Classifications

• • 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
  • B65G51/00—Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure; Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface
  • B65G51/02—Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases
  • B65G51/03—Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases over a flat surface or in troughs
  • B65G51/035—Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases over a flat surface or in troughs for suspended articles, e.g. bottles

Definitions

• the invention relates to 'a conveyor belt with air nozzles for the optimized support for the suspended bottles.
• the present invention is in the field of technology of pneumatic conveying or pneumatic transport according to the international classification B 65 G.
• Conveyor belts with air nozzles for conveying suspended bottles are known, for example, from the following prior publications: US 284-270, EP 0 070 931, GB 2 092 981, DE-A 33 27 019 and DE-GM 85 11 882.6.
• the object of the invention is therefore to avoid the disadvantages just described for a conveyor belt with air nozzles for the conveyance of suspended bottles and to propose a conveyor belt with air nozzles for the conveyance of suspended bottles, with which at reduced Friction of the bottle neck on the guide rails, vibrations of the bottles can be avoided.
• this object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.
• At least one pair of air nozzles is arranged above and at least one pair of air nozzles is arranged below the support surface of the bottle neck. Because a pair of air nozzles is arranged both above the support surface of the bottle neck and below the support surface of the bottle neck, the bottles are stabilized with reduced friction of the bottle neck on the guide rails, so that no vibrations can occur.
• the first pair of air nozzles provided above the support surface of the bottle neck is preferably arranged below the bottle mouth.
• the second pair of air nozzles provided below the bottle neck is inclined upwards. As a result, the friction is additionally reduced and a further stabilizing effect is achieved.
• a third pair of air nozzles is provided which is located below the second pair of nozzles and which blows air against the body of the bottles. This achieves a further stabilizing effect.
• the invention provides a conveyor belt with several combined air nozzles, which are arranged in pairs opposite one another.
• the air nozzles each face the conveyor belt in pairs.
• the conveyor belt consists of parallel spaced guides on which the bottle neck rests.
• the conveyor belt is' .also a driving or Abstützgleis for the neck of the bottles.
• the bottles hang down on the guides of the conveyor belt. They are continuously conveyed. The component of the air flow from the nozzles pointing in the bottle conveying direction is used for this.
• the position of the bottles is optimized by the invention with regard to transverse stability, the absence of vibrations and with regard to minimal friction on the guideways (guides).
• FIG. 2 shows an embodiment with three air nozzles lying opposite one another in pairs, likewise in an oblique cross section.
• a first pair of air or blowing nozzles 1 is above the
• a second pair of air or Blow nozzles 2 are provided below the bottle neck 5.
• the air or blowing nozzles 2 are inclined upwards, namely in the direction of the bottle.
• a third pair of air or blowing nozzles 3 (only FIG. 2) is arranged below the second pair of air or blowing nozzles 2.
• the air or blowing nozzles 3 blow air against the body of the bottle 4; they are inclined downwards.
• the air flowing out of the air or blowing nozzles 3 thus has one component downwards. >
• the conveyor track for the bottles 4 consists of two guides 6 arranged opposite one another on the side.
• the guides 6 run parallel to one another and at a distance from one another.
• the air or blowing nozzles 1, 2, 3 are supplied with compressed air by blowing lines (blowing pipes) 7.
• the air or blowing lines 7 run parallel to the guides 6.
• the housing with the air nozzles 1, 2, 3 be located within a bend of the air or blowing lines 7 »
• FIGS. 1 and 2 show an oblique cross section in order to be able to display the air or blowing nozzles 1, 2 and 3 completely.
• the "slope" of the cross-section corresponds to the inclination of the air or blowing nozzles 1, 2 and 3 in the bottle conveying direction (perpendicular to the plane of the drawing).
• the embodiment according to FIG. 2 is particularly advantageous. There, air is blown both upwards and downwards.
• the air from the air or blowing nozzles 2 is blown upwards and the air from the air or blowing nozzles 3 is blown downwards.
• This is particularly advantageous with regard to the stabilization of the light bottles, which consist, for example, of polytetrafluoroethylene.
• the blowing air is located below the bottle mouth so that the contents of the bottle cannot be contaminated.
• the illustrated exemplary embodiments can be modified with regard to the dimensioning.
• the structural proportions of the air or. Can NEN blowpipes and constitusschie ⁇ in each preferred technical Ausge ⁇ staltun 'ights l n realized.

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• 1989
  • 1989-03-08 IT IT8903370A patent/IT1234023B/it active
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