EP1647485A1 - Maschine zum gruppenweisen Kartonieren von Gegenständen - Google Patents

Maschine zum gruppenweisen Kartonieren von Gegenständen Download PDF

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EP1647485A1
EP1647485A1 EP05077133A EP05077133A EP1647485A1 EP 1647485 A1 EP1647485 A1 EP 1647485A1 EP 05077133 A EP05077133 A EP 05077133A EP 05077133 A EP05077133 A EP 05077133A EP 1647485 A1 EP1647485 A1 EP 1647485A1
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Emilio c/o Bema - S.r.l. Murarotto
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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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/105—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by grippers
    • 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
    • B65B21/025—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates the bottles being arranged in a head-to-bottom formation

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  • the present invention concerns a machine for arranging groups of objects in boxes comprising a support means for at least one box suitable for receiving the group of objects and a feeding means of the objects that one wishes to insert into the box.
  • a purpose of the invention is, generally speaking, to make a machine having a relatively high operative rhythm.
  • a typical and advantageous application of the invention is to box packets containing fluid material and having a yielding consistency, having an upper sealing edge, which is more or less flat. Indeed, machines for boxing packets filled with fluid, having yielding consistency and unreliable stability, are not known; this operation is currently carried out manually.
  • a purpose of the present invention is to make a machine capable of manipulating such types of objects.
  • the machine comprises a pair of manipulating devices each suitable for operating according to transfer cycles with which it picks up at least one object at a time from the feeding means and arranges it in the box, said manipulating devices being actuated in a substantially uninterrupted manner, and each manipulating device operating so as to carry out transfer cycles that are staggered with respect to the other manipulating device.
  • said manipulating devices each comprise at least one gripping member suitable for taking at least one object at a time and means suitable for moving said gripping member from the feeding means to the box to carry out said transfer cycle, the gripping member of each manipulating device being mobile in a respective space separated from the space of the gripping member of the other manipulating device by an axial vertical plane.
  • the support means is suitable for transferring the box alternatively from the space in which a gripping member operates to the space in which the other gripping member operates.
  • the gripping member of each manipulating device can operate at the same time as that of the other manipulating device, without interfering with the movements thereof, but rather working in coordination with it.
  • the result is that the machine is capable of operating with much higher speeds compared to conventional machines.
  • the operating speed is in any case very high; to box yielding packets filled with fluid, of a weight of 1 kg, it is possible to reach 14-15 boxing cycles per minute.
  • FIG. 4 An example of an object that is treated with the machine according to the invention is illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • This object is a soft packet 9, in particular formed with a film of polymeric material, filled with a fluid substance, typically food; the object has a general yielding consistency to the point that it is not sufficiently self-supporting, and its ability to keep stable and upright is clearly insufficient.
  • Its general shape is roughly a prism with a rectangular base and tapered towards the top, where it ends with a flat sealing upper edge 91.
  • Such packets 9 advantageously lend themselves to being boxed in the way illustrated in Fig. 4A: a lower layer of packets is placed, laid down flat, with the upper edge 91 facing in one direction (towards the left in the figure) and above it a second layer is arranged, laid down flat, with the upper edge 91 facing in the opposite direction (towards the right); in such a way one proceeds by depositing a desired number of layers until the box 8 (shown as transparent in Fig. 4A) is filled. A particularly rational pile of packets is obtained that completely exploits the volume of the box 8.
  • the machine comprises a support means 10 suitable for supporting at least one box 8 (in particular two boxes 8 in the figures) suitable for receiving the group of packets 9 and a feeding means 20 that carries the packets 9 near to the box to be filled.
  • a pair of manipulating devices 30A and 30B is foreseen, each suitable for operating according to transfer cycles with which it picks up at least one packet 9 at a time from the feeding means 20 and arranges it in the box 8 placed on the support means 10.
  • Each manipulating device comprises at least one gripping member 31 suitable for taking at least one packet 31 from the feeding means 20 to the box 8 to carry out said transfer cycle.
  • the gripping member 31 of each manipulating device 30A, 30B is mobile in a respective space separated from the space of the gripping member 31 of the other manipulating device by an axial vertical plane P. More specifically, the gripping member 31 of the manipulating device 30A moves within a space Sa whereas the gripping member 31 of the manipulating device 30B moves within a space Sb that is separated from the space Sb through the vertical (ideal) plane P, in particular passing through the axis of the feeding device 20.
  • each gripping member 31 comprises at least one group of suction cups 32 connected with a suction means (not illustrated in the figures) suitable for gripping, by suction action, at least one packet at a time, in particular being rested against its side wall 92.
  • the gripping member 31 is fixed to the end of an arm 33 supported by a frame 34, to which it is firmly attached with the possibility of oscillation through a pin 35 with horizontal and longitudinal axis.
  • a jack 36 firmly attached to the frame 34, acts upon the arm 33 producing the desired oscillation of the gripping member 31.
  • the frame 34 is supported by a trolley 37 that is able to slide along a vertical column 38 arranged at the side of the space Sa, Sb.
  • the frame 34 is firmly attached to the trolley 37 with the possibility of oscillation, through a pin 39 with horizontal and longitudinal axis arranged at the end of an arm 41 fixed canti-levered to the trolley 37.
  • a jack 42 firmly attached to the trolley 37, acts upon the frame 34 producing the desired oscillation thereof about the axis of the pin 39.
  • the trolley 37 can slide with translation movement in the vertical direction, actuated by a chain in turn actuated by a motor 44.
  • the gripping member 31 therefore has three degrees of freedom with which it is able to carry out a transfer cycle of the packet where:
  • each manipulating device 30A, 30B comprises two gripping members 31 arranged side-by-side and aligned and acting simultaneously and each member 31 is suitable for taking and moving three packets 9. Therefore, two axially aligned boxes 8 are loaded, in each of which three columns of packets 9 are formed.
  • the manipulating device 30A and 30B are actuated in a substantially uninterrupted manner, and each of them operates so as to carry out the described transfer cycles that are staggered with respect to the other device.
  • the device 30B transfers the packet downwards and places it in the box below (step d)), and vice-versa.
  • said support means 10 is suitable for transferring the box alternatively from the space Sa in which the gripping member 31 of a manipulating device 30A operates to the space Sb in which the gripping member 31 of the other manipulating device 30B operates, and vice-versa.
  • the support means 10 comprises a conveyor belt 11, arranged in the lower part of the spaces Sa and
  • the conveyor belt 11 is slidably supported by two fixed rails 12, horizontal and transversal, through which it can translate in the transversal direction. Suitable moving members take care of alternatively moving the conveyor belt 11 and with it the box 8 (two boxes in the figures) from the space Sa to the space Sb and vice-versa, in two extreme positions arranged symmetrically with respect to the vertical plane P.
  • the alternative transfer in a transversal and horizontal direction of the box 8, arranged on the conveyor belt 11, is carried out in synchrony with the transfer cycles operated by the gripping members 31 so that the box 8 is, in every cycle, below the member that at that moment is setting down the packet 9 so as to be able to receive that packet.
  • the described manipulating device 30A and 30B have components arranged symmetrically with respect to the vertical plane P; thanks to this the rotation of the packet operated by a gripping member 31 to make it lie down horizontally (step c)) takes place in two opposite directions in the two manipulating devices, with the result that the packets operated upon by the manipulating device 30A, arranged to the left, are arranged in the box 8, with the upper edge 91 facing to the right, and vice-versa in the packets operated upon by the manipulating device 30B, arranged to the right; the result is that the packets are arranged in the box 8 with the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 4A, just as desired.
  • the feeding means 20 comprises a final conveyor belt 21c having two motorised belts 22, opposite and mobile in harmony, which clasp the packets 9 close to the upper edge 91.
  • the extreme portion upstream of the conveyor 21a has two symmetrically oscillating branches 24, suitable for moving away to receive the packets 9 that are taken into that position by the dispensing machine of the packets themselves (indicated with 50 and schematically illustrated in the figures) and suitable for then moving closer to squeeze and hold such packets 9.
  • the movement of such branches 24 is actuated through a linkage 241, actuated by a jack (not illustrated in the figures), which moves the two front end pulleys 243 of the conveyor 21a.
  • a linkage 241 actuated by a jack (not illustrated in the figures)
  • the separated position of the two pulleys 243 is indicated with a solid line and the close together position is indicated with a broken line.
  • an intermediate conveyor 21b is arranged, also formed from two motorised belts 25, opposite and mobile in harmony, which clasp the packets 9 close to the upper edge 91.
  • the first conveyor belt 21a takes care of picking up the packets 9 from a dispensing machine (for example the filling machine).
  • the next conveyor belt 21b takes care of arranging the packets that it receives from the conveyor 21a at the correct distance (pitch), in particular adjacent to each other.
  • the final conveyor belt 21c takes care of taking the packets to the action zones Sa and Sb of the manipulating device 30A and 30B.
  • the two branches of the belts 21c are moved apart (through a compound lever actuated by a pneumatic jack, not illustrated in the figures) and the packets themselves are released by the gripping members 31 and, with a succession of transfer cycles produced alternatively by one device 30A and by the other 30B whilst the box 8 moves alternatively and in synchrony between one space Sa and the other Sb, they are dropped down according to predetermined groups, inside the box 8.
  • a box 8 is completed (or a group of two boxes as illustrated in the figures, or a group of more boxes) it is taken away by the line and other empty boxes are placed on the support means 10.

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EP05077133A 2004-10-15 2005-09-20 Maschine zum gruppenweisen Kartonieren von Gegenständen Not-in-force EP1647485B1 (de)

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