EP1584559B1 - 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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EP1584559B1
EP1584559B1 EP05007031A EP05007031A EP1584559B1 EP 1584559 B1 EP1584559 B1 EP 1584559B1 EP 05007031 A EP05007031 A EP 05007031A EP 05007031 A EP05007031 A EP 05007031A EP 1584559 B1 EP1584559 B1 EP 1584559B1
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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 they occupy preselected desired positions after storage on the trays of transport containers.
  • Bottle carrier the od of kraft cardboard or the.
  • Produced and auf the necks of beverage bottles aufdrückbare carrying aids for a small number of z.
  • B. 2 x 2, 2 x 3 or 1 x 4 bottles represent.
  • the technical problem underlying the invention is to provide a method and a device of the type described, by means of which the alignment process is also automatically, but in a different manner than previously feasible.
  • the invention has several advantages. First, it allows the alignment after arranging the vessels in normal Gefachelasten, trays od. Like., As they are fitted after alignment with aufdrückbaren from above, hereinafter referred to briefly as a carrier Carrying packaging or bottle carriers, at the same time as a backup for the manufactured Serve target positions. These carriers can be pressed onto the bottlenecks from above immediately after the production of the desired positions and without taking the bottles out of conventional trash boxes, trays or other boxes. By “immediate” is meant that the pressing of the carrier takes place at such an early point in time after the production of the desired positions that any further transport of the transport container on a conveyor belt or the like can not have any significant influence on the produced desired positions.
  • Carriers suitable for the purposes of the invention are known (e.g. DE 33 21 036 C2 . DE 40 34 069 A1 . DE 203 16 996 U1 ). Such carriers may be either manually or with dedicated devices ( DE 203 14 08 8 U1 . DE 203 17 325 U1 ) are placed on the vessels. With particular advantage, however, a device with the features of claim 9 is used, which has an automatically operating, following the alignment station placement station. This makes it possible to effect in a continuous processing line not only alignment and securing the position of the vessels, but also a loading of the vessels with carriers, as it is for the subsequent application z. B. is generally desirable in the beverage sector. 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 in Fig. 1 and 3 denoted 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 of these together with the bottles 1 in a rotational movement about the in Fig. 2 vertical cylinder axes are offset 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. As necklaces, and to derive therefrom the rotational position of the bottle 1.
  • the gripping members 5, the rotating means 6 and the sensor elements 7 in the direction of the bottles 1 back and forth, in 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 fixed to the piston rod 12, which has 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 gripping element 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 in detail here.
  • Fig. 7 and 10 are indicated by the reference numeral 19. The arrangement is according to Fig.
  • each drive shaft 16 and its axis of rotation coaxially aligned with the axis of rotation 5 of a fixed to her Dregangans 5 and this in turn coaxially on the axis of rotation 1x each associated bottle 1.
  • 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 according to Fig. 8 centered on the bottlenecks 1y from above ( Fig. 8 ) put on 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 held by a spring in its open position and by compressed air against the spring pressure in a the bottle neck 1y ( Fig. 8 ) brought comprehensive closing position.
  • a two-part, formed from an upper part 23 and a lower part 24 mounting block is provided for mounting the rotating means 6, which has an inner passage 25.
  • the passage 25 protrude an output shaft 6a of the rotating means 6 and the upper, with the output shaft 6a rotatably connected end formed as a hollow shaft drive shaft 16 (eg. Fig. 4 ).
  • the upper end of the hollow shaft is closed.
  • the upper part 23 and the lower part 24 are provided with aligned passages which form a channel 26. This has at an upper end to an air connection 27 and is connected at a lower end with a transverse bore 28 od to the outside by a grub screw. Like. Closed. Between the drive shaft 16 and the lower part 24, a hollow cylindrical sleeve 29 is arranged, which rotatably receives the drive shaft 16 and has a transverse bore 30, which is connected to a respective radially inner or outer, incorporated in the bushing circumferential groove.
  • the transverse bore 28 of the channel 26 opens into the radially outer circumferential groove, while a transverse bore 16b, which is formed below the closed end of the drive shaft 16 in the sheath, opens into the radially inner circumferential groove of the bush 29. Therefore, the interior of the hollow drive shaft 16 is independent of their current rotational position and regardless of the stationary position of the sleeve 29 relative to the stationary upper part 23 and lower part 24 always in fluid communication with the air duct 26 in connection. If compressed air is supplied to the latter via the air connection 27, it can flow via the drive shaft 16 to that gripping element 5 which is connected to the gripper element 5 in FIG Fig. 9 free end of the drive shaft 16 is connected. The gripping member 5 can therefore be supplied both at rest and during a transmitted via the drive shaft 16 rotational movement with compressed air and thereby closed or held in the closed state.
  • a transport container 3 is manually or automatically introduced into the alignment station 2 ( Fig. 1 to 3 ). This can be done automatically by the transport path 4 accordingly Fig. 2 is provided with two spaced conveyor belts 33a, 33b, which are guided over 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 photocells od. Like. Also cause via the associated with them and the drive motor 34 control means that the conveyor belts 33 a, 33 b are stopped as soon as a transport container 3 located in the alignment station 2 and in Fig. 10 Position stopper 35 shown schematically achieved in order to avoid unnecessary slippage of the transport container 3 on the conveyor belts 33a, 33b.
  • the position stopper 35 is as Fig. 10 schematically shows, for. 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 supplied 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 ).
  • the beverage containers 1 are now all arranged substantially coaxially with associated gripping members 5.
  • the lifting device 8 is actuated and thereby the frame 14, which has been in its high position up to that point, with all the parts mounted thereon, in the lowered position Fig. 1 . 4 . 5 . 7 . 8th or lowered 9, whereby the gripping members 5 are pushed onto the associated bottle necks. Subsequently, the gripping members 5 via the air connections 27 after Fig. 9 Compressed air supplied, making them tight to the bottlenecks be coupled. Thereafter, the rotating means 6 are turned on and the bottles 1 thereby rotated under the control or monitoring of the sensor elements 7 in preselected desired positions. This is z. B. from a comparison of Fig. 5 and 7 with the Fig. 11 seen.
  • Fig. 5 and 7 show the side view of a series of bottles 1 with cut open transport container 3, wherein the neck labels 19 and located on theelectricnkörpem main or Houseetiketten 44 are in randomly resulting positions (rotational positions).
  • Fig. 11 After a turning process ( Fig. 11 ), however, take all bottles 1 such a preselected set position that all labels 19, 44 have in the same or any preselected direction. That means in Fig. 11 z. B. that all labels 19, 44 have to the outside of the transport container 3, in which they are located.
  • each bottle 1 of a transport container 3 into a nominal position assigned to it individually.
  • the labels 19, 24 of the bottles 1a in a first, in Fig. 4 the leftmost row towards the outside, ie directed to the left in the drawing.
  • the labels 19, 44 are directed from bottles 1b to the opposite side, ie towards the median plane of the transport container 3.
  • the orientation of bottles 1c is corresponding, ie their labels 19, 44 have mirror images of those of the bottles 1b to the median plane.
  • a fourth row of bottles 1d which is in Fig. 12 are arranged rightmost, the arrangement again so that the labels 19, 44 of these bottles 1d outwards, ie in Fig. 12 are directed to the right, as well as out Fig. 11 is apparent.
  • Fig. 13 and 14 show the Fig. 11 and 12 corresponding elevations of the device according to the invention after the alignment and after raising the frame 14 again by means of the lifting device 8. This lifting operation is initiated as soon as all the rotating means 6 have come to a standstill, which shows the control device that the alignment process is completed.
  • the position stopper 35 ( Fig. 10 ) is controlled in the release position and the drive motor 34 for the conveyor belts 33a, 33b turned on again.
  • the position stopper 35 ( Fig. 10 ) is controlled in the release position and the drive motor 34 for the conveyor belts 33a, 33b turned on again.
  • the subsequent transport container 3a was held until this time with another stopper, not shown, so far in front of the alignment station 2 in a waiting position that when removing the leading transport container 3 from the alignment station 2 still enough space and time between the transport containers 3 and 3a remains to od under the control of the light barriers.
  • the position stopper 35 back to its stop position Fig. 10 to be able to pivot.
  • the control of the individual rotations of the bottles 1 is preferably carried out by means of a connected to the sensor elements 7, electronic, at least one microprocessor having control unit, which is part of said control device.
  • a connected to the sensor elements 7, electronic, at least one microprocessor having control unit, which is part of said control device In order to be independent of the angular position of the sensor elements 7 relative to the bottles 1, it is expedient to proceed as follows.
  • each bottle 1 of the transport container 3 is driven individually by an associated rotating means 6.
  • the associated sensor elements 7 now detect the states "neck label 19 present” or "neck label 19 not present”. It is required that each of these two states is detected reliably at least once. This prevents bottles 1, which are exactly at the beginning in the direction of rotation from or behind the edge of the neck label 9, may be misjudged under circumstances, or that bottles that stand with their neck labels 19 in the detection range of a sensor element 7, erroneously judged as already aligned become. The latter could apply if a sensor element 7 is aligned with the associated bottle in such a way that its scanning beam strikes the neck label 19 even in the correctly arranged state.
  • the bottle 1 is first rotated by approximately 360 ° until two times a change from the bottle to the label or vice versa is signaled or to the signal "Bottle present” once the signal “label present” and then again the signal “bottle present” follows. It is then certain that the scanning beam is behind the neck label 19 in the direction of rotation. As a result, the next "neck tag 19 present” signal is used as an indication that the scanning beam is exactly at the forward leading edge of the neck label 19, and this position is defined as an "initial position" in the microprocessor control program.
  • z. B. activates a timer that rotates the bottles 1 with the rotational speed of the rotating means 6 still for a preselected period of time.
  • This time span can be set individually for each individual bottle 1 as a function of the position of the associated sensor element 7 and is selected so that the labels 19, 44 of the associated bottle 1 are exactly in the desired desired position when the rotating means 6 are switched off after this time has elapsed (eg Fig. 13, 14th ).
  • the sensor elements 7 could also be mounted on the mounting plate 18 such that the same time span leads to the desired setpoint position for all bottles.
  • the scanning beam is at the beginning of the turning operation on a neck label 9
  • the signal "neck label 19 present” appears.
  • the next transition to the bottle or the next signal “neck label 19 not present” is equivalent to the fact that the scanning beam is safe in the direction of rotation behind the neck label 19.
  • the timer is turned on until the associated Bottle has reached its preselected setpoint position.
  • the required to reach a preselected desired position initial position is defined for safety's sake only when the scanning has been at least once on the label and once on the bottle.
  • the described turning operations are terminated after the set time periods by switching off the associated rotating means 6.
  • the alignment process as a whole is terminated when either all the rotating means 6 have been turned off or a set maximum alignment time has expired. By the latter prevents z. B. in a bottle 1 without neck label 19 or with wrong standing neck label 19 is endlessly trying to effect an alignment.
  • an error signal may be generated which shuts down the device 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 in FIG Fig. 7 and 12 is indicated by a measure h .
  • the frame 14 can be withdrawn only as far as the stop on the spacer 47 and thus only so much , as the measure h in Fig. 7 and 12 equivalent.
  • the bottles 1 are then lowered by means of the cylinder / piston assembly 11 initially again, z. B. until reaching the bottoms 3b, while then after loosening the gripping members 5 of the frame 14 by means of the cylinder / piston assembly 11 again completely in from Fig. 13 and 14 apparent position is raised.
  • the thickness of the spacer 47 can therefore be preselected, how large the dimension h should be, with which the bottles 1 are raised before the turning operation on the bottoms 3b.
  • a second, currently considered best embodiment of the invention is in Fig. 17 and 18 shown.
  • an alignment station 49 and a loading station 50 are provided in the direction of the arrow v .
  • the alignment station 49 is substantially equivalent Fig. 1 to 16 trained, while the loading station 50 serves to stock in transport containers 51 located bottles 1 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.
  • the output shaft For moving the carriage 52 z. B. a arranged at one end of the alignment 49 drive motor 54, the output shaft carries a drive wheel, which acts on a rotating drive belt 55, which at the other end of the alignment station 49 runs over 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.
  • two transport containers 51a, 51b are moved into the alignment station 49, wherein in this analogous to the above description, a position stopper 35 (FIG. Fig. 10 ) od. Like. Is used.
  • the lifting device 8 is z. B. in such a starting position that it is after the introduction of the transport container 51 above the first transport container 51a in the transport direction ( Fig. 17 ). Following this, the bottles 1 located in this transport container 51a are aligned in the manner described above.
  • the drive motor 54 also connected to the control device is turned on and the lifting device 8 is moved back against the transport direction by the length of a transport container 51 until it is above the second transport container 51b.
  • This process is od with other, not shown, photocells od. Like. Monitors. Following this, the alignment of the bottles 1 standing in the transport container 51b takes place in the manner described above.
  • the lifting device 8 depending on whether in the alignment station 49 only two or more than two transport containers 51 are arranged, either to the starting position Fig. 17 be brought or again moved back by the length of a transport container 51 to align located in another transport container 51 bottles.
  • This process can be at corresponding length of the guide rail 53 are repeated as many times as waiting transport containers 51 in the alignment station 49 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, ie, for example, could be above the transport container 51b, from which it is then moved later in the transport direction on the transport container 51a.
  • a number of transport containers 51 which corresponds to the number of located in the alignment station 49 transport container 51, processed in the loading station 50 and z. B. equipped with the above-mentioned carriers.
  • this process takes place simultaneously by means of two (or more) placement devices 56a, 56b on the two (or more) transport containers 51c and 51d.
  • This makes it possible, with a clock in each case z. B. two transport containers 51 from the alignment station 49 in the placement station 50 and at the same time introduce two new transport containers 51 in the alignment station 49 and thereby to use the optimum operating speeds of the two stations 49, 50 components.
  • the alignment station 49 operates slower than the subsequent (or a preceding) placement station 50, it would also be conceivable to provide the alignment station 49 with two complete lifting devices 8 and in the Bestükkungsstation 50 with a movable processing unit successively two or more transport containers to edit. Also in this case, a compact unit is obtained, which contains two working with the same clock processing stations.
  • each carrier 57 receives three bottles 1a and 1b or 1c and 1d, as in Fig. 19 is shown by way of example.
  • the target positions of the bottles 1a to 1d produced by the pressing of the carrier 57 are also fixed, so that the transport container 3 can now be transported on the transport path 4 or otherwise, without the There is a risk that the nominal positions of the bottles 1a to 1d will change again as a result.
  • 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. presented in a supermarket, shows Fig. 20 a single 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. each one or the other outside, while about existing back labels 58 face each other.
  • the carriers 57 can be automatically pressed onto the bottles 1 manually or with the aid of the loading station 50.
  • the only prerequisite is that the placement of the bottles 1 with the supports 57 follows the alignment process in the alignment station 49 immediately or so quickly that the bottles 1 do not undergo any significant rotations that change their target positions during their treatment or transport steps following the alignment can execute. This should also apply according to the invention if conventional, ie no additional braking or holding means having transport container 3 are used. In the case of the Fig.
  • the cycle times are selected, for example, that depending on the performance of the device between a turning operation in the station 49 and a loading process in the station 50, assuming the usual transport speeds a period of about 8 to 15 seconds, which has proved to be completely sufficient for the desired assurance of the manufactured rotational positions.
  • the placement station 50 includes, as in Fig. 17 and 18 is shown only schematically, two to a unit 59 interconnected magazines 60a and 60b, in each of which a plurality of the carrier 57 (FIG. Fig. 19 ) is 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. It can also by means of a not shown, mounted in the frame 61 and connected to the control device motor to a plane to the Fig. 18 vertical axis of rotation in each case by 180 ° between two fixed predetermined positions back and forth to be rotated, as a circle 62 indicates.
  • One of these two positions is in Fig. 18 shown. In it is the magazine 60a in a filling position and the magazine 60b in a removal position, while it would be reversed by a rotation of the assembly 59 by 180 °.
  • an emptied magazine (or each of its two chambers) is manually or otherwise filled with the carriers 57, while in the removal position, the carriers 57 located in the respective magazine are removed for equipping the transport containers 51c, 51d.
  • Fig. 18 shows Fig. 18 in that the assembly 59 is arranged laterally next to the conveyor belts 33a, 33b for the transport containers 51c, 51d.
  • FIG. 17 and 18 two horizontal guide rails 63 are attached 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. Like. 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 withdrawal and Placement head 66a, 66b is by means of a respective pneumatic cylinder / piston arrangement 67a, 67b and associated sliding guides 68a, 68b in the direction of an arrow x ( Fig. 17 ) mounted vertically displaceable on the track 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 track After entering the two provided with aligned bottles 1 transport container 51c, 51d in the placement station 50, the track is placed on them in position. Thereafter, with the help of the cylinder / piston assemblies 67a, 67b and the sliding guides 68a, 68b, the removal and placement heads 66a and 66b, which have previously received from the magazine 60b each have a carrier 57, each assigned to one of the carrier group of Bottles 1 lowered and pressed from above against the necks, whereby the carrier 57 accordingly Fig. 19 be pressed onto the bottle 1.
  • the vacuum cups are deactivated and the removal and placement heads 66a, 66b are raised again and moved in the direction of the magazine 60b, while at the same time the transport containers 51c, 51d are transported further and replaced by new transport containers.
  • the removal and placement 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, after re-activation of the vacuum cups each have a further carrier 57 from to remove the magazine 60b.
  • their return transport takes place to register-accurate 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 180 °, on the one hand to continue the loading process with the magazine 60a and on the other hand to refill the magazine 60b.
  • Fig. 21 an example of a transport container 70 or box made of a transparent material.
  • FIG. 22 Another variant shows Fig. 22 according to which the containers 71 are arranged in flat transport containers or trays 73 instead of in boxes 70. Otherwise, the same applies as in Fig. 21 , The processing of the containers 71 which are portable in the trays 73 can in turn be carried out in the manner described above. However, as described, the orientation of the bottles 71 or their labels 72 does not depend on which position the bottles 71 are in the transport containers 70 or trays 73, but what orientation they have within the carriers 57 (FIGS. Fig. 19, 20 ) should have. The orientation of the bottles 71 in the carriers ( Fig. 20 ) depends, moreover, on the type of wearer used in each case.
  • bottles can, so that per transport container z. B. six, three, eight or six carriers would be used. Accordingly, in transport containers for 20 bottles each division of 1 x 2, 1 x 4, 1 x 5, etc. per carrier could be made. Even different types of assignments would be possible, for. 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 1, which can be received by a carrier is smaller than the number of receivable by a transport container bottles, the number of bottles per transport container can be distributed without residue on the various carriers and therefore no Bottle remains, which does not belong to any one of the carriers associated carrier. It would be Depending on the case, it may be possible to either empty some of the gripping members in the alignment station 49 or to provide the frame 14 with gripping members, sensor elements, etc., as is required in individual cases.
  • sensor elements 7 preferably reflected light or laser probe are used, the from above (eg. Fig. 4 and 5 ) are directed to the bottles 1, in particular the bottle necks, under such a small angle relative to the axes of rotation 1 a, that the sensor elements 7 on the one hand even when placed on the bottles 1 gripping members 5 z. B. the neck labels 19 can "see", but on the other hand, the scanning beam paths of the sensor elements 7 are not disturbed or interrupted by parts of the transport container 3 or the alignment.
  • the sensor elements 7 are also adapted to detect the color differences between the bottle materials and the label materials or other differences between the bottles and preselected markings on them.
  • the sensor elements 7 accordingly FIGS. 23 to 25 to attach to the lower ends of rod-shaped support domes 74, whose upper ends are fixed to the support plate 18.
  • the support pins 74 as Fig. 25 shows, in the alignment position of the transport container 3 expediently arranged above intersection points 75 at which intersect the compartments for the bottles 1 forming intermediate walls 76. Since there form gaps between the individual bottles 1, the carrying dome 74 and with them the sensor elements 7 can dive deep into the transport container 3 and in close proximity z. B. the belly labels 44 of the bottles 1 are arranged.
  • Fig. 26 shows a third embodiment of the device according to the invention in one of Fig. 4 corresponding view, but omitting the parts not essential here. Incidentally, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals.
  • vessels 78 are present, which are not rotationally symmetrical, in particular z. B. are cylindrical, but the z. B. oval, square or other cross-sections.
  • Such vessels 78 regardless of whether they od in Gefachehansten or in boxes, trays.
  • z. B. consist of conventional trays. Therefore, it is proposed according to the invention to bring the vessels 78 at least partially into different height levels in such a case. Is in Fig.
  • vessels 78a and 78b which are also both lifted out of the transport containers 79 completely upwards. Due to the different levels of lifting, it is achieved that more space is available for one rotation for each individual vessel 78. This is especially true if z. B. in each row of transport containers 79 z. B. each second vessel 78a of a first group and the remaining vessels 78b are assigned to a second group and also the one of these groups associated vessels 78a, 78b are arranged from row to row by one vessel relative to each other. Each group of vessels 78a, 78b is assigned its own lifting device in such a case, as in FIG Fig. 19 only schematically indicated.
  • the vessels 78a are coupled to rotary members 5a, which are connected by drive shafts 16a to rotating means 6 fixed to a first frame 14a.
  • This frame 14a can z. B. be raised and lowered by means of a first cylinder / piston assembly.
  • the vessels 78b can be coupled to rotary members 5b, which are fastened to drive shafts 16b.
  • These drive shafts 16b penetrate the frame 14a and are connected above this with rotating means, not shown, which are fixed to a second frame, not shown, which can be raised and lowered by a second cylinder / piston assembly.
  • the cylinder / piston arrangement for the first frame 14a a smaller stroke than the cylinder / piston arrangement for the second frame, thereby producing the different height levels for the two groups of vessels 78a and 78b.
  • the rotational movements for both groups of vessels 78a, 78b can be performed simultaneously, allowing for high processing speeds.
  • the vessels 78a and 78b could also be successively raised in groups, rotated and thereby aligned.
  • the rotary members 5a, 5b are divided into two (or more) groups and coupled with a lifting device in such a way that first lifted the one group of vessels 78a in a certain level of rotation enabling pivoting, then aligned and then again is parked in the transport container 79. Following this, the second group of vessels 78b is then raised, aligned and lowered again in the same manner and to the same height level. In this case, this height level can be chosen so large that the vessels 78 are lifted out of the transport container 79 in each case before turning.
  • a gripping member 80 is shown, which works with suction pressure (vacuum).
  • the gripping member 80 includes analogous to Tulip grippers a receiving body 81 which is formed in the manner of an upside-down cup and placed over the neck 82a of a vessel 82, the od with a closure 83 (crown cap, screw cap. 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 ).
  • this drive shaft 16 via the in Fig. 9 shown air terminal 27 connected to a suction source instead of a pressure source, then the neck 82a of the vessel 82 is drawn by the resulting negative pressure in the receiving body 81. It is advantageous if the end of the drive shaft 16 is applied by means of a funnel-shaped widening connector 85 to the closure 83. Greiforgane this type can be advantageously used in the presence of containers in the form of cans, which od no screw caps, crown caps. Like., But have smooth faces. In the case of cans made of magnetic materials, magnetic or electromagnetic gripping and holding devices could alternatively be used.
  • the invention is not limited to the described embodiments, which can be modified in many ways. This applies first to the shape and size of the vessels to be aligned and the receiving them transport container.
  • vessels are in particular product packaging in the form of bottles, cans or the like for liquid or flowable media, with the exception of beverages, other materials such as liquid soaps, oils and other products being considered.
  • the vessels can, how Fig. 26 shows, instead of being rotationally symmetric, it should also be non-circular.
  • the transport containers can be boxes, trays or other packaging containers which serve to receive a plurality of vessels in or on themselves, and which for this purpose are provided with suitable compartments or not. Further, the invention is not limited to the described manner of producing the desired desired positions.
  • the placement station 50 When using two or more sensor elements 7 per vessel 1 and corresponding arrangement of the sensor elements 7 on the circumference of the vessels, it may, for. For example, it may be possible to find the initial positions searched for further rotation into the desired nominal positions faster or differently than described above.
  • the placement station 50 also has only one or more than two placement devices 56a, 56b and correspondingly each magazine 60a, 60b only one or more can have more than two chambers.

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  1. Procédé pour aligner de façon mécanisée des récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) pour produits liquides et coulants, en particulier pour boissons, sachant que les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) sont déposés sur les fonds (3b) de récipients de transport (3, 51, 70, 73, 79) puis sont saisis par le dessus et tournés dans une position de consigne présélectionnée, caractérisé en ce que tous les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) sont pourvus, après leur rotation, de supports (57) enfoncés par le dessus sur leurs goulots, sachant que chaque support (57) enfoncé sur des récipients sélectionnés (1, 71, 78, 82) d'un récipient de transport associé (3, 51, 70, 73, 79) reçoit moins de récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) que le récipient de transport associé (3, 51, 70, 73, 79), mais que le nombre total de récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) reçus par tous ces supports (57) est cependant égal au nombre de récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) reçus par le récipient de transport associé (3, 51, 70, 73, 79), et en ce que tous les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) d'un récipient de transport (3, 51, 70, 73, 79) sont respectivement tournés dans une position de consigne présélectionnée qui dépend de leur position dans le support concerné (57).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'enfoncement des supports (57) sur les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) s'effectue à la suite immédiate de la rotation des récipients (1, 71, 78, 82), et de telle sorte que les positions de consigne présélectionnées sont assujetties par les supports enfoncés (57).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que tous les récipients (1) qui se trouvent sur les fonds (3b) des récipients de transport (3) sont tournés en même temps dans les positions de consigne présélectionnées.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les récipients (78) sont tournés successivement par groupes dans les positions de consigne présélectionnées.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que parmi les récipients se trouvant sur les fonds des récipients de transport (79), au moins deux groupes sont formés, les récipients (78a) de chaque groupe sont ensuite respectivement saisis conjointement par le dessus et les récipients (78b) de l'un des groupes sont soulevés à une plus grande hauteur que les récipients (78a) de l'autre groupe, et en ce que les récipients (78a, 78b) des deux groupes sont ensuite tournés dans les positions de consigne présélectionnées.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les récipients (1, 59, 62) sont, avant la rotation, légèrement relevés (cote h) à l'écart des fonds (3b) des récipients de transport (3, 51, 70, 73, 79).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) sont rabaissés sur les fonds (3b) une fois les positions de consigne réalisées.
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) sont d'abord tournés dans une position initiale définie, puis amenés dans les positions de consigne présélectionnées par le fait qu'ils sont, à la suite de la réalisation de la position initiale, davantage tournés d'un angle présélectionné ou pendant une durée présélectionnée.
  9. Dispositif pour aligner des récipients (1, 71, 78, 82) pour produits liquides et coulants, en particulier pour boissons, comprenant : un poste d'alignement (2, 49) pour recevoir un récipient de transport (3, 51, 70, 73, 79) rempli d'un nombre prédéfini de récipients (1, 71, 78, 82), des organes de préhension (5, 80) individuellement associés aux récipients (1) et pouvant être accouplés à ces derniers, des moyens de rotation (6) individuellement reliés aux organes de préhension (5, 80) pour faire tourner les organes de préhension (5, 80), des éléments de détection (7) individuellement associés aux récipients (1) pour identifier des marquages présélectionnés se trouvant sur les récipients (1), et une unité de commande reliée aux moyens de rotation (6) et aux éléments de détection (7) pour commander les organes de préhension (5, 80) et les moyens de rotation (6), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un poste d'équipement (50) pour équiper les récipients (1) de supports (57) pouvant être enfoncés sur ces derniers, et un équipement de transport (4) pour transporter les récipients (1) du poste d'alignement (2, 49) au poste d'équipement (50), et l'unité de commande est conçue de telle sorte que tous les récipients (1) d'un récipient de transport (2) sont tournés par les moyens de rotation (6) dans une position de consigne présélectionnée, dépendant de leur position dans les supports (57).
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que les organes de préhension (5, 80), les moyens de rotation (6) et les éléments de détection (7) sont montés sur au moins un bâti (14), pouvant être avancé et reculé en direction des récipients (1), d'un dispositif de levage (8) raccordé à l'unité de commande.
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande est conçue de telle sorte que le bâti (14), après l'accouplement des récipients (1) aux organes de préhension (5, 80) et avant l'actionnement des moyens de rotation (6), est soulevé d'une cote présélectionnée (h) afin de relever les récipients (1) à l'écart des fonds (3b) des récipients de transport (2).
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande est conçue de telle sorte que le bâti (14), à la suite de la réalisation des positions de consigne et avant le désaccouplement des récipients (1) des organes de préhension (5, 80), est d'abord rabaissé afin de déposer les récipients (1) sur les fonds (3b) des récipients de transport (2).
  13. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 9 à 12, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande est conçue de telle sorte que les récipients (78a, 78b) sont successivement, en au moins deux groupes, accouplés aux organes de préhension (5a, 5b), tournés au moyen des moyens de rotation (6), puis à nouveau désaccouplés des organes de préhension (5a, 5b).
  14. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 10 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de levage (8) est conçu de telle sorte que les récipients (78a, 78b) peuvent être saisis par au moins deux groupes d'organes de préhension (5a, 5b), et que les groupes de récipients (78a, 78b) peuvent être, avant la rotation, soulevés à des niveaux de hauteur différents au-dessus des fonds des récipients de transport (79).
  15. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 9 à 14, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente une voie de transport (4) pour déplacer cycliquement les récipients de transport (2), et le poste d'alignement (2, 49) est associé à une partie de cette voie de transport (4) de telle sorte que les récipients de transport (2) sont cycliquement rentrés dans le poste d'alignement (2, 49) ou retirés de ce dernier.
  16. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 9 à 15, caractérisé en ce que le poste d'équipement (50) comprend deux ou plus de deux organes d'équipement (56a, 56b) disposés en succession dans la direction de transport (4), pour équiper simultanément de supports les récipients (1) de deux ou plus de deux récipients de transport (51c, 51d).
  17. Dispositif selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de levage (8) est disposé à l'intérieur du poste d'alignement (49) à déplacement dans la direction de transport des récipients de transport (51), aux moins deux récipients de transport (51) peuvent être respectivement, à chaque cycle, rentrés dans le poste d'alignement (49) ou retirés de ce dernier, et l'unité de commande est conçue de telle sorte que le dispositif de levage (8), successivement, est d'abord disposé au-dessus d'un premier des récipients de transport (51a) et utilisé pour aligner les récipients (1) de ce premier récipient de transport (51a), puis est déplacé dans la direction de déplacement des récipients de transport (51) au-dessus d'au moins un deuxième récipient de transport (51b) se trouvant dans le poste d'alignement (49) et utilisé pour aligner les récipients (1) se trouvant dans le deuxième récipient de transport (51b), à la suite de quoi les deux récipients de transport (51a, 51b) sont déplacés du poste d'alignement (49) au poste d'équipement (50).
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