EP0216284B1 - Method for attaching drinking straws to packaging containers, and apparatus for carrying out this method - Google Patents

Method for attaching drinking straws to packaging containers, and apparatus for carrying out this method Download PDF

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EP0216284B1
EP0216284B1 EP86112700A EP86112700A EP0216284B1 EP 0216284 B1 EP0216284 B1 EP 0216284B1 EP 86112700 A EP86112700 A EP 86112700A EP 86112700 A EP86112700 A EP 86112700A EP 0216284 B1 EP0216284 B1 EP 0216284B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
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  • the invention relates to a method for attaching drinking straws or the like to packaging containers according to the first part of claim 1 and a device for carrying out this method according to the first part of claim 7.
  • portion-size packaging containers have become popular for the packaging of beverages (milk, fruit juices or the like).
  • beverages milk, fruit juices or the like.
  • drinking straws are added to the packaging containers by the manufacturers.
  • Such automated methods or devices for performing the method are e.g. B. from DE-OS 29 02 899 or from EP-A 35 645 known.
  • the packaging containers are conveyed by means of a first driven conveyor to a controllable attachment device for the drinking straws, to which the drinking straws are in turn fed by a second driven conveyor.
  • the straws are then glued to the packaging container in the attachment device.
  • the exact positioning of the packaging container in the attachment device is very decisive for the success of this known method, so that the drinking straws are actually fixed where this is intended.
  • the packaging containers are kept fixed on the conveyors, in bags or the like, according to the aforementioned publications.
  • glue points hot glue
  • the packaging containers have to be placed exactly on the conveyors or in the pockets provided there, but on the other hand the packaging containers do not arrive at the filling stations with exactly the same spacing, one has to take cumbersome measures to get the packaging containers exactly on to position the conveyor.
  • the positioning of the packaging containers in the pockets of the conveyor takes a certain amount of time, so that only relatively low cycle rates have so far been achieved.
  • This object is achieved in that either the position and speed of the packaging container to be processed or its position relative to the first conveyor is determined before the packaging container enters the attachment device and that the attachment device is controlled in such a way that the drinking straw to be attached is attached to the attachment device the intended place on the packaging container.
  • the precision of the attaching process is not dependent on the precision with which the packaging container stands on the first conveyor. Rather, according to the method according to the invention, the packaging container itself is assumed and the attachment process is controlled on the basis of its position / speed. In principle, it does not matter in this process if the packaging containers arrive at the attachment station at irregular intervals. It is therefore not absolutely necessary to synchronize the clock rates with those of the preceding stations (filling station etc.) as long as there is no traffic jam. Furthermore, because the packaging containers do not have to be positioned exactly on the conveyor, much higher delivery speeds can be achieved without having to take costly measures for this.
  • the relative position of the packaging containers to the first conveyor is determined in order to control the attachment device with the determined values
  • the relative position of the first conveyor to the surroundings is continuously measured and the relative position of the packaging containers to the first conveyor is determined by detecting the arrival of the respective packaging container at a defined location and at this point in time determining and storing the relative position of the conveyor to the environment and thus the location of the packaging container on the first conveyor.
  • the tacking process is initiated when the stored location of the packaging container has reached the location intended for the tacking process.
  • the location of the packaging container on the conveyor is defined and the attachment device is controlled according to this defined value. This procedure is very easy to carry out, since you only have to carry out two measurements (continuously).
  • the speed measurement can be done both by by measuring the speed of the conveyor (which is substantially the same as that of the packaging container) or by determining the speed of the packaging container itself. The latter case avoids tacking errors when there is slippage between the conveyor and the packaging container. It is assumed here that the speed of the packaging container remains constant from the measuring point to the attachment device, which will generally be the case at least with sufficient accuracy. Of course, it is also possible to determine the change in speed (e.g. with at least two successive speed measurements) in a first approximation and to incorporate this change in speed into the control of the attachment device. In this case, the susceptibility of the method to speed fluctuations is considerably reduced.
  • the packaging container is initially provided with glue points (hot melt adhesive) at defined points and the straw is then attached to these points. It is possible to attach the drinking straws using mechanical devices (pressure clips or the like); However, it is also possible to attach the drinking straws by means of controlled air flows, that is to say «inflate or suck up.
  • the packaging containers are placed on the first conveyor at intervals from one another.
  • a device is suitable for carrying out this method which has a first conveyor with drive for the packaging container and a controllable tacking device, with this device the first conveyor is designed as an endless conveyor.
  • a sensor Seen in the direction of transport, a sensor is mounted in front of the attachment device in such a way that a package which is conveyed past triggers a sensor signal.
  • the first conveyor is provided with an encoder, the output signals of which define at least the section of the conveyor between the sensor and the last functional element of the attachment device with a resolution sufficient for the desired attachment accuracy.
  • a control unit is provided which is designed and connected to the encoder, the sensor and the tacking device in such a way that the tacking device is actuated when that point of the first conveyor at which the sensor signal was triggered has reached the tacking device.
  • the position of the supplied packaging container is detected by only a single sensor, while the relative position of the conveyor to the environment is defined by an encoder. If you e.g. B. executes the conveyor as a conveyor belt, you can run the encoder as a rotary encoder, the z. B. is coupled to the drive motor of the conveyor belt. This is possible because it is sufficient if the coding area of the encoder resolves the section between the sensor and the attachment device with sufficient accuracy. When using a turntable as a conveyor, only a limited angle of rotation of the turntable has to be detected precisely. In this way it is possible to work with relatively inexpensive, lower-resolution encoders.
  • a device is suitable for carrying out the method in which the first conveyor is again designed as an endless conveyor, while at least two seen in the transport direction in front of the attachment device Sensors are mounted so that they are spaced apart from one another in such a way that a pack which is conveyed past triggers sensor signals (of the first and the second sensor) in succession.
  • the device comprises a control unit, which is designed and connected to the sensors in such a way that it determines the speed of the package being passed from the time interval of the sensor signals and after the expiry of a delay time which, at the specific speed, occurs between the attachment device and the sensors corresponds to lying section of the conveyor, the tacking device actuated. It is thus possible with this device to obtain all the required values using only two simple sensors (e.g. reflection light barriers), the signals of which are then fed to the control unit.
  • a control unit which is designed and connected to the sensors in such a way that it determines the speed of the package being passed from the time interval of the sensor signals and after the expiry of a delay time which, at the specific speed, occurs between the attachment device and the sensors corresponds to lying section of the conveyor, the tacking device actuated. It is thus possible with this device to obtain all the required values using only two simple sensors (e.g. reflection light barriers), the signals of which are then fed to the control unit.
  • control unit can be constructed from discrete components familiar to the person skilled in the art, but it is particularly simple and also inexpensive to provide microprocessors as control units. These microprocessors are also advantageously equipped with input keyboards. bound over which z. B. the size of the packaging container to be processed data can be entered. The use of microprocessors as control units thus makes it easier to switch to different products.
  • the tacking device comprises a hotmelt applicator, the application head of which is arranged and designed such that it corresponds to the corresponding Control signals from the control unit (of the microprocessor) towards hot glue points are applied to appropriately positioned packaging containers.
  • the tacking device comprises a straw dispensing device which, seen in the transport direction, is arranged after the hot melt device and the actuating means for pressing the drinking straws onto the hot melt points are in a controlled connection with the control unit.
  • the first conveyor is preferably designed as a turntable, which is preceded by an infeed conveyor belt onto which the packaging containers which are conveyed by a customer conveyor belt are guided.
  • Means for braking the packaging containers as well as sensors for monitoring the packaging flow and correspondingly controlling the braking means are advantageously provided on the customer conveyor belt. In this way it is ensured that the device according to the invention can always be operated with an optimal distance between the packaging containers. If there is a gap in the supply of the packaging containers, the device according to the invention can be deactivated and can only be started again when the sensors on the customer conveyor belt indicate the new supply of packaging containers.
  • an outlet turntable and an outlet conveyor belt are attached in this device behind the attachment device in such a way that the packaging containers are transferred from the turntable via the outlet turntable and the outlet conveyor belt to another customer conveyor belt (for packaging in boxes or the like).
  • it is possible to set the direction in which the packaging containers leave the device according to the invention, so that, for. B. can achieve a Z-outlet (inlet direction outlet direction) or an L-outlet (inlet direction perpendicular to the outlet direction) without major conversions.
  • a U-outlet (outlet direction opposite to the inlet direction) is obtained if the outlet turntable is omitted and the outlet conveyor belt is coupled directly to the turntable (the first conveyor).
  • the packaging containers to be provided with drinking straws are conveyed on a customer conveyor belt 1 on which a packaging brake 4, which is explained in more detail below, is arranged.
  • the customer conveyor belt 1 is provided with a railing 3 which pushes the packs conveyed onto an infeed conveyor belt 2.
  • the packs go from the infeed conveyor belt 2 to a functional turntable 13.
  • a hot glue device 60 having a hot glue application head 61 is installed on the function plate 13. Downstream in the transport direction, a straw dispenser 22 is attached in the vicinity of the functional turntable 13.
  • the packs conveyed on the function plate 13 are then transferred to an outlet turntable 41, which in turn transfers the packages to an outlet conveyor belt 44.
  • the packs then pass from the discharge conveyor belt 44 to a further downstream customer conveyor belt 1 '.
  • the pack brake 4 has a fixed brake shoe 8 and a movable brake shoe 9 which can be actuated by a cylinder 10. As soon as the cylinder 10 pushes the movable brake shoe 9 in the direction of the fixed brake shoe 8, incoming packs 11 are braked.
  • a first sensor 5 is attached in front of the package brake 4, and two further sensors 6 and 7 are arranged at a certain distance from one another after the package brake 4.
  • the sensors 5-7 operate under the condition that the speed of the customer conveyor belt is greater than that of the infeed conveyor belt 2 as follows :
  • the sensor 5 detects a pack jam in front of the brake. Is in front of the sensor 5 or in front of the pack brake 4 via an (adjustable) defi nier period of time no package 11, the main drive of the downstream device for applying the straws is switched off, the package brake 4 is closed. If there is a pack 11 in front of the sensor 5, the main drive is switched on and the pack brake is opened.
  • the sensor 6 or its distance from the sensor can be used to determine how many packs - close to each other - run through the opened brake. If there is no package in front of sensor 6, the brake is opened; if there is one in front, the brake is closed.
  • the sensor 7 is used to detect the maximum length of the package in the inlet of the device.
  • the package brake is opened, if there are packages (with a sufficiently short time interval) in front of the sensor 7, the package brake is clocked as described above. In this way, the packs 11 are transferred from the customer conveyor belt 1 to the infeed conveyor belt 2 at a relatively precisely defined distance from one another.
  • the infeed conveyor belt 2 is provided with an (infeed) railing 14 on both sides and is fed onto the function plate 13 essentially tangentially.
  • the transfer from the infeed conveyor belt 2 to the turntable 13 takes place here via an overflow plate 12.
  • the turntable 13, as will be described in more detail later, is provided with a turntable ring 13 (on the inside), a further railing being possible with larger packs To be attached to the outside of the turntable so that the packs cannot tip outwards even at higher speeds.
  • FIG. 4 shows two sensors 16, 116 by means of which the speed of individual packs 11 can be determined.
  • the sensors 16, 116 are preferably designed as reflection light barriers which are directed onto the packs 11 from above - see FIG. Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 5 it is further shown that the turntable 13 is connected via a shaft 17, which is mounted in a table top 19, to a drive wheel 18, which in turn is coupled to drive means (not shown) (electric motor).
  • the turntable 13 is also connected via the shaft 17 to a rotary encoder 20 in a rotationally fixed connection, the outputs of which are connected to the control unit (not shown here), a microprocessor or microcomputer.
  • FIG. 6 shows (schematically) that the packs 11, which have already reached the turntable 13, are guided past the hot glue application head 61. Controlled by the control unit, the latter applies hot glue points 50 (see FIG. 7) to the package, to which the drinking straw 51 is later glued.
  • the hamlet dispenser 22 is arranged at an incline so that the drinking straws 51 can be glued diagonally onto the packages 11.
  • the straw dispenser 22 has a straw roller 23 to which taped straws are fed.
  • Such straw straps are described in more detail, for example, in EP-A 118 064 and are shown again in FIG. 10 for the sake of clarity.
  • the drinking straws 51 are completely encased in plastic in such straps, the individual drinking straws (with the covering) being connected to one another via relatively narrow straw strap sections 35.
  • the stalk roller 23 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a drive motor 28, which is preferably designed as a stepper motor, which enables particularly precise control, in particular in connection with a microprocessor.
  • the shaft of the stepper motor 28 is further provided with a perforated disk 30, which is surrounded by a fork light barrier 29.
  • the fork light barrier 29 supplies control signals (to the microprocessor) for controlling the stepper motor 28.
  • a further stepper motor 26 is provided which can move a knife holder 24 via a cam 27.
  • the entire arrangement is mounted in a swivel housing 31 which is attached to the table 19.
  • the straw dispenser 22 has a straw press 25 which presses the supplied straws 51 (driven by a lifting magnet) onto the glue points 50 of the packs 11.
  • the knife holder 24 shown in FIG. 8 comprises a knife shaft 32 on which two knife holders 33 are fixed, which carry the actual cutting knife 34 at their ends.
  • the knives 34 are arranged so that when the shaft 32 is rotated (due to the rotation of the cam 27 or the stepping motor 26 - see FIG. 8), the connecting webs 45 of the straw strap 35 are severed, so that the covered drinking straws 51 are individually cut Culm roller 23 can be removed with. So that the still strapped drinking straws 51 sit securely in the grooves of the straw roller 23, a guide shell 36 is arranged in a suitable manner, the roller 23 comprehensively. As shown in FIG.
  • the half-shell 36 is also provided beyond the knives 34 (in the direction of rotation), so that the now isolated drinking straws 51 also sit securely in the grooves of the straw roller 23.
  • a push-in plate 37 is provided, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, which pushes the drinking straws 51 deep into the grooves of the roller 23.
  • the straws separated from the belt are not pressed onto the glue points 50 by means of the mechanical presser 25 described above, but are "inflated” by means of air pressure.
  • a device is in 14 and 15 are shown schematically. From these figures it can be seen that the culm roller consists of a total of four roller sections or roller disks 23 ', 23 ", 23"' and 23 “” (similar to the roller 23 described above). Between the respective outer disks 23 '/ 23 “and 23"' / 23 “” are mounted on a nozzle holder 39 attached nozzle sticks 38, the nozzle openings 40 are directed towards the drinking straws 51 or the opposite packs 11 (see. Fig. 15).
  • the nozzle assemblies 38 are connected to a compressed air source via controllable valves, not shown here.
  • the valves in turn are connected via control lines to the control unit or the microprocessor in such a way that the drinking straws 51 lying in front of the nozzle openings 40 are then blown out of the straw roller 23 and pressed onto the glue points 50 by the air pressure when a container 11 is in the correct position intended position.
  • FIG. 16 shows again (more precisely) how the outlet turntable 41 and the outlet conveyor belt 44 are designed.
  • the outlet turntable 41 has an outlet rail 43 which serves to deflect the packs supplied on the turntable 13. Furthermore, the outlet turntable 41 is provided with an inner rail 42 for guiding the packs.
  • the outlet conveyor belt 44 is arranged downstream of the outlet turntable 41.
  • the outlet conveyor belt 44 is also provided on both sides with a rail 43 for guiding the packs.
  • FIG. 17 to 19 shows (schematically) how the outlet turntable 41 can be connected to the outlet conveyor belt 44 in such a way that essentially any angle between the inlet customer conveyor belt 1 and the outlet customer conveyor belt 1 'can be achieved. If the outlet turntable 41 is omitted, opposite inlet and outlet directions (U inlet) are obtained.

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When drinking straws are fastened to packs, it is particularly difficult to press the drinking straws precisely onto glue spots previously applied to the packs. For this purpose, it is proposed to determine the position of the packs on their conveyor and then actuate the glue applicator device or a press-on means for drinking straws when this point of the conveyor has been reached and consequently the pack has arrived in front of the glue applicator device or the straw press-on means. Alternatively, the control is determined by measuring the position and speed of the particular pack to be processed.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Anbringen von Trinkhalmen oder dergleichen an Verpackungsbehältern gemäß dem ersten Teil des Anspruchs 1 sowie eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung dieses Verfahrens nach dem ersten Teil des Anspruchs 7.The invention relates to a method for attaching drinking straws or the like to packaging containers according to the first part of claim 1 and a device for carrying out this method according to the first part of claim 7.

In den letzten Jahren haben sich zur Verpackung von Getränken (Milch, Fruchsäfte oder dergl.) Verpackungsbehälter in Portionsgröße durchgesetzt. Um das Trinken aus diesen Behältern zu erleichtern, werden von den Herstellern den Verpackungsbehältern Trinkhalme beigefügt. Insbesondere geht man dazu über, die Trinkhalme, in Schutzhüllen eingehüllt, lösbar auf den Verpackungsbehaltern zu sichern, und zwar auf jedem Verpackungsbehälter einen Trinkhalm.In recent years, portion-size packaging containers have become popular for the packaging of beverages (milk, fruit juices or the like). In order to facilitate drinking from these containers, drinking straws are added to the packaging containers by the manufacturers. In particular, there is a move towards releasably securing the drinking straws, encased in protective covers, on the packaging containers, namely a drinking straw on each packaging container.

Da die Abfüllung der Getränke in die Verpackungsbehälter mit hohen Taktraten erfolgen kann, haben sich automatisierte Verfahren zum Anbringen der Trinkhalme durchgesetzt. Derartige automatisierte Verfahren bzw. Vorrichtungen zur Durchführung des Verfahrens sind z. B. aus der DE-OS 29 02 899 oder aus der EP-A 35 645 bekannt. Bei diesen Verfahren fördert man die Verpackungsbehälter mittels eines ersten getriebenen Förderers zu einer steuerbaren Anheftvorrichtung für die Trinkhalme, der wiederum die Trinkhalme von einem zweiten angetriebenen Förderer zugeführt werden. In der Anheftvorrichtung werden dann die Trinkhalme auf die Verpackungsbehälter aufgeklebt. Ganz entscheidend für den Erfolg dieses bekannten Verfahrens ist hierbei die exakte Positionierung der Verpackungsbehälter in der Anheftvorrichtung, so daß die Trinkhalme tatsächlich dort fixiert werden, wo dies vorgesehen ist. Insbesondere dann, wenn man zuerst Kleberpunkte (Heißleim) auf die Verpackungsbehälter aufbringt und dann die Trinkhalme auf diese Punkte aufsetzt, führen bereits relativ geringfügige Abweichungen in der Positionierung zum Mißerfolg; das Trinkröhrchen fällt wieder ab. Um dieses Problem in den Griff zu bekommen, werden gemäß den vorgenannten Druckschriften die Verpackungsbehälter auf den Förderern fixiert gehalten, und zwar in Taschen oder dergleichen. Da nun aber bei den bekannten Verfahren die Verpackungsbehälter exakt auf den Förderern bzw. in den dort vorgesehenen Taschen plaziert sein müssen, andererseits aber die Verpackungsbehälter aus den Abfüllstationen nicht ganz exakt gleichmäßig beabstandet ankommen, muß man umständliche Maßnahmen ergreifen, um die ankommenden Verpackungsbehälter exakt auf dem Förderer zu positionieren. Weiterhin benötigt das Positionieren der Verpackungsbehälter in den Taschen des Förderers eine gewisse Zeit, so daß bisher nur relativ niedrige Taktraten erzielbar sind.Since the drinks can be filled into the packaging containers at high cycle rates, automated methods for attaching the drinking straws have become established. Such automated methods or devices for performing the method are e.g. B. from DE-OS 29 02 899 or from EP-A 35 645 known. In this method, the packaging containers are conveyed by means of a first driven conveyor to a controllable attachment device for the drinking straws, to which the drinking straws are in turn fed by a second driven conveyor. The straws are then glued to the packaging container in the attachment device. The exact positioning of the packaging container in the attachment device is very decisive for the success of this known method, so that the drinking straws are actually fixed where this is intended. In particular, if you first apply glue points (hot glue) to the packaging container and then place the drinking straws on these points, relatively minor deviations in the positioning lead to failure; the drinking tube falls off again. In order to get a grip on this problem, the packaging containers are kept fixed on the conveyors, in bags or the like, according to the aforementioned publications. However, since in the known methods the packaging containers have to be placed exactly on the conveyors or in the pockets provided there, but on the other hand the packaging containers do not arrive at the filling stations with exactly the same spacing, one has to take cumbersome measures to get the packaging containers exactly on to position the conveyor. Furthermore, the positioning of the packaging containers in the pockets of the conveyor takes a certain amount of time, so that only relatively low cycle rates have so far been achieved.

Ausgehend vom oben genannten Stand der Technik ist es Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, ein Verfahren sowie eine zu dessen Durchführung geeignete Vorrichtung aufzuzeigen, das bzw. die gegenüber Unregelmäßigkeiten bei der Zulieferung von Verpackungsbehältern unempfindlich ist und dennoch höchste Taktraten erlaubt.Starting from the above-mentioned prior art, it is the object of the present invention to demonstrate a method and a device suitable for carrying it out, which is insensitive to irregularities in the delivery of packaging containers and nevertheless allows the highest cycle rates.

Diese Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß man jeweils vor dem Eintritt der Verpackungsbehälter in die Anheftvorrichtung entweder Position und Geschwindigkeit des zu bearbeitenden Verpackungsbehälters oder dessen Relativposition zum ersten Förderer ermittelt und daß man nach Maßgabe der ermittelten Werte die Anheftvorrichtung derart steuert, daß der anzuheftende Trinkhalm an dem dafür vorgesehenen Ort auf dem Verpackungsbehälter plaziert wird.This object is achieved in that either the position and speed of the packaging container to be processed or its position relative to the first conveyor is determined before the packaging container enters the attachment device and that the attachment device is controlled in such a way that the drinking straw to be attached is attached to the attachment device the intended place on the packaging container.

Bei diesem Verfahren ist also die Präzision des Anheftvorganges nicht abhängig von der Präzision, mit welcher der Verpackungsbehälter auf dem ersten Förderer steht. Es wird gemäß dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren vielmehr von dem Verpackungsbehälter selbst ausgegangen, und von dessen Position/Geschwindigkeit ausgehend der Anheftvorgang gesteuert. Im Prinzip spielt es also bei diesem Verfahren keine Rolle, wenn die Verpackungsbehälter in unregelmäßigen Abständen an der Anheftstation ankommen. Somit ist eine zeitliche Abstimmung derTaktraten auf diejenigen der vorhergehenden Stationen (Füllstation etc.) nicht unbedingt notwendig, solange kein Stau auftritt. Weiterhin können dadurch, daß die Verpackungsbehälter auf dem Förderer nicht exakt positioniert werden müssen, wesentlich höhere Zuliefergeschwindigkeiten erzielt werden, ohne daß hierfür kostenaufwendige Maßnahmen getroffen werden müßten.With this method, the precision of the attaching process is not dependent on the precision with which the packaging container stands on the first conveyor. Rather, according to the method according to the invention, the packaging container itself is assumed and the attachment process is controlled on the basis of its position / speed. In principle, it does not matter in this process if the packaging containers arrive at the attachment station at irregular intervals. It is therefore not absolutely necessary to synchronize the clock rates with those of the preceding stations (filling station etc.) as long as there is no traffic jam. Furthermore, because the packaging containers do not have to be positioned exactly on the conveyor, much higher delivery speeds can be achieved without having to take costly measures for this.

Wenn man bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren die Relativposition der Verpackungsbehälter zum ersten Förderer bestimmt, um mit den bestimmten Werten die Anheftvorrichtung zu steuern, so ist es vorteilhaft, wenn man die Relativposition des ersten Förderers zur Umgebung ständig mißt und die Relativposition der Verpackungsbehälter zum ersten Förderer ermittelt, indem man die Ankunft des jeweiligen Verpackungsbehälters an einem definierten Ort detektiert und zu diesem Zeitpunkt die Relativposition des Förderers zur Umgebung und damit den Standort des Verpackungsbehälters auf dem ersten Förderer bestimmt und speichert. Den Anheftvorgang leitet man dann ein, wenn der gespeicherte Standort des Verpackungsbehälters an dem für den Anheftvorgang vorgesehenen Ort angelangt ist. In diesem Fall wird also der Standort des Verpackungsbehälters auf dem Förderer definiert und gemäß diesem definierten Wert die Anheftvorrichtung gesteuert. Dieses Verfahren ist sehr einfach durchzuführen, da man lediglich zwei Messungen (kontinuierlich) durchführen muß.If, in the method according to the invention, the relative position of the packaging containers to the first conveyor is determined in order to control the attachment device with the determined values, it is advantageous if the relative position of the first conveyor to the surroundings is continuously measured and the relative position of the packaging containers to the first conveyor is determined by detecting the arrival of the respective packaging container at a defined location and at this point in time determining and storing the relative position of the conveyor to the environment and thus the location of the packaging container on the first conveyor. The tacking process is initiated when the stored location of the packaging container has reached the location intended for the tacking process. In this case, the location of the packaging container on the conveyor is defined and the attachment device is controlled according to this defined value. This procedure is very easy to carry out, since you only have to carry out two measurements (continuously).

Wenn man die Anheftvorrichtung durch Messung von Position und Geschwindigkeit der Verpackungsbehälter steuert, so kann die Geschwindigkeitsmessung sowohl dadurch geschehen, daß man die Geschwindigkeit des Förderers mißt (die mit derjenigen des Verpackungsbehälters im wesentlichen übereinstimmt), oder dadurch daß man die Geschwindigkeit des Verpackungsbehälters selbst bestimmt. Letzterer Fall vermeidet Anheftfehler, wenn ein Schlupf zwischen Förderer und Verpackungsbehälter auftritt. Hierbei wird davon ausgegangen, daß vom Meßort bis zur Anheftvorrichtung die Geschwindigkeit des Verpackungsbehälters konstant bleibt, was im allgemeinen zumindest mit hinreichender Genauigkeit der Fall sein wird. Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, die Änderung der Geschwindigkeit (z. B. mit mindestens zwei nacheinander erfolgenden Geschwindigkeitsmessungen) in erster Näherung zu bestimmen und diese Änderung der Geschwindigkeit bei der Steuerung der Anheftvorrichtung mit einfließen zu lassen. In diesem Fall wird die Störanfälligkeit des Verfahrens bei Geschwindigkeitsschwankungen noch erheblich geringer.If you control the tacking device by measuring the position and speed of the packaging container, the speed measurement can be done both by by measuring the speed of the conveyor (which is substantially the same as that of the packaging container) or by determining the speed of the packaging container itself. The latter case avoids tacking errors when there is slippage between the conveyor and the packaging container. It is assumed here that the speed of the packaging container remains constant from the measuring point to the attachment device, which will generally be the case at least with sufficient accuracy. Of course, it is also possible to determine the change in speed (e.g. with at least two successive speed measurements) in a first approximation and to incorporate this change in speed into the control of the attachment device. In this case, the susceptibility of the method to speed fluctuations is considerably reduced.

Vorteilhafterweise versieht man hierbei den Verpackungsbehälter zunächst an definierten Stellen mit Leimpunkten (Schmelzkleber) und heftet daraufhin den Trinkhalm auf diesen Stellen auf. Hierbei ist es möglich, die Trinkhalme mittels mechanischer Vorrichtungen anzuheften (Andrückklammern oder dergl.) ; es ist jedoch auch möglich, die Trinkhalme mittels gesteuerter Luftströme anzuheften, also « aufzublasen bzw. aufzusaugen.Advantageously, the packaging container is initially provided with glue points (hot melt adhesive) at defined points and the straw is then attached to these points. It is possible to attach the drinking straws using mechanical devices (pressure clips or the like); However, it is also possible to attach the drinking straws by means of controlled air flows, that is to say «inflate or suck up.

Um die erforderlichen Messungen möglichst störungsfrei durchführen zu können, ohne sich dabei aufwendiger Vorrichtungen bedienen zu müssen, ist es von Vorteil, wenn man die Verpackungsbehälter mit Abständen zueinander auf den ersten Förderer plaziert.In order to be able to carry out the required measurements as trouble-free as possible without having to use complex devices, it is advantageous if the packaging containers are placed on the first conveyor at intervals from one another.

Wenn man das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren derart durchführt, daß man die Relativposition des jeweiligen Verpackungsbehälters zum ersten Förderer ermittelt, so eignet sich zur Durchführung dieses Verfahrens eine Vorrichtung, die einen ersten Förderer mit Antrieb für die Verpackungsbehälter und eine steuerbare Anheftvorrichtung aufweist, wobei bei dieser Vorrichtung der erste Förderer als Endlosförderer ausgebildet ist. In Transportrichtung gesehen, ist vor der Anheftvorrichtung ein Sensor derart angebracht, daß eine vorbeigeförderte Packung ein Sensorsignal auslöst. Der erste Förderer ist mit einem Codierer versehen, dessen Ausgangssignale mindestens den zwischen dem Sensor und dem letzten Funktionsglied der Anheftvorrichtung liegenden Streckenabschnitt des Förderers mit einer für die gewünschte Anheftgenauigkeit hinreichenden Auflösung definieren. Es ist eine Steuerungseinheit vorgesehen, die derart ausgebildet und mit dem Codierer, dem Sensor und der Anheftvorrichtung verbunden ist, daß die Anheftvorrichtung dann betätigt wird, wenn diejenige Stelle des ersten Förderers, an der das Sensorsignal ausgelöst wurde, die Anheftvorrichtung erreicht hat.If one carries out the method according to the invention in such a way that the relative position of the respective packaging container to the first conveyor is determined, a device is suitable for carrying out this method which has a first conveyor with drive for the packaging container and a controllable tacking device, with this device the first conveyor is designed as an endless conveyor. Seen in the direction of transport, a sensor is mounted in front of the attachment device in such a way that a package which is conveyed past triggers a sensor signal. The first conveyor is provided with an encoder, the output signals of which define at least the section of the conveyor between the sensor and the last functional element of the attachment device with a resolution sufficient for the desired attachment accuracy. A control unit is provided which is designed and connected to the encoder, the sensor and the tacking device in such a way that the tacking device is actuated when that point of the first conveyor at which the sensor signal was triggered has reached the tacking device.

Bei dieser ersten Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens wird also die Position des zugeführten Verpackungsbehälters von nur einem einzigen Sensor erfaßt, während die Relativposition des Förderers zur Umgebung über einen Codierer definiert wird. Wenn man z. B. den Förderer als Förderband ausführt, so kann man den Codierer als Drehwinkelcodierer ausführen, der z. B. mit dem Antriebsmotor des Förderbandes gekoppelt ist. Dies ist dadurch möglich, daß es hinreicht, wenn der Codierbereich des Codierers den Streckenabschnitt zwischen Sensor und Anheftvorrichtung mit hinreichender Genauigkeit auflöst. Bei Verwendung eines Drehtisches als Förderer muß somit nur ein begrenzter Drehwinkel des Drehtisches genau erfaßt werden. Auf diese Weise ist es möglich, mit relativ kostengünstigen, geringer auflösenden Codierern zu arbeiten.In this first embodiment of the device for carrying out the method according to the invention, the position of the supplied packaging container is detected by only a single sensor, while the relative position of the conveyor to the environment is defined by an encoder. If you e.g. B. executes the conveyor as a conveyor belt, you can run the encoder as a rotary encoder, the z. B. is coupled to the drive motor of the conveyor belt. This is possible because it is sufficient if the coding area of the encoder resolves the section between the sensor and the attachment device with sufficient accuracy. When using a turntable as a conveyor, only a limited angle of rotation of the turntable has to be detected precisely. In this way it is possible to work with relatively inexpensive, lower-resolution encoders.

Wenn man bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens die Position und die Geschwindigkeit des jeweiligen zu bearbeitenden Verpackungsbehälters ermittelt, so eignet sich zur Durchführung des Verfahrens eine Vorrichtung, bei welcher der erste Förderer wieder als Endlosförderer ausgebildet ist, während in Transportrichtung gesehen vor der Anheftvorrichtung mindestens zwei Sensoren derart zueinander beabstandet angebracht sind, daß eine vorbeigeförderte Packung nacheinander Sensorsignale (des ersten und des zweiten Sensors) auslöst. Weiterhin ist umfaßt die Vorrichtung einer Steuerungseinheit, die derart ausgebildet und mit den Sensoren verbunden ist, daß sie aus dem Zeitintervall der Sensorsignale die Geschwindigkeit der jeweils vorbeigeführten Packung bestimmt und nach Ablauf einer Verzögerungszeit, die bei der bestimmten Geschwindigkeit dem zwischen der Anheftvorrichtung und den Sensoren liegenden Streckenabschnitt des Förderers entspricht, die Anheftvorrichtung betätigt. Somit ist es bei dieser Vorrichtung möglich, alle benötigten Werte über lediglich zwei einfache Sensoren (z. B. Reflexionslichtschranken) zu gewinnen, deren Signale dann der Steuerungseinheit zugeführt werden.If the position and the speed of the respective packaging container to be processed are determined when carrying out the method according to the invention, a device is suitable for carrying out the method in which the first conveyor is again designed as an endless conveyor, while at least two seen in the transport direction in front of the attachment device Sensors are mounted so that they are spaced apart from one another in such a way that a pack which is conveyed past triggers sensor signals (of the first and the second sensor) in succession. Furthermore, the device comprises a control unit, which is designed and connected to the sensors in such a way that it determines the speed of the package being passed from the time interval of the sensor signals and after the expiry of a delay time which, at the specific speed, occurs between the attachment device and the sensors corresponds to lying section of the conveyor, the tacking device actuated. It is thus possible with this device to obtain all the required values using only two simple sensors (e.g. reflection light barriers), the signals of which are then fed to the control unit.

Bei beiden beschriebenen Vorrichtungen kann man die Steuerungseinheit aus diskreten, dem Fachmann geläufigen Bauteilen aufbauen, jedoch ist es besonders einfach und auch kostengünstig, als Steuerungseinheiten Mikroprozessoren vorzusehen. Vorteilhafterweise sind diese Mikroprozessoren darüberhinaus mit Eingabetastaturen ver- . bunden, über welche z. B. die Größe der zu verarbeitenden Verpackungsbehälter betreffende Daten eingegeben werden können. Die Verwendung von Mikroprozessoren als Steuereinheiten erlaubt somit eine leichtere Umstellung auf verschiedene Produkte.In both of the devices described, the control unit can be constructed from discrete components familiar to the person skilled in the art, but it is particularly simple and also inexpensive to provide microprocessors as control units. These microprocessors are also advantageously equipped with input keyboards. bound over which z. B. the size of the packaging container to be processed data can be entered. The use of microprocessors as control units thus makes it easier to switch to different products.

Wenn man, wie bereits oben angedeutet, nicht nur die Geschwindigkeit der Verpackungsbehälter, sondern auch die Änderung der Geschwindigkeit messen und bei der Steuerung der Anheftvorrichtung mit einbeziehen will, so sieht man nicht nur zwei, sondern drei Sensoren vor, welche dann die notwendigen Meßwerte liefern.If, as already indicated above, you want to measure not only the speed of the packaging container, but also the change in speed and include it in the control of the attachment device, then not only two but three sensors are provided, which then provide the necessary measured values .

Vorteilhafterweise umfaßt bei allen bisher beschriebenen Vorrichtungen die Anheftvorrichtung ein Heißleimgerät, dessen Auftragskopf so angeordnet und ausgebildet ist, daß auf entsprechende Steuerungssignale der Steuerungseinheit (des Mikroprozessors) hin Heißleimpunkte auf entsprechend positionierte Verpackungsbehälter aufgebracht werden. Weiterhin umfaßt die Anheftvorrichtung eine Halmspendevorrichtung, die, in Transportrichtung gesehen, nach dem Heißleimgerät angeordnet ist und deren Betätigungsmittel zum Andrücken der Trinkhalme auf die Heißleimpunkte mit der Steuerungseinheit in gesteuerter Verbindung stehen.Advantageously, in all the devices described so far, the tacking device comprises a hotmelt applicator, the application head of which is arranged and designed such that it corresponds to the corresponding Control signals from the control unit (of the microprocessor) towards hot glue points are applied to appropriately positioned packaging containers. Furthermore, the tacking device comprises a straw dispensing device which, seen in the transport direction, is arranged after the hot melt device and the actuating means for pressing the drinking straws onto the hot melt points are in a controlled connection with the control unit.

Vorzugsweise ist der erste Förderer als Drehteller ausgeführt, dem ein Einlaufförderband vorgeschaltet ist, auf welches die Verpackungsbehälter geführt werden, die von einem Kundenförderband zugefördert werden. Am Kundenförderband werden vorteilhafterweise Mittel zum Abbremsen der Verpackungsbehälter sowie Sensoren zum Überwachen des Packungsflusses und dementsprechenden Steuern der Abbremsmittel vorgesehen. Auf diese Weise ist gewährleistet, daß man die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung immer mit optimalem Abstand der Verpackungsbehälter betreiben kann. Wenn eine Lücke in der Zuförderung der Verpackungsbehälter entsteht, so kann man die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung inaktivieren und erst dann wieder anlaufen lassen, wenn die Sensoren am Kundenförderband die Neuzufuhr von Verpackungsbehältern anzeigen.The first conveyor is preferably designed as a turntable, which is preceded by an infeed conveyor belt onto which the packaging containers which are conveyed by a customer conveyor belt are guided. Means for braking the packaging containers as well as sensors for monitoring the packaging flow and correspondingly controlling the braking means are advantageously provided on the customer conveyor belt. In this way it is ensured that the device according to the invention can always be operated with an optimal distance between the packaging containers. If there is a gap in the supply of the packaging containers, the device according to the invention can be deactivated and can only be started again when the sensors on the customer conveyor belt indicate the new supply of packaging containers.

Vorteilhafterweise sind bei dieser Vorrichtung hinter der Anheftvorrichtung ein Auslaufdrehteller und ein Auslaufförderband derart angebracht, daß die Verpackungsbehälter vom Drehteller über den Auslaufdrehteller und das Auslaufförderband einem weiteren Kundenförderband (zum Verpacken in Kartons oderdergl.) übergeben werden. Mittels dieser Anordnung ist es möglich, die Richtung, in welcher die Verpackungsbehälter die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung verlassen, einzustellen, so daß man z. B. einen Z-Auslauf (Einlaufrichtung = Auslaufrichtung) oder einen L-Auslauf (Einlaufrichtung senkrecht zur Auslaufrichtung) ohne größere Umbauten erzielen kann. Einen U-Auslauf (Auslaufrichtung entgegengesetzt der Einlaufrichtung) erhält man dann, wenn man den Auslaufdrehteller fortläßt und das Auslaufförderband direkt mit dem Drehteller (dem ersten Förderer) koppelt.Advantageously, an outlet turntable and an outlet conveyor belt are attached in this device behind the attachment device in such a way that the packaging containers are transferred from the turntable via the outlet turntable and the outlet conveyor belt to another customer conveyor belt (for packaging in boxes or the like). By means of this arrangement, it is possible to set the direction in which the packaging containers leave the device according to the invention, so that, for. B. can achieve a Z-outlet (inlet direction = outlet direction) or an L-outlet (inlet direction perpendicular to the outlet direction) without major conversions. A U-outlet (outlet direction opposite to the inlet direction) is obtained if the outlet turntable is omitted and the outlet conveyor belt is coupled directly to the turntable (the first conveyor).

Weitere bevorzugte Ausführungsformen der Erfindung ergeben sich in nachfolgenden Ausführungsbeispielen, die anhand von Abbildungen näher erläutert sind. Hierbei zeigen :Further preferred embodiments of the invention result in the following exemplary embodiments, which are explained in more detail with reference to figures. Here show:

  • Fig. 1 einen schematisierten Gesamtüberblick über eine Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung,1 shows a schematic overview of an embodiment of the device,
  • Fig. 2 eine schematisierte Darstellung der Übergabe der Packungen vom Kundenförderband auf das Einlaufförderband,2 shows a schematic representation of the transfer of the packs from the customer conveyor belt to the infeed conveyor belt,
  • Fig. 3 die Übergabe der Packung auf den Drehteller.Fig. 3, the delivery of the pack on the turntable.
  • Fig. 4 die Erfassung der Position/Geschwindigkeit der Packung in Draufsicht,4 the detection of the position / speed of the pack in a top view,
  • Fig. 5 die Situation gem. Fig. 4, jedoch in Seitenansicht,Fig. 5 shows the situation. 4, but in side view,
  • Fig. 6 die Auftragung des Heißleims,6 shows the application of the hot melt,
  • Fig. 7 eine Packung mit aufgebrachten Leimpunkten in perspektivischer Darstellung,7 is a perspective view of a pack with applied glue dots,
  • Fig. 8 eine Seitenansicht einer Halmspendevorrichtung mit teilweise dargestelltem Drehteller,8 is a side view of a straw dispensing device with a rotating plate partially shown,
  • Fig. 9 eine Draufsicht auf die Anordnung gem. Fig. 8,Fig. 9 is a plan view of the arrangement according. Fig. 8,
  • Fig. 10 eine Teil-Darstellung der Halmspendevorrichtung gem. Fig. 8 in Seitenansicht,Fig. 10 is a partial representation of the straw donor device according. 8 in side view,
  • Fig. 11 eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 10,11 is a plan view of the device of FIG. 10,
  • Fig. 12 eine weitere Seitenansicht der Halmspendevorrichtung gem. Fig. 8, jedoch unter Darstellung weiterer Merkmale,Fig. 12 is another side view of the straw donor device according to. 8, but showing other features,
  • Fig. 13 eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 12,13 is a plan view of the device of FIG. 12,
  • Fig. 14 eine weitere Ausführungsform der Halmspendevorrichtung in Seitenansicht,14 shows a further embodiment of the straw dispenser in side view,
  • Fig. 15 eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung gem. Fig. 14,15 is a top view of the device according to FIG. Fig. 14
  • Fig. 16 eine schematisierte Gesamtdarstellung der Vorrichtung und16 is a schematic overall view of the device and
  • Fig. 17 bis Fig. 19 verschiedene Kombinationen der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 16 mit unterschiedlichen Auslaufrichtungen.17 to 19 different combinations of the device according to FIG. 16 with different outlet directions.

Wie in Fig. 1 schematisiert dargestellt, werden die mit Trinkhalmen zu versehenden Verpackungsbehälter auf einem Kundenförderband 1 angefördert, an dem eine weiter unten näher erläuterte Packungsbremse 4 angeordnet ist. Das Kundenförderband 1 ist mit einer Reling 3 versehen, welche die geförderten Packungen auf ein Einlaufförderband 2 schiebt. Vom Einlaufförderband 2 gelangen die Packungen auf einen Funktionsdrehteller 13. Am Funktionsteller 13 ist ein Heißleimgerät 60 installiert, das einen Heißleimauftragskopf 61 aufweist. In Transportrichtung nachgeordnet, ist eine Halmspendevorrichtung 22 in der Nähe des Funktionsdrehtellers 13 angebracht. Die auf dem Funktionsteller 13 geförderten Packungen werden dann einem Auslaufdrehteller 41 übergeben, der die Packungen wiederum einem Auslaufförderband 44 übergibt. Vom Auslaufförderband 44 gelangen die Packungen dann auf ein weiteres nachgeordnetes Kundenförderband 1'.As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the packaging containers to be provided with drinking straws are conveyed on a customer conveyor belt 1 on which a packaging brake 4, which is explained in more detail below, is arranged. The customer conveyor belt 1 is provided with a railing 3 which pushes the packs conveyed onto an infeed conveyor belt 2. The packs go from the infeed conveyor belt 2 to a functional turntable 13. A hot glue device 60 having a hot glue application head 61 is installed on the function plate 13. Downstream in the transport direction, a straw dispenser 22 is attached in the vicinity of the functional turntable 13. The packs conveyed on the function plate 13 are then transferred to an outlet turntable 41, which in turn transfers the packages to an outlet conveyor belt 44. The packs then pass from the discharge conveyor belt 44 to a further downstream customer conveyor belt 1 '.

Die einzelnen Stationen, die von den mit Trinkhalmen zu versehenden Verpackungsbehältern bzw. Packungen durchlaufen werden, sollen im folgenden beschrieben werden.The individual stations which the packaging containers or packs to be provided with drinking straws pass through are to be described below.

In Fig. 2 ist der genauere Aufbau der Packungsbremse 4 gezeigt. Die Packungsbremse 4 weist eine feste Bremsbacke 8, sowie eine bewegliche Bremsbacke 9 auf, die von einem Zylinder 10 betätigt werden kann. Sobald der Zylinder 10 die bewegliche Bremsbacke 9 in Richtung auf die feste Bremsbacke 8 schiebt, werden einlaufende Packungen 11 gebremst. Vor der Packungsbremse 4 ist ein erster Sensor 5 angebracht, nach der Packungsbremse 4 in einem gewissen Abstand zueinander zwei weitere Sensoren 6 und 7. Die Sensoren 5-7 arbeiten unter der Bedingung, daß die Geschwindigkeit des Kundenförderbandes größer ist als die des Einlaufförderbandes 2 folgendermaßen:2 shows the more precise structure of the pack brake 4. The pack brake 4 has a fixed brake shoe 8 and a movable brake shoe 9 which can be actuated by a cylinder 10. As soon as the cylinder 10 pushes the movable brake shoe 9 in the direction of the fixed brake shoe 8, incoming packs 11 are braked. A first sensor 5 is attached in front of the package brake 4, and two further sensors 6 and 7 are arranged at a certain distance from one another after the package brake 4. The sensors 5-7 operate under the condition that the speed of the customer conveyor belt is greater than that of the infeed conveyor belt 2 as follows :

Der Sensor 5 erkennt einen Packungsstau vor der Bremse. Steht vor dem Sensor 5 bzw. vor der Packungsbremse 4 über eine (einstellbar) definierte Zeitspanne hinweg keine Packung 11, so wird der Hauptantrieb der nachgeschalteten Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen der Trinkhalme abgeschaltet, die Packungsbremse 4 wird geschlossen. Befindet sich vor dem Sensor 5 eine Packung 11, so wird der Hauptantrieb angeschaltet, die Packungsbremse geöffnet. Über den Sensor 6 bzw. dessen Abstand zum Sensor kann bestimmt werden, wieviele Packungen - dicht an dicht stehend - durch die geöffnete Bremse laufen. Befindet sich keine Packung vor dem Sensor 6, so wird die Bremse geöffnet, befindet sich eine davor, so wird die Bremse geschlossen. Der Sensor 7 dient zum Erkennen der maximalen Packungsstandlänge im Einlauf der Vorrichtung. Befindet sich über einen gewissen Zeitraum hinweg (einstellbar) keine Packung 11 vor dem Sensor 7, so wird die Packungsbremse geöffnet, befinden sich (mit hinreichend geringem zeitlichen Abstand) Packungen vor dem Sensor 7, so wird die Packungsbremse wie oben beschrieben getaktet. Auf diese Weise werden die Packungen 11 in einem relativ genau definierten Abstand zueinander vom Kundenförderband 1 dem Einlaufförderband 2 übergeben.The sensor 5 detects a pack jam in front of the brake. Is in front of the sensor 5 or in front of the pack brake 4 via an (adjustable) defi nier period of time no package 11, the main drive of the downstream device for applying the straws is switched off, the package brake 4 is closed. If there is a pack 11 in front of the sensor 5, the main drive is switched on and the pack brake is opened. The sensor 6 or its distance from the sensor can be used to determine how many packs - close to each other - run through the opened brake. If there is no package in front of sensor 6, the brake is opened; if there is one in front, the brake is closed. The sensor 7 is used to detect the maximum length of the package in the inlet of the device. If there is no package 11 in front of the sensor 7 for a certain period of time (adjustable), the package brake is opened, if there are packages (with a sufficiently short time interval) in front of the sensor 7, the package brake is clocked as described above. In this way, the packs 11 are transferred from the customer conveyor belt 1 to the infeed conveyor belt 2 at a relatively precisely defined distance from one another.

Wie in Fig. 3 gezeigt, ist das Einlaufförderband 2 auf beiden Seiten mit einer (Einlauf-)Reling 14 versehen und auf den Funktionsteller 13 im wesentlichen tangential zugeführt. Die Überführung vom Einlaufförderband 2 auf den Drehteller 13 geschieht hierbei über ein Überlaufblech 12. Der Drehteller 13 ist, wie später noch genauer beschrieben, mit einer Drehtellerreling 13 (innen) versehen, wobei bei größeren Packungen es auch von Vorteil sein kann, eine weitere Reling außen am Drehteller anzubringen, damit die Packungen auch bei höheren Drehgeschwindigkeiten nicht nach außen kippen können.As shown in FIG. 3, the infeed conveyor belt 2 is provided with an (infeed) railing 14 on both sides and is fed onto the function plate 13 essentially tangentially. The transfer from the infeed conveyor belt 2 to the turntable 13 takes place here via an overflow plate 12. The turntable 13, as will be described in more detail later, is provided with a turntable ring 13 (on the inside), a further railing being possible with larger packs To be attached to the outside of the turntable so that the packs cannot tip outwards even at higher speeds.

In den Fig. 4 und 5 sind die zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens notwendigen Sensoranordnungen (beide Alternativen) schematisiert dargestellt. In Fig. 4 sind hierbei zwei Sensoren 16, 116 gezeigt, mittels derer man die Geschwindigkeit einzelner Packungen 11 bestimmen kann. Hierbei sind die Sensoren 16, 116 vorzugsweise als Reflexionslichtschranken ausgebildet, die von oben auf die Packungen 11 gerichtet sind - s. Fig. 5. In Fig. 5 ist weiterhin gezeigt, daß der Drehteller 13 über eine Welle 17, die in einer Tischplatte 19 gelagert ist, mit einem Antriebsrad 18 verbunden ist, das wiederum mit (nicht gezeigten) Antriebsmiteln (Elektromotor) gekoppelt ist. Der Drehteller 13 steht weiterhin über die Welle 17 mit einem Winkelcodierer 20 in drehfester Verbindung, dessen Ausgänge mit der hier nicht gezeigten Steuerungseinheit, einem Mikroprozessor bzw. Mikrorechner, verbunden ist.4 and 5, the sensor arrangements (both alternatives) necessary for carrying out the method according to the invention are shown schematically. 4 shows two sensors 16, 116 by means of which the speed of individual packs 11 can be determined. Here, the sensors 16, 116 are preferably designed as reflection light barriers which are directed onto the packs 11 from above - see FIG. Fig. 5. In Fig. 5 it is further shown that the turntable 13 is connected via a shaft 17, which is mounted in a table top 19, to a drive wheel 18, which in turn is coupled to drive means (not shown) (electric motor). The turntable 13 is also connected via the shaft 17 to a rotary encoder 20 in a rotationally fixed connection, the outputs of which are connected to the control unit (not shown here), a microprocessor or microcomputer.

In Fig. 6 ist (schematisiert) gezeigt, daß die Packungen 11, die bereits auf dem Drehteller 13 angelangt sind, an dem Heißleimauftragskopf 61 vorbeigeführt werden. Dieser appliziert - gesteuert von der Steuerungseinheit - auf der Packung 11 Heißleimpunkte 50 (s. Fig. 7), auf welche später der Trinkhalm 51 aufgeklebt wird.6 shows (schematically) that the packs 11, which have already reached the turntable 13, are guided past the hot glue application head 61. Controlled by the control unit, the latter applies hot glue points 50 (see FIG. 7) to the package, to which the drinking straw 51 is later glued.

Im folgenden wird eine Ausführungsform der Halmspendevorrichtung näher beschrieben. Wie Fig. 8 zeigt, ist die Hamlspendevorrichtung 22 geneigt angeordnet, damit die Trinkhalme 51 diagonal auf die Packungen 11 aufgeklebt werden können. Die Halmspendevorrichtung 22 weist eine Halmwalze 23 auf, der gegurtete Trinkhalme zugeführt werden. Derartige Trinkhalmgurte sind beispielsweise in der EP-A 118 064 näher beschrieben und der Übersichtlichkeit halber nochmals in Fig. 10 dargestellt. Die Trinkhalme 51 sind in solchen Gurten vollständig von Kunststoff umhüllt, wobei die einzelnen Trinkhalme (mit Umhüllung) über relativ schmale Halmgurtabschnitte 35 miteinander verbunden sind.An embodiment of the straw donor device is described in more detail below. As shown in FIG. 8, the hamlet dispenser 22 is arranged at an incline so that the drinking straws 51 can be glued diagonally onto the packages 11. The straw dispenser 22 has a straw roller 23 to which taped straws are fed. Such straw straps are described in more detail, for example, in EP-A 118 064 and are shown again in FIG. 10 for the sake of clarity. The drinking straws 51 are completely encased in plastic in such straps, the individual drinking straws (with the covering) being connected to one another via relatively narrow straw strap sections 35.

Die Halmwalze 23 steht mit einem Antriebsmotor 28 in drehfester Verbindung, der vorzugsweise als Schrittmotor ausgeführt ist, was eine besonders positioniergenaue Steuerung, insbesondere in Verbindung mit einem Mikroprozessor ermöglicht. Die Welle des Schrittmotors 28 ist weiterhin mit einer Lochscheibe 30 versehen, die von einer Gabellichtschranke 29 umfaßt wird. Die Gabellichtschranke 29 liefert Steuersignale (an den Mikroprozessor) zur Steuerung des Schrittmotors 28. Weiterhin ist, wie in Fig. 8 gezeigt, ein weiterer Schrittmotor 26 vorgesehen, der über einen Nocken 27 einen Messerhalter 24 bewegen kann. Die gesamte Anordnung ist in einem Schwenkgehäuse 31 gelagert, das am Tisch 19 befestigt ist.The stalk roller 23 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a drive motor 28, which is preferably designed as a stepper motor, which enables particularly precise control, in particular in connection with a microprocessor. The shaft of the stepper motor 28 is further provided with a perforated disk 30, which is surrounded by a fork light barrier 29. The fork light barrier 29 supplies control signals (to the microprocessor) for controlling the stepper motor 28. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, a further stepper motor 26 is provided which can move a knife holder 24 via a cam 27. The entire arrangement is mounted in a swivel housing 31 which is attached to the table 19.

Weiterhin weist die Halmspendevorrichtung 22 einen Halmandrücker 25 auf, welcher die zugeführten Trinkhalme 51 (getrieben von einem Hubmagneten) auf die Leimpunkte 50 der Packungen 11 aufdrückt.Furthermore, the straw dispenser 22 has a straw press 25 which presses the supplied straws 51 (driven by a lifting magnet) onto the glue points 50 of the packs 11.

Wie in den Fig. 10 und 11 genauer dargestellt, umfaßt der in Fig. 8 dargestellte Messerhalter 24 eine Messerwelle 32, an der zwei Messerhalter 33 fixiert sind, die an ihren Enden die eigentlichen Trennmesser 34 tragen. Die Messer 34 sind hierbei so angeordnet, daß bei Drehen der Welle 32 (infolge Drehung des Nockens 27 bzw. des Schrittmotors 26 - s. Fig. 8) die Verbindungsstege 45 des Halmgurtes 35 durchtrennt werden, so daß dann die umhüllten Trinkhalme 51 einzeln der Halmwalze 23 mit entnommen werden können. Damit die noch gegurteten Trinkhalme 51 sicher in den Nuten der Halmwalze 23 sitzen, ist eine Führungsschale 36 in geeigneter Weise, die Walze 23 umfassend angeordnet. Die Halbschale 36 ist hierbei - wie in Fig. 11 gezeigt - auch noch über die Messer 34 (in Drehrichtung) hinaus vorgesehen, so daß auch die nun vereinzelten Trinkhalme 51 sicher in den Nuten der Halmwalze 23 sitzen. Um die vereinzelten Trinkhalme 51 besonders sicher in den Nuten der Walze 23 zu halten, ist, wie in den Fig. 12 und 13 gezeigt, ein Eindrückblech 37 vorgesehen, das die Trinkhalme 51 tief in die Nuten der Walze 23 einschiebt.As shown in more detail in FIGS. 10 and 11, the knife holder 24 shown in FIG. 8 comprises a knife shaft 32 on which two knife holders 33 are fixed, which carry the actual cutting knife 34 at their ends. The knives 34 are arranged so that when the shaft 32 is rotated (due to the rotation of the cam 27 or the stepping motor 26 - see FIG. 8), the connecting webs 45 of the straw strap 35 are severed, so that the covered drinking straws 51 are individually cut Culm roller 23 can be removed with. So that the still strapped drinking straws 51 sit securely in the grooves of the straw roller 23, a guide shell 36 is arranged in a suitable manner, the roller 23 comprehensively. As shown in FIG. 11, the half-shell 36 is also provided beyond the knives 34 (in the direction of rotation), so that the now isolated drinking straws 51 also sit securely in the grooves of the straw roller 23. In order to hold the individual drinking straws 51 particularly securely in the grooves of the roller 23, a push-in plate 37 is provided, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, which pushes the drinking straws 51 deep into the grooves of the roller 23.

Bei einer weiteren bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung werden die vom Gurt abgetrennten Halme nicht mittels des vorher beschriebenen mechanischen Andrückers 25 auf die Leimpunkte 50 gedrückt, sondern mittels Luftdruck « aufgeblasen •. Eine derartige Vorrichtung ist in den Fig. 14 und 15 schematisiert dargestellt. Aus diesen Abbildungen geht hervor, daß die Halmwalze aus insgesamt vier Walzenabschnitten bzw. Walzenscheiben 23', 23", 23"' und 23"" besteht (ähnlich der vorher beschriebenen Walze 23). Zwischen den jeweils äußeren Scheiben 23'/23" bzw. 23"'/23"" sind an einem Düsenhalter 39 befestigte Düsenstöcke 38 gelagert, deren Düsenöffnungen 40 in Richtung auf die Trinkhalme 51 bzw. auf die gegenüberliegenden Packungen 11 gerichtet sind (s. Fig. 15). Die Düsenstöcke 38 stehen über hier nicht gezeigte steuerbare Ventile mit einer Druckluftquelle in Verbindung. Die Ventile wiederum sind über Steuerleitungen mit der Steuerungseinheit bzw. dem Mikroprozessor derart verbunden, daß die vor den Düsenöffnungen 40 liegenden Trinkhalme 51 dann aus der Halmwalze 23 herausgeblasen und durch den Luftdruck auf die Leimpunkte 50 aufgedrückt werden, wenn sich ein Behälter 11 in der korrekten dafür vorgesehenen Position befindet.In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the straws separated from the belt are not pressed onto the glue points 50 by means of the mechanical presser 25 described above, but are "inflated" by means of air pressure. Such a device is in 14 and 15 are shown schematically. From these figures it can be seen that the culm roller consists of a total of four roller sections or roller disks 23 ', 23 ", 23"' and 23 "" (similar to the roller 23 described above). Between the respective outer disks 23 '/ 23 "and 23"' / 23 "" are mounted on a nozzle holder 39 attached nozzle sticks 38, the nozzle openings 40 are directed towards the drinking straws 51 or the opposite packs 11 (see. Fig. 15). The nozzle assemblies 38 are connected to a compressed air source via controllable valves, not shown here. The valves in turn are connected via control lines to the control unit or the microprocessor in such a way that the drinking straws 51 lying in front of the nozzle openings 40 are then blown out of the straw roller 23 and pressed onto the glue points 50 by the air pressure when a container 11 is in the correct position intended position.

In Fig. 16 ist nochmals (genauer) gezeigt, wie der Auslaufdrehteller 41 und das Auslaufförderband 44 ausgebildet sind. Aus Fig. 16 geht hervor, daß der Auslaufdrehteller 41 eine Auslaufreling 43 aufweist, die zum Umlenken der auf dem Drehteller 13 zugeförderten Packungen dient. Weiterhin ist der Auslaufdrehteller 41 mit einer Innenreling 42 zur Führung der Packungen versehen. Dem Auslaufdrehteller 41 nachgeordnet ist das Auslaufförderband 44. Auch das Auslaufförderband 44 ist auf beiden Seiten mit einer Reling 43 zur Führung der Packungen versehen.FIG. 16 shows again (more precisely) how the outlet turntable 41 and the outlet conveyor belt 44 are designed. 16 shows that the outlet turntable 41 has an outlet rail 43 which serves to deflect the packs supplied on the turntable 13. Furthermore, the outlet turntable 41 is provided with an inner rail 42 for guiding the packs. The outlet conveyor belt 44 is arranged downstream of the outlet turntable 41. The outlet conveyor belt 44 is also provided on both sides with a rail 43 for guiding the packs.

Aus den Fig. 17 bis 19 geht (schematisiert) hervor, wie man den Auslaufdrehteller 41 mit dem Auslaufförderband 44 derart verbinden kann, daß im wesentlichen jeder beliebige Winkel zwischen Einlauf-Kundenförderband 1 und Auslauf-Kundenförderband 1' erzielbar ist. Läßt man den Auslaufdrehteller 41 weg, so erhält man gegenläufige Ein- und Auslaufrichtungen (U-Einlauf).17 to 19 shows (schematically) how the outlet turntable 41 can be connected to the outlet conveyor belt 44 in such a way that essentially any angle between the inlet customer conveyor belt 1 and the outlet customer conveyor belt 1 'can be achieved. If the outlet turntable 41 is omitted, opposite inlet and outlet directions (U inlet) are obtained.

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1. Process for attaching drinking straws (51) or the like to packaging containers (11), which are transported by a first conveyor (13) with a drive under the drinking straws brought up to the first conveyor (13) by a second conveyor (23) with a drive (1), a controllable fastening device (1) being provided for the drinking straws, characterized in that, before each of the packaging containers (11) enters the fastening device, either the position and speed of the packaging container (11) to be processed or its relative position in relation to the first conveyor (13) are determined, and in that the fastening device is controlled according to the determined values, in such a way that the drinking straw to be fastened is placed on the packaging container at the location intended for it.
2. Process according to Claim 1, characterized in that the relative position of the first conveyor (13) in relation to the surroundings is measured constantly, in that the relative position of the packaging containers (11) in relation to the first conveyor is determined by detecting the arrival of the particular packaging container at a specific location and at this moment determining and storing the relative position of the conveyor in relation to the surroundings and consequently the position of the packaging container (11) on the first conveyor (13), and in that the fastening operation is started when the stored position of the packaging container has reached the location intended for the fastening operation.
3. Process according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the fastening device (61, 22), the packaging container is first coated with glue at specific points and the drinking straw (51) is then fastened to these points.
4. Process according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drinking straws are fastened by means of mechanical devices.
5. Process according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the drinking straws are fastened by means of controlled air streams.
6. Process according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the packaging containers are placed on the first conveyor at a distance from one another.
7. Apparatus for carrying out the process according to one of Claims 1 or 2, with a first conveyor (13) with a drive for the packaging containers (11), and with a controllable fastening device (61, 22), the relative position of the particular packaging container in relation to the first conveyor being determined, characterized in that the first conveyor (13) is designed as an endless conveyor, in that a sensor (16) is provided in front of the fastening device (61, 22), as seen in the transport direction, in such a way that a pack (11) conveyed past it triggers a sensor signal, in that the first conveyor (13) is equipped with a coder (20), preferably with an angle coder, the output signals of which define at least the length of the conveyor (13) between the sensor (16) and the last operating member (22) of the fastening device (61, 22), with a resolution sufficient for the desired fastening accuracy, and in that a control unit is so designed and connected to the coder (20), the sensor (16) and the fastening device (61, 22) that the fastening device (61, 22) is actuated when that point of the first conveyor (13) at which the sensor signal was triggered has reached the fastening device (61, 22).
8. Apparatus for carrying out the process according to one of Claims 1 or 2, with a first conveyor (13) with a drive for the packaging containers (11), and with a controllable fastening device (61, 22), the position and speed of the particular packaging container being determined, characterized in that the first conveyor (13) is designed as an endless conveyor, in that at least two sensors (16, 116) are provided in front of the fastening device (61, 22), as seen in the transport direction, at such a distance from one another that a pack (11) conveyed past them triggers sensor signals in succession, in that a control unit is so designed and connected to the sensors (16, 116) that it determines from the time interval between the sensor signals the speed of the particular packaging container (11) conveyed past and actuates the fastening device (61, 22) after the expiry of a delay time corresponding to the determined speed and to the length of the conveyor (13) between the fastening device (61, 22) and the sensors (16, 116).
9. Apparatus according to one of Claims 7 or 8, for carrying out a process according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the fastening device incorporates a hot-melt glue unit (60), the applicator head (61) of which is so arranged and designed that, in response to first control signals from the control unit, hot-melt glue spots (50) are applied to appropriately positioned packaging containers (11), and in that the fastening device incorporates a straw dispenser device (22) which is arranged after the hot-melt glue unit (60), as seen in the transport direction, and of which the actuating means (25, 38) for pressing the drinking straws (51) onto the hot-melt glue spots (50) are connected to the control unit in a controlled manner.
10. Apparatus according to one of Claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the first conveyor is designed as a turntable (13) preceded by a feed conveyor belt (2), onto which are guided the packaging containers (11) supplied by a custom conveyor belt (1), there being on the custom conveyor belt (1) means (4) for braking the packaging containers and sensors (5-7) for monitoring the pack flow and accordingly controlling braking means (4) (sic),
11. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that a discharge turntable (41) and a discharge conveyor belt (44) are arranged behind the fastening device (61, 22), in such a way that the packaging containers (11) are transferred from the turntable (13) to a further custom conveyor belt (1') via the discharge turntable (41) and the discharge conveyor belt (44).
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