EP2782684B1 - Vorrichtung zum sammeln von gegenständen mit einem gekrümmten dämpfungsvorhang - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum sammeln von gegenständen mit einem gekrümmten dämpfungsvorhang Download PDF

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EP2782684B1
EP2782684B1 EP13715279.9A EP13715279A EP2782684B1 EP 2782684 B1 EP2782684 B1 EP 2782684B1 EP 13715279 A EP13715279 A EP 13715279A EP 2782684 B1 EP2782684 B1 EP 2782684B1
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Christophe LEVRAULT
Olivier MARCEL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
    • B07C5/12—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B07C5/122—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for for bottles, ampoules, jars and other glassware
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
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  • the invention relates to the field of the handling of articles, and more specifically to the handling of containers such as bottles of material.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for collecting containers according to the preamble of claim 1. Such device is described in the document GB 769,312 .
  • preforms are first heated to a predetermined temperature and then transferred to molds where the containers are formed by blow molding or stretch blow molding. Once the containers thus formed, they are removed from the molds and then transferred either to a storage area, or directly to a filler and capping machine, then to a labeler. Once filled and labeled, the containers are generally grouped and then packaged in packs and / or palletized.
  • the transport of containers involves many conveyors.
  • the rates are high: to date, a regular container production line reaches or exceeds 50,000 containers per hour.
  • the European patent EP 1 886 947 (Krones ) describes a container evacuation machine of a conveyor provided with an ejector, and having a hopper which receives the ejected containers to convey them to a collecting receptacle, the hopper having an inlet for the containers, the zone the inlet port having a curtain composed of several layers and penetrable to the containers. Behind the inlet, there is provided an inclined flexible member, damping the impact of ejected containers.
  • the flexible element disposed behind the inlet orifice can act as a spring as well as a shock absorber: any container that strikes the flexible element is returned by the latter towards the bottom, in the direction of the collecting receptacle.
  • the containers fall vertically into the receptacle and therefore produce a loud noise at each ejection, assuming they do not break.
  • This problem is all the more significant that, given the configuration of the ejector (a cylinder affected by a movement perpendicular to the trajectory of the containers), the action of the latter must be fast enough to avoid interference with the following containers.
  • the ejected containers are therefore driven with a high ejection speed (and therefore carrying a high kinetic energy).
  • a first objective is therefore to provide a solution to better absorb defective items ejected within an article handling facility.
  • a second objective is to better guide the articles during their ejection.
  • a third objective is to minimize the risk of damage to the machine environment and personal injury.
  • This curtain makes it possible to guide the ejected articles along a curved path along which the articles are progressively braked before being guided towards the hopper and then received in the collection bin. This results in better damping, and minimizes the risk of damage to the machine environment and injury to staff, especially when it performs the emptying operations of the collection tray without stopping the production line.
  • an article handling installation which comprises an article conveyor along a predetermined path between a loading area of the articles and an unloading area of the articles, as well as a device for collecting articles.
  • articles as presented above placed in the vicinity of the conveyor, with its opening arranged substantially tangentially to the path of the articles.
  • Articles 2 are in this case containers (specifically bottles) plastic, but it could be other types of items (cans, cartons, etc. .). These containers 2 may be empty or full, without this having an impact on the following.
  • the installation 1 comprises a conveyor 3 which transports the containers 2 in a predetermined path between a loading zone 4 and an unloading zone 5 .
  • the conveyor 3 is a starred transfer wheel provided on its periphery with a series of gripping tongs 6 (only part of which is shown in the drawings) configured to grip the containers 2 by their collar.
  • the loading zone 4 is, for example, a transfer zone from which the containers 2 coming from an upstream conveyor are gripped by a gripper 6 of the transfer wheel 3 .
  • the containers 2 are released by the transfer wheel 3 to be placed on an evacuation conveyor 7 in the form of a conveyor belt which evacuates the containers 2 to a downstream processing zone where the containers 2 are intended to undergo any predetermined operation (filling, labeling, packaging, palletizing, etc. .).
  • the container 2 When a container 2 conforms to a predetermined standard corresponding to the range for which the installation 1 is set, the container 2 is normally grasped in the loading zone 4 and then released into the unloading zone 5 on the conveyor 7 of evacuation.
  • Release is effected by opening the clamp 6, the latter being for example equipped with a lever provided with a roller which, on arrival in the unloading zone, circulates on a cam 8 and causes the opening of the clamp 6.
  • a receptacle 2 When, on the other hand, a receptacle 2 appears defective, it must be immediately evacuated to avoid any problem (for example a clogging) on the installation 1 (in particular during the release in the unloading zone) in the event that the defect of form is important, or at least to maintain constant the quality perceived by the end consumer when the defect is minimal.
  • any problem for example a clogging
  • the shape of the containers 2 can be controlled on the fly by a fast camera which makes an instantaneous photograph of each container 2 and transmits this photograph to a computer unit programmed to compare the shape of the container 2 with that of a standard container, or to detect typical defects in shape (typically a depression of the neck or body of the container, or opacity of the body, revealing a defect of material unacceptable by the consumer).
  • a fast camera which makes an instantaneous photograph of each container 2 and transmits this photograph to a computer unit programmed to compare the shape of the container 2 with that of a standard container, or to detect typical defects in shape (typically a depression of the neck or body of the container, or opacity of the body, revealing a defect of material unacceptable by the consumer).
  • the installation 1 comprises an actuator (such as a cam) disposed upstream of the unloading zone 5 , which causes the opening of the clamp 6 and the evacuation of the defective container 2 , this evacuation being achieved by the simple centrifugal force to which the container 2 is subjected because of its circular movement on the transfer wheel 3 .
  • an actuator such as a cam
  • the installation 1 is furthermore equipped with a collection device 9 placed in the vicinity of the transfer wheel 3 .
  • This collection device 8 comprises, in the first place, a tank 10 for collecting the containers 2, in which are collected the defective decreed containers 2 ejected from the transfer wheel 3 .
  • the latter is in the form of a removable, tilting or sliding drawer, preferably equipped with a handle to facilitate its operation.
  • the device 1 also comprises a hopper 11, which overcomes the collection tray 10 and comprises a funnel-shaped sidewall 12 , which extends flaring from a horizontal upper edge 13 of the collection tray 10 .
  • the collection bin 10 is of square or rectangular horizontal section, and the hopper 11 has several inclined triangular facets 14 , as can be seen in particular on the figures 2 and 4 .
  • the device 1 further comprises a basket 15 for receiving the defective containers 2 , which overcomes the hopper 11 and defines a front opening 16 disposed substantially tangentially to the path of the containers 2 at the unloading zone 5 , at the junction between the transfer wheel 3 and the evacuation conveyor 7 .
  • the basket 15 comprises a frame 17 made for example of a mesh of steel (or plastic) tubing, on which are mounted and fixed rigid or flexible panels, or, as we shall see below, nets .
  • the opening 16 does not extend perpendicularly to the collection tray 10 but is offset relative thereto, which makes it possible to place the opening 16 at the most. close to the transfer wheel 3
  • the basket 15 comprises a curtain 18 for damping the evacuated articles 2 , which extends, on the one hand, vertically from an upper edge 19 of the hopper 11 and, on the other hand, laterally from the front opening 16 .
  • the curtain 18 has in horizontal section a curved shape concavity facing the inside of the basket 15, which ensures the gradual slowdown of the evacuated containers 2 and their guidance to the collection tray 10 .
  • the curtain 18 presents in horizontal section (that is to say in the plane of the figure 3 )
  • An arc shape of a spiral, its mean radius of curvature is comparatively large on the side of one end 20 upstream in the vicinity of the opening 16, and comparatively low on the side of one end 21 downstream, located in the opposite and facing the opening 16, substantially in line with the tray 10 of collection.
  • the curtain 18 may be formed integrally and have a continuously variable curvature from its upstream end 20 to its downstream end 21.
  • the panel 22.1 located at the upstream end 20 of the curtain 18 has a width L1 maximum
  • 22.N panel located at the downstream end 21 of the curtain 18 has a minimum width LN
  • the intermediate panels 22.i (where 2 ⁇ i ⁇ N-1) Li decreasing widths such that L1>L2>...> SNB 1> LN.
  • the curtain 18 may consist of a wall made of a rigid material such as a polycarbonate or a sheet of steel or zinc.
  • the curtain 18 may be made of a flexible material.
  • the curtain 18 comprises for example a net.
  • the curtain 18 is formed of a single thread fixed to the framework and forming together, in the illustrated embodiment, all the sections 22.i cut.
  • the curtain 18 is formed of a juxtaposition of nets each forming a cutaway 22.i. In this case, each thread is attached to a frame integrated to the frame 17 and defining the periphery of the cut 22.i corresponding cut.
  • a container 2 ejected from the transfer wheel 3 follows, at the moment of its ejection, a linear trajectory (in mixed line on the figure 3 ) tangent to its initial circular trajectory at the point of its ejection.
  • the collection device 9 is oriented such that the upstream panel 22.1 adjacent to the opening extends substantially in the extension of this linear trajectory, so that the ejected container 2 passing through the opening 16 comes to slide tangentially (c '). that is to say with a low angle of incidence, close to 0 ) on the upstream panel 22.1 .
  • the container 2 slides laterally, successively on the following panels 22.i to 22.N downstream panel.
  • the container 2 is slowed, the curtain 18 absorbing part of its kinetic energy. Under its own weight, the container 2 also slides downward, as illustrated on the figure 4 .
  • Arrived at the panel 22.N downstream, the container 2 is driven by a speed whose horizontal component is almost zero, and it then falls in the tray 10 of collection.
  • the container 2 follows a spiral path from the opening 16, at its meeting point with the pan 22.1 upstream, to the tray 10 of collection, as suggested by the black arrows on the figures 3 and 4 .
  • An embodiment of the curtain 18 in the form of a net makes it possible to better damp the container 2 than an embodiment in the form of one (or more) rigid panel (s). However, to prevent the container 2 from abutting against the frame 17 at the junctions between the sections 22.i cut, it seems better to tighten the net.
  • the collection device 9 has the following advantages.
  • the result is, first, a decrease in collection noise of defective items ordered.

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  1. Vorrichtung (9) zum Sammeln von defekten Behältern (2) für eine Anlage (1) zur Beförderung von Behältern (2), wobei diese Vorrichtung (9) eine Wanne (10) zum Sammeln der Behälter (2), einen Trichter (11), der über der Sammelwanne (10) angeordnet ist und einen Korb (15) zur Aufnahme der Behälter (2) umfasst, der über dem Trichter (11) angeordnet ist, wobei dieser Korb (15) eine vordere Öffnung (16) für den Durchgang der Behälter (2) definiert, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese Vorrichtung (9) einen Dämpfungsvorhang (18) umfasst, der sich vertikal von einem oberen Rand (19) des Trichters (11) und seitlich von der Öffnung (16) erstreckt, wobei dieser Vorhang (18) im Horizontalschnitt eine gekrümmte Form aufweist, deren Konkavität zum Inneren des Korbs (15) gewandt ist.
  2. Vorrichtung (9) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Vorhang (18) im Horizontalschnitt eine Spiralbogenform aufweist.
  3. Vorrichtung (9) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Vorhang (18) eine Abfolge von Schrägkanten (22.I) umfasst.
  4. Vorrichtung (9) nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schrägkanten (22.I) im Horizontalschnitt eine Breite aufweisen, die zu ihrem Abstand von der Öffnung (16) umgekehrt proportional ist.
  5. Vorrichtung (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Korb (15) ein starres Gerippe (17) umfasst und dass der Vorhang (18) ein auf diesem Gerippe (17) montiertes Netz umfasst.
  6. Vorrichtung (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sammelwanne (10) die Form einer entfernbaren Schublade zum Entnehmen der gesammelten defekten Behälter (2) aufweist.
  7. Anlage (1) zur Beförderung von Behältern (2), die einen Behälterförderer (3) gemäß einer vorbestimmten Bahn zwischen einer Zone (4) zum Laden der Behälter (2) und einer Zone (5) zum Abladen der Behälter (2) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ferner eine Vorrichtung (9) zum Sammeln der Behälter (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche umfasst, die dem Förderer (3) benachbart angeordnet ist und deren Öffnung (16) im Wesentlichen tangential zu der Bahn der Behälter (2) angeordnet ist.
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FR1252595A FR2988381B1 (fr) 2012-03-22 2012-03-22 Dispositif de collecte d'articles comprenant un rideau d'amortissement courbe
PCT/FR2013/050486 WO2013140060A1 (fr) 2012-03-22 2013-03-08 Dispositif de collecte d'articles comprenant un rideau d'amortissement courbe

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