EP0960814A1 - Dispositif pour alimenter des objets à une machine d'emballage - Google Patents

Dispositif pour alimenter des objets à une machine d'emballage Download PDF

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EP0960814A1
EP0960814A1 EP99810377A EP99810377A EP0960814A1 EP 0960814 A1 EP0960814 A1 EP 0960814A1 EP 99810377 A EP99810377 A EP 99810377A EP 99810377 A EP99810377 A EP 99810377A EP 0960814 A1 EP0960814 A1 EP 0960814A1
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    • 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
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/40—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/52—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/106—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by pushers

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  • WO 96/41760 describes a device for feeding products known to a packaging machine.
  • the device has two parallel, separately driven, endless transport chains, of which over less than half of their circumference in regular Intervals of the carriers. Push the drivers the products on a slotted slide plate from a receiving station over a working distance to a delivery station where the products are packed in a tubular bag.
  • US-A-4 577 453 describes a feeder, however with just one conveyor element, in which the products on the Transfer point as groups first on and from a table by means of a separate slide perpendicular to the direction of extension be pushed into a packaging container.
  • the present invention has for its object a Specify transport device with which rational packaging container can be filled. This task is accomplished by solved the combination of features of the claims.
  • the device 1 is a feed conveyor belt 10 upstream, on which a column 11 of disc-shaped Products (e.g. biscuits) delivered in transport direction A. becomes.
  • the products 12 can have an irregular spacing from each other.
  • the conveyor belt 10 preferably runs at constant speed.
  • At variable speed of the belt 10 is a rotary encoder with its drive motor coupled to the control device 13 of the device 1 connected is.
  • Above the belt 10 is a height profile sensor 14 mounted.
  • the height profile sensor 14 measures the dimensions and the shape of the product carried under it 12 and compares these measured values with entered and / or taught Setpoints. It is not only the outer shape of the product 12 and its length recorded on the tape 10, but also its surface.
  • a signal will exceed the specified tolerance deviations transmitted directly to an extension unit 15, which the relevant product 12 downstream of the sensor 14 transversely to the conveying direction A from the tape 10 in a collecting container, not shown emits.
  • the unit 15 can e.g. from a slider 16 exist, which is actuated by an actuator 17 at short notice or from a short-term blowing nozzle.
  • a further sensor 18 can be arranged be, e.g. a reflex light barrier, which is via the control unit 13 the exact clocking of the products 12 into the device 1 ensures.
  • the device 1 comprises a sliding plate 21 and two arranged above it endless, parallel, guided by two deflecting wheels 22, 23 Timing belt 24, 25.
  • Each of the belts 24, 25 is standing a group 26 of regularly spaced drivers 27 from.
  • the group length is shorter than half the circumference of the belt 24, 25.
  • the two deflection wheels arranged at the feed point 20 22 are each by a separate motor 28 with rotary encoder 29 driven.
  • the motors 28 are powered by the device 13 controlled so that one driver 27 each arrives in front of a product 12 at the drop point 20 and this Product by the next driver 27 of the same group 26 is pushed on the sliding plate 21.
  • the motors 28 will controlled so that the foremost at the feed point 20 Driver 27a of one group 26 to the rearmost driver 27b of the other group 26 immediately without space connects (Figure 1).
  • the control of the motors 28 can e.g. according to WO 96/41760.
  • the belt 25 in question accelerates (Figure 2) until the group 26 on the horizontal working route 31 with at the transfer point 30 provided to the side of the sheet 21 and parallel to this Groups 32 of packaging containers 33 aligned is. In this position, the belt 25 in question is stopped and the products 12 of the whole group 26 at the same time pushed laterally into the container 33.
  • the two timing belts 24, 25 individually or together around the axis of Wheels 22 can be pivoted, which is shown in FIG. 1 with dash-dotted lines Lines is indicated. Will a swivel around the downstream Deflection wheels 23 are preferred, these are appropriately the motors 28 driven.
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically a possible mechanism for pushing out of products 12 at the transfer point 30.
  • the sliding plate 21 has a number of transverse slots at the transfer point 30 38 at a distance from the division of the carriers 27, possibly two Slots 38 per space between the drivers 27. Through these slots 38 each grip a bent end 39 of one Slider 40.
  • the slider 40 are on a common rod 41 attached to the free end of two pivot levers 42 is pivotally mounted.
  • the two levers 42 are connected by a common Shaft 43 arranged parallel to the conveying direction A non-rotatably connected and together about the axis of the shaft 43 swiveling.
  • the rod 41 is rigid with a lever 44 connected, the free end of which is articulated with a slide 45 connected is.
  • the carriage 45 is horizontal on a carrier 46 slidably guided.
  • the carrier 46 is in a housing 47 the device 1 guided vertically.
  • a disc 51 is connected to a shaft 52 parallel to shaft 43.
  • a motor 53 rotates the shaft 52 in each case one rotation.
  • Eccentric pin 54 mounted with a hinge rod 55 with the carriage 45 is connected.
  • a cam disc 56 is mounted, which over a scanning roller 57 a pivotable, double-armed lever 58 and an articulated rod 59 the vertical movement of the carrier 46 controls.
  • the belt in question is in motion during the extension movement 25 silent and the carrier 46 is raised in the illustrated Position so that the bent end 39 of the slide 40 the column of products 12 within group 26 of carriers 27 pushes transversely to the transport direction A from the slide plate 21 in the container 33, not shown in Figure 3.
  • Die Elements 44 to 46 and 51 to 59 are in the axial direction of the shaft 43 so that the container 33 next to the plate 21st Have space.
  • the carrier 46 is by means of the cam 56 and the lever 58 lowered so that during this Return stroke already the driver 27 of a group 26 by means of of the toothed belt 25 from the area of the transfer point 30 can be driven away. While the products are being pushed out 12 at the transfer point 30, the products 12 at the Feed point 20 between the drivers 27 of the second group 26 clocked on the other band 24.
  • the extension process is then repeated for this second group 26.
  • the transfer point 30 is without the elements 44 to 59 shown (which are axially offset).
  • a conveyor member 64 in the form of two parallel, endless ones Chains 65 arranged, each guided around two deflection wheels 66, 67 are, the one coaxial pair of wheels 66 by a common Motor 68 is driven with angle encoder 69, which is also with the control device 13 are connected.
  • Between chains 65 carriers 70 are mounted at regular intervals.
  • the container 33 on one Delivery point 77 captured by a group of fingers 78, which Pass through slots (not shown) in the elements 71.
  • the filled containers 33 slide on the curved top 79 the fingers 78 on a discharge conveyor belt 80.
  • the upper Wheels 66 are empty containers 33 with known, not shown Means introduced into the receiving elements 71.
  • Figure 5 shows a further embodiment in which the driver 27 are T-shaped in the side view, that is horizontal at their free ends over the working section 31 Stand support members 84, which the products from the drop point Carry 20 to the transfer point 30.
  • the sliding plate 21 does not apply in this case.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show another Variant in which the toothed belts 24, 25 or conveyor chains below the working section 31 are arranged.
  • the drivers 27 are mounted on support bodies 85, the one group 26 of Support bodies 85 on the belt 24, the other group 26 on the belt 25 is attached.
  • the bodies 85 have (except at both ends of group 26) on both sides of the carriers 27 wings 86.
  • the products 12 can optionally be in the containers 33 filled in as a standing group 74 or as a stack become.
  • a modular structure is possible.
  • the filling groups 74 into containers 33 requires only a few steps, so that the products 12 are spared. It will be high Throughput achieved (up to 800 pieces / min.). It can a whole series of packaging containers 33 filled at the same time become.
  • 2 and 5 are, for example container 33 to be filled as four arranged side by side, connected groups of three 89 shown, the distance adjacent container 33 between the groups 89 slightly larger is corresponding to the container spacing within groups 89 are also the groups 26 of carriers 27 in groups of three divided by correspondingly thicker drivers 27c are separated from each other.

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