EP1584559A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour aligner des récipients pour substances liquides et coulantes, en particulier des boissons. - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour aligner des récipients pour substances liquides et coulantes, en particulier des boissons. Download PDF

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EP1584559A1
EP1584559A1 EP05007031A EP05007031A EP1584559A1 EP 1584559 A1 EP1584559 A1 EP 1584559A1 EP 05007031 A EP05007031 A EP 05007031A EP 05007031 A EP05007031 A EP 05007031A EP 1584559 A1 EP1584559 A1 EP 1584559A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/14—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation
    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
    • B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
    • B65B17/025—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling the articles being joined by a top carrier element
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
    • B65B35/58—Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for machine alignment of vessels such that these after storage on the floors of transport containers assume preselected target positions.
  • beverage containers in particular beverage bottles, in Gefachekalsten, Trays od. Like. It is often desirable to arrange the beverage containers so that their labels are visible from the outside. This is especially true when using So-called bottle carriers desired, the od from Kraftkarton. Like. Produced and on the Necks of beverage bottles push-on baby carrier for a small number of z. B. 2 x 2, 2 x 3 or 1 x 4 bottles represent.
  • the invention has several advantages. First, it allows alignment after arranging the vessels in normal Gefachekalsten, trays od. Like., because they can be pressed with the top of the alignment after alignment, hereafter briefly as Carrier designated carrying packaging or bottle carriers are fitted, the at the same time serve as a backup for the manufactured nominal positions. These carriers can be done immediately after making the set positions and without taking them out the bottles from usual Gefachekalsten, trays or other cartons from above be pressed onto the bottlenecks. By “immediate” is meant that the pressing of the carrier at such an early time after manufacturing the set positions, that a possible further transport of the transport container od a conveyor belt. Like. No significant impact on the established target positions may have.
  • Suitable supports for the purposes of the invention are known (eg DE 33 21 036 C2, DE 40 34 069 A1, DE 203 16 996 U1). Such carriers can either manually or with devices provided for this purpose (DE 203 14 08 8 U1, DE 203 17 325 U1) are placed on the vessels. With particular advantage is this However, a device with the features of claim 9 is used, which a automatically working on the alignment station following assembly station has. This makes it possible, in a continuous processing line, not just one Alignment and securing the position of the vessels, but also a loading of the vessels to effect with carriers, as it is for later use z. B. in the beverage sector generally desirable. During all these procedural steps are and remain the Vessels arranged in conventional and available on the market transport containers.
  • Fig. 1 to 3 show a device according to the invention for aligning beverage containers 1, which are hereinafter referred to briefly as bottles, initially only roughly schematically.
  • An essential part of the device is an alignment station 2, in which a plurality of bottles 1 is not one after the other, but after their arrangement in a conventional, available on the market transport container 3, in particular a usual Gefachekasten for mineral, lemonade or beer bottles is turned off.
  • the filled with the bottles 1 transport container 3 are preferably successively retracted in succession by means of a transport path 4 in the alignment station 2 and removed from this again.
  • the direction of movement is indicated in FIGS. 1 and 3 by an arrow v .
  • bottles 1 are detected from above with gripping members 5 and rotatably coupled with these.
  • the gripping members 5 are in turn with rotating means 6, z.
  • rotating means 6, z As electric motors, firmly connected and can be offset from these together with the bottles 1 in a rotational movement about the vertical in Fig. 2 bottle axes 1x.
  • the alignment station 2 is provided with sensor elements 7, which are directed from above to the bottles 1 and serve the purpose of located on the bottles 1 markers, z.
  • the gripping members 5, the rotating means 6 and the sensor elements 7 in the direction of the bottle 1 back and forth movable, in Fig.
  • a control device which is connected to the gripping members 5, the rotating means 6, the Senorettin 7, the lifting device 8 and other components such that the bottles located in the transport containers 4 1 are all rotated to a preselected desired position. It is assumed according to a first embodiment of the invention, it is assumed that transport containers 4 are used, in which according to FIG.
  • the lifting device 8 includes a mounted in a machine frame, stationary base plate 9, on which a cylinder 10 of a double-acting, preferably pneumatic cylinder / piston assembly 11 is attached.
  • a piston rod 12 of this cylinder / piston assembly 11 extends through the base plate 9 vertically, ie in the Z direction of an imaginary coordinate system or parallel to the arrow w in Fig. 1 and 2.
  • a frame 14 is attached to the piston rod 12 having a mounting plate 15 in a lower portion.
  • the z. B. consist of DC geared motors and drive shafts 16 which are arranged parallel to the arrow w and the mounting plate 15 projecting downwards.
  • each one of the gripping members 5 is attached.
  • each The gripping member 5 preferably consists of a so-called tulip gripper or a gripping tulip.
  • Such gripping members 5 are well known for different types of bottles (eg. DE 37 28 291 C2, DE 39 02 667 A1) and therefore need not be explained here become.
  • the sensor elements 7 are attached and so positioned that each sensor element 7 from above to an associated bottle. 1 is directed, provided that they are assigned by a same sensor element 7 Greiforgan 5 has been detected.
  • the sensor elements 7 serve to the bottles 1 to scan and recognize existing markings from above, where it is z.
  • B. imprints in the bottle glass, attached to the bottle bodies Labels and with special advantage to be able to handle neck labels of bottles 1, such as B. is indicated in Fig. 7 and 10 by the reference numeral 19. It is the Arrangement according to FIG.
  • the cylinder / piston assembly 11 is connected to the control device such that it extends the piston rod 12 with compressed air supply on one side of the piston and the frame 14 therefore moves to such a stroke parallel to the arrow w down that the gripping members. 5 8 centered on the bottle necks 1y (Fig. 8) of the bottle 1, while the compressed air supply on the other side of the piston piston rod 12 and with it the frame 14 are raised again.
  • the frame 14 serve at this fixed, arranged parallel to the stroke direction guide rods 20 which slide in guides 21 which are mounted on the base plate 9.
  • the gripping members 5 are normally by a spring in its open position held and by compressed air against the spring pressure in a bottleneck 1y (Fig. 8) encompassing closed position brought. To keep them in the closed position, d. H. To be able to rotate under pressure, an arrangement according to FIG. 9 is preferably provided. Thereafter, for mounting the rotating means 6, a two-part, from a Upper part 23 and a lower part 24 formed mounting block provided, the one inner passage 25 has. In the passage 25 protrude an output shaft 6a the rotating means 6 and the upper, with the output shaft 6a rotatably connected end the drive shaft 16 designed as a hollow shaft (eg, FIG. The upper end of the Hollow shaft is closed.
  • the upper part 23 and the lower part 24 With provided with aligned passages forming a channel 26.
  • This has an air port 27 at an upper end and is at a lower end connected to a transverse bore 28 which od outward by a grub screw.
  • a transverse bore 28 which od outward by a grub screw.
  • a hollow cylindrical bush 29 which receives the drive shaft 16 rotatably and a transverse bore 30, each with a radially inward or outboard, is incorporated in the bushing shell incorporated circumferential groove.
  • the mounting block 23, 24 at required locations with seals 31, 32 provided.
  • a transport container 3 is introduced manually or automatically into the alignment station 2 (FIGS. 1 to 3). This can be done automatically by providing the transport path 4 according to FIG. 2 with two spaced conveyor belts 33a, 33b, which are guided by rollers driven by a drive motor 34.
  • the transport path 4 not shown, photoelectric sensors, proximity switches od. The like. Assigned to signal the passage of the transport container 3. The light barriers od. Like. Also cause via the associated with them and the drive motor 34 control means that the conveyor belts 33a, 33b are stopped when a transport container 3 is located in the alignment station 2 and shown schematically in Fig. 10 position stopper 35, to avoid unnecessary slippage of the transport container 3 on the conveyor belts 33a, 33b.
  • the position stopper 35 is, as shown in FIG. 10 shows schematically, z. B. formed by the one leg of an elbow whose other leg z. B. below the space between the drive belts 33 a, 33 b and is mounted with a bearing pin 36 pivotally mounted on a bearing block 37.
  • One of these legs downwardly projecting lever 38 is pivotally connected to the piston rod 39 of a cylinder / piston assembly 40, the cylinder 41 is also pivotally mounted with a bearing pin 42 on the bearing block 37.
  • the position stopper 35 sets the fed transport container 3, as viewed in the direction of the arrow v , in the position required for the alignment process, while the lateral position by guide rails 43 (Fig. 2) is fixed.
  • the beverage containers 1 are now all arranged substantially coaxially with associated gripping members 5.
  • FIG. 5 and 7 show the side view of a row of bottles 1 with cut open transport container 3, wherein the neck labels 19 and located on theelectricnkörpem main or breast labels 44 in random resulting positions (rotational positions) are located.
  • Fig. 11 After a turning operation (Fig. 11), however, take all bottles 1 such a preselected set position that all Labels 19, 44 in the same or any preselected direction.
  • the means in Fig. 11 z. B. that all labels 19, 44 to the outsides of the transport container 3 in which they are located.
  • each bottle 1 of a transport container 3 individually in one their individually assigned target position to turn.
  • the labels 19, 24 of the bottles 1a are in one first, in Fig. 4 leftmost row to the outside, d. H. in the drawing directed to the left.
  • a second, middle row are the labels 19, 44 of bottles 1b to the opposite side, d. H. to the median plane of the transport container 3 directed.
  • the orientation of bottles is 1c accordingly, d. H. their labels 19, 44 have mirror images of those of Bottles 1b towards the center plane.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 show views corresponding to FIGS. 11 and 12 of the invention Device after the alignment and after the lifting of the Frame 14 by means of the lifting device 8. This lifting process is initiated, as soon as all the rotating means 6 have come to a standstill, which the control device shows that the alignment process is completed.
  • the position stopper 35 (Fig. 10) is controlled to the release position and the drive motor 34 for the conveyor belts 33a, 33b is turned on again.
  • the drive motor 34 for the conveyor belts 33a, 33b is turned on again.
  • the control of the individual rotations of the bottles 1 is preferably carried out with Help a connected to the sensor elements 7, electronic, at least one Microprocessor having control unit, which is part of said control device is.
  • each bottle 1 of the transport container. 3 individually driven by an associated rotating means 6.
  • the associated sensor elements 7 now enter the states "neck label 19 available" or "Neck label 19 not available”. It is required that each of these two States at least once is reliably detected. This will prevent that Bottles 1, which at the beginning of the alignment process exactly on the in the direction of rotation of or rear edge of the neck label 9 may be wrong be judged, or that bottles with their neck labels 19 in the detection area a sensor element 7, erroneously judged already aligned become. The latter could apply if a sensor element 7 so on the associated Aligned bottle is that his scanning beam in the correct state on the neck label 19 hits.
  • z. B. a Timer activates the bottles 1 with the rotational speed of the rotating means. 6 still continues to rotate for a preselected period of time.
  • This time span can be for each single bottle 1 as a function of the position of the associated sensor element. 7 be set individually and is chosen so that the labels 19, 44 of the associated bottle 1 when turning off the rotating means 6 after this period of time are exactly in the desired position (eg, Fig. 13, 14).
  • the sensor elements 7 but also be mounted on the mounting plate 18, that the same time span leads to the desired nominal position for all bottles.
  • the described turning operations become after the set time periods stopped by switching off the associated rotating means 6.
  • the alignment process a total is terminated when either all turning means 6 have been turned off or a set maximum alignment time has expired. The latter prevents that z. B. in a bottle 1 without neck label 19 or with wrong standing Neck label 19 is endlessly attempted to effect an alignment.
  • an error signal is generated which is the Device turns off or generates an alarm signal.
  • the frame 14 is raised by a small amount after coupling the gripping members 5 with the bottles 1 until the bottoms of the bottles 1 coupled via the gripping members 5 to the frame 14 are somewhat (eg some Millimeters) are arranged above the bottoms 3b of the transport containers 3, as indicated in FIGS. 7 and 12 by a measure h .
  • This ensures that the bottles 1 do not rest on the trays 3b of the transport containers 3 during the turning process and can damage them, which can not be ruled out when using sensitive materials.
  • a spacer 47 (FIGS. 15, 16) between the base plate 9 and the frame 14 before the lifting operation.
  • the spacer 47 is mounted on a horizontally disposed piston rod of a cylinder / piston assembly 48 which is secured by a holder 49 to de base plate 9, that the frame 14 in a retracted position of the spacer 47 with the full stroke of the cylinder / piston -Anowski 11 can be moved up and down. If the cross-section z. B. U-shaped spacers 47, however, shown in Fig.
  • FIGS. 17 and 18 A second, currently considered best embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 17 and 18.
  • an alignment station 49 and a loading station 50 are provided in the direction of the arrow v .
  • the alignment station 49 is formed substantially in accordance with FIGS. 1 to 16, while the loading station 50 serves to equip bottles 1 located in transport containers 51 with the already mentioned bottle carriers.
  • this placement station 50 is assumed to operate at a slower rate than the alignment station 49. Therefore, it is provided for the alignment station 49 to mount the lifting device 8 and all attached to her components on a carriage 52 which is mounted on at least one parallel to the arrow v and substantially horizontally arranged guide rail 53 mobile.
  • a carriage 52 which is mounted on at least one parallel to the arrow v and substantially horizontally arranged guide rail 53 mobile.
  • a drive motor 54 whose output shaft carries a drive wheel which acts on a rotating drive belt 55 which runs at the other end of the alignment 49 via a rotatably mounted guide roller and is secured at a suitable location on the carriage 52.
  • the guide rail 53 in the transport direction v is so long that the entire lifting device 8 can be moved by a distance that corresponds to the length of a transport container 51 or more transport container 51 selectively.
  • the loading station 50 is set up so that at least two transport containers 51 can be arranged and processed in it at the same time.
  • the lifting device 8 depending on whether in the Alignment station 49 only two or more than two transport containers 51 are arranged, either brought into the starting position shown in FIG. 17 or again by the length a transport container 51 are moved back to another in a Align transport container 51 located bottles. This process can be at corresponding length of the guide rail 53 are repeated as often as transport containers 51 in the alignment station 49 to wait for their processing.
  • the lifting device 8 is moved back. It is clear that the Starting position for the lifting device 8 in Fig. 17 also on the far left, d. H. z. B. above the transport container 51b could be, from which they later in the transport direction is driven over the transport container 51a.
  • a number of transport containers will 51, the number of located in the alignment station 49 transport container 51 corresponds, processed in the loading station 50 and z. B. with the equipped carriers described above. In contrast to the alignment station 49, this takes place Operation by means of two (or more) loading devices 56a, 56b simultaneously on the two (or more) transport containers 51c and 51d. That's it possible, with a clock each z. B. two transport containers 51 from the alignment station 49 in the loading station 50 and at the same time two new transport containers 51 in the alignment station 49 and thereby the optimal working speeds to use the located in the two stations 49, 50 components.
  • the alignment station 49 For the case that the alignment station 49 slower than the subsequent (or a previous) placement station 50 works, it would also be possible, the alignment station 49 to be provided with two complete lifting devices 8 and in the Bestükkungsstation 50 with a movable processing unit successively two or to process more transport containers. Also in this case will be a compact Assembly obtained, the two working with the same clock processing stations contains.
  • the individual orientation of the bottles 1a described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 18 1d serves the purpose of equipping them with a support 57 (FIG. 19).
  • a support 57 (FIG. 19).
  • Such carrier 57 may, for.
  • Take 2 x 3 bottles 1a to 1d, as in the publications mentioned above is described in detail. This would be in the explained with reference to FIG. 12 arrangement mean that each carrier 57 receives three bottles 1a and 1b or 1c and 1d, as shown in Fig. 19 by way of example.
  • FIG. 19 in a transport container 3 for 24 bottles four carriers 57 for each six bottles in the form shows how the transport container 3 z. B. in a supermarket 20 shows a single one of these carriers 57 with six Bottles 1c and 1d as he z. B. after removal from the transport container 3 is obtained by a customer.
  • the breast labels show 44 z. B. respectively after one or the other outside, while about existing back labels 58 facing each other.
  • the carriers 57 can automatically or manually by means of the loading station 50 be pressed onto the bottle 1. Prerequisite is only that the Bestükkung the bottles 1 with the carriers 57 directly or so quickly on the alignment process in the alignment station 49 follows that the bottles 1 during their on the Alignment following treatment or transportation steps is not essential, their Target positions can perform changing rotations. That is according to the invention especially apply even if usual, d. H. no additional brake or Holding means having transport container 3 can be used. In the case of the Fig.
  • the cycle times are chosen so that, depending on the performance of the device between a turning operation in the station 49 and a loading operation in the Station 50 assuming the usual transport speeds a period from about 8 to 15 seconds, which is for the desired fuse of the produced Turning turned out to be completely sufficient.
  • the loading station 50 contains, as shown schematically in FIGS. 17 and 18, two magazines 60a and 60b connected to a unit 59, in each of which a plurality of the carriers 57 (FIG. 19) are kept in stock.
  • Each magazine 60a, 60b contains two in the transport direction v of the transport container one behind the other chambers, one of which is provided with carriers 57 for the leading transport container 51d and the other with carriers 57 for the trailing transport container 51c.
  • the assembly 59 is on a not shown, perpendicular to the plane of the Fig. 18 arranged shaft rotatably mounted in a frame 61. She also can by means not shown, mounted in the frame 61 and with the control device connected to a motor perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 18 axis of rotation each rotated by 180 ° between two fixed predetermined positions back and forth become, as a circle 62 indicates. One of these two positions is shown in FIG. 18 shown. In it is the magazine 60a in a filling position and the magazine 60 b in a removal position, while it after a rotation of the assembly 59 to 180 ° would be the other way round.
  • two horizontal guide rails 63 are fastened to the frame 61, which extend from the magazine 60b located in the removal position to a position above the conveyor belts 33a, 33b.
  • On these guide rails 63 is od with rollers, ball bearings 64 od.
  • At least one cross-beam 65 transversely to the transport direction v movable, carrying a track. For each of the two transport containers 51c, 51d, this contains as many (in this case for example four) removal and placement heads 66a and 66b as carriers 57 per transport container 51c, 51d.
  • Each removal and placement head 66a, 66b is vertically slidably mounted to the track by means of a respective pneumatic cylinder / piston arrangement 67a, 67b and associated slide guides 68a, 68b in the direction of an arrow x (FIG. 17) and provided with vacuum cups (not shown).
  • Each removal and placement head 66a, 66b z. B. be provided with four such vacuum cups.
  • the described placement station 50 operates essentially as follows:
  • the moving part After entering the two provided with aligned bottles 1 transport container 51c, 51d into the loading station 50, the moving part becomes above them put into position. After that, with the help of cylinder / piston arrangements 67a, 67b and the sliding guides 68a, 68b the removal and placement heads 66a and 66b, which have previously received a carrier 57 from the magazine 60b, respectively each one of the carrier associated group of bottles 1 lowered and of Pressed up against the necks, whereby the carrier 57 as shown in FIG. 19 on the bottles 1 are pressed.
  • the vacuum cups deactivated and the removal and placement heads 66a, 66b raised again and drove towards the magazine 60b, while at the same time the transport containers 51c, 51d transported and replaced by new transport containers.
  • the pick and place heads 66a and 66b after they have been positioned in registration over the magazine 60b, lowered by means of the cylinder / piston assemblies 67a, 67b to after renewed Activation of the vacuum cups per a further carrier 57 from the magazine 60b remove.
  • After re-lifting the removal and placement heads 66a, 66b or already during the lifting process their return transport takes place up to register alignment over the next two transport containers 51c and 51d.
  • the described method steps are then repeated until the magazine 60b is emptied.
  • the assembly 59 is rotated by 180 °, on the one hand the To continue loading operation with the magazine 60a and on the other hand, the magazine To refill 60b.
  • the vessels 1, 51 in usual Gefachelasten the alignment station 2, 49 transported.
  • shows 21 shows an example of a transport container 70 or box made of a transparent Material.
  • vessels 71 with labels on side surfaces 70a of the boxes 70 a different orientation than on To give faces 70b. This is shown in Fig. 21, after which labels 72a in the essentially perpendicular or in a rotated by 90 ° position with respect to Labels 72b are arranged.
  • FIG. 22 Another variant is shown in FIG. 22, after which the vessels 71 are in flat transport containers or trays 73 are arranged instead in boxes 70. Otherwise the same applies in Fig. 21. Processing of the vessels 71 in the trays 73 may again done in the manner described above.
  • the orientation of the However, bottles 71 and their labels 72 as described do not depend on which Location the bottles have 71 in the transport containers 70 and trays 73, but which orientation they should have within the supports 57 ( Figures 19, 20).
  • the Alignment of the bottles 71 in the carriers ( Figure 20) depends, moreover, on which type of carrier is used in each case.
  • bottles can be grouped together so that per shipping container z. B. six, three, eight or six carriers are used would. Accordingly, in transport containers for 20 bottles each Allocations of 1 x 2, 1 x 4, 1 x 5, etc. are made per carrier. Even different types of assignments would be possible, e.g. B. four carriers with 1 x 3 Bottles and two carriers with 2 x 3 bottles in a transport container with 24 Bottles.
  • the number of bottles is 1, that of a carrier can be included less than the number of a transport container is the number of bottles per transport container without rest on the different carriers can be distributed and therefore no bottle is left, which does not belong to any of the carriers associated with a transport container. It would be depending on the case, in the alignment station 49 either some of the gripping organs to run along empty or the frame 14 so with gripping members, sensor elements etc., as required in individual cases.
  • sensor elements 7 preferably reflected light or laser probe are used, those from above (eg, Figures 4 and 5) on the bottles 1, in particular the bottlenecks be directed, and at such a small angle relative to the Rotary axes 1a, that the sensor elements 7 on the one hand also on the bottles. 1 attached gripping organs 5 z. B. can see the neck labels 19, on the other hand but the scanning beam paths of the sensor elements 7 not by parts of the transport container 3 or the alignment device disturbed or interrupted.
  • the Sensor elements 7 are also adapted to the color differences between the Bottle materials and label materials or other differences between to determine the bottles and selected markings on them.
  • the support pins 74 as shown in FIG. 25 shows, in the alignment position of the transport container 3 expediently above Intersection points 75 arranged at which the compartments for the bottles 1 forming Intersect intermediate walls 76. Since there gaps between the bottles 1 form, the support dome 74 and with them the sensor elements 7 deep into the Immerse transport container 3 and in close proximity z. B. the belly labels 44 of Bottles 1 are arranged.
  • the sensor elements. 7 star-shaped and arranged so that on each support pin 74 four sensors 7 available are by means of which according to Fig.
  • Fig. 23 shows the Bottles 1 in a state parked on the bottom 3b of the transport container 3, while Fig. 24, the bottles 1 in a raised to a preselected height State shows. It can be seen that the bottles 1 as needed in up to Such a height can be increased that the sensors 7 during the rotation the bottles 1 optimally scan selected in individual cases markers. there If necessary, it could also be colored markings on the labels act.
  • FIG. 26 shows a third exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention in FIG one of the Fig. 4 corresponding view, but omitting the not here essential parts. Incidentally, the same parts with the same reference numerals Mistake.
  • vessels 78 are present, which are not rotationally symmetric, in particular z. B. cylindrical are formed, but the z. B. oval, square or other cross-sections exhibit.
  • Such vessels 78 can be used regardless of whether they are in Gefachehansten or in boxes, trays od. Like., Which have no compartments are arranged, not without Another shot, because then with their long sides together or at Wall sections of transport containers 79 would encounter, here z. B. from usual Trays exist. Therefore, according to the invention, the vessels 78 are proposed in one to bring such a case at least partially into different height levels. This is in Fig.
  • vessels 78a and 78b in addition both be lifted out of the transport containers 79 completely upwards.
  • the different levels of lifting is achieved, that for each individual vessel 78 more Space for a turn is available.
  • Every group of Vessels 78a, 78b is assigned a separate lifting device in such a case, as indicated in Fig. 19 only schematically.
  • the vessels 78a coupled with rotary members 5a, which via drive shafts 16a with at a first Frame 14a attached rotating means 6 are connected.
  • This frame 14a can z. B. be raised and lowered by means of a first cylinder / piston assembly.
  • the vessels 78b can be coupled with rotary members 5b, which are connected to drive shafts 16b are attached.
  • These drive shafts 16b penetrate the frame 14a and are above this connected to rotating means, not shown, connected to a second frame, not shown, are fixed by a second cylinder / piston assembly can be raised and lowered.
  • the Cylinder / piston assembly for the first frame 14a a smaller stroke than that Cylinder / piston arrangement for the second frame to give thereby the different Establish height levels for the two groups of vessels 78a and 78b.
  • the rotational movements for both groups of vessels 78a, 78b are performed simultaneously, giving high processing speeds allows.
  • the vessels 78a and 78b could also successively raised in groups, rotated and thereby aligned.
  • the rotary members 5a, 5b divided accordingly into two (or more) groups and in the way each coupled with a lifting device that first a group of vessels 78 a raised to a specific height-enabling level, then aligned and then turned off again in the transport container 79.
  • the second group of vessels 78b will be moved in the same way and into the same height level raised, aligned and lowered again. It can this height level be chosen so large that the vessels 78 before turning each be lifted out of the transport container 79 completely.
  • a gripping member 80 shown with suction pressure (vacuum) is working.
  • the gripping member 80 includes a receiving body analogous to tulip claws 81, which is formed in the manner of an upside-down cup and on the Neck 82a of a vessel 82 which is fitted with a closure 83 (crown caps, Screw cap od. Like.) Is provided.
  • the receiving body 81 has at an upper End an opening 84, in which a hollow drive shaft 16 as described above is attached pressure-tight (see, in particular Fig. 9).
  • the invention is not limited to the described embodiments, which can be modified in many ways. This applies first to the form and the Size of the vessels to be aligned and the transport containers receiving them. Under Vessels are in the context of the present invention, in particular product packaging in the form of bottles, cans or the like for liquid or flowable media understood, except drinks other materials such as liquid soaps, oil and other products are eligible.
  • the vessels can, as shown in FIG. 26, instead of being rotationally symmetric, it should also be non-circular. Accordingly, the transport container Boxes, trays or other packaging containers that serve several Vessels in or on themselves, and for this purpose with appropriate Subjects are provided or not. Further, the invention is not limited to the described Type of production of the desired target positions limited.

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