RU2692031C1 - Device for bar codes reading from bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: data processing.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a device for reading barcodes from bottles. Technical result is achieved by a device for reading barcodes from bottles, which comprises two round tables for installation of bottles equipped with a limiter, which does not allow the bottles to move and fall. Each of tables is fixed on electric motor shaft with possibility of rotation. At that, electric motors operate independently from each other. Near each table at the height of the barcode of the bottle a scanner is installed with the possibility of reading a barcode.

EFFECT: high speed of reading barcodes from bottles in conditions of conveyor production and, as a result, high efficiency of the production line as a whole.

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Description

The invention relates to devices for reading bar codes, namely, devices for accelerated reading of bar codes on a conveyor.

From the patent RU117892 a device for labeling bottles is provided comprising rotary tables for positioning the bottles relative to label sticker blocks.

However, this device does not provide bar code reading.

From the patent CN106945898, a device adopted as a prototype is known that automatically recognizes a barcode containing a loading tray, a dispenser, a material feeding machine, an image sensor, a shipping tape, a support cabinet, a computer, a printing and marking mechanism, a barcode scanner, a support frame and a motor. At the output of the machine for feeding the material is installed an image sensor connected to a computer. In this case, the computer controls the printing and marking mechanism mounted on the support frame. After the printing and marking mechanism, a barcode scanner is installed. This automatic barcode recognition device is able to automate the process entirely and process anomalous conditions in real time. This increases the accuracy and efficiency and decreases labor costs. The known device is suitable for industrial production.

However, the known device does not allow to read the barcode from the bottle.

The problem to which the proposed invention is directed is to create a device for reading barcodes from bottles with increased performance.

The technical result achieved in the implementation of this invention is to increase the speed of reading bar codes from bottles in terms of conveyor production and, as a consequence, increase the productivity of the production line as a whole.

This technical result is achieved by a device for reading bar codes from bottles which contains two round tables for installing bottles, equipped with a stop, which does not allow bottles to shift and fall. Each of the tables mounted on the motor shaft with the possibility of rotation. Moreover, the electric motors operate independently of each other. Next to each table, at the height of the bottle bar code, a scanner is installed with the ability to read a bar code.

The diameter of the tables can be 2-3 mm larger than the diameter of the bottle, and the speed of their rotation is 60-80 rpm.

The scanner can be configured to give a sound signal after the end of the reading of the barcode.

The invention is illustrated by drawings.

Figure 1 - a device for reading bar codes from bottles;

Figure 2 - a general view of the conveyor belt equipped with the proposed device for reading bar codes from bottles.

The device consists of two round tables (1) whose diameter is 2-3 mm larger than the diameter of the bottle (7), rotating with the help of electric motors (2). Each of the tables (1) on which the bottles are placed (7) is fixed on the shaft (4) of the electric motor (2). Moreover, the electric motors (2) operate independently of each other. Next to each table (1), at the height of the bottle bar code (7), scanners (3) are installed, which read the bar code. All elements of the proposed device for reading bar codes of bottles are fixed on a common frame (not shown).

At the same time, the proposed device for reading barcode bottles can be independently installed on an existing production, for example, on a conveyor line where it is necessary to read barcodes from bottles. In the preferred embodiment, the proposed device is installed between the conveyor (5) of the bottles and the box (6) into which the bottles (7) are folded.

The device works as follows. The operator removes the bottles (7) from the conveyor (5) and puts them on the rotating tables (1). The tables (1), on the operator’s side, are equipped with a limiter that prevents the bottles from moving and falling (not shown). After the bottles (7) are mounted on the tables (1), they begin to rotate at a speed of 60-80 rpm. and the excise stamp pasted on the side of the bottle (7) falls into the reading area of the scanner (3). When this happens, a barcode scan. After the end of the scan, which is accompanied by an audible signal from the scanner (3), the operator removes the bottles (7) from the tables (1) and puts them in the box (6).

Due to the automatic rotation of the tables with bottles, the time it takes for the scanners to detect barcodes on the excise stamp is reduced, and the operator’s operator experience is improved, due to the exclusion of the manual orientation of the bottle.

This device is in demand in the food industry, where it is necessary to read bar codes from excise stamps with high productivity (2000 - 7000 bottles / hour). It improves reading performance compared to non-equipped lines with manual bottle orientation. The operator does not need to turn the bottles on his own to get the bar code in the scanner zone, which, with large production volumes, speeds up the process of combining the excise stamp with the scanner reading zone.

Based on the calculation of 2000 bottles per hour x 8 hours = 16,000 hand movements per shift, physically the operator does not do this and therefore the technical result of this device is automation and speeding up the reading of bar codes from excise stamps on production lines 4-5 times by minimizing manual human labor.

One of the advantages of this device is the autonomy and ease of integration on operating lines. The autonomy of this device allows its installation on virtually any conveyor lines with minimal changes in their mode of operation.

Claims (4)

1. Device for reading bar codes from bottles, containing two round tables for bottle installation, equipped with a stop, not allowing bottles to shift and fall, each of the tables is fixed on the electric motor shaft rotatably, and the electric motors operate independently of each other, next to each table At the height of the bottle barcode, a scanner is installed with the ability to read the barcode. 2. A device for reading bar codes according to claim 1, characterized in that the diameter of the tables is 2-3 mm larger than the diameter of the bottle. 3. A device for reading bar codes according to claim 1, characterized in that the tables rotate at a speed of 60-80 rev / min. 4. A device for reading bar codes according to claim 1, characterized in that the scanner is configured to give a sound signal after the end of the reading of the bar code.

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