EP0149435A2 - Machine pour la mise en carton de pâtes alimentaires du type "Cannelloni" ou similaire - Google Patents

Machine pour la mise en carton de pâtes alimentaires du type "Cannelloni" ou similaire Download PDF

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EP0149435A2
EP0149435A2 EP84830339A EP84830339A EP0149435A2 EP 0149435 A2 EP0149435 A2 EP 0149435A2 EP 84830339 A EP84830339 A EP 84830339A EP 84830339 A EP84830339 A EP 84830339A EP 0149435 A2 EP0149435 A2 EP 0149435A2
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
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  • the present invention concerns a cartoning machine for alimentary paste of the kind socalled "cannelloni” which is formed by tubular members designed for being filled with a stuffing of meat or greens.
  • the present invention seeks to mechanize this operation under control of a minicomputer by using an equipment comprising in succession a chute for feeding in bulk the paste such as "cannelloni” or the like, four operational assemblies serially connected along a substantially straight and horizontal stretch and a station for the loading of the "cannelloni” into cartons, the latter operation being carried out along a vertical stretch.
  • Said operational assemblies comprise:
  • the equipment comprises also a traditional machine to supply the cartons under opened condition to the loading position and to remove them after the loading, means being provided responsive to the presence of a carton in the loading position.
  • the mechanized equipment according to the invention is operating under control of a minicomputer suitably programmed.
  • the main advantage of the cartoning equipment according to the present invention is that of saving labor in a particularly boring work such as that of taking one "cannellone” at a time and arranging it gently in its right position within the carton up to the complete filling thereof. Furthermore it allows the cartoning operation to be executed without the employed staff handling the paste and therefore it has the advantage of a greater hygiene compared with the manual cartoning. It should be still noted that the preliminary and complete check of each single "cannellone" gives a high efficiency to the operating process.
  • a feeding chute is generally designated by 1, a vibrating grid chute by 2, a continuous belt conveyer for the longitudinal orientation of the paste members such as “cannelloni” or the like by 3, a continuous double movable belt conveyer, in which the integrity and size check for each "cannellone” and the ejecting of the irregular and/or non-integral ones are carried out, by 4, a continuous double movable belt conveyer for the storage of the "cannelloni" by 5, a continuous double movable belt conveyer for the loading by 6, and a cartoning station by 7.
  • the chute 1 consists of a plane longitudinally inclined from the loading end to the unloading one and provided with side boards la and supplying the material in bulk to the vibrating chute 2.
  • the vibrating chute 2 supported by a framework (not shown) consists of a grid provided with longitudinal inclined side boards 21.
  • the grid chute is formed by longitudinal rods 22 connected by underlaying transversal bars 22a forming a support plane with longitudinal channels of small depth with respect to the diameter of the "cannelloni" in order to promote a longitudinal arrangement of the "cannelloni” supplied in bulk.
  • upstanding walls 23 and 24 are provided one after the other slanting to the feeding direction of the "cannelloni", between which in combination with a cross bar 26 placed at suitable height a passageway being defined the dimensions of which are such that one "cannellone" at a time is supplied to an inclined and folded channel 25 having a slightly concave bottom.
  • An alectric motor 27 transmits through an eccentric 28 a swift, longitudinal alternating movement to the vibrating grid chute 2.
  • the channel 25 leads to the loading end of the following continuous belt conveyer 3 designed for aligning longitudinally the "cannelloni" one after the other.
  • the continuous belt conveyer 3 comprises a stationary frame 31 and a continuous movable belt 32 which is wide essentially as much as the diameter of the "cannellone".
  • a fixed, inclined side board 33 placed on the side where the material is unloaded from the channel 25 and a fixed, vertical side board 34 are provided along the longitudinal edges of the belt 32.
  • the belt 32 is advanced by an electric motor 35.
  • the continuous belt conveyer 4 following the belt conveyer 3 is provided with two fixed side boards 41 which are longitudinally inclined downwards to the longitudinal plane of simmetry of the belt conveyer 4 so that the lower edges thereof are spaced from each other approximately by a length smaller than the maximum diameter provided by the "cannelloni".
  • Two continuous, parallel belts 42 having a circular section are vertically aligned with said lower edges of the side boards 41 and are made for instance of plastic material, the upper spans of which being spaced from each other by a length smaller than the diameter of the "cannellone". Said upper spans of the belts 42 lie about at the same level as the lower edges of the side boards 41, whereby supporting each "cannellone" along longitudinal lines of contact of the lower part of the "cannellone", so that any other part thereof is free of any contact.
  • the two belts 42 are supported by two coaxial end pulleys (not shown), one of which is driven, and by eventual, intermediate idle pulleys.
  • the belts 42 act as support and advancing means for the "cannelloni".
  • the space between the lower edges of the side boards 41 is empty except for idle rolls 142 having transversal axis.
  • the pulley 40 transmitting the movement to the driven pulleys of the belts 42 is driven in this embodiment by the same motor 35 which drives the belt 32; it should have, however, a diameter smaller than that of the pulley 36 driving the belt 32 because the belts 42 should have a greater speed than that of the belt 32 in order to permit the "cannelloni" 100 to be somewhat spaced from each other to facilitate the check thereof.
  • an integrity and size control station is associated in order to eject the defective "cannelloni" from the conveying line.
  • the station comprises a first assembly for controlling the integrity of the "cannelloni" which is assembled on a rectangular transversal frame 1 4 4 including the side boards 41 and the belts 42.
  • each of them is sensing a portion equal to a fourth of the cylindrical surface of each "cannellone” 1 00 .
  • Said devices 44 sense the integrity of a “cannellone” comparing the sensed parameters with the preset ones relative to an integral "cannellone” and supplying in case of a difference a signal which drives the ejector 48 described below.
  • a second assembly for checking of the length of the "cannellone” is provided after said first checking assembly 44.
  • Said second assembly is provided with photoelectric cell sensors 45, 46, 47 located along the path in the feeding direction of the material such that the distance between the first sensor 45 and the second sensor 46 is equal to the minimum allowed length of the "cannelloni" and the distance between the first sensor 45 and the third sensor 47 is equal to the maximum allowed length of the "cannelloni”. Also this assembly supplies a signal when the circuit of all cells 45, 46, 47 is opened or when the circuit of the photoelectric cell 45 is closed before the circuit of the photoelectric cell 46 is closed.
  • the compressed air ejector 48 with jet directed upwards is placed in an intermediate position between the sensors 45, 46 and the belts 42 beneath the latter. The air is conveyed through a pipe 49 controlled by a valve 149 (Figs.
  • the belt conveyer 5 is provided with a cover 54 which can be opened and is formed by a plate preferably of transparent plastic material such as "plexiglass" hinged at 154 on the upper edge of one of the side boards 41 (shown in opened condition in Figs. lA, 1B and 2) and abuting against the edges of the side boards 41.
  • a cover 54 which can be opened and is formed by a plate preferably of transparent plastic material such as "plexiglass" hinged at 154 on the upper edge of one of the side boards 41 (shown in opened condition in Figs. lA, 1B and 2) and abuting against the edges of the side boards 41.
  • the continuous belt conveyer 5 has a length such as to allow the "cannelloni" to be stored therein before their loading.
  • the continuous belt conveyer 5 consists as the previous one of inclined side boards 51 between which pairs of continuous belts 52 are running, said belts looking like rings and running in londitudinal vertical planes around pulleys mounted at the ends of the belt conveyer; at least one of which being driven.
  • Such a belt conveyer is identic in its structure to the previous one and comprises in turn supporting idle rolls 152.
  • a plate cover 54 identic to that of the belt conveyer 4 is hinged on the upper edge of one of the side boards 51.
  • the driven pulleys of the belts 52 are driven by a gearing connected to a compressed air motor 53 operating in both directions.
  • the continuous loading belt conveyer 6 (Figs. 1B and 3), which is placed in succession to the storage belt conveyer 5, is similar to the latter in its structure, i.e. it is provided with inclined side boards 61, guiding idle rolls 162, continuous belts 62 running in longitudinal, vertical planes around end pulleys 262, at least one of which being driven. Said driven pulleys are driven by an electric motor 63.
  • the longitudinal axis of the loading belt conveyer 6 is, however, inclined with respect to the horizontal plane upwardly in the feeding direction of the material in order to guide the "cannelloni" toward the loader 71 disclosed below.
  • the belts 62 of the loading belt conveyer 6 are driven by said motor 63 with a speed greater than that of the belts 52 of the previous belt conveyer 5 in order to provide a new separation between the paste members 100.
  • Said belt conveyer 6 is provided with a photoelectric cell sensor 64 preferably mounted between the entrance ends of the side boards 61 of the belt conveyer 6 and at a height such that the beam is intercepted by the advancing "cannellone". The sensor is connected to a circuit which is normally closed.
  • a stopping device is provided near the input end of the belt conveyer 6. It consists of a transversal, vertical gate means 69 the height of which can be adjusted acting on a supporting L-shaped arm 67 integral with the stem 68 (Fig. 3) of the piston of a hydraulic cylinder 66 having vertical axis supported by a bracket 167.
  • the cartoning station 7 (Figs. 1B, 3 and 4) is provided at the end of the loading belt conveyer 6 in the feeding direction of the material.
  • the cartoning station 7 (Fig. 4) comprises a framework 70 supporting a stationary loader 71 consisting of a vertical, hollow member having open ends and a substantially rectangular cross section of length and width slightly greater than those of a "cannellone" 100 and being provided at its upper end with a loading mouth located in proximity of the end of the loading belt conveyer 6 and limited by two longitudinal, inclined side boards 72 and by a transversal, vertical side board 72a.
  • the height of the loader 71 is such as to allow the "cannelloni" 100 to be contained therein over one another with horizontal and parallel axis in a number greater than that necessary to fill a carton 83.
  • the loader 71 is provided with a slot 73 extending vertically along the corresponding entrance side board 72 as far as the height of the loader 71.
  • An arm 79a sustaining a support member of the column of "cannelloni" 100 can pass through the slot 73 when the member 79 is being entered the loader 71.
  • the arm 79a at its other end is hinged on a chain 74 passing aroud three pulleys 76, 77, 78 having horizontal, parallel but non- coplanar axis, one of the pulleys 76 or 77 being driven by a step motor 75 suitably fastened to the framework 70.
  • the upper pulley 76 is driven, the lower pulley 77 is idle and the third pulley is placed in an intermediate position 78 on its support so as to be shifted acting as ' a chain tightening device.
  • Three support members 79 are provided with arms 79a linked to the chain 74 at positions equidistant from one another along the chain 74.
  • the respective arms 79a can rotate in counterclockwise direction and viceversa together with the respective support members 79 from the operating position forming an angle of 90" with the chain 74 to a position parallel to the chain 74.
  • the arms 79a with the respective support members 79 enter successively the side boards 72, 72a and reach the inside of the loader 71 sliding along the slot 73.
  • a vertical hydraulic cylinder 80 is mounted on the wall of the loader 71 apart from the wall where the slot 73 is provided.
  • the stem 81 of the piston is integral with a plate 82 through an arm 82a which is sliding along the outer surface of the longitudinal wall of the loader and can be pulled down by the piston of the cylinder 80 so as to introduce the plate 82 within the carton 83 designed for being filled with the "cannelloni” 100.
  • a transversal wall is created acting as a temporary transversal wall supporting the "cannelloni” 100 at about 2/3 of the length of the carton, in this example a carton 83 being provided with three columns of "cannelloni" 100.
  • the function of the supporting plate will be more evident below.
  • each step of the chain 74 has to correspond to a lowering of the support member 79 by a length equal to the diameter of one "cannellone".
  • the cartoning station 7 comprises also a well known machine, which is then not shown into detail, for the supplying of a carton 83 beneath the loader 71 with the closing edges 83a thereof under opened conditions, the carton 83 being removed at the end of the loading operation.
  • a microswitch 84 is provided at the cartoning station when the "cannelloni" 100 are introduced into the carton 83. It closes when a carton 83 arrives to the loading station, and supplies a signal driving the lowering stroke of the piston of the cylinder 80 and then the introduction of the plate 82 into the carton 83.
  • -The functioning-of -the devices which are controlled by a central programmed minicomputer is the following:
  • each "cannellone” 100 is perfect in its structure, it is successively subjected to the check of its length. It is in fact necessary that each "cannellone” has the predetermined dimensions so that the right filling of the carton 83 can be achieved.
  • a transversal beam array generated by the photoelectric cells 45, 46 and 47 provides for the check of the length. If the ray beams generated by the photoelectric cells 45 and 46 are at the same time and at least once interrupted by an advancing "cannellone" and the ray beam of the photoelectric cell 47 is not interrupted, the checked “cannellone” 100 has a length in the desired field of tolerance.
  • the "cannelloni” should pass through the check station at a certain distance from one another. To this end the speed of the belt 32 is adjusted so as to be slightly lower than that of the belts 42, different velocity ratio being provided between the shaft of the motor 35 and the driven pulley 36 driving in turn the belt 32 and the pulley 40 driving in turn the pulleys of the belts 42 (Fig. 2).
  • the "cannelloni” that have overtaken the check station are conveyed one after the other to the storage belt conveyer 5 and are captured and forwarded by the belts 52.
  • the storage belt conveyer 5 has a length such as to allow a great number of "cannelloni" to be supported thereon.
  • the portion of the belt conveyer following the check station and the belt conveyer 5 are provided with covers 54 which can be opened and have the function to prevent the escape of the "cannelloni". After having run on the whole belt conveyer 5 the "cannelloni" 100 are fed to the last belt conveyer 6, i.e. the loading conveyer.
  • the loading belt conveyer 6 should have a greater length and the trailing means 52 have a speed such as to allow the "cannelloni” to be spaced from one another in order to be arranged into the loader 71 and then into the carton 83 as well as to always have a sufficient number of "cannelloni” as spare.
  • Each introduction of a "cannellone" into the loader 71 is sensed by the photoelectric cell sensor 65 which supplies each time a signal allowing the chain 74 to be advanced by a step, the extent of which is equal to the diameter of a "cannellone", by means of the step motor 75.
  • the photoelectric cell sensor 65 supplies each time a signal allowing the chain 74 to be advanced by a step, the extent of which is equal to the diameter of a "cannellone”, by means of the step motor 75.
  • the carton 83 operates in turn the microswitch 84 causing through the hydraulic cylinder 80 the lowering of the stem 81 of the piston that in turn allows the plate 82 to be lowered within the carton 83 almost up to the bottom thereof.
  • the "cannelloni” initiate to gently enter the carton 83. They do not place themselves in bulk therein as the plate 82 forms within the carton a channel with the nearest longitudinal wall of the carton 83.
  • the plate 82 is then raised again when the arm 79a of the supporting member 79 operates on leaving the loader 71 the switch 85 which controls the backward stroke of the piston of the cylinder 80. In the meanwhile another supporting member 79 is introduced into the loader 71, in which the "cannelloni" for the next carton are loaded.
  • the sensor 64 which is designed for sensing the transit of the "cannelloni” 100 and for their counting, supplies after having counted the predetermined number of "cannelloni” 100 a signal that stops the motor 63, shifts back by one step the motor 53 and operates the hydraulic cylinder 66, thus causing the lowering of the stopper gate 69.
  • the "cannelloni” continue accumulating on the belt conveyer 5 as long as the stopper gate 69 remains lowered, i.e. until another carton 83 comes to the loading position, whereby the microswitch 84 is closed thus enabling the gate 69 to be raised and the motors 53, 63 and 75 to be operated again. It should still be noted that there is no risk for the "cannelloni” of coming out of the storage belt conveyer 5 because the latter is closed on the upper side by the cover 54.

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US3297248A (en) * 1965-08-20 1967-01-10 American Machinery Corp Fruit counter with improved conveyor and cammed switch operator
CH436104A (de) * 1965-11-02 1967-05-15 Theegarten Franz Aufgabevorrichtung für nichtquadratische Packstücke, insbesondere Bonbons
US3618285A (en) * 1967-07-13 1971-11-09 Brogdex Co Method for filling boxes with a preselected quantity of discrete articles
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