HU200571B - Bottle charging device with bottle-charging and box-delivering band of vertical arrangement and pneumatic bottle-gripping head for charging bottles into boxes of honeycomb formation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a bottle-punching device, which ensures continuous supply of bottles without congestion, accurate positioning of the crates and uninterrupted exit, and allows the loading of honeycomb crates. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bottle insertion device with a perpendicular bottle-feed and box-carrying strip, a pneumatically operated bottle-holding head of a size corresponding to the bottle type and the number of pieces to be grasped.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bottle loading apparatus which provides a continuous supply of bottled supply, accurate setting and unobstructed exit of the boxes, and allows loading of honeycomb boxes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The bottle loading apparatus is provided with a perpendicularly arranged bottle loading and box delivery belt, with a pneumatic actuated cylinder holding head of a size appropriate to the type of cylinder and the number to be grasped

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-1GB 200 571 Β Bottle gripper with moving trolley, bottle collecting and sorting table, bottle organizer, bottle stopper with single or multiple bottle stopper (14) and bottle stopper (14) arranged separately on each row of bottles (3) the eccentric mechanism (10), the actuating lever (12), the eccentric mechanism (10) with the actuating lever (12) disposed between the bottle organizer (5) and the retaining plate (6) for insertion distance, preferably driven by the electric motor (9) of the cylinder conveyor (2) 12) coupling rod (11), planetary arms (8) for actuating the box (4), preferably actuated by the lever (12), preferably pivotable about an axis (7) or pivoting, for example, pendulum movement, arranged in front of the bottle organizers (5) (1) built-in, vertical displacement of the box for positioning the box, pneumatic It has a box-operated trap (21) with a roller (23) at both ends.

The invention further relates to a pneumatic actuator for inserting into a honeycomb-shaped container for bottling machines having an axis (25) on both sides of a lifting frame (24), a spacer ring (30) between at least three stationary and / or movable spacers on the axles (25). ), having at least three support members (28) for receiving one or two pneumatic cylinder gripping elements (27) fixed to, or movable adjacent to, the spacer rings, a pneumatic cylinder (34) for positioning the two peripheral movable support members.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bottle loading apparatus which ensures a continuous supply of bottle supply, a precise adjustment and unobstructed exit of the crates, and enables the loading of honeycomb crates.

From the literature and practice, many types of machines for loading and unloading bottles into boxes, crates, boxes are known.

One of the large groups of loading machines is single-row, with the bottles arriving in a row so there is no need to arrange them in parallel, but to move the container to the correct position.

U.S. Patent No. 4,294,057 discloses a conveyor-type apparatus having a receiving level for receiving incoming bottles and a delivery level for placing the bottles in crates. The cylinder gripping heads move in an endless rail system by means of chain traction driven by two sprockets. The track system, which is also the track, is dual. One includes the carrying rollers of the gripping heads and the other includes the rollers of the gripping arms of the gripping heads.

The function of the control levers is to adjust the gripping heads to the correct position when picking up and dropping the bottle and during transport. At the time of pick-up and drop, the axis of the gripping heads is equidistant, but this distance must be greater in the descending branch of the conveyor. This distance is increased and the cylinders are kept in a vertical position by the control levers. At the receiving level, the speed of movement of the bottle conveyor belt is the same as that of the gripping heads, so that the gripping head descends on the glass as it moves while an opening control cam opens the head retaining nails. The boxes are loaded in reverse order, the gripping heads lower the bottles into the boxes, while the spacing is reduced by the control levers, the opening control cam opens the locking nails and the gripping head emerges from the box.

German Patent Application No. 2920128 discloses a bottle-loading device in which the gripper is mounted in a suspended arrangement. This gripper catches bottles arriving in a row, moves side by side, grasps a row, etc., until the correct number of rows of bottles is in the gripper. This allows you to remove the bottles directly from the tape coming from the label. The bottle conveyor belt may be parallel to or perpendicular to the container conveyor belt. The number of rows on the gripping head need not be the same as the number of rows in the compartment. The pneumatic feed unit can be telescopic roller, ratchet, etc.

US Patent No. 2941591 also discloses a device for reloading and loading single-ended bottles. The incoming bottle is counted by a counter mechanism. When it reaches the number of bottles that can be placed in a row of the transfer device, a transverse pushing unit pushes one row off the inlet belt. When the number of lowered rows of bottles reaches the number of rows of the transfer device, a sensor activates the programmed motion transfer device (lowering, grasping, lifting, forwarding, positioning, lowering, releasing, resetting). As the bottles arrive on the lead-in tape, another transfer device arrives with empty crates at the loading position. Movement of the transfer device is stopped by a sensor when there is no empty compartment in standby. By reprogramming the controls, the unit can be used for bottle unloading. Another large group of unloading and reloading machines used to move bottles arriving in parallel.

From the Hungarian Patent Application No. 150759, the process and the equipment are known for loading and unloading objects, especially bottles, bottles and the like, into open boxes. To carry out the process, crate drainage or crate feeders are placed between two conveyors in the same direction. Instead of the known gripping heads, at least two gripping straps are rotated about the horizontal axis above the container front or inlet device, partially extending over the conveyors and at a distance corresponding to the size of the bottle. In order to obtain a large number of different crates, especially crates of different pitches, to be emptied or stacked with the same equipment, it is desirable to make the grab from a plurality of end-to-end, preferably resilient clamping straps which are contoured and adjustable. To grip and release the bottles, a word must be applied to the clamping band, using rollers and spreading fingers. The spreading fingers are provided with rollers that are adjustable perpendicular to the direction of movement of the clamping straps and are formed as scraping fingers at the front end. The gripping straps, guide rails, spreading rollers and spreading fingers, together with all their associated parts, are held together by a frame that can be adjusted vertically.

From the German Patent Application No. 2914420 it is known that a bottle loading machine has a Z-like loading head that moves parallel to itself on a hook-shaped track. This hook movement is created by an endless chain and sprocket system by alternating movement of a dual-action pneumatic cylinder. The transfer and receiving conveyors are parallel to each other.

US Patent No. 878658 discloses apparatus for removing bottles. THE 3

-3EU 200571 Β consists of a perpendicular arrangement of the box feeder conveyor and the conveyor belt for removing the waste glass, the clamping head, the pantograph for the horizontal position of the clamping head and the drive actuator. At one end of the drive mechanism, the gearbox shaft is provided with two parallel-mounted endless chain sprockets, which receive two-way movement from a planetary gear. Moving in one direction, the clamping head descends, holds the bottles, and in the other direction lifts it out of the crate and puts it on a table. The bottles are then pushed onto a conveyor by a chain-driven pusher.

US Patent No. 933548 describes a device for loading and unloading bottles in containers, with the conveyors being perpendicular. The mechanism for moving the clamping heads consists of sprockets of two different diameters of sprockets and sprockets connected to a pneumatic cylinder, to which the sprockets of smaller diameter are connected, the sprockets of larger diameter are connected by a link. The clamping head is hinged. The longitudinal movement of the clamping head is carried out by a chain, which is also actuated by a pneumatic cylinder. The two movements result in cyclic paths.

After the bottles have been picked up, the frame conveyor cylinder moves it horizontally. The cog wheel also rotates the sprocket, which raises the clamping head. Once the maximum height has been reached, the clamping device, which is hinged to the chain, moves downwards under its own weight and moves the rack towards the pneumatic cylinder. After the cylinders have been released, the latter cylinder moves the rack forward, the anti-clockwise movement of the sprockets causes the clamping head to rise. After reaching a certain elevation height, the other pneumatic cylinder retracts the frame, the clamping head descends and picks up new bottles.

German Patent Application No. 3143288 discloses a machine for reloading a group of containers having a loading and unloading belt arranged in the same axis. The gripping head moves on a hook-shaped forced track. The gripper is moved by two gear wheels and two racks running parallel to the hook track. The lateral displacement of the gripper head is prevented by the pivoting rods.

A similar principle is the Ketner bottle loading machine, which is widely used in practice and whose gripping head also moves on a hook-shaped track. Conveyor belts for bottles and boxes are also uniaxial. The grip of the gripping head is disengaged on the transmission sprocket-intermediate shaft large sprockets-roller chain line. The diameter of the large sprocket is the same as the width of the hook-shaped track, the gripper is mounted on the linkage fixed to the chains. The roller chains are endless and the lower tensioning sprockets ensure precise movement of the gripper. As a result of the alternating movement, the gripper grips the bottles by moving the shorter leg of the U-shape along the path defined by the large sprocket, and then puts them into the crates by moving down the longer leg.

US Patent No. 3339045 discloses a bottle-loading machine with rotating gripping heads which transfers the bottles from a conveyor belt on one side of the machine to moving compartments on a conveyor belt on the other. The circular motion of the gripping heads is provided by a bottom-to-bottom chain system. The movement of the gripping heads in the vertical direction is controlled by a circular rail system. The arriving bottles collide with the positioning cross bar mounted on the gripper head, which can be rotated by means of a pneumatic cylinder to allow a slight change of position to ensure that the bottles are picked up. Prior to placing the bottles in the compartments, final positioning is performed by a centering frame. This frame coincides with the gripping head and its movement in a vertical direction is controlled by another rail system. Sequence of operations: collision - grab - raise - center - lower - release grip up, etc.

German Patent Specification No. 2845660 discloses a bottle-loading machine with separate inlet paths.

The loading machine is used to place different types of bottles of known grade in compartments. Each bottle comes on a separate table. The compartments are transported by an inlet belt along which two or more gripping devices are arranged which are loaded along a hook-shaped track. Sensors indicate the filling tables. As some types of bottles do not come in the same number, each feeding table does not fill at the same time. The bottle gripper on the beam transverse to the top of the top tables is only above the top of the top table, whose sensor gives a full signal. The bottle gripper is insensitive to the shape and height of the bottle as it grips the mouth of the bottle. If the diameter of the bottles and thus the compartment divergence are different, a separate bottle gripper shall be used. The loading in progress does not interfere with the loading of the other hopper tables.

The main disadvantages of the known multi-row equipment are that the supply of the gripping heads is not continuous due to the bottlenecks and jams, the distance between the bottles is not ensured, and they try to solve them by mechanical methods, the problem-free positioning of the boxes is problematic. Stacking boxes with moss cells is unsolved.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bottle loading device which can ensure the continuous supply of the bottle, enable the continuous movement of the crates, and also the loading of honeycomb crates with a specially designed pneumatic bottle gripping head.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bottle loading apparatus having a perpendicularly arranged bottle loading and crate delivery belt, a pneumatic actuated cylinder gripping head, a cart moving head, a bottle collecting and arranging table, , eccentric mechanism actuated by the actuator of the actuators, the pivoting arm of the actuators, planetary arms, rotating around or rotating, e.g., pendulum movements, arranged in front of the bottle organizers, has an integrated pneumatic actuated trap with a roller at both ends to integrate the box into the frame structure.

The invention further relates to a pneumatic actuator for inserting bottles into a honeycomb box for bottling machines, wherein the axle is arranged on both sides of a lifting frame, at least three standing and / or movable spacer rings on the axles, a spring between the spacer rings, a spacer ring at least three support members for receiving one or two pneumatic cylinder gripping elements, the pneumatic cylinders attached to the two outermost movable support members.

The invention will be described with reference to the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the bottle loading apparatus, a

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the bottle loading apparatus, a

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a honeycomb box, a

Figure 4 is a sectional view of one of the bottle gripping heads for loading the honeycomb box;

Figure 5 is a bottom view of a bottle gripping head for loading a honeycomb box. image of the

Figure 6 is a sectional view of another embodiment of a bottle gripping head for loading a honeycomb box;

Figure 7 is a sectional view of a third embodiment of a bottle gripping head for stacking a honeycomb box.

In the frame structure 1 is arranged the bottle carrying belt 2, the bottle collecting and sorting table 3 (Fig. 1) and the transverse crate carrying belt 4 (Fig. 2). Bottle arrays 5 for aligning the bottles in parallel rows are fixed to the frame structure 1 and are flat-ironed along the elements of the bottle conveyor belt 2. To the bottle collection and sorting table 3 are arranged the post-sorting plates 6, the thickness of which is the thickness of the compartment wall of the box used. Cylinders are prevented from collapsing and pinching, e.g. Planetary levers 8 for axially mounted pivoting movement, preferably actuated by an electric motor 9 for driving the bottle conveyor belt 2, by means of a lever 12 actuated by a bar 11 of the eccentric mechanism 10. The planetary levers 8 may also be moved in a horizontal direction by vibratory movement, with appropriate structural training (e.g., a support bar instead of an axis, etc.). The shaft 7 is secured to the frame structure by means of the posts 13. At the end of the 3 bottle collection and sorting tables there is an adjustable one or more bottles 14 (in the latter case, adjustable in rows), which can be fixed depending on the type of bottle and the box.

In the upper part of the frame structure 1, the carriage 18 moves by means of a pneumatic cylinder 15 which moves the bottle gripping head 17, which is also pneumatically actuated, into a bottle pick up or loading position. The cylinder gripping head 17 is moved vertically by the pneumatic cylinder 18 and allows its gravity movement to the position defined by the stops 19. The gripping of the bottles is carried out by the number and arrangement of the gripping elements 20 depending on the number of the bottles.

In the frame structure 1 is arranged symmetrically along the axis of the crate carrying belt 4 in the center line of the carriage movement, the crate trap 21, which is moved vertically by the pneumatic cylinder 22. The box trap 21 provides positioning of the boxes, which is facilitated by the provision of rollers ²³ at each end.

The incoming bottles are eg. by means of a baffle plate they are placed on the bottle carrier belt 2 which moves them in the direction of the bottle carrier plates 5. The bottle carrier strip 2 consists of as many parallel strips of rows as the number of bottle rows being loaded. The planetary arms 8 prevent the bottles from collapsing or being blocked, e.g. with a low amplitude shuttle movement, the cylinders are guided between the bottle organizer plates 5, spaced according to the spacing of the boxes

-5EN 200571 Bottles are placed on the 3 bottle collecting and organizing tables. The bottles are gripped by the bottle stopper 14 according to the division of the bottle gripping head 17. Commonly used for checkered compartments, line for honeycomb compartments according to special division.

When the bottle collecting and sorting table 3 is full, the cylinder gripping head 17 moved by the pneumatic cylinder 15 over the cylinders by means of the carriage 16 is gravitationally driven by the pneumatic cylinder 18 and descends above the cylinders to a height defined by the stop 19. Also, the pneumatic actuated bottle gripping elements 20 grip the bottles and the pneumatic cylinder 18 lifts the cylinder gripping head 17, and by actuating the pneumatic cylinder 15, the carriage 16 moves the bottle gripping head 17 over the container delivery belt 4. Meanwhile, the crate arriving on the crate conveyor belt 4 collides with the crate trap 21, which is moved downward by the pneumatic cylinder 22. Due to the pressure of the crates and the movement of the belt, the crate moves forward, and then the crate trap 21 rises and rolls down on one side of the crate 23 to a loading position.

The pneumatic cylinder 18 allows the cylinder gripper 17 to move downward, providing gravity movement. At a certain height (defined by, for example, adjustable switches), the bottle gripping elements 20 release the bottles which enter the box. The box trap 21 is moved downwardly by the pneumatic cylinder 22, the box is moved to the roller 23 on the other side and is ejected by the throttle pressure of the next box and by the friction of the box carrier belt 4.

A particular problem is the loading of the honeycomb crate (Fig. 3), which results in a better utilization of the storage space. The basic feature of these crates is that it is possible to place several bottles on the same floor space, eg. Instead of 20 bottles, 24 bottles.

On current bottle loading machines, the known bottle gripping heads cannot be loaded. The problem is that the spacing provided by the bottle loading machines (due to the parallel arrangement and classification of the bottles) does not match the spacing of the honeycomb boxes (distance "x" in Figure 3). 3.25 mm less than the rating distance. This difference is 32 mm for a 24-box (eg 3 dl beer) at the two extreme bottles. When using a conventional grade machine, this requires the design of a special bottle gripper which operates according to the conventional bottle gripper principle (according to the parallel spacing of the bottle) but inserts the bottles according to the honeycomb spacing when inserting, i.e. the spacing between the two operations.

An exemplary embodiment of a bottle gripping head capable of performing this specific pitch change is illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 with six bottle rows.

On each side of the lifting frame 24 there is a fixed shaft 25 on which the spacer rings 26 are fastened. In the center line of the bottle gripping head, a holding member 28 is conveniently located on the spacer ring 26 / a on the shaft 25 for fixing two rows of pneumatic bottle gripping members. On both sides of the stationary bracket 28, there is a movable inner bracket 29 / a and a movable outer bracket 29 / b mounted movably mounted on the spacer ring 26 / a to hold a series of pneumatic cylinder gripping members 27 together with the spacer ring 26 / b. move along the 25 axes. A spring 30 is provided between the spacers 26 / a and 26 / b to move the brackets to their home position, which pushes the movable outer brackets 29 / b to the extreme position. Attached to the movable outer support members 29 / b is a towing member 32 having a groove 31 extending over the movable inner support members 29 / a, which grips (base) the inner support members 29 / a which project from the movable inner support members 29 / a and extend into the groove 31. position.

The movable outer support members 29 / b are fitted with a pneumatic cylinder 34 which, in operation, contracts the support members against the spring force. In a preferred embodiment, it is sufficient to grip the inner two rows of cylinders with a stationary support member 28 relative to which the other support members move. In the pick-up position, the distance between the two rows of bottles is not the same as the distance provided by the finishing plates 6 of the loading machine, but the difference is small and with a slight tilt of the bottles the grip will be perfect. After lifting, the cylinders will return to the vertical position. In another embodiment, the bracket 28 may be divided into a single row of bottles. In this case both the brackets 28 / a and 28 / b are spaced apart by the extension of the towing element 32 (Fig. 6) and by the use of the pin 35.

Again, in another embodiment (Fig. 7), the holding members 28 holding the two rows of bottles are stationary, the holding members 29 on both sides also being able to hold two rows of bottles. In this case, the towing element 32 and the pins 33 and 34 are not required. The springs 30 secure the home position.

In the case of a cell-shaped crate stack, the bottle stack 14 of the bottle loading device comprises as many elements as there are rows of bottles. These are set up and fixed according to honeycomb formation.

The bottle gripping heads can be multiplied by extending the 25 axes and a clamping frame to make a bottle loading machine

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Claims (4)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. Bottle-loading apparatus with a perpendicularly arranged bottle-carrying and box-dispatching belt, pneumatic actuated cylinder-gripping head of a shape and size appropriate to the type of cylinder and the number to be grasped, and a one-piece or multi-part bottle stopper (14) arranged on a table (3), separately adjustable as a series of cylinders, and an inlet plate (6) providing a loading distance between the bottle stopper (14) and the bottle organizer (5). an eccentric mechanism (10) driven from the drive electric motor (9) of the bottle conveyor belt (2), actuated by a lever (12) connecting the eccentric mechanism (10) to the actuation lever (12), preferably about or about axis (7) , e.g. Shuttle movement lever, planetary levers (8) arranged in front of the bottle organizers (5), pneumatic actuated, with two rollers (23), mounted vertically in the frame structure (1), mounted in the frame structure (1) (21) is. Pneumatic bottle gripper for insertion into a honeycomb box for bottle loading machines, characterized in that the axis (25) on both sides of the lifting frame (24) has at least three stationary and / or movable spacer rings between the spacer rings (30); at least three support members (28,29) for receiving one or two pneumatic cylinder gripping elements (27) fixed to or movable adjacent to the spacer rings, and a pneumatic cylinder (34) for positioning the two peripheral movable support members (29); it is. Bottle gripping device according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a stationary spacer ring (26 / a) disposed on the axis of the cylinder gripping device and a stationary support element (28) for receiving two pneumatic cylinder gripping elements (27). (28) a bracket (29 / a) for receiving one pneumatic cylinder gripping element (27) disposed on both sides of the spacer ring (26 / b), with a spacer ring (26 / a) on the outside of the bracket (29 / a). b) a co-movable member also having a support element (29 / b) for receiving a pneumatic cylinder gripping element (27), a pneumatic cylinder (34) mounted on the outermost movable support elements (29 / b), extending over the inner moving support elements (29a); a towing element (32) having a groove (31), a pin (33) projecting from the inner movable support elements (29 / a) and extending into the groove (31) of the towing elements (32). Bottle gripping device according to claim 3, characterized in that the split holding element (28 / a, 28 / b) arranged in the middle part of the bottle gripping head and movably mounted on the spacer ring is adapted to receive a pneumatic bottle gripping element (27), a pin (35) extending from the support members (28 / a, 28 / b) and extending above the support members (28 / a, 28 / b) into the second groove (36) of the towing member (32). 4 pages drawing, Figure 7 -7HU 200571 Β Int.Cl. ⁵ Β 65 Β 21/18