EP4466208A1 - Verteilförderer zum verteilen von gebinden - Google Patents
Verteilförderer zum verteilen von gebindenInfo
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- EP4466208A1 EP4466208A1 EP23700436.1A EP23700436A EP4466208A1 EP 4466208 A1 EP4466208 A1 EP 4466208A1 EP 23700436 A EP23700436 A EP 23700436A EP 4466208 A1 EP4466208 A1 EP 4466208A1
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- deflection
- distribution conveyor
- conveyor according
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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
- B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
- B65G17/005—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising individual load carriers which are movably mounted
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- the invention relates to a distribution conveyor for distributing packs, in particular packs from containers, with a large number of revolving goods carriers which can be moved in a distribution section of the distribution conveyor along at least two guideways in the conveying direction, the goods carriers being guided at least partially via a guide pin along one of the guideways and wherein at least one deflection device is provided for dividing the goods carriers onto the guide tracks.
- Distribution conveyors of the type described at the outset are basically known from the prior art and are used to distribute an incoming input stream from containers arranged one behind the other to a plurality of output streams arranged next to one another.
- the invention relates in particular to containers from the beverage industry, the containers then comprising a plurality of beverage containers.
- the containers are in particular cans or bottles made of glass or plastic. After these containers have been filled, they are combined into bundles in a bundle forming device and the individual containers are fixed to one another within a bundle.
- the packs are then usually fed to a corresponding distribution conveyor in order to distribute the packs over a number of partial flows for the purpose of downstream processing, for example the attachment of a carrying handle.
- the packs are then turned in a turning station downstream of the distribution conveyor.
- a generic device is known, for example, from EP 1 293 453 A1. Accordingly, a revolving drive chain is provided, which transports goods carriers arranged thereon in a form-fitting manner via crossbars along a conveyor direction.
- the individual goods carriers belong to transport groups joined together, whereby the widest possible support for the containers arranged on it is formed.
- the number of connected goods carriers depends essentially on the size of the containers to be transported on them.
- a deflection device designed as an adjustable deflection switch is usually provided for the distribution to the guideways, which deflection device interacts with guide bolts of the goods carriers.
- the goods carriers are usually mechanically connected to one another, with only the foremost goods carrier in the transport direction having such a guide bolt. Turning the deflection switch causes the guide bolts to be guided alternately into one of the guideways. Since the deflection switch requires a certain amount of time to switch the setting position, it is imperative that only one of the goods carriers is designed with a corresponding guide bolt. The time between two guide bolts engaging in the deflection device can then be used to change the setting position of the deflection switch.
- the present invention is based on the object of specifying a distribution conveyor which is characterized by greater flexibility and a longer service life. According to the invention, this object is achieved by a distribution conveyor according to patent claim 1. Accordingly, at least two deflection devices arranged next to one another are provided. In addition, the goods carriers have a deflection element which is formed separately from the guide pin and is set up to bring about a division of the goods carriers onto the guide tracks by engaging in one of the at least two deflection devices arranged next to one another.
- the individual goods carriers thus each have not only a guide bolt, but also a deflection element which is formed separately from it.
- the function of the deflection element is to distribute the goods carrier to the individual guideways within the deflection devices, while the goods carrier itself continues to be guided by the guide pin. Accordingly, the deflection element only actively engages in guiding the goods carriers in the area of the deflection devices, while the guide bolt is preferably exposed in this area and only takes over the management of the goods carriers again as soon as the goods carrier engages in the associated guideway.
- the at least one deflection element can also be designed as a deflection bolt.
- the deflection element is preferably arranged perpendicularly to the conveying direction next to the guide pin, different arrangements of the deflection elements resulting for the assignment of the individual transport groups to the guideways.
- a first number of goods carriers preferably have a deflection element on a first side of the goods carrier and a second number have a deflection element on a second side of the goods carrier, with deflection elements on the first side for engaging in the first deflection device and deflection elements on the second side for Intervention in the second deflection device are provided.
- the deflection devices prefferably be in the form of adjustable deflection points. This makes it possible for not only a division into two guideways, but also three, four or more guideways.
- An advantageous embodiment provides four guideways, with three guideways being provided for further transport and a fourth guideway serving as an exclusion path, via which damaged or otherwise disadvantageous containers can be sorted out.
- the deflection devices designed as deflection switches can then be adjusted, in particular rotated, for distribution to the individual guideways.
- a plurality of adjustment positions are preferably provided, with individual adjustment positions being spaced apart from one another, for example, by an angle of rotation of between 4° and 12°, preferably between 6° and 10°.
- this guideway can be spaced apart from the conveying direction, for example by a rotation angle of 12° to 20°, preferably between 14° and 18°.
- a rotation angle of 12° to 20°, preferably between 14° and 18°.
- Such a configuration also has the particular advantage that the guide in the area of the deflection devices is only taken over by one of the two deflection devices, so that there is sufficient time for the other deflection device to adjust the corresponding setting position or to select the required guideway is. This makes it possible to increase the number of guideways required.
- each goods carrier has a guide pin, so that transport groups can be formed alone results from the position or the arrangement of the deflection element.
- the at least one deflection element is designed to be adjustable.
- the goods carriers each have two deflection elements that are spaced apart from one another, with the deflection elements being adjustable relative to one another in such a way that only one of the deflection elements is brought into engagement with one of the deflection devices can be.
- Such a configuration can provide, for example, that the guide pin is arranged between the deflection elements, with the two deflection elements being arranged on the goods carrier in such a way that a first deflection element is provided for engagement with the first deflection device and a second deflection element for engagement with the second deflection device.
- the deflection elements are then arranged in an adjustable manner and can either be brought into engagement with the associated deflection device or not. This is usually done by an adjustability in the direction of the goods carrier surface, the goods carrier surface describing the side of the goods carrier which is provided for receiving the container to be transported.
- the deflection elements can be withdrawn from engagement in the deflection devices by moving in the direction of the surface of the goods carrier, with corresponding intervention in the corresponding deflection devices being possible by setting the deflection elements against the goods surface.
- the two deflection elements can be mechanically coupled, e.g. B. in the form of a lever arrangement.
- an embodiment with a longitudinally displaceable plate with two opposing curved guides is particularly preferred.
- the deflection elements each engage in the curve guide with an adjusting pin.
- the opposing configuration of the curved guides results in an opposing movement of the deflection elements.
- moving the first deflection element into an engaged position leads to a movement of the second deflection element out of the engaged position.
- no corresponding mechanical coupling is provided when using two separate deflection elements. According to such an embodiment, however, it must always be ensured, e.g. B. in the form of a visual inspection that only one of the deflection elements per goods carrier is in the engaged position.
- a further development of the invention also provides that the guide bolts protrude in relation to the deflection elements in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction or in a direction perpendicular to the goods carrier surface. Accordingly, the guide bolts are usually longer than the deflection elements.
- Such a configuration has the advantage that during the movement of the goods carriers along the individual guide tracks, the deflection elements that also protrude cannot be brought into engagement with other mechanical components. This is particularly problematic when the individual guideways increasingly diverge, in which case the individual deflection elements could then be brought into engagement with these guideways with an identically long design with regard to the guide bolts, so that further movement of the goods carrier would be impeded.
- the ratio of the protruding length of the guide pins to the protruding length of the deflection elements in a setting position is preferably between 1.5:1 and 2.5:1, particularly preferably between 1.8:1 and 2.2:1.
- the above length refers here to the length of the guide pins and the deflection elements in relation to a goods carrier underside facing away from the goods carrier surface.
- the deflection devices designed as deflection switches can be adjusted via a motor of the distribution conveyor.
- This is preferably a servo motor.
- a servomotor is a special type of electric motor that allows you to control the angular position of its motor shaft, as well as its rotational speed and acceleration. They basically consist of an electric motor, which is also equipped with a sensor for position determination. This makes it possible to enable the deflection devices to be adjusted with precise positioning, so that a large number of guideways can be controlled.
- a development of the invention provides that a collection guide track is arranged on a return section of the distribution conveyor that is opposite the distribution section.
- This collection guideway is set up to bring together the goods carriers distributed on the individual guideways in the distribution section, so that they can be fed back to the individual deflection devices via a corresponding deflection in an input section.
- the collection guideway can essentially consist of guideway elements arranged in a V-shape.
- a preferred development of the invention also provides that a grouping device is provided for adjusting the deflection elements.
- the individual goods carriers can be grouped together by adjusting the deflection elements. If, for example, a large number of goods carriers arranged one behind the other are to be grouped, they must also have an identical position of the deflection elements. This then inevitably leads to the goods carriers also having the same guideway run through and thus form a common transport surface for receiving a container on their goods carrier surface.
- the individual deflection elements can be adjusted in such a way that larger or smaller transport groups are formed.
- a preferred embodiment provides that the goods carriers are combined to form transport groups, with each transport group being set up to run through the same guideway. Between four and ten goods carriers are preferably combined into a transport group.
- the goods carriers can particularly preferably be combined into transport groups of six or eight goods carriers each.
- the grouping device has at least one vertically operable stamp for pressing at least one of the deflection elements.
- one stamp is sufficient if the two deflection elements of a goods carrier are mechanically coupled to one another. However, if two stamps are provided, the two deflection elements can be switched independently of one another.
- the grouping device is preferably arranged between the return section and the deflection devices. This has the advantage that the individual goods carriers can first be brought together, so that a single stationary arranged grouping device is sufficient to adjust the individual deflection elements.
- FIG. 2 shows the distribution conveyor according to FIG. 1 in an isometric view and without showing the goods carriers, Fig. 3A, 3B different views of the goods carrier and
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the return section of the distribution conveyor according to FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the distribution conveyor according to the invention in a plan view of the distribution section, with individual goods carriers 1 being grouped into transport groups 2 of six goods carriers 1 each and distributed on different guideways 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d during their movement in the front direction F become.
- the goods carriers 1 are arranged continuously in the distribution conveyor and are directly adjacent to one another.
- Plate linkages 4 are provided for the drive, wherein only five of these plate linkages 4 are shown for better illustration and the remaining plate linkages are not shown.
- the plate linkages 4 extend transversely to the conveying direction F and are continuously driven by a chain drive. In this case, two adjacent goods carriers 1 lie against a plate linkage 4, as a result of which the goods carriers 1 are moved in the conveying direction F by movement of the plate linkage 4.
- the goods carriers 1 are arranged on the plate linkage 4 in such a way that a shift or a relative shift of the goods carriers 1 to one another parallel to the plate linkage 4 or along the plate linkage 4 is possible.
- an infeed cam track 5 which has a groove-shaped feature and in which the individual product carriers 1 engage and are guided with a guide pin 6 shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B.
- deflection devices 7, 8 designed as adjustable deflection points, which interact through the engagement of deflection elements 9, 10 of the goods carrier 1 designed separately from the guide bolts 6 and a movement in one of the guide tracks 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d cause.
- the deflection devices 7, 8 While passing through the deflection devices 7, 8, only one of the deflection elements 9, 10 is engaged with one of the deflection devices 7, 8.
- the guide bolts 6 are exposed in this section and do not engage in any of the guide tracks 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d.
- the deflection devices 7, 8 can also each be rotated about a vertical axis of rotation via a servo motor, as a result of which the individual goods carriers 1 can then be guided onto the individual guideways 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d.
- all goods carriers 1 have a guide bolt 6 and two deflection elements 9, 10 designed as deflection bolts, it being evident from FIG. 3B that the two deflection elements 9, 10 are designed to be adjustable.
- the first deflection element 9 is in an engaged position and projects in relation to the second deflection element 10 .
- the first deflection element 9 can be brought into engagement with one of the deflection devices 7, 8, while the second deflection element 10 hovers over the respective other deflection device 7, 8 and cannot be brought into engagement with it.
- the deflection elements 9, 10 are mechanically coupled to one another via an adjusting plate 11 with cam guides 12 in such a way that only one of the two deflection elements 9, 10 can be brought into an engaged position. If, for example, the first deflection element 9 is brought into the engaged position, the second deflection element 10 automatically retracts and is thus moved out of an engaged position—and vice versa.
- FIG. 3B also clearly shows that the guide pin 6 projects in relation to the two deflection elements 9, 10. This allows the deflection elements 9, 10 to be brought into engagement only when passing through the deflection devices 7, 8 while they are floating over the guideways 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d.
- 3A also shows that the side profile of the goods carriers 1 is essentially double-T-shaped with two lateral grooves 13 into which the individual plate linkages 4 engage.
- the distribution conveyor shown is designed with a total of four guideways 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, the guideways 3a, 3b, 3c defining the actual distribution paths, with excluded goods, e.g. B. in the form of damaged or visually impaired containers, is sorted out.
- the individual guideways 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d are offset from one another at an angle of 8°, so that the deflection devices 7, 8 must also be designed to be rotatable in corresponding angular steps. This is made possible by the servo motor drives.
- FIG. 4 shows the distribution conveyor in a return section, which is formed on an underside of the distribution conveyor.
- the individual goods carriers 1 can be returned to a common path via guide track elements 14 arranged in a V-shape and then fed back to the deflection devices 7 , 8 via the entry cam track 5 .
- a transport group 2 is shown as an example.
- the guide elements 6 and the deflection elements 9, 10 are also shown, with the deflection elements 9, 10 filled in black meaning that they are in the engaged position and the deflection elements 9, 10 filled in white mean that they are led out of such a position.
- the individual deflection elements 9, 10 can be moved in and out of an engaged position with the aid of vertically actuated stamps, with the first two goods carriers 1 already having the second deflection elements 10 brought into an engaged position, while the subsequent goods carriers 1 have the first Deflection elements 9 are still in an engaged position.
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| DE102022100904.1A DE102022100904A1 (de) | 2022-01-17 | 2022-01-17 | Verteilförderer zum Verteilen von Gebinden |
| PCT/EP2023/050145 WO2023135045A1 (de) | 2022-01-17 | 2023-01-05 | Verteilförderer zum verteilen von gebinden |
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