EP0227059A2 - Method for inserting a cover into a bottle case and a device for executing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for inserting a cover into a bottle case. The cover, which, among other things, is intended to protect against an unauthorised extraction of beverage bottles from bottle cases, but above all affords the possibility of an additional information and advertising carrier and allows the use of neutral bottle cases without labelling, consists of a flat blank of flat material (preferably paper). This blank is angled along at least one blank edge or is equipped with an angled leg portion, so that, when the cover rests with a surface portion on the closed bottles in the bottle case, the angled leg portion is adjacent to an inner face of the circumferential wall of the bottle case and is partially visible as an advertising or information surface through the carrying orifice of the bottle case. The covers are supplied as flat blanks in a magazine of a device and are extracted there by a transfer and conveying unit, after extraction are angled to form the at least one angled leg portion in each case and are inserted from above into the bottle cases moving past on a transport element. <IMAGE>

Description

The invention relates to a method for introducing a cover into a bottle crate according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a device for carrying out this method according to the preamble of claim 3.

It is common practice to arrange the beverage bottles filled with beverages, for example with beer, mineral water, lemonade, etc., after bottling and labeling, for further transport or for further use in bottle crates. It has also already been proposed to introduce a cover into such bottle crates, with which the beverage bottles are protected against contamination and which can also be used above all as information and advertising media, in particular for bottle crates which are not provided with labels or imprints, and also a certain security which enables bottles to be stored in a bottle crate against unauthorized removal and / or exchange.

The invention has for its object to show a method with which the introduction of such a cover is inexpensive and, above all, simple and possible with little mechanical outlay. To achieve this object, a method is designed in accordance with the characterizing part of patent claim 1. Since, in the method according to the invention, the blanks forming the covers are removed from the corresponding magazine in the flat state and are formed into the respective cover only after removal by kinking or angling, that is to say the shaping of the respective cover after removal from the magazine and during the transfer of the cover on a ready-made bottle crate, it is possible to stack or provide the blanks used to form the cover to save space in a magazine and, above all, to save space rend, ie with a small transport volume from the manufacturer of the blanks (eg printing house) to the place of use.

The invention is also based on the object of demonstrating a device with which it is possible to introduce covers in bottle crates with little design effort.

To solve this problem, a device is designed according to the characterizing part of patent claim 1.

The invention has the general advantage that a blank of paper can be used as a cover, preferably with a paper quality or thickness that corresponds to the usual label material. This material is available inexpensively. The cover itself and any waste can be easily removed. The advertising and information area provided with the cover means that there is no need to print on the bottle crates, i.e. it is possible to use neutral bottle crates, which also eliminates the need to sort out these crates, particularly when they are returned to the beverage companies.

The at least one angling of the bottle material forming the cover means that, above all, advertising and information surfaces are created which are visible through the support openings provided on a bottle crate, so that this information remains legible even when the bottle crates are stacked one on top of the other. The device according to the invention also has the particular advantage that flat blanks, which can be accommodated in the magazine of the device and can also be transported to the respective place of use in a space-saving manner, can be processed in that the shaping of the respective blank into the cover only after removal from the magazine in the area of Transfer and transfer unit, which acts between this magazine and the bottle crate available for inserting a cover, takes place.

A particularly preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention is designed such that the magazine has an opening on its underside for removing the bottom blank, that the transfer and transfer unit (in addition to the transfer or transfer element) has a removal element which is between a Removal position below the magazine and the transfer position is movable, in which the removal element is opposite the transfer element located in the receiving position, that the removal element on its leading side when moving from the removal position into the transfer position or front side has a removal and holding device which at in the removal position located removal element is arranged under the opening of the magazine and with which the bottom blank in the magazine is gripped and held at its edge, and at least on the removal element at a distance from the removal and holding device a contact surface is formed for the blank taken from the magazine.

This embodiment, in which the blanks are removed from the underside of the magazine or the stack, allows the blanks to be conveniently inserted into the magazine from above, but above all also allows the magazine to be refilled without stopping or stopping the device. Since each blank is transferred from the removal element, with which the respective blank is removed from the magazine, to the transfer element, the blank is arranged between these two elements, in this embodiment there is also the possibility of a very exact and distinctive edge formation between the the top of the bottles to be placed or applied surface section and the at least one angled leg section, which makes it particularly easy to insert the cover into a bottle crate and, above all, an exact position of the Ab coverage and esp. The at least one angled leg portion of this cover in the bottle crate are guaranteed. In addition, this embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized by a particularly low overall height.

Developments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

• Fig. 1 in schematischer Seitenansicht eine Ausführungsform einer Vorrichtung zum Einbringen einer von einem Zuschnitt aus Papier gebildeten Abdeckung in einen gefüllten Flaschenkasten;
• Fig. 2 in einer gegenüber der Fig. 1 um 90° gedrehten Ansicht die Transfer- bzw. Übergabeeinheit der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 1;
• Fig. 3 das Übergabeelement der Transfer- bzw. Übergabeeinheit in Draufsicht von unten;
• Fig. 4 einen Schnitt entsprechend der Linie I-I der Fig. 3;
• Fig. 5 eine ähnliche Darstellung wie Fig. 3, jedoch bei einer abgewandelten Ausführungsform des Übergabeelementes;
• Fig. 6 einen Schnitt entsprechend der Linie II-II der Fig. 5;
• Fig. 7 in schematischer Einzeldarstellung und in Seitenansicht die Beleimungseinrichtung der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 1;
• Fig. 8 in schematischer Darstellung eine Draufsicht auf die Beleimungseinrichtung sowie auf einen Flaschenkasten;
• Fig. 9 in schematischer Darstellung und im Schnitt einen mit einer Abdeckung versehenen Flaschenkasten.
• Fig. 10 in schematischer Seitenansicht eine weitere Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung zum Einbringen einer von einem Zuschnitt aus Papier gebildeten Abdeckung in einen gefüllten Flaschenkasten mit einer von einem Übertragungselement und einem Entnahmeelement gebildeten Transfereinrichtung;
• Fig. 11 in vergrößerter Darstellung das Übertragungselement der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 12 in vergrößerter Darstellung das Entnahmeelement der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 13 in vergrößerter Darstellung einen Schnitt durch das Magazin zur Aufnahme der Zuschnitte aus Papier der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 14 in schematischer Darstellung eine Draufsicht auf das Magazin gemäß Fig. 13;
• Fig. 15 in schematischer Darstellung einen Schnitt entsprechend der Linie I-I der Fig. 14;
• Fig. 16 eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 10;.
• Fig. 17 in vergrößerter Darstellung ein Detail des Übertragungselementes der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 18 in vergrößerter Teildarstellung die Unterseite des Übertragungselementes der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 19 in Einzeldarstellung eine Draufsicht auf einen als Abdeckung dienenden Zuschnitt;
• Fig. 2U in vergrößerter Teildarstellung die von einem Zuschnitt aus Papier gebildete und an den in einem Flaschenkasten angeordneten Getränkeflaschen gehaltene Abdeckung.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the figures using exemplary embodiments. Show it:

• 1 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a device for introducing a cover formed from a blank from paper into a filled bottle crate;
• FIG. 2 shows the transfer or transfer unit of the device according to FIG. 1 in a view rotated by 90 ° with respect to FIG. 1;
• 3 shows the transfer element of the transfer or transfer unit in a top view from below;
• Fig. 4 is a section along the line II of Fig. 3;
• FIG. 5 shows a representation similar to FIG. 3, but with a modified embodiment of the transfer element;
• Fig. 6 is a section along the line II-II of Fig. 5;
• Fig. 7 in a schematic individual representation and in side view the gluing device of the device according to Fig. 1;
• 8 shows a schematic representation of a top view of the gluing device and of a bottle crate;
• Fig. 9 in a schematic representation and in section a bottle crate provided with a cover.
• 10 shows a schematic side view of a further embodiment of the device for introducing a cover formed from a blank of paper into a filled bottle crate with a transfer device formed by a transfer element and a removal element;
• FIG. 11 shows an enlarged representation of the transmission element of the device according to FIG. 10;
• FIG. 12 shows an enlarged representation of the removal element of the device according to FIG. 10;
• 13 shows an enlarged representation of a section through the magazine for receiving the paper blanks of the device according to FIG. 10;
• 14 shows a schematic top view of the magazine according to FIG. 13;
• Fig. 15 is a schematic representation of a section along the line II of Fig. 14;
• Fig. 16 is a plan view of the device of Fig. 10;
• FIG. 17 shows an enlarged illustration of a detail of the transmission element of the device according to FIG. 10;
• 18 shows an enlarged partial representation of the underside of the transmission element of the device according to FIG. 10;
• 19 shows a top view of a blank serving as a cover;
• Fig. 2U in an enlarged partial view of the cover formed from a blank of paper and held on the beverage bottles arranged in a bottle crate.

In FIGS. 1 to 9, 1 is a hinge belt chain which is used as a transport element, is self-contained and driven in a rotating manner. The bottle crates 2, which are provided with filled and labeled beer or beverage bottles 3 and stand up with their bottoms on the hinged belt chain 1, are moved by them in the direction of arrow A and are additionally guided laterally through guide rails 1 '. The bottle crates 2 are first moved past or under a line device 4 and then arrive at a transfer or transfer unit 5, in which each bottle crate stops briefly and in this bottle crate a cover 6 made from a blank of paper (preferably with label paper) from above -Quality) is inserted. The flat blanks available in a magazine 7 as a stack 14, with their surface sides lying in a horizontal plane, are removed one after the other by a transfer element 8 or 8 ', after this removal in the area of at least one side, ie in the embodiment shown in the area two opposite sides or, in other conceivable embodiments, kinked in the area of all four sides and then inserted into the bottle crate 2 provided at the transfer device 5 such that each cover 6 has an upper, approximately parallel to the bottom of the bottle crate 2 and on The surface 6 'of the top of the closed bottles 3 or their closures 3' as well as leg sections 6 '' which run downwards from this surface and which lie in the interior of the bottle crate 2 and which are adjacent to the inner surface of this bottle crate, the number of which corresponds to the angles of the blank. The area 6 'and the part of the leg sections 6 "which is visible through the support openings 9 of the bottle crates 2" form areas for printing information, advertising notices, brands, manufacturer and / or bottler information, type of beverage etc. The bottles 3 are attached to the bottles 3 by the gluing device 4 two outer, in conveying direction A running rows of bottles in each bottle case 2 at its upper end, ie in the area of the closure 3 'provided with glue so that the cover 6 is held on these bottles and at the same time also serves as protection against unauthorized removal or replacement of individual bottles in a bottle case 2. The magazine 7 consists of a shaft 10 open at the top, in which there is a base 11 as a lower support for the stack 14, which is biased by a spring device 12 for a vertical movement upwards (arrow B). At the edge of the opening of the shaft 10, holding fingers 13 are formed, for example, at the four corners, which hold the stack 14 in the shaft 10.

The plate-shaped transfer elements 8 and 8 'with their surface sides lying in horizontal planes can be moved up and down in the vertical direction on a slide 15 with the aid of a pneumatically actuated piston-cylinder unit 16 (optionally using additional guide elements). The carriage 15 is guided on a guide rail 17 which extends transversely to the conveying direction A, in the horizontal direction and can be displaced with the aid of a drive (for example an electric motor), namely from a first position the magazine 7 arranged on the side of the flat top chain 1 into a second position above the flat top chain 1 or above a bottle crate 2 provided there. The stopping of the bottle crates 2 in the area of the transfer device 5 and under the guide rail 17 is carried out, for example, by stubble not shown, which can be moved into the movement space of the bottle crates 2 on the hinge band chain 1 to stop. The magazine 7 is arranged such that the top blank of the stack 14 is at the same height as the top of the closures 3 'in a bottle crate 2 provided on the transfer unit 5, so that the vertical stroke of the transfer element 8 or 8' can be removed of a blank from the stack 14 and for inserting the cover 6 in a bottle crate 2 to simplify the control is the same in each case. The guide rail 17 is held by support elements, not shown.

The plate-shaped transfer element 8, which is manufactured, for example, as a molded plastic part, has a flat underside 18, the cross section of which, like that of the top side 18 ', is smaller than the cross section of the blanks in the stack 14. In the region of two mutually opposite sides, for example in the region of the two long sides 19, the transfer element 8 is provided on the underside 18 with two groove-shaped depressions 20, which are closed at both ends, but are open toward the underside 18. The cross section of the depressions 20, which are arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, is shown in detail in FIG. 4. The inner, that is to say the central axis M of the transfer element 8, the longitudinal side of each recess 20 is formed as an inclined surface 21, which merges into the underside 18 on one side and in the region of which the recess 20 has a depth that increases towards the longitudinal side 19. The inclined surface 21 is adjoined by the bottom 22, on which the depression 20 has the greatest depth and which is concavely curved in the cross-sectional plane according to FIG. 4. The other longitudinal side of each recess 20, which is respectively adjacent to the long side 19, is formed by a surface 23 which is remote from the inclined surface 21 Page merges into the floor 22 and extends so obliquely to the underside 18 that the distance of the surface 23 from the surface 19 increases with increasing distance from the floor 22. Between each recess 20 and the adjacent side 19, a strip 24 is provided on the underside 18, which extends over the entire length of the recess 20 in question, with its underside is level with the underside 18 and in the direction perpendicular to its longitudinal extension or in Direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the recess 20 is adjustable (double arrow C). The inner longitudinal edge of the strip 24, ie the side 19 remote from it, thus forms an adjustable edge for the groove-shaped depression 20 in question.

In the area of the bottom 22 of each recess 20, a plurality of channels 25 open, which are distributed along the relevant recess 20 and are inclined at an angle a with respect to the underside 18 or a plane parallel thereto, in such a way that the distance between the channels 25 decreases from the adjacent side 19 with increasing distance from the underside 18. In the embodiment shown, the angle a is approximately 30 °. The channels 25 each open into the recess 20 where it has its greatest depth. At the top of the transfer element 8, the channels 25 are connected to flexible hoses 26 which lead to the outlet of a valve device, not shown, the input of which is connected to a vacuum or vacuum source, also not shown. To remove a blank from the stack 14, the transfer element 8 is lowered when the carriage 15 is in the magazine 7. The depressions 20 are then subjected to negative pressure via the channels 25 and the hoses 26, so that the uppermost blank from the stack 14 is initially held on the underside 18 of the transfer element 8 (in the region of the depressions 20) by negative pressure. When the transfer element 8 is raised, the blank, which initially protrudes with its edges over the sides 19, is drawn into it by the negative pressure with its regions covering the recesses 20, as is shown by the broken line 27 in FIG. 4 is indicated. Due to the relatively small radius of curvature of the bottom 22 there is a permanent deformation or kinking of the blank, while the deformation of the blank is otherwise only so easy (in the region of the inclined surface 21 or in the transition region between the underside 18 and this inclined surface) that none permanent deformation of the material results. The angle by which the blank is bent in the area of the bottom 22, ie the angle between the surface 6 and the leg sections 6 ″ of the cover 6 can be adjusted by appropriately adjusting the bar 24 in the direction of the double arrow C.

The blank removed from the stack 14 by the transfer element 8, which is subsequently angled or kinked to produce the leg sections 6 ″ of the cover 6, is then lowered after the carriage 15 has been moved via a ready-made bottle crate 2 with the transfer element 8 and into the bottle crate 2 as a cover 6. In order to prevent the leg sections 6 "from coming into abutment against the upper edge of the bottle crate 2 in this way, it is expedient to provide guide plates 28 with their surface sides lying in vertical planes. The two guide plates 28, which are arranged at a distance from one another and parallel to one another, are then guided so that they can be displaced in the vertical direction either on the slide 15 or else on the transfer element 8 and are introduced into the ready-made bottle crate 2 before the cover 6 is introduced and thus form with their mutually facing surface sides Guide surfaces for the leg sections 6 ". Of course, other guide elements for the leg section 6" can also be provided instead of the guide plates 28. It is only important that these guide elements do not protrude over the underside 18 of the transfer element 8 when a blank is removed from the stack 14. It is understood that the length of the depressions 20 is approximately equal to the length which the blanks in the stack 14 have in the direction of these depressions.

While the buckling or bending device in the transfer element 8 is formed in a particularly simple manner by the depressions 20 and their particular cross-sectional shape described above, the depressions 20 also serving to hold the blank on the underside 18, FIGS. 5 and 6 a transfer element 8 ', which has a plurality of suction cups 29 on the underside 18 in the region of the longitudinal sides 19, which are in turn connected to the vacuum source via the hoses 26 and the valve device (not shown). In this embodiment, two folders 30, one of which is provided in the region of one side 19, serve as a bending or bending device. The folders 30 are, for example, plates with their surface sides lying in vertical planes and displaceable in the vertical direction on the transfer element 8 ', which can then also take over the function of the guide element 28 at the same time, or pivotable plates or other elements articulated on the transfer element 8' , as indicated in FIG. 6 with 30 'and the double arrow D. When a blank is removed from the stack 14, the folders 30 and 30 'are in a position in which they do not protrude beyond the flat underside 18. As soon as the top cut in each case has been removed from the stack 14 and adheres to the underside 18 through the suction cups 29 subjected to negative pressure, after the transfer element 8 'has been moved upwards, the folders 30 and 30' are moved downwards or pushed downwards , so that the areas projecting beyond the sides 19 of the blank adhering to the underside 18 of the transfer element 8 'are angled, as is indicated in FIG. 6 by the broken line 31.

The gluing device 4 shown in detail in FIGS. 7 and 8 consists of a glue roller 32, which is rotatably mounted over the hinged belt chain 1, in such a way that the longitudinal axis of this roller lies perpendicular to the conveying direction A. With the lower part of the circumferential surface in each case, the glue roller 32 extends into a bowl-shaped container 33 for receiving a glue supply, which (container) is a distance greater than the height of the bottle crates 2 from the Has top of the flat top chain. In addition to the glue roller, two glue transfer elements 34, which are designed as endless, belt-like elements, are provided, each of which is guided over two rollers 35 and 36, which are rotatably mounted about axes parallel to the axis of the glue roller 32. The roller 35, in the area of which the respective glue transfer element 34 bears against the peripheral surface of the glue roller 32 in its upper region, is provided, like the glue roller 32, of the container 33 on a stationary machine frame, not shown in more detail. The roller 36 is provided on the free end of an arm 37 which is pivotally mounted on the stationary machine frame at the other end, specifically about an axis which is coaxial with the axis of rotation of the roller 35. The two rollers 35 sit on a common shaft 38 which is rotatably supported on both ends in the machine frame, and the two rollers 36 on a common shaft 39 which is rotatably supported on both ends in the two arms 37 arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another. The arms 37 are preferably connected to one another by at least one transverse arm. Furthermore, at least one drive is provided with which the glue roller 32 in the direction of arrow D and the glue transfer elements 34 in the direction of arrow E are driven in such a way that the direction of movement of the glue transfer elements 34 on the rollers 36 is equal to the conveying direction A and the glue roller 32 also rolls on the outer surface of the glue transfer elements 34. Furthermore, a glue strip 40 (scraper) is provided which determines the thickness of the glue application on the glue roller 34.

From the rest position shown in FIG. 7, in which the two arms 37, starting from the roller 35, are inclined obliquely downwards in the conveying direction A and in which these arms bear against stops, not shown, the arms 37 can be moved in the direction of arrow F be pivoted upward about the axis of the shaft 38. In the middle of the shaft 39 there is also a guide or control roller 41, which has a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the rollers 36. The distance that the two glue transfer elements 34 or the two rollers 35 and 36 each have one another, in the embodiment shown is the same distance as the two outer rows of bottles lying in the conveying direction A in a bottle crate 2. If a bottle crate 2 is now moved through the hinged belt chain 1 under the gluing device 4, the control roller 41 first runs onto the front edge of the bottle crate in the conveying direction A, whereby the arms 37 are pivoted upwards in the direction of the arrow F. The control roller 41 then enters the space between two adjacent rows of bottles, causing the arms 37 to lower due to their own weight and the glue transfer elements 34 with their outer surface glued via the glue roller 32 to come to rest against the top of the closures 3 'of the bottles of the two outer rows of bottles roll on these closures 3 'and glue the top of them. The control roller 41 then runs onto the rear edge of the bottle crate 2 in the conveying direction, as a result of which the arms 37 are raised again in the direction of the arrow F and then only lowered again when the control roller 41 comes free from this rear edge or the bottle crate 2 underneath the gluing device 4 has moved through. The control roller 41 thus prevents the front or rear edge of the bottle crate 2 from being coated with glue. The bottle crate 2, the closures 3 'of which have been provided with a glue application, then arrives at the transfer and transfer unit 5, in which a cover 6 is introduced into the bottle crate 2 in the manner already described, which is then glued to the glue Closures 3 'is held captive.

The invention has been described above using exemplary embodiments. It is understood that changes and modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, instead of using a glue roller 32 with a cross-section that is essentially the same over the entire length, it is also possible to use one that has a central region, ie in the region between the glue transfer elements 34 has a reduced cross-section, so that no glue is transferred from the container 33 to the surface of the glue roller. Furthermore, it is also possible, instead of a continuous glue roller, the length of which for adjustment purposes is somewhat greater than the width of the bottle crates 2 transversely to the conveying direction A, to use two roller-like or disk-like elements, each of which resembles a glue roller cooperates with one of the glue transfer elements 34.

In the further embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 to 20, 101 is a transport device which is formed by two endless hinge belt chains 102 and 103 which are arranged in parallel and at a distance from one another and which are used to bring in and remove the bottle crates provided with filled and labeled beer or beverage bottles 104 105 serve to the device or from this device. The upper, lying in a common horizontal plane, at a distance and parallel to each other, the lengths of the hinged belt chains 102 and 103 each form a horizontal base with their top, on which the bottle crates 105 stand with their bottom 106. The hinged belt chains 102 and 103 are driven in the same direction in such a way that the conveying direction of the transport device is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing in FIG. 10.

On one side of the transport device 101, a magazine 107 is arranged at a distance from it, which serves to receive a large number of flat blanks 108 made of paper (preferably with label paper quality). The magazine 107, in which the blanks 108 are stacked one above the other or arranged as a stack, is designed in the manner of a shaft or is formed by a box-like element 109 which is open at the top, closed on its circumference and partially open on its underside, the cross section of which is enclosed by the circumferential wall 110 is adapted to the cross section of the flat blanks 108, that is to say, for example, just as the cross section of the blanks 108 is rectangular. On the underside, the element 109 has a base 111, which forms a support surface for the stack of the flat blanks 108 and largely closes the element 109 on the underside. As shown in FIG. 13 in particular, the bottom 111 does not reach the side of the peripheral wall 110 facing the transport device 101, but ends at a certain distance from this side, so that an opening 112 is formed on the underside of the element 109, where the bottom blank 108 of the stack is exposed in the magazine 107 and this bottom blank, which otherwise bears against the inner surface of the base 111, can be removed or pulled off the magazine 107 on the underside of the element 109. To support the blanks 108 in the region of the side of the peripheral wall 110 facing the transport device 101, the peripheral wall 110 is angled inwards at 113 on this side, so that this bend forms an additional contact surface for the blanks 108 in the magazine 107. It is understood that in each case two vertical sides of the element 109 arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another are parallel to the conveying direction of the transport device 101 and two vertical sides of the circumferential wall 110 arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another are perpendicular to this conveying direction.

On two sides lying parallel to one another, ie in the embodiment shown on the sides running perpendicular to the conveying direction of the transport device 101, a plurality of air outlet nozzles 114 are provided on a horizontal line on the underside of the element 109, ie in the region of the bottom 111. In the illustrated embodiment, these air outlet nozzles are each formed by bores in a pipe section 115 which extends in the horizontal direction over the entire length of the relevant side of the peripheral wall 110 and is closed at one end and at the other end via a hose line 116 and not closer shown control valve can be acted upon with compressed air or can be connected to a source of compressed air. In the illustrated embodiment, the two pipe pieces 115 are arranged so that they with their on the underside of the element 109 Inside the surface facing the magazine, on which the air outlet nozzles or openings 114 are also provided, form the inner surface of the peripheral wall 110. Of course, it is also possible to provide a continuous longitudinal slot in each case instead of individual air outlet nozzles or openings 114 on the side of the tube pieces 115 facing the interior of the magazine. By acting on the pipe sections 115 with compressed air and through the compressed air emerging from the openings 114, the blank stack lying in the magazine 107 above the lowermost blanks 108 is raised, so that it is possible due to the weight relief achieved in this way to pull the lowermost blank 108 out of the magazine , as will be described in more detail below.

A removal element 117 is used to remove the bottom blank 108 from the magazine 107. This essentially consists of a slide 118 which can be pushed back and forth in the horizontal direction on at least one horizontal guide 119, perpendicular to the conveying direction of the transport device 101 ( Double arrow A). A pneumatically actuated piston-cylinder unit is used to move the slide 119, which, together with the slide 118 and its guide 119, is formed, for example, by a commercially available linear conveyor.

A rectangular or square plate 120 is fastened on the carriage 118 in such a way that the upper side of the plate 120 lying above the carriage 118 is arranged in a horizontal plane. At the two edges running perpendicular to the direction of movement A of the slide 118, an angle rail 121 with a leg 121 'is fastened to the top of the plate 120 in such a way that the other leg 121 "projecting over the top of the plate 120 is perpendicular to its surface sides this upper side is located and with its outer surface side facing away from the leg 12l ^{* is arranged} approximately flush with the surface of the relevant side edge of the plate 120. On the upper side of the plate 120 there are also several towards this upper side Open bores 122 forming suction cups are provided, which are connected to a source of negative pressure via channels 123 in or outside the plate and via at least one common hose line 124 and at least one control valve (not shown). The width of the plate 120 in the direction of movement A is smaller than the width of the blanks 108 in this direction and approximately equal to or smaller than the clear width of the interior of the bottle crates 105 perpendicular to the conveying direction of the transport device 101.

A removal and clamping device 126 is provided on a support arm 125 fastened on the carriage 118 at a distance below the plate 120 or on a corresponding support plate on the side of the removal element 117 facing the transport device, namely at a distance from the side edge of the plate facing the transport device 101 120, which is parallel to the direction of transport of the transport device 101 with its side edges provided with the angle rails 121 and parallel to the direction of movement A with its two other side edges. The removal and clamping device 126 consists of a clamping strip 127 which is formed by a plate-shaped element which is arranged with its surface sides in the vertical direction and parallel to the side edges of the plate 120 provided with the angle rails 121 and extends over the entire length of the plate 120 extends in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the slide 118. The terminal block 127 is fastened to the support arm 125 with its lower, horizontal, edge running perpendicular to the direction of movement A and, with its upper, horizontal and edge running perpendicular to the direction of movement A, is approximately level with the top of the plate 120. Along the upper horizontal edge the clamping bar 127 are a plurality of pivotable clamping fingers 128 which can be actuated by at least one pneumatic piston-cylinder arrangement, so that these clamping fingers 128 form an angular receiving area for the edge of a blank 108 which opens towards the plate 120 and open in the closed state State against the top horizontal edge of the Clamp strip 127 abut or clamp a blank 108 between itself and this edge on its edge facing conveyor 101. On the surface side facing the plate 120, a bar 129 extending in the horizontal direction is slidably guided on the clamping bar 127, perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of this bar in the vertical direction for an up and down movement (arrow D). The movement of the strip 129 also takes place via at least one piston and cylinder device, not shown in detail. On its upper horizontal longitudinal side, the strip 129, which also extends over the entire length of the plate 120 in the direction perpendicular to the movement A, is provided with a multiplicity of suction cups 130, which have at least one common hose line 131 and a control valve (not shown in more detail) connected to the source of negative pressure. The distance between the upper longitudinal edge of the clamping bar 127 and the adjacent edge of the plate 120 corresponds to half the difference between the width of the blanks 108 (in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the transport device 101) and the width of the plate 120 (likewise in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the Transport device 101).

The training is such that the removal element is in a position under the magazine 107, in such a way that the removal and clamping device 126 is arranged in this position under the opening 112 and the upper longitudinal edge of the terminal block 127 is below the the side of the peripheral wall 110 facing the transport device 1. In a second disfigurement, the removal element 117 is located in the area between the magazine and the transport device 107, in any case at a distance from the side of the peripheral wall 110 facing the transport device 101, which (distance) is slightly larger than half the difference between the widths the cuts 108 and the width of the plate 120 in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the transport device 101.

On at least one guide 132, which is arranged parallel to and above the guide 119, a further slide 133 is slidably guided in the horizontal direction and perpendicular to the transport direction of the transport device 101 (double arrow B), which carries a plate 144 on its underside, which supports its underside lies in a horizontal plane and in the vertical direction, ie is guided in the direction of arrow C on the slide 133 for an upward and downward movement and can be moved in this direction with the aid of a pneumatic piston-cylinder unit (not shown). The carriage 133 can also be moved in the direction of the double arrow B with the aid of a pneumatic piston-cylinder unit, not shown. The plate 134, which corresponds approximately to the shape and size of the plate 120, lies with two longitudinal edges perpendicular to the direction of movement B and with two longitudinal edges parallel to this direction of movement. In the area of the edges running perpendicular to the direction of movement B, two longitudinal grooves 136 are made in the underside of the plates 134, which are at the same distance from one another as the legs 121 ″ of the angle rails 121 Guide or contact surface 135 is provided, which are inclined outwards in such a way that their mutual distance increases with distance from the plate 134. The maximum distance that the sheets 135 have at their lower, free edge is somewhat smaller than the clear one Width of the interior of the bottle crates 105 in the direction of the double arrow B.

The plate 134 on its underside further has a plurality of openings 137 forming suction cups, which are connected via channels inside or outside the plate 134 to at least one common hose line 138, which leads to the source of negative pressure via a control valve (not shown).

The transmission element 139 formed by the slide 133 and the plate 134 is movable along the guide 132 in such a way that the transmission element 139 is in one end position immediately above the bottle crates 105 on the transport device 101 and in the other end position directly above the plate 120 of the removal element 117 located in the second end position. All parts of the device described are provided on a machine frame 140.

As shown in FIG. 11, but in particular in FIG. 17, the underside 134 'of the plate 134 is not designed to be flat or lying in a horizontal plane over the entire width of this plate, but rather on the two longitudinal edges lying adjacent to the plates 135 the underside 134 'of the plate 134 is each provided with a strip-like projection 141 which extends over the entire length of this longitudinal edge and which, with its lower surface side 141' facing away from the slide 133, is likewise in a horizontal plane and thus parallel to the remaining underside 134 'of the plate 134 lies, however, somewhat lower than the underside of the plate 134 between the two projections 141. The two longitudinal grooves 136 already described are introduced into the surface sides 141' formed by the projections 141. In addition, on the surface sides 141 formed by the projections 141, the openings 137, which have also already been described and form suction cups, are provided, and are preferably distributed at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the projections 141 or in the direction of the two longitudinal edges of the plate 134 adjacent to the sheets 135.

17 and 18, in particular, recesses 142 are also provided on the surface sides 141 'formed by the projections 141 and open to the underside of the plate 134 or on the surface sides 141', each of which has a slightly frustoconical cross-section in shape that each recess 142 lies with its axis in the vertical direction, ie perpendicular to the associated surface side 141 'and the diameter of each recess 142 decreases with increasing distance from the surface side 141'. The upper, closed ends of all the recesses 142 lie in the embodiment shown in FIG a common horizontal plane, which also includes the part 134 'of the underside of the plate 134 lying between the projections 141.

The recesses 142 furthermore have a diameter which is also the same or slightly larger at the upper, closed end of each recess 142 than the outer diameter of the closure or crown cap 143 of the beverage bottles 104.

Furthermore, the recesses 142 are arranged on each projection 141 or on each surface side 141 ′ in each case on a common line running perpendicular to the direction of movement B of the slide 133 at uniform intervals such that the distance between two adjacent recesses 142 is equal to that distance, which the closures 143 have two beverage bottles 104 which follow one another in the same axial direction in a bottle crate 105, and that each recess 142 in one projection 141 in the direction of movement B of the slide 133 has a recess 142 in the other projection 141 directly opposite. Furthermore, the number of recesses 142 in each projection 141 is equal to the number of beverage bottles 1U4 which are arranged in a row in the bottle crate 105 in the transport direction of the transport device 101, ie perpendicular to the direction of movement B of the slide 133. Finally, the distance that the recess 142 in a projection 141 has from the recess 142 opposite in the direction of movement B of the carriage 133 in the other projection 141 is equal to the distance that the two outer rows of the beverage bottles 104 arranged in the transport direction of the transport device 101 in the bottle crate 105 or the closures 143 of these beverage bottles have rows from one another, so that when the transfer element 139 or the plate 134 is lowered, as will be described later in detail, onto a stopped bottle crate 105 of the beverage bottles 104 provided in this bottle crate, those contained in the two in Direction of transport of the Transport device 101 extending outer rows are arranged, with their closure 143 each extend into a recess 142 of the lowered plate 134.

The openings 137 are provided between the recesses 142 on each surface side 141 ′.

19 shows the blank 108 in detail. In its central region, this is provided with a multiplicity of circular openings 144 which are each produced by punching out and have a diameter which is equal to or slightly larger than the diameter which the closures 143 of the beverage bottles 104 on their upper side, ie on the side remote from the bottom of the respective bottle, but the diameter of each opening 144 is smaller than the diameter that the circumferential line of each closure 143, which widens downward in the shape of a truncated cone, on the lower, the bottom of the bottle facing edge 143 'of this closure. The openings 144 are arranged in the middle region of the rectangular blank 108 in the illustrated embodiment in two rows such that the openings 144 of each row each lie on a common line x which runs parallel to the shorter sides 108 "'of the rectangular blank, whereby the two lines x each have the same distance from the adjacent side 108 ″ ″ and are arranged parallel and at a distance from one another The distance that the two lines x have from one another is again approximately equal to the distance that the two outer ones , in the transport direction of the transport device 101 have arranged rows of bottles in the bottle crate 105. The openings 144 are arranged at equal distances from one another on each line x, the distance between two adjacent openings 144 being equal to the distance between the two adjacent beverage bottles 104 or their closures 143 in the two outer in funding direction Have rows of the transport device 101 extending from each other. Furthermore are the openings 144 are arranged such that each opening 144 on a line x in the direction perpendicular to this line is opposite an opening 144 on the other line.

• Die mit der Transporteinrichtung 101 nacheinander herangeführten Flaschenkästen 105 werden jeweils mit Hilfe einer an der Transporteinrichtung 101 vorgesehenen Stoppeinrichtung bei kontinuierlich weiter umlaufenden Scharnierbandketten 102 und 103 derart gestoppt, daß sich der gestoppte Flaschenkasten 105 unmittelbar unter der Führung 132 (Abgabeposition) befindet. Das Entnahmeelement 117 befindet sich dabei unter dem Magazin 107 (Entnahmeposition). Nach dem Stoppen eines Flaschenkastens. 105 werden die Rohrstücke 115 mit Druckluft beaufschlagt, wodurch der über den unteren Zuschnitt 108 liegende Stapel an Zuschnitten leicht angehoben wird. Gleichzeitig wird die Leiste 129 derart nach oben bewegt, daß die Saugnäpfe 130 gegen die Unterseite des untersten Zuschnittes 108 im Bereich der Öffnungen 112 anliegen. Die Saugnäpfe 130 werden dann mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt, so daß diese an der Unterseite des untersten Zuschnittes im Bereich der Abwinklung 131 haften. Anschließend wird die Leiste 129 in Richtung des Doppelpfeiles D nach unten bewegt, so daß der zunächst noch oberhalb der oberen Längskante der Klemmleiste 127 liegende, der Transporteinrichtung 101 zugewendete Randbereich des untersten Zuschnittes 108 gegen diese Längskante zur Anlage kommt. Sobald dieser Zustand erreicht ist, schließen die bis dahin geöffneten Klemmfinger 128 und klemmen den untersten Zuschnitt 108 an der Klemmleiste 127 zusätzlich fest. Anschließend wird das Entnahmeelement 117 in Richtung des Pfeiles A bei der für die Fig. 10 gewählten Darstellung nach links in die zweite Endstellung (Übergabeposition) bewegt, wobei der unterste Zuschnitt durch die Öffnung 112 aus dem ansonsten angehobenen bzw. gewichtsentlasteten Stapel im Magazin 107 herausgezogen wird. Mit zunehmendem Herausziehen aus dem Magazin 107 legt sich der unterste Zuschnitt dann mit seiner Unterseite (im mittleren Bereich des Zuschnittes) zunehmend auch gegen die Oberseite der Platte 120 an und wird dort durch die mit Unterdruck beaufschlagten Saugnäpfe bzw. Bohrungen fixiert. Sobald das Entnahmeelement 117 die zweite Endstellung zwischen dem Magazin und der Transporteinrichtung 101 erreicht hat, werden die Klemmfinger 128 geöffnet und die über der Platte 120 befindliche Platte 134 in Richtung des Pfeiles C abgesenkt, so daß die auf den Schenkeln 121" aufliegenden Bereiche des Zuschnittes in die nutenförmigen Vertiefungen 136 der Platte 134 eingedrückt und die an den beiden mit den Winkelschienen 121 versehenen Längsseiten der Platte 120 überstehenden Abschnittes des Zuschnittes durch die die Platte 120 an diesen Längsseiten übergreifenden Bleche 135 nach unten umgebogen werden. Der flache Zuschnitt 108 wird hierdurch so geknickt, daß er einen im wesentlichen horizontalen, auf der Platte 120 aufliegenden Abschnitt 108' sowie zwei nach unten abgewinkelte Schenkel 108" aufweist, wie dies in der Fig. 12 mit unterbrochenen Linien angedeutet ist, wobei durch die Schenkel 121' und die mit diesen Schenkeln zusammenwirkenden nutenförmigen Vertiefungen 136 eine sehr scharfe Knickkante zwischen den Teilen 108'' und 108' erreicht wird.

The operation of the device can be described as follows:

• The bottle crates 105 brought up one after the other with the transport device 101 are stopped in each case with the aid of a stop device provided on the transport device 101 in the case of continuously rotating hinge chains 102 and 103 in such a way that the stopped bottle crate 105 is located directly under the guide 132 (delivery position). The removal element 117 is located under the magazine 107 (removal position). After stopping a bottle crate. 105, the pipe sections 115 are pressurized with compressed air, whereby the stack of blanks lying above the lower blank 108 is slightly raised. At the same time, the strip 129 is moved upwards in such a way that the suction cups 130 bear against the underside of the lowermost blank 108 in the region of the openings 112. The suction cups 130 are then subjected to negative pressure so that they adhere to the underside of the lowermost blank in the region of the bend 131. The bar 129 is then moved downward in the direction of the double arrow D, so that the edge region of the bottom blank 108, which is initially above the upper longitudinal edge of the terminal block 127 and faces the transport device 101, comes to rest against this longitudinal edge. As soon as this state is reached, the clamping fingers 128 which have been opened up to that point close and additionally clamp the lowermost blank 108 on the clamping strip 127. The removal element 117 is then moved in the direction of arrow A in the illustration selected for FIG. 10 to the left into the second end position (transfer position), the bottom blank being pulled out of the otherwise raised or weight-relieved stack in the magazine 107 through the opening 112 becomes. With increasing pulling out of the magazine 107, the bottom blank then increasingly lies with its underside (in the middle area of the blank) against the blank Top of the plate 120 on and is fixed there by the suction cups or bores acted upon by vacuum. As soon as the removal element 117 has reached the second end position between the magazine and the transport device 101, the clamping fingers 128 are opened and the plate 134 located above the plate 120 is lowered in the direction of arrow C, so that the areas of the blank resting on the legs 121 " are pressed into the groove-shaped recesses 136 of the plate 134 and the section of the blank projecting on the two long sides of the plate 120 provided with the angle rails 121 are bent downward by the sheets 135 which overlap the plate 120 on these long sides kinked that it has a substantially horizontal section 108 'resting on the plate 120 and two legs 108 "which are angled downwards, as indicated by broken lines in FIG. 12, with the legs 121' and those with these Legs cooperating groove-shaped recesses 136 a very sharp crease edge between the parts 108 '' and 108 'is reached.

The crease edges produced by the legs 121 'in connection with the recesses 136 between the parts 108 "and 108' of the blank each run parallel to the lines x on which the openings 144 of the two rows of openings are arranged, in such a way that the two rows of the openings 144 on the part 108 'between the two fold edges and each row are also arranged at a certain distance from the immediately adjacent fold edge.

Subsequently, the holes 137 of the plate 134 acting as suction cups are subjected to negative pressure and the negative pressure at the holes 122 is switched off, so that the shaped or kinked blank is now held on the plate 134, in such a way that each opening 144 is congruent with one Recess 142 lies. The plate 134 is then raised in the direction of the arrow C, moved by moving the slide 133 in the direction of the arrow B over the bottle case 105 provided, and then lowered. At this lowering, the sheets 135 and the legs 108 ″ of the kinked or angled blank 108 lying against them on the inside are inserted into the bottle crate 105 in the region between the outer beverage bottles 104 and the inner surface of the bottle crate, the beverage bottles finally being lowered further as the plate 104 is lowered 104 of the outer rows of bottles arranged in the conveying direction of the transport device 101 come to rest in the recesses 142 with their closures 143 and the blank 108 or its section 108 ′ in the region of the pre-punched openings 144 is pushed onto the closures 143 of the outer beverage surfaces 104 in this way, that each bottle 104 of these outer rows extends with the upper end of its bottle neck into an opening 144 of the blank 108 or the cover formed by this blank and projects with the closure 143 over the top of the cover or the section 108 ' of the Zus Chnittes 108 on the closures 143 of the outer rows of bottles tear the openings 144 slightly because of the slightly increasing circumferential line of the closures 143, preferably in the direction of the fibers of the material forming the cover 108, but after being pushed open, these tears close at least so to the extent that the cut 108 with the edge region of the openings 144 engages behind the closures 143 on their lower edges 143 'in such a way that the cover formed by the cut 108 is held captively on the closures 143 of the bottles 104 of the outer rows of bottles protruding above the top of this cover is. The cover formed by the blank 108 lies with the underside of the section 108 ′ on the closures 143 of the remaining bottles 104, that is to say arranged between the two outer rows of bottles. The blank 108 provided with the openings 144 and which can be pushed onto the bottles 104 of the outer rows of bottles in the manner described has the advantage that additional gluing, for example of the closures 143, is not required to secure the cover formed by the blank 108 in the bottle crate 105 is. It It goes without saying that at least after the described introduction of the cover formed by the blank 108, the negative pressure at the bores 137 is switched off.

After the described introduction of the cover formed by the blank 108, the regions or legs 108 "each lie adjacent to an inner surface of the peripheral wall of the bottle crate 105 and are partially visible through the support openings of the bottle crate 105 provided on this peripheral wall. The parts of the surface visible through the support openings Sections 108 "and the upper side of section 108 'serve as information areas on which advertising, manufacturer's instructions, etc. are printed.

The device described is also characterized by a particularly low overall height. A further significant advantage is above all that by removing the blanks 108 from the underside of the magazine 107 in this magazine, new blanks 108 can be inserted comfortably from above, especially without stopping the device. The angle rails 121 interacting with the recesses 136 result in an exact formation of edges between the sections 108 'and 108 "after the initially flat blank 108 has been bent. In principle, it is also possible in this embodiment to use blanks 108 without the openings 144, whereby then the respective blank 108 forming the cover is held in the bottle crate 105 by a glue application applied to the closures 143 of at least some of the bottles 104.

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1. A method for introducing a cover in a bottle crate, in which upright beverage bottles are arranged with their bottom on the bottom of the bottle crate, characterized in that a flat blank made of a flat material, preferably of paper, from a magazine of several such cuts as a stack removed with the help of a transfer and transfer unit in the flat state and only after removal from the magazine to produce the one surface area (6 ', 108') and at least one leg portion (6 ", 108") projecting beyond the underside of this surface area is bent or angled in the area of at least one edge line, and that the cover (6, 108) with the at least one leg section (6 ", 108") is inserted into the bottle crate (2, 105) in such a way that the surface area (6 ', 108') rests on the bottles (3, 104) and the leg section (6 ", 108") of the inner surface of a circumference side of the bottle crate (2, 105) is adjacent. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that before the insertion of the cover (6) the bottles of at least two outer, p-parallel rows of bottles on their closure (3 ') are provided with a glue application. 3. Device for introducing a cover formed from a blank of flat material into a bottle crate, in which the bottom of the bottle crates upstanding beverage bottles are arranged, characterized by a transfer or transfer unit (5), on which the on a transport element (1, 101) standing bottle crates (2, 105) are moved past, preferably clocked past, by at least one magazine (7, 107) for the stacked blanks, by a Transfer and transfer unit (5) provided transfer or transfer element (8, 8 '; 139) which can be moved between a pick-up or transfer position for picking up a blank and a delivery position in which the cover (6 , 108) is inserted into a bottle crate (2, 105), and by means of a kinking or bending device on the transfer and transfer unit (5) for angling the blank taken from the magazine (7, 107). 4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the transfer element (8, 8 ') is movable between the receiving position on the magazine (7) and the delivery position, that the bending and bending device is formed on the transfer element (8, 8'), wherein the transfer element (8, 8 ') preferably has a flat contact surface (18) for the blanks, a groove-shaped depression (20) closed at both ends is provided on this contact surface at least in the region of an edge (19) of this surface, and into the recess (20) at least one channel (25) opens, which is connected to a source of negative pressure. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the groove-shaped recess (20) has a cross section in which the one, the edge (19) distant long side of an inclined surface (21) is formed, in whose area the depth of the recess ( 20) increases with a decreasing distance from the edge (19), and in which (cross section) the longitudinal side of the depression (20) adjacent to the edge (19) is at least partially formed by a surface (23) that is perpendicular to the contact surface (18) extends, preferably inclined relative to this contact surface (18), such that the distance of the surface (23) from the edge (19) decreases with increasing distance from the contact surface (18), preferably the inclined surface (21) and the surface (23) which forms the longitudinal side of the depression (20) adjacent to the edge (19) run at an acute angle to one another, which opens towards the contact surface (18),
and / or wherein preferably the longitudinal side of the recess (20) lying adjacent to the edge (19) is formed at least in the region of the contact surface (18) by a longitudinal side of at least one strip (24) which extends in the longitudinal direction of the recess (20) and is adjustable perpendicular to its longitudinal extent. 6. Device according to one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the transfer element (8) has a flat contact surface (18) for the blanks and on this contact surface in the region of two mutually opposite edges (19) of this surface with suction cups (29) is provided, which are connected to a source of negative pressure, and that at least one displaceable or pivotable folding device (30, 30 ') is provided on the transfer element (8') in the area of at least one edge (19). 7. Device according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that in the conveying direction of the conveyor (1) before the transfer and transfer unit (5) a gluing device (4) for applying a glue application to the tops of the bottles (3) or whose closures (3 ') is provided. 8. Device according to one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the magazine (107) has on its underside an opening (112) for removing the bottom blank, that the transfer and transfer unit has a removal element (117), which is movable between a removal position below the magazine and the transfer position, in which the removal element (117) is opposite the transfer element (139) located in the receiving position, that the removal element (117) is at its when moving from the removal position into the over forward position or front side has a removal and holding device (126) which, when the removal element (117) is in the removal position, is arranged under the opening (112) of the magazine (107) and with which the bottom blank is gripped at an edge and is held, and that at least one further contact surface (120) for the blank removed from the magazine (107) is formed on the removal element (117) at a distance from the removal and holding device (126),
the opening (112) on the underside of the magazine (107) is preferably located on the side of this magazine facing the transfer position. 9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the removal element (117) in a second axis direction (A), preferably in a horizontal axis direction between the removal position and the transfer position is movable,
wherein the removal element is preferably movable in a second axial direction between the removal position and the transfer position, which runs parallel to the axial direction in which the transfer element (139) can be moved from the receiving or transfer position to the delivery position. 10. The device according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that in the receiving position or transfer position, the transmission element (139) on the removal element (117) and / or the removal element (117) on the transmission element (139) is movable,
the removal element (117) is preferably arranged in the vertical direction below the transmission element (139) in the receiving or transfer position. 11. Device according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the removal and holding device (126) has at least one with a holding element (130) provided part (129) which in a direction (D) transverse to the direction of movement (A ) of the removal element (117) is displaceably guided thereon and has a first position in which the holding element (130) lies at the same level as the contact surface for the blanks (108) formed by the underside of the magazine (107) and has a second position, in which the holding element (130) is at a distance from this contact surface, the holding element preferably being formed by a suction cup (130) which can be subjected to negative pressure,
wherein the removal and holding device (126) preferably has at least one clamping strip (127) with at least one clamping finger (128). 12. The device according to one of claims 8 to 11, characterized in that the further contact surface (120) on the removal element (117) on two parallel and spaced longitudinal edges projecting over the contact surface strip-like projections (121 "), and that the contact surface of the transmission element (139) has two groove-shaped recesses (136) which are arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, the mutual spacing of which is equal to the distance between the strip-shaped projections (121 ") and which together with the strip-like projections forms part of the bending and bending device form,
wherein preferably the groove-shaped recesses (136) are each provided on a longitudinal edge of the contact surface (134) of the transmission element (139), in particular on the longitudinal edges having the recesses, and a guide plate (135) projecting beyond the further contact surface (134) is provided on each longitudinal edge is and the mutual distance between the guide plates (135) preferably increasing with increasing distance from the further contact surface (134). 13. The device according to one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that on the further contact surface (120) of the removal element (117) and / or on the contact surface (134) of the transmission element (139) at least one suction cup (122) 137) is provided. 14. Device according to one of claims 8 to 13, characterized in that in the region of the underside of the magazine (107) on the peripheral wall (110) in the interior of the magazine (107) directed air outlet nozzles or openings (114) are provided. 15. The device according to one of claims 3 to 14, characterized in that the contact surface (141 ') of the transmission element (139) has at least one recess (142) which, when held on the transmission element (139) blank (108) congruent with a Surface area (108 ') of the blank (108) provided opening (144), and that the transmission element (139) for inserting the cover formed by the blank (108) into the bottle crate (105) in a first axial direction (C), preferably Can be moved in the vertical direction towards the bottle crate (105) such that in the delivery position of the transmission element (139) into the at least one recess (142) on the contact surface (141 ') of this element, the closure (143) of a bottle (104) is arranged, the at least one recess (142) in the first axial direction (C) having a depth which is at least equal to the height which the closure (143) has in this axial direction, wherein a plurality of recesses (142) are preferably provided on the contact surface (141 ') of the transmission element (139), and that two respectively adjacent recesses (142) have an axial spacing from one another which is equal to the axial spacing of adjacent bottles (104) in the bottle crate (105) or a multiple thereof.

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