EP3038063A1 - Distributeur automatique de pellets, bois de chauffage et biocarburants en général pour systemes de chauffage résidentiel - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique de pellets, bois de chauffage et biocarburants en général pour systemes de chauffage résidentiel Download PDF

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EP3038063A1
EP3038063A1 EP15425112.8A EP15425112A EP3038063A1 EP 3038063 A1 EP3038063 A1 EP 3038063A1 EP 15425112 A EP15425112 A EP 15425112A EP 3038063 A1 EP3038063 A1 EP 3038063A1
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Raffaele BOSSI
Riccardo BOSSI
Gabriele BOSSI
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    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/165—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements
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    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/165—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements
    • G07F11/1657—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements the picking arrangements using suction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/38—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal
    • G07F11/42—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal the articles being delivered by motor-driven means

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  • This invention relates to an automatic dispenser of pellets, firewood and biofuel in general, packaged in bags, boxes or sacks, for residential heating systems and/or for systems for making hot water, such as stoves, fireplaces and boilers.
  • Wooden pellets are a fuel obtained from sawdust which is dried and then compressed in the shape of small cylinders with a diameter of a few millimetres, typically 6-8 mm. Due to the pressing, the calorific value of the pellet is approximately double with respect to wood, volume but not weight being the same. Pellets are used as fuel for latest generation stoves, in place of wood stumps. With respect to traditional stoves, this involves a series of ecological and energy type improvements, and of the type for managing the heating system.
  • pellets are not strictly associated with cutting down whole trees: indeed they can be produced from several waste materials such as woodworking sawdust and processing waste, which in this manner are exploited as widely consumed fuel.
  • waste materials such as woodworking sawdust and processing waste, which in this manner are exploited as widely consumed fuel.
  • the household use is more frequent of wood logs or stumps or other solid-type biofuel derived from biomasses of plant or animal origin.
  • these fuels When intended for household use, these fuels are usually packaged in bags, cardboard boxes or plastic material sacks or mesh bags, in particular the latter for wood logs or stumps, usually for weight quantities in the range of approximately 15 kg each.
  • the household supplying of this fuel occurs at specific warehouses or supermarkets or large hardware or home supply stores.
  • the specialised supplier may provide the supply at the home, but this generally occurs for significant quantities requested beforehand in good time.
  • Another problem is that the user, not being able or wanting to take advantage of home delivery, who goes to the suppliers normally intends purchasing several packages of product, which are heavy individually, and usually must transfer them from a shelf to a cart, from the cart to the cash desk, and then to his/her motor vehicle left in a car park, often far from the store, which involves significant effort and hard work, in particular for women and older people.
  • an automatic dispenser of pellets, firewood and biofuel in general, packaged in bags, boxes or sacks, which can be dispensed in several units of product, which can be operated and therefore accessible to the user 24/7, including holidays, and which can be installed outside of the usual suppliers and also in other easily accessible spaces, such as for example, petrol pumps or parking zones, in any case areas which are easy to access with his/her own motor vehicle in such a way as to be able to stop it behind or close to the automatic dispenser.
  • the numeral 1 generically denotes, with a dashed line, a closed storage unit, defining the external structure of the automatic dispenser according to the invention, made of continuous sheet or partly of mesh to facilitate exchanging the air inside it.
  • the storage unit 1 is equipped with at least one closeable door 2, denoted again with a dashed line and preferably positioned at the back of the storage unit 1, or on its side, for loading therein a plurality of packages 3 of pellets or firewood or other biofuel forming the product and for inspecting and servicing mechanisms.
  • two doors 2 can be provided, one suitable for loading and unloading the products and the other (not illustrated for simplicity in the drawings) for inspecting and internal maintenance.
  • the storage unit 1 has a front wall 4 equipped with at least one panel 5, equipped with at least means for selecting the type and quantity of product desired and with means for paying the amount due for the desired product selected, like an automatic dispenser of known type.
  • the front wall 4 is also equipped with an opening 6 for dispensing outside and delivering the product selected.
  • the packages 3 of pellets or firewood or other biofuel, in the form of bags, boxes or sacks, are positioned inside the storage unit in predefined positions, in orderly and homogeneous stacks of product, which then facilitates, as described below, the recognition of the position and of the presence of the various types of product for the automatic picking thereof.
  • the stacks of packages 3 of product are positioned on several pallets or stillages 7 so as to facilitate loading and unloading the storage unit 1 using forklifts or lift trucks.
  • the automatic dispenser comprises a depalletizer 8 inside the storage unit 1, designed to pick, from the stacks, at least one package 3 of the product selected by the user on the panel 5, and to transport it to a release position 9.
  • the depalletizer 8 may be of the robotic arm type, which is more technically complex and cumbersome (not illustrated for simplicity in the drawings), or advantageously of the Cartesian type illustrated in detail in Figure 2 .
  • the Cartesian depalletizer 8 comprises a pair of tracks 10 positioned longitudinally on opposite sides of the storage unit 1 at a height which is greater than the maximum height provided for the orderly and homogeneous stacks of product, a crosspiece 11 which moves on the tracks along an axis X, a gripper rod 12 engaged movable along the crosspiece 11 according to an axis Y and movable vertically with respect to the crosspiece 11 according to an axis Z.
  • the gripper rod 12 is provided at the lower end thereof with a head 13 provided with removable members 14 for gripping at least one of the packages 3 of product, which are adapted to transfer the package of product from the grip position to the release position 9 ( Figures 3 and 4 ) by moving the gripper rod 12 and the crosspiece 11 along the axes Z, Y and X ( Figure 2 ).
  • there are motor means for the movements (not shown for simplicity in the drawings).
  • the gripper members 14 are preferably formed by one or more suction means 15 and these are advantageously connected to members for creating the vacuum in them, for example a simple vacuum pump, to facilitate and ensure the firm grip and transport of the package 3 of product with the vacuum created inside the suction cup.
  • the one or more suction means 15 are associated with a pincer gripper 16 to facilitate and ensure the firm grip and transport of the package 3 of product also when it is not suitable for being safely gripped with the suction means, for example in the case of wood logs or stumps usually packaged in mesh sacks.
  • the invention comprises a software for managing the storage unit and the orderly and homogeneous stacks of product, according to a predetermined position mapping of the stacks and of the type of product, and for acquiring the selection of the type and quantity of product desired and selected by the user using a keyboard on the panel 5.
  • the software also provides acquiring the corresponding payment, and controlling the depalletizer 8 to move it along the axes X, Y and Z toward a position of picking a package 3 of product and from there, toward the release position 9 of the product.
  • the software saves the position coordinates of each individual product, to then pick the next product through a precise sequential list of positions, and may be provided with a remote control system for exchanging data on the remaining product availability and on the status of regular functionality of the whole system, and possibly the acquisition/transfer of the images detected by safety cameras.
  • Sensor devices can be provided, designed to detect the stacks still having packages 3 of product and those with no product.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show the outward dispensing opening 6 of the storage unit 1 of the package 3 of product released in the position 9 by the depalletizer 8.
  • the dispensing opening 6 is provided with means 17 adapted to convey the product from the release position 9, inside the storage unit 1, to the outside, through the opening.
  • closing and safety means 18 of the dispensing opening 6 are provided to prevent access inside the storage unit 1, from the outside through the opening.
  • the means 17 designed to convey the product are formed by a conveyor belt 19 having a portion thereof inside the storage unit 1 subjected to the release position 9 of the product, and an external portion thereof useful for the user to take the product.
  • the means 17 designed to convey the package 3 of product are formed by a hopper or slide element 20 designed to receive the product by gravity in the release position 9, and to convey it outside by gravity through the dispensing opening 6.
  • the means 17 designed to convey the product from the release position 9, inside the storage unit, to the outside are provided with sensor devices (not shown for simplicity in the drawings), for example pressure sensors for detecting the presence of the package 3 of product, connected with the software and designed to reveal thereon the presence of the product released, to enable/disable the closing and safety means 18, and to detect the product outside being taken by the user in order to activate a new pick, transfer and release cycle of another product.
  • sensor devices not shown for simplicity in the drawings
  • pressure sensors for detecting the presence of the package 3 of product
  • the software and designed to reveal thereon the presence of the product released, to enable/disable the closing and safety means 18, and to detect the product outside being taken by the user in order to activate a new pick, transfer and release cycle of another product.

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EP3139356A1 (fr) * 2015-09-01 2017-03-08 NRG Box OÜ Le distributeur automatique de granulés de bois ou des briquettes de bois emballés dans des emballages
IT201900012798A1 (it) 2019-07-24 2021-01-24 Andrea Fergnani Apparato semiautomatico per la distribuzione di biomassa in forma sfusa

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WO2002085761A1 (fr) * 2001-04-24 2002-10-31 Immobiliare La Valluccia S.R.L. Installation de stockage automatise
WO2012127102A1 (fr) * 2011-03-18 2012-09-27 Cimcorp Oy Système de robot suspendu et son procédé de fonctionnement

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WO2002085761A1 (fr) * 2001-04-24 2002-10-31 Immobiliare La Valluccia S.R.L. Installation de stockage automatise
WO2012127102A1 (fr) * 2011-03-18 2012-09-27 Cimcorp Oy Système de robot suspendu et son procédé de fonctionnement

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3139356A1 (fr) * 2015-09-01 2017-03-08 NRG Box OÜ Le distributeur automatique de granulés de bois ou des briquettes de bois emballés dans des emballages
IT201900012798A1 (it) 2019-07-24 2021-01-24 Andrea Fergnani Apparato semiautomatico per la distribuzione di biomassa in forma sfusa

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