EP0298244B1 - Appareil de formage - Google Patents

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EP0298244B1
EP0298244B1 EP88108555A EP88108555A EP0298244B1 EP 0298244 B1 EP0298244 B1 EP 0298244B1 EP 88108555 A EP88108555 A EP 88108555A EP 88108555 A EP88108555 A EP 88108555A EP 0298244 B1 EP0298244 B1 EP 0298244B1
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Marcel Buhler
Jean-Michel Martin
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/14—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds on a movable carrier other than a turntable or a rotating drum

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  • the subject of the present invention is an apparatus for forming individual articles composed of particles agglomerated with a binder, comprising an endless forming strip comprising juxtaposed openwork plates, an apron joined under a part of the forming strip and forming cells. with the openings of said plates, a device for feeding the cells, and an ejector comprising pistons adapted to said openings.
  • An apparatus for continuously molding a grainy and sticky mass comprising an endless molding strip formed of juxtaposed plates each pierced with a row of holes into which the mass is introduced via a distributor box without bottom in direct contact with the strip.
  • the mass is retained in the holes by an apron on which the strip slides.
  • the mass is then compressed in the holes or cells by a row of pistons.
  • the articles, in this case cookies thus molded are ejected from the holes by other pistons downstream of the apron and they fall onto a transverse conveyor belt which carries them out of the apparatus.
  • Such an apparatus is suitable for molding and handling relatively compact and solid articles which in particular support the fall of the molding strip on the conveyor belt.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of this type which is suitable for forming relatively fragile articles composed of relatively light particles agglomerated with a binder in a relatively loose or aerated manner.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that said feed device and a tamping and ejection device are provided above a lower part of a loop described by the forming strip without end, said apron is an endless conveyor belt attached under and aligned with the forming strip along said lower flat part of said loop, said perforated plates are connected to drive chains by drive supports sliding on vertical drive axes fixed to the chains, vertical drive rollers are provided on transverse axes integral with said drive supports, said compaction and ejection device comprises said ejector, a vertical and horizontal drive device return of the ejector, and a vertical drive guide intended to cooperate with said vertical drive rollers, said ejector comprises s vertical pistons adapted to the openings of an entire plate and integral with a cap sliding on at least one vertically movable horizontal axis, and said cap also comprises a pivoting horizontal-go drive arm intended to cooperate with drive fingers horizontal-go integral with said drive supports.
  • the endless forming strip preferably describes an oval loop having a lower flat part along which the perforated plates pass successively under the feed device, under an optional device for distribution and equalization then under and at through the tamping and ejection device.
  • Said oval loop preferably also has an upper flat part along which the perforated plates return to their starting position upstream of the supply device.
  • the apron formed by said endless conveyor belt preferably moves at the same speed and in the same direction as the forming band along the flat lower part of said loop. This endless conveyor belt extends beyond the downstream end of said flat lower part of said loop.
  • the perforated plates of said forming strip can be produced in various ways.
  • the openwork can for example have been drilled in a massive plate and have a cylindrical shape.
  • the pistons of the ejector adapted to these openings preferably also have a cylindrical shape with a diameter slightly smaller than that of the openings.
  • said perforated plates are produced in the form of gratings of the grating type.
  • This embodiment makes it possible to provide openings separated by vertical thin walls and having openings of various shapes and dimensions.
  • the preferred form of opening is square mesh, which allows individual cubic articles to be formed.
  • the ejector pistons suitable for these openings preferably also have a square horizontal section with edge length slightly less than that of the openings.
  • Said device for supplying the cells can be produced, for example, in the form of a transverse endless conveyor belt delivering a mass of particulate product to be formed in a hopper disposed above the forming band at the upstream end of the lower flat part of said loop.
  • Said optional distribution and equalization device can comprise for example at least one distribution island followed by rotary brushes and / or smoothing discs arranged over the entire width of the forming strip, above the latter and in downstream of said feeding station.
  • the smoothing discs are preferably arranged in two rows, the downstream row comprising one less disc than the upstream row.
  • Said tamping and ejection device is designed so as to be able to impart to said perforated plates and to said ejector relative movements such that said individual articles lie always on said apron throughout the tamping and ejection operations.
  • the ejector driven in a horizontal movement back and forth by a finger secured to the support of the plate descends and compresses the particulate product in the cells by partial penetration of the pistons in the cells.
  • the plate rises under the effect of said vertical drive rollers which engage on the vertical drive guide, the latter being preferably produced in the form of inclined planes located on either side of the forming tape.
  • These rollers provided on transverse axes integral with the support of the plate thus make the support slide vertically along said drive axes fixed to the chains.
  • the individual articles thus released from the cells are transported out of the apparatus by the endless conveyor belt which has served as an apron until then.
  • the vertical movements and the horizontal-return movement of the ejector are printed by said vertical and horizontal-return drive device.
  • the latter device may comprise on the one hand a vertical drive means, such as a pneumatic piston motor for example, connected to said vertically movable horizontal axis on which said cap of the ejector slides.
  • This device may further comprise a horizontal drive means, such as a pneumatic piston motor for example, intended to push back or bring back to the standby position the ejector which slides on said horizontal axis.
  • said horizontal swing-forward drive arm secured to said cap of the ejector is either in the engaged position, namely in a position such that it can cooperate with or be pushed by the horizontal drive fingers -Go integral with the supports of the plates, either in the unobstructed position, namely in a position such that the ejector can be brought back or pushed back into the waiting position.
  • the pivotings from one position to the other can be printed on this arm by a drive means such as a pneumatic motor for example.
  • control and synchronization of these different movements can be carried out by means of pneumatic or electric switches, for example, depending on the nature of the drive means used, arranged at determined distances along the packing and ejection device and actuated by the very movements of the plate supports and the ejector.
  • the embodiment of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 comprises an endless forming strip 1 comprising juxtaposed openwork plates 2, an apron 3 joined against part of the forming strip 1 and forming cells with the openings of said plates 2, a device 4.5 for supplying the cells, a distribution and equalization device 7-9, and a tamping and ejection device 10-12.
  • the endless forming strip 1 describes an oval loop defined by four pairs of drive wheels 13 at least one of which is driven by a motor not shown, the speed of rotation of which is synchronized with a drive means, not shown, d 'A drive roller 14 of the deck 3 produced in the form of an endless conveyor belt.
  • the oval loop described by the forming strip 1 has a lower flat part 15 along which the perforated plates 2 pass successively under the feed device 4,5, under the distribution and equalization device 7-9 then under and at through the tamping and ejection device 10-12.
  • Said oval loop also has an upper flat part 16 along which the perforated plates 2 return to their starting position upstream of the supply device.
  • the apron formed by the endless conveyor belt 3 moves at the same speed and in the same direction as the forming band 1 along the flat lower part 15 of said loop.
  • This endless conveyor belt 3 extends beyond the downstream end of the flat lower part 15 of the loop, so that it can be transported without shock or fall out of the device, then for example through a drying apparatus, the individual articles 17 which have been formed directly on it.
  • the device for feeding the cells comprises a transverse endless conveyor belt 5 opening above a hopper 4 to deliver a mass of particulate product 6 to be formed there.
  • the hopper 4 is arranged above the forming strip 1 at the upstream end of the lower flat part 15 of said loop.
  • the distribution and equalization device comprises a distribution island 7 having seen from above the shape of a triangle with point directed in upstream, rotary brushes 8 and rotary smoothing discs 9. There are two brushes 8 arranged one next to the other downstream of the island 7.
  • the smoothing discs 9 are three and arranged in a row of one nested in a row of two spanning the entire width of the forming strip.
  • the tamping and ejection device comprises an ejector 10, a vertical and horizontal-return drive device 11 for the ejector and a vertical drive guide 12.
  • This device is designed so as to be able to print on the perforated plates 2 and on the ejector 10 of the relative movements such as the individual articles 17 always rest on the apron 3 throughout the tamping and ejection operations.
  • the vertical and horizontal-return drive device for the ejector 10 comprises a vertical pneumatic motor 18 and a horizontal pneumatic motor 19.
  • the horizontal pneumatic motor 19 and a pair of horizontal axes 21, 22 are integral with a vertically movable frame 20 driven by the vertical pneumatic motor 18.
  • the horizontal pneumatic motor 19 is intended to push back or return to the standby position the ejector 10 which slides on the horizontal axes 21, 22.
  • the vertical pneumatic motor 18 is integral with a chassis, not shown, of the device. This vertical pneumatic motor 18 is intended to lower and raise the ejector 10, the vertical pistons 23 of which are adapted to and can penetrate the openings of the openwork plates 2.
  • the perforated plates 2 are connected to drive chains 24 by drive supports 25 sliding on vertical drive axes 26 fixed to the chains 24.
  • Each plate 2 has a support at each of its lateral ends, and on each side of the forming strip corresponds a drive chain 24.
  • Each drive chain 24 comprises chain rollers 29, links 30 carrying vertical drive axes 26 and conventional links 31 fixed to the axes 32 of the chain rollers 29.
  • Vertical drive rollers 27 are provided on transverse axes 28 integral with the drive supports 25.
  • the vertical drive guide 12 is produced in the form of inclined planes located on either side of the forming strip.
  • the plates 2 can therefore mount under the effect of the vertical drive rollers 27 which engage on the vertical drive guide 12, without their horizontal movement being modified.
  • the chain rollers 29 indeed continue to roll along a horizontal chain guide 33 when the supports 25 slide up on the vertical drive axes 26.
  • the ejector 10 comprises vertical pistons 23 having a square horizontal section adapted to the square apertures of the plates or grids 2.
  • the pistons 23 can therefore penetrate into the cells 34 formed by the endless apron / strip 3 attached under the plates or grids 2
  • the ejector comprises as many vertical pistons 23 as each plate or grid 2 has openings or meshes.
  • the pistons 23 are integral with a cap 35 sliding on the vertically movable horizontal axes 21, 22 shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the cap 35 further comprises a pivoting arm 36 of horizontal-go drive intended to cooperate with fingers of 'horizontal-go drive 37 integral with the drive supports 25.
  • the pivotings of this arm 36 between the engaged and disengaged positions, namely between the cooperation or non-cooperation positions with the fingers 37, are printed by a non-pneumatic motor represented.
  • the relative movements of the forming plates 2 and the ejector 10 can be broken down into three essential times which are illustrated using the four relative positions A-D.
  • position At the ejector 10 is in the standby position above the forming strip at the precise moment when the drive finger secured to the drive support of the plate 2 enters into cooperation or contact with the pivoting arm d drive integral with the cap of the ejector 10.
  • the ejector 10 descends and compresses the particulate product 6 in the cells 34 by partial penetration of the pistons 23 in the cells.
  • a third step from position C to position D and return to position A, the ejector 10 rises in turn, disengages from plate 2 and is brought back to the initial or standby position from where it will be driven by the drive finger integral with the drive support of the next forming plate.
  • the individual articles formed 17 thus released from the cells without the slightest shock are transported out of the apparatus by the endless conveyor belt which has previously served as apron 3.
  • control and synchronization of the various movements printed by the various drive means described with reference to FIGS. 1-6 are carried out by means of pneumatic switches arranged at determined distances along the compaction and ejection device 10-12 and actuated by the very movements of the ejector 10 and the supports 25 of the forming plates 2.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Confectionery (AREA)
  • Formation And Processing Of Food Products (AREA)
  • Dry Formation Of Fiberboard And The Like (AREA)
  • Permanent Magnet Type Synchronous Machine (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Manufacturing And Processing Devices For Dough (AREA)
  • Casting Or Compression Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Press Drives And Press Lines (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
  • Beans For Foods Or Fodder (AREA)
  • General Preparation And Processing Of Foods (AREA)
  • Blow-Moulding Or Thermoforming Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Polymers With Sulfur, Phosphorus Or Metals In The Main Chain (AREA)
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US5011641A (en) 1991-04-30
US4936200A (en) 1990-06-26
JPH04625B2 (ja) 1992-01-08
JPS6430569A (en) 1989-02-01
ZA884058B (en) 1988-12-21
PT87786B (pt) 1993-09-30
ATE55087T1 (de) 1990-08-15
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CA1313473C (en) 1993-02-09
BR8803075A (pt) 1989-01-10

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