WO1992019520A1 - Methode de transfert de marchandises vers une aire de reception et dispositif conçu a cet effet - Google Patents

Methode de transfert de marchandises vers une aire de reception et dispositif conçu a cet effet Download PDF

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WO1992019520A1
WO1992019520A1 PCT/FI1992/000146 FI9200146W WO9219520A1 WO 1992019520 A1 WO1992019520 A1 WO 1992019520A1 FI 9200146 W FI9200146 W FI 9200146W WO 9219520 A1 WO9219520 A1 WO 9219520A1
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Markku Koisti
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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
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/02—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
    • B65G57/16—Stacking of articles of particular shape
    • B65G57/20—Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical
    • B65G57/22—Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers each of predetermined arrangement
    • B65G57/24—Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers each of predetermined arrangement the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets
    • 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
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/06—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines
    • B65G47/08—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
    • B65G47/084—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding grouping articles in a predetermined 2-dimensional pattern
    • B65G47/086—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding grouping articles in a predetermined 2-dimensional pattern cubiform articles

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  • the invention relates to a method for transferring articles or the like to an article receiving area, whereby one or several articles at a time are trans ⁇ ferred and/or arranged in an arranging area by a handling device, such as a conveyor or the like, onto an at least partly planar arranging table, whereupon the one or several articles are transferred by means of transfer equipment and/or a power unit, in at least one direction to the article receiving area, wherein the arranging table is purged to at least one unloading unit, such as a pallet, an unloading conveyor or the like.
  • a handling device such as a conveyor or the like
  • the method according to the invention is particularly applicable for use in connection with palletting and piling equipment for arranging, transferring and unloading of articles on a pallet or a pile.
  • the handling of articles or the like is commonly performed in a way that boxes, packages, sacks or the like are transferred from the previous stage, such as e.g. a packing machine, by transferring means, such as a conveyor or the like, to the arranging point, where they are e.g. pushed by a separate arranging device, such as a pusher plate, from the conveyor to an arranging bed or mat.
  • the arranging plate is connected to the transferring means, or it passes, guided by rails or slide bars, to the unloading point above the pallet, where the finished articles, which may e.g.
  • the method according to the invention is mainly characterized in that the arranging table of the arranging area is formed of at least two arranging table sections which are movable in relation to each other, whereby upon applying the method, one or more articles at a time are removed from the first arranging table section to the second arranging table section by moving at least one arranging table section preferably essentially in the vertical direction, whereafter the article is transferred on the second arranging table section to the article receiving area.
  • the most important advantages of the invention are its simplicity and reliability.
  • the articles to be conveyed are removed to the second arranging table section, whereupon the articles are removed further to the article receiving area.
  • the invention relates also to an apparatus for applying the method.
  • the apparatus is defined in more detail in the ingress part of the independent claim related to the apparatus.
  • the main characteristics of the apparatus are presented in the characterizing part of the respective claim.
  • the apparatus By means of the apparatus according to the invention, it is possible in a simple and reliable way to transfer articles or the like from the conveyor to the article receiving area. In the apparatus according to the invention, the number of mechanical structural parts and thus also of electrical control operations is substantially reduced from those presently used. In an advantageous embodiment, it is possible to lift the articles by means of a carriage from the first arranging table section to the second arranging table section formed by the carriage and to transfer them further to the article receiving area by transferring and/or using the carriage.
  • the functioning of the apparatus is ideal also in the article receiving area, because the goods can be removed from the carriage almost without friction by driving and moving the carriage simultaneously.
  • Fig. 1 shows as an example an embodiment of the apparatus applying themethod, the carriage being in the arranging area in connection with the handling device.
  • Fig. 2 shows a corresponding embodiment, the carriage being in the article receiving area.
  • Fig. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the line A-A of Fig. 1, and
  • Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the line
  • one or several articles or the like is transferred at a time and arranged in the arranging area 3 by means of a handling device 2, such as a conveyor or the like, onto the planar arranging table 4, whereby the article 1 is further transferred by means of transfer equipment 5 and the power unit 6 in a direction a to the article receiving area 7, in which the arranging table 4 is purged to a pallet 7a functioning as the unloading unit.
  • a handling device 2 such as a conveyor or the like
  • the arranging table 4 or the arranging area 3 is formed, according to the invention, of two arranging table sections 4a, 4b movable in relation to each other, whereby the second arranging table section 4b is movable in the vertical direction, for removing article 1 from the first arranging table section 4a to the second arranging table section 4b, whereupon the article 1 is transferred to the article receiving area 7.
  • the said first arranging table section 4a is formed of the conveyor 2 func ⁇ tioning as the handling device
  • the second arrang- ing table section 4b is, correspondingly, formed of a carriage 8 functioning by means of the transfer equipment 5 and the power unit 6 connected thereto. Consequently, in the apparatus,
  • the carriage 8 is arranged, for removing article 1 from the first arranging table section 4a of the conveyor 2, to be lifted to the upper position, above the first arranging table section 4a of the conveyor 2, and
  • the carriage 8 is arranged, for transferring article 1 and purging the second arranging table section 4b to the article receiving area 7, to be movable by means of the transfer equipment 5 and the power unit 6 and/or to be driven by the power unit 6.
  • the carriage 8 comprises a frame 8a, in which rollers 8b are mounted in bear- ings, which rollers are e.g. at one end connected to the power unit 6 by means of a chain- or belt-driven or corresponding driving arrangement. Consequently, the power unit 6 comprises the first powered means 6a for driving the carriage 8 by rolling the rollers 8b, and the second powered means for moving the frame 8a of the carriage 8 by means of the transfer equip ⁇ ment 5.
  • the carriage 8 is purged at the article receiving area 7 by moving the frame 8a by means of the second powered means in the direction b opposite to the direction a in a certain speed of transfer and simultaneously rolling the rollers 8b by means of the first powered means 6a in a certain speed of rotation.
  • the article 1 on the second arranging table section 4b formed by the rollers 8b is transferred by the rotational motion almost without friction in relation to the carriage 8 in the direc ⁇ tion a to the pallet 7a in the article receiving area 7.
  • the radial velocity of the rollers 8b in the direction a is slightly higher than the speed of transfer of the frame 8a in the direction b, wherein compaction of the articles 1 is simultaneously achieved in connection with unloading on the pallet 7a.
  • the speed of the rotational movement generated by the first powered means 6a and the speed of the movement of the frame 8a generated by the second powered means are adjustable in relation to each other by adjusting organs, depend ⁇ ing on the structure, material etc. of the article 1 to be handled.
  • the conveyor 2 is formed of shafts 2a which are placed in succession, perpen ⁇ dicularly to the longitudinal direction c of the conveyor 2, and equipped with discs 2b at certain intervals e.
  • the upper surface of these discs 2b forms the said first arranging table section 4a.
  • the carriage 8 is arranged in a way that the rollers 8b are situated in the longitudinal direction c of the conveyor 2, in interspaces 3 between the successive discs 2b, in the space between the upper surface of the discs 2b and the upper surfaces of the shafts 2a.
  • the method according to the invention is applied in principle in a way that the article 1 brought by the conveyor 2 to the planar arranging table 4 is removed from the first arranging table section 4a to the second arranging table section 4b by moving one of the arranging table sections 4a, 4b, whereafter the article 1 is transferred on the second arranging table section 4b to the article receiving area 7.
  • Figure 3 is intended for illustration of an advanta ⁇ geous embodiment of the method, wherein the article l removed from the first arranging table section 4a to the second arranging table section 4b is arranged by means of the carriage 8 before being transferred to the article receiving area 7, whereby in the applica ⁇ tion of the method,
  • the carriage 8 is driven by the power unit 6 to arrange the article 1 thereupon, i.e. to transfer it to the other side of the carriage 8, after which
  • the article 1 on the carriage 8 is rearranged and/or transferred to the article receiving area 7, and/or the removing of the next one or several articles 1 from the conveyor 2 is continued.
  • the invention is not restricted to the embodiments presented above, but it can be modified within the main idea to a large extent.
  • the section situated in the arranging area of the conveyor may comprise a passive roller surface or the like, whereupon the article is transferred by means of the preceeding conveyors.
  • the removal of the article from the conveyor to the carriage can also be performed simply by lowering down the conveyor in relation to the carriage, e.g. by tilting the end of the conveyor downwards, in which case the conveyor may comprise a solid conveyor, particularly if the article receiving area is formed of several unloading conveyors.

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Abstract

Le dispositif mettant en ÷uvre le procédé sur lequel porte la présente invention permet de procéder au transfert et/ou à l'agencement de diverses marchandises sur une aire (3) grâce à un dispositif de manutention (2) tel qu'un convoyeur à bande ou un dispositif analogue, sur un plateau lent (4), de telle sorte que les marchandises (1) soient transférées plus loin par un dispositif de transfert (5) animé par un moteur (6) selon la direction (a) jusqu'à une aire de réception des marchandises, où le plateau d'agencement (4) est vidé sur une palette faisant office de moyen de déchargement. Dans le mode de réalisation présenté, le plateau d'agencement (4) de l'aire d'agencement (3) est constitué d'au moins deux sections de plateaux (4a, 4b) mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre, de sorte que la seconde (4b) se déplace dans le sens vertical pour l'enlèvement des marchandises (1) de la première section de plateaux d'agencement (4a) vers la seconde (4b), réalisant ainsi le transfert des marchandises (1) jusqu'à l'aire de réception.
PCT/FI1992/000146 1991-05-09 1992-05-07 Methode de transfert de marchandises vers une aire de reception et dispositif conçu a cet effet WO1992019520A1 (fr)

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FI912244 1991-05-09
FI912244A FI912244A0 (fi) 1991-05-09 1991-05-09 Foerfarande och anordning foer transportering av styckegodset eller liknande till avlastningsstation.

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GB2534982A (en) * 2015-02-06 2016-08-10 Itoh Denki Co Ltd Transfer Apparatus
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EP0788988A3 (fr) * 1996-02-08 1998-07-08 Hunkeler Deutschland GmbH Dispositif d'empilage de paquets
GB2534982A (en) * 2015-02-06 2016-08-10 Itoh Denki Co Ltd Transfer Apparatus
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GB2534982B (en) * 2015-02-06 2021-09-22 Itoh Denki Co Ltd Transfer Apparatus
GB2538337A (en) * 2015-04-24 2016-11-16 Itoh Denki Co Ltd Motor-incorporating roller and power transmission member
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