EP1012106B1 - Device for closing drinks containers with sealing caps - Google Patents

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EP1012106B1
EP1012106B1 EP98948902A EP98948902A EP1012106B1 EP 1012106 B1 EP1012106 B1 EP 1012106B1 EP 98948902 A EP98948902 A EP 98948902A EP 98948902 A EP98948902 A EP 98948902A EP 1012106 B1 EP1012106 B1 EP 1012106B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/06—Feeding caps to capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/0026—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path
    • B67C7/0033—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path the operation being performed batch-wise
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C2007/0066—Devices particularly adapted for container closing

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  • the invention relates to a device in the preamble of claim 1 mentioned type.
  • Generic closing devices are used for automatic closing of beverage containers in the cellar industry and need for high performances from e.g. Be designed 20000 bottles per hour.
  • the caps are the closing device after sorting and location verification fed on a single-lane cap conveyor.
  • a transfer device takes the caps from the cap conveyor and brings them to target position for settling on the containers. Serve with pick-and-place machines to the capping heads themselves.
  • the containers run in one lane through the closing device, which is usually designed as a rotary.
  • the transfer device supplies all containers one after the other.
  • known series filling constructions in which intermittently several bottles in a row filler filled at the same time and then in a Erasmusnversch deviser with several Closing heads are closed at the same time, according to the state of Technique a single-lane bottle transport from the series filler to the series sealer provided, on this single-lane transport route the caps be placed one after the other on the bottles.
  • the containers sequentially capped be, the transfer device must work very fast. Also limited the use of the known devices on single-lane container transport.
  • each Track assigned to the multi-lane container conveyor own transfer device that is, a series of containers simultaneously supplied with caps, taking this row is thus arranged longitudinally to the transport direction in a track.
  • transfer facilities There are several transfer facilities required whose supply from a single-lane Cap conveyor is difficult and unresolved.
  • US-A-1,300,754 shows a device for closing on a multi-lane container conveyor standing bottles with flat plates over each container track are kept in a separate stack stock and the removed in each lane from this pile stock below and laterally over the Bottles are moved.
  • a single-lane supply of caps with distribution to the individual tracks of the container is not provided here.
  • the object of the present invention is the simultaneous placement single lane caps on transverse rows of several lanes parallel containers to facilitate in a simple manner.
  • the inventive Device is also particularly suitable in container treatment machines to be used with parallel container transport without this a number of conventional ones corresponding to the number of parallel container transport lanes Transfer facilities would be required.
  • the inventive Device can be used for placing caps, such as screw caps, bottle caps or other caps, to bottles of all kinds, e.g. Plastic bottles, but also for putting on lids on the usual beverage cans use.
  • the containers may be empty for special applications. Usually but the caps are placed on filled containers to close them.
  • the caps brought into the target position by the transfer device can successively or advantageously according to claim 2 simultaneously from the cap carriers be detected and deposited on the container, being characterized by the simultaneous Working results in a constructive simplification.
  • the caps can when settling, for example, with running cap carriers be placed on moving containers.
  • the container rows are e.g. cyclically transported and supplied at standstill below the target positions.
  • the caps can from the cap conveyor in different ways to the Target positions are brought, for example, all the caps required at once on parallel tracks.
  • the features of the claim are advantageous 4 provided.
  • the transfer device has only a single-lane cap conveyor on, which simplifies the construction.
  • a plurality of carriers are provided according to claim 6, which mutually pass the caps and these each from target position to target position pass. This results in a very accurate construction, in the case of forced transport great security in reaching the target positions given is.
  • the features of claim 8 are provided.
  • the caps will be transported on a floor, after reaching the target positions at least there, under the caps, or removed as a whole.
  • the cap carriers can grasp the caps and After removing the soil, place it down on the containers.
  • the floor or the bottom pieces can be moved by a drive for removal or, for example, be designed resiliently, so that the cap carrier with the caps on the bottom during the downward movement of the caps Pushing away. Due to this design, it is possible with the cap carriers the Capture caps and in a simple downward movement on the container discontinued. A complicated movement of the cap carrier, for example, with Detecting the caps, side movement and subsequent settling movement, is avoided.
  • Suction tappet can Grasp the caps from above, settle and attach to the containers to secure Lightly press.
  • the cap carrier may themselves be designed as Verschwekexcellent to the pick-and-place method to detect the caps, to settle on the containers and there immediately close, depending on the cap shape by screwing or in the case, for example of bottle caps or can lids by deformation.
  • Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a bottle conveyor 1, the between in the arrow direction moving chains 2 bottle carrier 3 carries, in each of which five bottles 4 with are held by caps 5 to be closed mouths 6.
  • a bottle filling device 7 a transfer device 8 and a bottle closure device 9th
  • bottles With your bottle conveyor 1, the bottles thus first pass under the bottle filling device 7, in each case a number of in the embodiment five bottles are filled at the same time. These then come under the transfer device 8, are supplied there with caps 5 and then get to Bottle closure 9, where already placed on the bottles Caps 5 are closed with five parallel closing heads, depending on the embodiment the caps by rotating screwing or by deformation (for example, with bottle caps).
  • the caps 5 are the transfer device 8 with a cap conveyor 10 single lane fed.
  • the transfer device 8 must therefore caps from the cap conveyor 10, in target positions above the bottles of a parallel Row of in the embodiment five bottles bring and there on the Settle bottles.
  • Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of a transfer device 28 with a order Endrollen circulating conveyor belt 20, at the distance of the bottles 4 in the bottle carriers 3 cap carrier 21, not shown here are arranged.
  • the caps 5 arrive in the cap conveyor 10 of FIG. 1, are at in Arrow direction running conveyor belt 20 successively from the cap carriers 21 detected and brought to the target positions on the bottles 4. There will be at the same time by downward movement of a pusher 22 down on the Bottles 4 deposed.
  • the cap carrier 21 may, for example, magnetically hold the caps or with brackets not shown. But you can also in tube version as Suction tappet be formed, which supplies by the conveyor belt 20 with vacuum can be, which in turn in a suitable, not shown way can be connected to vacuum.
  • the cap carrier 21 in the conveyor belt 20th be slidably mounted, so that it from the Andschreiber 22 against the Normallynfest permanent conveyor belt 20 can be adjusted down.
  • the over the bottles 4 in target position cap carrier 21 can also be successively lowered onto the bottles 4, to which end the presser 22 e.g. can be designed to be movable over the series of bottles 4 to the Cap carrier 21 to press down one after the other.
  • FIGS. 3a to 3d 38 A second embodiment of a transfer device is shown in FIGS. 3a to 3d 38, which in turn takes over the caps 5 from the cap conveyor 10.
  • the caps 5 are on an elongated band-shaped bottom 30, the first just below the cap conveyor 10 and then alternately after left and right curved semicircular arches runs and finally in one Operating end 30 'ends.
  • In the midpoints of semicircular arches are vertical axes mounted 31 with bearings, not shown.
  • On the axles are Driver 32 and a first slightly differently shaped driver 32 'attached.
  • the Axes 31 are driven in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 3a with arrows.
  • the semi-circular tracks are each outwardly by semi-circular Railing 33 secured to a clean guide for the caps on Railing 33 on the one hand and in a pocket of the respective driver 32, 32 'to guarantee.
  • Fig. 3a the positions are shown.
  • the first driver 32 takes in each case a 180 ° rotation a cap from the end point E of the cap conveyor 10 and passes them to the first target position Z first
  • the cap as shown in FIG. 3a, detected by the pocket of the next driver 32 and passed from this to the target position Z 2 .
  • caps are conveyed one after the other from target position to target position and transferred in each case from driver to driver until all target positions have been supplied.
  • the drivers are then controlled in position according to FIG. 3b, so that the caps 5 are exactly in the target position in a row over the bottles 4 shown in side view in FIG. 3d.
  • the bottom 30 is moved under the arcuate, secured by the railing 33 guide track in the direction of the actuating end 30 ', from its position shown in FIG. 3b in its position shown in FIG. 3c.
  • the caps 5 in the target positions Z 1 and Z 5 are now free down.
  • Fig. 3d shown cap carrier 36, for example again in execution as a suction tappet, the caps 5 and hold them while the bottom 30 is moved to the side. Now, by moving down a all cap carrier 36 holding beams 37 all caps 5 at the same time on the Bottles 4 are discontinued.
  • Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of a transfer device 48, the Caps 5 from the cap conveyor 10 via the bottles 4 in one of the in Fig. 1st illustrated bottle carrier 3 brings.
  • each Transport path 40 is formed in the target position as a flap 41.
  • the cap conveyor 10 brings the required number of in the embodiment five caps in front of the stands of the transport lanes 40. Get over them the caps in target position on the flaps 41.
  • cap carriers not shown, e.g. Suction tappet, take the standing on the flaps 41 caps 5 and hold she. Now the flaps 41 are folded away or give down resiliently after, and the cap carrier, the caps 5 down on the bottles 4 drop.
  • the transport paths 40 can be in largely arbitrary bowing, such shown, or fan-shaped running obliquely between their respective ends be arranged.
  • Fig. 5 shows in a further embodiment, a transfer device 58, the of the cap conveyor 10 caps 5 with transport paths 50, similar to the transport tracks 40 of the embodiment of FIG. 4 can be formed, parallel takes over and at the ends of the transport paths 50 in a row in Intermediate positions where they are detected by cap carriers 56, which are seated on a beam 57 formed according to the beam 37 of Fig. 3d can be.
  • the containers shown are on transported her floor standing. You can, however, especially in the case of Plastic bottles with neck collars also with appropriately designed bottle conveyors be transported hanging.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung der im Oberbegriff des Anspruches 1 genannten Art.The invention relates to a device in the preamble of claim 1 mentioned type.

Gattungsgemäße Verschließvorrichtungen dienen zum automatischen Verschließen von Getränkebehältern in der Kellereiindustrie und müssen für hohe Leistungen von z.B. 20000 Flaschen pro Stunde ausgelegt sein.Generic closing devices are used for automatic closing of beverage containers in the cellar industry and need for high performances from e.g. Be designed 20000 bottles per hour.

Es sind dabei grundsätzlich zwei Bauarten bekannt. Bei der einen Bauart werden die Kappen zunächst auf die Behälter gesetzt und dort beispielsweise leicht angedrückt und sodann zur eigentlichen Verschließeinrichtung gebracht, die mit Verschließköpfen je nach Bauweise der Kappe drehend oder verformend (z.B. bei Kronkorken) den Schließvorgang durchführt. Bei der anderen Bauweise (pick and place) ergreifen die Verschließköpfe die Kappen und transportieren sie auf die Flaschen, um sie dort sofort zu verschließen.There are basically two types known. In the one type first set the caps on the containers and, for example, lightly pressed on them and then brought to the actual closing device, which with Verschließköpfen rotating or deforming depending on the design of the cap (e.g. Crown cap) performs the closing operation. In the other construction (pick and place) the capping heads grab the caps and transport them to the Bottles to close immediately.

Die Kappen werden der Verschließvorrichtung nach Sortierung und Lageüberprüfung auf einem einspurigen Kappentransporteur zugeführt. Eine Übergabeeinrichtung übernimmt die Kappen vom Kappentransporteur und bringt sie in Zielposition zum Absetzen auf die Behälter. Bei Pick-and-Place-Maschinen dienen dazu die Verschließköpfe selbst.The caps are the closing device after sorting and location verification fed on a single-lane cap conveyor. A transfer device takes the caps from the cap conveyor and brings them to target position for settling on the containers. Serve with pick-and-place machines to the capping heads themselves.

Bei bekannten Vorrichtungen laufen die Behälter einspurig durch die Verschließvorrichtung, die üblicherweise als Rundläufer ausgebildet ist. Die Übergabeeinrichtung versorgt also alle Behälter nacheinander. Auch bei bekannten Reihenfüllkonstruktionen, bei denen taktweise mehrere Flaschen in einem Reihenfüller gleichzeitig befüllt und anschließend in einem Reihenverschließer mit mehreren Verschließköpfen gleichzeitig verschlossen werden, ist nach dem Stand der Technik ein einspuriger Flaschentransport vom Reihenfüller zum Reihenverschließer vorgesehen, wobei auf dieser einspurigen Transportstrecke die Kappen nacheinander auf die Flaschen abgesetzt werden. Da bei allen bekannten gattungsgemäßen Vorrichtungen die Behälter nacheinander mit Kappen versehen werden, muß die Übergabeeinrichtung sehr schnell arbeiten. Außerdem beschränkt sich der Einsatz der bekannten Vorrichtungen auf einspurigen Behältertransport.In known devices, the containers run in one lane through the closing device, which is usually designed as a rotary. The transfer device supplies all containers one after the other. Even with known series filling constructions, in which intermittently several bottles in a row filler filled at the same time and then in a Reihenverschließer with several Closing heads are closed at the same time, according to the state of Technique a single-lane bottle transport from the series filler to the series sealer provided, on this single-lane transport route the caps be placed one after the other on the bottles. As in all known generic Devices the containers sequentially capped be, the transfer device must work very fast. Also limited the use of the known devices on single-lane container transport.

Aus DE-A-4 325 843 ist eine gattungsgemäße Vorrichtung bekannt, bei der jeder Spur des mehrspurigen Behälterförderers eine eigene Übergabeeinrichtung zugeordnet ist, die eine Reihe von Behältern gleichzeitig mit Kappen versorgt, wobei diese Reihe längs zur Transportrichtung also in einer Spur angeordnet ist. Es sind mehrere Übergabeeinrichtungen erforderlich, deren Versorgung aus einem einspurigen Kappentransporteur schwierig und ungelöst ist. From DE-A-4 325 843 a generic device is known in which each Track assigned to the multi-lane container conveyor own transfer device that is, a series of containers simultaneously supplied with caps, taking this row is thus arranged longitudinally to the transport direction in a track. There are several transfer facilities required whose supply from a single-lane Cap conveyor is difficult and unresolved.

Aus der DE-A-2 166 557 ist eine hauptsächlich zum Abschrauben beschriebene Auf- oder Abschraubeinrichtung für Verschlüsse auf einem mehrspurigen Behälterförderer bekannt, bei dem in einer quer zur Transportrichtung stehenden Reihe befindliche Behälter gleichzeitig geschraubt werden. Das Problem der Zuführung von Kappen aus einem einspurigen Kappentransporteur ist hier ebenfalls ungelöst.From DE-A-2 166 557 a mainly described for unscrewing Mounting or unscrewing device for closures on a multi-lane container conveyor known, in which in a direction transverse to the transport direction Series containers are screwed simultaneously. The problem of feeding caps from a single-lane cap feeder is also here unresolved.

Die US-A-1,300,754 zeigt eine Vorrichtung zum Verschließen von auf einem mehrspurigen Behälterförderer stehenden Flaschen mit flachen Platten, die über jeder Behälterspur in einem eigenen Stapelvorrat bereitgehalten werden und die in jeder Spur aus diesem Stapelvorrat unten abgenommen und seitlich über die Flaschen verschoben werden. Eine einspurige Zuführung von Verschlusskappen mit Verteilung auf die einzelnen Spuren der Behälter ist hier nicht vorgesehen.US-A-1,300,754 shows a device for closing on a multi-lane container conveyor standing bottles with flat plates over each container track are kept in a separate stack stock and the removed in each lane from this pile stock below and laterally over the Bottles are moved. A single-lane supply of caps with distribution to the individual tracks of the container is not provided here.

Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, das gleichzeitige Aufsetzen von einspurig zugeführten Kappen auf Querreihen von in mehreren Spuren parallel geförderten Behältern auf einfache Weise zu ermöglichen.The object of the present invention is the simultaneous placement single lane caps on transverse rows of several lanes parallel containers to facilitate in a simple manner.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe mit den Merkmalen des Anspruches 1 gelöst. Bei der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung werden in einem Übergabevorgang der Übergabeeinrichtung alle Behälter einer Behälterreihe versorgt. Gegenüber der bekannten einspurig arbeitenden Bauweise ergibt sich dadurch bei gleicher Leistung mehr Zeit für die Arbeit der Übergabeeinrichtung, so daß diese relativ langsam die Kappen aufnehmen und in die Zielpositionen bringen kann. Es ergeben sich ferner Möglichkeiten zur Parallelisierung der Abläufe. Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung ist insbesondere auch geeignet, in Behälterbehandlungsmaschinen mit parallelem Behältertransport eingesetzt zu werden, ohne daß dazu eine der Anzahl paralleler Behältertransportspuren entsprechende Anzahl konventioneller Übergabeeinrichtungen erforderlich wäre. Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung läßt sich zum Aufsetzen von Kappen, wie Schraubkappen, Kronkorken oder sonstigen Verschlußkappen, auf Flaschen aller Art, wie z.B. Kunststoffflaschen, aber auch zum Aufsetzen von Deckeln auf die üblichen Getränkedosen verwenden. Die Behälter können für spezielle Anwendungsfälle leer sein. Üblicherweise werden die Kappen aber auf gefüllte Behälter gesetzt, um diese zu verschließen.According to the invention, this object is achieved with the features of claim 1. In the device according to the invention are in a transfer process the transfer device supplies all containers of a container row. Across from the known single-lane design results in the same Performance more time for the work of the transfer device, so that this relatively slowly pick up the caps and bring them to the target positions. It revealed further possibilities for the parallelization of the processes. The inventive Device is also particularly suitable in container treatment machines to be used with parallel container transport without this a number of conventional ones corresponding to the number of parallel container transport lanes Transfer facilities would be required. The inventive Device can be used for placing caps, such as screw caps, bottle caps or other caps, to bottles of all kinds, e.g. Plastic bottles, but also for putting on lids on the usual beverage cans use. The containers may be empty for special applications. Usually but the caps are placed on filled containers to close them.

Die von der Übergabeeinrichtung in Zielposition gebrachten Kappen können nacheinander oder vorteilhaft gemäß Anspruch 2 gleichzeitig von den Kappenträgern erfaßt und auf die Behälter abgesetzt werden, wobei sich durch das gleichzeitige Arbeiten eine konstruktive Vereinfachung ergibt.The caps brought into the target position by the transfer device can successively or advantageously according to claim 2 simultaneously from the cap carriers be detected and deposited on the container, being characterized by the simultaneous Working results in a constructive simplification.

Die Kappen können beim Absetzen beispielsweise mit mitlaufenden Kappenträgem auf bewegte Behälter abgesetzt werden. Vorteilhaft sind jedoch die Merkmale des Anspruches 3 vorgesehen. Dabei werden die Behälterreihen z.B. taktweise transportiert und bei Stillstand unter den Zielpositionen versorgt.The caps can when settling, for example, with running cap carriers be placed on moving containers. However, the features are advantageous of claim 3 is provided. The container rows are e.g. cyclically transported and supplied at standstill below the target positions.

Die Kappen können vom Kappentransporteur auf unterschiedliche Weise zu den Zielpositionen gebracht werden, beispielsweise alle benötigten Kappen auf einmal auf parallelen Spuren. Vorteilhaft sind jedoch die Merkmale des Anspruches 4 vorgesehen. Hierbei weist die Übergabeeinrichtung nur einen einspurigen Kappenförderer auf, wodurch sich die Konstruktion vereinfacht.The caps can from the cap conveyor in different ways to the Target positions are brought, for example, all the caps required at once on parallel tracks. However, the features of the claim are advantageous 4 provided. Here, the transfer device has only a single-lane cap conveyor on, which simplifies the construction.

Dabei sind vorteilhaft die Merkmale des Anspruches 5 vorgesehen. Ein solches Transportband stellt eine sehr einfache Konstruktion dar.In this case, the features of claim 5 are advantageously provided. Such Conveyor belt is a very simple construction.

Alternativ sind gemäß Anspruch 6 mehrere Mitnehmer vorgesehen, die sich gegenseitig die Kappen übergeben und diese jeweils von Zielposition zu Zielposition weiterreichen. Hierdurch ergibt sich eine sehr exakt arbeitende Konstruktion, bei der durch Zwangstransport große Sicherheit im Erreichen der Zielpositionen gegeben ist.Alternatively, a plurality of carriers are provided according to claim 6, which mutually pass the caps and these each from target position to target position pass. This results in a very accurate construction, in the case of forced transport great security in reaching the target positions given is.

Vorteilhaft sind dabei die Merkmale des Anspruches 7 vorgesehen, wodurch mit drehverschwenkten Mitnehmern sich eine sehr einfache Konstruktion ergibt.Advantageously, the features of claim 7 are provided, which with drehverschwenkten drivers results in a very simple construction.

Vorteilhaft sind die Merkmale des Anspruches 8 vorgesehen. Die Kappen werden dabei auf einem Boden transportiert, der nach Erreichen der Zielpositionen wenigstens dort, also unter den Kappen, oder auch als Ganzes entfernt wird. Vor dem Entfernen des Bodens können die Kappenträger die Kappen erfassen und nach Entfernen des Bodens nach unten auf die Behälter absetzen. Der Boden bzw. die Bodenstücke können durch einen Antrieb zum Entfernen bewegt werden oder beispielsweise auch federnd nachgebend ausgebildet sein, so daß die Kappenträger mit den Kappen den Boden bei der Abwärtsbewegung der Kappen wegdrücken. Durch diese Ausbildung ist es möglich, mit den Kappenträgern die Kappen zu erfassen und in einer einfachen Abwärtsbewegung auf die Behälter abzusetzen. Eine komplizierte Bewegung der Kappenträger, beispielsweise mit Erfassen der Kappen, Seitenbewegung und anschließender Absetzbewegung, wird vermieden. Advantageously, the features of claim 8 are provided. The caps will be transported on a floor, after reaching the target positions at least there, under the caps, or removed as a whole. In front When removing the bottom, the cap carriers can grasp the caps and After removing the soil, place it down on the containers. The floor or the bottom pieces can be moved by a drive for removal or, for example, be designed resiliently, so that the cap carrier with the caps on the bottom during the downward movement of the caps Pushing away. Due to this design, it is possible with the cap carriers the Capture caps and in a simple downward movement on the container discontinued. A complicated movement of the cap carrier, for example, with Detecting the caps, side movement and subsequent settling movement, is avoided.

Vorteilhaft sind die Merkmale des Anspruches 9 vorgesehen. Saugstößel können die Kappen von oben saugend erfassen, absetzen und an den Behältern zur Sicherung leicht andrücken.Advantageously, the features of claim 9 are provided. Suction tappet can Grasp the caps from above, settle and attach to the containers to secure Lightly press.

Vorteilhaft sind die Merkmale des Anspruches 10 vorgesehen. Die Kappenträger können selbst als Verschließköpfe ausgebildet sein, um im Pick-and-Place-Verfahren die Kappen zu erfassen, auf die Behälter abzusetzen und dort sofort zu verschließen, je nach Kappenform durch Aufschrauben oder im Falle beispielsweise von Kronkorken oder Dosendeckeln durch Verformung.Advantageously, the features of claim 10 are provided. The cap carrier may themselves be designed as Verschließköpfe to the pick-and-place method to detect the caps, to settle on the containers and there immediately close, depending on the cap shape by screwing or in the case, for example of bottle caps or can lids by deformation.

In den Zeichnungen ist die Erfindung beispielsweise und schematisch dargestellt.
Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine Draufsicht auf einen Flaschenförderer zum parallelen Flaschentransport mit einem Kappentransporteur und einer schematisch dargestellten Übergabeeinrichtung,
Fig. 2
in Ansicht in Flaschentransportrichtung eine Übergabeeinrichtung mit einem umlaufenden Transportband,
Fig. 3a-3c
in Draufsicht und
Fig. 3d
in Ansicht in Flaschentransportrichtung eine Übergabeeinrichtung mit Weitergabe der Kappen von Zielposition zu Zielposition,
Fig. 4
in Draufsicht eine Übergabeeinrichtung mit parallelem Transport der Kappen vom Kappentransporteur zu den Zielpositionen und
Fig. 5
in Draufsicht eine Übergabeeinrichtung mit einem Übergabebalken, der die auf Abstand gebrachten Kappen in Zielposition überbringt.
In the drawings, the invention is shown for example and schematically.
Show it:
Fig. 1
a top view of a bottle conveyor for parallel bottle transport with a cap conveyor and a schematically illustrated transfer device,
Fig. 2
in view in bottle transport direction a transfer device with a circulating conveyor belt,
Fig. 3a-3c
in plan view and
Fig. 3d
in view in bottle transport direction, a transfer device with transfer of the caps from target position to target position,
Fig. 4
in plan view, a transfer device with parallel transport of the caps from the cap conveyor to the target positions and
Fig. 5
in plan view, a transfer device with a transfer bar, which brings the spaced caps in target position.

Fig. 1 zeigt in Draufsicht einen Flaschenförderer 1, der zwischen in Pfeilrichtung bewegten Ketten 2 Flaschenträger 3 trägt, in denen jeweils fünf Flaschen 4 mit von Kappen 5 zu verschließenden Mündungen 6 gehalten sind. Gestrichelt sind über dem Flaschenförderer 1 angeordnete Einrichtungen dargestellt, und zwar eine Flaschenfülleinrichtung 7, eine Übergabeeinrichtung 8 und eine Flaschenverschließeinrichtung 9.Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a bottle conveyor 1, the between in the arrow direction moving chains 2 bottle carrier 3 carries, in each of which five bottles 4 with are held by caps 5 to be closed mouths 6. Are dashed shown arranged above the bottle conveyor 1 facilities, namely a bottle filling device 7, a transfer device 8 and a bottle closure device 9th

Mit dein Flaschenförderer 1 gelangen die Flaschen also zunächst unter die Flaschenfülleinrichtung 7, in der jeweils eine Reihe von im Ausführungsbeispiel fünf Flaschen gleichzeitig gefüllt werden. Diese kommen sodann unter die Übergabeeinrichtung 8, werden dort mit Kappen 5 versorgt und gelangen sodann zur Flaschenverschließeinrichtung 9, wo die bereits auf die Flaschen aufgesetzten Kappen 5 mit fünf parallelen Schließköpfen verschlossen werden, je nach Ausführungsform der Kappen durch drehendes Verschrauben oder durch Verformung (z.B. bei Kronkorken).With your bottle conveyor 1, the bottles thus first pass under the bottle filling device 7, in each case a number of in the embodiment five bottles are filled at the same time. These then come under the transfer device 8, are supplied there with caps 5 and then get to Bottle closure 9, where already placed on the bottles Caps 5 are closed with five parallel closing heads, depending on the embodiment the caps by rotating screwing or by deformation (for example, with bottle caps).

Die Kappen 5 werden der Übergabeeinrichtung 8 mit einem Kappentransporteur 10 einspurig zugeführt. Die Übergabeeinrichtung 8 muß also Kappen vom Kappentransporteur 10 aufnehmen, in Zielpositionen über den Flaschen einer parallelen Reihe von im Ausführungsbeispiel fünf Flaschen bringen und dort auf die Flaschen absetzen.The caps 5 are the transfer device 8 with a cap conveyor 10 single lane fed. The transfer device 8 must therefore caps from the cap conveyor 10, in target positions above the bottles of a parallel Row of in the embodiment five bottles bring and there on the Settle bottles.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine Ausführungsform einer Übergabeeinrichtung 28 mit einem um Endrollen umlaufenden Transportband 20, an dem im Abstand der Flaschen 4 in den hier nicht dargestellten Flaschenträgern 3 Kappenträger 21 angeordnet sind. Die Kappen 5 kommen im Kappentransporteur 10 der Fig. 1 an, werden bei in Pfeilrichtung laufendem Transportband 20 nacheinander von den Kappenträgern 21 erfaßt und in die Zielpositionen über den Flaschen 4 gebracht. Dort werden sie gleichzeitig durch Abwärtsbewegung eines Andrückers 22 nach unten auf die Flaschen 4 abgesetzt.Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of a transfer device 28 with a order Endrollen circulating conveyor belt 20, at the distance of the bottles 4 in the bottle carriers 3 cap carrier 21, not shown here are arranged. The caps 5 arrive in the cap conveyor 10 of FIG. 1, are at in Arrow direction running conveyor belt 20 successively from the cap carriers 21 detected and brought to the target positions on the bottles 4. There will be at the same time by downward movement of a pusher 22 down on the Bottles 4 deposed.

Die Kappenträger 21 können die Kappen beispielsweise magnetisch halten oder mit nicht dargestellten Klammern. Sie können aber auch in Rohrausführung als Saugstößel ausgebildet sein, die durch das Transportband 20 mit Vakuum versorgt werden können, welches seinerseits auf geeignete, nicht dargestellte Weise an Vakuum angeschlossen sein kann.The cap carrier 21 may, for example, magnetically hold the caps or with brackets not shown. But you can also in tube version as Suction tappet be formed, which supplies by the conveyor belt 20 with vacuum can be, which in turn in a suitable, not shown way can be connected to vacuum.

In anderer Bauweise können die Kappenträger 21 auch in dem Transportband 20 gleitend gelagert sein, so daß sie von dem Andrücker 22 gegenüber dem höhenfest bleibenden Transportband 20 nach unten verstellt werden können.In another construction, the cap carrier 21 in the conveyor belt 20th be slidably mounted, so that it from the Andrücker 22 against the höhenfest permanent conveyor belt 20 can be adjusted down.

Die über den Flaschen 4 in Zielposition stehenden Kappenträger 21 können auch nacheinander auf die Flaschen 4 abgesenkt werden, wozu der Andrücker 22 z.B. über die Reihe von Flaschen 4 hinweg verfahrbar ausgebildet sein kann, um die Kappenträger 21 nacheinander nach unten zu drücken.The over the bottles 4 in target position cap carrier 21 can also be successively lowered onto the bottles 4, to which end the presser 22 e.g. can be designed to be movable over the series of bottles 4 to the Cap carrier 21 to press down one after the other.

In den Fig. 3a bis 3d ist eine zweite Ausführungsform einer Übergabeeinrichtung 38 dargestellt, die die Kappen 5 wiederum von dem Kappentransporteur 10 übernimmt.A second embodiment of a transfer device is shown in FIGS. 3a to 3d 38, which in turn takes over the caps 5 from the cap conveyor 10.

Die Kappen 5 stehen auf einem langgestreckten bandförmigen Boden 30, der zunächst gerade unter dem Kappentransporteur 10 und sodann in abwechselnd nach links und rechts geschwungenen Halbkreisbögen verläuft und schließlich in einem Betätigungsende 30' endet. In den Mittelpunkten der Halbkreisbögen sind lotrechte Achsen 31 mit nicht dargestellten Lagern gelagert. An den Achsen sind Mitnehmer 32 und ein erster etwas anders geformter Mitnehmer 32' befestigt. Die Achsen 31 werden gegenläufig angetrieben, wie in Fig. 3a mit Pfeilen angedeutet.The caps 5 are on an elongated band-shaped bottom 30, the first just below the cap conveyor 10 and then alternately after left and right curved semicircular arches runs and finally in one Operating end 30 'ends. In the midpoints of semicircular arches are vertical axes mounted 31 with bearings, not shown. On the axles are Driver 32 and a first slightly differently shaped driver 32 'attached. The Axes 31 are driven in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 3a with arrows.

Die Mitnehmer 32 und 32' sind, wie in den Fig. 3a bis 3c ersichtlich, mit Mitnahmetaschen ausgebildet, um die Kappen 5 zu erfassen und jeweils über die halbkreisförmigen Bahnen über den Boden 30 bei Drehbewegung der Mitnehmer zu transportieren. Die halbkreisförmigen Bahnen sind jeweils außen durch halbkreisförmige Geländer 33 gesichert, um eine saubere Führung für die Kappen am Geländer 33 einerseits und in einer Tasche des jeweiligen Mitnehmers 32, 32' zu gewährleisten.The drivers 32 and 32 'are, as shown in FIGS. 3a to 3c, with driving pockets designed to detect the caps 5 and each over the semicircular paths over the bottom 30 upon rotation of the driver to transport. The semi-circular tracks are each outwardly by semi-circular Railing 33 secured to a clean guide for the caps on Railing 33 on the one hand and in a pocket of the respective driver 32, 32 'to guarantee.

Über Fig. 3a sind die Positionen dargestellt. Der erste Mitnehmer 32' übernimmt bei jeweils einer 180°-Drehung eine Kappe vom Endpunkt E des Kappentransporteurs 10 und übergibt sie zur ersten Zielposition Z1. Dort wird die Kappe, wie Fig. 3a zeigt, von der Tasche des nächsten Mitnehmers 32 erfaßt und von diesem zur Zielposition Z2 übergeben. Auf diese Weise werden Kappen nacheinander von Zielposition zu Zielposition weiterbefördert und jeweils von Mitnehmer zu Mitnehmer übergeben, bis alle Zielpositionen versorgt sind. Die Mitnehmer werden dann in Position gemäß Fig. 3b gesteuert, so daß die Kappen 5 exakt in Zielposition in einer Reihe über den in Fig. 3d in Seitenansicht dargestellten Flaschen 4 stehen. Nun wird der Boden 30 unter der bogenförmigen, durch die Geländer 33 gesicherten Führungsbahn in Richtung des Betätigungsendes 30' bewegt, aus seiner Position gemäß Fig. 3b in seine Position gemäß Fig. 3c. Die Kappen 5 in den Zielpositionen Z1 und Z5 sind nun nach unten frei.About Fig. 3a, the positions are shown. The first driver 32 'takes in each case a 180 ° rotation a cap from the end point E of the cap conveyor 10 and passes them to the first target position Z first There, the cap, as shown in FIG. 3a, detected by the pocket of the next driver 32 and passed from this to the target position Z 2 . In this way, caps are conveyed one after the other from target position to target position and transferred in each case from driver to driver until all target positions have been supplied. The drivers are then controlled in position according to FIG. 3b, so that the caps 5 are exactly in the target position in a row over the bottles 4 shown in side view in FIG. 3d. Now, the bottom 30 is moved under the arcuate, secured by the railing 33 guide track in the direction of the actuating end 30 ', from its position shown in FIG. 3b in its position shown in FIG. 3c. The caps 5 in the target positions Z 1 and Z 5 are now free down.

Vor der Seitwärtsbewegung des Bodens 30 aus Position gemäß Fig. 3b in Position gemäß Fig. 3c ergreifen in Fig. 3d dargestellte Kappenträger 36, beispielsweise wiederum in Ausführung als Saugstößel, die Kappen 5 und halten sie, während der Boden 30 zur Seite bewegt wird. Nun können durch Abwärtsbewegung eines alle Kappenträger 36 haltenden Balkens 37 alle Kappen 5 gleichzeitig auf die Flaschen 4 abgesetzt werden.Before the sideways movement of the bottom 30 from the position shown in FIG. 3b in position According to Fig. 3c take in Fig. 3d shown cap carrier 36, for example again in execution as a suction tappet, the caps 5 and hold them while the bottom 30 is moved to the side. Now, by moving down a all cap carrier 36 holding beams 37 all caps 5 at the same time on the Bottles 4 are discontinued.

Fig. 4 zeigt eine andere Ausführungsform einer Übergabeeinrichtung 48, die die Kappen 5 vom Kappentransporteur 10 über die Flaschen 4 in einem der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Flaschenträger 3 bringt.Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of a transfer device 48, the Caps 5 from the cap conveyor 10 via the bottles 4 in one of the in Fig. 1st illustrated bottle carrier 3 brings.

Seitlich vom Kappentransporteur 10 in dessen Endbereich gehen mehrere Transportbahnen 40 ab, die in den Zielpositionen über den Flaschen 4 enden. Die Transportbahnen 40 sind beispielsweise selbstfördernd ausgebildet. Sie können rinnenförmig zur Führung der Kappen 5 ausgebildet sein mit Luftdüsen zum Transport der Kappen auf der jeweiligen Transportbahn 40. Der Boden jeder Transportbahn 40 ist in der Zielposition als Klappe 41 ausgebildet.Laterally from the cap conveyor 10 in the end region go several transport paths 40, which end in the target positions above the bottles 4. The Transport paths 40 are formed self-promoting, for example. You can Trough-shaped to guide the caps 5 be formed with air nozzles for Transport the caps on the respective transport path 40. The bottom of each Transport path 40 is formed in the target position as a flap 41.

Der Kappentransporteur 10 bringt die benötigte Anzahl von im Ausführungsbeispiel fünf Kappen vor die Aufänge der Transportbahnen 40. Über diese gelangen die Kappen in Zielposition auf die Klappen 41. Nicht dargestellte Kappenträger, z.B. Saugstößel, ergreifen die auf den Klappen 41 stehenden Kappen 5 und halten sie. Nun werden die Klappen 41 weggeklappt oder geben federnd nach unten nach, und die Kappenträger können die Kappen 5 nach unten auf die Flaschen 4 absetzen.The cap conveyor 10 brings the required number of in the embodiment five caps in front of the stands of the transport lanes 40. Get over them the caps in target position on the flaps 41. cap carriers, not shown, e.g. Suction tappet, take the standing on the flaps 41 caps 5 and hold she. Now the flaps 41 are folded away or give down resiliently after, and the cap carrier, the caps 5 down on the bottles 4 drop.

Die Transportbahnen 40 können in weitgehend beliebiger Bogenführung, wie dargestellt, oder fächerartig schräg zwischen ihren jeweiligen Enden verlaufend angeordnet sein.The transport paths 40 can be in largely arbitrary bowing, such shown, or fan-shaped running obliquely between their respective ends be arranged.

Fig. 5 zeigt in weiterer Ausführungsform eine Übergabeeinrichtung 58, die von dem Kappentransporteur 10 Kappen 5 mit Transportbahnen 50, die ähnlich wie die Transportbahnen 40 der Ausführungsform der Fig. 4 ausgebildet sein können, parallel übernimmt und an den Enden der Transportbahnen 50 in einer Reihe in Zwischenpositionen bringt, an denen sie von Kappenträgern 56 erfaßt werden, die an einem Balken 57 sitzen, der entsprechend dem Balken 37 der Fig. 3d ausgebildet sein kann.Fig. 5 shows in a further embodiment, a transfer device 58, the of the cap conveyor 10 caps 5 with transport paths 50, similar to the transport tracks 40 of the embodiment of FIG. 4 can be formed, parallel takes over and at the ends of the transport paths 50 in a row in Intermediate positions where they are detected by cap carriers 56, which are seated on a beam 57 formed according to the beam 37 of Fig. 3d can be.

Nach Ergreifen aller Kappen an den Enden der Transportbahnen 50 wird der Balken 57 in Richtung des Pfeiles 60 in die Bewegungsbahn eines Flaschenträgers 3 (entsprechend der Fig. 1) gebracht. Der Flaschenträger 3 bewegt sich in Richtung des Pfeiles 59 bis unter den Balken 57. Nun kann der Balken 57 mit den Kappenträgern 56 abgesenkt werden und die Kappen auf die Mündungen 6 der Flaschen 4 absenken.After gripping all caps at the ends of the transport paths 50 of the Beam 57 in the direction of arrow 60 in the trajectory of a bottle carrier 3 (corresponding to FIG. 1) brought. The bottle carrier 3 moves in Direction of the arrow 59 to below the bar 57. Now, the bar 57 with the cap carriers 56 are lowered and the caps on the mouths. 6 lower the bottles 4.

In den dargestellten Ausführungsbeispielen werden die dargestellten Behälter auf ihrem Boden stehend transportiert. Sie können jedoch insbesondere im Falle von Kunststoffflaschen mit Halskragen auch mit entsprechen ausgebildeten Flaschenförderern hängend transportiert werden.In the illustrated embodiments, the containers shown are on transported her floor standing. You can, however, especially in the case of Plastic bottles with neck collars also with appropriately designed bottle conveyors be transported hanging.

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  1. Apparatus for sealing beverage containers (4) with sealing caps (5), said beverage containers standing on a multi-track container conveyor (1), said apparatus including a transfer unit (8, 28, 38, 48, 58) for transferring the caps from a single-track cap conveyor (10) to the containers, wherein the transfer unit (8, 28, 38, 48, 58) is configured in such a manner that it accommodates on the cap conveyor (10) the number of caps (5) required in each case to supply one row (3) of containers, brings said caps into target position (Z1,Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5) above the containers (4) of the row (3) and grips them in the target positions from above with cap carriers (21, 36, 56) and deposits them onto the containers (4), characterised in that the row (3) of containers (4) extends transversely relative to the conveying direction of the container conveyor (1) over the tracks of said container conveyor, and in that the transfer unit (8, 28, 38, 48, 58) distributes the caps (5) transversely relative to the conveying direction of the container conveyor into the target positions (Z1,Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5).
  2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that all the caps (5) standing in target positions are gripped and deposited in a synchronous manner.
  3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that, the row of containers (bottle carrier 3) and the target positions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5) are stationary during the depositing process.
  4. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the transfer unit (28, 38) includes a cap conveyor, which conveys the caps in one track from the cap conveyor (10) over the containers (4) in the direction parallel to the rows of containers (bottle carrier 3).
  5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterised in that the cap conveyor is in the form of a circumferential conveyor belt (20) with cap carriers (36), which are secured thereon at the spacing of the containers (4) in the row of containers (bottle carrier 3) and are configured to receive the caps (5) from the cap conveyor (10).
  6. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterised in that the cap conveyor transfers the caps on a guide track with entrainment means (32, 32'), between which the caps (5) are transferred, from the cap conveyor (10) to the first target position (Z1) and between the target positions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5).
  7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterised in that the guide track extends between the target positions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5) in a semicircular manner to alternating sides, wherein the entrainment means (32, 32') are mounted so as to rotate about the centres of the semi-circles.
  8. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterised in that the caps (5) move in the cap conveyor on a bottom (30, 40), which is removable at least at the target positions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5), wherein cap carriers (36) are disposed so as to be vertically driven above the target positions.
  9. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the cap carriers (21, 36, 56) are in the form of suction push rods.
  10. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the cap carriers (21, 36, 56) are in the form of sealing heads.
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