WO2009121481A1

WO2009121481A1 - Guide for goods to be conveyed on a transport system and transport system having such a guide

Info

Publication number: WO2009121481A1
Application number: PCT/EP2009/001980
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michael Joerissen; Rainer Kloeters
Original assignee: Khs Ag
Priority date: 2008-04-04
Filing date: 2009-03-18
Publication date: 2009-10-08
Also published as: DE102008017609A1

Abstract

A guide for goods to be conveyed on a transport system, preferably for goods to be conveyed in form of bottles or similar containers, comprising at least two guide plates (5, 6, 7) that are adjacent and connected to each other.

Description

Guide for conveyed goods on a transport system and transport system with such a guide

The invention relates to a guide according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a transport system according to the preamble of claim 12.

In transport systems or transporters for bottles or similar containers, and in particular also at conveyors with means for dividing a wide stream of containers into several rows, in which the containers are each moved in a single-lane container stream together in a transport direction, guides are in the form of leadership or row plates known.

The object of the invention is to show a guide which consists of at least two adjoining one another in the transport direction and interconnected guide plates and in which these guide plates are reliably connected together in a simple manner. To solve this problem, a guide according to the patent claim 1 is formed. A transport system is the subject of claim 12.

The inventive construction a simple, fast and very effective connection between the adjoining guide plates is achieved. The connection can be realized by simply mating the guide plates on their teeth, in which case in particular also the possibility of an adjustment of the guide plates relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the guide in further engagement with each other teeth.

In a preferred embodiment, the respective toothing is formed as a double toothing, so that in this way is achieved in the possibility of connecting the guide plates by simply merging or mating a positive connection in an axial direction perpendicular to the plane of the guide plates.

Further developments, advantages and applications of the invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments and from the figures. In this case, all described and / or illustrated features alone or in any combination are fundamentally the subject of the invention, regardless of their summary in the claims or their dependency. Also, the content of the claims is made an integral part of the description.

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the figures of exemplary embodiments. Show it:

Fig. 1 in a simplified representation and in plan view of a transport system or a conveyor for containers, for example in the form of bottles, together with several, each formed by series or guide plates guides;

2 and 3 of the guide plates in side view and in plan view; Fig. 4 is a partial perspective view of the guide plate of Figures 2 and

3;

Fig. 5 shows another guide plate in side view; 6 and 7 sections through the connection of two guide plates; 8 shows a further guide plate in side view; Fig. 9 in partial view a section through a guide plate.

In the figures, 1 is a transporter for transporting products or conveyed goods, for example for transporting containers or bottles 2, which are upright, i. with their bottle axis oriented in the vertical direction on the conveyor 1 or on the upper length of at least one conveyor 1 forming circumferentially driven conveyor belt are arranged. With the feed dog 1, the bottles 2 are conveyed in the direction of the arrow A and thereby reach a series division 3 in which the conveyed wide container or bottle stream, in which u.a. each several bottles 2 are arranged perpendicular to the transport direction A, in individual rows, i. divided in the illustrated embodiment into a total of five rows R1 - R5, in the form that in each row R1 - R5 a one-lane container or bottle stream is formed, in which the bottles 2 in the transport direction A adjoin one another.

The rows R1 - R5 are each bounded on both sides by container guides 4, which adapt the row division 3 or row width to the format of the bottles 2, i. to the bottle diameter perpendicular to the transport direction A are adjustable, as indicated in Figure 1 with the double arrow B. Furthermore, each container guide 4 is formed so that their relative to the transport direction A front end 4.1, which pass the bottles 2 before entering the respective row R1 - R5 in the transport direction A and against the transport direction A is adjustable, as shown in the figure 1 is indicated by the double arrow C. This setting is expedient to achieve a staggered arrangement of the ends 4.1 in such a way that some container guides 4 with their ends 4.1 extend further in the area of the conveyor 1 before the row division 3 than other container guides 4. With this staggered arrangement of the ends 4.1 is ua improves the stability of the transport of the bottles 2 and in particular prevents the bottles 2 from falling over. Again, depending on the format of the bottles 2, an adjustment of the ends 4.1 is required.

It is understood that the conveying width of the conveyor 1 is matched before the row division 3 by guides, not shown, to the width of the row division 3, so that all bottles 2 are conveyed to the row division 3 and in the local rows R1 - R5.

Each container guide 4 consists in the illustrated embodiment of three guide elements in the form of row or guide plates 5, 6 and 7, which are arranged with their surface sides perpendicular to the transport plane of the conveyor 1, ie in vertical planes and then connected to each other. The guide plates 5 - 7 are further each at its upper side above the movement path of the bottles 2 and perpendicular to the transport direction A adjustable (double arrow B) attached to rods, which in the figure 1 with the interrupted Lines 8 are indicated and are located at a sufficient distance above the trajectory of the bottles 2.

Figures 2 - 4 show that the front end 4.1 of the respective container guide 4 forming guide plate 5, which, as can be seen in particular Figures 3 and 4, consists of two individual sheets 5a and 5b made of metal, for example steel, arranged parallel to each other and are connected to each other on facing surface sides.

In the illustration of Figure 2, the guide plate 5 has a plurality of edge regions, which adjoin one another according to the following list in an assumed viewing direction, namely:

A substantially rectilinear lower edge region 5.1 which extends over the entire length of the guide plate 5, an edge region 5.2, which adjoins the edge region 5.1 at right angles and forms the front end 4.1 of the respective container guide 4, a sloping edge region 5.3 which together with an upper parallel to the edge region 5.1 extending edge region 5.4 and with an adjoining oblique edge region 5.5 an approximately trapezoidal upper portion of the guide plate 5 forms on the (section) and openings 9 are provided for attachment to the rods 8.

In the lower part of the edge region 5.5, the back of the guide plate 5 forms and with the edge region 5.1 an angle α is less than 90 °, provided with a double toothing 10.1, by punching or cutting the individual sheets 5a and 5b such that the two individual sheets 5a and 5b there are each formed with a plurality of tab-like projections and gaps therebetween, namely the single plate 5a with the projections 11a and the single plate 5b with the projections 11b. The projections 11a and 11b each have the same width and length. Further, the width of the projections 11a and 11b is also equal to the width of the gap formed between two adjacent projections 11a and two adjacent projections 11b, respectively. The projections 11a of the single plate 5a are offset from the projections 11b of the single plate 5b by the width of a projection, so that the projections 11a are each in the region of a gap between two projections 11b, with the exception of the top projection in FIG 11a, which is then arranged above the uppermost projection 11b there, or the projections 11b are each located in the region of a gap between two projections 11a, with the exception of the bottom projection 11b in FIG. 2, which is then below the latter bottom projection 11a is arranged.

The guide plate 6 shown in FIG. 5, which is intended for connection or connection to the guide plate 5 or to the double toothing 10. 1, likewise consists of two interconnected individual metal sheets, for example steel, and has several edge regions in the illustration of FIG which, in accordance with the following list, adjoin one another in an assumed viewing direction, namely: A lower, rectilinearly extending over the entire length of the guide plate 6 extending edge region 6.1, a front edge region 6.2, which adjoins the edge region 6.1 an angle ß smaller than 90 °, an upper edge region 6.3 parallel to the edge region 6.1, a sloping edge region 6.4 approximately parallel to the edge region 6.2, edge region 6.5 parallel to the edge region 6.1, an obliquely extending edge region 6.6, an edge region 6.7 parallel to the edge region 6.1, a sloping edge region 6.8, an upper edge region 6.9 parallel to the edge region 6.1, a sloping edge region 6.10, which forms a trapezoidal projection on the upper side of the guide plate 6 with the edge regions 6.8 and 6.9, an edge region 6.11 parallel to the edge region 6.1 and an obliquely extending edge region 6.12, which in turn encloses the angle α with the edge region 6.1.

Below the edge region 6.3 and below the edge region 6.9 or in the local trapezoidal projection turn the openings 9 are provided for the attachment of the guide plate 6 to the associated rods 8.

The inclination of the front edge region 6.2 or the angle β, which the front edge region 6.2 encloses with the edge region 6.1, is complementary to the angle α, i. the sum of both angles is 180 °.

At the front edge region 6.2, the guide plate is provided with a matching in the double teeth 10.1 of the guide plate 5 double teeth 10.2, which in turn are provided by the respective offset by the width of a protrusion projections 11a and 11b on the two individual sheets of the guide plate 6, in the shape that engage in the double teeth 10.1 and 10.2 interconnected guide plates 5 and 6, these teeth comb-like into each other and each projection 11a of the guide plate 5 flat against a projection 11b of the guide plate 6 and each projection 11b of the guide plate 5 against a projection 11a of the guide plate 6 rests, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.

By the mating double gears 10.1 and 10.2 is not only a toothing of the interconnected guide plates 5 and 6 in guide plate longitudinal direction, i. in the direction of the edge regions 5.1 and 6.1 and transversely thereto, but also a toothing or positive connection perpendicular to the surface sides of these guide plates 5 and 6th

At the rear edge region 6.12, which includes the angle α with the edge region 6.1, the double toothing 10.1 is again provided.

FIG. 8 shows the guide plate 7, which in turn consists of two metal sheets, for example steel, connected to each other on facing surface sides, side view, ie in the representation of FIG has an approximately parallelogram-like shape and is formed with projections having openings 9 for attachment to the associated rods 8. In detail, the guide plate 7 has a shape having a plurality of edge portions adjoining each other in an assumed viewing direction in the following manner, namely:

A rectilinear edge region 7.1, which extends over the entire length of the guide plate 7, an obliquely extending front edge region 7.2, which in turn includes the angle ß with the edge region 7.1, an edge region 7.3 parallel to the edge region 7.1, a sloping edge region 7.4, an edge region 7.5 parallel to the edge region 7.1, a sloping edge region 7.6, which forms a first trapezoidal projection on the upper side of the guide plate 7 with the edge regions 7.4 and 7.5, an edge region 7.7 parallel to the edge region 7.1, a sloping edge region 7.8, an edge region 7.9 parallel to Edge region 7.1, an oblique edge region 7.10, which forms the second projection on the upper side of the guide plate together with the edge region 7.8 and 7.9, an edge region 7.11 parallel to the edge region 7.1, and a rear oblique edge region 7.12, with the edge region 7.1 an angle smaller than 90 includes.

At the front edge region 7.2, the guide plate 7, which likewise consists of two individual sheets which are connected to one another in a two-dimensional manner, is in turn provided with the double toothing 10.2 which fits into the double toothing 10.1.

In the assembled state in each container guide 4 adjoining and with the double teeth 10.1 and 10.2 positively interlocking interconnected guide plates 5, 6 and 7 are arranged with their surface sides in vertical planes, in such a way that the end 4.1 forming edge region 5.2 in oriented in the vertical direction and the edge regions 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 are arranged in the horizontal direction parallel or approximately parallel to the transport plane of the conveyor 1 and slightly above this transport plane, preferably in a line in the transport direction A. To the attachment of the guide plates 6 and 7 to simplify the support rods 8, the mounting holes 9 are partially designed as open slots.

By forming the double toothings 10.1 and 10.2 it is possible, while maintaining the positive connection of the guide plates 5, 6 and 7 to adjust them in the transport direction A or against this transport direction and thus the adjustment of the end 4.1 of the respective container guide 4 in the direction of the double arrow C. make.

In order to simplify the attachment of the guide plates 6 and 7 on the support rods 8, the mounting holes 9 are partially designed as open slots. Due to the matching intermeshing double toothings 10.1 and 10.2 is not only a positive connection of the guide plates 5, 6, 7 in the transport direction A and perpendicular thereto and also perpendicular to the surface sides of the guide plates while maintaining the possibility of longitudinal adjustment achieved, but by overlapping the projections 11a and 11b to the intermeshing double toothings 10.1 and 10.2 is also ensured that the bottles 2 or other containers or products are also performed at the joints between the guide plates 5, 6 and 7 also trouble-free.

As indicated in the figures with broken lines 12, the individual sheets 5a and 5b and the corresponding individual sheets of the guide plates 6 and 7 are connected to each other by gluing, for example using double-sided, self-adhesive tapes. Of course, there are other ways to connect the individual sheets. In particular, it is also possible to provide at least one layer of a suitable insulating material between the individual sheets, in particular for sound insulation, as shown in FIG. 9 with the insulating layer 13 arranged between the individual sheets 5a and 5b. Furthermore, it is also possible, in addition to fix the guide plates on the intermeshing double toothings 10.1 and 10.2, e.g. by gluing.

The invention has been described above by means of exemplary embodiments. It is understood that numerous changes and modifications are possible without thereby departing from the inventive concept underlying the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 transporter

2 bottle

3 row layout

4 container guide

4.1 i front end of the container guide 4

5, 6, 7 guide plate

5a, 5b individual sheets

8 support bar

9 opening for support rod 8 10.1, 10.2 double toothing 11a, 11b projection

12 tape

13 insulating layer

A Transport direction of the carrier 1

B adjustment direction of the container guides 4 perpendicular or transverse to the transport direction A.

C adjustment direction of the container guides 4 and the front

Ends 4.1 of these guides in the transport direction A or against this transport direction

R1 - R5 series of row division

Claims

claims

1 guide for conveyed on a transport system, preferably for conveyed in the form of bottles or similar containers (2), with at least two adjoining and interconnected guide plates (5, 6, 7), characterized in that the guide plates (5, 6, 7) on interconnected peripheral regions (5.5, 6.2, 6.12, 7.2) with teeth (10.1, 10.2) are provided, each of spaced-apart projections (11a, 11 b) are formed and engage in a form-fitting and / or comb-like manner.

2. Guide according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least two guide plates (5, 6, 7) while maintaining the connection between these guide plates (5, 6, 7) relative to each other in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the guide (4) are adjustable.

3. Guide according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the projections (10 a, 10 b) each tab-like, for example, by cutting or punching from a flat material formed projections (11 a, 11 b).

4. Guide according to claim 3, characterized in that the toothings are each formed as a double toothings (10.1, 10.2) such that in interconnected guide plates (5, 6, 7), the projections (11a, 11b) of a double toothing (10.1) in a free space of the other dual toothing (10.2) and received there with a surface side of the surface side of a projection (11 b, 11 a) of the other double toothing (10.2) are adjacent.

5. Guide according to claim 4, characterized in that each double toothing (10.1, 10.2) at least two groups of projections (11a, 11b), wherein the projections (11a, 11b) in each group in a common plane parallel to the surface sides of Guide plate (5, 6, 7) and the two groups of the projections are offset in an axial direction perpendicular to these surface sides, such that each projection (11a, 11b) of each group in an axial direction perpendicular to the surface sides of the guide plate ( 5, 6, 7) is opposite to a free space or between two projections (11 a, 11 b) formed intermediate space.

6. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the toothings (10.1, 10.2) obliquely or inclined peripheral regions (5.5, 6.2, 6.12, 7.2) of the guide plates (5, 6, 7) are provided.

7. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide plates (5, 6, 7) each consist of at least two layers of two single sheets, which are connected to each other on opposite surface sides.

8. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the individual sheets (5a, 5b) for forming the teeth (10.1, 10.2) each- because they are formed with tab-like projections (11a, 11b) and intermediate spaces.

9. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the individual sheets (5a, 5b) are connected to each other by gluing.

10. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that between the individual sheets (5a, 5b) at least one insulating layer (13) is provided.

11. Guide according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is part of a series division (3).

12. Transport system with a conveyor (1) and at least one row division (3) for the transported goods, wherein the row division (3) at least one of at least two in the transport direction (A) successive guide or guide plates (5, 6, 7) formed guide ( 4), characterized in that the guide (4) is designed according to one of the preceding claims.