EP4211061A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum fördern von behälterverschlüssen - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zum fördern von behälterverschlüssenInfo
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- EP4211061A1 EP4211061A1 EP21769151.8A EP21769151A EP4211061A1 EP 4211061 A1 EP4211061 A1 EP 4211061A1 EP 21769151 A EP21769151 A EP 21769151A EP 4211061 A1 EP4211061 A1 EP 4211061A1
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- Prior art keywords
- container closures
- channel
- slide element
- conveying
- conveying channel
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G11/00—Chutes
- B65G11/02—Chutes of straight form
- B65G11/023—Chutes of straight form for articles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
- B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
- B65G47/256—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles removing incorrectly orientated articles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
- B65G2047/685—Devices for preventing jamming in converging flows
- B65G2047/688—Lane boundaries which are compliant
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device and a method for conveying container closures, in particular cap-like closures for closing beverage containers, such as screw caps or crown caps.
- Devices for conveying container closures are well known from the prior art and are used, for example, in container treatment plants, in particular in beverage bottling plants, as feed devices for feeding the cap-like closures to a closing machine.
- Such devices which exist in a wide variety of designs, basically comprise a transport or conveying channel that receives the container closures during transport or during the conveying process, with the conveying channel being preceded by a closure feed, for example, via which the container closures enter the conveying channel.
- the container closures are removed or picked up by a so-called sorting plant from a store, for example in an unordered quantity, and transferred to the conveyor device in such a way that the container closures enter the conveyor channel in a predetermined orientation.
- the conveying channel or its cross-section is adapted to the dimension or
- the conveying channel has an essentially rectangular cross-sectional shape and is thus dimensioned oned that the container closures to be conveyed come into contact with their upper side and with side sections on a bottom or on walls of the conveying channel, and are thus guided, in particular forcibly guided, transported.
- the conveying channel of a corresponding device for conveying the container closures for supply to a capping machine is usually quite long and can therefore accommodate a large number of container closures.
- the length of the conveying channel is typically such that at least 160 container closures are accommodated in the conveying channel, particularly in the case of crown corks to be supplied.
- the container closures are usually conveyed out of the conveyor channel by a "dry run” or an “idle run” of the container treatment system. This causes unnecessary wear and additional energy consumption.
- the container caps cannot be collected when running dry, so the container caps fall on the ground and therefore cannot be reused for reasons of hygiene.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved device for conveying container closures, which eliminates the disadvantages of the solutions known from the prior art and which, with a simple structural design and easier operation, allows the conveying channel to be emptied and, in particular, works in an energy-saving and resource-saving manner .
- the present invention solves the problem by a device with the features of claim 1 and by a method with the features of claim 19.
- the invention also relates to a container treatment system according to claim 18.
- Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims. All of the features described are fundamentally the subject matter of the invention, either individually or in any combination, regardless of how they are summarized in the claims or how they relate back to them. Furthermore, the features or combinations of features contained in the patent claims are declared to be part of the description.
- the invention provides a device for conveying container closures, in particular crown corks, which comprises a conveying channel extending along a main axis with at least one sliding surface forming a channel bottom and with at least one first and one second guide surface, the guide surfaces being opposite one another laterally along the channel bottom are arranged.
- the device has a diverting device for diverting the container closures from the conveying channel.
- the diversion device comprises at least one slide arrangement with at least one linearly movable slide element, wherein the slide element can be moved from at least a first, closed position into at least a second, open position, and wherein the slide element has a guide surface section in the first, closed position forms part of the first guide surface and in the second, open position opens the conveying channel laterally and thereby releases a lateral outlet area for the container closures.
- the present device which is used for example as a system part, in particular as an integrated system part in a complex container treatment system, particularly advantageously enables simple and effective emptying of the conveying channel by means of particularly easy operation, namely by linear displacement of the slide element, due to the diversion device provided on the conveying channel.
- the lateral discharge of the container closures via the lateral outlet area takes place in such a targeted and directed manner that the container closures locks leave the conveyor channel at the predefined point, in particular in a sufficiently ordered manner so that the container closures can optionally be collected particularly advantageously when exiting the conveyor channel, for example by means of a collection container.
- the first guide surface is designed in several parts and composed of several sections or parts, the guide surface section formed by the slide element being to be regarded as a part or as a section of the first guide surface, in particular of the combined or entire first guide surface.
- the second guide surface can be in one piece or in several pieces. For example, strip-shaped components extending parallel to the main axis are arranged laterally on the duct base and, in relation to the main axis, opposite one another, with these strip-shaped components forming the respective guide surfaces with their sides or surfaces facing one another.
- the width of the conveying channel preferably corresponds essentially to the diameter of the container closures to be conveyed. As a result, the container closures can be transported in the conveying channel with little or no lateral play along the main axis.
- the width of the conveying channel is to be understood as the distance between the first and the second guide surface.
- the guide surface section of the first guide surface formed by the slide element has a longitudinal extent which corresponds approximately to two to three times the diameter of the container closures to be conveyed or two to three times the width of the conveying channel.
- an opening width of the outlet area which is to be understood as a lateral opening of the conveying channel, is approximately as wide as two to three container closures arranged one behind the other in a row. This ensures that the container closures emerge unhindered or without jamming or blocking, but in particular in an orderly manner.
- the conveying channel in the sense of the present invention is designed essentially in the form of a trough or channel, with a receiving space in which the container closures are accommodated for the purpose of conveying preferably having a rectangular or approximately rectangular cross section.
- the cross section of the receiving space is adapted to the dimensions of the container closures, in particular crown caps, so that these are transported in a conveying direction in a sliding manner in the conveying channel, contacting the sliding surface forming the channel bottom and the guide surfaces forming the lateral walls, with the container closures being particularly in are oriented in a predetermined manner and rest with their upper side on the bottom of the channel.
- the conveying channel has, for example, an appropriate length so that it can accommodate at least approximately 160 container closures, in particular lined up in a row.
- the conveying channel can also be referred to as a transport channel or guide channel.
- container closures advantageously only very few container closures (e.g. approx. 20 pieces) need to be conveyed out of the conveyor channel via a dry run of the container treatment system, in particular via a dry run of a closure device downstream of the device, and only those container closures that are in the conveyor channel are already located in an area downstream of the diverting device in the conveying direction. All other container closures (e.g. at least 140 pieces) are ejected via the rejection device and preferably collected with a collection unit that is optionally provided with the rejection device, so that these container closures can be reused.
- the diversion device it is particularly advantageous for the diversion device to be arranged as close as possible to an outlet end of the conveying channel in order to keep the number of container closures “to be emptied via dry running” as low as possible.
- the present device thus not only makes it particularly easy to empty the conveying channel, but also significantly reduces the number of closures that are brought out via a "dry run", which means less wear, lower energy consumption and the possible reuse of the discharged closures. locks go hand in hand.
- the device can be produced in a structurally simple manner and at low cost, since standard parts and simple components such as bent sheet metal parts, bent pipes and the like can be used. In addition to simple assembly, this also offers a wide range of possible uses, since the device is not limited to special versions and materials of container closures.
- the linearly movable slide element can be moved by means of a sliding movement in a sliding direction from the first, closed position to the at least second, open position, with the sliding direction running at an acute angle or at a right or essentially right angle to the main axis of the conveying channel.
- the sliding direction is selected so that the movable slide element is vertical or but is shifted at an acute angle to the conveying channel.
- the angle is, for example, in a range from 45° to 75°, preferably in a range from 50° to 70° and particularly preferably around 60° or around 65°.
- the sliding element is advantageously adapted in terms of its geometric configuration, in particular its geometric shape, in order to ensure for the respective selected sliding direction that the first, closed position and the second, open position are in the defined manner, as described above , can be taken.
- the slide arrangement comprises at least one holding means for displaceably holding the slide element, the slide element being fastened to the conveying channel in a displaceable manner via the holding means.
- the holding means is designed in the form of a fastening rail or fastening strip, which is preferably fixed to the back of the conveying channel, namely to a rear surface of the component forming the channel floor that faces away from the receiving space for receiving the container closures with which a fastening means provided on the slide element interacts in such a way that a displacement of the slide element held on the conveying channel via the holding means is possible.
- the slider arrangement comprises at least one slider guide for guiding the slider element and/or at least one fixing or locking means for fixing the slider element in at least the first, closed position and the second, open position.
- it can be ensured in a particularly advantageous manner that the sliding movement in the specified sliding direction can be carried out precisely and correctly and at least the first and second position of the sliding element can be secured.
- the diversion device has a collecting unit for collecting container closures emerging from the outlet area.
- a collecting unit for collecting container closures emerging from the outlet area.
- an effective, quantitative collection of the discharged, emerging container closures can take place via the collection unit provided in the discharge device.
- the collecting unit ensures that the container closures that occur as a result of the emptying of the conveying channel, namely those that emerge from the conveying channel, can be collected for complete reuse, which is why the device makes a significant contribution to avoiding waste and is therefore conducive to resource-saving operation.
- the collecting unit has at least one collecting tube piece with a collecting mouth, the collecting tube piece being arranged and aligned relative to the conveying channel in such a way that the collecting mouth of the collecting tube piece faces the outlet area for the container closures formed when the slide element is in the open position.
- the positioning of the collecting mouth of the collecting tube piece relative to the outlet area of the conveying channel is selected in such a way that the container closures emerging or falling out of the outlet area can be collected safely, in particular in full.
- the catching pipe section can be channel-shaped or tubular, in which case, in addition to a pipe body, a channel body or a part-pipe with only a part-circumferential pipe wall are to be understood as a catching pipe section.
- another element for example a flexible hose or another tube, can be provided and attached to the piece of collecting pipe, in particular at its end opposite the collecting mouth, to which the collected container closures are forwarded and from which the container closures can be transported, for example, into a collection or reservoir reach.
- the collecting unit is preferably adjustable, in particular adjustable in height and/or angle, arranged on the conveying channel, for which purpose in particular at least one adjustable support element is provided for supporting at least the piece of collecting pipe.
- the sliding surface forming the channel base is designed in particular for the sliding contact of an upper side of the container closures.
- the first and the second guide surface each form a wall section of the conveying channel and are designed for sliding contact with a side surface of the container closures.
- the sliding surface and/or the guide surfaces can, at least in sections, comprise a material with low frictional resistance or with a low coefficient of friction or a sliding material or consist of such a material.
- the linearly movable slide element can be actuated manually and can be moved between the first closed and the second open position by means of a manually executed sliding movement.
- the structural design is particularly simple and it can be operated without tools.
- the linearly movable slide element can alternatively also be actuated in an automated manner and can be moved between the first, closed and the second, open position by means of an automated sliding movement.
- the diversion device preferably has a drive which interacts with the slide element, in particular a working cylinder. This is designed in particular to carry out the sliding movement for moving the sliding element between the first, closed position and the second, open position.
- the linearly movable slide element can be moved in a controlled manner, the drive, in particular the working cylinder, being controllable via a control device provided in the device and being in communication with the control device for this purpose.
- the conveying channel is preferably designed as a conveying chute, which conveys the container closures due to the acting force of gravity.
- the slide element has a base body, the first side of which forms the guide surface section and the second side of which is arranged opposite the first side in relation to a base body axis, the first side being oriented parallel or at an angle to the second side.
- a slide element in this preferred embodiment with a second side running obliquely, namely with opposite sides not oriented parallel to one another, is particularly advantageously suitable for a sliding movement with a sliding direction running at an angle to the main axis, it being possible to ensure in this way that the first side of the slide element forming the guide surface section in the first, closed position can be integrated flush into the first guide surface, so that all sections of the guide surface are flush with one another.
- a protruding base body section is preferably provided, which is thicker or stronger than a base section of the base body.
- the projecting main body section has a second thickness that is greater than a first thickness of the base section.
- the cantilevered base body section is particularly preferably equipped with bores for the sliding accommodation of the slider guide.
- the present invention also relates to a container treatment system comprising at least one capper for capping containers with container caps and a device connected to the capper for conveying the container caps to the capper.
- the device for conveying the container closures is designed and set up as described above in connection with the device.
- the present invention also relates to a method for conveying container closures, in particular crown corks, in which the container closures are conveyed in a conveying direction in a conveying channel, which extends along a main axis, of a device for conveying container closures, the container closures sliding on a sliding surface forming a channel base abut and are guided laterally via at least one first and second guide surface, which are arranged opposite one another laterally along the channel floor.
- the container closures for emptying the conveyor channel are diverted by means of a diverting device provided for diverting the container closures from the conveyor channel.
- a slide element of a slide arrangement of the diverting device is moved from a first, closed position to a second, open position by means of a linear sliding movement, and the conveying channel is thereby opened laterally and a lateral outlet area for the container closures is released .
- the container closures in particular crown caps, are preferably conveyed in a predetermined orientation, in particular in an orientation in which the top side of the container closures rests slidingly on the sliding surface.
- the container closures emerging laterally from the outlet area are caught by means of a collecting unit of the diverting device.
- the sliding element is preferably moved from the first, closed position to the second, open position by means of a linear sliding movement in a sliding direction Moved position, wherein the sliding direction runs at an acute angle or at a right or substantially right angles to the main axis of the conveying channel.
- the slide element can be moved manually or automatically.
- container closures located within the conveying channel above the outlet area in the closed state of the slide arrangement are discharged from the conveying channel via the outlet area after the outlet area has been released.
- the container closures are discharged without the action of an ejection device (a so-called “pusher”), but only due to the force of gravity or the dynamic pressure of the container closures located further up.
- the term “substantially” or “roughly” or “about” means deviations from the respective exact value by at most +/-10%, preferably by at most +/-5%, and/or deviations in shape changes that are irrelevant to the function.
- Fig. 1 a shown schematically in a perspective view
- Fig. 1b schematically shows a perspective view of the embodiment of the device of Figure 1a with an open slide element
- FIG. 2 schematically shown in a front view an alternative
- Design variant of a device for conveying container closures with an open slide element 3 shows a schematic front view of the embodiment of the device from FIG. 2 with a closed slide element
- Fig. 4 schematically shows an embodiment variant of a slide element in a plan view of a front surface side
- Fig. 5a is a schematic perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a slide element
- Fig. 5b is a plan view of a second side of the slide element
- 6a, 6b roughly schematically outlines a rear view of an embodiment variant of a slide arrangement fastened to the conveying channel in different positions
- FIG. 7a, 7b roughly schematically outlines a rear view of an alternative embodiment variant of a slide arrangement fastened to the conveying channel in different positions
- 9a, 9b each show a roughly schematic sketch of a rear view of yet another alternative embodiment variant of a slide arrangement fastened to the conveying channel in different positions.
- the device for conveying container closures 2 which is generally designated by the reference numeral 1 in the figures, serves in particular to guide and to Transport of container closures 2, in particular screw caps or crown caps for beverage containers, and is used, for example, in bottling plants, such as beverage bottling plants, for feeding the container closures 2 to a capping machine that is not specified and not shown.
- the device 1 is in this case connected to the closing machine or the closing machine and can therefore also be understood as part of a complex system, in particular a container treatment system, for example a filling system.
- FIGS. 1a and 1b show a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment variant of the device 1 for conveying container closures 2 in different operating or working states or positions, based on a respective schematic representation.
- the device 1 has a conveyor channel 4 which extends along a main axis HA and is designed to guide and slide in a large number of container closures 2, which forms a receiving space for receiving the container closures 2, the im Substantially rectangular cross-section is adapted to the shape and dimensions of the container closures 2 to be transported or to be guided and to be promoted.
- the conveying channel 4 comprises at least one sliding surface 11 forming a channel bottom on which in particular an upper side of the container closures 2 or an upper outer surface of the container closures 2 comes into sliding contact, as well as at least one first and second guide surface 5, 6 , which--in relation to the main axis HA--are arranged opposite one another laterally along the channel floor and essentially extend along the main axis HA.
- the first and the second guide surface 5, 6 each form a lateral wall section of the conveying channel 4 and are designed for sliding and guiding abutment of a lateral surface of the container closures 2.
- the first guide surface 5 comprises a number of sections or parts and is therefore to be understood as a multi-part, composite surface.
- Container closures 2 received in the conveying channel 4 in the correct orientation thus lie with their tops slidingly on the sliding surface 11, sections of their side surface come into contact with the lateral guide surfaces 5, 6 of the conveying channel 4 and are oriented in a direction along the main axis HA during normal operation Funded conveying direction FR, in particular from an inlet side 4.1 of the conveyor channel 4 to its outlet side 4.2.
- the conveying channel 4 has, for example, such an overall length that approximately at least 150 to 160 container closures 2 are accommodated in a row one behind the other, in particular container closure 2 on container closure 2, ie with mutual contact, between the inlet side 4.1 and the outlet side 4.1.
- the device 1 For the purpose of emptying the conveyor channel 4, for example because of a planned cleaning of the system or the conveyor channel 4 and/or because of a planned change in the type or type of closure, the device 1 comprises a diverting device 3 for diverting the container closures 2 from the conveyor channel 4.
- the diversion device 3 has at least one slide arrangement 7 with at least one linearly movable slide element 8, the slide element 8 being movable from at least one first, closed position P1 shown in Figure 1a to at least one second, open position P2 shown in Figure 1b. namely by means of a linear sliding movement.
- the slide element 8 is arranged laterally on the guide channel 4, specifically on a first side of the guide channel 4 on which the first guide surface 5 runs.
- the slide element 8 of the slide arrangement 7 forms a guide surface section 5a as part of the first guide surface 5 and thus also defines a section or area of the wall in this first position P1, in particular a wall section of the conveying channel 4.
- the slide element 8 has a base body, through the first side 8.1 of which the guide surface section 5a is formed. With reference to Figures 4 and 5a, 5b, the slide element 8 is described in more detail below.
- at least one holding means 12 for the displaceable holding of the slide element 8 on the conveying channel 4 is also provided.
- the holding means 12 is in the form of a fastening rail or fastening strip with a slot-like opening, in particular a slot, and acts to connect to the Base body of the slide element 8 with a fastener 19 (see, for example, Figures 6a, 6b) together.
- a fastening screw that engages in a threaded hole in the base body of the slide element 8 passes through the elongated hole in the fastening strip 12.
- a protruding fastening bolt connected to the base body of the slide element 8 can be passed through the elongated hole and secured with a nut, for example a wing nut.
- the holding means 12 is fastened to the rear on a rear or rear surface 17 of the component of the conveying channel 4 that forms the channel bottom, as particularly shown in FIGS. 6a and 6b in more detail.
- the slide element 8 is slidably fastened to the conveying channel 4 via the holding means 12, with the fastening means 19 allowing the slide element 8 to be fixed or locked in at least the first, closed position P1 and the second, open position P2 and therefore at the same time a locking or locking means forms.
- the slide element 8 Due to the displaceable fastening of the slide element 8, this can be moved linearly and can be moved from the first, closed position P1 into the at least second, open position P2 by means of a linear sliding movement in a sliding direction SR. It goes without saying that the slide element 8 can be moved vice versa from the second, open position P2 to the first, closed position P1 by means of a sliding movement in a sliding direction SR′ opposite to the sliding direction SR.
- the sliding direction SR and the opposite sliding direction SR′ run at a right or essentially right angle a′ to the main axis HA of the conveying channel 4.
- Slider arrangement 7 of the diverting device 3 is also provided with at least one slide guide 13 for guiding the slide element 8 .
- the slider guide 13 is designed in the form of two elongate, cylindrical guide bodies or guide rod Z-bars arranged essentially parallel to one another, which are slidably received in corresponding bores 18 (see FIG. 5b) in the base body of the slider element 8 in such a way that that the pusher element 8 is guided and slidably movable along the guide rods.
- the slide element 8 opens the conveying channel 4 laterally and releases a lateral outlet area 9 for the container closures 2, in that due to the sliding movement of the Slider element 8 is moved away or removed from the main axis HA of the conveying channel 4 in the sliding direction SR of the guide surface section 5a.
- the guide surface section 5a of the first guide surface 5 on a longitudinal section of the conveying channel 4, namely in the outlet area 9.
- This longitudinal section or the outlet area 9 extends in particular over a length which is approximately two to corresponds to three times the diameter of a container closure 2, so that there is no lateral guidance for about two to three consecutive container closures 2, which is why the container closures 2 fall out on this length section of the conveying channel 4, namely in the outlet area 9, in particular due to the dynamic pressure of the overlying or in Container closures 2 running behind in the conveying direction FR. All container closures 2 that follow in the conveying direction FR or lie above them slide down, for example following gravity, and also fall out until the conveying channel 4 has emptied.
- the diverting device 3 also has a collection unit 10 for catching container closures 2 emerging from the outlet area 9 .
- the collecting unit 10 comprises at least one collecting tube piece 14 with a collecting catcher mouth 15, whereby the catcher tube piece 14 is arranged and aligned relative to the conveying channel 4 in such a way that the collector mouth 15 of the catcher tube piece 14 faces the outlet region 9 for the container closures 2 formed when the slide element 8 is in the open position P2 in such a way that the container closures 2 falling out are Collecting mouth 15 are added and introduced into the collecting pipe section 14.
- the collecting unit 10 is adjustable, in particular adjustable in height and/or angle, arranged on the conveying channel 4 and for this purpose fastened to the conveying channel 4 via an adjustable support element 16 .
- the adjustable support element 16 is provided at least for supporting the catch tube piece 14 and can, for example, have clamping jaws 16.1, via which the height and angle of the catch tube piece 14 can be adjusted.
- a flexible hose or another tube can be attached to the collecting tube piece 14, in particular to the end of the collecting tube piece 14 facing away from the collecting mouth 15.
- the collected container closures 2 can thus be collected for reuse and placed in a collection or storage container, not shown.
- the diversion device 3 is therefore expediently arranged as close as possible to the outlet side 4.2 of the conveying channel 4 and is particularly preferably arranged in a section of the conveying channel 4 adjoining the outlet side 4.2.
- Figures 2 and 3 show an example of a further embodiment of the device 1 using a respective schematic front view, again in different operating or working states or positions, with the slide element 8 in Figure 2 in the second, open position P2 and in Figure 3 is shown in the first, closed position P1.
- the embodiment of Figures 2 and 3 differs from that of Figures 1 a and 1 b essentially by the design of the slide element 8. According to the example of Figures 2 and 3, this is also designed and set up for manual operation, but it can are shifted by means of a shifting movement in a shifting direction SR, which encloses an acute angle a with the main axis HA of the conveying channel 4 .
- the guide surface section 5a formed by the first side 8.1 of the base body also runs in the slide element 8 at an acute angle to the sliding direction SR, which in the example shown is equal to the angle a, so that the guide surface section 5a is parallel runs to the main axis HA.
- FIG. 4 shows a top view of a front surface side 8a of a preferred embodiment of a slide element 8 for use in a diversion device 3 according to the example in FIGS. 2 and 3, in which the sliding direction SR for sliding the slide element 8 runs obliquely to the main axis HA.
- the first side 8.1 of the base body, which forms the guide surface section 5a, is oriented obliquely to a base body axis GA in this exemplary slide element 8.
- a second side 8.2 of the base body opposite the first side 8.1 is aligned essentially parallel to the base body axis GA and is therefore also oriented obliquely to the first side 8.1.
- the sliding direction SR for sliding the slide element 8 runs essentially perpendicularly to the main body axis GA.
- a section of the base body in particular a projecting base body section 8.3 (see Figure 5a), is thicker or thicker in the area of the second side 8.2 and has a greater thickness than a base section in the area of the first side 8.1 .
- the openings or bores 18 for accommodating the slide guide 13 are also provided in particular (but not visible in FIG. 4).
- the holding means 12 for the displaceable attachment of the slide element 8 to the conveying channel 4 is fixed to a rear surface side of the main body opposite to the front surface side 8a.
- a threaded hole is introduced for engaging the fastening screw, or a threaded bolt protruding from the rear surface side and interacting with a nut is fastened there.
- FIG. 5a and 5b show an alternative embodiment of a slide element 8 for use in a diversion device 3 according to the example of Figures 1a and 1b, in which the sliding direction SR for moving the slide element 8 runs perpendicular to the main axis HA.
- FIG. 5a is a perspective view of the slide element 8, which shows in particular that the first and second side 8.1, 8.2 here run parallel to one another and parallel to the main body axis GA.
- the base body has, in the area of the second side 8.2, a protruding base body section 8.3 that is enlarged in terms of its thickness or strength, which protrudes from a base section 8.4 of the base body.
- a second thickness d2 of the projecting base body section 8.3 is greater than a first thickness d1 of the base section 8.4.
- the openings or bores 18 for receiving the slider guide 13 are formed in this cantilevered base body section 8.3.
- FIG. 5b shows a plan view of the second side 8.2, so that the openings or bores 18 for receiving the slider guide 13 are also visible here.
- the material for producing the slide elements 8 is a material that can be used in the food and beverage industry, that meets the required cleaning and hygiene standards and has sufficient resistance to cleaning agents and disinfectants.
- FIGS. 6a, 6b and 7a, 7b each show rear views of slide assemblies 7 attached to the conveying channel 4, which are each set up for manual operation, with the slide direction SR for moving the slide element 8 perpendicularly to the main axis HA and, according to FIGS. 7a, 7b, at an acute angle a to the main axis HA.
- the sliding element 8 shown in different positions P1, P2 is slidably fastened by means of the holding means 12 to the rear or rear surface 17 of the part of the conveying channel 4 forming the channel bottom.
- the holding means 12 embodied as a fastening strip interacts with the fastening means 19 which is passed through the elongated hole in the holding means 12 .
- the fastening means 19, in the example shown a fastening screw 19, determines the slide element 8 in the first or in the second position P1, P2 when tightened. To move the sliding element 8, the fastening screw 19 is first loosened somewhat so that the sliding movement is possible. After the displacement, the fastening screw 19 is tightened again for renewed locking or fixing.
- Figures 8a, 8b and 9a, 9b each show rear views of slide assemblies 7 attached to the conveying channel 4 according to alternative embodiments, which are each set up for automated actuation, with the slide direction SR for moving the slide element 8 being vertical according to Figures 8a, 8b to the main axis HA and, according to FIGS. 9a, 9b, at an acute angle a to the main axis HA.
- the slider element 8, shown in different positions P1, P2, is also fastened on the back to the rear or rear surface 17 of the part of the conveying channel 4 that forms the channel bottom so that it can be displaced.
- the diversion device 3 has a drive, in particular a working cylinder 20 , which interacts with the slide element 8 .
- This is designed in particular to carry out the sliding movement for moving the sliding element 8 between the first, closed and the second, open position P1, P2, preferably in a controlled manner.
- the diversion device 3, in particular the working cylinder is for such a controlled automated actuation 20 can be controlled via a control device provided in the device 1, but not shown in the figures, and is in communication with the control device for this purpose.
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