FI60534C - SORTERANDE TOEMNINGSANORDNING FOER TOEMNING AV FLASKOR AV OLIKA FORMER FRAON LAODOR - Google Patents

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Patent- och registerstyrelsen '' Ansttkan utlajd och utl.akrlfMn publicarad 30.10.81 (32) (33) (31) Pyydatty atuoikeui —Bajird priorities (71) Oy Sinebrychoff Ab, P1 2h, 00101 Helsinki 10, Suomi-Finland (FI) (72) Erkki Olavi Lehtosalo, Pori, Finland-Finland (Fl) (7 * 0 Leitzinger Oy (5U) Sorting box emptying device for emptying bottles of different shapes from the boxes - Sorting box emptying device for filling bottles of different shapes

The invention relates to a sorting box emptying device for emptying bottles of different shapes, the devices comprising side-by-side intake heads according to the number and location of the bottles in the box, with gripping means which can be gripped around the bottle opening so that the bottle can be lifted out of the box. extending downwards is the skirt of the intake head surrounding the neck of the bottle, the shape, length or diameter of which is chosen so that the gripping members become gripped only of a certain shape, longer and / or. with thinner-necked or longer bottles, but do not become infected with other shorter and / or shorter bottles. with thicker necked or shorter en bottles.

Such a device is known from Finnish patent publication 47308. With this known device, the sorting of bottles is performed by lifting certain types of bottles from boxes, whereby other types remain in the box. This device does not. thus, it is possible to empty the boxes and at the same time sort the bottles of different shapes apart.

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The object of the invention is to provide a new type of device for lifting two types of bottles from boxes, whereby the box is completely emptied, after which a certain type of bottle is lowered to a certain place on the bottle table and then another type of bottle is lowered to another place on the bottle table.

To achieve this purpose, and to enable said mode of operation, the device according to the invention is characterized in that the gripping members are in at least two overlapping planes, both of which infect another type of bottle and only the lower gripping members extend into contact with the other type of bottle. the gripping elements on the levels.mi en irroi.tus is individually controllable. Thus, by removing only the lower gripping members, certain bottles can be lowered onto the bottle table or conveyor and the other bottles can be lifted to another location on the bottle table or to another conveyor by means of the upper gripping members. If there are grippers in three levels, three different bottle types can be sorted.

Some embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the intake head of a device according to an embodiment of the invention in single-stage adhesion with a short-necked bottle type and Figure 2 shows the same intake head in two-stage engagement with a longer-necked bottle type.

Fig. 3 shows a suction head of a further developed device according to the preferred embodiment in single-stage engagement with a short-necked bottle type, and Fig. 4 shows the same intake head with a two-degree engagement with a longer-necked bottle type.

In the case shown, the longer necked bottle type of Figures 2 and 4 is a beer bottle and the shorter necked bottle type of Figures 1 and 3 is a soft drink or water bottle. In the case of Figures 1 and 2, a bell-shaped intake head indicated by reference numeral 10 is formed by an upper body portion 12 and an intermediate portion 11 and a skirt portion 14 threaded thereto 13. Between the portions 11, 12 and 14, the outer edges of the rubber bellows 15 and 17 are pressed. Compressed air can be supplied to the bellows 15 and 17 through the ducts 16 and 18, whereby the bellows 15 and 17 act as gripping members as shown in Figures 1 and 2, which can be pressed into the grip around the mouth of the bottle. In this case, the bottle can be lifted up from the box by means of the intake head 10 and transferred, for example, to an adjacent conveyor.

Especially if the boxes to be emptied are such that they do not have compartments holding bottles upright, the boxes should be emptied at once. For this purpose, according to the invention, the intake head 10 is provided with gripping bellows 11a 15 and 17 in two overlapping planes, whereby the length of the skirt 14 and the shape of the bottles the beer bottles extend into adhesion with both bellows 15 and 17, while soft drink bottles extend into gripping only with lower bellows 17. The flaps 15 and 17 can be controlled separately via separate pressure ducts 16 and 18. For adhesion, both channels 16 and 18 are pressurized simultaneously. Once the bottles have been moved onto the first conveyor, pressure is released from the channel 18, allowing the bellows 17 to release the soft drink bottle, but the bellows 15 still holding the beer bottle at its inlet end. The group of intake heads is then transferred to the second conveyor and the pressure is released from the channel 16, whereby the upper gripping bellows 15 also come loose and the beer bottles remain on this conveyor.

Figures 3 and 4 show a device corresponding in principle to the device according to Figures 1 and 2, but the structure of the gripping members has been changed in order to increase the operational reliability. The gripping members consist of radially movable upper pins 25 and lower pins 27, which are pushed radially inwards by rubber pressure hoses 21 and 23 and return springs 22 outwards. Compressed air is supplied to the upper hose 21 via the connection 26 and compressed air is supplied to the lower hose 23 via the connection 28. Also in this case the length and diameter of the intake head skirt 24 relative to the neck length and diameter of the bottle determine that only the lower 27 and 25 stick to beer bottles. In this case, the sorting to different conveyors can be performed as described in connection with Figures 1 and 2.

Claims (3)

60534 A sorting box emptying device for emptying bottles of different shapes from boxes, the device comprising suction heads (10, 20) arranged side by side according to the number and location of the bottles in the box, having gripping means which can be gripped around the bottle mouth so that the bottle can be lifted out of the box, for sorting, an inlet skirt (14; 24) surrounding the neck of the bottle extends downwards from the gripping members (15, 17; 25, 27), the shape, length or diameter of which is chosen so that the gripping members (15, 25) engage only in a certain shape, with longer and / or thinner neck or longer bottles, but do not come into contact with other shorter and / or thicker neck or shorter bottles, characterized in that the gripping members (15, 17; 25, 27) are in at least two overlapping planes , both of which infect another type of bottle and only the lower adhesive members (17; 27) extend t with another type of bottle, with the different levels of adhesives (15; 25 and 17; 27) the detachment can be controlled separately. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the gripping means are radially movable pins (25, 27) which are pressed against the force of the return springs (22) by rubber compressed air hoses (21, 23). Device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a replaceable skirt part (14) is connected to the intake head (10) by means of a thread (13).