EP2918501A1 - Procédé d'ouverture automatique de sac et dispositif d'exécution du procédé - Google Patents

Procédé d'ouverture automatique de sac et dispositif d'exécution du procédé Download PDF

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EP2918501A1
EP2918501A1 EP15000526.2A EP15000526A EP2918501A1 EP 2918501 A1 EP2918501 A1 EP 2918501A1 EP 15000526 A EP15000526 A EP 15000526A EP 2918501 A1 EP2918501 A1 EP 2918501A1
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
    • B65B43/34—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by internal pressure
    • B65B43/36—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by internal pressure applied pneumatically
    • 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
    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
    • B65B43/30—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated
    • 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
    • B65B43/46—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 grippers
    • B65B43/465—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 grippers for bags
    • 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
    • B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/56—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents

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  • the present invention relates to the field of automated order picking. It relates to a method for automatically opening a carrying case according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • bags In many cases, there is a desire to fill goods in a bag or a bag, which initially in a flat, folded state, in particular in batches, present and then unfolded and must be opened so that the goods can be filled or inserted into the opened bag.
  • Such bags often consist of a wrapping paper or plastic film, which has been made from a blank by folding and gluing together.
  • a flat, comparatively stable base is formed on the bag, which laterally rests in the folded state and has to be unfolded for opening and filling.
  • bags are often equipped with handles, which may either be integrated in the upper end of the bag or may be designed to project upwards as separate elements.
  • the opening of the bag or the bag can - as usual at the cash register of a shop - be made by hand, as for example in the document US 3,782,073 A is described.
  • a bagging method in which a set of bags lined up in a row on a holder is held, the set is pressed continuously into a stop position, one end of the bag is opened and this bag is filled while being retained on the holder , and the filled bag is released and mechanically fed to a removal station.
  • the associated bagging device comprises means for advancing a bag in a flat or collapsed state to a location where it can be opened for loading, means for holding the bag in the open position with the opening upwards, and a device which carries the filled bag and keeps it in an upright position.
  • the publication EP 0 155 060 A2 discloses an automatic filling device for filling individual bags, in which the bags are first singulated and then each individual bag is transported to a device at which the mouth opening of the bag is opened, so that then the bag can be filled.
  • the associated filling device comprises a blower for blowing air into the mouth opening of the single bag, wherein the other film part of the bag is gripped by means of a gripping device of a clamping arrangement.
  • the publication US 5,782,066 A discloses an apparatus for filling a bag with goods from a basket.
  • the bags are initially folded flat and stacked in a container.
  • a bag is then removed and held in a charging station.
  • a bottom pop-up device engages the bottom while simultaneously engaging an opening device on the front of the bag.
  • the bag is opened and then the goods are pushed into the lying bag from the side.
  • the bag is held open by a hinged open holder. Again, high speeds can not be achieved.
  • the inventive method for automatically opening an open-topped carrying bag which is equipped in the region of the upper opening with handles for carrying the bag and below has a flat bottom, for a subsequent filling, wherein the bag is in a flat, folded state before opening, in which the bottom is folded adjacent to the front or rear wall, is characterized in that in a first step, the bag is hung on their handles, that in a second step the folded bottom of the hanging carrying bag is grasped, that in a third step the gripped bottom is folded from the folded position into a position oriented transversely to the bag position and held in this position, and that in a fourth step the hanging carrying bag with the unfolded bottom through Blowing air into the upper opening is fully opened.
  • An embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that the carrier bag is continuously moved during the execution of the four steps in a predetermined transport direction.
  • the unfolding of the bottom in the third step is linked to the movement of the carrier bag in the predetermined transport direction.
  • the predetermined transport direction is oriented horizontally.
  • Another embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that the carrier bag is hung in the first step with their handles on a hook-shaped support member which allows the handles when opening the carrying bag a sufficient distance of the handle to each other, and that in the fourth step, the handle be moved away from each other on the hook-shaped holding element.
  • a further embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that in the second step, the bottom of the carrier bag is gripped on its underside by means of a suction gripper.
  • the carrying bag when gripping the bottom of the carrying bag, the carrying bag is supported in the region of the bottom from the other side by means of a counter-holder.
  • the suction pad is pivoted with the movement of the carrying bag in the transport direction about a fixed pivot axis for opening the bottom of the carrying bag.
  • the inventive device for carrying out the method according to the invention is characterized by a suspension device, a folding device and an opening device, which are arranged one behind the other in a transport direction for the carrier bag and communicate with each other by means for transporting the carrier bag.
  • An embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the means for transporting the carrying bag comprise a hook-shaped holding element which can be moved in the transport direction, and in that the suspension device for attaching the carrying bag with its handles is formed in the hook-shaped holding element.
  • the opening device comprises a suction cups equipped with suction gripper, which in the transport path of the carrying bag in and out of the transport path of the carrying bag to swing out about a fixed, horizontal, oriented transversely to the transport direction pivot axis is.
  • the folding device comprises a counter-holder, which is arranged in the transport direction in front of the suction gripper and with a head into the transport path of the carrying bag in and out of the transport path of the carrying bag is movable out.
  • the head is formed as horizontally and transversely to the transport direction of the carrying bag lying, rod-shaped element.
  • a further embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the opening device comprises an air nozzle which is directed from above onto the opening of the carrier bag.
  • the air nozzle is arranged stationary and has an elongated nozzle opening extending in the transport direction of the carrier bag.
  • the hook-shaped holding element in the transport direction of the carrier bag has a length which corresponds to the distance of the handle of the carrier bag in the fully opened state
  • Fig. 1 shows in two sub-figures 1 (a) and 1 (b) an exemplary carrying bag 10 suitable for the invention in a front view ( Fig. 1 (a) ) and in the side view ( Fig. 1 (b) ).
  • the carrier bag 10 is in this view in the unopened folded state.
  • Carrying bag 10 has front and rear walls and two narrower sidewalls which are not visible in the collapsed state (the dashed lines indicate the inner fold lines).
  • the front is in Fig. 1 (a) denoted by 13.
  • carrying bag 10 has a flat, largely stable bottom 11, which is folded up in the folded state up to the front wall 13 and has to be unfolded to open the bag.
  • the carrier bag 10 is often made of a stronger paper, as used for example as wrapping paper. But it can also be constructed of plastic films.
  • two separate handles 12a and 12a are attached to the front and rear walls, respectively, which protrude upwards and can be made of a different material than the rest of the carrying bag.
  • the handles 12a and 12b but also be integrated into the front and rear walls, in which there are provided corresponding engagement openings.
  • wall reinforcements are still available, which prevent tearing of the handles when wearing. Since the bag of Fig. 2 is shown in the open state, here is also a side wall 14 visible.
  • FIG. 3 shows, for example, a carrying bag 10, which has a significantly increased width in the open state.
  • four handles 12a-d are distributed over the four corners, which are continued around the bag as reinforcing straps.
  • the bags shown are stacked in the context of the present invention in the folded state fed to a device in which the bags are first separated, so that successively unfolds each bag from the folded state out, then open and finally in the open state with any goods or objects can be filled.
  • Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a device 24 for automatically opening (and filling) a carrying bag according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the opening device 24 of Fig. 4 comprises a suspension device 17, a folding device 18, the actual opening device 19 and two of usually several subsequent filling devices 20, 21, in which the successive filling of the carrier bags is made with different articles.
  • the individual devices 17 to 21 are arranged one behind the other in a transport direction, so that the individual carrier bags, which are supplied to the device 24 at a pocket input 16, successively pass through the various devices 17 to 21 and following.
  • the transport of the pockets in the, preferably horizontally oriented, transport direction (in Fig. 4 from left to right) by means of a transport device, not shown, which may for example run on a rail car or the like.
  • the filling devices 20, 21 are each assigned a goods feed 22, via which goods or articles intended for filling are supplied.
  • an air supply 23 is provided for each filling device 20, 21, is supplied via the blown air, which is required to keep open the opened carrying bags (see also Fig. 8 ).
  • the movement of the carrier bags in the transport direction through the opening device 24 is carried out quickly and continuously, preferably at approximately constant speed, so that all operations take place when opening and filling the passing bag.
  • the Fig. 5 and 6 show several steps in the unfolding or unfolding of the folded carrier bags 10.
  • the carrier bags 10 are already hanging in special hook-shaped holding elements 26 by means of a (only hinted) transport device 25 are moved uniformly along the transport direction and take the hinged carrying bags 10.
  • the unfolding or unfolding of the carrier bags 10 takes place in the unfolding device 18.
  • the bags have been individually hung in the suspension device 17 with their handles 12a, b in the past moving holding elements 26.
  • An essential step carried out in the folding device is to fold out the flapped bottom 11 so that it assumes its final horizontal end position necessary for filling ( Fig. 6 (b) ).
  • the bottom 11 according Fig. 5 gripped by means of a pneumatically operated suction pad 30 on its underside and then folded out by pivoting the suction pad 30 about a defined by a pivot bearing 34 horizontal and the transport direction vertically oriented pivot axis.
  • the suction gripper 30 has a plurality of suction heads 31 distributed on a carrier plate 32, which are pressed against the underside of the bottom 11.
  • the suction mechanism on the bottom 11 of the free-hanging bag 10 can attack successfully, simultaneously with the opposite pivoting of the suction pad 30 in the transport path of the carrier bag 10 from the other side a counter-holder 27 is activated, by means of a working cylinder 28 for holding a head 29th against the bottom 11 opposite area of the carrying bag 10 presses.
  • the suction pad 30 can be fixed to the underside of the bottom 11.
  • the suction gripper 30 pivots out of the transport path of the carrier bag 10 about its pivot axis (Fig. 6 (a) -> Fig. 6 (b)) ) until the bottom 11 is in its final horizontal position ( Fig. 6 (b) ).
  • the folded-in state of the carrying bag 10 loosens a little, so that in the upper region of the carrying bag 10, a narrow opening opens, which can be used to actually open the bag.
  • Fig. 7 in the opening device 19 in which the pocket unfolded in the bottom region is moved under an air nozzle 35, the blown air 36 blows into the narrow opening of the pocket ( Fig. 7 (a) ) and thus the carrying bag 10 completely opens ( Fig. 7 (b) ).
  • This complete opening is made possible by the fact that the handles 12a, b on the hook-shaped holding element 26 can slip apart sufficiently far.
  • the hook-shaped holding element 26 in the transport direction of the carrying bag 10 has a length which corresponds to the spacing of the handles 12a, b of the carrying bag 10 in the fully opened state.
  • the opened carrying bag 10 moves on to the first filling device 20, which is shown by way of example in FIG Fig. 8 is reproduced.
  • an air nozzle 37 is preferably provided, which holds the carrying bag 10 open by injecting blown air 36, which is supplied via a feed line 38, during the filling operation, so that (in the example of Fig. 8 ) a bottle 39 can be thrown into the bag.
  • the carrying bag 10 If the carrying bag 10 is finally filled after passing through several filling devices with the predetermined articles, it can either be transported suspended on the holding element 26, or is posted by the holding element 26 is pivoted upwards out of the handles 12a, b with a detached carrying bag.

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EP3461753A1 (fr) * 2017-09-28 2019-04-03 Ferag Ag Procédé d'ouverture automatique d'un moyen de support ainsi que dispositif de mise en oeuvre dudit procédé
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