RU115765U1 - TECHNOLOGICAL LINE FOR PACKING DOUBLE CONTAINERS WITH FOOD AND GIFT - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Technological line for packing double containers with food and gifts, containing interconnected device for unloading containers with food from pallets in two stages using a multi-position manipulator in two rows on a conveyor connected to a screw divider with the possibility of separating containers with food product in the course of their movement in a two-row motion with a given distance between containers, a multi-position manipulator with vacuum suction cups for gripping and moving containers from a screw divider to a plate conveyor with cells with the possibility of placing each container with the lid upwards in the said cells, made with support shoulders under the container lid with a food product, a device for placing a container with a gift on a container with a food product and fixing the first on the second with the possibility of forming a double container, a device for unloading said double containers on a 4-strand belt conveyor with the subsequent feeding to the distribution device with the possibility of positioning double containers on a single-strand conveyor in one row, equipped with side guides and an area for applying a sticker and date, while the output of the single-strand conveyor is connected to the input of the device for wrapping double containers by a packing sheet made with an opening for the container body with a gift located on top of a double container, the extreme sections of the packing sheet strip are arranged with the possibility of interconnection, while at the outlet of the unloading device of the wrapped double container

Description

The utility model relates to mechanical engineering, namely to the technological line for packaging two containers connected to each other, respectively, with a food product and with a gift, and processed as a separate product. The processing line is equipped with devices designed to interact with separately incoming containers, respectively, with a food product and with a gift, for combining them into one unit, followed by wrapping it with a packing list in order to prevent the gift from being removed without breaking the package.

There are various production lines for packing blocks of containers with a food product and with a gift on closed conveyors, as well as the devices included in them.

In particular, it is known a device for packaging a group of products in different packs for a production line intended for packaging these groups. In accordance with this device, the products for each bundle are fed on two longitudinal conveyors in mutually opposite directions to the common receiving area for trapping and stacking products, where alternating products from both conveyors are stopped to stack a stack of two packs of products, after which the foot is moved further for further processing and packaging. In the stop zone above the discharge end of each conveyor, the products are first stopped using stopping means, then reloaded, in the transverse direction to the specified receiving zone, where they are stopped and aligned in their position by means of receiving and centering means, after which the products are stopped and aligned in this way individually or in pairs released to the first capture stage and then transferred to the specified second capture stage to complete stacking of the foot, and so that the specified further movement is performed during said first collecting step. Application RU 98121837 from 08.12.1998.

Wrapping machines are also known (RU 2053169 dated 03/04/1992 and 2332339 dated 02/27/2007.) Related to equipment for the processing industry, namely for wrapping products. A feature of the known devices is the continuity of the cycle of interaction with a flat solid food product, for example with a chocolate bar.

Also known is a two-cavity container containing a first body, the cavity of which is intended to accommodate the product, and a second body, the cross-sectional shape of which is identical to the cross-sectional shape of the first body, while the bodies are installed one in the other so that a second cavity is formed between their bottoms, in which is a surprise souvenir. RU 27571 dated 03/21/2003.

A limitation of these devices is the need to introduce additional devices necessary for the implementation of a closed technological cycle and transshipment of twin containers with food and gifts (souvenirs) to their packaging line with a packing list and the formation of a single product.

The closest analogue has not been identified, the formula of the utility model is compiled without separation into distinctive and restrictive parts.

The task that the utility model is aimed at is to increase consumer demand for products with a gift or surprise introduced into it.

The technical result consists in ensuring that the food product is completed with a gift while increasing the productivity of the processing line and the stability of the quality of the packaging process. At the same time, the quality of the packaging process means the reliable fastening of the gift in a double container with a food product without violating the integrity of the package, which is achieved due to the stable positioning of the double containers with a food product and with a gift in all parts of the technological cycle from unloading pallets, fixing on the container with a food product a container with a gift, wrapping a double container with a packing list, followed by placing them on pallets.

To solve this problem with the achievement of the specified technical result, the production line contains interconnected device for unloading containers with food product from pallets in two stages in two rows using a multi-position manipulator onto a conveyor connected to a screw divider with the possibility of separating containers with food product along them two-row movement with a given distance between containers, multi-position manipulator with vacuum suction cups for gripping and moving ontiners from a screw divider to a plate conveyor with cells with the possibility of placing each container with the lid up in the said cells, made with support flanges under the lid of the container with the food product, a device for placing the container with a gift on the container with the food product and fixing the first on the second with the possibility of forming a double container, the device for unloading the aforementioned twin containers on a 4-strand belt conveyor with subsequent supply to the switchgear with the possible the ability to position the double containers on a single-strand conveyor in a row equipped with side guides and a sticker and date plot, the output: a single-strand conveyor is connected to the input of the wrapping device, double containers with a packing sheet made with an opening for the container body with a gift located on top of the double container, the extreme sections of the strip of the packing list are arranged to be connected to each other, while the output of the unloading device wrapped double containers located odnoruchevoy output conveyor with the possibility of grouping them in rows and supplying at the storage portion in the trays located on the conveyor, which is arranged perpendicular to the outlet pipe and having a width corresponding linear dimension of the incoming rows of containers.

There are additional options for the execution of the technological line, in which it is advisable that:

- the packing list would be made in the form of a strip of cellulose-based material with a longitudinal arrangement of fibers, with a glossy face on the section up to the connection areas of the edge sections, of a rectangular shape with an oval hole for the container body with a gift and cutouts in the extreme sections of the large lateral sides of the strip.

- the container with the gift is made with a side along the perimeter of the upper part, protrusions are made on the inner surface of the side with the possibility of fixing the container body with the product on the container body with the food product.

These advantages, as well as the features of this utility model are illustrated by the best option for its implementation with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 presents a General view of the technological line of the closed;

type for packaging double containers with food and with a gift.

Figure 2 - device for unloading pallets from containers with a food product and feeding a 4-row block of containers with food product to a two-row conveyor

Figure 3 - device positioning containers relative to each other in the transverse and longitudinal directions.

Figure 4 - device for the formation of a double container (site for placing a container with a gift on a container with a food product and a unit for fixing the first on the second).

Figure 5 - dual container and its components: a container with a food product and a container with a gift.

Figure 6 - device for unloading dual containers on a four-strand conveyor.

In Fig.7 - a device for the distribution of double containers with the possibility of their positioning on a single-strand conveyor in one row.

On Fig - packing list and scheme of wrapping double containers with packing list: 1 stage - putting on a double container of packing list;

Stage 2 - bending the sides of the sheet by 90 degrees; Stage 3 - bending of the extreme sections by 90 degrees, followed by joining by gluing.

In Fig.9 - a device for unloading wrapped twin containers with the possibility of grouping them in rows and feeding to the storage area.

The disclosure of the essence of the processing line for packaging a double container with a gift is illustrated by the positions shown in the drawings:

1. a device for unloading containers with a food product from a cardboard pallet and supplying a 4-row block of containers with a food product in two rows to a conveyor;

2. a device for positioning containers relative to each other in the transverse and longitudinal directions, having a screw divider, a manipulator and a cellular plate conveyor;

3. a device for forming a double container having a unit for placing a container with a gift on a container with a food product and a unit for fixing the first on the second;

4. device for unloading twin containers on a 4-stream conveyor;

5. device for constructing double containers in one row;

6. device for wrapping double containers with a packing list with a one-strand conveyor at the outlet;

7. A device for unloading wrapped twin containers with the possibility of grouping them in rows and feeding to the storage area;

8. a pallet made on the basis of cellulose, for example of corrugated cardboard, and having a rectangular shape and sides;

9. plate or belt conveyor, made by four-strand;

10. A plate or belt conveyor made with the possibility of placing containers in two streams;

11. the screw divider has two screws parallel to each other with rotation towards each other and a guide bar between them;

12. a plastic container with a food product, made in the form of a case with a flat side and having one or more cavities for placing food products;

13. a plastic container with a gift inside;

14. the container body 13 is made with a side 15 around the perimeter of the upper flat shoulder 16, on the inner surface of which on the sides there are protrusions 17 with the possibility of fixing the body 14 of the container 13 on the container body 12 with the food product;

15. board along the perimeter of the hull 14;

16. flat shoulder of the housing 14;

17. protrusions made on board from the inside on its lateral sides;

18. a multi-position manipulator with vacuum suction cups of a device for unloading containers with a food product;

19. drive vertical movement of the manipulator 18;

20. drive horizontal movement of the manipulator 18;

21. The conveyor, plate with cells, made 4-stream;

22. a multi-position manipulator with vacuum suction cups of a device for unloading containers with a food product;

23. drive vertical movement of the manipulator 22;

24. drive horizontal movement of the manipulator 22;

25. supporting flange under the lid of the container 12 with the food product, the height of which is sufficient to accommodate the side 15 of the housing 14 of the container 13 with a gift, i.e. the height of the supporting flange exceeds the height of the side 15;

26. a container of gifts containers in the form of vertically oriented storage cavities with gift containers located in them in a column;

27. position sensors of the lower containers with gifts, according to the signals of which the drive 28 of the rotary device and the drives 29 of fixing the containers 13 with gifts on the containers 12 with the food product are triggered;

28. drive rotary device:

29. rotary device:

30. drives of the device for fixing containers 13 with gifts on containers 12 with a food product;

31. a double container with a food product and a gift vertically oriented;

32. a conveyor made of a belt or plate, located perpendicular to the plate conveyor with cells;

33. a multi-position vacuum manipulator located at the exit of the plate conveyor 21 and made with the possibility of moving to the conveyor 32 using vertical and horizontal drives:

34. the conveyor, made of tape or plate, located at the exit of the conveyor 32 and is associated with it:

35. guides with dividers at the entrance to build a group .. twin containers in one row are made of different lengths, while the longest forms an extreme row with the side of the conveyor 34; located opposite the entrance of the one-armed conveyor 36;

36. one-strand conveyor, made with a plate with the ability to rotate 90 degrees, the output of which is coupled with the entrance to the device 6 for wrapping double containers with a packing sheet:

37. An additional guide, located at an angle from one side of the conveyor 34 at its entrance to its other side at the exit, with the possibility of a constantly moving conveyor 34 displacement of the twin containers in the extreme row 38;

38. the extreme row located on the conveyor 34 ;:

39. dampers for stopping columns of double containers, installed in rows at their end sections, except for the first one, located opposite the extreme row 38, with the possibility of their stopping, while the dampers are connected with one common drive;

40. an actuator for controlling the shutters 39 kinematically connected with them with the possibility of their rotation into the “closed” and “open” positions;

41. One-strand conveyor located at the outlet of the device 6 for wrapping a double container with a packing sheet;

42. cumulative belt or plate conveyor located perpendicular to the conveyor 41;

43. A pusher for moving double containers 31 arranged in a row, made with an L-shaped stop 43 *:

44. pneumatic drive of the pusher 43;

45. filling sensor single-strand output conveyor 54 in the discharge area:

46. container cover 12:

47. packing list;

48. an opening on the packing sheet 47 under the housing 14 of the container 31;

49. the extreme sections of the packing sheet 47 under the adhesive layer;

50. a controller whose outputs are connected to the drives of the corresponding devices of the processing line, and the inputs with sensors of these devices;

51. side guides;

52. storage area for wrapped twin containers in pallets.

According to a utility model, the production line (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) for packaging twin containers with a food product and with a gift operates as follows.

Devices forming a technological line are interconnected in a continuous technological process.

At the first stage, the device 1 provides the unloading of containers 12 with the food product from cardboard pallets 8 (figure 2), each of which has 16 containers with the product. On a four-strand conveyor 9 a manipulator 18 is placed, made multi-position with vacuum suction cups for gripping at one time a block of containers 12 in an amount of 16 (4x4), i.e. four rows of four containers in each row, and their arrangement in two stages with blocks of containers of 4 × 2 (in two rows) on the conveyor 10.

On the end of the conveyor 10 are located: a guide bar, on both sides of which are the screws of the screw divider 11, while the containers 12 are in two rows when moving, each between the guide bar and the screw for positioning the containers 12 ". Relative to each other in the longitudinal direction , i.e., placement at the same distance from each other, and in the transverse.

At the exit of the conveyor 10 perpendicular to it and opposite the screw divider 11 is a plate conveyor 21 with cells with a chain drive. On the plates of the conveyor 21, cells are made in the form of holes with support flanges 25 around the perimeter under the cover 48 of the container 12. Moreover, the height of the flange 25 is sufficient to accommodate the bead 15 of the housing 14 of the container 13 with a gift and fix one container relative to another.

At the entrance of the conveyor 21 there is a manipulator 22 made multi-position with vacuum suction cups for gripping containers 12 and placing them in the conveyor 21 according to the signals of the filling sensor of the screw divider 11.

The manipulators 18, 22, 33 used in the technological line are made of a known design, multi-position with vacuum suction cups and are designed to move a group of containers into. the process of packing them and introducing gifts, followed by placing them on empty pallets coming from the unloading section of containers 12 with food products.

After placing the containers 12 with food products in the cells with the lids up, they enter the device 3 for forming a double container having a unit for placing the container 13 with a gift on the container 12 with the food product and a unit for fixing the container 13 on the container 12. Figure 4 shows a container drive 26 with gifts in the form of vertically oriented storage cavities 49 with the containers with gifts placed upside down in them in a column, at the exit of the storage cavities there are gripping elements associated with rotary devices 29, made with a single drive 28 and providing rotation of the containers 13 with gifts 180 ° and placement on top of the containers 12 with the food product. At the same time, locking actuators 30 are activated, which are triggered by the signals of the sensors 27 of the position of the lower containers with gifts in the cavities 49; the same signals also trigger the locking actuators 29 of the containers 13 with gifts on the containers 12 with the food product. All these manipulations are carried out with a constantly running conveyor 21.

Formed vertically doubled containers 31 with the help of the manipulator 33 are reloaded from the conveyor 21 to the four-strand conveyor 32 located perpendicular to it for transportation to the conveyor 34, on which the device 5 for constructing the twin containers 31 is arranged in a row.

At the entrance of the conveyor 34, guides 35 are arranged for distributing a group of four rows of double containers 31 in one row, made of different lengths, the longest one forming an extreme row with the side of the conveyor 34 opposite the entrance of the one-strand conveyor 36.

In addition, an additional guide 37 is installed on the conveyor 34, which is located at an angle from one side of the conveyor 34 at its entrance to the other side at the exit with the possibility of providing for the displacement of the double containers with a constantly moving conveyor 34. extreme row 38.

In equal sections from each other on the first, second and third streams are controlled shutters 39 to stop the moving rows. double containers 31, while all the shutters are connected to one common actuator 40, triggered by the position signals of the double containers at the exit of the conveyor 32.

The flaps 39 are kinematically connected with the output link of the actuator 40 with the possibility of their rotation in the closed position or in the open position.

A device 5 for distributing dual containers 31 and building them in one row operates as follows. This will be shown as an example of a 4-row flow.

A group of four rows of four twin containers 31 each enters the entrance of the conveyor 34 and is distributed by guides into 4 streams, while the first, second and third have controlled shutters 39, which are closed at this moment, thus the fourth row, with a constantly moving conveyor , moves and enters into interaction with an additional guide 37, which changes the direction of movement of this column, directing it to the extreme row 38 in the first place, then after opening the shutters, the second containers 31 last move successive first stream, then the second and third, which is achieved by the arrangement of flaps 39 relative to the entrance to odnoruchevoy conveyor 36 at different distances (see. Figure 7). After that, the shutters 39 are closed and the conveyor 34 is filled with the next group of four rows of four in each double container 31.

Single-belt conveyor 36, as well as the other conveyors are in constant motion.

The one-strand conveyor 36 is made lamellar with the possibility of turning the direction of movement by 90 degrees in order to form a closed circuit technological line with other conveyors located on the same plane with the possibility of using empty pallets 8 after unloading containers 12 with foodstuffs for loading with double containers 31 that have gifts inside .

The output of the one-strand conveyor 36 is coupled with the entrance to the device 6 for wrapping the double containers 31 with a packing sheet 47 made with an opening 49 for the case 14 of the container 31 with a gift located on top of the double container, while the extreme sections of the packing sheet 47 are interconnected which are pre-applied adhesive quick-drying layer, especially at elevated temperatures. On Fig shows a diagram of the wrapping of double containers 31 with a packing sheet 47, which is carried out in three stages (Fig. 8).

After the operation of wrapping the double containers 31 in one-piece products, they enter the output of the single-strand output conveyor 41, where the device 7 for unloading the wrapped double containers 31 is located with the possibility of grouping them in rows for feeding to the storage area in free pallets 8 located on the storage conveyor 51, made tape or lamellar.

The storage area 52 is located in an accessible area with an area for emptying pallets 8 for reuse in the process.

The unloading device 7 is made in the form of a pusher 43 with a L-shaped stop 43 * and with a pneumatic drive 44, controlled by the signals of the sensors 45 of filling the single-walled output conveyor 41 in the unloading area of twin and packaged containers 31 in the amount of 4 pieces connected to the controller. The L-shaped stop 43 * is made with two working sections: a central one located along the single-strand plate conveyor 41 and an extreme one located perpendicular to the central one with the possibility of restricting the movement of the next group of double conveyors 31 at the moment of moving the previous group.

In addition, the discharge device 7 has a limiter located at the end of a single-strand plate conveyor 41 with the possibility of restricting the movement of a group of dual conveyors 31.

In the process, the packed twin containers 31 are transported to the unloading device 7 by means of the output conveyor 41, after stopping in the stop, the filling sensor 45 is activated, configured for a predetermined number of twin containers. The signal from the sensor 45 is fed to the controller 50 for controlling the pneumatic drives of the production line, including the pneumatic drive 44 of the pusher 43, which pushes a group of twin containers 31 onto the belt of the storage conveyor 42, transporting them to the storage area 52 after loading the pallets 8 received after the unloading device 1. At the same time, the extreme section of the L-shaped stop 43 * stops the movement of the next group of twin containers 31 on the conveyor 41.

Thus, the technological cycle was closed, pallets 8 were first freed from food containers, the latter were connected to containers containing gifts, double containers were packed using packing lists and loaded into the same pallets, while the conveyor 9 at the entrance, like the rest conveyors 10, 21, 34, 36, 41 and 42 of the production line are in a constantly operating state, while the latter are made with side rails 51, eliminating the involuntary displacement of the double containers 31 from a given direction ia movement. This solution is significant in view of the fact that the twin containers 31 are made vertically oriented with an increased center of gravity, above the container with the food product.

To further increase productivity in the production line, a controller 50 is used, which ensures synchronization and coordination of the positions of moving conveyors with the movement of the vacuum suction cups of the manipulators, dampers and pusher according to the signals of the corresponding position sensors and filling the containers.

For this, the inputs of the controller 50 are connected to the outputs of the position and filling sensors of the containers, and the control outputs are connected to the inputs of the pneumatic actuators of the manipulators, the rotary device, the locking device, the shutters and the pusher.

The application of the utility model allows to increase the productivity of the technological line for the formation and packaging of twin containers with a food product complete with a gift by ensuring the stable positioning of twin containers with a food product and with a gift on all devices of the closed technological cycle from unloading containers, forming twin containers, grouping them into one row, packing with packing list and returning to pallets. As tests have shown, without interrupting the movement of conveyors, it is possible to increase the productivity of the production line by at least 10%.

Claims (3)

1. A production line for packaging twin containers with a food product and with a gift, comprising a device for unloading containers with food product from pallets in two stages connected by a multi-position manipulator in two rows onto a conveyor connected to a screw divider with the possibility of separating containers with food product in the course of their movement into a two-row movement with a given distance between containers, a multi-position manipulator with vacuum suction cups for gripping and moving a container in from a screw divider to a plate conveyor with cells with the possibility of placing each container with the lid up in the said cells, made with support flanges under the lid of the container with the food product, a device for placing the container with a gift on the container with the food product and fixing the first on the second with the possibility of forming a double container, the device for unloading the aforementioned twin containers on a 4-strand belt conveyor with subsequent feeding to the switchgear with the possibility of positioning the twin containers on a single-strand conveyor in a row equipped with side rails and a sticker and date plot, the output of the single-strand conveyor is connected to the input of the double container wrapping device with a packing sheet made with an opening for the container body with a gift located on top of the double container sections of the strip of the packaging sheet are arranged to be connected to each other, while at the output of the unloading device of the wrapped twin container odnoruchevoy located in the output conveyor with the possibility of grouping them in rows and supplying at the storage portion in the trays located on the conveyor, which is arranged perpendicular to the outlet pipe and having a width corresponding linear dimension of the incoming rows of containers. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the packaging sheet is made in the form of a strip of pulp and paper based material with a longitudinal arrangement of fibers, with a glossy face on the site to the connection areas of the edge sections, rectangular in shape with an oval hole for the container body with a gift and cutouts on the extreme sections of the lateral large sides. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the container with a gift is made with a side around the perimeter of the upper part, on the inner surface of which on the sides there are protrusions with the possibility of fixing the container body with the product on the container body with the food product.