FR2607482A1 - Device making it possible to individually dispense objects of irregular size and shape - Google Patents

Device making it possible to individually dispense objects of irregular size and shape Download PDF

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FR2607482A1
FR2607482A1 FR8605677A FR8605677A FR2607482A1 FR 2607482 A1 FR2607482 A1 FR 2607482A1 FR 8605677 A FR8605677 A FR 8605677A FR 8605677 A FR8605677 A FR 8605677A FR 2607482 A1 FR2607482 A1 FR 2607482A1
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Alain Crozon
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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
    • B65G47/26—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
    • B65G47/30—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors
    • B65G47/31—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
    • 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
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
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    • B65G2201/0211—Fruits and vegetables

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Abstract

The device makes it possible to individually dispense objects placed in bulk. It comprises conveyor belts driven at different speeds, guides aligning the objects and a synchronisation system making it possible to individually deliver objects to a machine when the latter requires this. The invention may be used for supplying weighing, counting, sorting, etc., machines with objects of varied shapes and sizes.

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La présente invention concerne les procédés permettant de distribuer un par un des objets de taille et de forme irrégulières. The present invention relates to methods for dispensing objects of irregular size and shape one by one.

Dans les dispositifs de séparation et de distribution des objets mis en vrac, les objets sont sépares par vibration ou par déplacement le long de glissières a fenêtre au travers desquelles passent les objets. Cependant, ces dispositifs ne permettent pas de contrôler l'espacement des objets. Et l'intervalle peut varier s'il n'est pas soumis à aucun contrôle. In bulk separation and distribution devices, the objects are separated by vibration or by movement along window slides through which the objects pass. However, these devices do not make it possible to control the spacing of the objects. And the interval may vary if it is not subject to any control.

Les dispositifs de classement d'objets ou de calibrage des fruits ou des huîtres par exemple demandent à être alimentés un objet par un objet. Les dispositifs alimentant les machines de conditionnement doivent séparer les objets les uns des autres avant de les distribuer un par un. Or, dans certaines applications que vise la présente invention, ces manipulations sont encore exécutées à la main. I1 s'agit là d'un travail long et fastidieux. The devices for classifying objects or for calibrating fruit or oysters for example require an object to be supplied with an object. The devices feeding the packaging machines must separate the objects from each other before distributing them one by one. However, in certain applications which the present invention aims, these manipulations are still carried out by hand. This is a long and tedious job.

Le dispositif objet de l'invention permet d'éviter cet inconvénient. I1 peut par exemple alimenter automatiquement les machines de tri actuellement approvisionnées a la main et en synchronisme avec celles-ci. Ce procede peut notamment être appliqué au calibrage des huîtres et autres produits de la mer ayant des formes et des tailles très variées. The device which is the subject of the invention makes it possible to avoid this drawback. I1 can for example automatically feed the sorting machines currently supplied by hand and in synchronism with them. This process can in particular be applied to the calibration of oysters and other seafood having very varied shapes and sizes.

Le dispositif suivant l'invention comporte au moins deux organes transporteurs successifs sans discontinuité notable entre eux et pouvant être entraînés dans le même sens å une vitesse plus élevée au moins pour le dernier que pour le premier. I1 comporte des moyens pour aligner les objets et des moyens pour séparer les objets afin de les distribuer un par un dans la machine devant être alimentée par l'invention. The device according to the invention comprises at least two successive conveying members without significant discontinuity between them and which can be driven in the same direction at a higher speed at least for the latter than for the former. I1 comprises means for aligning the objects and means for separating the objects in order to distribute them one by one in the machine to be fed by the invention.

Le dispositif peut comporter, suivant une réalisation-de l'invention, deux bandes transporteuses dont la marche est régulée par des automatismes. The device may include, according to one embodiment of the invention, two conveyor belts whose operation is regulated by automatic mechanisms.

Dans ce dispositif, les objets à distribuer provenant d'un système indépendant de l'invention et alimentant celle-ci sont versés dans une goulotte vibrante où ils sont alignés grâce aux vibrations de la goulotte vibrante. Ils passent sur une première bande transporteuse, puis sur une deuxième bande transporteuse dont la vitesse d'avancée est supérieure à celle de la première bande. Ce qui permet de les écarter les uns des autres. Ils passent ensuite devant un système de détection qui arrête l'avancée des bandes tant qu'aucun objet n'est demande par la machine à alimenter par l'invention. In this device, the objects to be distributed originating from a system independent of the invention and supplying the latter are poured into a vibrating chute where they are aligned thanks to the vibrations of the vibrating chute. They pass on a first conveyor belt, then on a second conveyor belt whose speed of advance is greater than that of the first conveyor belt. This makes it possible to separate them from each other. They then pass in front of a detection system which stops the advancement of the strips as long as no object is requested by the machine to be fed by the invention.

Les dessins annexés illustrent à titre d'exemple le fonctionnement d'un mode de réalisation de l'invention. The accompanying drawings illustrate by way of example the operation of an embodiment of the invention.

Les objets pénètrent dans la goulotte vibrante 1 dont l'inclinaison 2 est telle que les objets qui y sont vibrés, ne passent sur la bande 3 que lorsque celle-ci avance. Un capteur 4 placé dans la partie supérieure de la goulotte arrête le remplissage de celle-ci lorsqu'elle est pleine. Objects enter the vibrating chute 1 whose inclination 2 is such that objects which are vibrated there, do not pass over the strip 3 until it advances. A sensor 4 placed in the upper part of the chute stops filling it when it is full.

Les objets descendus sur la bande transporteuse 3 circulent le long d'un guide 5 et passent sur la bande transporteuse 6, caractérisée par une vitesse d'avancée supérieure à celle de la bande transporteuse 3. The objects descended on the conveyor belt 3 circulate along a guide 5 and pass over the conveyor belt 6, characterized by a speed of advance greater than that of the conveyor belt 3.

La bande transporteuse 6 comporte vers son extrémité un système détecteur de présence d'objets 7. Ce système peut être constitué d'une cellule photorésistante, d'un contacteur ou d'un détecteur de proximité par exemple. Il est destiné à commander l'arrêt de l'ensemble des bandes transporteuses 3 et 6 lorsque le dispositif 8 auquel l'invention doit délivrer des objets n'en fait pas la demande et qu'un objet se présente au niveau de ce système détecteur. Le moyen permettant cet arrêt peut être constitué suivant la fréquence de délivrance des objets par un embrayage 9. The conveyor belt 6 has, near its end, a system for detecting the presence of objects 7. This system may consist of a photoresist cell, a contactor or a proximity detector for example. It is intended to control the stopping of all of the conveyor belts 3 and 6 when the device 8 to which the invention must deliver objects does not request it and an object presents itself at this detector system . The means allowing this stopping can be constituted according to the frequency of delivery of the objects by a clutch 9.

L'arrêt des bandes transporteuses 4 et 6 peut aussi être obtenu par simple arrêt du moteur 10.The conveyor belts 4 and 6 can also be stopped by simply stopping the motor 10.

Un volet horizontal mobile 11 est situé à la hauteur de l'extrémité de la bande transporteuse 6. Il maintient en position devant le système de détection 7 les objets ayant tendance à rouler lorsque la bande transporteuse 6 s'arrête. A movable horizontal flap 11 is situated at the height of the end of the conveyor belt 6. It maintains in position in front of the detection system 7 objects which tend to roll when the conveyor belt 6 stops.

Le dispositif objet de l'invention peut être utilisé dans tous les cas où il est nécessaire de distribuer un par un des objets, mis en vrac, dans les machines de tri, de pesage, de comptage, etc. Il peut être utilisé dans tous les secteurs d'activité comme ceux concernant les légumes, les poissons, les coquillages, etc.  The device object of the invention can be used in all cases where it is necessary to distribute one by one objects, put in bulk, in sorting, weighing, counting machines, etc. It can be used in all sectors of activity such as those relating to vegetables, fish, shellfish, etc.

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REVENDICATIONS 1) Dispositif destiné à distribuer un par un des objets de taille et de forme irrégulières, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte 1) Device intended to distribute one by one objects of irregular size and shape, characterized in that it comprises a) au moins deux bandes transporteuses successives sans a) at least two successive conveyor belts without discontinuité notable entre elles et pouvant être entraînées dans notable discontinuity between them and which can be entrained in le même sens à une vitesse plus élevée au moins pour la dernière the same direction at a higher speed at least for the last bande que pour la première, strip only for the first one, b) des moyens destinés à aligner les objets et à alimenter les b) means for aligning the objects and feeding the bandes. bands. 2) Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens d'alimentation sont disposés de manière à alimenter la première bande dans une direction voisine ou semblable à la direction de déplacement de la bande. 2) Device according to claim 1, wherein the supply means are arranged so as to supply the first strip in a direction close to or similar to the direction of movement of the strip. 3) Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les moyens d'alimentation ont une inclinaison telle que les obJets, lorsqu'ils s'y sont accumulés, ne les quittent que lorsqu'ils sont entraînés par la bande transporteuse qu'ils alimentent. 3) Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the supply means have an inclination such that the objects, when accumulated there, leave them only when they are driven by the conveyor belt they feed. 4) Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel les moyens d'alimentation sont animes d'un mouvement de va et vient destine à aligner les objets. 4) Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the supply means are driven in a back and forth movement intended to align the objects. 5) Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel le remplissage des moyens d'alimentation est règulé par un système automatique autonome. 5) Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the filling of the supply means is regulated by an autonomous automatic system. 6) Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel le mouvement de l'ensemble des bandes transporteuses successives conduisant les objets des moyens d'alimentation à l'extrémité de la dernière bande transporteuse est asservi à un dispositif de détection du passage des objets, disposé à la fin de la dernière bande. 6) Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the movement of all of the successive conveyor belts leading the objects of the supply means at the end of the last conveyor belt is controlled by a device for detecting the passage of objects, arranged at the end of the last strip. 7) Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel Un volêr horizontal ma-ntient en position les objets parvenus à ltextréwiFe de a derniere bande.  7) Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein A horizontal volêr ma-ntient in position objects reached ltextréwiFe of the last strip.
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EP0583899A1 (en) * 1992-08-17 1994-02-23 Ykk Corporation Method and apparatus for supplying parts
EP1298060A1 (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-04-02 Food Machinery Espanola S.A. "Automatic alternating fruit feeder to a cell receiver in quincunxes"
EP1947619A3 (en) * 2006-10-25 2009-08-05 Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Kg Automatenbau Product compartment, extraction device, vending machine and method

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FR23720E (en) * 1920-10-22 1921-12-15 Cyrille Jauffret Cork stopper sorting machine
FR2298497A1 (en) * 1975-01-27 1976-08-20 Auger Christian Article distribution mechanism from bulk - spaces distributed articles apart in line without manual interference
FR2391940A1 (en) * 1977-05-25 1978-12-22 Bertrand Roger Feeder conveyor for oyster weighing machine - has belt sections increasing in speed to flap control dropping oyster into weighing cup
FR2408180A1 (en) * 1977-11-08 1979-06-01 Auger Christian Bulk object distribution and spacing control system - uses different operating speed conveyor belts arranged in ladder formation with guide
FR2420377A1 (en) * 1978-03-23 1979-10-19 Auger Christian Bulk article distribution mechanism - has perpendicular conveyor belts with guides and photoelectric cell which controls feed

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FR23720E (en) * 1920-10-22 1921-12-15 Cyrille Jauffret Cork stopper sorting machine
FR2298497A1 (en) * 1975-01-27 1976-08-20 Auger Christian Article distribution mechanism from bulk - spaces distributed articles apart in line without manual interference
FR2391940A1 (en) * 1977-05-25 1978-12-22 Bertrand Roger Feeder conveyor for oyster weighing machine - has belt sections increasing in speed to flap control dropping oyster into weighing cup
FR2408180A1 (en) * 1977-11-08 1979-06-01 Auger Christian Bulk object distribution and spacing control system - uses different operating speed conveyor belts arranged in ladder formation with guide
FR2420377A1 (en) * 1978-03-23 1979-10-19 Auger Christian Bulk article distribution mechanism - has perpendicular conveyor belts with guides and photoelectric cell which controls feed

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0583899A1 (en) * 1992-08-17 1994-02-23 Ykk Corporation Method and apparatus for supplying parts
EP1298060A1 (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-04-02 Food Machinery Espanola S.A. "Automatic alternating fruit feeder to a cell receiver in quincunxes"
EP1947619A3 (en) * 2006-10-25 2009-08-05 Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Kg Automatenbau Product compartment, extraction device, vending machine and method

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