EP0944544B1 - Procede et dispositif pour transporter des produits maintenus individuellement - Google Patents

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EP0944544B1
EP0944544B1 EP97913069A EP97913069A EP0944544B1 EP 0944544 B1 EP0944544 B1 EP 0944544B1 EP 97913069 A EP97913069 A EP 97913069A EP 97913069 A EP97913069 A EP 97913069A EP 0944544 B1 EP0944544 B1 EP 0944544B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B65H29/60—Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
    • B65H2301/323—Hanging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
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  • the invention is in the field of conveyor technology and relates to a method for conveying individually kept products according to the generic term of the first independent claim, and an arrangement for Implementation of the procedure according to the generic term of the corresponding independent claim.
  • the products to be considered below are kept individually if necessary, individual paths essentially continuously through a Funded network of conveyor lines.
  • the products brought to stations from a manufacturing process for example which they are processed individually, or they are processed by a processing station to another processing station or through processing stations, in which they worked during the continuous funding will be supported.
  • An example of products to be handled in this way are Print products that start from the printing press through various Processing stations are processed and made ready for dispatch.
  • Conveyor systems which run independently of one another have holding means which can be moved by conveyor lines, that is to say not together connected holding means. Such arrangements are particularly suitable for funding procedures with product-specific funding channels, whereby for Guiding the movement of the holding device guide systems with product-specific controllable branching and merging points provided become.
  • Such conveyor systems can be operated very flexibly, but are in Regarding control and drive means rather complex. For repatriation the holding means must also have correspondingly controllable guide systems be provided.
  • the invention now has as its object a method for the promotion of individual products to demonstrate the benefits of those described above Systems combined, but largely eliminates their disadvantages.
  • the method should be largely independent of shape variations Regarding the products to be promoted, it should also be for very high Funding services are applicable and it is said to be better than known ones Procedures in various areas through which to promote the products are adaptable to a wide variety of funding tasks. It is also the task the invention, an arrangement for performing the method create which arrangement simply for various local funding tasks is customizable and easily expandable.
  • the method according to the invention is based on each product to be conveyed assign a holding element, which holding element the product in holds a defined way and which holding element together covers the entire transport route predetermined for the product with the product, which conveyor path consists of a series of conveyor lines.
  • the Holding elements are coupled for conveying to parts that run along a specific conveyor line are movable, or on guides that are extend along a specific conveyor line.
  • the holding elements each have at least one a first coupling part, with the help of which they on second coupling parts can be coupled, with every second coupling part essentially assigned to a specific conveyor path and movable along this.
  • the holding elements can also be used Help the first coupling parts also on guides that run along a Extend conveyor line, be coupled.
  • a product to be funded by held a holding element and the holding element is by means of the first Coupling part to a second coupling part movable along the conveyor line or to a guide extending along the conveyor line coupled, the coupling part or a conveyor element on which it is arranged is, or the holding element is driven by suitable means.
  • transfer areas that is, at places where the product is from a conveyor line is directed to another conveyor line
  • the holding element from the second coupling part which can be moved on the one conveyor line or decoupled from the corresponding guide and to one on the other Conveyor path movable second coupling part or to a corresponding Leadership coupled, this handing over all products of a stream can affect or only individual.
  • the advantage of the method is on the one hand that the products to be promoted need to be gripped only once, reducing the risk of damage is significantly reduced, making the process largely independent will depend on the exact shape of the products.
  • they can on conveyor lines movable second coupling parts depending on the conveying task specific conveyor section of an envisaged network of conveyor sections in of very different types.
  • the second coupling parts can For example, be arranged on conveyor chains in an equidistant manner. If holding elements are coupled to such a conveyor chain they function as a well-known conveyor chain, as described at the beginning has been.
  • the second coupling parts can also be on links of chains can be arranged with variable link spacing or they can be at completely conveyor elements movable independently of one another.
  • Appropriate drive means must also be designed and arrange.
  • conveyor lines with movable second coupling parts can also conveyor lines in an arrangement according to the invention be provided on which the holding elements can be moved without coupling are, for example, that their first coupling parts in corresponding configured guides slide, for example driven by gravity.
  • Such additional conveyor lines are particularly suitable for non-continuous funding, for example for buffer routes and for return routes.
  • Another advantage of the inventive method and the inventive Arrangement is that in processes where it is beneficial is to identify the products individually, the means of identification are not be arranged on the products themselves but on the holding elements and therefore cannot leave the conveyor system with the products, but circulate in the system with the holding elements.
  • Such means for Identification is, for example, writable and readable without contact electronic units.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a first exemplary variant of the method according to the invention using a very limited network with only two conveyor sections A and B in a transfer area U and its immediate surroundings.
  • the two conveyor lines are shown schematically by lines with an arrow (conveying direction).
  • Second coupling parts 2, which are shown schematically as white squares, can be moved on the two conveyor lines.
  • first coupling parts 1 are shown schematically as black circles.
  • a first coupling part 1 is arranged on a holding element (not shown), which holding element holds a product 3.
  • the product (seen from the back in FIG. 1) is, for example, a printed product, that is to say a newspaper, a magazine or a brochure or an intermediate product for one of the products mentioned.
  • FIG. 1 can be understood, for example, as a bird's eye view are, i.e. the conveyor sections A and B, coupling parts 1 and 2 and the holding elements are arranged above the suspended products 3.
  • the representation can just as well be understood as a side view, that is, the products 3 are held laterally, the conveyor section A comes from above and the conveyor line B goes down. Mixed forms too are easily imaginable.
  • the second coupling parts 2 are constant Distances from one another, for example in an articulated manner Chain links arranged moved.
  • the conveyor line A have the second Coupling parts 2 no constant distances from each other, that is, they are for example on loosely connected conveyor elements or arranged on individual conveyor elements. For this reason, are for to provide the transfer area U synchronization means (not shown), with the help of the second coupling parts 2 on the conveyor section A at least in the transfer area U with the second coupling parts 2 on the conveyor line B synchronized, or clocked into the transfer area.
  • the chain drives are correspondingly equidistant from another chain to synchronize.
  • the holding elements with the first coupling parts 1 are on the feed side (left in the figure) to the transfer area U to the on the conveyor line A movable second coupling parts 2 coupled.
  • each first coupling part 1 is replaced by the corresponding second coupling part 2 decoupled from conveyor section A, moved transversely to the conveying direction (arrow Q) and coupled to a second coupling part 2 of the conveyor section B.
  • On the conveying side (in the figure on the right) from the transfer area U are the Holding elements or first coupling parts 1 on second coupling parts 2 the conveyor line B coupled and are further promoted on this.
  • the second coupling parts 2 of the two conveyor sections A and B means to provide through which the movement of the holding elements or the first Coupling parts 1 are moved transversely to the conveying direction (arrow Q), for example corresponding movement backdrops, as shown by the dash-dotted lines Lines a and b are indicated.
  • arrow Q conveying direction
  • the funds for the transverse movement must be corresponding be designed to be controllable. In appropriate arrangements can be used as a means gravity can also be used for transverse movement.
  • Locking means are also advantageously provided, with the help of which two coupled coupling parts 1 and 2 locked together become.
  • Appropriate control means must also be provided in the transfer area U.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show an exemplary embodiment of a holding element 4 with a first coupling part 1 and a conveying element 5, which can be moved in a guide 6 (defined conveying path) and on which a second coupling part 2 is arranged.
  • Holding element 4 and conveying element 5 are shown in FIG. 2 with a viewing direction transverse to the conveying direction, in FIG. 3 with a viewing direction parallel to the conveying direction.
  • Holding elements 4 and conveying elements 5 equipped according to FIGS. 2 and 3 can be used in a method variant according to FIG. 1.
  • Coupling parts (1/2) consists of one part with one facing outwards narrowing groove 11 and from a comb 12 with a narrowed neck area 13, groove 11 and comb 12 coordinated cross sections have and at least in a takeover area essentially across
  • the conveying direction is such that the comb 12 is transverse to the conveying direction can be pushed out of the groove 11.
  • the holding element 4 has, for example, a gripper 41 with which a Print product 3 is gripped and held.
  • grippers are general known, for example by the publication CH-569197 or US-3948551 (F62).
  • the conveying element 5 has, for example, two groups of three Balls 51, with the help of which it is in a corresponding guide channel 61 is rolling movable.
  • Such conveying elements 5 are in the publication EP-0387318 and US-5074678.
  • two guide channels 61 are parallel to each other out and the conveyor elements 5 are synchronized such that always a pair of conveyor elements with combs aligned 12 are promoted through the transfer area.
  • the distance between the guide channels 61 is selected in the transfer area such that the distance between two moving synchronously through the transfer area Combing 12 of two synchronously moving conveyor elements 5 is less than the length of a groove 11 of a holding element 4.
  • Conveying element 5 can be pushed onto the comb 12 of the other conveying element 5, these means all holding element conveyed through the transfer area can push or can be controlled such that they are only specific push the holding device.
  • These means are, for example, movement backdrops or magnet systems, which are particularly controllable Suitable means.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of holding elements 4 and conveying elements 5, which are coupled to one another by a pair of coupling parts (1 and 2) (view parallel to the conveying direction) as a representation of a further transfer area through which three conveyor sections A, B and C lead.
  • the holding element 4 in turn has a gripper 41 which holds a product 3 and which can be activated or deactivated by means of control rollers 42 for gripping a product or releasing it.
  • the conveying element 5 is a link in a link chain which can be moved on rollers 52 in a guide channel 61.
  • a groove 11 is arranged as the second coupling part 2 (coupling parts reversed compared to the embodiment according to Figures 2 and 3). How from the detail view F can be seen transversely to the conveying direction, there is the groove 11 from a tube segment and the head part of the comb 12 from a tube, whose outside diameter corresponds to the inside diameter of the pipe segment is coordinated.
  • the holding element 4 also has control rollers 43 which are used to push the Comb 12 from the groove 11 of a conveying element 5 into the groove of another Conveyor element on correspondingly arranged backdrops (not shown) unroll.
  • FIG. 5 shows how a holding element 4 can be moved along an additional conveyor section G, which additional conveyor section has no second coupling parts.
  • the holding element 4 essentially corresponds to the holding element of FIG. 4 and is equipped with control rollers 43 and with a comb 12 as the first coupling part 1.
  • the comb 12 which is used for coupling to a second coupling part has a neck region 13 which extends only over a central part of the comb length, so that the lateral regions of the comb 12 are free pipe ends.
  • the holding element 4 can slide on both sides in corresponding, for example U-shaped guide rails 62, which can represent a further conveying variant for a specific area (for example a buffer section) of an inventive conveying arrangement.
  • a return path for empty holding elements can also be realized in such a manner, the holding elements advantageously being driven by gravity or by other, for example, pushing drive means.
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows a further transfer area U with two conveyor sections A and B.
  • this transfer area there are again holding elements, of which only the first coupling parts are shown in the form of combs, in corresponding grooves 11 of conveyor elements 5.1 of the conveyor section A in grooves 11 of Conveying elements 5.2 of the conveying path B are displaceable, the grooves 11 and combs 12 running essentially transversely to the conveying direction at least in the transfer area U.
  • the conveyor elements 5.1 which are movable on the conveyor section A, are closed linked together in a chain so that their distances are invariable are.
  • the conveying elements 5.2 are free, that is to say they are not connected to one another Elements.
  • the funding elements 5.1 and 5.2 are for an automatic Synchronization designed.
  • the chain of conveying elements 5.1 points to this between the conveyor elements concave docking points 53, in the convex Docking points 54 of the conveyor elements 5.2 fit.
  • the free funding elements 5.2 are now guided against the chain of conveyor elements 5.1 in such a way that one convex docking point 54 each of a free conveying element 5.2 in one concave docking point 53 between two connected conveying elements 5.1 in a kind of form fit is docked.
  • FIG. 7 shows, as a further example of an arrangement for carrying out the method variant according to FIG. 1, part of a network of conveyor lines. Parts of three conveyor sections A, B and C are shown and two transfer areas U.
  • the conveyor elements of conveyor sections A and C correspond to the conveyor elements as described in connection with FIG. 6.
  • the conveying elements of the conveying section C are cells 56 arranged on a rotating wheel 55, which have, for example, a groove 11 as second coupling parts 2, into which first coupling parts 1, for example combs 12, can be inserted.
  • FIG. 8 shows a further variant of a transfer area which is operated essentially according to the same method variant as the transfer area of FIG. 1.
  • two conveyor sections A and B are shown on which second coupling parts 2 (white squares) can be moved.
  • a plurality of transverse conveyor elements 7 are arranged between the two conveyor sections A and B, and can be moved along a third conveyor section D in synchronization with the conveyor elements of the conveyor sections A and B.
  • the holding elements (only first coupling parts 1 shown as black circles) with the products 3 are each transferred to a transverse conveyor element 7 by decoupling the first coupling part 1 of the holding element from the coupling part 2 of the conveyor section A and onto the transverse conveyor element 7 is pushed.
  • the transverse conveying element 7 differs from the conveying element in that instead of a second coupling part 2 it has a guide on which the first coupling part 1 of the holding element can be displaced essentially transversely to the general conveying direction.
  • Control link shown schematically by the dash-dotted line a
  • control backdrop also the two transfers U.1 and U.2 can control.
  • transverse conveyor elements 7 for the cross-conveying of the holding elements with appropriate drive means are equipped.
  • the promotion of holding devices and products in the transverse conveyor elements 7, as shown in FIG be continuous or a standstill can also be provided.
  • FIG. 9 shows the same transfer area as FIG. 8 as a three-dimensional representation. Only first coupling parts 1, second coupling parts 2 of the conveying sections A and B and a transverse guide 71 of a transverse conveying element are shown.
  • the coupling parts 1 and 2 correspond to the coupling parts shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the transverse guide 71 of the transverse conveyor element is essentially a comb 12 with a narrowed neck region 13 with the same cross section as the comb 12 of the second coupling part 2, but is usually longer than this.
  • FIG. 10 schematically shows an application of the transfer area with transverse conveying, as has already been described in connection with FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • the transverse conveying elements 7 are axially extending compartments 72 of a processing drum 73.
  • the product-conveying conveying path A, the drum 73 and the conveying-away conveying path B are staggered one behind the other perpendicular to the paper plane of FIG. 10, such that the transverse conveying essentially is perpendicular to the plane of the paper and the first transfer U.1 is carried out in a front axial region of the drum 73, the second transfer U.2 is carried out in a rear axial part of the drum.
  • the products 3 are held by grippers 41 by means of first coupling parts 1 coupled to the second coupling parts 2 fed along the conveyor section A.
  • first coupling parts 1 become the second coupling parts 2 decouples and the products including holding elements (gripper 41 and first Coupling part 1) pushed into a compartment 72 of the drum 73, or each first coupling part 1 is on a transverse guide 71, the bottom of each Compartment 72 is provided.
  • the holding elements continue, for example, along the transverse guides 71 moved in the axial direction of the drum 73 and the products 3 conveyed, for example, by a processing station 74 and processed therein.
  • second handover U.2 on the other Front of the drum 73 the processed products held by the grippers 41 by means of the first coupling parts 1 on second coupling parts Conveyor line B coupled and conveyed away.
  • FIG. 11 shows a further exemplary variant of the method according to the invention on the basis of a transfer area U through which two conveyor lines A and B are guided.
  • This method variant differs from the method variant according to FIGS. 1 and 8 in that the holding elements 4 each have at least two first coupling parts 1, wherein they are coupled to a second coupling part for conveyance with one of the first coupling parts.
  • the transverse movement Q of the holding elements 4 when transferring is unnecessary with such a method variant.
  • FIG. 12 shows a viewing area parallel to the conveying direction, in which, according to the second method variant (FIG. 11), holding elements 4 with products 3 can be transferred from a conveying section A to a conveying section B (or vice versa).
  • Control means are to be provided in the transfer area with which the clutch grippers 15 can be activated or deactivated.
  • the skilled worker is a gripper and control means for their activation or deactivation known from conveyor systems according to the state of the art, with which grippers products be grasped and held.
  • Such grippers are for a function as adapt the second coupling parts 2 (clutch gripper) accordingly.
  • first coupling parts 1 and second coupling parts 2 in the process variant according to FIG Known coupling parts are used in a transfer area are controllable accordingly.
  • FIG. 13 shows a further variant of first and second coupling parts for the method variant according to FIG. 11.
  • a transfer area with two conveying sections A and B is shown (viewing direction parallel to the conveying direction), which conveying sections each define by a guide 63 extending along the conveying section are.
  • the first coupling parts 1 of the holding elements 4 are as runners which can be coupled to the guide rail and slide or roll on it.
  • the guide 63 thus not only defines the conveying section but is at the same time a second coupling part 2 for each holding element 4 to be conveyed along the conveying section, a different area of the guide serving as a second coupling part at each location of the conveying section and the coupling thereby being movable along the conveying section .
  • Each holding element 4 has two first coupling parts 1 in the form of the Guide 63 connectable runners 16.
  • Runner 16 from two rotor parts 16.1 and 16.2, with suitable control means and if necessary with resetting means in a closed around the guide 63 State and can be brought into an open state.
  • the runners 16 roll, for example, as shown on rollers 20 on the guide 63 or they slide on it.
  • Embodiments are also conceivable in which the guide 63 simultaneously Is driving means, i.e. is moved along the conveyor line, and the first coupling parts 1 not designed as a rotor but as clamping parts are, with the help of the holding elements 4 can be clamped to the guide.
  • FIG. 14 again shows a third variant of the method according to the invention on the basis of a representation of a transfer area.
  • Two conveyor sections A and B with guide channels 61 are shown very schematically, conveyor elements 5 being movable in the guide channels 61, as shown in more detail in FIG. 4.
  • Second coupling parts 2 are arranged on the conveying elements and have an opening 17 oriented transversely to the conveying direction.
  • the holding element 4 has a continuous same opening 17.
  • the first coupling part 1 is a bolt 18 which has a cross section which is matched to the openings 17 and which can be displaced transversely to the conveying direction (arrow Q) in these openings.
  • the holding element is coupled to a conveying element 5 which can be moved on the conveying path A or to a conveying element 5 which is movable on the conveying path B.
  • openings 17 could also run accordingly, against each other outside narrowing grooves are provided.
  • a drive means for the transverse movement Q of the pin 18 in this Case consists at least partially of a magnetic material, can for example correspondingly controllable electromagnets 19 for use come.
  • the process variant according to FIG. 14, in which a direction transverse to the conveying direction sliding first coupling part is used is a variant which lies between the variants according to FIGS. 1 and 11.
  • the holding element 4 only has a first coupling part 1 or bolt 18 on (variant Figure 1), but becomes the holding element 4 during the transfer not shifted transversely to the conveying direction (variant Figure 11).

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  1. Procédé destiné au transport d'un grand nombre de produits (3) au moins similaires dans un réseau de voies de transport (A, B, C), les produits (3) étant retenus individuellement pendant le transport, caractérisé en ce que chacun des produits (3) est transporté en étant retenu par un élément de retenue (4), les éléments de retenue (4) étant couplés à des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long d'une voie de transport (A, B, C), ou à des guidages (63) s'étendant le long d'une voie de transport (A, B, C), et en ce que, pour le transfert des produits (3) d'une voie de transport (A) sur une autre voie de transport (B), les éléments de retenue (4) sont découplés des éléments de transport (5) ou des guidages (63) de l'une des voies de transport (A) et couplés aux éléments de transport ou aux guidages de l'autre voie de transport (B).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que des éléments de retenue (4) transportés le long d'une voie de transport (A) dans une zone de transfert (U), tous ou certains spécifiques sont transférés sur l'autre voie de transport (B).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont couplés pour le transport des produits (3) à des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long d'une voie de transport (A, B), et en ce que dans une zone de transfert (U), les éléments de transport (5) de deux voies de transport (A, B) sont déplacés parallèlement et de façon synchrone, et les éléments de retenue (4) d'un élément de transport (5) d'une voie de transport (A) sont déplacés pour l'essentiel transversalement à la direction de transport sur un élément de transport (5) de l'autre voie de transport (B).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont couplés pour le transport le long d'une voie de transport (A, B) à des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long de cette voie de transport, en ce que dans une zone de transfert ils sont déplacés, lors d'un premier transfert (U.1), des éléments de transport (5) d'une première voie de transport (A) sur des éléments de transport transversaux (7) se déplaçant parallèlement et de façon synchrone avec les éléments de transport (5), et en ce que lors d'un deuxième transfert (U.2), ils sont déplacés sur des éléments de transport (5) se déplaçant parallèlement et de façon synchrone avec les éléments de transport transversaux (7) d'une deuxième voie de transport (B).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que, dans les éléments de transport transversaux (7), les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits sont pour l'essentiel déplacés et/ou traités transversalement aux directions de transport des première et deuxième voies de transport (A, B).
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont couplés pour le transport des produits (3) à des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long d'une voie de transport (A, B), et en ce que dans une zone de transfert (U), les éléments de transport (5) d'une première et d'une deuxième voie de transport (A, B) sont déplacés parallèlement et de façon synchrone, et en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) couplés à un élément de transport (5) de la première voie de transport (A) sont déplacés dans la zone de transfert (U), sont ensuite couplés à un élément de transport (5) de la deuxième voie de transport (B), et sont ensuite découplés de l'élément de transport (5) de la première voie de transport (A).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont couplés pour le transport des produits (3) à des guidages (63) s'étendant le long d'une voie de transport (A, B), en ce que dans une zone de transfert (U), les guidages (63) d'une première et d'une deuxième voie de transport (A, B) s'étendent parallèlement, et en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) couplés au guidage (63) de la première voie de transport (A) sont déplacés dans la zone de transfert (U), sont ensuite couplés au guidage (63) de la deuxième voie de transport (B), et sont ensuite découplés du guidage (63) de la première voie de transport (A).
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont couplés pour le transport des produits (3) à des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long d'une voie de transport (A, B), et en ce que dans une zone de transfert (U), les éléments de transport (5) de deux voies de transport (A, B) sont déplacés parallèlement et de façon synchrone, et en ce que pour le couplage et le découplage consécutif de l'élément de retenue (4), un élément d'accouplement (18) assurant le couplage de l'élément de retenue (4) à un élément de transport (5) est déplacé transversalement à la direction de transport d'un élément de transport (5) de la voie de transport (A) sur un élément de transport (5) de l'autre voie de transport (B).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont déplacés sur des voies de transport supplémentaires (G), et glissent en l'occurrence dans des guidages (62) correspondants.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) retenant les produits (3) sont transportés à des écartements constants ou variables sur les voies de transport (A, B, C).
  11. Dispositif destiné à la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon la revendication 1, lequel dispositif comporte un réseau de voies de transport définies (A, B, C), et des moyens de retenue pouvant être déplacés le long des voies de transport afin de transporter les produits (3) à l'état retenu le long des voies de transport, caractérisé en ce que le réseau de voies de transport comporte des éléments de transport (5) pouvant être déplacés le long des voies de transport (A, B, C) ou des guidages (63) s'étendant le long des voies de transport (A, B, C), en ce que le réseau de voies de transport comporte en outre des zones de transfert (U) dans lesquelles au moins deux voies de transport (A, B, C) s'étendent parallèlement, et en ce que les moyens de retenue pouvant être déplacés le long des voies de transport (A, B, C) sont constitués d'éléments de retenue (4) pouvant être couplés à des éléments de transport (5) ou à des guidages (63), des moyens de commande (a, b, 43, 19) étant prévus dans les zones de transfert (U) pour le découplage d'éléments de retenue (4) d'éléments de transport (5) ou de guidages (63) d'une première voie de transport (A), et pour le couplage des éléments de retenue (4) à des éléments de transport (5) ou à des guidages (63) d'une deuxième voie de transport (B).
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) comportent au moins un premier élément d'accouplement (1), et en ce que les éléments de transport pouvant être déplacés le long de voies de transport (A, B, C) comportent un d'un deuxième élément d'accouplement (1, 2) un élément de retenue (4) peut être couplé à un élément de transport (5), et en ce que des moyens de commande (a, b, 43) sont prévus dans des zones de transfert (U) pour le couplage ou le découplage de premiers et de deuxièmes éléments d'accouplement (1, 2).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le premier et le deuxième élément d'accouplement (1, 2) sont une cannelure (11) pouvant être orientée dans une zone de transfert (U) transversalement à la direction de transport, se rétrécissant vers l'extérieur, et un collet (12) avec une zone de gorge rétrécie (13) pouvant être orienté en direction de la cannelure (11), et en ce que des moyens de commande (a, b, 43) sont prévus dans des zones de transfert (U), avec lesquels des cannelures et des collets disposés sur des éléments de retenue (4) peuvent être déplacés pour l'essentiel transversalement à la direction de transport.
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que des éléments de transport transversaux (7) sont prévus dans des zones de transfert entre des voies de transport (A, B), qui peuvent être déplacés parallèlement aux voies de transport (A, B), au moins pour un premier et un deuxième transfert (U.1, U.2), et qui comportent des guidages transversaux (71) destinés au guidage des éléments de retenue (4) pour l'essentiel transversalement à la direction de transport, et en ce qu'il est prévu des moyens de commande avec lesquels des cannelures (11) ou des collets (12) disposés sur les éléments de retenue (4) peuvent, lors d'un premier transfert (U.1), être insérés par glissement dans les guidages transversaux (71) d'éléments de transport transversaux (7), et lors d'un deuxième transfert (U.2), extraits par glissement de guidages transversaux (71) d'éléments de transport transversaux (7).
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) comportent au moins deux premiers éléments d'accouplement (1), et en ce que des moyens de commande sont prévus dans des zones de transfert (U) pour le découplage de l'un des premiers éléments d'accouplement (1) d'un deuxième élément d'accouplement (2) d'un élément de transport (5) d'une première voie de transport (A), et pour le couplage de l'autre premier élément d'accouplement (1) à un deuxième élément d'accouplement (2) d'un élément de transport (5) d'une deuxième voie de transport (B).
  16. Dispositif selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le premier élément d'accouplement (1) est un tube (14), et le deuxième élément d'accouplement (2) un grappin d'accouplement (15).
  17. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les premiers éléments d'accouplement (1) des éléments de retenue (4) peuvent être déplacés par rapport aux éléments de retenue (4), et en ce que des moyens de commande (19) sont prévus dans des zones de transfert (U) pour le déplacement des premiers éléments d'accouplement (1).
  18. Dispositif selon la revendication 17, caractérisé en ce que le premier élément d'accouplement (1) est une goupille (18) pouvant être déplacée dans un orifice (17) correspondant de l'élément de retenue (4), et en ce que le deuxième élément d'accouplement (2) comporte un orifice (17) correspondant ou une cannelure.
  19. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 18, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de transport (5) sont des maillons de chaíne reliés entre eux par articulation à des écartements identiques invariables, en ce que les éléments de transport (5) sont des maillons de chaíne reliés entre eux de façon flexible à des écartements variables, et/ou en ce que les éléments de transport (5) ne sont pas reliés entre eux et peuvent être déplacés individuellement le long de voies de transport.
  20. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 19, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de transport (5) sont au moins une partie des cellules (56) des voies de transport d'une roue cellulaire (55).
  21. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 20, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu des voies de transport supplémentaires (G) le long desquelles s'étendent des guidages (62), dans lesquels des éléments de retenue (4) peuvent se déplacer en glissant ou en roulant.
  22. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de retenue (4) comportent au moins deux premiers éléments d'accouplement (1) avec lesquels ils peuvent être couplés à des guidages (63) s'étendant le long de voies de transport (A, B, C), et en ce que des moyens de commande sont prévus dans des zones de transfert (U) pour l'activation de l'un et pour la désactivation de l'autre des deux premiers éléments d'accouplement (1) au moins.
  23. Dispositif selon la revendication 22, caractérisé en ce que les premiers éléments d'accouplement (1) sont des curseurs (16) en deux parties, les deux parties de curseur (16.1 et 16.2) pouvant enserrer le guidage (63).
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