EP0497264B2 - Dispositif de préhension pour bouteilles ou récipients similaires à charger ou décharger ensemble dans une armoire ou similaire - Google Patents

Dispositif de préhension pour bouteilles ou récipients similaires à charger ou décharger ensemble dans une armoire ou similaire Download PDF

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EP0497264B2
EP0497264B2 EP92101334A EP92101334A EP0497264B2 EP 0497264 B2 EP0497264 B2 EP 0497264B2 EP 92101334 A EP92101334 A EP 92101334A EP 92101334 A EP92101334 A EP 92101334A EP 0497264 B2 EP0497264 B2 EP 0497264B2
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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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/08—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers
    • B65B21/12—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks

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  • the invention relates to a gripping device for bottles and the like to be placed or removed from a box or the like together.
  • Containers in particular for bottles and containers, the diameter of which is only slightly smaller in the area of their neck than in the area of their belly, with a packing head and a plurality of packing tulips connected to it, each having a single essentially hollow cylindrical receptacle for a bottle to be gripped as well as an elastic packing tulip insert arranged circumferentially in the receptacle, which via an axially displaceable adjusting piston provided on the side facing away from the free opening edge of the receptacle into the free Recording cross-section is adjustable.
  • Such a gripping device is known from the German patent DE-A-38 19 598 and has proven itself in practice.
  • the cylindrical shape of the packing tulips connected to the packing head requires a minimum mutual distance between the packing tulips, which is predetermined by their diameter.
  • the wall thickness of the packing tulip cannot be reduced arbitrarily, since the parts arranged inside the packing tulip, u. a. the control piston, also require a certain minimum wall thickness for their attachment and storage.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a gripping device of the type mentioned so that even bottles that are provided with a further neck can be picked up with a small mutual distance from the packing tulips.
  • the outer circumferential surface of the packing tulips has a regular polygonal shape in cross-section with respect to the axis of the receptacle, the number of corners being an even number.
  • the advantage achieved by the invention is that the wall thickness of the packing tulip can be made very thin-walled in the area between the corners, while the larger wall thickness required for stability, fastening and other reasons is achieved in the area of the corners. If the packing tulips lie on the outside of each other over their flat surfaces, in this way a smaller mutual distance between the recordings is achieved.
  • the cross-sectional area of the packing tulips is quadrangular or hexagonal.
  • the quadrangular, that is to say square, embodiment is suitable for conventional crates in which the bottles are arranged in longitudinal or transverse rows in a square grid.
  • the hexagonal shape of the packing tulip is suitable for such boxes.
  • the packing tulip is formed by a sleeve part and a flange part which has a cylindrical projection protruding into the sleeve part, with through holes in the region of the corners in the flange part and correspondingly assigned threaded holes for the flange part with the Screws connecting the sleeve part are provided.
  • the invention provides that the cylindrical projection on the flange part is provided with an annular groove for receiving a sealing ring in its outer surface opposite the inner wall of the sleeve part.
  • the gripping device consists of a packing head, which is equipped with a plurality of packing tulips 1 aligned parallel to one another, one of which is shown individually in the drawing.
  • the gripping device is used to transfer bottles and the like to be placed or removed from a box or the like together, especially for bottles and containers, the diameter of which is only slightly smaller in the area of their neck than in the area of their belly.
  • the mutual arrangement and number of packing tulips 1 of a packing head is adapted accordingly to the respective box.
  • the individual packing tulips 1 connected to the packing head each have an essentially hollow cylindrical receptacle 2 for each bottle to be gripped and an elastic packing tulip insert 3 arranged in the receptacle 2 on the circumference.
  • the packing tulip insert 3 is axially displaceable, on the free opening edge 5 adjusting piston 6 provided on the side facing away from the receptacle 2 can be preset in the free receptacle cross section.
  • the outer circumferential surface of the packing tulips 1 has a regular polygonal shape in cross-section with respect to the axis of the receptacle 2, the number of corners being an even number. This makes it possible to arrange the individual packing tulips 1 at a smaller distance from one another than in the case of a cylindrical configuration of the packing tulips 1, since the area between two corners, as can be seen from FIG. 2, can be made comparatively thin-walled. The even number of corners ensures that two opposing surfaces are aligned plane-parallel to each other.
  • the packing tulips 1 will preferably have a quadrangular or hexagonal cross-sectional area, the quadrangular packing tulips 1 being suitable for a substantially square arrangement grid of the bottles, while the hexagonal embodiment is advantageous for those boxes in which every second row is shifted by half a grid dimension is, which results in a honeycomb arrangement.
  • the packing tulip 1 is formed by a sleeve part 1.1 and a flange part 1.2, the flange part 1.2 having a cylindrical projection projecting into the sleeve part 1.1.
  • through holes 7 are provided in the flange part 1.2 and correspondingly assigned threaded bores 8 in the sleeve part 1.1, into which screws connecting the flange part 1.2 with the sleeve part 1.1 can be introduced.
  • the cylindrical shoulder on the flange part 1.2 is provided on its outer surface opposite the inner wall of the sleeve part 1.1 with an annular groove for receiving a sealing ring 9. As a result, a seal between these two parts is achieved, which enables pressure to be built up to adjust the actuating piston 6.
  • the flange part 1.2 is provided with an inlet opening 10 for a gaseous or liquid pressure medium, via which the actuating piston 6 can be adjusted towards the opening edge 5.
  • the actuating piston 6 is connected to a sealing element 11, which lies sealingly against the inner wall of the sleeve part 1.1.
  • the sealing element 11 is embedded between the actuating piston 6 and a spacer 12, both of which are screwed together.
  • the spacer 12 also ensures that the sealing element in the unpressurized state of the packing tulip 1 cannot strike the flange part 1.2.
  • a radially inwardly projecting ring projection 13 is provided, which serves as a limitation of the lifting movement for serves the actuating piston.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)
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  1. Dispositif de préhension pour bouteilles ou récipients analogues à charger ou décharger ensemble dans une armoire ou analogue, en particulier pour bouteilles et récipients dont le goulot ne présente qu'un diamètre légèrement inférieur à celui du corps des bouteilles, dispositif comportant une tête d'emballage, plusieurs tulipes (1) raccordées à ladite tête, tulipes dont chacune présente un seul réceptacle (2) sensiblement cylindrique creux pour la préhension d'une bouteille ainsi qu'une garniture élastique disposée sur le pourtour dudit réceptacle (2), garniture dont l'avancement dans la section libre du réceptacle est réglable par un piston (6) pouvant coulisser axialement, prévu sur le côté opposé au bord d'ouverture libre (5) du réceptacle (5), caractérisé en ce que la surface enveloppante extérieure des tulipes (1) présente dans sa section transversale, par rapport à l'axe du réceptacle (2), la forme d'un polygone régulier, le nombre des angles de ce polygone étant un nombre pair.
  2. Dispositif de préhension selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la surface de la section transversale des tulipes (1) est un carré ou un hexagone.
  3. Dispositif de préhension selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la tulipe 1 est formée d'une partie formant douille (1.1) et d'une partie formant collier (1.2), laquelle présente un embout cylindrique pénétrant dans la partie formant douille (1.1), tandis que dans la zone des angles, dans la partie collier (1.2), sont prévus des trous passants (7), et dans la partie formant douille (1.1), des trous filetés (8) correspondants, pour des vis reliant la partie formant collier (1.2) à la partie douille (1.1).
  4. Dispositif de préhension selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'embout cylindrique sur la partie formant collier (1.2) est muni dans sa face enveloppante ooposée à la paroi intérieure de la partie douille (1.1) d'une gorge annulaire pour la réception d'un joint en forme de bague (9).
EP92101334A 1991-01-31 1992-01-28 Dispositif de préhension pour bouteilles ou récipients similaires à charger ou décharger ensemble dans une armoire ou similaire Expired - Lifetime EP0497264B2 (fr)

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DE9101063U DE9101063U1 (de) 1991-01-31 1991-01-31 Greifvorrichtung für gemeinsam in einen Kasten o.dgl. abzusetzende oder daraus zu entnehmende Flaschen o.dgl. Behältnisse
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JP (1) JPH0569375A (fr)
AT (1) ATE119851T1 (fr)
BR (1) BR9200313A (fr)
CZ (1) CZ279491B6 (fr)
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