EP3375721A1 - Procédé d'introduction automatique de plaques dans un récipient ainsi que dispositif de mise en uvre dudit procédé - Google Patents

Procédé d'introduction automatique de plaques dans un récipient ainsi que dispositif de mise en uvre dudit procédé Download PDF

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EP3375721A1
EP3375721A1 EP18160368.9A EP18160368A EP3375721A1 EP 3375721 A1 EP3375721 A1 EP 3375721A1 EP 18160368 A EP18160368 A EP 18160368A EP 3375721 A1 EP3375721 A1 EP 3375721A1
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging material
    • 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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/14—Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
    • B65B25/141—Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form packaging flat articles in boxes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/26—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts
    • B65H2404/269—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts other arrangements
    • B65H2404/2693—Arrangement of belts on movable frame

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  • the present invention relates to the field of picking goods. It relates to methods for the automatic insertion of supplements in a container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • inserts are added prior to final packaging which may include instruction leaflets, instruction manuals, samples, leaflets, flyers, CDs or the like.
  • DE3835838A1 is a packaging machine for cartons from a prefabricated, folded flat blank known, which is erected to form a cross-sectionally polygonal, in particular square, open on two sides paperboard, filled and closed by folding folding flaps, wherein in the open cardboard sleeve on at least one side a carton blank can be inserted, which can be removed by an insert sender a magazine and inserted in an upright position in the cardboard sleeve.
  • the publication DE31 18209C2 discloses a device for feeding leaflets in front of one with juxtaposed, in containers, such as cardboard boxes together with the leaflets to be inserted products such as tubes, bottles, blister packs od.
  • the leaflets are promoted between transport belt and held before inserting the products in front of these substantially vertically by means of a arranged below the product chain brochure forceps chain in prospect tongs with the prospap tongs chain being continued in a pick-up area for the leaflets laterally from the product chain.
  • the publication EP0623516A1 discloses a device for feeding package inserts, such as leaflets, leaflets or the like, in a packaged goods chain of a packaging machine, of objects such as tubes, bottles, stacks of blister packs or the like, formed packaged goods, which together with the pack inserts in packaging containers, in particular cartons , is inserted, which are guided in a packing container chain of the packing machine, with a packing slip conveyor, which transported the folded into a strip pack inserts between two endless conveyor belts, which lie along their transport path adjacent to each other, to a discharge orifice at which the conveyor belts to pulleys in be deflected to opposite directions, and with an endlessly circulating clamping forceps chain with one of the PackbeilagenstMail at the end of the strip and taking him the Packgutkette feeding clamps, which in the acquisition of the PackbeilagenstMail in a w vertical takeover level, wherein the PackbeilagenstMail are also aligned parallel to the transfer plane with the takeover and their length are substantially trans
  • the publication EP1050472A2 describes a packaging machine with a circulating brochure conveying device having a plurality of holders for receiving a respective prospectus and with which the leaflet is positioned in front of a product cup a product chain, and with a Zuzhouvorrichung, with the prospectus in a transfer area in the holder of Leaflet conveyor is inserted, wherein in the transfer area, a stop for the alignment of the prospectus is arranged, wherein the stop is formed on an endlessly circulating stop belt, which extends in the transfer area at a distance and parallel to the brochure conveyor.
  • the publication WO03091113A1 discloses a device for supplying leaflets from a leaflet device to a Packguttransport issued (13), with an endless transport chain, are arranged at the uniform intervals gripping elements for each leaflet, the transport chain runs parallel to this on a part of the conveying path of the Packguttransport issued and is driven synchronously with the Packguttransport issued, and wherein the leaflets are provided from the prospectus device at a transfer point, which is arranged above and laterally offset to the packaged goods transport device, wherein the transport chain an arcuate transport chain is, which is pivoted out of the plane near the conveying path of the Packguttransport prepared in the direction of the transfer point and that the transport chain is guided to the takeover point over a reaching from the level of Packguttransport achieved up to the receiving point section.
  • the inventive method for the automatic insertion of supplements in a container which is intended to receive a main product, is characterized in that the open container is moved past in a transport direction at a fixed insertion station, and that when passing the insertion at least one supplement from the insertion is introduced into the open container.
  • a container is understood to mean a container, in particular a cardboard box, or a container.
  • the container may be a tub, a container or a bag.
  • the container can already be designed so that it can be closed after filling and sent as a package to a recipient.
  • the container can also be a plastic container, which is used only for picking of main items and supplements, emptied in a downstream shipping station and later used again for picking and reused.
  • a letter or an envelope is considered, in which usually only very flat products and in particular printed products are inserted and play a role in the field of postal services.
  • the main product may consist of a single or several individual articles, e.g. Books, clothing, daily necessities, food, medicines, technical devices, household articles or similar merchandise.
  • a supplement may be a flyer, a brochure, a printed invoice or a printed cover letter or a user manual, generally a two-dimensional printed product. But it can also be a sample of goods, a CD or other auxiliary goods that could interest or interest the recipient of the main product.
  • the at least one supplement can be moved with the container during insertion into the container.
  • a continuous process is achieved overall, which manages without complicated alternating movements and is mechanically less stressful.
  • such a process design enables higher process speeds.
  • insertion performance can be achieved, for example - if the supplement is a flat printed product of 2500 copies per hour.
  • the container is open at the top, and the at least one supplement is introduced from above into the container. This further simplifies and speeds up the insertion process.
  • the insertion of the at least one supplement from a predetermined insertion height is made from successively different height containers are filled with at least one supplement, and if the predetermined insertion height automatically to the height of each filling container is set.
  • the height of the container to be filled can be determined prior to insertion of the at least one supplement. This can be done by a suitable sensor that measures in front of the insertion of the incoming containers in height and possibly also in their lateral dimensions and passes the results to a controlled height adjustment.
  • a suitable sensor that measures in front of the insertion of the incoming containers in height and possibly also in their lateral dimensions and passes the results to a controlled height adjustment.
  • vertical light barrier chains or distance sensors or cameras arranged above the transport path can be used as sensors with a corresponding image evaluation.
  • the insertion of the at least one supplement can take place by means of an insertion member, wherein the adjustment of the insertion height is carried out on the insertion member.
  • a local height adjustment is mechanically simple and safe and can respond quickly to different levels of containers.
  • the insertion member is arranged above the transport plane pivotable relative to the transport plane, and the adjustment of the insertion height is made by pivoting the insertion. But it is also conceivable to leave a (oblique) position of the insertion unchanged and to perform a height adjustment by a telescopic change in the length of the insertion. In further embodiments, a combined movement of the insertion member comprising a pivoting and a telescoping can be made to adjust the insertion height.
  • an elongate dispensing tongue of the insertion member arranged above the transport device emits the insert to be inserted at a free end, the dispensing tongue being pivoted about a first horizontal pivot axis for height adjustment of the free end.
  • the dispensing tongue is pivoted and / or telescoped such that the free end is height-adjusted along a vertical path.
  • the dispensing tongue has a first leg and a second leg, which are connected via a hinge, which defines a second horizontal pivot axis.
  • the free end is arranged on the second leg and is pivoted for height adjustment about the second horizontal pivot axis, wherein the joint is pivoted about the first horizontal pivot axis.
  • the dispensing tongue or the first and the second leg can advantageously perform a combined pivoting movement, wherein the first leg can be pivoted about the first horizontal pivot axis and the second leg by the hinge about the second horizontal pivot axis and due to the connection to the first leg to the first horizontal pivot axis can be pivoted.
  • the insertion of the at least one supplement into the open container takes place obliquely downward in the transport direction. This allows a “sliding" insertion that allows high speeds.
  • the container is first filled with the main product, and that the at least one insert is subsequently introduced into the open container.
  • the at least one supplement can be stored on the filled main item.
  • the at least one supplement is first introduced into the open container, and that subsequently the container is filled with the main product.
  • Such multiple supplements may be sequentially inserted into the container at various insertion stations.
  • the supplements are first put together to form a supplement group, and that subsequently the supplement group is introduced at an insertion station into the container.
  • the inventive device for carrying out the method according to the invention is characterized by a transport device for transporting the open containers on a transport plane in a transport direction at a predetermined transport speed, at which transport device at least one insertion station is arranged, which an insertion member for introducing a side dish in a on the transport device at the insertion station moving past container comprises.
  • the insertion member may comprise an elongate dispensing tongue arranged above the transport device, which dispenses the insert to be introduced at a free end.
  • the dispensing tongue is aligned parallel to the transport direction and extends in the transport direction obliquely downwards, such that the free end of the dispensing tongue is located at the bottom.
  • This configuration is particularly easy to adapt to variable heights of the containers to be filled.
  • the free end of the dispensing tongue can be designed to be height adjustable.
  • the dispensing tongue can be pivotable about a first horizontal pivot axis for height adjustment of the free end. This allows a motorized adjustment, which can be controlled according to the height of the respective containers.
  • the dispensing tongue can be pivoted and / or telescoped such that the free end is vertically adjustable along a vertical path.
  • the dispensing tongue may have pivotable and / or telescopic parts.
  • the pivotable and / or telescopable parts may be configured to perform a combined movement of the free end of the dispensing tongue to adjust the insertion height.
  • the dispensing tongue has a first leg and a second leg, which are connected via a hinge, which defines a second horizontal pivot axis.
  • the free end is arranged on the second leg and pivotable about the second horizontal pivot axis, wherein the hinge about the first horizontal pivot axis is pivotable.
  • the first leg is arranged pivotably about the first, preferably stationary, horizontal pivot axis.
  • the dispensing tongue or the first and the second leg are advantageously configured to perform a combined pivoting movement, wherein the first leg is pivotable about the first horizontal pivot axis and the second leg by the hinge about the second horizontal pivot axis and due to the connection to the first leg also is pivotable about the first horizontal pivot axis.
  • the joint offers the advantage of an additional degree of freedom in the movement of the dispensing tongue, which increases the flexibility of insertion.
  • it can advantageously be achieved by the combined pivoting movement that the free end arranged on the second leg is vertically adjustable along a vertical path, so that the inserts can always be introduced into the open container essentially at the same position along the transport direction.
  • successive, differently high containers can have a smaller distance from one another, which has a positive effect on the delivery rate and the conveying speed.
  • a minimum distance between the containers must be complied with, which takes into account the pivot radius of the dispensing tongue.
  • the first container when following a first container with a first height a second container with a smaller second height: Due to the pivot radius of the dispensing tongue, the first container usually has a "pivoting shadow", so that the second container Minimum distance to the first container must be greater than the "swing shadow" is.
  • the device has a guide, in which the free end of the second leg is guided for height adjustment along the vertical path.
  • the device has an insertion control configured to control the first and second legs such that the dispensing tongue performs a combined pivotal movement such that the free end of the second leg is height adjusted along a vertical path.
  • the first and the second leg may comprise conveyor belts by means of which the inserts are conveyed.
  • the first and / or the second leg each have an upper and / or a lower conveyor, preferably comprising an upper and / or a lower conveyor belt, between which the supplements are conveyed.
  • the inserts can be conveyed between upper and lower conveyors by means of opposing upper and lower conveyor belts.
  • the hinge may have lower hinges connecting the upper and lower conveyors of the first and second legs, respectively.
  • the joints or the lower joints may comprise deflection rollers.
  • the conveyor belts are continuously formed continuously over the joint or over the lower joints.
  • a lower conveyor belt is continuously guided continuously over the first and the second leg and / or an upper conveyor belt is continuously guided continuously over the first and the second leg, so that the inserts are conveyed continuously between the lower and the upper conveyor belt can.
  • the dispensing tongue further leg and joints, which offers the advantage of increasing the degrees of freedom of the insertion movement.
  • the inserts can be introduced individually and at high speed on the insertion in the container, the introducer in one embodiment, a separator is preceded, which passes individual supplements to that insertion.
  • the separator is preceded by a rod feeder, which conveys inserts intended for insertion to the separator.
  • rod feeders are known from the print finishing and have proven where inserts must be transported from a supply stack (rod) to a singler. they form at the same time supplement storage, which must be filled only at longer intervals with appropriate supplements stack and thus save staff.
  • the rod feeder can be arranged transversely to the transport device. This configuration allows a space-saving arrangement several insertion stations in a row.
  • a great rapidity and flexibility is achieved if several insertion stations are arranged one behind the other along the transport device, and if each of the introduction stations each has its own insertion member.
  • the insertion station is associated with a collecting device which forms a supplement group by collecting several supplements and passes them on to the insertion.
  • the collecting device can be assigned a plurality of landing stations for the supplements.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation in several steps (a) to (c) an exemplary process of inserting a supplement 15 in a already filled with a main product 14 container according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the main product 14 is shown here for the sake of simplicity as a compact, closed block, but may consist of several similar or different articles.
  • the main item 14 may include shirts, pants, skirts, jackets, or the like.
  • the main product 14 is already filled in a container 10, which is open in the example above and can be a cardboard box, a tub, a container or a bag.
  • the container 10 may also be a plastic container used only for picking main product 14 and supplements 15, emptied in a downstream shipping station and later used again for picking and reused.
  • the container 10 is according to Fig. 1 (a) already filled with the introduced into its interior 11 main product 14 when it is moved on a transport plane 12 in the transport direction at a predetermined transport speed at an (not shown) insertion station.
  • the insertion station On the way past the insertion station is now according to Fig. 1 (b) in the open-topped container 10 with adapted speed a supplement 1 5 introduced so that it can be stored in the interior 11 of the container 10 on the main product 14 ( Fig. 1 (c) ).
  • the insertion of the supplement 15 is preferably carried out in the transport direction 13 obliquely from top to bottom, so that the flat insert 15 rests with the lower downstream end first on the main product 14 before, according to Fig. 1 (c) is completely stored.
  • the sheet-like insert 15 in the example shown may be a flyer, a brochure, a printed bill or a printed cover letter. However, it can also be a sample of goods, a CD or another supplement that could interest or interest the recipient of the main product 14.
  • a supplement 15 is first inserted into the empty container 10 ( Fig. 2 (a) and Fig. 2 (b) ), before then the main product 14 is filled ( Fig. 2 (c) ).
  • Fig. 2 (a) and Fig. 2 (b) the empty container 10
  • Fig. 2 (c) the main product 14
  • another supplement is introduced and stored on the main product 14 above, so that under and over the main product 14 supplements are stored.
  • Fig. 1 While in Fig. 1 only one supplement is introduced into the container 10, according to Fig. 3 also several (same or) different supplements 15 and 16 are introduced. If this is done successively, results for the deposited on the main product 14 inserts 1 5 and 16 a natural order in which the first imported insert 15 comes to rest under the subsequently introduced supplement 16.
  • Fig. 6 shows now in a perspective simplified representation of a simple embodiment of an insertion station 20 according to the invention with a height-adjustable dispensing tongue 21, the succession (a) to (c) introduces inserts in different heights 10b, 10c and 10d.
  • the insertion station 20 is arranged on a transport device 17 which extends in a transport direction and forms a transport plane in which the containers 10b to 10d are moved past the insertion station 20.
  • the transport device 17 may, for example, a conveyor belt or - as in the Fig. 6 shown - be a roller conveyor belt, which is either actively driven or on which the containers move due to gravity on a slope itself. In an active drive, it is much easier to coordinate the insertion process with the (uniform) transport speed of the containers in terms of movement.
  • An essential component of the insertion station 20 is as an insertion, the dispensing tongue 21, with between an upper conveyor belt and a lower conveyor belt (21 a and 21 b in Fig. 7 ) in particular flat supplements in the transport direction obliquely down to the container moved past and can be delivered at the lower free end of the dispensing tongue in the open container introducing.
  • At the top End of the dispensing tongue 21 is pivotally mounted about a horizontal, transverse to the transport direction oriented pivot axis, so that the free lower end of the dispensing tongue 21 can be moved up and down by pivoting about this pivot axis.
  • a singler 19 is arranged, which delivers the supplements 15 individually and temporally to the moved past containers 10b-d tuned to the dispensing tongue 21, from which they are then transported obliquely down to the open container and introduced there.
  • the singler 19 can be loaded with a stack of supplements, which are then separated and forwarded.
  • containers 20b-d are (in adaptation to the main product 14 to be included therein) of different sizes and above all different heights. Nevertheless, in order to enable a safe insertion of the inserts regardless of size and height, the containers are aligned on the one hand in their position in the transport plane on the fixedly arranged dispensing tongue 21. On the other hand, the free end of the dispensing tongue 21 is aligned in its height to the height of the next container to be filled, so that the free end of the dispensing tongue 21 is located at a sufficient distance above the upper edge of the container. The distance may not be too large to allow a safe and controlled insertion, especially if the supplement is just a printed sheet (invoice, operating instructions, etc.).
  • the orientation of the free end of the dispensing tongue 21 is controlled in accordance with a height measurement, which is made on the incoming containers before reaching the insertion station 20.
  • a height sensor (27 in Fig. 7 ) provided as a distance sensor or height-sensitive light barrier determines the position of the upper edge (s) of the incoming container and causes the dispensing tongue 21 (if necessary) in time for a corresponding pivoting operation.
  • Fig. 6 (a) comes to a very shallow container 10b to the insertion station 20 and the dispensing tongue 21 is pivoted downwards accordingly, so that the supplement 15 can be safely delivered to the container 10b ( Fig. 6 (b) ).
  • next container 20c is very large and tall.
  • dispensing tongue 21 is pivoted upwards, so that a secure insertion process is ensured ( Fig. 6 (c) ). The process then repeats for the next medium-sized container 10d.
  • Fig. 7 shows the block diagram of a complete insertion system 30 according to an embodiment of the invention for picking supplements to the corresponding main product.
  • the illustrated insertion system 30 comprises a transport device 17, with which an insertion member in the form of a dispensing tongue 21 cooperates.
  • the obliquely downwardly directed dispensing tongue 21 comprises an upper belt conveyor 21a and a lower belt conveyor 21b, between which the inserts are transported to the transport device 17.
  • the supplements are introduced individually by a singler 19 in the dispensing tongue 21.
  • the singler 19 receives the inserts (eg in a shingled arrangement) from a bar feeder 25.
  • a printing station 26 can be used, which prints in the context of picking specific supplements (invoices, letters, etc.) and sends to the separator 19.
  • a motorized pivoting device for the dispensing tongue 21 is arranged. Panning and transport drive the dispensing tongue 21 are of an insertion control 24 controlled on the one hand receives data from a height sensor 27 on the height of the containers to be filled and on the other hand receives control commands from a picking system 22.
  • the picking system 22 is coupled to a data memory 23 in which data (names, addresses, etc.) of customers or recipients of the picked goods and inserts are stored in the form of a database.
  • orders for commissioning are entered at an order entry.
  • the transport device 17 can be controlled directly by the picking system 22, but alternatively also by the insertion control 24.
  • a simplified insertion station operating according to the invention is reproduced, in which a separator 19 for the inserts is arranged laterally and transversely to the transport direction of the transport device 17 on a frame 31.
  • the parallel to the transport direction or transport device 17 aligned dispensing tongue 21 is here connected to the singler 19 by a corner conveyor 29, which conveys the transversely applied inserts in the transport direction to the dispensing tongue 21.
  • Fig. 8 shown configuration allows, according to Fig. 9 at an insertion 33, the supplements by means of a transverse to the transport device 17 arranged bar feeder 32 to save space in a scale flow or the like for singler 19 and then individually via the corner conveyor 29 of the dispensing tongue 21 supply.
  • the supplements by means of a transverse to the transport device 17 arranged bar feeder 32 to save space in a scale flow or the like for singler 19 and then individually via the corner conveyor 29 of the dispensing tongue 21 supply.
  • flat supplements such as leaflets, flyers or the like
  • - stack of supplements are placed by an operator on the rod feeder 32, which are then transported coordinated to the singler 19.
  • FIG. 10 further shows that a plurality of transport branches 17a, 17b can be brought together to form the transport device 17 in front of the introduction device 34 in order to bring together containers 10, which come from different warehouses or provisions, for the insertion of the inserts in the introduction device 34.
  • Fig. 11 in an introducer 40 different supplements about corresponding landing stations 36a, b, 37a, b and 38a, b put together before inserting to garnish groups in which they are passed to a collecting device 39 and then as a supplement group via a dispensing end of the collecting device 39 arranged dispensing tongue 21 of already explained type are introduced into a container transported past.
  • the collecting device 39 is formed in the example shown as a conveyor belt, that the inserts to be collected are placed one after the other.
  • the transport device 17 may - as the example of Fig. 11 indicates - after the introducer 40 in a curve to subsequent, serve the further processing facilities.
  • Fig. 12a shows a side view of another embodiment of an insertion station 41 with a dispensing tongue 42, which has a first leg 421 and a second leg 422, which are connected via a hinge 423.
  • the first leg 421 is pivotally connected to a singler 19 about a first horizontal pivot axis H1 via a corner conveyor 29.
  • the hinge 423 defines a second horizontal pivot axis H2 about which the free end 424 of the dispensing tongue 42 and the second Leg 422 is pivotable.
  • the hinge 423 in turn is pivotable about the first horizontal pivot axis H1.
  • the first leg has an upper conveyor 421a and a lower conveyor 421b and the second leg has an upper conveyor 422a and a lower conveyor 422b between which the inserts 15 are conveyed by means of counter-rotating conveyor belts 425, 426.
  • the hinge 423 has lower hinges 423a, 423b with pulleys connecting the upper conveyors 421a, 422a and lower conveyors 421b, 422b of the first and second legs 421, 422, respectively.
  • the conveyor belts 425, 426 are continuously formed on the lower joints 423a, 423b running.
  • Fig. 12a shows the dispensing tongue 42 in a configuration with an insertion height, which is adapted to the height of the transported by means of the transport device 17 at the insertion station 41 container 10g.
  • the container 10g has a main product 14 to which or on which the supplement 15 should be placed.
  • Fig. 12b shows a side view of the insertion station 41 Fig. 12a , wherein the free end 424 of the dispensing tongue 42 has been adjusted in height due to the higher container 10h.
  • the free end 424 of the dispensing tongue 42 disposed on the second leg 422 has been height adjusted along the vertical path A by means of a combined pivotal movement of the first leg 421 and the second leg 422.

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