EP2536513A2 - Dispositif pour transporter des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues - Google Patents

Dispositif pour transporter des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues

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Publication number
EP2536513A2
EP2536513A2 EP10787700A EP10787700A EP2536513A2 EP 2536513 A2 EP2536513 A2 EP 2536513A2 EP 10787700 A EP10787700 A EP 10787700A EP 10787700 A EP10787700 A EP 10787700A EP 2536513 A2 EP2536513 A2 EP 2536513A2
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container
axis
movement
rotor
machine
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EP2536513B1 (fr
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Alfred Drenguis
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KHS GmbH
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KHS GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/205—Conveying containers to or from the cleaning machines

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of
  • Devices for transporting bottles or other containers are also known, in particular, in a star-type configuration in which a plurality of container receptacles are formed on the circumference of a rotor which can be driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis. At these container receptacles, the container at a transfer position in each case individually from a preceding
  • Delivered transfer position at which the containers are transferred to another machine or plant component At which the containers are transferred to another machine or plant component.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device that allows not only transporting the container from a transfer position to a dispensing position with a simplified design and compact size, but also allows this transport path and a pivoting of the container about an axis perpendicular or transverse to the container axis , To solve this problem, a device according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
  • tainer axis is to be understood as meaning the vertical axis of the containers, which as a rule is also the axis of the container opening of the respective container.
  • the term “overhead position” or “overhead orientation” is to be understood as meaning a container orientation in which the opening of the respective container points downwards
  • the device according to the invention is designed so that the
  • Container receptacles which are preferably formed by container grippers, are pivoted on the transport path between the transfer position and the dispensing position from a starting position in a first direction by 180 ° and swiveled back on the way between the dispensing position and the transfer position by 180 °, i. be pivoted in an opposite second direction, so that each container receptacle at the transfer position has the starting position again.
  • Pivoting movements in each case cam-controlled and thus positively controlled synchronously with the movement of the container receptacles.
  • the lifting movement is equal to or substantially equal to the size of the container in the direction of its container axis, further preferably the lifting and pivoting movements are coordinated so that the pivoting of each container ultimately takes place about an axis that the container axis in their Cuts mid or substantially at its center.
  • Fig. 2 shows the rinser, the filling machine and the conveyor of Figure 1 in
  • 3 and 4 is an enlarged side view and top view of
  • 1 is a rinser of circumferential design, for example a wet and / or a dry rinser for the treatment or rinsing, cleaning and / or disinfecting the interior of bottles 2 with a liquid and / or dry treatment medium.
  • the rinser 1 consists for this purpose in the manner known to those skilled in the art essentially of a rotor 3 rotatable about a vertical machine or rinser axis MA1 in the direction of the arrow A, at the circumference thereof at uniform angular intervals offset from one another their treatment stations 6 are formed, for example each consisting of a claw-like bottle holder 4 and a nozzle 5 for discharging the liquid or gas and / or vapor treatment medium into the respective bottle 2.
  • the bottles 2 are attached to each one
  • Bottle gripper 4 and a nozzle 5 formed treatment positions 6 in
  • bottles 2 are for example in this
  • Transporteurs 9 recorded and moved with the feed dog 9, so that each bottle 2 then finally after turning in normal position, i. oriented with the bottle axis in the vertical direction and with the
  • Treatment position 1 1 of the filling machine 12 is transferred.
  • the filling machine 1 is of such a circulating design, which in the manner known to those skilled in the art u.a. one around a vertical MA2 machine axis
  • Filling machine 12 in the direction of arrow B circumferentially drivable rotor 13, at the periphery of a plurality of treatment positions 1 are formed at uniform angular intervals, namely u.a. consisting of a container carrier 14.1 for a suspended support of the bottles 2 at one below the
  • This also has a rotor 15 which is circumferentially drivable around a vertical machine axis MA3 in the direction of the arrow C and thus counter to the rotational movement of the rotors 3 and 13 (arrows A and B) and at the periphery of a plurality of bottle grippers. 8 is provided.
  • bottle grippers 8 are formed, for example, like a pair of pliers with two gripper jaws that are relatively movable and spring biased into a closed position, each gripping a flat 2 at the transfer position 7 at its portion of the bottle neck formed between the bottle mouth 2.1 and the mouth flange 2.3 hold by clamping, until the respective bottle 2 has then returned to its normal position with the revolving rotor 15 to the dispensing position 10 after being turned back or pivoted and is there transferred to a container carrier 14 a treatment position 1 1 of the filling machine 2.
  • the bottle gripper 8 are respectively opened at the positions 7 and 10 for receiving a bottle 2 from the rinser 1 and for transferring a bottle 2 to the filling machine 12.
  • the bottle grippers 10 are in the illustrated embodiment of the
  • the bottle gripper carriers 16 are mounted on guide rods 18 in the vertical direction, i. slidably provided on the circumference of the rotor 15 parallel to the machine axis MA3. The relative to the machine axis MA3 against the
  • Gripper bars 16 radially inwardly offset guide rods 18 each extend between an upper rotor element 15.1 and a lower rotor element 15.2 of the rotor 15, so that this results in a ring cage-like structure, which has a high strength or stability despite a relatively lightweight construction.
  • the guide rods 18 are provided in pairs, in such a way that each two relative to the machine axis MA3 radially spaced guide rods 8 are provided for guiding a bottle gripper carrier 16, each bottle gripper carrier so in the vertical direction on the leadership formed by the two guide rods 18 in vertical direction is movable, but twist-proof is performed.
  • Bottle gripper carrier 16 formed arm-like, in such a way that they protrude with their longitudinal extent with respect to the machine axis MA3 of their guide formed by the two guide rods 18 radially outward. To the outside end of the bottle gripper 8 are hinged to the auxiliary carriers or boards 8.1 to the respective bottle carrier 16.
  • the bottle gripper carrier 16 are positively driven with rotating rotor 15 along its guide rods 18 in the vertical direction and down, namely in the shown
  • Embodiment such that the bottle gripper carrier 16 at the
  • Transfer position 7 are located in the lowest stroke position and at the dispensing position 10 in the uppermost stroke position.
  • the bottle gripper carrier 16 are thus on the angular range of rotation of the rotor 15 between the
  • Transfer position 7 and the dispensing position 10 moves upward and be moved on the angular range of rotation of the rotor between the dispensing position 10 and the transfer position 7 back down.
  • the lower rotor part 15.2 is designed as a ring concentrically enclosing the machine axis MA3 and is connected via the guide rods 18 to the upper spoke wheel-like rotor part 15.1.
  • the cam rollers 20 are each at the radial
  • the two bottle grippers 8 each bottle gripper pair are provided on the common board 8.1, with the the two bottle grippers 8 of each bottle gripper pair are provided so as to be pivotable on the bottle gripper carrier 16 about the common horizontal, tangential to the rotary movement (arrow C) of the rotor 15 oriented and substantially formed by a hinge pin 17.
  • a control arm 22 is attached with one end between the two bottle grippers 8, in such a way that this control arm is oriented with its longitudinal extent radially to each of the hinge pin 17 formed pivot axis of the board 8.1.
  • Each control arm 22 is formed at its end remote from the associated board 8.1 with a guide piece 23, which fork-like a stationary, i. with the rotor 15 non-rotating, self-contained and formed in the illustrated embodiment of a tube profile guide curve 24 engages and is guided on this cam 24 slidably.
  • each control arm 22 telescoping with axially acting
  • the control cam 24 has a path of movement of the hinge pin 17 at a distance wendelartig enclosing course, with a half turn or 180 ° -Windung between the transfer position 7 and the
  • Trajectory of the hinge pin 17 is equal to the length of the control arms 22.
  • the control curve 24 is further designed so that the container on the transport route between the transfer position 7 and the discharge position 10 with its container base based on the machine axis MA3 initially pivoted outside and then back to be pivoted inside, and preferably so that each bottle 2 on the half of the transport path or the angular range of rotation of the rotor 15 between the transfer position. 7 and the dispensing position 10 is oriented with its bottle axis radially or approximately radially to the machine axis MA3.
  • control arms 22 By cooperating with the control cam 24 control arms 22 takes place with rotating rotor 15 a compulsory pivoting of the bottle gripper 8 to the pivot axis of the associated hinge pin 17 by 180 ° C, so that at the transfer position 7 initially recorded in the overhead position of the bottle grippers 8 bottles 2, the two cams 19 and 24 are preferably coordinated so that the controlled by the control cam 20 lifting movement and controlled by the control cam 24 pivotal movement of the bottle gripper 8 to the Schwenkachsen positioned. Gelenkbolzen 17 result in a resulting movement in such a way that each bottle 2 during transport from the transfer position 7 to the
  • Dispensing position 10 i. on the corresponding angular range of rotation of the rotor 5 in fact about its center of the bottle, i. be pivoted about an axis that cuts the respective bottle axis in its center.
  • This design in addition to the general advantage of a compact design and the pivoting back of the bottles 2 in their normal position also has the advantage that there is virtually no height offset between the bottles 2 on the rinser and the bottles 2 on the filling machine.
  • the Sterkurve 24 specifically on such a profile, that the longitudinal extent of each control arm 22 is oriented at the positions 7 and 10 respectively radially to the machine axis MA3.
  • the guide curve 24 is further formed in the illustrated embodiment to have a different height level in the vertical direction at the positions 7 and 10, i. at the transfer position 7, a lower height levels, which is there also substantially the lower level or the starting position of the
  • Bottle gripper 8 corresponds to the transfer position 7, and at the transfer 10 a higher level, which also corresponds approximately to the higher level of the bottle gripper 8 at the dispensing position 10.
  • the height level of the control cam 24 increases in the vertical direction from the transfer position 7 to the discharge position 10 first and then falls from the transfer position 10th to the transfer position 7 back to the lower height level.
  • the control cam 24 has a profile such that the radial distance from the machine axis MA3 at the transfer position 7 by twice the length of the control arms 22 is greater than at the discharge position 10th
  • Transfer position 7 has reached, there is also a bottle gripper 8 ready, or whenever a bottle gripper 8 has reached the dispensing position 10, there is also a container carrier 14.1 for receiving the relevant bottle 2 ready.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif conçu pour transporter des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues entre une position de transfert et une position de remise, comprenant un élément de transport pouvant être entraîné de manière rotative autour d'au moins un axe de machine vertical ainsi que plusieurs récepteurs de contenants prévus sur l'élément de transport et configurés par exemple à la manière d'éléments de préhension pour saisir et maintenir respectivement un contenant pendant son transport entre la position de transfert et la position de remise.
EP10787700.3A 2010-02-17 2010-12-02 Dispositif pour transporter des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues Active EP2536513B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SI201031693T SI2536513T1 (en) 2010-02-17 2010-12-02 A device for transporting bottles or similar containers

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE102010008387.9A DE102010008387B4 (de) 2010-02-17 2010-02-17 Vorrichtung zum Transportieren von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern
PCT/EP2010/007311 WO2011101007A2 (fr) 2010-02-17 2010-12-02 Dispositif pour transporter des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues

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EP2536513A2 true EP2536513A2 (fr) 2012-12-26
EP2536513B1 EP2536513B1 (fr) 2018-05-09

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DE102010008387A1 (de) 2011-08-18
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