EP0645308B1 - Verfahren und Packmaschine zum Entnehmen von Gefässen aus Transportbehältern - Google Patents

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EP0645308B1
EP0645308B1 EP94112602A EP94112602A EP0645308B1 EP 0645308 B1 EP0645308 B1 EP 0645308B1 EP 94112602 A EP94112602 A EP 94112602A EP 94112602 A EP94112602 A EP 94112602A EP 0645308 B1 EP0645308 B1 EP 0645308B1
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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
    • B65B21/14—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation
    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
    • B65B21/183—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks the grippers moving in an endless path
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/919—Rotary feed conveyor

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  • the invention relates to a method for removing vessels from transport containers and a packaging machine suitable for this purpose according to the preamble of claim 14.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of improving a method and a suitable packaging machine of the type mentioned.
  • a test device arranged in a stationary manner in the infeed area of the packing machine is suitable for this purpose, which is connected to the gripping members by means of signal and control lines, if necessary via sliding contacts.
  • gripping members with integrated or directly assigned sensors or devices for recognizing certain vascular features, such as color, shoulder contour or height can be used. Gripping members with assigned color detection sensors are known from DE-GM 93 14 112. If a vessel cannot be assigned to any of the vessel delivery stations when the characteristics are determined, it can either remain in the transport container or be fed to a vessel delivery station that is specially provided for receiving foreign vessels.
  • the supply of the transport containers, the removal of the containers from the transport containers, the placement of the containers at the individual container delivery stations and the removal of the Vessels from the vascular delivery stations can be carried out in cycles.
  • the conveying device for supplying the transport containers and the conveying means assigned to the individual vessel dispensing stations can be arranged parallel to one another, the gripping members being guided past the individual vessel dispensing stations, in particular transversely to the conveying means, one after the other, and after reaching them return to the vial removal station at the last vial delivery station.
  • a method and a packing machine provided for this purpose are more efficient, in which the gripping members are guided continuously with a constant sense of rotation on a closed movement path. This trajectory can lie essentially in a horizontal or vertical plane.
  • the supply of the transport containers and the removal of the containers parked at the individual container delivery stations can advantageously take place continuously.
  • Another advantage is that the continuous mode of operation allows the use of a plurality of packing heads spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, each consisting of a group of gripping members. High work rates can be achieved with a continuously operating packaging machine.
  • the vessel dispensing stations can also lie in a common horizontal plane be staggered one after the other along the orbit. It is conceivable to arrange the vessel dispensing stations offset in height in the direction of rotation, for example in a step-like manner.
  • the conveying means assigned to the individual container dispensing stations can advantageously be arranged in parallel with the conveyor for feeding the transport containers and aligned with the latter. With this arrangement of the conveying means, the operating personnel have very good access to all important areas of the packaging machine from one side.
  • FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment is explained below with reference to the figure.
  • a packaging machine for unpacking bottles from bottle crates is shown schematically in a side view.
  • the packing machine essentially consists of a vertically oriented, stationary frame plate 14 on which a continuously rotatable carrier 13 is rotatably mounted.
  • the packing machine has a total of four packing heads 4, each consisting of a group of gripping members 3.
  • Each packing head 4 is fastened to the rotating carrier 13 by means of a controllable suspension 12.
  • a Suspension 12 consists of a total of four lever arms 15, 16, 17, 18, wherein the lever arms 15 and 16 are pivotally mounted on the rotating carrier 13.
  • the lever arm 16 is connected to the lever arm 17 and this to the lever arm 18 carrying the packing head 4, while the lever arm 15 is directly articulated to the lever arm 18.
  • the frame plate 14 is equipped with two groove curves 19 and 20, a cam roller 15 ′ attached to the lever arm 15 engaging in the groove curve 20 and a cam roller 16 ′ attached to the lever arm 16 engaging in the groove curve 19.
  • the groove curves 19 and 20 are designed so that the packing heads 4 move approximately on the orbit 21 shown when the carrier 13 rotates.
  • the packing heads 4 are always kept in a horizontal position by a gear mechanism (not shown) during a complete revolution.
  • the gripping members 3 of the packing heads 4 are each equipped with an integrated sensor 5 for color recognition.
  • a control device 7 is arranged on each packing head 4, which is connected to the sensors 5 and controls the gripping function of the gripping members 3 taking into account the recognized bottle color.
  • This control device 7 is also connected to a position transmitter, not shown, which indicates the current rotational position of the rotating carrier 13.
  • Bottle crates 2 filled with unsorted empties are fed in the direction of the arrow to the packaging machine by a box conveyor 8 running horizontally near the floor.
  • Parallel to the box conveyor 8 are three conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 offset in height, the conveyor belt 9 of the first vessel delivery station II, the conveyor belt 10 of the second vessel delivery station III and the conveyor belt 11 of the third vessel delivery station IV being assigned.
  • the conveyor belts 9 and 10 are driven in the same direction as the box conveyor 8, while the conveyor belt 11 is driven in opposite directions. Both the box conveyor 8 and the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 are continuously driven synchronously with the carrier 13 of the packaging machine.
  • the groove curves 19 and 20 which determine the orbit 21 are designed such that the packing heads 4 and their gripping members 3 each have a horizontal movement component which corresponds to the conveying speed in the region of the vessel removal station I and the vessel delivery stations II, III, IV.
  • a complete working cycle of a packing head 4 begins with the immersion of the gripping elements 3 in a bottle crate 2 in the area of the container removal station I. As soon as the height of the gripping granes has reached the bottle heads, all gripping elements 3 of the packing head 4 are moved into the access position by the control device 7, so that subsequently all bottles 1 located in a bottle crate 2 are lifted out of the latter and transported in the direction of the first container dispensing station II. During this, the color of each individual bottle is determined by the sensors 5 on the gripping members 3. When the first vessel dispensing station II is reached, the control device 7, for example, only moves those gripping members 3 of the packing head 4 into the release position transferred, which have previously taken a white glass bottle from the bottle crate 2.
  • All other gripping members 3 remain in the access position. As a result, only white glass bottles are released at Vessel Delivery Station II. The packing head 4 with the other, differently colored bottles 1 is then lifted off the conveyor belt 9 and transferred in the direction of the second container dispensing station III. At this station, the control device 7 causes, for example, the release of all the green glass bottles on the conveyor belt 10 assigned to the delivery station, in that the respective gripping members 3 are actuated accordingly and change over to the handle release position. In the subsequent third vessel delivery station IV, all the other gripping members 3 that are still in the access position are actuated, so that the remaining, neither white nor green, for example brown, bottles 1 are placed on the conveyor belt 11.
  • the empty bottles sorted by color can be fed from the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 to a bottle store or packing machines for inserting the sorted bottles into boxes.
  • a bottle store or packing machines for inserting the sorted bottles into boxes.
  • at least one of the conveyor belts leads directly to a bottle cleaning and filling line.

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  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
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EP94112602A 1993-09-23 1994-08-12 Verfahren und Packmaschine zum Entnehmen von Gefässen aus Transportbehältern Expired - Lifetime EP0645308B1 (de)

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DE4332342A1 (de) 1995-03-30
BR9403813A (pt) 1995-05-23
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