EP3929092B1 - Ensemble chargeur de pâtes longues à double rotor - Google Patents

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EP3929092B1
EP3929092B1 EP21179734.5A EP21179734A EP3929092B1 EP 3929092 B1 EP3929092 B1 EP 3929092B1 EP 21179734 A EP21179734 A EP 21179734A EP 3929092 B1 EP3929092 B1 EP 3929092B1
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Massimo Piazzaroli
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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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/36—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods
    • B65B1/363—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods with measuring pockets moving in an endless path
    • B65B1/366—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods with measuring pockets moving in an endless path about a horizontal axis of symmetry
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/34—Packaging other rod-shaped articles, e.g. sausages, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes
    • 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
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/02—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by gravity flow
    • 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
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/08—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders

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  • the present invention relates to a dual rotor long pasta loader assembly.
  • the loader assembly comprises a hopper closed at the bottom by a door with controlled opening and closing, said door comprising for example two openable and closeable doors so as to unload one dose of pasta at a time.
  • the conveyor is of the bucket type, each of the buckets being able to receive from the loader assembly a dose of pasta unloaded from the hopper.
  • Granted European Patent EP-3326922 of the present applicant describes an apparatus for transferring long pasta from a production line towards a packaging machine, comprising a long pasta loader assembly.
  • Said loader assembly comprises a descender, dosing means and a rotor provided with a cavity.
  • the descender is able to vertically slide the long pasta towards the rotor.
  • the dosing means are movable between an opening position, in which the long pasta is free to slide along the descender, and a closing position, in which the sliding of the long pasta is blocked.
  • the dosing means consist of a paddle moved horizontally between said two positions by pneumatic means.
  • the rotor is placed below the dosing means, an accumulation space for a dose of long pasta being provided between the dosing means and the rotor.
  • the rotor is able to take on at least one filling position for receiving the dose of pasta therein, with the cavity facing upwards and the dosing means in closing position, and an emptying position for unloading the dose of long pasta along a wall of the cavity by rotation and sliding, with the cavity facing downwards and the dosing means in closing position.
  • the apparatus further comprises a bucket conveyor placed below the rotor able to transport, by means of each of the buckets therein comprised, a dose of pasta unloaded by the rotor to be transported towards the packaging machine.
  • Said conveyor is configured so that a bucket is positioned below the rotor each time the rotor is in emptying position.
  • the loader assembly further comprises guides able to be coupled to respective grooves of each bucket of the conveyor in order to accurately position each bucket below the rotor.
  • the above-described loader assembly is suitable for an apparatus in which the long pasta arrives from the long pasta production line by a single conveyor belt which empties the long pasta into the hopper.
  • Said loader assembly may be adapted to also serve two conveyor belts by providing two descenders which converge into a same dosing area above a same dosing paddle below which there is a single rotor.
  • the long pasta conventionally is produced in double length, lying on the two conveyor belts transversely to the direction of the motion, cut between the two conveyor belts during the running towards the loader assembly and emptied into two separate descenders which converge into a single dosing area.
  • the converging step of the two rows of long pasta in the loader assembly generates breaks in the long pasta and/or unpleasant weaves, for example if the long pasta consists of fettuccine, i.e. non-threadlike and soft long pasta.
  • a long pasta shape such as spaghetti or linguine is also negatively affected by this converging step.
  • the loader assembly allows a dosage which is synchronized with the movement of an underlying bucket conveyor.
  • the loader assembly allows an increase in the production speed without reducing the quality of the packaged long pasta.
  • a loader assembly for dosing long pasta comprising at least one descender and a dosing unit which provides dosing means
  • the paddles open horizontal sections of the descenders for gradually unloading the long pasta so that the long pasta progressively occupies the accumulation space, thus limiting breaks in the long pasta.
  • lever means allows a simultaneous filling step of the accumulation space, and unloading in the buckets of the long pasta loaded in the rotors in the preceding step.
  • the filling and emptying of the rotors is continuous.
  • the loader assembly is very flexible in use, simple to assemble and maintain, given that the lever means are easily accessible to the operator.
  • An apparatus for transferring long pasta from a production line to a packaging machine comprises two conveyor belts, a loader assembly 1 for dosing long pasta ( Figures 1 to 3 ) and a bucket conveyor below the loader assembly 1.
  • the conveyor belts (not shown in the drawings) run parallel and are placed side-by-side between the production line and the loader assembly 1. A space for using cutting means is provided between the conveyor belts, as will be clarified in greater detail below.
  • the loader assembly 1 comprises two descenders 2 and a dosing unit 10 ( Figures 4 to 15 ) which provides dosing means and two rotors 3, each provided with a cavity 31.
  • the cavity 31 is open so as to be filled or emptied according to the position of rotor 3.
  • the rotors 3 are controlled by respective motors 5, which are independent of each other.
  • the dosing means comprise two paddles 4 and respective lever means 6, wherein the lever means 6 are able to connect each paddle 4 to a respective rotor 3.
  • Each descender 2 is able to receive the long pasta from a respective conveyor belt by a respective mouth 7, and to vertically unload it towards a respective rotor 3.
  • Each paddle 4 is able to move horizontally between a first position, in which it obstructs the respective descender 2, and a second position, in which the long pasta is free to access a space 8 of descender 2 comprised between the paddle 4 and the rotor 3.
  • the lever means 6 comprise, for each rotor 3 and respective paddle 4, a first crank 61 controlled in rotation by the respective rotor 3 activated by the respective motor 5 by respective belt transmissions 15, a first rod 62 whose ends are rotatably associated with one end of said first crank 61 and with a first end of a second crank 63.
  • a second end of the second crank 63 is integral with a rotating bar 66 able to rotate a third crank 64.
  • the rotating bar 66 is horizontal and rotatably associated with the frame of the dosing unit 10, wherein said frame is integral with the load-bearing frame of the loader assembly 1.
  • a second rod 65 provides ends rotatably associated with one end of the third crank 64 and with the paddle 4 which is able to move along a horizontal guide integral with the frame of the dosing unit 10.
  • the loader assembly 1 also comprises control means able to synchronize the rotation of the rotors 3 with the position of the respective paddles 4, as will be clarified in greater detail below.
  • the dosing unit 10 further comprises means 11 able to change the height of each paddle 4.
  • Said means comprise a ring nut 12.
  • the bucket conveyor (not shown in the drawings) is able to place buckets below the rotors 3 and to transport the buckets loaded with doses of long pasta towards a packaging machine.
  • the loader assembly 1 further comprises guides 13 able to be coupled with respective grooves of each bucket of the conveyor in order to accurately place each bucket below the respective rotor 3.
  • the long pasta e.g. spaghetti
  • the long pasta extends from the production line over two conveyor belts transversely to the direction of motion of the conveyor belts.
  • each single unit of long pasta for example a single strand of spaghetti, rests on both conveyor belts.
  • cutting means placed between the two conveyor belts e.g. a simple blade, cut each single unit of long pasta in the middle zone, between the two conveyor belts, thus obtaining two long pasta units of half-length with respect to the single unit of long pasta previously loaded at the production line.
  • the two series of long pasta enter respective descenders 2 by the mouths 7, thus filling the spaces above the respective paddles 4 which are stopped in the first position of descending block of the long pasta, as shown in Figures 6 , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 .
  • the paddles 4 open horizontal sections of the descenders 2 to gradually unload the long pasta so that the long pasta progressively occupies space 8, thus limiting breaks in the long pasta, which is known to be very delicate due to the elongated shape thereof.
  • the long pasta accumulates in space 8 by sliding over the outer surface of the rotors 3 in synchronized rotation with the movement of the paddles 4 by the lever means 6.
  • the cavities 31 of the rotors 3 are directed towards the buckets, i.e. space 8 is closed at the bottom by the outer surface of the moving rotors 3.
  • lever means 6 allows a simultaneous filling step of the space 8 as described above, and unloading of the long pasta, loaded in the rotors 3 in the preceding step, into the buckets, for example simultaneously into two buckets.
  • the paddles 4 are brought back to the first block position and the rotors 3 continue rotating, thus making the cavities 31 available for new filling with long pasta accumulated in the spaces 8.
  • the filling and emptying of the rotors 3 is continuous.
  • the lever means 6 are particularly important because they allow the use of the pair of rotors 3 to be optimized.
  • the activation of the rotors 3, and therefore of the lever means 6 and the paddles 6, is independent by means of the motors 5: the mutual position of the two rotors 3 and the paddles 4 advantageously may be differentiated.
  • first one bucket may be started to be filled with respect to the other, or the two buckets may be filled with different quantities of long pasta by varying the height of the paddles 4 by the ring nut 12.
  • the loader assembly 1 is very flexible in use, simple to assemble and maintain, given that the lever means 6 are easily accessible to the operator.

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  1. Ensemble chargeur (1) pour doser des pâtes longues, comprenant au moins un descendeur (2) et une unité de dosage (10) qui fournit des moyens de dosage,
    caractérisé en ce que :
    l'ensemble chargeur (1) comprend deux descendeurs (2),
    l'unité de dosage (10) comprend deux rotors (3) chacun dotés d'une cavité (31), et deux moteurs (5) pouvant commander indépendamment la rotation des rotors (3) respectifs,
    les moyens de dosage de l'unité de dosage (10) comprennent deux palettes (4) et des moyens de levier (6) pouvant raccorder une palette (4) à un rotor (3) respectif,
    dans lequel chaque descendeur (2) alimente exclusivement un rotor (3) respectif,
    dans lequel les moyens de contrôle de l'ensemble chargeur (1) peuvent synchroniser la position des rotors (3) et la position des palettes (4) respectives qui peuvent se déplacer horizontalement entre une première position dans laquelle le descendeur (2) respectif est bloqué et une seconde position dans laquelle les pâtes longues sont libres d'avoir accès à un espace d'accumulation (8) de chaque descendeur (2) compris entre la palette (4) et le rotor (3).
  2. Ensemble chargeur (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que pour chaque rotor (3) et la palette (4) respective, les moyens de levier (6) comprennent :
    une première manivelle (61) actionnée en rotation par le rotor (3) respectif,
    une première tige (62) sont les extrémités sont associées, en rotation, avec une extrémité de ladite première manivelle (61) et avec une première extrémité d'une deuxième manivelle (63),
    dans lequel une seconde extrémité de la deuxième manivelle (63) est solidaire d'une barre rotative (66) pouvant faire tourner une troisième manivelle (64),
    dans lequel la barre rotative (66) est horizontale et associée en rotation avec le bâti de l'unité de dosage (10),
    dans lequel une seconde tige (65) fournit des extrémités associées en rotation avec une extrémité de la troisième manivelle (64) et avec la palette (4) qui peut se déplacer le long d'un guide horizontal solidaire avec le bâti de l'unité de dosage (10).
  3. Ensemble chargeur (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de dosage (10) comprend des moyens (11) pouvant modifier la hauteur de chaque palette (4).
  4. Appareil pour le transfert des pâtes longues d'une ligne de production à une machine d'emballage, comprenant deux courroies transporteuses, un ensemble chargeur (1) et un transporteur à godets au-dessous du groupe de chargement (1), caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble chargeur (1) est selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
  5. Appareil selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les courroies transporteuses courent parallèlement et côte à côte entre la ligne de production et l'ensemble chargeur (1), dans lequel chaque unité de pâtes longues est placée sur deux courroies transporteuses transversalement à la direction de déplacement des courroies transporteuses, dans lequel des moyens de coupe placés entre les deux courroies transporteuses peuvent couper chaque unité unique de pâte longue dans la zone médiane, entre les deux courroies transporteuses, obtenant deux unités de pâte longue de demi-longueur par rapport à l'unité unique de pâte longue préalablement chargée sur la ligne de production.
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que chaque descendeur (2) peut recevoir les pâtes longues d'une courroie transporteuse respective au moyen d'une bouche (7) respective.
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