EP0170613A2 - Dispositif pour la séparation de groupes de longueur déterminée à partir d'une pile d'objets alimentés en continu - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la séparation de groupes de longueur déterminée à partir d'une pile d'objets alimentés en continu Download PDF

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EP0170613A2
EP0170613A2 EP85810250A EP85810250A EP0170613A2 EP 0170613 A2 EP0170613 A2 EP 0170613A2 EP 85810250 A EP85810250 A EP 85810250A EP 85810250 A EP85810250 A EP 85810250A EP 0170613 A2 EP0170613 A2 EP 0170613A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B23/00—Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs
    • B65B23/10—Packaging biscuits
    • B65B23/12—Arranging, feeding or orientating the biscuits to be packaged
    • B65B23/14—Forming groups of biscuits

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  • the present invention relates to a device for separating groups of a certain length from a stack of continuously fed objects according to the preamble of independent patent claim 1.
  • the apperative effort for a relatively simple distance formation is comparatively large. Adjustments to change the number of items per group can only be made with great effort, which can occur daily with changing batches in order to keep the number constant.
  • the upright objects 1 forming a stack 2 are transported on the transport device 4 in the direction of the arrow 3.
  • a vibrator trough can be used as the transport device 4.
  • the moving stack 2 encounters a pick-up slide 26 which is moved uniformly in the current direction by means of the lever 18 and a rod 19 articulated thereon from a first cam plate with a scanning roller, for example on this lever 18.
  • these separating elements 48, 49 are moved, on the one hand, synchronously with the pick-up slide 26 and, in addition, pushed into and pulled out of the stack 2.
  • a retainer 5 with parallelogram rods 63, 64 is pushed in front of the stack 2 in the direction of arrow 7 via the lever 65 rigidly attached to the one parallelogram rod 64 and moved in the direction of arrow 66, so that the separating elements 48, 49 are removed from the objects can be moved out and moved upstream together with the pick-up slide 26, so that the objects cannot move unintentionally.
  • the two drives 61, 62 bring about the movement of the separating elements 48, 49, so that their lower ends describe the lines 58, 59 drawn in broken lines in FIG. 1.
  • the lever 18 swings in the direction of the arrow 20.
  • the rod 19 which is articulated at the end 18 'causes a reciprocating movement of the displacement bar 16 according to the arrow 20 between the two pairs of rollers 17, 17'.
  • the guide head 15 which is integrally connected to the displacement beam 16 is provided with a through hole 15 'parallel to the direction of movement according to arrow 20.
  • a spindle 21 with one end of a left-hand thread and the other end of a right-hand thread is rotatably supported in the center of this bore 15 ′.
  • a flange 22 is attached to the spindle 21 on both sides of the guide head 15.
  • a spindle nut 24, 25 is screwed onto each threaded part.
  • Rotation of the spindle 21 with the rotary knob 23 causes the spindle nuts to be moved towards or away from one another equally.
  • a support plate 27 of triangular shape is also rigidly fastened at one corner 271.
  • One end of the longer lever arm 311 of an angle lever 31 is articulated on the second base corner 272.
  • an elongated plate-shaped separating element carrier 40 is articulated close to one end.
  • the end of the elongated, longer, straight lever arms 301, 303 of a three-armed lever 30 is articulated, from which the third lever arm 302 protrudes vertically.
  • the other end part of the separating element carrier 40 is articulated at a distance from the free end of the lever arm 301.
  • the third lever arm 302 is articulated at its free end to a sliding block 33 guided in a rail 34.
  • the rail 34 mentioned is part of the second drive 61 and is rotatably mounted on the frame with two parallel rods 351, 352.
  • One of these rods 351 is a lever of an angle lever 351, 353, from which the second lever 353 is moved either directly or via a linkage, not shown, by means of a cam disk with a scanning roller.
  • the rail 34 thus executes a circular movement according to arrow 37.
  • This movement is transmitted to the three-armed lever 30 via the sliding block 33, so that the separating element carrier 40 executes an up and down movement by the drive 61 in addition to the back and forth movement by the drive 62.
  • a support beam 60 is fastened to the separating element carrier 40 as a self-supporting element.
  • holding plates 41, 42 are slidably held by means of locking elements 411, 421, for example clamping screws.
  • a support lever 43, 44 is resiliently mounted by means of spring brackets 45.
  • Such spring mounts are known and consist of four rubber pins, in each of the four corner edges of a square recess and the element to be held, here the support levers 43, 44 engage with square spikes between the four rubber pins.
  • the separating elements 48, 49 are connected to the two carrying levers 43, 44 with a pair of tabs 50 arranged parallel to one another.
  • the two pairs of lugs 50 are pretensioned with a tension spring 51 between diagonally arranged pivot pins in such a way that the separating elements 48, 49 are pulled against the corresponding support levers 43, 44.
  • This roller 54 lies on the downstream side of the separating element 48.
  • the two elongated levers 301, 303 of the three-armed lever 30 likewise have such an arrangement in which a rod 55 is held axially displaceably by means of two bolts 305 with a longitudinal slot 304.
  • This rod 55 also has a rotatably mounted roller 56 at its free end. This roller 56 rests on top of a lever 57 which is attached to the separating element 49 and projects in the direction of flow.
  • the tips of the separating elements 48, 49 are equipped in a known manner with rotatably mounted rollers 52.
  • the movement of the stack 2 in the direction of arrow 3 is stopped by the raised retainer 5.
  • the two separating elements 48 and 49 are in their most upstream position above the stack 2.
  • the pick-up slide 26 is also in its upper position immediately behind the retainer 5.
  • the depositing scoop 8 is located just before its upper end position at the time shown and is still moving Direction of arrow 14 'further.
  • the two separated groups 9 'and 10' are now on the further transport device 11 and are held in the separated position by the two rails 12, 13.
  • FIG. 3 shows pick-up slide 26 and the two separating elements 48, 49 in a position located downstream of the starting position according to FIG. 2.
  • the two Separating elements 48, 49 have penetrated stack 2 to a certain amount and the two new groups 9, 10 have been separated at this time. Because the downstream separating element 48 is longer than the other separating element 49, the initial penetration thereof into the stack 2 occurs at different times.
  • FIG. 4 also shows the lowest position downstream of the pick-up slide 26 and separating elements 48, 49.
  • the movement which now begins to lift the separating elements 48, 49 brings the rollers 54, 56 into effect and presses on the separating element 48 and on the lever 57 according to arrows A and B.
  • the lower ends of the separating elements 48, 49 are pressed with their rollers 52 against the current direction 3 and spaces are formed so that the retainer 5 can penetrate and the two groups 9, 10 on both sides of the separating rail 13 can be stored downward to finally reach the position shown in FIG. 2 again.
  • the drives 61, 62, and also the drives for the depositing bucket 8 and the retainer 5 run synchronously and can be driven in a known manner by four cam disks of known type which are held in a rotationally fixed manner on a jointly driven shaft.
  • the support beam 60 could be extended in order to attach further separating elements to it and likewise, with extensions of the rod 55, further separating elements could be pressed against the direction of flow by a small amount.

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EP85810250A 1984-07-31 1985-05-30 Dispositif pour la séparation de groupes de longueur déterminée à partir d'une pile d'objets alimentés en continu Expired EP0170613B1 (fr)

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CH3704/84A CH664127A5 (de) 1984-07-31 1984-07-31 Vorrichtung zum abtrennen von gruppen bestimmter laenge von einem stapel kontinuierlich zugefuehrter gegenstaende.
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