørens effektive transporthastighed ca. to gange så stor som mellemtransportøren 3's effektive transporthastighed, eller omvendt er mellemtransportøren 3' s effektive 25 transporthastighed ca. tre gange så stor som tilgangstransportøren 2's effektive transporthastighed. Helt alment gælder det, at forholdet mellem de effektive transporthastigheder for en transportør og en transportør, der slutter sig umiddelbart til denne, svarer til 30 forholdet mellem antallet af flaskestrømmens spor ved den tilsluttende transportørs udgang og antallet af spor ved den tilsluttende transportørs indgang.The same is also true with regard to the ratio of the effective transport speeds of the intermediate conveyor 3 to the departure conveyor 4 or between the access conveyor 2 and the intermediate conveyor 3, ie. in the illustrated embodiment, the effective transport speed of the departure conveyor is approx. twice the effective conveying speed of the intermediate conveyor 3, or conversely, the effective conveying speed of the intermediate conveyor 3 is approx. three times the effective transport speed of the access conveyor 2. In general, the ratio of the effective conveying speeds of a conveyor to a conveyor immediately joining it corresponds to the ratio of the number of bottle flow traces at the output of the connecting conveyor to the number of traces at the input of the connecting conveyor.

Den i fig. 5 viste udførelsesform adskiller sig i hovedsagen kun fra den i fig. 1-4 viste indretning 35 ved, at afgangstransportøren 4 ikke umiddelbart slutter sig med sin indgang til mellemtransportøren 3's 18The FIG. 5 is substantially different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1-4, in that the departure conveyor 4 does not immediately join its entrance to the intermediate conveyor 3

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udgang, men mellem de to transportører har en cirkelbueformet krum transportstrækning 34, i hvilken den tosporede strøm af flasker 1', der forlader mellemtransportøren 3 i den i fig. 5 viste udførelsesform, 5 af bøj es ca. 90°, før flaskerne 1' glider ud på glidepladen 31, der i dette tilfælde er tilvejebragt ved overgangsområdet mellem den i transportretningen A bageste ende af transportstrækningen 34 og afgangstransportøren 4's indgang. Transportstrækningen 34 10 har to sideledegelændere 36 og 36', af hvilke ledege-lænderet 36 ved sine to ender går over i ledegelænderne, henholdsvis 10 og 23, og ledegelænderet 36' ved sine to ender går over i gelænderne 15 og 24 eller i modgelænderet 25.outlet, but between the two conveyors has a circular arcuate curved conveying section 34, in which the two-track flow of bottles 1 'leaving the intermediate conveyor 3 in the FIG. 5 of 5, flex of approx. 90 ° before the bottles 1 'slide out on the slide plate 31, which in this case is provided at the transition area between the end of the transport section 34 in the transport direction A and the exit conveyor 4's entrance. The conveying section 34 10 has two side guide rails 36 and 36 ', of which the guide rail 36 at its two ends crosses into the guide rails 10 and 23, respectively, and the guide rail 36' at its two ends crosses the rails 15 and 24 or into the rails 25 .

15 Til forskel fra de i fig. 1-5 viste specielle udførelsesformer er det naturligvis også muligt at vælge sporbredden for tilgangstransportøren 2 større, nemlig således at denne tilføres en mere end sekssporet flaskestrøm. Endvidere er det også muligt og ved større 20 sporbredder for tilgangstransportøren 2 hensigtsmæssigt at udforme mellemtransportøren 3 således, at der ved dens udgang fås en mere end tosporet flaskestrøm. Uafhængigt af den foreliggende udformning har indretningen ifølge opfindelsen den fordel, at en ved høj 25 ydelse, dvs. frem for alt også ved en bred tilført, flersporet flaskestrøm og ved en meget hurtig bortføring af flaskerne i en ensporet flaskestrøm, er en tilforladelig og forstyrrelsesfri omformning af den tilførte flersporede flaskestrøm til en ensporet fla-30 skestrøm mulig ved et i forhold til andre indretninger ringe støjniveau. Til tilpasning af indretningen til flasker med forskellige diametre er føringsgelænderne 9, 14, 15, 23 og 24 i det mindste ved en langside af hver af transportørerne 2, 3 eller 4 indstillelige på 35 tværs af transportretningen.15 Unlike the ones in FIG. 1-5, of course, it is also possible to select the track width of the access conveyor 2 larger, namely to supply it with a more than six-track bottle flow. Furthermore, it is also possible and at greater 20 track widths for the access conveyor 2 to design the intermediate conveyor 3 so that at its output a more than two-track bottle flow is obtained. Regardless of the present embodiment, the device according to the invention has the advantage that one with a high performance, ie. above all, also by a wide applied, multi-track bottle flow and by a very rapid removal of the bottles in a single-track bottle flow, a reliable and disturbance-free conversion of the supplied multi-track bottle stream to a single-track bottle stream is possible in relation to other devices. low noise level. For adapting the device to bottles of different diameters, the guide rails 9, 14, 15, 23 and 24 are adjustable at least along a long side of each of the conveyors 2, 3 or 4 across the transport direction.

En ændring af den i fig. 1 viste mellemtransportør 3 er vist i fig. 7 og består i, at det ud over de 19A change of the one shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 7 and consists in that in addition to the 19

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øvrige transportbånd 10 forlængede transportbånd, som afgangstransportøren 4 slutter sig til, i de øvrige transportbånd 10's område består af to yderligere transportbånd 10, og det ud over de øvrige transport-5 bånd 10 forlængede område består af et af to transportbånd 36 dannet yderligere doserbånd 35, hvor mellemtransportørens vandret løbende transportflade 16 i det mindste strækker sig ind i området for det yderligere doserbånd 35's tilslutning til de yderli-10 gere transportbånd 10, og der for alle mellemtransportøren 3's yderligere transportbånd 10 er tilvejebragt en højere transporthastighed end for mellemtransportøren 3's yderligere doserbånd 35, der har en lavere transporthastighed end afgangstransportøren 4. I 15 overgangsområdet mellem de yderligere transportbånd 10 og det forlængde transportbånds doserbånd 35 er der anbragt en almindelig glideplade 37, der danner en overgang med i hovedsagen samme højde mellem de yderligere transportbånd 10 og transportbåndene 36. Under 20 glidepladen 37 er ud over de drivende styrehjul 12 for de yderligere transportbånd 10 også de ved siden af liggende styreruller 12' for doserbåndet 35 anbragt. Ved det forlængede transportbånds foreskrevne opdeling i af de yderligere transportbånd 10 og do-25 serbåndet 35 dannede uafhængigt af hinanden drivbare transportstrækninger muliggøres en hastighedsnedtrapning af disse, hvilket sikrer, at doserbåndet 35's transportflade til stadighed er tilstrækkeligt belagt med flasker 1', men som også sikrer, at der mellem 30 bunden af flaskern 1' og transportbåndene 36's transportflade kun består en ringe hastighedsforskel.other conveyor belts 10 extended conveyor belts to which the discharge conveyor 4 joins, in the area of the other conveyor belts 10, consist of two additional conveyor belts 10, and the area extended in addition to the other conveyor belts 10 consists of one additional conveyor belt 35 formed by two conveyor belts 36 wherein the horizontally running conveying surface 16 of the intermediate conveyor extends at least into the region of the connection of the additional conveyor belt 35 to the additional conveyor belts 10, and a higher conveying speed is provided for all the conveyor belt 10 of the intermediate conveyor 3 than for the additional conveyor belt 3. 35 having a lower transport speed than the departure conveyor 4. In the transition area between the additional conveyor belts 10 and the dosing conveyor belt 35, a plain sliding plate 37 is provided which forms a transition of substantially the same height between the additional conveyor belts 1 0 and the conveyor belts 36. Below the slide plate 37, in addition to the driving guide wheels 12 for the additional conveyor belts 10, also the adjacent guide rollers 12 'for the dosing belt 35 are arranged. The prescribed distribution of the extended conveyor belt into the independent conveyor belts formed by the additional conveyor belts 10 and the conveyor belt 35 allows for a speed reduction thereof, which ensures that the conveyor surface 35 of the dosing belt 35 is sufficiently still coated with bottles 1 ', but also ensures that only a slight speed difference exists between the bottom of the bottle core 1 'and the conveying surface of the conveyor belts 36.

I fig. 8 er mellemtransportøren 3 og afgangstransportøren 4 for en yderligere udførelsesform for opfindelsen vist. Denne udførelsesform adskiller sig 35 fra udførelsesformen ifølge fig. l først og fremmest ved, at de to midterste transportbånd 10 er erstattet 20In FIG. 8, the intermediate conveyor 3 and the departure conveyor 4 for a further embodiment of the invention are shown. This embodiment differs from the embodiment of FIG. In the first place, the two middle conveyor belts 10 are replaced 20

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af flere, smallere udformede transportbånd eller hæng-selbåndkæder, nemlig af transportbåndene 38-42, således at mellemtransportøren 3 på tværs af transportretningen A har tilsammen ni ved siden af hinanden 5 anbragte transportbånd, nemlig to yderstliggende par af transportbåndene 10 samt mellem disse par transportbåndene 38-42, der i den viste udførelsesform hver har en bredde på ca. 32 mm, medens bredden af et transportbånd 10 andrager ca. 82 mm. Transportbåndene 10 og 10 de to yderste smalle transportbånd 38 og 42 samt det midterste smalle transportbånd 40 er i tilslutningsområdet 43 mellem mellemtransportøren 3 og afgangstransportøren 4 ført over styreruller, der er anbragt på en fælles akse 44 og styres af drivmotoren 45. De 15 mellem transportbåndene 38, 40 og 42 anbragte transportbånd 39 og 41, der ender i tilslutningsområdet 43 i transportretningen A, før transportbåndene 10, 38, 40 og 42, er ført over styreruller, der kan drejes om en akse 46, og som drives af drivmotoren 45 over et 20 gear, f.eks. over kædedrevet 47. Drevet er her udformet således, at samtlige transportbånd 10 og 38-42 løber rundt på samme måde og med samme hastighed. Svarende til længden af transportbåndene 38 og 42 ligger aksen 46 i transportretningen A i afstand fra aksen 25 44.of several, narrower shaped conveyor belts or hinge chains, namely of conveyor belts 38-42, so that the transporter 3 across the conveying direction A has a total of nine adjacent conveyor belts, namely two outer pairs of conveyor belts 10 and between these pairs of conveyor belts 38-42, each of which in the illustrated embodiment has a width of approx. 32 mm, while the width of a conveyor belt 10 is approx. 82 mm. The conveyor belts 10 and 10, the two outermost narrow conveyor belts 38 and 42, and the middle narrow conveyor belt 40, are in the connecting area 43 between the intermediate conveyor 3 and the discharge conveyor 4 passed over guide rollers arranged on a common axis 44 and controlled by the drive motor 45. The conveyor belts 15 38, 40 and 42, conveyor belts 39 and 41 ending in the connection area 43 in the conveying direction A, before the conveyor belts 10, 38, 40 and 42 are passed over guide rollers rotatable about an axis 46 and driven by the drive motor 45 over a 20 gear, e.g. over the chain drive 47. The drive is here designed so that all conveyor belts 10 and 38-42 run in the same manner and at the same speed. Corresponding to the length of the conveyor belts 38 and 42, the axis 46 in the transport direction A is spaced from the axis 25 44.

Afgangstransportøren 4 har i den viste udførelsesform fem smalle transportbånd 48-52, der har samme bredde som transportbåndene 38-42 og er anbragt således ved siden af hinanden på tværs af transportret-30 ningen A, at de to ydre transportbånd 48 og 52 danner fortsættelsen af transportbåndene 38 og 42, det mellemste transportbånd 50 danner fortsættelsen af transportbåndet 40, og de på begge sider af det midterste transportbånd 50 anbragte transportbånd 49 35 og 51 danner fortsættelsen af transportbåndene, henholdsvis 38 og 42, hvor transportbåndene 48, 50 ogIn the illustrated embodiment, the exit conveyor 4 has five narrow conveyor belts 48-52 having the same width as the conveyor belts 38-42 and arranged side by side across the conveying direction A such that the two outer conveyor belts 48 and 52 form the continuation of the conveyor belts 38 and 42, the middle conveyor belt 50 forms the continuation of the conveyor belt 40, and the conveyor belts 49 35 and 51 located on both sides of the middle conveyor belt 50 form the continuation of the conveyor belts 38 and 42, respectively, the conveyor belts 48, 50 and

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21 52's styreruller i tilslutningsområdet 43 er anbragt på den i transportretningen efter aksen 44 anbragte akse 53, og styrerullerne for transportbåndene 49 og 51 er anbragt på den i transport retningen A efter 5 aksen 46 følgende akse 54. I stedet for glidepladen 41, der strækker sig over hele transportbredden, er der i den i fig. 8 viste udførelsesform i tilslutningsområdet 43 svarende til antallet af de smalle transportbånd, henholdsvis 38-42 og 48-52 på henholdsvis mel-10 lemtransportøren 3 og afgangstransportøren 4 tilvejebragt fem smalle glideplader 55, hvis bredde på tværs af transportretningen A er ca. lig med bredden af transportbåndene, henholdsvis 38-42 og 48-52, og som set fraoven hver især er anbragt dækkende på linie 15 med disse smalle transportbånd ved overgangen mellem et sådant transportbånd for mellemtransportøren 3 og et sådant transportbånd for afgangstransportøren 4.The guide rollers 21 of the connecting region 43 are located on the axis 53 located in the transport direction after the axis 44, and the guide rollers for the conveyor belts 49 and 51 are placed on the axis 54 following in the transport direction A after axis 46 46. Instead of the sliding plate 41 extending over the entire transport width, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 in the connection area 43 corresponding to the number of narrow conveyor belts 38-42 and 48-52 respectively on the intermediate conveyor 3 and the discharge conveyor 4 provided five narrow sliding plates 55 whose width across the conveying direction A is approx. equal to the width of the conveyor belts, 38-42 and 48-52, respectively, and as seen from above, each is arranged on line 15 with these narrow conveyor belts at the transition between such conveyor belt for the intermediate conveyor 3 and such conveyor belt for the discharge conveyor 4.

Mellemtransportøren 3 har atter de to ledegelændere 14 og 15, der imellem sig danner en vej for 20 flaskerne 1', hvilken vej i transportretningen A først snævrer tragtformet ind, derpå har et tilsluttende område med i hovedsagen konstant bredde og derpå et yderligere område i tilslutningsområdet 43, i hvilket vejen mellem ledegelænderne 14 og 15 snævrer sig ind 25 påny, nemlig til den sporbredde, som afgangstransportøren 4 udviser ved sit indgangsområde. Til den fornyede indsnævring af vejbredden har føringsgelænderet 15 ved tilslutningsområdet 43 et elastisk afsnit 15', i hvilket føringsgelænderet 15 løber skråt indad i for-30 hold til transportretningen A. Den i transportretnin-gen bageste ende af afsnittet 15' holdes ved hjælp af en fjederindretning 15", således at afsnittet 15' i påkommende tilfælde, f.eks. ved en eventuel fastkilen af flaskerne 1', kan vige noget ud til siden. Til af-35 snittet 15' slutter sig i afgangstransportøren 4's indgangsområde et til modgelænderet 25 svarende af- 22The intermediate conveyor 3 again has the two guide rails 14 and 15 which form between them a path for the 20 bottles 1 ', which path in the transport direction A first narrows the funnel-shaped, then has a connecting area of substantially constant width and then an additional area in the connecting region. 43, in which the path between the guide rails 14 and 15 narrows again 25, namely to the track width shown by the exit conveyor 4 at its entrance area. For the re-narrowing of the road width, the guide rail 15 at the connection area 43 has an elastic section 15 'in which the guide rail 15 extends inwardly in relation to the transport direction A. The rear end of the section 15' is held by a spring device 15 ", so that the section 15 'may, if necessary, for example, by a possible wedge wedge of the bottles 1', sideways. The section 15 'joins the entrance region of the exit conveyor 4 to the counter rail 25 responding af- 22

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snit 56' af et gelænder 56, der ved udførelsesformen ifølge fig. 8 erstatter afgangstransportøren 4's gelænder 24, således at vejen for afgangstransportøren ved denne udførelsesform er begrænset af de to gelænde-5 re 23 og 56. Ved den i transportretningen A forreste ende, afsnittet 56', er gelænderet 56 ved 57 om en lodret akse hængslet til maskinchassiset. Endvidere er gelænderet 56 i det mindste i afsnittet 56' udformet elastisk og desuden støttet af i det mindste en el-10 ler flere udvendigt liggende bladfjedre 58, således at de der værende flasker 1" i afgangstransportøren 4's indgangsområde ved hjælp af afsnittet 56' føres sammen i en ensporet flaskestrøm, uden at en hældning af den af transportbåndene 48, 52 dannede transportflade 15 for flaskerne 1" i sig selv er nødvendig. For imidlertid at udskille væltede flasker 1" ved afgangstransportøren 4's indgangsområde er den nævnte transportflade også ved denne udførelsesform, ligeledes svarende til fig. 4, gjort hældende, dvs. at ved den af 20 gelænderet 23 begrænsede side er transportfladaens niveau noget lavere end ved den overfor liggende af gelænderet 53 eller af afsnittet 56' begrænsede side. Samtlige transportbånd 48-52 løber rundt på samme måde og med en hastighed, der er større end omløbshas-25 tigheden for transportbåndene 10 og 38-42. Da nogle af afgangstransportøren 4's transportbånd, nemlig transportbåndene 49 og 51, når ind i tilslutningsområdet 43 eller begynder der i transportretningen A før enden af især transportbåndene 38, 40 og 42, da des-30 uden transportbåndene 38-40 og 48-52 hver især har en bredde på tværs af transportretningen A, der er mindre end tværsnittet eller transportfladen for flaskerne l', og da endvidere bredden af glidepladen 55 på tværs af transportretningen A samt dens placering er valgt så-35 ledes, at der ved siden af hver glideplade 55 i det mindste ligger en dellængde af et af transportbåndene, 23section 56 'of a handrail 56 which in the embodiment of FIG. 8 replaces the railing 24 of the exit conveyor 4, so that in this embodiment the path of the departure conveyor is limited by the two rails 23 and 56. At the end in the direction of transport A, section 56 ', the railing 56 at 57 is hinged about a vertical axis. to the machine chassis. Furthermore, the rail 56 at least in section 56 'is elastically formed and furthermore supported by at least one or more outer leaf springs 58, so that the bottles 1 "in the exit area of the discharge conveyor 4 are guided by section 56' together in a single-track bottle flow, without the inclination of the conveying surface 15 formed by the conveyor belts 48, 52 for the bottles 1 "per se. However, in order to separate overturned bottles 1 "at the entrance area of the exit conveyor 4, the said conveying surface is also inclined in this embodiment, similar to Fig. 4, i.e. at the side bounded by the railing 23, the level of the conveying surface is somewhat lower than at the opposite of the railing 53 or the restricted side of section 56. All conveyor belts 48-52 run in the same manner and at a speed greater than the orbital speed of conveyor belts 10 and 38-42. namely, the conveyor belts 49 and 51, reach into the connection area 43 or commence in the conveying direction A before the end of the conveyor belts 38, 40 and 42 in particular, since, without the conveyor belts 38-40 and 48-52, each has a width transverse to the conveying direction A, which is less than the cross-section or conveying surface of the bottles 1 ', and then further the width of the sliding plate 55 across the tr the guide direction A and its location are selected so that next to each slide plate 55 there is at least a part length of one of the conveyor belts, 23

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henholdsvis 38-42 og 48-52, der ikke er dækket af en sådan glideplade 55, opnås der ved denne udførelsesform en med lakuner forsynet flaskestrøm i tilslutningsområdet 43 og dermed en i største udstrækning 5 stød- og trykfri sammenføring af mellemtransportøren 3's flasker 1' til den af flaskerne 1" på afgangstransportøren 4 dannede, ensporede flaskestrøm. I modsætning til de tidligere beskrevne udførelsesformer, ved hvilke der i tilslutningsområdet mellem mellem-10 transportøren 3 og af gangs transportøren 4 i hver enkelt er tilvejebragt en glideplade 31, der strækker sig over hele transportbredden, og som flaskestrømmen hver gang kun kan bevæge sig over ved, at de over mellemtransportøren 3 transporterede flasker 1' skub-15 ber på den, står flaskerne 1' ifølge udførelsesformen i fig. 8 kun med en del af deres bund på den foreliggende glideplade 55 og med den øvrige del af deres bund på det til enhver tid ved siden af liggende transportbånd, henholdsvis 38-42 og 48-52 og føres derved 20 at dette transportbånd over glidepladen 55, der kun udøver en ringe gnidningsmodstand.38-42 and 48-52, respectively, which are not covered by such a sliding plate 55, in this embodiment, a glandular flow in the connection area 43 is obtained and thus a shock-and-pressure-free jointing of the intermediate conveyor 3's bottles 1 ' to the single-track bottle flow formed by the bottles 1 "on the exit conveyor 4. In contrast to the previously described embodiments, in which a sliding plate 31 extending in the connecting region between the intermediate conveyor 3 and the disposable conveyor 4 is provided in each over the entire transport width, and which the bottle flow can only move over each time by pushing the bottles 1 'transported over the intermediate conveyor 3, the bottles 1' according to the embodiment of Fig. 8 stand only with a part of their bottom on the present slide plate 55 and with the other part of their bottom on the adjacent conveyor belt at any time, respectively 38 -42 and 48-52, thereby passing this conveyor belt over the slide plate 55, which exerts only a slight frictional resistance.

I stedet for glidepladen 55 kan der ved udformningen ifølge fig. 8 også anvendes overgangsplader, der med hensyn til deres formgivning svarer til glide-25 pladerne 55, men som kun dækker omstyringsområderne for transportbåndene 38-42 og 48-52 og ligger under niveauet for den af den øvre længde af transportbåndene 38-42 og 48-52 dannede transportflade. Derved er det muligt, at transportbåndene 38-42 og 48-52 har en bred-30 de, der kun er halvt så stor som tværsnittet af flaskerne 1', således at disse i hvert tilfælde til enhver tid står med halvdelen af deres flaskebund på i det mindste det ene af de nævnte transportbånd og således med afstand føres over den dybere liggende over-35 gangsplade.Instead of the slide plate 55, in the embodiment of FIG. 8, transition plates are also used which, in their design, correspond to the sliding plates 55, but which only cover the bypass areas of the conveyor belts 38-42 and 48-52 and are below the level of the upper length of the conveyor belts 38-42 and 48 -52 formed transport surface. Thereby, it is possible that the conveyor belts 38-42 and 48-52 have a width which is only half the size of the cross-section of the bottles 1 ', so that in each case they stand with half of their bottoms at all times. at least one of said conveyor belts and thus is spaced over the deeper transition plate.

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1. A device for converting a fed multi-track bottle stream to a single-track conveyed bottle stream, with several endless circular conveyor belts, each having their upper length serving as the conveyor barrels for the bottles, forming a multi-track access conveyor (2) having an outer guide rail and an intermediate conveyor (3) joining it in the conveying direction and having a track width decreasing in the transport direction, and an exit conveyor (4) having an outer guide rail where the effective conveying speed of the intermediate conveyor is greater than the effective transport speed of the access conveyor and the effective transport speed of the exit conveyor is greater than the effective transport speed of the intermediate conveyor, and where at least one transition plate, preferably in the form of a sliding plate, is provided in the connection area between the access conveyor and the intermediate conveyor. and in connection the advice of the departure conveyor is provided at least another transition plate, wherein the access conveyor, intermediate conveyor and the departure conveyor are each formed by their own conveyor belt, characterized in that the intermediate conveyor (3) in the transport direction (A) joins the access conveyor 25 (2), and the departure conveyor (4) joins the intermediate conveyor (3) so that the departure conveyor (4) which exhibits a decreasing track width in the transport direction (A) in its entrance area joining the intermediate conveyor (3) is at least formed in the two groove; the at least one other transition plate (31,55) being provided in the connection area (43) between the intermediate conveyor (3) and the exit conveyor (4), that the intermediate conveyor (3) has outer guide rails (14, 15, 15 ') on both sides , between them, in a transport direction (A), a funnel narrowing path extending from the access conveyor (2) to the exit conveyor (4), where this path in the connection area between the access conveyor (2) and the intermediate conveyor (3) has the track width of the access conveyor (2) and immediately before the connection area to the exit conveyor (4) has the track width of the exit conveyor (4), and at least the access conveyor (2) and the funnel-shaped region of the path of the intermediate conveyor (3) exhibit horizontally extending conveying surfaces.

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one other transition plate (31, 55) is a sliding plate which lies in approx. the same level as the transport surfaces of the intermediate conveyor (3) and the exit conveyor (4).

Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the exit conveyor (4) has at least two conveyor belts (19, 48-52) arranged side-by-side across the conveying direction (A) and in at least with their upper lengths joining each other side by side across the conveying direction (A).

Device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the track width of the access conveyor 25 (2) is double or some other full multiplicity of the track width which the exit conveyor (4) has at its entrance area joining the intermediate conveyor ( 3).

Device according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the access conveyor (2) is formed by several conveyor belts (5) arranged transversely of the transport direction (A) and at least with their upper lengths are joined side by side across the conveying direction (A), 35 and the number of conveyor belts (5) of the access conveyor (2) is equal to a whole multiplicity of two. 26 DK 163054 B

Device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the number of conveyor belts (10) of the intermediate conveyor (3) is equal to or less than the number of conveyor belts (5) of the inlet conveyor (2).

Device according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that at least one conveyor belt (10) arranged at the central axis running in the conveying direction (A) in the intermediate conveyor 10 (3) consists of several conveyor belts ( 10) which are arranged transversely of the conveying direction (A) and at least with their upper lengths joining each other horizontally across the conveying direction, are extended beyond the other conveyor belts (10) of the intermediate conveyor (3), and that this at least one elongated conveyor belt (10) forms the conveyor surface of the intermediate conveyor in an additional area joining in the conveying direction (A) to the area of the road that narrows funnel-shaped and forms part 20 of this road to which the departure conveyor (4) ending with the number of extended conveyor belts (10) forming the transport surface of the intermediate conveyor (3) in the further area of the road at the same width of the intermediate conveyor s (3) and the conveyor belt (10) of the discharge conveyor (4) is equal to the number of conveyor belts (19) that the discharge conveyor (4) has in its entry area joining the intermediate conveyor (3).

Device according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that the outlet conveyor (4) 30 has at one longitudinal side a rigid outer guide rail (23) extending straight in the transport direction (A) and at the other long side another outer guide rail (24, 25, 56, 56 ') extending at least in a sub-region in the transport direction (A) and simultaneously at 35 across the transport direction (A), so that the decreasing track width in the transport direction (A) for departure The conveyor (4) is obtained where this sub-region of the guide rail is formed at least in a sub-section (25, 56 ') elastically, whereby preferably the conveying surface of the exit conveyor (4) at least in the region of 5 decreasing track width transversely of the conveying direction (A) relative to a horizontal plane, and of the transport surface of the gait conveyor (4) at the first guide rail (23) exhibits a somewhat deeper level than at the second guide rail (24,25, 56, 56 ') , and / or 10 hv preferably the conveying surface of the intermediate conveyor (3) in the further region of the road on a part length extending to the rear end (A) of the intermediate conveyor (3) is inclined relative to the horizontal across the conveying direction (A), and the intermediate conveyor ( 3) and at least at the connection area between the intermediate conveyor (3) and the exit conveyor (4) transversely of the conveying direction, the conveying surface of the discharge conveyor (4) exhibits the same inclination with respect to the horizontal.

Device according to any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that at least one of the two outer guide rails (14, 15) of the intermediate conveyor (3) is elastically formed at least in the funnel-narrowing region of the path of the intermediate conveyor (3). .

Device according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the intermediate conveyor (3) joins the running conveyor (4) over a preferably curved conveying section (34) and the second transition plate (31) is provided at the transition. between the rear end of the conveying direction (A) in the transport direction (A) and the end of the conveying conveyor (4) in the forward direction (A).

Device according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized by transversely adjustable guide rails (9, 14, 15, 23, 24) at the access conveyor (2) and / or the intermediate conveyor (3) and / or the departure conveyor (4). DK 163054 B 28

Device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the rear edge of at least one transition plate (27, 31, 55) extends perpendicular to the transport direction 5 (A) in the transport direction (A).

Device according to any one of claims 1-12, characterized in that the edge (29, 30; 29 ', 30'; 33 ') of at least one transition plate (27, 31) formed in the transport direction (A) at least has a cut-off which extends obliquely to the direction of transport (A), i.e. together with an axis perpendicular to the direction of transport (A), an angle of less than 30 °, preferably an angle of 25 °, preferably including the edge of the rear in the transport direction, includes at least one transition plate (27) formed as a sliding plate. at least two cuts (29, 30; 29 ', 30') which preferably have the same length and extend obliquely to the direction of transport in different directions, and more preferably preferably such that the rear edge thereof at least one transition plate (27) at the cut (29, 30; 29 ', 30') exhibits a roof-like slope or v-shaped course, the two cuts (29, 30; 29 ', 30') preferably each enclosing the same angle 25 along with the axis perpendicular to the direction of transport (A).

Device according to one or more of claims 7-13, characterized in that at least one of the other conveyor belts (10) elongates 30 conveyor belts which the discharge conveyor (4) joins, in the other conveyor belts (10). the area consists of at least one additional conveyor belt (10) and in the area extended beyond the other conveyor belts (10) is a further dosing belt (35), the horizontal conveying surface (16) of the intermediate conveyor 83) at least extends into the connection area 29 DK 163054 B for the additional dosing belt (35) and at least one additional conveyor belt (10), and for which all conveyor belts (10) of the intermediate conveyor (3) are provided a higher transport speed than for the outer conveyor belt (10). 5 dosing bands (35) exhibiting a lower transport speed than the exit conveyor (4).

Device according to any one of claims 3-14, characterized in that at an intermediate conveyor (3) having several conveyor belts (10, 43-42), the at least two conveyor belts (48-52) of the departure conveyor (4) at least two conveyor belts (38, 42) of the intermediate conveyor (3), preferably two conveyor belts (38, 42) provided in the middle region of the intermediate conveyor (3), in the connection area 15 (43) between the intermediate conveyor (3) and the discharge conveyor (4) that at least one transition between a conveyor belt (38, 40, 42) of the intermediate conveyor (3) and the conveyor belt (48, 50, 52) of the departure conveyor (4) joining it, and at least one further transition between a second conveyor belt (39, 41) in the intermediate conveyor (3) and the conveyor belt (49, 51) in (4) joining it is displaced in the transport direction (A) and that at this junction is provided a transition plate, the width of which is transverse to 25 conveyors none (A) is approx. the same as the width of the conveyor belts (38-42, 48-52) of the intermediate conveyor (3) and of the discharge conveyor (4) joining each other, preferably the width of the conveyor belt (38-42) of the intermediate conveyor (3) and the discharge conveyor (4). 30-52) joining one another is at most the same, but preferably smaller than the cross-section of the base surface of the smallest bottle (1, 1 ', 1 ") to be machined.

Device according to claim 15, characterized in that the track width or the width of the path of the intermediate conveyor (3) in the area in the direction of transport 30 DK 163054 B (A) in front of the connection area (43) is smaller than the track width of the access conveyor, but greater than the width of the exit conveyor (4) and narrowing the width of the path of the intermediate conveyor (3) in the connection area (43) to the track width of the exit conveyor (4) in its entrance area.

Device according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that the transition plate (55) is slightly below the level of the transport surfaces of the intermediate conveyor (3) and 10 of the discharge conveyor (4).