EP2858907B1 - Kartonentpackungssystem - Google Patents

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EP2858907B1
EP2858907B1 EP13800346.2A EP13800346A EP2858907B1 EP 2858907 B1 EP2858907 B1 EP 2858907B1 EP 13800346 A EP13800346 A EP 13800346A EP 2858907 B1 EP2858907 B1 EP 2858907B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • B65B43/145—Feeding carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • 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
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    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • B65B43/20—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by reciprocating or oscillating pushers
    • B65B43/205—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by reciprocating or oscillating pushers specially adapted for carton blanks
    • 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
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    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
    • B65H1/025—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge with controlled positively-acting mechanical devices for advancing the pile to present the articles to the separating device
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/30—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for replenishing the pile during continuous separation of articles therefrom
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/126—Feeding carton blanks in flat or collapsed state
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
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    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
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    • B65H2301/42254—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers
    • B65H2301/422542—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers emptying or unloading processes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
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  • the present invention generally relates to article packaging and handling systems, and in particular to a system for removing cartons and/or carton blanks from cases or other packaging for the cartons or carton blanks and transporting the removed cartons or carton blanks in stacks to a carton magazine for a packaging machine.
  • articles such as cans, bottles, individually wrapped food-stuffs, etc.
  • a product cartoning material such as a paperboard, cardboard or other, similar material.
  • product cartons can be provided as a series of folded and glued carton sleeves that are open at their ends for insertion of the products therein, or can include substantially flat carton blanks that will be folded by the product packaging machine and wrapped about a group of articles or products placed thereon.
  • the carton sleeves or carton blanks will be loaded into a carton magazine for the product packaging machine in stacks, which carton magazine then will feed individual carton sleeves or carton blanks into the packaging machine for loading with products or for wrapping about a series of product groups.
  • US 5271710 A discloses a system according to preamble of claim 1 and teaches a system for dumping letters or other postal articles from bins with the letters stacked therein.
  • the bins are moved onto a tipping trough of a coupling deck and are tilted to allow the letters held therein to slide out of the bins and onto a magazine platform.
  • This system requires the operator to manually hold each bin on the pivotable coupling deck when tilting the bins to a downward sloping angle for enabling the materials to slide out while being "held back by the operator using the other hand" for placement onto the magazine.
  • US 2002/146308 A1 also discloses a system that is specifically designed for high-speed unloading of mail from a series of bins or trays, wherein open-ended trays or bins having mail loaded therein are fed to a tray control module that rotates the trays into a position where they can be lifted off of a stack of mail by belts of tray removing module.
  • the stack of mail is dumped onto a conveyor assembly.
  • the tray control module includes a drum assembly formed with a series of spaced apart drum disks arranged in spaced configuration to enable tray holder members mounted thereon to pass between belts of a supply belt transport of the conveyor assembly as the mail is deposited thereon.
  • the present invention generally relates to a system and method for automatically removing cartons or carton blanks from cases or other, similar containers in a stacked configuration such as for feeding into a magazine of a downstream product packaging machine.
  • cases containing stacks of cartons such as, for example carton blanks or sleeves for packaging bottles, cans or other products in 2x6, 2x8, 2x12, 4x6 or other varying product configurations, will be loaded onto a carton infeed.
  • the cases can be queued up along the carton infeed for presentation to an inverting assembly at the downstream end of the case infeed, and typically, will be loaded with the upper ends of the cases being open, and with notches or recesses also generally being formed in the upstream and downstream side walls of the cases.
  • the cases initially are fed into the inverting assembly which includes an inverter head that is pivotally mounted on a support frame.
  • the inverter head further generally includes a pair of adjustable side guides and a pair of top and bottom support guides that are vertically adjustable with respect to one another so as to define a receiving area therebetween for receiving a case of a predetermined or preselected size therein.
  • the cases with the cartons stacked therein are correspondingly reoriented and are deposited on a downstream magazine or stacking conveyor, with the closed bottom end of each case generally being realigned in upwardly facing attitude or direction.
  • the inverter head and magazine conveyor further are adjustable vertically to enable adjustment of the position of the cases with respect to an overhead case lifting mechanism, so as to accommodate different height or size cases as needed.
  • the cases are initially deposited on a carton decasing assembly for removal of the case from the stack of cartons contained therein.
  • the carton decasing assembly includes an adjustable framework having laterally adjustable side guide rails on which the cases are received and initially supported, and a series of containment rod mechanisms mounted on supports or holders that are moveable longitudinally with respect to the side guide rails so as to enable adjustment of the longitudinal position of the containment rod mechanisms.
  • the adjustment of the side guide rails laterally, together with the longitudinal adjustment of the locations of the containment rod mechanisms enables the carton decasing assembly to be adjusted to accommodate varying length/depth and width cases.
  • a series of gripping lugs which are also mounted on the longitudinally sliding supports or holders that carry the containment rod mechanisms, are pivoted into engagement with the cartons, typically moving or passing through the recesses or gaps formed in the cases so as to engage and compress the stack of cartons inwardly.
  • the compression of the stack of cartons within the cases by the gripping lugs creates spacings/openings between the cartons and case walls in which the extensible containment rods can be received.
  • the containment rods are inserted into and pass between the foremost and rearmost cartons of the stack of cartons and the front and rear side walls of their case so as to hold the cartons in a stacked configuration as the case is removed therefrom and prevent the walls of the case from frictionally engaging or otherwise dislodging cartons from the stack.
  • each case is removed from its stack of cartons with the cartons being maintained in a stacked, substantially aligned configuration. Thereafter, the cartons are conveyed further along the magazine conveyor as the emptied cases are removed for disposal.
  • the stack pusher assembly generally will include at least one stack pusher that, in one embodiment, can comprise a pair of extensible pusher rods each moved between extended and retracted positions by an actuator, such as a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder, or other similar actuator.
  • the pusher rods further can be carried by an overhead support linked to a drive system connected to the drive mechanism for the magazine conveyor so as to move with the forward movement of the magazine conveyor.
  • the drive system of the stack pusher assembly also can be disconnected from the magazine conveyor so as to be independently driven for moving the stack pusher assembly to a retracted position as needed for engaging a next stack of cartons loaded on the magazine conveyor.
  • the pusher rods will be retracted as the decasing assembly conveys the next stack of cartons into a combined, stacked arrangement against the prior loaded stack of cartons.
  • the drive mechanism for the stack pusher assembly also can be disengaged from the magazine conveyor, and operated to retract the stack pusher assembly to a position behind the rearmost carton of the next stack of cartons being loaded, after which the pusher rods can be extended into an engaging position against the combined stack of cartons as the containment rods of the carton decasing assembly are retracted and the carton decasing assembly is moved back to its initial, loading position.
  • the drive mechanism of the stack pusher assembly further can be reengaged with the magazine conveyor to continue its forward motion with its pusher rods engaging and supporting the combined stack of cartons as the cartons are fed to the discharge point of the magazine conveyor.
  • Figs. 1-7D illustrate the automatic carton decasing system 10 and the operative assemblies thereof for removal of stacks of cartons 11 from cases or other containers 12 and for automatically loading such decased or removed carton stacks into a carton magazine 13 for feeding into a feeder assembly of a downstream packaging machine, as indicated in Fig. 1 .
  • the cartons 12 can be received as stacks of flat carton blanks or as preformed carton sleeves, or in other configurations as needed or desired, and as will be understood by those skilled in the art, and will be oriented and removed from their cases in a stacked, substantially aligned configuration.
  • the automatic carton decasing system further is designed to fit with and/or be operable with a variety of different type or size packaging machines.
  • the automatic carton decasing system further can be designed for retrofitting to existing packaging machines in the field, and further is adapted to unload/remove and load a full range of carton sizes and/or configurations as well as different case proportions and materials.
  • the automatic carton decasing system of the present invention can be utilized with 2 x 2, 3 x 4, 4 x 6 or other carton sizes and can handle cartons of a variety of sizes and shapes, including long, short cases, substantially square cases and tall and wide cases, such as illustrated at 12A and 12B, respectively, in Figs. 3B-3C and 5A 5C .
  • Fig. 1 generally illustrates one example embodiment of the automatic carton decasing system 10 according to the principles of the present invention, which generally includes an elongated frame 21, which frame generally can be adapted to match its parent packaging machine.
  • a case infeed 23 At an upstream end or section 22 of the frame 21 comprises a case infeed 23.
  • the case infeed 23 generally will comprise a conventional conveying system 24 such as a chain conveyor, belt conveyor or other known type of conveying mechanism including belts, slats, chains or other conveying elements 26 that are driven about a substantially continuous path in the direction of arrow 27 by a motor or similar drive mechanism (not shown).
  • An operator can load the cases with cartons stacked therein on the upstream or first end of the case infeed conveyor 24, with the cases being queued in a line or supply arrangement.
  • the cases 12 will be oriented on the case infeed conveyor 24 in an upstanding attitude and with a top or upper end 16 of the cases 12 being open and a series of recesses, cut-outs, gaps or similar features 17 formed in the leading and trailing side walls 18A/18B of the cases.
  • the case infeed conveyor 24 will convey the cases in series to an inverting assembly 30, which inverts or otherwise reorients the cases so that the cases can be quickly and easily removed from the cartons while the cartons are maintained in a stacked configuration as illustrated in Figs. 2-3B .
  • the cases can be conveyed or transported to the inverting assembly from a remote location or an automatic depalletizer.
  • the case infeed conveyor further can be designed with respect to the inverting assembly 30 so that different length case infeed conveyors and/or extensions of the case infeed conveyor can be provided in either in-line or perpendicular arrangements to suit available space in a desired or required line layout.
  • the cases 12 can be loaded onto a first, upstream section 28A of the case infeed conveyor, and can then be transferred to and/or reoriented on a second, downstream section 28B, which conveys the cases to the inverting assembly 30 at the downstream end thereof.
  • the cases 12 with the cartons 11 stacked therein are conveyed to the downstream end of the case infeed conveyor and are brought into engagement/registration with the inverting assembly 30 positioned at the downstream end of the case infeed conveyor.
  • the inverting assembly inverts or reorients the cases with the cartons contained therein and places them on a stacking or magazine conveyor 31 having a carton decasing assembly 32 initially located in a first or case receiving position adjacent an upstream end of the magazine conveyor, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5A-5C .
  • the inverting assembly thereafter will release each case, which will be moved with the decasing assembly along the magazine conveyor away from the inverting assembly and to a second or intermediate position for removal of the case as indicated in Fig. 1 .
  • the inverting assembly 30 generally includes an inverter head 30A pivotally mounted on a pair of upstanding frame members or supports 33, and includes a pair of side guides or clamps 34 that are adjustable laterally so as to be repositionable as needed to engage different size cases.
  • Each of the side guides 34 generally will include a rearwardly projecting plate or arm 36 typically having an outwardly flared first or guide portion 36A and a substantially flat body or second portion 36B mounted to an adjustable slide support 37.
  • the slide supports 37 are movably mounted on a support rail 38 that extends laterally between a pair of vertical slides or supports 39, that further are mounted to a carrier or base frame member 41, which pivotally attaches and supports the inverter head 30A on frame members 33.
  • the slide supports 37 can be moved laterally toward and away from each other, and can be fixed in place such as by set screws 42, or other, similar fasteners, to define a width for a receiving area 40 of the inverter head 30A in which the cases 12 are received, with the outwardly flared guide portions 36A of the side guides 34 helping to center and guide the cases into the receiving area.
  • the side guides can be adjusted inwardly to accommodate the reduced width or thinner configuration of the cases.
  • the inverter head 30A further includes top and bottom case support guides 44 and 46 that engage the top and bottom ends of the cases, for positively gripping and holding the cases during inversion or reorientation thereof to prevent the cartons from becoming dislodged or otherwise inadvertently released from the cases during inversion or reorientation thereof by the inverting assembly.
  • the case support guides 44 and 46 generally are mounted to vertical slides or supports 39, with the positions of the case support guides being adjustable therealong, such as by cranks or handwheels 47 to define a height for the receiving area 40 of the inverter head.
  • cranks or handwheels 47 to define a height for the receiving area 40 of the inverter head.
  • the case supports further can include spaced forks, tines or plates 44A/46A, or can include other types of supports.
  • the inverter head further can be connected to or engaged by a drive belt 48 or similar conveying mechanism driven by a motor such as indicated at 49 in Fig. 3A for controlling the rotary motion of the inverter head for lifting, inverting and depositing the cases onto the magazine conveyor 31 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • case support guides 44 and 46 engage and lift and pivot the cases with the cartons stacked therein, as indicated by arrows 51 in Figs. 3B and 3C , so as to reorient the cases in an inverted or upside down configuration, with the open top portions 16 of the cases being placed in a substantially downwardly facing alignment on the magazine conveyor 31.
  • the case support guides 44, 46 In their initial stack receiving position, the case support guides 44, 46 generally are separated by a gap that is greater than the case height. As the inverter head 30A inverts, the lower case support guide 46 can move toward the upper case support guide 44, which closes this gap and thus conforms the case support guides to the case height.
  • the magazine conveyor 31 can be set at varying heights as needed depending upon the type of parent packaging machine and/or the type/configuration of cartons and cases being fed for decasing without affecting the operation of the inverting assembly 30.
  • the geometry of the inverting assembly, and the adjustability and/or closing engagement of its side guides and case support guides with a case 12 during inversion and placement of the case on the magazine conveyor allows a fixed height case infeed conveyor 24 to be utilized with variable height magazine conveyors, with the case inverting assembly automatically adjusting for case size and placing the case on the correct magazine height for the packaging machine. For example, as shown in Fig.
  • a tall case can be inverted and placed on the magazine conveyor, with the magazine conveyor adjusted and set at a lowered height, while for shorter or reduced height cases, as shown in Fig. 3C , the magazine conveyor 31 can be set at a higher level as needed for feeding the cartons into the magazine, without requiring reconfiguration or change-out of the inverting assembly 30.
  • a simple adjustment of the positions of the side guides and case support guides so as to readjust the receiving area in which the cases are received and engaged can be made to ensure a secure lifting and reorientation of the cases.
  • the carton decasing assembly 32 generally is initially located at the upstream or first end of the magazine conveyor 31 in a first, case receiving or loading position, indicated at 55, for receiving and engaging the cases after they are inverted by the inverting assembly.
  • Figs. 4A-5C generally illustrate the carton decasing assembly 32, which is movable along the magazine conveyor 31 between its first loading position, a second, intermediate or case removal position, indicated at 56 in Fig. 7A , and a third, downstream or disengaging position indicated at 57 in Fig. 6 .
  • the movement of the decasing assembly 32 is controlled by a drive mechanism 58 ( Fig. 4D ) that is independently operable from the magazine conveyor.
  • each of the adjustable guide rails 62/63 is adjustable laterally along rails 71 to accommodate different size or configuration of cases, and the positions of the containment rods 60 further are adjustable longitudinally, such as by sliding movement of their supports 66 along guide rails 72 to further enable adjustment of the framework 61 of the carton decasing assembly to accommodate different size and/or configuration cases 12, as illustrated in Figs. 5A-5C .
  • the positions of the containment rods 60 further are adjustable longitudinally, such as by sliding movement of their supports 66 along guide rails 72 to further enable adjustment of the framework 61 of the carton decasing assembly to accommodate different size and/or configuration cases 12, as illustrated in Figs. 5A-5C .
  • an adjustment mechanism 73 here shown as a hand-wheel or crank, although it will be understood that other manual and automatic adjustment mechanisms also can be used, will be provided along the magazine conveyor 3 1 for adjustment of the width of the magazine conveyor, and with it the width of the carton decasing assembly, to accommodate different width/size cartons.
  • a first side 74A of the magazine conveyor and the side guide rail (i.e., 63) associated therewith can remain fixed or stationary, with the opposite or second side 74B of the magazine conveyor being movable along laterally extending guide rails, such as shown at 75 in Fig. 4D , to adjust its position with respect to the first side 74A of the magazine conveyor, and with it, the position of side guide rail 62 with respect to side guide rail 63 of the carton decasing assembly.
  • the adjustments of the side frame assemblies of the carton decasing assembly both laterally and longitudinally accordingly are part of the size change procedure for the automatic carton decasing system, with such longitudinal and lateral adjustments generally being controlled via manual drive mechanisms and sensors so as to match the spacing of the containment rods and gripper lugs to the particular size and/or configuration of the cases and accordingly the stacks of cartons contained therein.
  • the positions of the containment rods will be adjusted to match the longitudinal size or thickness of the stacks of cartons, and to locate the containment rods approximately adjacent the fold or crease lines of the cartons to ensure stable and even engagement therewith as the cartons are conveyed along the magazine conveyor with the containment rods.
  • the case will be lifted off of its stack of cartons by a lifting mechanism 80 ( Fig. 1 ) as the rods remain in a raised, engaging position for holding the stacks of cartons in place and as the case is removed therefrom.
  • the containment rods will remain up for decasing and subsequent transfer of the carton load to the back of a carton magazine such as being combined with a prior loaded stack thereon, thus supporting the carton load until a stack pusher assembly 90 engages the stack of cartons and locates the stack of cartons against the back of previously loaded supply or stack of cartons within the magazine, as indicated in Figs. 7A-7C .
  • a sensor 78 ( Fig.
  • the containment rods of the carton decasing assembly can be retracted, releasing the cartons from engagement therewith, after which the carton decasing assembly can be moved back to its initial, loading or carton receiving position adjacent the upstream end of the magazine conveyor and the inverting assembly. Thereafter, as indicated in Fig. 7D , the stack pushers will continue to move forwardly with the forward motion of the magazine conveyor as the cartons are sequentially fed through the discharge point of the magazine conveyor and into a downstream packaging machine magazine.
  • the inverter head further will be mounted on a carriage 201, which conveys the inverter head 30A about an extended, orbital path over and above a layer pad magazine access area or station 202 provided along the path of movement of the cases.
  • This layer pad magazine access area 202 enables the operator to access the twin stack packaging machine PM ( Figs. 8 and 10 ) for loading of a stack or series layer pads into the layer pad magazine 203 of the twin stack packaging machine.
  • Such access further is provided without disruption of the operation of the carton decasing system for removing stacks of cartons form their cases and feeding such stacks of cartons into a carton magazine 204 of the packaging machine.
  • the drive motor 211 generally will be actuated to commence inverting of the case and cartons.
  • the motor will pull the drive chain or other drive mechanism along the rails of the rail assembly 206, causing the carriage 201 to transport the inverter head 30A about its orbital path as shown by arrows 209, upwardly and over the layer pad magazine access area 202.
  • the system further can be primed by loading a limited number of cartons initially within the feeder to create an initial stack against which later decased carton stacks will be placed, while the empty cases are dischargeable along a high level conveyor to help reduce the system footprint, and which further can be reconfigured to provide case discharge anywhere in an approximately 180° radius for discharging cases into a bin or baler or directing them to some other type of containment unit for collection and disposal or recycling.

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  1. System (10/200) zum Entfernen von Kartons (11) aus Behältern (12) zum Laden in eine Produktverpackungsmaschine, umfassend:
    eine Behälterzuführung (23), entlang welcher die Behälter (12) in Reihe zu einem Magazinförderer (31) zugeführt werden;
    eine Umkehranordnung (30), welche die Behälter (12) von der Behälterzuführung (23) aufnimmt, wobei die Behälter (12) mit einem Umkehrkopf (30A) der Umkehranordnung (30) in Eingriff stehen, wobei der Umkehrkopf (30A) auf einem Schlitten (201) montiert ist und die Behälter (12) um einen ausgedehnten Umlaufpfad über und oberhalb eines Schichtkissenmagazinzugangsbereichs (202) entlang des Bewegungspfades des Behälters (12) transportiert und die Behälter (12) mit den darin gestapelten Kartons (11) in einer umgekehrten Position auf dem Magazinförderer (31) anordnet;
    eine Stapelschieberanordnung (90) zum Eingreifen und Tragen der Schachteln (11) in ihrer gestapelten Konfiguration, wenn die Kartons entlang des Magazinförderers (31) in Richtung des Auslasses (92) des Magazinförderers (31) bewegt werden, um die Kartons (11) zu einem Magazin für die Verpackungsmaschine zuzuführen;
    eine entlang dem Magazinförderer (31) zwischen einer Ladeposition neben der Behälterzuführung (23) und einer Behälterentnahmeposition bewegliche Auspackanordnung (32), gekennzeichnet durch:
    die Auspackanordnung (32), welche einen einstellbaren Rahmen (61) mit einer Vielzahl von einstellbaren Führungsschienen (62, 63) umfasst, die entlang Schienen (71) verstellbar sind und die bewegbar sind, um die Auspackanordnung (32) zur Aufnahme von Behältern (12) mit unterschiedlichen Größen und/oder Konfigurationen mit darin gestapelten Kartons (11) zu konfigurieren, wobei die Auspackanordnung (32) ferner eine Reihe von Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) umfasst, die jeweils eine vertikal ausfahrbare Rückhaltestange (60) umfassen, wobei die Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) auf einstellbaren Stützen oder Haltern (67) getragen werden, um eine Variation der Längspositionen der Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) zu ermöglichen, wie es erforderlich ist, um Behälter mit unterschiedlicher Tiefe oder Länge aufzunehmen, und so konfiguriert werden können, um im Wesentlichen den Größen und/oder Konfigurationen der empfangenen Kartons (11) zu entsprechen, wie es benötigt wird, um im Wesentlichen die Kartons (11) in einer gestapelten Konfiguration aufgenommen zu halten, wenn die Kartons (11) aus den Behältern (12) entnommen und entlang des Magazinförderers (31) in Richtung auf einen Auslass (92) davon bewegt werden.
  2. System (10/200) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Rückhaltestangen (60) in die Behälter (12) zwischen den Kartons (11) und wenigstens einer Seitenwand (18A/B) der Behälter (12) erstreckbar sind, um die Entnahme der Kartons (11) aus den Behältern (12) zu erleichtern.
  3. System (10/200) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Position der umgekehrten Behälter (12), die durch die Umkehranordnung (30) auf dem Magazinförderer (31) angeordnet sind, automatisch so eingestellt wird, um im Wesentlichen einer Anhebung des Magazinförderers (31) zu entsprechen.
  4. System (200) nach Anspruch 3, wobei der Umkehrkopf (30A) obere und untere Behältertragführungen (44/46) aufweist und auf dem Schlitten (201) montiert ist, der entlang des verlängerten Umlaufpfades über dem Zugangsbereich (202) bewegbar ist, wenn die Behälter (12) in ihre umgekehrte Position bewegt werden.
  5. System (200) nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Zugangsbereich (202) eine Größe aufweist, die ausreicht, um einem Bediener den Zugang zu einem Abschnitt der Verpackungsmaschine zu ermöglichen, ohne die Bewegung der Behälter (12) entlang ihres verlängerten Umlaufpfades von der Behälterzuführung (23) zum Magazinförderer (31) zu beeinträchtigen.
  6. System (10) nach Anspruch 3, wobei der Umkehrkopf (30A) drehbar ist und einstellbare Seitenschienen (33) und obere und untere Behältertragführungen (37) aufweist, die einen Aufnahmebereich (40) zum Aufnehmen und Tragen der Behälter (12) unterschiedlicher Größe mit den darin gestapelten Kartons (11) definieren, wenn die Behälter (12) neu ausgerichtet und auf den Magazinförderer (31) zum Entfernen des Behälters (12) abgelegt werden.
  7. System (10/200) nach Anspruch 1 und wobei die Auspackanordnung (32) ferner einen Hebemechanismus (80) zum Entfernen der Behälter (12) von den Kartons (11) umfasst, wobei die Kartons (11) in ihrer gestapelten Konfiguration gehalten werden.
  8. System (10/200) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Reihe von Rückhaltestangen (60) in die Behälter (12) bewegbar ist, um das Entfernen der Behälter (12) von den Kartons (11) zu erleichtern, und wobei die Auspackanordnung ferner Greifer (68) umfasst, die ausgelegt sind, um sich in eine Eingriffsposition zu bewegen, um mit den Kartons (11) in ihren Behältern (12) in Eingriff zu kommen, um einen Abstand für den Eintritt der Rückhaltestangen (60) in die Behälter (12) zu schaffen.
  9. System (10/200) nach Anspruch 1 und wobei die Stapelschieberanordnung (90) wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) umfasst, der von einem Antriebssystem (110) getragen wird, wobei das Antriebssystem (110) mit einem Fördermechanismus (111) für den Magazinförderer (31) in Eingriff bringbar ist, um so den wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) während des Zuführens eines Kartonstapels (11) damit zu bewegen, und wobei es selektiv vom Fördermechanismus (111) des Magazinförderers (31) außer Eingriff gebracht werden kann, um so unabhängig vom Fördermechanismus (111) des Magazinförderers (31) betreibbar zu sein, um den wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) in Bezug auf einen neuen Stapel von Kartons (11), der auf den Magazinförderer (31) geladen ist, neu zu positionieren.
  10. System nach Anspruch 9, wobei der wenigstens eine Stapelschieber (91) ein Paar ausfahrbarer Schubstangen (100/101) umfasst, die über dem Magazinförderer (31) angeordnet sind und entlang diesem bewegbar sind, wobei jede der Schubstangen (100/101) mit einem Stellglied (104) verbunden ist, um das Einfahren und Ausfahren der Schubstangen (100/101) zwischen einer zurückgezogenen, nicht eingreifenden Position und einer ausgefahrenen, eingreifenden Position zum Kontaktieren und Tragen der Stapel von Kartons (11) zu steuern, wenn die Stapel von Kartons (11) entlang des Magazinförderers (31) in Richtung auf den Auslass (92) zu bewegt werden.
  11. Verfahren zum Entfernen von Kartons (11) aus einem Behälter (12) zum Zuführen zu einer Produktverpackungsmaschine, umfassend:
    Bewegen des Behälters (12) mit einem Stapel Kartons (11) darin entlang eines Bewegungspfades;
    Transportieren des Behälters (12) mit dem Stapel von Kartons (11) darin über einen verlängerten Umlaufpfad wenigstens teilweise über und oberhalb eines Schichtkissenmagazinzugangsbereichs (202), der entlang des Bewegungspfades des Behälters (12) mit einer Umkehranordnung (30) mit einem auf einem Schlitten (201) montierten Umkehrkopf (30A) vorgesehen ist und Überführen des Behälters (12) mit dem darin befindlichen Stapel von Kartons (11) zu einer Auspackanordnung (32), die entlang einem Magazinförderer (31) bewegbar ist, wobei die Auspackanordnung (32) einen einstellbaren Rahmen (61) mit einer Vielzahl von einstellbaren Führungsschienen (62, 63), die entlang Schienen (71) einstellbar sind und die bewegbar sind, um die Auspackanordnung (32) zur Aufnahme von Behältern (12) mit unterschiedlichen Größen und/oder Konfigurationen zu konfigurieren, und eine Reihe von Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) aufweist, die jeweils eine vertikal ausfahrbare Rückhaltestange (60) umfassen, wobei die Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) auf einstellbaren Trägern oder Halterungen (67) getragen werden, um eine Variation der Längspositionen der Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (64) nach Bedarf zu ermöglichen, um sich an Behälter mit unterschiedlicher Tiefe oder Länge anzupassen, und wobei sie konfigurierbar sind, um im Wesentlichen den Größen und/oder Konfigurationen der Kartons (11) zu entsprechen;
    Bewegen der Rückhaltemechanismen (60) in Positionen neben den vordersten und hintersten Kartons (11) des Stapels von Kartons (11), die von der Auspackanordnung (32) aufgenommen werden;
    Bewegen der Auspackanordnung (32) entlang des Magazinförderers (31), während die Kartons (11) in einer gestapelten Konfiguration mit der Auspackanordnung (32) gehalten werden, und Entfernen des Behälters (12) vom Stapel von Kartons (11);
    Ergreifen des Stapels von Kartons (11) mit einer Stapelschieberanordnung (90), die wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) umfasst; und
    Fortsetzen der Bewegung des Stapels von Kartons (11) entlang ihres Bewegungspfades entlang des Magazinförderers (31) in Richtung auf einen Ausgabepunkt (92), wenn der Behälter (12) von den gestapelten Kartons (11) wegbewegt wird.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, wobei das Überführen des Behälters (12) mit dem Stapel von Kartons (11) darauf zur Auspackanordnung (32) das Aufnehmen des Behälters (12) auf einem Schlitten (61), das In-Eingriff-Bringen des Stapels von Kartons (11) im Behälter (12) mit einer Reihe von Greiffingern (68), um einen Spalt zwischen den Kartons (11) und wenigstens einer Seitenwand des Behälters (12) zu schaffen, und Einschieben der Rückhaltestangenmechanismen (60) in den Behälter (12) benachbart stromaufwärts und stromabwärts des Stapels von Kartons (11) und damit in Kontakt umfasst.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, ferner umfassend das Bewegen eines zusätzlichen Stapels von Kartons (11) in Richtung eines vorhergehenden Stapels von Kartons (11), der von dem wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) zum Entladepunkt (92) gedrückt wird, wenn der zusätzliche Stapel von Kartons (11) sich dem vorhergehenden Stapel von Kartons (11) nähert, das Zurückziehen des wenigstens einen Stapelschiebers (91) aus dem Eingriff mit diesem und das Bewegen des wenigstens einen Stapelschiebers (91) in eine Position hinter dem zusätzlichen Stapel von Kartons (11), das Drängen des zusätzlichen Stapels von Kartons (11) gegen den vorhergehenden Stapel von Kartons (11) und das Vorwärtsbewegen des kombinierten Stapels von Kartons (11) mit dem wenigstens einen Stapelschieber (91) .
  14. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, ferner umfassend das Bewegen des Behälters (12) mit den darin gestapelten Kartons (11) in die Umkehranordnung (30), wobei wenigstens untere und seitliche Randabschnitte des Behälters (12) mit Behältertragführungen (44/45) in Eingriff kommen, und das Transportieren des Behälters (12) von einer ersten Position auf einem Behälterzuführförderer (24) zu einer umgekehrten Position auf dem Magazinförderer (31).
  15. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14, wobei das Bewegen des Behälters (12) in eine umgekehrte Position das Transportieren des Behälters (12) entlang des erweiterten Umlaufpfades nach oben und über den Bedienerzugangsbereich (202), wenn der Behälter (12) invertiert wird, und das Anordnen des Behälters (12) auf dem Magazinförderer (31) in seiner umgekehrten Position umfasst.
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