Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
  • B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
  • B65C9/04—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station having means for rotating the articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
  • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
  • B65B35/26—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by rotary conveyors
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
  • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
  • B65B35/58—Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/06—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/06—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
  • B65C9/067—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station for orienting articles having irregularities, e.g. holes, spots or markings, e.g. labels or imprints, the irregularities or markings being detected
• • 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
  • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
  • B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
  • B65G47/244—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
• • 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
  • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
  • B65G47/80—Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers
• • 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
  • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
  • B65G2201/02—Articles
  • B65G2201/0235—Containers
  • B65G2201/0244—Bottles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for the controlled alignment and / or rotation of containers according to the preamble of claim 1 and in particular to a device with the container between a container inlet and a container outlet on an alignment section of a transport and
• the alignment section extends over the entire
• Transport and Ausrichtumble or is at least a portion of the transport and Ausrichtrange. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the controlled alignment and / or controlled turning of containers.
• Machine axis circumferentially driven rotor a variety of
• the container receptacles in each case rotationally driven or rotationally controlled in order to align the containers provided to the receptacles with containers - for example when moving past a labeling or printing unit - by controlled rotation about their container axis in such a way that they have the required orientation. for example, with respect to a container feature, and / or to rotate the containers by a predetermined angular amount upon passing and / or after passing the labeling or printing assembly about its container axis.
• the controlled rotational movement of the individual container receptacles is especially when these container receptacles are individually rotated preferably generated by each container receptacle is assigned its own controllable rotary drive with its own electric actuator or servomotor.
• Pulleys of each turntable is guided. Individual control of the container carriers or turntables, i. a controlled turning of each turntable independently of the other turntables on the transport and Ausrichtumble between a container outlet and a container outlet or even on a section of this route is not possible.
• Peripheral surface is applied and which is formed by a portion of a Ausrichtriemens or - band.
• This is driven as a closed loop endlessly circulating, by a rotary drive with servo or servo motor, which is provided as well as the Ausrichtriemen for each container recording independently. Alone the multitude of rotary actuators in turn means a considerable design effort.
• the object of the invention is to provide a device for controlled alignment and / or turning of containers, which allows for reduced design complexity and a plurality of container receptacles on a transport element, at least those container receptacles, each located on the alignment section of the between the container inlet and the container outlet extending transport and Ausrichtumble are individually, ie independently of each other for aligning and / or rotating the containers to individually rotate their container axis.
• the particular advantage of the device according to the invention is that, despite the large number of rotationally controlled container receptacles only a reduced number of controllable rotary actuators is necessary, and that for a group of
• Container receptacles only a single controllable rotary drive with Stell- or
• each container receptacle of a group moving (container receptacle) along the alignment portion can rotate independently of the container receptacles of the other groups there.
• the electrical actuating or servomotors of the rotary drives can be provided stationarily on a machine frame, i. it is not necessary that this actuator or
• Servomotors are moved with the container receptacles having transport element. This eliminates the need for electrical connections via sliding contacts for the control and / or supply of Stelloder servomotors.
• each group of container receptacles rotary drive includes, for example, a belt, chain or belt drive, which connects all container receptacles of the respective group with one of this group associated actuator or servo motor drivingly.
• the belt itself to form contact surfaces for the containers or their lateral surface arranged in or on the container receptacles.
• the container receptacles of each group of container receptacles are drivingly connected via a gear transmission with the associated actuator or servomotor.
• Rotary container receptacles are in the context of the invention quite generally recordings, in or on which the container during transport between the
• Container inlet and the container outlet are arranged and for a controlled rotational movement of the container about its container axis, preferably to its vertical or substantially vertical container axis are formed.
• rotationally controlled container receptacles include turntable on which the containers stand up with their container bottom, grippers and container carriers, including those for a suspended support of the container, as well as container transport pockets whose
• Container bearing surfaces for a controlled rotation of the container rotating or running circumferentially for example, formed by at least one circumferentially drivable Ausrichtriemen or -band.
• “Aligning the container” in the sense of the invention means that the containers are rotated around their container axis controlled, so that they then a desired
• Container Orientation, for example, with respect to a container feature or with respect to an applied to the respective container element such.
• Label, imprint, adhesive application, etc .. "container” are in the context of the invention in particular cans, bottles, tubes,
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation in top view of a device for aligning containers according to the invention with a plurality of container receptacles arranged on the circumference of a rotor; 2 in a schematic representation and in plan view, the toothed belt of a drive unit for the controlled rotation of the container carrier,
• FIG. 4 shows a detail of a plurality of toothed belt pulleys rotatably mounted about a common axis and driving the toothed belt of the drive unit of FIG. 3;
• FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3, showing a drive unit having a plurality of sprockets and gear wheels according to a further embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a plurality of containers existing
• the device is used for at least one-time alignment, controlled turning and transporting of containers 2 on an orienting or aligning section 5.1 of an aligning and aligning section
• Transport path 5 in such a way that they have a desired orientation after alignment or have been rotated on the alignment section 5.1 by a desired angular amount, said angle of rotation in the
• Aligning container 2 to container 2 may be different, depending on the orientation that the respective container 2 at the inlet into the alignment section 5.1 had random.
• the device 1 includes, inter alia, a container conveyor, which is formed in the illustrated embodiment of a driven around a vertical machine axis MA circumferentially (arrow A) on the rotor 3. On the circumference of the rotor 3, several container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 are provided successively in the direction of rotation or transport A, namely at a uniform angular or pitch spacing around the machine axis MA.
• the container receivers 4.1 - 4.4 which are shown for ease of presentation as a turntable on which the container 2 stand up with its container bottom, form a plurality of groups of container receptacles, ie in the illustrated embodiment four groups, each group having a plurality of this group associated container receptacles ie a first group of several container receptacles 4.1, a second group of several container receptacles 4.2, a third group of several
• Container receptacles 4.3 and a fourth group of several container receptacles 4.4 The number of container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 is identical in the groups and is for example four.
• the arrangement of the container receptacles is further made such that in the direction of rotation or transport A respectively on a container receptacle 4.1 a container receptacle 4.2 on this a container receptacle 4.3, this followed by a container receptacle 4.4 and then again a container receptacle 4.1.
• Container recordings 4.1 - 4.4 thus form several sequences 4 of
• Container receptacles each sequence 4 having a container receptacle of each group.
• these are each handed over a container inlet 1 .1 of the device 1 to one of the container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4.
• the containers 2 are taken from the container receptacles 4.1 - 4.2 at a container outlet 1 .2 of the device 1.
• Container outlet 1 .2 forms the alignment and transport path 5.
• the at least one-time alignment and controlled rotation of the container 2 is carried out by controlled rotation of the respective container receptacle 4.1 - 4.4 about its vertical axis BA, for example, controlled by the signal at least one Sensor 6, for example, detects the current orientation or rotational position of the respective container receptacle 4.1 - 4.4 and / or the respective container 2.
• the sensor 6 can be any suitable means which makes it possible to detect a container 2 in the necessary manner.
• the sensor is an electronic digital camera with a downstream computer-assisted image processing system.
• Each container 2 then has a desired orientation after alignment and / or has been rotated from its original orientation by a desired angular amount about its vertical container axis.
• the length that the alignment section 5.1 has in the transport direction A is equal to the corresponding length of a sequence 4 or the sum of the pitches between the container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 of a sequence 4.
• a special feature of the device 1 is that for all
• Container recordings 4.1 - 4.4 of the respective group takes place about the axes BA. This is possible because the length or the angular range of the alignment section 5.1 is at most equal to the angular range over which a sequence 4 extends. In the illustrated embodiment, therefore, the angular range of
• rotary drive is the individual controlled rotation of those container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4, which are located on the alignment section 5.1.
• the remaining container shots 4.1 - 4.4 of each group are inevitably rotated.
• the common for the container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 each group of container receptacles rotary drive is shown in FIGS 2-4 by a
• Drive unit 7 realized, inter alia, for each group an endlessly rotating and a self-contained loop forming toothed belt 8.1 - 8.4 has.
• the timing belts 8.1 - 8.4 or their loops are in different directions the machine axis MA arranged against staggered planes.
• Each tooth emen 8.1 - 8.4 is on a separate for each group of container receptacles and arranged coaxially with the machine axis MA, the timing belt 8.1 - 8.4 driving toothed belt 9.1 - 9.4, not shown deflection wheels and also driven toothed belt 10.1 - 10.4 out.
• the latter are provided on rotatably mounted in the rotor 3 shafts 1 1, which are each aligned coaxially with an axis BA and carry a container receptacle 4.1 - 4.4.
• the central toothed belt 9.1 - 9.4 are each provided on shafts 12, which are preferably arranged coaxially with the machine axis MA arranged partially as hollow shafts concentrically surrounding each other and rotatably mounted to each other.
• Each shaft 12 has in addition to its central timing pulley 9.1 - 9.4 another than gear or toothed belt 9.1 a - 9.4a trained wheel, which is driven by the not shown individual servo or servo motor of the respective group of container receptacles.
• the rotor 3 is rotatably mounted on a machine frame 13.
• this machine frame is also the rotational movement of the rotor 3 about the machine axis MA generating, not shown rotor drive
• FIG. 5 shows, in a representation like FIG. 3, a drive unit 7a which can be used instead of the drive unit 7 and has a gear transmission. Alike with the machine axis MA and in several in the direction of the
• Machine axis MA staggered levels are provided with sprockets 14.1 - 14.2, which are each individually rotatable about the machine axis MA by its own servo or servo motor.
• Each sprocket 14.1 - 14.4 is a group of
• the container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 of each group are connected via gears 15.1 - 15.4 with the ring gear 14.1 - 14.4 corresponding to this group, so that in turn with a single for each group
• the particular advantage of the device 1 is u.a. in that the required number of servomotors or servomotors is considerably reduced, i. for example, in a total of sixteen container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4, the four groups form, only four servo or servo motors are required. This also results in a significant reduction of the control effort.
• FIGS. 6-10 schematically show various applications for the
• the device 1 is used as part of a labeling machine 16 for applying labels in each case to a predetermined region of the container 2 (FIG. 6) which is detected by the sensor unit 6 with the aid of a labeling unit 16.1.
• the device 1 can also be used as part of an assembly 17 for aligning (already) provided with an equipment containers 2 and then passing the aligned container 2 to a subsequent machine, for example to a machine for forming containers from a plurality of containers 2 (FIG 7) can be used.
• the device 1 can also be used as part of an assembly 18 for aligning containers 2 with a polygonal cross-section, for example with a square or rectangular cross-section and for passing the aligned containers to a subsequent machine, for example to a machine for forming containers from a plurality of containers 2 ( Figure 8) can be used.
• the device 1 can also be used as part of a system 19 for producing containers 20, each of which consists of a plurality of containers 2 connected via adhesive applications 21, as also shown in FIG.
• the system 19 at least one device 1, in the illustrated embodiment, however, two devices 1, in which the container 2 by aligning and / or controlled rotation during the passage of the
• Alignment section 5.1 on the required peripheral areas with adhesive jobs 21 are provided, ie in the illustrated containers 20 at peripheral regions which are offset by the respective container axis by 90 ° to each other.
• the application of the adhesive jobs 21 takes place on or else immediately after the alignment section 5.1.
• Container receptacles possible, for example in the form of container carriers for a suspended support of the container 2 (for example neck holder) or in the form of
• Container transport pockets whose container bearing surfaces are designed to rotate or circulate for a controlled rotation of the containers, for example, are formed by at least one circumferentially drivable alignment belt or belt,
• Container receptacles 4.1 - 4.4 are provided on the rotating rotor 3.
• the container 2 but also on a conveyor belt standing up by the alignment and transport route or by the
• Container receptacles consist of beside and / or above the conveyor belt arranged alignment bands. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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