EP3901045B1 - Karussellvorrichtung zum bewegen von behältern - Google Patents

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EP3901045B1
EP3901045B1 EP21168978.1A EP21168978A EP3901045B1 EP 3901045 B1 EP3901045 B1 EP 3901045B1 EP 21168978 A EP21168978 A EP 21168978A EP 3901045 B1 EP3901045 B1 EP 3901045B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
    • B65C9/04—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station having means for rotating the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
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  • This invention relates to a carrousel apparatus for moving containers, in particular a carrousel apparatus to be used in rotary labelling machines. Since the main application of the carrousel apparatus is that in the context of rotary labelling machines, hereinafter reference will be made to that application, without thereby limiting the scope of the invention. Indeed, the carrousel apparatus according to this invention may be used in any machine or plant for which it may be useful.
  • rotary labelling machines constitute the most widely used solution for labelling various types of containers, such as wine bottles.
  • Such machines comprise a carrousel apparatus around which one or more labelling units are positioned.
  • the carrousel apparatus is peripherally equipped with a plurality of plates, on each of which a container is loaded at a loading station.
  • the carrousel then rotates on itself and bring the container first in front of each labelling unit present (one or more depending on the applications) and then to a releasing station.
  • the plates rotate on themselves to orient the container in the best way relative to the labelling units.
  • each plate the carrousel apparatus comprises a retaining head.
  • the retaining head comprises an operating portion which is movable between a raised position, in which it does not interfere with the container, and a lowered position, at which it presses on the upper part of the container to push it against the plate.
  • the operating portion can also rotate idly about the axis of rotation of the plate.
  • this type of labelling machine is widely used in the sector of labelling containers such as bottles, large bottles, small bottles, etc. Despite that, there are types of containers for which it is not currently possible to use carrousel labelling machines, despite this being highly desirable for correct management of the labelling step.
  • a first type of containers for which it is not possible is that of containers equipped with a pump dosing cap, or the like. Indeed, the very presence of the dosing cap prevents the use of a retaining head for applying an axial pressure on the container to keep it locked on the plate.
  • DE 3823471 A1 discloses a carrousel apparatus for moving containers according to the preamble of claim 1 and a labelling machine for labels engaging continuously over a side face and the cover of a container, as in honey jars, with individually driven turntables which rotate about a common axis of the machine and carry the containers.
  • a vertically movable holding-down device is arranged, engaging on the container cover on at least two points of the cover edge so as to leave a middle region of the cover free for lateral engagement.
  • the movable holding-down device is provided with a finger on which both a sliding block for lateral containment and a roller with horizontal axis for downwardly pressing the container, are provided.
  • the technical purpose which forms the basis of this invention is to provide a carrousel apparatus for moving containers which overcomes at least some of the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • the technical purpose of this invention is to provide a carrousel apparatus for moving containers which allows the management of at least some types of containers which currently cannot be managed with the carrousel apparatuses which use retaining heads.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a carrousel apparatus for moving containers 2, which can be made according to this invention.
  • the carrousel apparatus 1 can be used only with containers 2 which, at least at a contact portion 3 of them intended to make contact with a retaining head 4 of the apparatus 1, have a cylindrical symmetry relative to the axis of rotation of the container 2 (that is to say, the axis of rotation which in use coincides with that of the plate 5 of the apparatus 1).
  • the carrousel apparatus 1 is configured to move a type of containers 2 which comprise a lower containment body 6 which contains the product, closed by an upper cap 7.
  • a type of containers 2 which comprise a lower containment body 6 which contains the product, closed by an upper cap 7.
  • the containment body 6 it is possible to identify a lateral wall 8, a bottom wall 9 connected to the bottom of the lateral wall 8, and a top wall 10 connected to the top of the lateral wall 8, in which an opening is made (not visible in the accompanying figures) with which the cap 7 is associated; the opening is usually defined by a projecting nozzle defined by the top wall 10 (in many cases threaded for screwing on the cap 7).
  • the contact portion 3 is advantageously constituted by a perimetric zone 11 of the top wall 10, or a connecting zone 12 which connects the top wall 10 and the lateral wall 8, which have a cylindrical axial symmetry relative to a vertical central axis of the container 2; in some applications the contact portion 3 may in any case also be positioned at other heights along the lateral wall.
  • the apparatus 1 is preferably configured to act on that perimetric zone 11 or on that connecting zone 12 (the latter is the case illustrated in the accompanying figures) to keep the container 2 fixed to the plate 5.
  • the carrousel apparatus 1 also comprises a supporting structure (not visible in the accompanying figures) on which a carrousel 13 is mounted ( Figure 1 ).
  • the carrousel 13 is rotatable on itself, relative to the supporting structure, about a vertical main axis of rotation 14.
  • each operating unit 16 Associated with a perimetric portion 15 of the carrousel 13 there is a plurality of operating units 16, each of which is configured to retain a container 2 and to move it for a predetermined angle of rotation of the carrousel 13 on itself. Indeed, each operating unit 16 rotates with the carrousel 13 about the main axis of rotation 14, and, in use, shifts cyclically along a movement path, which goes from a container 2 feeding station, to a container 2 releasing station. The feeding station and the releasing station are positioned at different angular positions around the carrousel 13 and located along the movement path, in use, there are also one or more labelling units.
  • there is a description of the structure of a single operating unit 16 although what is described applies for each operating unit 16.
  • the operating unit 16 comprises a plate 5 located at the bottom, and a retaining head 4 located a predetermined distance vertically above the plate 5.
  • the plate 5 is rotatably connected to the carrousel 13 for rotating, on itself, about its own secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • the secondary axis of rotation 17 is parallel to the main axis of rotation 14 and is therefore also vertical.
  • suitable means of rotation which cause its controlled rotation about the secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • the plate 5 may also be vertically movable relative to the carrousel 13.
  • the retaining head 4 is vertically aligned with the plate 5 along the secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • the retaining head also rotates together with the carrousel 13 in the rotation about the main axis of rotation 14, but is fixed relative to the secondary axis of rotation 17 of the plate 5. Consequently, during the rotation of the plate 5 on itself, the retaining head 4 as a whole maintains the same orientation relative to the carrousel 13 with which it rotates.
  • the retaining head 4 is supported by a cantilever arm 18, but in other embodiments different solutions may even be adopted.
  • each retaining head 4 comprises three or more pressure rollers which are distributed eccentrically relative to the secondary axis of rotation 17 of the plate 5.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are also configured for pushing with their own lateral surface the container 2 towards the plate 5, in particular during the rotation of the plate 5 on itself.
  • the rotation of the pressure rollers 19 occurs about a third axis of rotation 20, which is inclined relative to the secondary axis of rotation 17 in such a way that the lateral surface of the pressure rollers 19, when it is resting on the outer surface of the container 2, applies a thrust with a component which is not null along the secondary axis of rotation 17, towards the plate 5 below.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are configured for pressing with their lateral surface on the perimetric zone 11 with axial symmetry of the top wall 10, or on the connecting zone 12 with axial symmetry. Moreover, advantageously, the lateral surface of the pressure rollers 19 is parallel to the relative third axis of rotation 20.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are also configured to centre the container 2 on the secondary axis of rotation 17, in particular by making the axial axis of symmetry coincide with the secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • the retaining head 4 comprises a supporting portion 21 with which the pressure rollers 19 are rotatably associated.
  • the supporting portion 21 has, in plan view, a C shape, with the opening of the C facing radially outwards. The purpose of that arrangement is to allow the passage of a base of the cap 7 of the container 2 through the open part of the C, along a line which is radial relative to the secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • the supporting portion 21, and the pressure rollers 19 associated with it can be positioned around the container 2 at an intermediate height between that of the top wall 10 of the containment body 6, and that of the top of the cap 7.
  • the nozzle of the cap 7 is therefore positioned above the supporting portion 21 and the rollers.
  • housing space 22 may in contrast house a widened part of the cap 7 itself.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are associated with the supporting portion 21 above it.
  • the third axes of rotation 20, which, as already indicated, are inclined relative to the secondary axis of rotation 17, intersect the secondary axis of rotation 17 and converge towards it moving away from the plate 5. Even more preferably, if the pressure rollers 19 are identical to each other, the third axes of rotation 20 lie on a conical surface centred on the secondary axis of rotation 17, as illustrated in Figure 3 .
  • the pressure rollers 19 (or rather, their centres), observed in plan view, are distributed along an arc of a circle centred on the secondary axis of rotation 17. That arc of a circle, which lies in a horizontal plane, defines a concavity facing radially outwards relative to the main axis of rotation 14. Therefore, it reflects the shape of the C-shaped supporting portion 21.
  • first end pressure roller 19 whose centre is located at a first end of the arc of a circle
  • second end pressure roller 19 whose centre is located at a second end of the arc of a circle
  • one or more intermediate pressure rollers 19 whose centres lie along the arc of a circle.
  • the arc of a circle preferably extends for an angle ⁇ of between 190° and 210°.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are cylindrical, preferably disks with diameter significantly greater than their height.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are made of materials which have some elasticity and/or softness, such as rubber.
  • the pressure rollers 19 are idle and, in use, rotate as a consequence of the rotation of the container 2 with which they are in contact (which is made to rotate by the plate 5). That does not rule out the fact that in other embodiments at least one of them may be motor-driven and synchronised with the plate 5, or even that the rotation of the container 2 and of the plate 5 may be caused directly using motor-driven pressure rollers 19.
  • the retaining head 4 is movable between a raised position and a lowered position.
  • the retaining head 4 When it is in the raised position, the retaining head 4 allows the insertion or the removal of a container 2 in or from the space between the insertion head and the plate 5, advantageously without the container 2 making contact with any part of the retaining head 4.
  • the axial stroke which corresponds to the shifting of the retaining head 4 between the raised position and the lowered position is a limited stroke, usually of approximately several millimetres/tens of millimetres. Indeed, when the retaining head 4 is located in the raised position, the supporting portion 21 and the pressure rollers 19 must not interfere with the containment body 6 of the container 2 or with the cap 7 during insertion and removal of the container 2.
  • the container 2 With the retaining head 4 advantageously in the raised position, the container 2 is positioned on the plate 5. Then the retaining head 4 passes to the lowered position and the pressure rollers 19 rest on the container 2 (on the connecting zone 12 in the accompanying figures). Advantageously the pressure rollers 19 also cause centring of the container 2 on the secondary axis of rotation 17.
  • This invention brings important advantages.
  • the carrousel apparatus according to this invention allows in particular the best moving of containers with a dosing cap as well as those with high quality or delicate surface finishes.

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  1. Eine Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern, Folgendes beinhaltend:
    eine Trägerstruktur;
    ein Karussell (13), das an der Trägerstruktur montiert und um sich selbst um eine Hauptrotationsachse (14) drehbar ist; und
    eine Mehrzahl von Betriebseinheiten (16), verbunden mit einem perimetrischen Anteil (15) des Karussells (13), um sich damit um die Hauptrotationsachse (14) zu drehen, jede Betriebseinheit (16) ist dabei konfiguriert, um einen Behälter (2) festzuhalten und auf einem Bewegungsweg, der von einer Zuführstation von Behältern (2) zu einer Freigabestation von Behältern (2) reicht, zu bewegen; wobei:
    jede Betriebseinheit (16) eine Platte (5) und einen Rückhaltekopf (4) beinhaltet; jede Platte (5) ist drehbar mit dem Karussell (13) verbunden, um sich um sich selbst um seine eigene, sekundäre Rotationsachse (17) zu drehen, die vertikal und parallel zur Hauptrotationsache (14) ist;
    jeder Rückhaltekopf (4) ist auf der sekundären Rotationsachse (17) vertikal mit der jeweiligen Platte (5) gefluchtet, dreht sich mit dem Karussell (13) bei der Drehung um die Hauptrotationsachse (14) und ist im Verhältnis zur sekundären Rotationsachse (17) der jeweiligen Platte (5) während der Drehung der Platte (5) um sich selbst feststehend;
    jeder Rückhaltekopf (4) beinhaltet drei oder mehr Druckrollen (19), die exzentrisch im Verhältnis zur jeweiligen sekundären Rotationsachse (17) verteilt sind, und konfiguriert sind, um einen Behälter (2), während der Drehung der Platte (5) um sich selbst, in Richtung der Platte (5) zu drücken; und jeder Rückhaltekopf (4) beinhaltet einen Trägerabschnitt (21), mit dem die Druckrollen (19) drehbar verbunden sind, jede entsprechend einer dritten Rotationsachse (20);
    gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die dritten Rotationsachsen (20) im Verhältnis zur sekundären Rotationsachse (17) geneigt sind, die sekundäre Rotationsachse (17) schneiden und in Richtung dieser konvergieren, sich dabei von der Platte (5) wegbewegend; und dadurch, dass die Druckrollen (19) jedes Rückhaltekopfs (4) konfiguriert sind, um den Behälter (2) an der sekundären Rotationsachse (17) zu zentrieren.
  2. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach dem Patentanspruch 1, wobei die dritten Rotationsachsen (20) jedes Rückhaltekopfs (4) auf einer konischen Oberfläche liegen.
  3. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach dem Patentanspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Druckrollen (19) jedes Rückhaltekopfs (4) auf einem Kreisbogen verteilt sind, der an der sekundären Rotationsachse (17) zentriert ist, die auf einer horizontalen Ebene liegt und die eine Konkavität definiert, die radial nach außen im Verhältnis zur Hauptrotationsachse (14) gerichtet ist, besagte Druckrollen (19) beinhalten dabei eine erste Enddruckrolle (19), deren Mitte sich an einem ersten Ende des Kreisbogens befindet, eine zweite Enddruckrolle (19), deren Mitte sich an einem zweiten Ende des Kreisbogens befindet, und eine oder mehrere Zwischendruckrollen (19), deren Mitten auf dem Kreisbogen liegen.
  4. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach dem Patentanspruch 3, wobei sich der Kreisbogen auf einem Winkel zwischen 190° und 210° erstreckt.
  5. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei der Trägerabschnitt (21) die Form eines "C" hat und wobei die Druckrollen (19) über dem Trägerabschnitt (21) positioniert sind.
  6. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die Druckrollen (19) zylindrisch sind.
  7. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die Druckrollen (19) Losrollen sind.
  8. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei jeder Rückhaltekopf (4) zwischen einer erhöhten Position, in der er im Gebrauch das Einfügen oder das Entfernen eines Behälters (2) in oder aus dem Zwischenraum zwischen dem Einfügekopf und der Platte (5) erlaubt, und einer gesenkten Position, in der die Druckrollen (19) im Gebrauch auf dem Behälter (2) aufliegen, beweglich ist.
  9. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei jeder Rückhaltekopf (4) einen Aufnahmeraum (22) für einen Deckel (7) des Behälters (2) über besagten Druckrollen (19) definiert.
  10. Die Karussellvorrichtung zum Bewegen von Behältern (2) nach jedem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei jede Betriebseinheit (16) konfiguriert ist, um einen Behälter (2) zu bewegen, der Folgendes beinhaltet:
    einen unteren Behälterkörper (6), der eine Seitenwand (8) eine Bodenwand (9), die mit dem Boden der Seitenwand (8) verbunden ist, und eine Oberwand (10), die mit der Oberseite der Seitenwand (8) verbunden ist und in der eine Öffnung hergestellt wurde, hat; und einen Deckel (7), der mit der Öffnung verbunden ist;
    und wobei zumindest ein perimetrischer Bereich (11) der Oberwand (10) oder ein Verbindungsbereich (12) zwischen der Oberwand (10) und der Seitenwand (8) eine zylindrische Achsensymmetrie im Verhältnis zu einer vertikalen Mittenachse des Behälters (2) hat;
    wobei die Druckrollen (19) konfiguriert sind, um mit ihrer Seitenfläche auf besagten perimetrischen Bereich (11) oder auf besagten Verbindungsbereich (12), der eine Achsensymmetrie aufweist, zu drücken.
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