EP1197468A1 - Maschine zum orientieren, anbringen und versiegeln von Kapseln auf Sektflaschen und dergleichen - Google Patents

Maschine zum orientieren, anbringen und versiegeln von Kapseln auf Sektflaschen und dergleichen Download PDF

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EP1197468A1
EP1197468A1 EP01121774A EP01121774A EP1197468A1 EP 1197468 A1 EP1197468 A1 EP 1197468A1 EP 01121774 A EP01121774 A EP 01121774A EP 01121774 A EP01121774 A EP 01121774A EP 1197468 A1 EP1197468 A1 EP 1197468A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
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    • B65C9/06—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
    • B65C9/067—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station for orienting articles having irregularities, e.g. holes, spots or markings, e.g. labels or imprints, the irregularities or markings being detected
    • 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
    • B67B5/00—Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire
    • B67B5/03—Applying protective or decorative covers to closures, e.g. by forming in situ

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  • the present invention relates to a machine for orientating and applying sealing capsules to bottles of sparkling wine and the like.
  • the invention relates to machines for orientating and applying capsules made of metal or metal alloy, typically a material known as polylaminate based on aluminum.
  • capsules are applied by fitting them over the neck of the bottle, to which they are then made to adhere by means of pneumatic heads comprising elastomeric sleeves actuated by compressed air, inserts and the like, which constrict the capsules, forming thereon a plurality of parallel and vertical folds which are then smoothed or clinched and are adapted to take up the excess material of the capsule and achieve its correct adhesion to the bottle neck.
  • the capsule In order to correctly perform the application by forming such folds, the capsule must first of all be perfectly axially aligned with the bottle, i.e. for the sake of brevity, "centered"; moreover, since the capsules are generally provided with lettering and/or emblems or the like, the capsules must be correctly orientated with respect to the heads so that the folds are formed in the free spaces of the capsule, so that the lettering and/or emblems are not concealed or partially concealed by such folds.
  • both the capsule and the bottle are angularly positioned, or mutually orientated, in order to align specific lettering or emblems of the capsule with any raised protrusions (emblems, coats of arms, and the like) provided on the bottle.
  • application and orientation machines typically comprising a carousel disk for handling the bottles, which is provided with a plurality of supporting pans which can rotate and are spaced one another with a preset angular pitch, for supporting corresponding bottles to be treated in succession and a plurality of treatment heads which lie above the carousel disk, are spaced one another with the same angular pitch as the pans, and respectively and sequentially orientate the capsules, form the creases and smooth them down.
  • the heads are supported by a support which performs continuous rotary movements, or back-and-forth strokes whose extent is equal to the spacing of the pans, and optional vertical upward and downward movements in order to move the heads from a standby position to an active position and vice versa.
  • At least the orientating heads are provided with a rotating presser which, in the active position, presses the capsule onto the cork of the underlying bottle, which is turned by the respective supporting pan.
  • At least respective optical readers cooperate with the orientating heads and control the rotation of the supporting pan, stopping it when a colored reference marking - known briefly as spot - provided on the capsule fitted over the bottle, is aligned with the respective optical reader.
  • the machine also has, in addition to said optical readers, probes, usually of the mechanical type, which are adapted to detect a reference provided on the bottle, so that the capsule and the bottle are first orientated independently, respectively with reference to the spot and with respect to the probe after lifting the capsule; then the capsule is lowered back onto the bottle and is coupled thereto by the pneumatic heads or the like.
  • the presence of the optical readers - typically constituted by photoelectric cells - preset to detect the reference notch of the capsule and stop the rotation of the orientation pan suffers from drawbacks which substantially depend on the nature of the spot/optical reader system.
  • said system is in fact based substantially on the selective sensitivity of the reader, i.e. on its ability to distinguish the color of the spot from the color of the capsule, or capsule portion, on which such spot is provided; the latter color being the one that generates the threshold level that must be exceeded by the signal produced by the reader when the spot passes in order to stop the bottle. This forces the use of spots whose colors contrast considerably with those of the capsules.
  • This condition can be met by providing the capsule with a region reserved for accommodating the spot, e.g. a black band accommodating a white spot or vice versa.
  • a region reserved for accommodating the spot e.g. a black band accommodating a white spot or vice versa.
  • this solution is not always compatible with the aesthetic requirements of the capsules and in any case causes a considerable increase in the manufacturing costs of the capsules, without being a decisive factor in terms of correct and reliable operation of the machine, due to false interventions which are still frequently generated by abnormal reflections or by the spot itself, whose contrast with respect to the background color of the capsule portion that accommodates it can be greatly reduced and compromised if the spot is illuminated unfavorably by ambient light.
  • the use of the mechanical probes for detecting the angular position of the bottle also suffers from considerable drawbacks: mainly, poor reliability and promptness of intervention, considerable structural complexity, wear and need for frequent adjustment interventions.
  • the probes use notches provided in the bottle, which are raised or recessed and form corresponding fragile regions in the glass of the bottle.
  • an object of the present invention is to improve such conventional machines by eliminating means for detecting the angular position of the bottle based on systems for color recognition of colored spots on the part of optical readers - such as typically photoelectric cells - which are sensitive to the contrast of spot/capsule colors.
  • Another object of the present invention is to improve conventional machines, significantly improving their reliability by using systems for detecting the angular position of the capsule and of the bottle that are fully insensitive to ambient light and to any abnormal reflections from the surface of the capsule.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide conventional machines with new and improved elements for detecting the angular position of the capsule and of the bottle, which are made available and rendered economically advantageous by modern electronic and digital technologies, but are adapted for the use of positioning markings which can be easily recognized also by conventional optical detection systems fitted to any subsequent machines, such as e.g. labeling machines, which are part of the processing chain of the bottles being treated.
  • the invention is based on the concept of replacing optical readers sensitive to the contrasting color of the angular reference spot and/or mechanical probes or the like with an artificial-vision optical means capable of detecting and recognizing the contour of a figurative pattern, termed image for the sake of brevity, which is drawn on the capsule and/or provided on the bottle and acts as a reference marking for the angular position of said capsule and/or bottle; said optical means being typically constituted by a modern television-camera sensor with a fixed-focus, fixed-aperture lens, with which a comparator circuit is associated, said circuit being adapted to compare the acquired image with one or more images stored in memory blocks of the comparator circuit, in order to validate the acquired image and consequently provide a stop signal for the orientating head.
  • an artificial-vision optical means capable of detecting and recognizing the contour of a figurative pattern, termed image for the sake of brevity, which is drawn on the capsule and/or provided on the bottle and acts as a reference marking for the angular position
  • At least the image that acts as a reference marking for the angular position of the capsule is formed by one or more lines and/or curves and/or contours which are associated, typically by geometric contours which are closed, overlap and/or are arranged side by side and delimit corresponding adjacent and optionally separate portions of space which, if colored adequately with respect to the background color of the capsule, are also adapted to act, as a whole, as a spot for optical readers of the conventional type.
  • the reference numeral 10 generally designates a machine for applying and orientating capsules C made of metal or metallic alloy on bottles B arriving from preceding bottling stations.
  • the machine 10 comprises a carousel disk 11, which is turned by a hollow vertical shaft 11a, being in turn moved by a gearmotor arranged in the footing of the machine and not shown in the figure.
  • the disk 11 is provided with a plurality of pans 12 which are angularly spaced with a preset constant pitch.
  • Each pan is rotatably mounted on a support 13 rigidly coupled to the disk 11 and is turned by means of a belt 14 by a respective motor 15, which is preferably of the step type.
  • a solid vertical shaft 16 is arranged coaxially to the hollow shaft 11a and is turned in alternating directions in order to perform advancement and return strokes, the angle of each stroke being equal to, or a multiple of, the angular spacing pitch of the pans 12.
  • the shaft 16 is also subjected to axial movements in order to perform further upward and downward strokes, respectively at the end of the advancement stroke and of the return stroke.
  • a per se known cam device not shown, actuates the shaft 16 angularly and axially.
  • a threaded portion 17 of the shaft 16 has a movable support 18, which can be adjusted in a vertical direction and is designed to suspend and retain at least one set of three processing heads 19, 20 and 21 (the latter not shown in the figure), which perform angular advancement and return translational motions and vertical upward and downward movements, which correspond to the similar movements of the shaft 16.
  • the processing heads are spaced one another by a pitch equal to the spacing pitch of the pans 12 and perform, in succession and respectively, the operations for orientating the capsules, forming the folds P ( Figure 3) and clinching said folds.
  • the processing heads 20 and 21 for forming and clinching the folds are of the conventional pneumatic type and comprise a bell-shaped support 22, which accommodates an elastomeric sleeve 23, which is subjected to the action of a compressed fluid and has, depending on the operation performed by the head, an adapted internal surface which is profiled so as to form or clinch the folds.
  • At least the processing heads 19 for orientating the capsules are provided with a rotary presser 24, which is subjected to the action of a weight 25 and presses, in the active position, the capsule C onto the cork of the bottle supported by the respective pan 12 keeping it centered and positioned.
  • An optical sensor generally designated by the reference numeral 30, cooperates with the processing head 19 in order to control the angular position assumed by the capsule C as a consequence of the rotation imparted to the bottle by the pan 12.
  • the senor 30 is constituted by an artificial-vision optical means which is adapted to detect and recognize the contour of a figurative pattern or image "i" which is drawn on the capsule and acts as a reference marking.
  • optical means is typically constituted by a television-camera sensor with a fixed-focus, fixed-aperture lens, such as in particular the F10-S15R pattern recognition sensor marketed by the OMRON company and having for example the following functional characteristics: setting distance approximately 5 mm: focus 9.8, aperture f/2.8, 1/5-inch CCD image sensor, weight 400 g.
  • a comparator circuit 31 is associated with the television-camera sensor 30 and is adapted to compare the image "i" acquired on the capsule with one or more images stored in memory blocks 32 (e.g. of the EEPROM type) of the comparator circuit, in order to validate the acquired image "i” and accordingly provide a stop signal SA for the pan 12 associated with the orientating head 19.
  • memory blocks 32 e.g. of the EEPROM type
  • the image "i" acting as a reference marking is formed by one or more lines and/or curves and/or contours which are associated, typically by closed overlapping and/or mutually adjacent geometric contours which delimit corresponding adjacent and possibly separate portions of space.
  • Figures 3 to 7 illustrate advantageous embodiments of the image, which is preferably formed by two identical rectangular contours c1-c2 which overlap but are separate ( Figures 3 and 4) or by rectangular contours c3-c4 which are adjacent but have different dimensions ( Figures 5 and 6) or by a rectangular contour c5 which is associated with, and adjacent to, a trapezoidal contour c6 ( Figure 7).
  • images of the type shown in such figures arises from the fact that they delimit portions of space that, if colored adequately with respect to the background color of the capsule, are also adapted to act, as a whole, as a spot for optical readers of the conventional type.
  • sensors such as 30 are adapted to recognize any image and particularly characters with or without special styling, arrows, ideograms and more generally markings whose shape has a distinctive image content.
  • the embodiment of Figure 8 refers to a machine adapted not only to orientate the capsule C with respect to the pneumatic head for forming the folds P but also to perform the angular orientation of the capsule C and of the bottle B with respect to each other, so that particular graphic markings of the capsules are aligned with images of the bottle, e.g. with the image I constituted by a raised coat of arms provided on the bottle.
  • the machine has, in a per se known manner, an orientating head 240 with a sucker-type presser 241 which can move vertically and is placed at a negative pressure by an air aspiration duct 242.
  • a sucker-type presser 241 which can move vertically and is placed at a negative pressure by an air aspiration duct 242.
  • Such sucker-type presser allows the head 240 not only to press on the capsule during the orientation of said capsule but also to subsequently aspirate it, lift it partially and keep it rotationally motionless while the underlying bottle B is turned by the pad 12 in order to perform its angular orientation with respect to said capsule.
  • a first television sensor 30 is arranged, and operates, as described above in order to perform the angular orientation of the capsule C, and a second television sensor 300, fully similar to the first one, is trained onto the bottle in order to capture the image constituted by the coat of arms I and stop the pan 12 when the image is aligned with the second television sensor.
  • the second sensor 300 also sends the image I, in an appropriately digitized form, to the comparator circuit 31, which compares it with the images I' stored in the memory 32 in order to validate it and provide the signal SA for stopping the motor 15.
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