EP0360687A1 - Automatisches System zum Füllen von Behältern mit länglichen Gegenständen wie grünen Bohnen - Google Patents

Automatisches System zum Füllen von Behältern mit länglichen Gegenständen wie grünen Bohnen Download PDF

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EP0360687A1
EP0360687A1 EP89402569A EP89402569A EP0360687A1 EP 0360687 A1 EP0360687 A1 EP 0360687A1 EP 89402569 A EP89402569 A EP 89402569A EP 89402569 A EP89402569 A EP 89402569A EP 0360687 A1 EP0360687 A1 EP 0360687A1
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Joseph Coppolani
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/02—Packaging agricultural or horticultural products
    • B65B25/04—Packaging fruit or vegetables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/34—Packaging other rod-shaped articles, e.g. sausages, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes

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  • the present invention relates to an automatic system for filling cans with elongated products, such as green beans or carrots.
  • the filling system is characterized in that it comprises a device for bringing an empty box, with horizontal filling opening, to a fixed filling position; a box filling chamber located above the box in the fixed position, with lateral opening for receiving elongated products and opening bottom for the introduction of a predetermined quantity of elongated products into the box, the filling chamber capable of moving vertically or in a direction inclined relative to the vertical between a high position and a low position; and, located upstream of the filling chamber, a device projecting through the lateral opening of the chamber successive groups of elongated products substantially parallel as the filling chamber moves from the high position to the position low so as to form therein successive superposed layers of elongated products until filling it with the desired predetermined quantity of elongated products.
  • the projection device comprises a conveyor belt of parallel rows of elongated products approximately side by side forming the aforementioned groups, moving longitudinally towards the filling chamber, the successive elongated products of each row being separated from each other by a predetermined distance and the filling chamber moving at a speed lowering which is a function of the speed of movement of the elongated products on the conveyor belt and the predetermined distance between successive elongated products.
  • the system comprises, located upstream of the projection device and in the direction of movement of the elongated products, a longitudinally vibrating aligning device suitable for spreading out the elongated products and aligning them longitudinally in parallel rows and a distributor device vibrating longitudinally, preferably electromagnetic, taking up the elongated products at the outlet of the alignment device, adapted to increase the separation distance of successive elongated products from each row and delivering the elongated products to the projection device.
  • the speed of movement of the conveyor belt of the projection device is relatively high compared to the speed of exit of the elongated products from the dispensing device so as to increase the separation distance of successive elongated products from each row to the aforementioned predetermined distance.
  • the bottom of the filling chamber opens to the lower position of the latter and a pushing member moves longitudinally in the filling chamber to transfer and pack the elongated products in the box.
  • the bottom of the filling chamber consists of two flaps articulated respectively to two opposite side walls of the filling chamber and opening downward away from each other.
  • the system according to the invention comprises a device for weighing a dose of elongated products corresponding to the aforementioned predetermined quantity of elongated products which must fill the box and discharging it into a feed hopper of the vibrating aligner device.
  • the system according to the invention further comprises a device for ejecting the filled box and the aforementioned supply device positions a new empty box in the filling position during the ascent of the filling chamber.
  • the filling system of the invention firstly comprises, in the direction of displacement of elongated products going from left to right with respect to this figure, a weighing device 1, known per se, allowing the weighing of a dose of elongated products, such as green beans, corresponding to the net weight of products to put in a box. Once weighed, this dose is then poured into a supply hopper 2 for elongated products of an aligning device 3 of the system vibrating longitudinally in the direction represented by the double arrow F1 and intended to spread the elongated products by a dose and align them longitudinally in parallel lines.
  • a weighing device 1 known per se
  • the vibrating aligner device is of the type comprising a vibrating plate comprising parallel channels or corridors in which the elongated products are arranged longitudinally in parallel rows.
  • the aligning device 3 is inclined downward relative to the horizontal in the direction of movement of the elongated products symbolized by the arrows F.
  • the system further comprises a dispensing device 4, preferably also inclined downward and receiving the elongated products at the outlet of the aligning device 3, the upstream end of the dispensing device 4 being disposed below the outlet of the aligning device 3.
  • the dispensing device 4 is of the type vibrating longitudinally in the direction of the double arrow F2, preferably electromagnetically and is of the type comprising a plate with parallel channels or corridors arranged in alignment with respect respectively to the parallel corridors of the aligning device 3.
  • the dispensing device 4 takes up the elongated products at the outlet of the aligning device 3 in order to increase the separation distance between elongated products in the same row.
  • the vibration frequency of the dispensing device 4 is variable and the inclination of the latter can be adjusted using parts 4a fixed on the one hand to the frame 5 of the system and, on the other hand, under the device 4.
  • a projection device 6 takes up the elongated products at the outlet of the dispensing device 4 and projects them into a filling chamber 7 as will be described later.
  • the projection device 6 is in the present case of the endless belt type 6a wound at its two ends respectively on two driving rollers 6b and driven 6c and driven by an electric motor 6d, the output shaft comprises a drive wheel 6e connected to the driving roller 6b by means of a transmission belt 6f, the motor 6d being secured to the chassis 5.
  • a fixed plate 8 Above the horizontal upper strand conveyor 6a1 of the endless belt 6a is disposed a fixed plate 8 having parallel longitudinal grooves open just above the strand 6a1 so as to guide the longitudinal movement of the elongated products in parallel rows on the strand 6a1 in movement.
  • the parallel guide grooves of the plate 8 are arranged in alignment relative to the parallel corridors of the dispensing device 4.
  • the linear speed of movement of the conveyor belt 6a which is adjustable, and therefore the speed of movement of the products lying on the strand 6a1, is relatively high, for example 1 to 2 mm per second, relative to the speed of exit of the elongated products from the dispensing device 4 so as to increase the separation distance between successive elongated products located in each line formed by the corresponding groove of the plate 8.
  • the linear speed of movement of the endless belt 6 is adjustable according to characteristics such as the weight of the elongated products.
  • the filling chamber 7 Downstream of the projection device 6 is arranged the filling chamber 7 approximately in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped whose side wall adjacent to the outlet of the device 6 has an opening 7a, for example rectangular, for receiving the elongated products.
  • the chamber 7 has an opening bottom 7b consisting for example of two flaps mounted articulated respectively to the two opposite parallel side walls of the chamber perpendicular to the side wall comprising the opening 7a and opening downwards away from one on the other until they are substantially parallel, at a low position of the filling chamber 7, to the two opposite side walls.
  • each axis of articulation of the corresponding flap is integral with the latter and is rotatably mounted between the two side walls opposite at its two ends, an elastic return member, such as a spring, now normally closing the flap .
  • an elastic return member such as a spring
  • the bottom 7b of the latter is at a predetermined distance below the horizontal plane containing the upper strand 6a1 of the endless belt 6.
  • the chamber 7 is integral with a support 9 which also supports a jack 10 for controlling the movement of a piston rod 10a 11a through the chamber 7 along the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the jack 10 is therefore mounted above the chamber 7 coaxially with the latter, the piston 11 being retracted in the out-of-service position above the horizontal plane containing the upper strand 6a1 of the endless belt 6.
  • the support 9 is mechanically connected to a frame 12 by means of an assembly allowing it to be driven in translation between a high position and a low position.
  • Such an assembly can consist for example of a slide 9a of the support 9 engaged in a corresponding guide groove defined in a guide plate 13 secured to the frame 12, the shape of the slide being able to be in T or in dovetail.
  • An empty box to be filled 16 is brought into the filling position under the filling chamber 7 vertically thereof.
  • a device not shown, for example of the jack type, pushes an empty box selected from a file of boxes on a track or guide rail 17 secured to the chassis 5 until it brings it to the filling position.
  • Elongated products such as green beans for example, are previously sorted by length before being brought to the weighing device 1 in order to have a batch of elongated products of uniform length to be canned.
  • the elongated products are thus introduced into the weighing device 1 so that the latter pours the desired dose of elongated products into the feed hopper of the vibrating aligner device.
  • the elongated products arranged longitudinally in parallel rows, are taken up by the vibrating distributor device 4 which increases the separation distance between successive elongated products in each row and feeds the projection device 6.
  • the upper moving strand 6a1 of the conveyor belt 6a takes up the elongated products coming from the dispensing device 4 while retaining their alignment by the plate with parallel longitudinal grooves just above the strand 6a1 and, as already mentioned previously, further increases the separation distance between successive elongated products of each row.
  • FIGS. 3A and 38 show the elongated products H of a line separated from each other by a substantially equal distance d and projected successively by the conveyor belt 6 into the filling chamber 7 through the opening 7a.
  • a certain number of elongated products substantially parallel H and approximately side by side and respectively guided by the guide grooves of the plate 8 of a corresponding number are projected approximately simultaneously at the bottom of the chamber 7 to form successive layers of superimposed elongated products as the filling chamber 7 descends from its high position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the speed of descent of the chamber 7 is a function of the speed of movement of the elongated products H on the upper strand 6a1 of the conveyor belt 6a and the predetermined distance d between successive elongated products of each row.
  • 3C represents the chamber 7 filled with a dose of elongated products H and in the low position (bottom dead center).
  • the two bottom flaps 7b open automatically, moving away from one another and the jack 10 is actuated so that the piston 11 ensures the transfer of the dose of elongated products into the box 16 as shown in Figures 3D and 3E.
  • the automatic opening of the two flaps of the bottom 7b can be carried out by means of a jack 18 shown in phantom in FIG. 2 symbolizing the low position of the chamber 7 and whose rod acts, by means of a suitable link mechanism for driving in rotation a predetermined angular value the pivot axis of each flap.
  • a device comprising for example a jack 19 with a push rod 19a of the box 16, ejects the latter out of the filling position towards a location where the box must be closed, this transfer taking place via a guide track or rail (not shown) perpendicular to the guide rail 17.
  • This operation is carried out during the ascent of the filling chamber 7 and the ascent of the piston 11, a new dose of elongated products arriving on the conveyor belt 6 while the supply device brings a new box 16 to be filled under the filling chamber 7.
  • the number of parallel corridors in the alignment device 3 and of the dispensing device 4 and of grooves of the plate 8 depends on the number of parallel products forming a layer necessary to fill a corresponding level of the box 16.
  • the feed hopper, the alignment device 3, the device distributor 4 and the projection device 6 can each be divided into two sections placed side by side, separated by a partition, and corresponding respectively to two independent filling chambers 7 placed in parallel in order to increase the efficiency of the system of the invention .
  • the logic circuit intended to control the various components of the system of the invention can be easily designed by a person skilled in the art from the different operating stages described above of the filling system.

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FR8812345A FR2636599B1 (fr) 1988-09-21 1988-09-21 Systeme de remplissage automatique de boites en produits allonges, tels qu'haricots verts
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