EP1616791B1 - Vorrichtung zum Umdrehen von Füllgefässen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Umdrehen von Füllgefässen Download PDF

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EP1616791B1
EP1616791B1 EP05015010A EP05015010A EP1616791B1 EP 1616791 B1 EP1616791 B1 EP 1616791B1 EP 05015010 A EP05015010 A EP 05015010A EP 05015010 A EP05015010 A EP 05015010A EP 1616791 B1 EP1616791 B1 EP 1616791B1
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the present invention relates to a contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus for use in a bag packaging machine, namely an apparatus for reversing a vessel accommodating contents, for example foods or the like to be filled into a container such as, for example, a packaging bag. More specifically, the present invention relates to a contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • vessels accommodating a predetermined amount of contents such as foods or the like to be filled in a packaging container are successively supplied in a upright state, this vessel in the upright state is held by a holding device and the holding device is rotated in a vertical plane around a predetermined center of rotation to reverse the vessel into an inverted state, thereby dropping downward and filling the contents into a packaging container disposed underneath.
  • An example of this kind of the apparatus for reversing a vessel is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Non-examined Patent Application No. 8-282602 .
  • a vessel in an upright state is supplied to a vessel accommodation part of the reversing device, this reversing device is rotated 180 degrees around a rotating shaft to reverse the vessel, and the reversing device is once stopped at this position to drop the vessel downward.
  • the vessel collides with and received by a vessel receiving table disposed below, thereby ejecting downwardly the contents accommodated in it.
  • One of alternatives to the arrangement mentioned above is to grip the vessel on the outer circumference thereof or the upper/lower ends thereof by a pair of gripping members capable of approaching to and separating away from each other.
  • a vessel is reversed by rotating the holding members or gripping members around an axis.
  • most of the apparatuses or devices in the prior art comprises arrangements similar to the arrangements disclosed in Japanese Non-examined Patent Application No. 8-282602 where a vessel is discharged and collides with a stopper to eject the contents by making use of the impact caused.
  • a vessel is not discharged when the holding member is rotated 180 degrees and stopped, while the contents are ejected from the vessel due to a shock caused at the stopping. Even in these cases, the vessel is dropped downwardly after ejection of the contents and stopped and received by a stopper for collection.
  • EP 0 242 802 A1 discloses a container inverting apparature which is driven by an inverting cylinder device.
  • EP 0 242 820 A1 it is proposed to overcome the problem of positioning the container versus the discharge storage tank by starting the inverting movement by means of moving first a main lever about a pivot to an inclined position. The pivot is arranged lower than the position of the center in vertical direction of the container.
  • DE 30 45 145 discloses a device for automatically discharging garbage from smaller bins into larger garbage containers.
  • the reversal of the smaller bins is performed in two steps: first, the bin is gripped and rotated around a first center of rotation, until a rotational movement of 90° is performed, that is where the vertical direction of the bin lays in a horizontal direction. Then, in a second step, the bin is further rotated for 90° in the same direction, but around a second center of rotation arranged on said center line of the bin.
  • An object of the present invention is to present a contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus by which processing capability can be improved without causing flying out of contents from a vessel even if the rotating speed of the holding member is increased.
  • the inventors of the present invention paid attention to the fact that, in the conventional apparatuses, the center of rotation of the vessel gripping members is set to the same height as that of the center of a vessel located at the holding position, and found that this could be resolved by setting the center of rotation of the vessel gripping members at a height higher than the center position of the vessel located at the holding position. It has also been found out that it is possible to solve the problems of chipping of the vessels and noise generation by handing a vessel over to a vessel carrying-out apparatus on the way of a process when the holding member is returning back to the original position for receiving a next vessel without dropping the vessel at the position where the vessel is reversed.
  • the present invention presents an apparatus according to claim 1.
  • the centrifugal force acting on the vessel or the contents in the vessel during the reversing operation is directed obliquely backward with regard to the direction of movement of the vessel, and acts to force the contents toward the bottom of the vessel, thereby preventing the contents from flying out from the vessel. Therefore, even contents with low adhesion, namely so-called bulky substance, can be dealt with at a high rotational speed at which contents could fly out when the conventional apparatus mentioned above is used. If desired, further high-speeding is possible.
  • said holding member comprises a pair of gripping members attached to the rotating device and being capable of approaching to and separating away from each other to grip and to release said vessel, and said apparatus further comprises :
  • the gripping members grip a vessel and rotate, and when the gripping members stop at the reversal stop position, the vessel is in a reversed state and stopped, thereby discharging the contents in the vessel due to the inertia force.
  • the empty vessel is still gripped by the gripping members even after it is reversed and the contents is discharged, and is released towards the vessel carrying-out device on the way returning to the gripping stop position. Therefore, there is no direct collision of a vessel with a stopper plate as observed in the prior art and problems of chipping of vessels, entry of foreign matters into a packaging container and deterioration of working environments do not occur.
  • the reversal stop position can be regulated to any desired position by the reversal stop position regulating device and, therefore, it is possible to regulate the reversal stop position according to properties and amount of the contents to be filled, processing rate or the like to ensure accurate dropping of the contents into a packaging container disposed directly underneath.
  • the main rotating member comprises a main rotating shaft rotating intermittently in one direction every 180 degrees
  • the rotating device further comprises a supporting shaft supported by the main rotating shaft in parallel to the main rotating shaft in an axial direction and designed to be reciprocally rotatable around an axis thereof between an initial position and a rotated position.
  • the contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus further comprises a supporting shaft rotating device for rotating the supporting shaft.
  • the reversing stop position regulating device regulates the rotated position of the supporting shaft, and the pair of gripping members are mounted on one end of the supporting shaft.
  • the supporting shaft rotating device is designed to change the relative position of the supporting shaft to the main rotating shaft in the direction of rotation by turning the supporting shaft. Therefore, even when two sets of gripping members are provided and these are rotated intermittently every 180 degrees by the reversing device, it is possible to change the reversal stop position while the gripping stop position is fixed.
  • the supporting shaft is rotated during the reversal operation.
  • the way of rotating of the supporting shaft for example by not tilting the vessel greatly at the earlier stage of reversal and tilting the vessel rapidly and greatly at the last end stage of reversal, depending on type, properties, and amount of contents to be filled, it is possible to prevent the contents from flying out from the vessel at an stage earlier than desired.
  • the supporting shaft is formed to be hollow
  • the gripping member opening/closing device comprises a sliding shaft inserted into the hollow section of the supporting shaft and movable in the axial direction.
  • the sliding shaft is connected at one end to the gripping members, and the gripping members are opened and closed interlockingly with the axial direction movement of the sliding shaft.
  • peripheral arrangement of the reversal mechanism of the apparatus can be made compact, and ease of cleaning is improved.
  • the supporting shaft rotating device is equipped with a grooved cam securely positioned with an axis thereof coinciding with the axis of said main rotating shaft, a lever fixed to the other end of said supporting shaft and a cam roller mounted on the lever so as to roll in and move along a groove formed in the grooved cam.
  • a predetermined range in the groove extending in the opposite directions from a position corresponding to the rotated position of the supporting shaft, at least a radius of curvature of an inner wall of said groove is made shorter than a radius of curvature of the inner wall in a rest range in the groove so that a width of the groove in said predetermined range is larger than a width of the groove in the rest range.
  • the reversal stop regulating device is provided with a positioning stopper which abuts against the lever to position the lever at the reversal stop position, and a stopper position regulating device for regulating the position of the stopper.
  • compositions mentioned above it is possible to change the reversal stop position only by adjusting the position of the stopper, and the gripping stop position is unchanged even when the reversal stop position is changed. Therefore, the adjustment can be done easily.
  • two supporting shafts are provided symmetrically with respect to the axis of the main rotating shaft, and each of the supporting shafts is provided with a pair of the gripping members. Therefore it is possible to improve processing capability of the apparatus.
  • the present invention even in the case the contents to be filled are ones with low adhesion, namely so-called bulky substance, it is possible to prevent the contents from flying out from the vessel during rotation even when rotated at a high rotational speed, thereby improving processing capability.
  • the conventional art mentioned above when dealing with relatively large amount of bulky contents, spilling out or flying out of the contents happens at any rotational speed and therefore, complete filling is not possible.
  • filling of such a large amount of bulky contents can be done surely. Besides, chipping of the vessel in use can be prevented, thereby preventing entry of foreign matters into the packaging container, and noise generation can be reduced, thereby contributing to improvement of working environments.
  • it is possible to drop, at the reversal position, contents surely into a packaging container disposed underneath. Regulations for this purpose can also be done easily.
  • FIG. 1 is a partly sectioned front view showing a contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus 1 (referred to simply as “apparatus” hereinafter) for reversing a contents-filling vessel (referred to simply as “vessel” hereinafter) accommodating contents to be filled according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional plan view
  • FIG. 3 is a partly sectioned side view
  • FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the principal part of the apparatus.
  • two sets of mechanisms for gripping and reversing a vessel Y are provided as will be described hereinafter.
  • the apparatus 1 has a machinery mount 2.
  • a stand 3 is erected on the machinery mount 2, and a frame 4 in a nearly box-shaped configuration is secured on the stand 3.
  • Two vertical wall portions 5, 6 are formed in parallel with and separated from each other above and below at the lower part of the frame 4 as viewed in FIG. 2.
  • the walls form supporting parts 5, 6 for a main rotating shaft 7.
  • the main rotating shaft 7 is supported through bearings 8, 8 disposed at the opposite ends thereof.
  • Two through holes are formed through the shaft 7 at right and left symmetrical positions with respect to the center of the main rotating shaft 7.
  • Supporting shafts 9, 10 are inserted through the through holes, respectively, and are rotatably supported by bearings 11 disposed at the opposite ends of the main rotating shaft 7, respectively. (For convenience of explanation, one shown at the left in FIG.
  • first supporting shaft 9 while one shown at the right is referred to as a second supporting shaft 10.
  • second supporting shaft 10 When no discrimination is needed or they are identified unmistakably, however, they are simply referred to as supporting shaft 9 or supporting shaft 10.
  • the supporting shafts 9, 10, and members associated therewith and constructions thereof are identical. Therefore, the following description mainly deals with the supporting shaft 9 and the associated members only.
  • the supporting shaft 9 and the associated members are at a gripping stop position capable of gripping a vessel Y, while the supporting shaft 10 and the associated members are at a reversal stop position, i.e. vessel Y is in a nearly inverted state.
  • the vessel Y according to the present embodiment is a cylindrical vessel having a bottom and is supplied successively by a supply conveyor 71 to the position shown (see FIG.1).
  • a through hole is formed through the supporting shaft 9, and a sliding shaft 12 is inserted through this through hole.
  • the sliding shaft 12 is movable in the axial direction, no turning is possible.
  • One end of the sliding shaft 12 (lower side in FIG.2) is projected from the supporting shaft 9, and a cylindrical part 14 formed at the base part of a gripping member supporting block 13 is fitted on this projecting portion.
  • the block 13 is fixed to an flange part 9a formed at one end of the supporting shaft 9.
  • the supporting block 13 is equipped with a fork part 15, and a left gripping member 16 and a right gripping member 17 which rotate together with supporting pins 16a, 17a, respectively, are mounted on the respective tip ends of the fork part 15.
  • a link linkage member 18 is securely mounted on the end of the sliding shaft 12 projecting from the cylindrical part 14 of the gripping member supporting block 13.
  • one end of a link 18a is rotatably connected to the link linkage member 18 (see the second supporting shaft 10 and the associated members in FIG. 2.), and one end of connecting arm part 17b of the right gripping member 17 is rotatably connected to the other end of the link 18a.
  • An engagement pin 19 is fixed to stand on an engagement arm part 17c of the right gripping member 17 extending in a direction nearly orthogonal to the connecting arm part 17b, and an elongated hole 16c formed through a linking arm part 16b of the left gripping member 16 is fitted to this pin 19 so that a motion is transmitted between both gripping members 16, 17.
  • a spring receiving part 12a with an increased diameter is formed on the sliding shaft 12 at a portion inside of the cylindrical part 14 of the gripping member supporting block 13, and a compression spring 20 is disposed between this receiving part 12a and an inside end face of the cylindrical part 14 of the supporting block 13. Therefore, this spring acts to urge the right and left gripping members 16, 17 in the closing direction.
  • a roller 21 is attached to the opposite end of the sliding shaft 12 through an attachment shaft 22.
  • a gripping member opening/closing cam 25 is disposed and securely mounted on the front end of a rod 24a of an air cylinder 24 that is mounted on the frame 4 through an attachment bracket 23.
  • the opening/closing cam 25 is in the shape of a nearly semicircle ring (see FIG. 4), and a face thereof facing the roller 21 comprises flat part 25a and inclined part 25b.
  • the inclined part 25b inclines in a direction where it is gradually separated away more from the roller 21 as going towards the end thereof (see FIGS. 2 and 4, in this condition illustrated, the roller 21 associated with the first supporting shaft 9 is placed on the flat part 25a and the roller 21 associated with the second supporting shaft 10 is disengaged from the cam 25).
  • the air cylinder 24 When the main rotating shaft 7 is in the stationary state and the first supporting shaft 9 and the associated sliding shaft 12 are in the position shown in FIG. 2, the air cylinder 24 is actuated to retract its rod 24a, the cam 25 is moved backwardly, and the gripping members 16, 17 are closed, thereby gripping the vessel Y.
  • the main rotating shaft then starts to rotate (in the present embodiment, it rotates in the clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 1 and in the counterclockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 4). And when the roller 21 associated with the first supporting shaft 9 is disengaged from the cam 25, the air cylinder 24 is actuated in the reverse direction, thereby returning the cam 25 to its original position.
  • Numeral 31 denotes a motor mounted on the main rotating shaft supporting part 6 of the frame 4 (see FIG. 2).
  • An output shaft 32 of the motor 31 extends through the supporting part 6, and a driving gear 33 located between the supporting parts 5 and 6 is fixed to the front end thereof.
  • This driving gear 33 meshes with a driven gear 34 fixed to the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the motor 31 turns intermittently in the same direction to rotate the main rotating shaft 7 every 180 degrees in the clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 1 and in the counterclockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 4.
  • the supporting shafts 9, 10 are also rotated in one around the center of the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the vessel Y gripped by the gripping members 16,17 attached to the supporting shafts 9,10 also rotate around the axis of the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the axis of the main rotating shaft 7, and, therefore, also the center of rotation of the gripping members 16,17 is situated at a position higher than the center in the vertical direction of the vessel in the upright state supplied to the gripping stop position. This point will be explained later again.
  • a cam lever 35 is fixedly secured at one end thereof to the end part of the supporting shafts 9 (10) projecting upwardly from the main rotating shaft 7 (see FIG. 4).
  • a cam roller 36 is mounted on the other end of the lever 35.
  • a grooved cam 37 is fixed to the main rotating shaft supporting part 6.
  • a groove 38 is formed on the cam 37 and the cam roller 36 is fitted in and rolls along the groove 38.
  • the groove 38 is provided with a uniform part 38a where the inside and outside walls 39 and 40 of the groove 38 are concentric with each other, having its center at the center of the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the width of the uniform part 38a of the groove 38 nearly corresponds to the diameter of the cam roller 36.
  • the groove 38 is also provided with an enlarged part 38b with an increased width.
  • the inside wall 39 has a concentric part 39a, and a displacement part 39b where the radius of curvature is decreased gradually and is increased gradually again as going in the counterclockwise direction from the left upper part to the lower part in FIG. 4.
  • the outside wall 40 has a concentric part 40a, and a displacement part 40b where the radius of curvature is increased gradually and is decreased again at the upper part. Therefore, the supporting shafts 9, 10 are unable to rotate as long as the cam roller 36 is located in the uniform part 38a while rotating is possible in the enlarged part 38b.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view showing details of the stopper mechanism 45 and FIG. 6 is its right side view.
  • Numeral 46 denotes a rail of the stopper mechanism 45 that is secured to the main rotating shaft supporting part 6 of the frame 4,
  • a slide member 47 is mounted on the rail 46 to be movable in the lateral direction as viewed in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • a slide plate 48 is fixed integrally on the slide member 47, a stopper roller 50 is mounted on the left side end part of the slide plate 48 as viewed in FIG.
  • a contacting part 51 contacting a shock absorber 52 (which will be described later) is provided on the slide plate 48 to stand on the right side of the roller 50.
  • the shock absorber 52 is mounted on the main rotating shaft supporting part 6 through a bracket 54.
  • the contacting part 51 of the slide plate 48 is provided to contact with a contacting shaft 53 of the shock absorber 52.
  • the position of this shock absorber 52 is adjustable in the axial direction of the contacting shaft 53.
  • the first supporting shaft 9 When the main rotating shaft 7 starts to rotate from the state shown in FIG. 1, etc., the first supporting shaft 9 is unable to rotate around its axis during an early stage, since the cam roller 36 on the cam lever 35 attached to the shat 9 moves along and rolls in such a portion where the width of the groove 38 of the cam 37 is uniform, and the shaft 9 simply rotates or does a revolution around the axis of the main rotating shaft 7 integrally with the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the cam roller 36 comes to the displacement part 40b of the outside wall 40 of the groove 38 and further to the displacement part 39b of the inside wall, the width of the groove 38 becomes greater than the diameter of the cam roller 36.
  • the cam roller 36 moves in such a manner that the cam roller 36 rolls on the inside wall 39b, and the cam lever 35 and the supporting shaft 9 rotate around the axis of the supporting shaft 9 in the clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 4.
  • the cam lever 35 and the gripping members 16, 17 attached to the lever 35 rotate around the axis os the main shaft 7 in a slightly delayed state with regard to the main rotating shaft 7.
  • the vessel Y is not in a completely inverted state. This is because considerations are given to the direction along which the contents in the vessel Y are discharged at the sudden stop of the vessel Y, which considerations are dealt with in the description of the prior art mentioned above.
  • the direction of discharging can be set in the optimum state by regulating the final stop position of gripping members 16, 17, i.e., the reversal stop position, by regulating the position of the shock absorber 52 of the stopper mechanism 45 described previously.
  • the main rotating shaft 7 again resumes rotating in the same direction at a predetermined timing, and the second supporting shaft 10 positioned at the reversal stop position in the figures starts returning movement to the gripping stop position described previously where the first supporting shaft 9 exists in the figures.
  • the supporting shaft 10 rotates together with the main rotating shaft 7 in such a manner that the cam lever 35 presses the shock absorber 52 through the stopper roller 50, and the cam lever 35 is disengaged from the stopper roller 50.
  • the supporting shaft 10 rotates by a predetermined angle in the direction opposite to the previous one, and the positional relationship between the supporting shaft 10 and the main rotating shaft 7 is restored to the original state.
  • the roller 21 attached to the sliding shaft 12 described previously rests on the inclined part 25b of the gripping member opening/closing cam 25 also described previously, and then rides on the flat part 25a at a predetermined turning position to open the gripping members 16, 17, thereby discharging the vessel Y having being gripped till then.
  • the vessel carrying-out apparatus 61 is equipped with an empty vessel collection conveyor 62, and a vessel collection guide 63 is mounted on the stand 3 by a bracket 64.
  • the guide 63 extends between a receiving side end of the conveyor 62 and a cutout 56a formed through the guide cylinder 56.
  • the vessel Y being griped by the gripping members 16, 17 can pass through the cutout 56a.
  • the gripping members 16, 17 open, and the empty vessel Y discharged and received on the empty vessel collection guide 63 moves onto the conveyor 62 and is transferred to downstream process while being guided by guide bars 65.
  • the main rotating shaft 7 continues rotating, and stops after rotated by 180 degrees, while the gripping members 16, 17 return to the gripping stop position in the opened state.
  • FIG.7 detailed explanation will be given regarding the arrangement where the axis of the main rotating shaft is situated at a position higher than the center of a vessel in the upright state supplied to the gripping stop position.
  • symbols O and O' respectively denote the center of rotation of the gripping members 16,17 employed in the present invention and the center of rotation of the gripping members 16,17 employed in the conventional reversing apparatus with respect to the vessel Y supplied to the same gripping stop position.
  • the figure shows the manner of the rotation of the vessel Y in the present invention which is shown by solid lines and of the vessel Y' in the conventional apparatus which is shown by double dashed chain lines. Centrifugal force acting in each case is indicated by arrows V and V', respectively.
  • the contents in the vessel Y are forced in the direction opposite to the direction of the movement of the vessel Y, thereby preventing the contents from flying out from the vessel Y during rotating.
  • the center of rotation of the main rotating shaft 7 is situated at a position higher than that shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the direction of action of the centrifugal force V is tilted further to the left in FIG. 7, thereby enhancing tendency of forcing the contents toward the bottom of the vessel Y.
  • the gripping members 16, 17 which grip the vessel on the outer circumference thereof in cooperation are used as a holding member for folding the vessel Y.
  • these members may be such a type of gripping members that grip the vessel on the upper and lower ends thereof.
  • this is not limited to the embodiment where a pair of gripping members are used, and, for example, a reversing apparatus (holding member) disclosed in Japanese Non-examined Patent Application No. 8-282602 given as an example of conventional art may be used.
  • the rotating speed of the motor 31 changes with two steps mode during one operation.
  • a relatively low-speed is employed in the stages before completion of discharging of the vessel, and then the speed is shifted to a higher speed after discharging the vessel, thereby ensuring reliable and thorough ejection of the contents accommodated in the vessel Y at the reversal stop position.
  • a servo motor may be used as a driving motor for appropriately regulating the rotational angle from the gripping stop position to the reversal stop position and the rotational angle in the returning process from the reversal stop position to the gripping stop position, so that the stopper mechanism used in the embodiment described above is unnecessary.

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  1. Umkippvorrichtung (1) für ein Inhaltseinfüllgefäß zum Umkippen eines Inhaltseinfüllgefäßes (Y), welches von einem aufrechten Zustand einzufüllende Inhalte unterbringt, wodurch die Inhalte nach unten fallengelassen und in einen darunter angeordneten Packcontainer gefüllt werden, wobei die Vorrichtung aufweist
    eine Umkippeinrichtung einschließlich einer Dreheinrichtung, die mit einem Hauptdrehteil ausgerüstet ist, welches um ein Drehzentrum (O) herum drehbar ist,
    und ein Gefäßhalteteil (16, 17) zum Halten des zu einer Haltestellung zugeführten Gefäßes, wobei das Gefäßhalteteil an dem Hauptdrehteil (7) befestigt ist, um in einer vertikalen Ebene um das Drehzentrum (O) derart zu drehen, daß das Umkippen des Gefäßes (Y) durch eine Drehbewegung des Halteteils um das Drehzentrum verursacht wird, und
    wobei die Vorrichtung (1) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß
    die Lage des Drehzentrums (O) höher als die Lage der Mitte in der vertikalen Richtung (P) des in der Haltestellung positionierten Gefäßes gesetzt ist, und daß das Gefäßhalteteil (16, 17) das Inhaltseinfüllgefäß in einen nahezu umgekippten Zustand kippt.
  2. Umkippvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Halteteil ein Paar von Greifern (16, 17) aufweist, die ausgelegt sind, sich einander anzunähern und voneinander zu trennen, um das Gefäß (Y) zu ergreifen bzw. freizugeben;
    die Dreheinrichtung das Hauptdrehteil diskontinuierlich in eine Richtung dreht und das Hauptdrehteil an einer ersten und einer zweiten Stelle stoppt, und die an der Dreheinrichtung angebrachten Greifer (16, 17), wobei die Greifer (16, 17) gestaltet sind, an einer Greif-Stoppstelle zu stoppen, wo die Greifer ein in dem aufrechten Zustand zugeführtes Gefäß (Y) ergreifen können, wenn das Hauptdrehteil an der ersten Stoppstelle stoppt, und an einer Umkipp-Stoppstelle zu stoppen, wo das Gefäß in dem nahezu umgekippten Zustand gehalten ist, wenn das Hauptdrehteil an der zweiten Stelle stoppt;
    sie eine Umkipp-Stoppstellen-Reguliereinrichtung (45) zur Regulierung der Umkipp-Stoppstelle der Greifer (16, 17);
    eine Ausführeinrichtung (61) für leere Gefäße, die an einer Entladestelle für leere Gefäße auf dem Weg vorgesehen ist, entlang dem die Greifer (16, 17) von der Umkipp-Stoppstelle zu der Greif-Stoppstelle umkehren, wobei die Ausführeinrichtung (61) für leere Gefäße ein leeres Gefäß erhält, aus dem die einzufüllenden Inhalte ausgeworfen worden sind und es zu einem nachgeschalteten Verfahren überführt; und eine Greifteil-Öffnungs/Schließeinrichtung (12, 24, 25) zur Annäherung der Greifer (16, 17) zum Ergreifen eines Gefäßes (Y) an der Greif-Stoppstelle und zum Öffnen der Greifer (16, 17) an der Entladestelle für leere Gefäße aufweist, wodurch das leere Gefäß (Y) in Richtung der Ausführeinrichtung (61) für leere Gefäße abgegeben wird.
  3. Umkippvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Hauptdrehteil eine Hauptdrehwelle (7) aufweist, die diskontinuierlich jeweils 180° in eine Richtung dreht,
    daß die Dreheinrichtung weiter in einer axialen Richtung parallel zu der Hauptdrehwelle (7) eine von der Hauptdrehwelle (7) gestützte Tragewelle (9, 10) aufweist, welche gestaltet ist, reziprok um deren Achse zwischen einer Anfangsstelle und einer gedrehten Stelle drehbar zu sein,
    daß die Umkippvorrichtung (1) für Inhaltseinfüllgefäße weiter eine Tragewellendreheinrichtung zur Drehung der Tragewelle aufweist, und
    daß die Umkipp-Stoppstellen-Reguliereinrichtung (45) die gedrehte Stelle der Tragewelle reguliert, und das Paar von Greifern (16, 17) an einem Ende der Tragewelle (9, 10) angebracht ist.
  4. Umkippvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Tragewelle (9, 10) hohl gebildet ist, um ein Durchgangsloch aufzuweisen,
    daß die Greifteil-Öffnungs/Schließeinrichtung (12, 24, 25) eine Gleitwelle (12) aufweist, die durch das Durchgangsloch der Trägerwelle (9, 10) eingeführt ist und in ihrer axialen Richtung beweglich ist, wobei die Gleitwelle (12) an einem ihrer Enden mit den Greifern (16, 17) verbunden ist, und
    daß die Greifer (16, 17) in mit der Axialrichtungsbewegung der Gleitwelle (12) verriegelnder Weise geöffnet und geschlossen werden.
  5. Umkippvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Tragewellendreheinrichtung mit einer gerillten Nocke (37), die in sicherer Weise mit ihrer Achse übereinstimmend mit der Achse der Hauptdrehwelle (7) angeordnet ist, einem an dem anderen Ende der Tragewelle (9, 10) befestigten Hebel (35) und eine Nockenrolle (36) ausgerüstet ist, der an dem Hebel (35) angebracht ist, um ihn einer in der gerillten Nocke (37) gebildeten Rille (38) zu rollen und sich daran entlang zu bewegen,
    daß in einem vorbestimmten Bereich in der Rillee (38), welche sich in entgegengesetzte Richtungen von einer der gedrehten Stelle entsprechenden Stelle erstreckt, wenigstens ein Krümmungsradius einer inneren Wand (39) der Rille kleiner gemacht ist als der Krümmungsradius der inneren Wand (39) in einem Restbereich (38a) in der Rille (38), so daß die Breite der Rille in dem vorbestimmten Bereich (38b) größer als ein Durchmesser der Roller (36) ist, und
    daß die Umkipp-Stoppstellen-Reguliereinrichtung (45) mit einem Positionsstopper (50), der gegen den Hebel (35) anstößt, um den Hebel (35) an der Umkipp-Stoppstelle zu positionieren, und einer Stopperstellenreguliereinrichtung (52) zur Regulierung der Lage des Stoppers (50) ausgerüstet ist.
  6. Umkippvorrichtung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß zwei der Trägerwellen (9, 10) symmetrisch bezüglich der Achse der Hauptdrehwelle (7) vorgesehen sind, und jede der Tragewellen (9, 10) mit dem Paar von Greifern (16, 17) ausgestattet ist.
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