EP4532092B1 - Dispositif de pivotement le long d'une trajectoire - Google Patents

Dispositif de pivotement le long d'une trajectoire

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EP4532092B1
EP4532092B1 EP23728779.2A EP23728779A EP4532092B1 EP 4532092 B1 EP4532092 B1 EP 4532092B1 EP 23728779 A EP23728779 A EP 23728779A EP 4532092 B1 EP4532092 B1 EP 4532092B1
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pivot
container
pivot arm
pivot bearing
lever
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Bernhard Hukelmann
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Hs Tumbler GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
    • B01F31/20—Mixing the contents of independent containers, e.g. test tubes
    • B01F31/26—Mixing the contents of independent containers, e.g. test tubes the containers being submitted to a wobbling movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
    • B01F31/20—Mixing the contents of independent containers, e.g. test tubes
    • B01F31/201—Holders therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/30—Driving arrangements; Transmissions; Couplings; Brakes
    • B01F2035/35—Use of other general mechanical engineering elements in mixing devices
    • B01F2035/352—Bearings

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  • the present invention relates to a device usable as a drive, with which a container holder and a container fixed thereto can be driven and guided along a path curve, and to a method for treating ingredients, in particular mixtures, in a container which is driven and guided along a path curve by means of the device.
  • the device has the advantage of moving a container in a forced reciprocating motion along a trajectory without a linear guide or cam guide, and in particular without a linear drive, preferably exclusively using rotary drives and rotary bearings.
  • the device is configured to generate a reciprocating motion in three dimensions between a container holder and a container attached to it, using either two motors or a single motor with an intermediate gearbox, so that a container moved by the device moves its contents in three spatial directions.
  • the EP 2 450 099 A1 describes a mixing device according to the preamble of claim 1 with a receiving device which is mounted on a chassis by means of two or more supports by means of articulated bearings and is driven to rotate relative to the chassis.
  • the invention aims to provide an alternative drive device that enables reciprocating movement along a path extending over three dimensions, wherein the drive does not have a linear drive.
  • the drive comprises two motors or one motor with an intermediate gearbox.
  • the device comprises a pivot arm articulated to a first stationary pivot bearing, wherein the pivot bearing is configured for pivoting along two axes arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm, a container receptacle attached to the end of the pivot arm opposite the pivot bearing, a first lever driven for reciprocating movement and articulated to the pivot arm at a distance from the pivot bearing, and a second lever driven for reciprocating movement and articulated to the first pivot arm at a distance from the pivot joint, wherein the first lever and the second lever are configured for moving the first pivot arm about the two axes of the first pivot bearing.
  • first lever and/or the second lever are positioned at their second ends, opposite each other. Their first ends, which are articulated to the first pivot arm, are driven back and forth by an eccentric drive.
  • Each lever can be driven by a separate eccentric drive, each with its own motor, or both levers can be driven by a common eccentric drive, which, for example, includes or consists of a gearbox driven by a common motor.
  • the first and second levers are independently hinged to the first pivot arm at different distances from the first pivot bearing, or at the same distance from the first pivot bearing.
  • the first and/or the second lever are independently hinged to the second end of the first pivot arm or to the container mount.
  • the first and second levers are configured to move the first pivot arm about the two axes of the first pivot bearing by being arranged at an angle of less than 180°, preferably 60-120°, more preferably 90 ⁇ 10°, to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm, either at different or the same angle. More preferably, the first and second levers are arranged approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm, particularly when the first pivot arm is in a central pivot position within the first pivot bearing.
  • the first pivot arm can be arranged vertically in a central pivot position or at any angle to the horizon, with its first end optionally being located below, above, or in the same plane as the first pivot bearing.
  • the first and second levers are preferably arranged at an angle of 60 to 120°, more preferably 90 ⁇ 10°, to each other, particularly with respect to their respective central pivot positions.
  • the first and second levers are configured to move the first pivot arm about the two axes of the first pivot bearing by being articulated to the container mount.
  • they limit the movement of the container mount about an optional bearing by which the container mount is articulated at the second end of the first pivot arm.
  • An optional bearing by which the container mount is articulated at the second end of the first pivot arm can be a universal joint or a cardan bearing. or be a ball joint.
  • the container mount can be rigidly connected to the second end of the first swivel arm.
  • the first and second levers can be pivotally hinged at at least one, preferably both, of their ends by means of a barrel bearing.
  • the first lever is preferably pivotally connected at its first end to the first swivel arm or to the container mount, e.g., in a rotary bearing that allows pivoting about its axis of rotation.
  • the second lever is pivotally connected at its first end to the first swivel arm or to the container mount, independently of or in the same way as the first lever, e.g., in a rotary bearing that allows pivoting about its axis of rotation.
  • the first ends of the first and second levers can be spaced apart from each other or pivotally attached to the container mount or the first swivel arm about a common axis of rotation.
  • the first pivot bearing can be configured such that its two pivot axes are spaced apart or intersect.
  • the first pivot bearing can comprise or consist of two spaced-apart rotary bearings, e.g., ball bearings, each with its axes of rotation perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm.
  • the first rotary bearing can be a universal joint, particularly with intersecting axes of rotation, or a gimbal bearing whose axes of rotation intersect, or a ball joint, which, for example, includes a ball component mounted in a spherical socket.
  • the first pivot bearing can be one whose pivot axes intersect and are arranged perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pivot arm, e.g., a universal joint.
  • the pivot arm can be articulated at its first end to a pivot bearing and divided into two sections by a pivot bearing spaced from its first end.
  • Each of these pivot bearings can be a ball joint or a universal joint.
  • it is preferred that one of the levers is articulated to the section of the pivot arm between its first end and the spaced pivot bearing, and the other lever is articulated to the section between the spaced pivot bearing and the second end.
  • this arm can extend rigidly between its first end, which is articulated in a third pivot bearing, and its second end, which is articulated at the container mount, or it can also have two spaced-apart pivot bearings, one at its first end and one spaced apart from it, the pivot axes of which are preferably parallel to those of the pivot bearings of the first pivot arm, and more preferably at the same distance from each other.
  • the first pivot arm can be supported at its first end by means of a first pivot bearing, and the container holder arranged at the second end of the first pivot arm can be articulated by means of a second pivot bearing.
  • Each pivot bearing can be a ball joint or a universal joint.
  • the container holder can be rigidly connected to a section of the first pivot arm that is articulated relative to the first pivot bearing at the second pivot bearing, wherein the first ends of the first and second levers are pivotally articulated to a region that is part of the container holder and/or rigidly connected to the container holder, in particular to the section of the first pivot arm that is articulated relative to the first pivot bearing at the second pivot bearing.
  • the first ends of the first and second levers can be articulated to the container holder by being articulated to a section of the first pivot arm that is rigidly connected to the container holder, this section being articulated relative to the first pivot bearing at the second pivot bearing.
  • the container holder is rigidly connected to the second end of the first pivot arm.
  • the container holder is pivotable, in particular about one or two axes, each perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm, and articulated to the second end of the first pivot arm.
  • a container holder pivotably arranged at the second end of the first pivot arm can be connected to the second end by means of a second pivot bearing that is pivotable about one axis, or the second pivot bearing can be one that is pivotable about two spaced-apart or intersecting axes perpendicular to each other, e.g., as described with reference to the first pivot bearing, in particular a universal joint, a gimbal joint, or a ball joint.
  • the device is equipped with the drive of the first lever and the second lever for forward and
  • the reciprocating motion of the container holder is arranged by means of a back-and-forth movement along a trajectory in all three spatial directions, such that the first pivot arm, through its pivot point in the first pivot bearing, executes a movement of its second end and the container holder attached thereto over a vertex, which, for example, leads to a back-and-forth movement along the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm.
  • the device has only one pivot arm, also referred to as the first pivot arm.
  • the device has a second pivot arm arranged parallel to the first pivot arm, particularly between a frame and the container holder.
  • the second pivot arm is articulated at its first end in a third pivot bearing and connected at its opposite second end to the container holder.
  • the first and third pivot bearings are of identical construction.
  • the first and third pivot bearings share a common first axis of rotation, e.g., a support mounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis, with the first ends of the first and second pivot arms pivotally mounted at a distance from each other on this support about a second axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the support.
  • a container holder can only be pivotally mounted about axes at the two second ends of the first and second pivot arms that are parallel to the second axis of rotation about which the first ends of the first and second pivot arms are pivotally mounted on the support.
  • the first and second eccentric drives can be permanently mounted on a frame, to which the first swivel bearing with the first swivel arm, and optionally a third swivel bearing with a second swivel arm, are also attached.
  • the second swivel arm has the same length between its first and second ends as the first swivel arm.
  • the first and second eccentric drives are driven by a common motor, preferably with a gearbox, which is further preferably switchable, to drive the eccentric drives with a constant or variable speed ratio to each other.
  • the gearbox is a belt drive or friction drive.
  • the first and second eccentric drives can each be driven by a separate motor, one or both of which are controlled to drive the eccentric drives with a constant speed ratio. or to drive them at varying speed ratios.
  • the first eccentric drive and the second eccentric drive can be driven by a common, controlled, and stationary rotary motor with a gearbox, the gearbox preferably being configured to change the gear ratio and/or the phase offset between the two eccentric drives.
  • Each controlled motor can be formed by a motor with a controller; preferably, in embodiments with two motors, both motors are controlled by a common controller.
  • the device according to the invention has the advantage that it is driven by two rotary motors with eccentric drive or one rotary motor with gearbox and eccentric and, for example, does not have a linear drive and no linear guides or cam guides.
  • the device is configured for the reciprocating movement of the container holder and a container attached to it along a trajectory, e.g., with a rotational frequency of one or both eccentric drives, the same or different, of at least 1 Hz to drive the reciprocating movement of the container holder.
  • the trajectory of the reciprocating movement of the container holder is generated by superimposing the movement along two axes, each with a different frequency and/or with a phase shift of the rotational frequency of the eccentric drives, e.g., via a path of the container holder along each of the two axes of preferably at least 2.5 mm, at least 1 cm, at least 2 cm, at least 3 cm, or at least 10 cm, e.g., up to 50 cm, up to 30 cm, up to 20 cm, or, for shorter paths, up to 10 cm.
  • the path of the container holder along each axis can be equal to the path of the reciprocating movement of the levers.
  • the reciprocating movement of the container holder can, for example, extend over a distance of at least 1.5 mm, preferably at least 3 mm, preferably at least 1 cm, preferably at least 2 cm, or at least 5 cm, at least 10 cm, or at least 15 cm, e.g., up to 50 cm, up to 30 cm, or up to 20 cm. More preferably, the eccentric drives for the reciprocating movement of the container are controlled harmonically along a trajectory curve.
  • the reciprocating movement of the container holder is non-linear and can be sinusoidal, loop-shaped, or arc-shaped, preferably following a trajectory curve that is preferably in the plane or two-dimensional.
  • a non-linear axis of motion preferably a reciprocating movement along a trajectory curve, promotes This can be a Lissajous figure or hypocycloid, a uniform and intensive mixing of components of a composition contained in a container attached to the container receptacle, even if the components of the composition have a similar or identical specific gravity.
  • Each axis of motion can be linear or arc-shaped, so that the non-linear motion of the container receptacle and any container attached to it is generated from the superposition of the motions along two axes of motion.
  • the container holder is driven to move back and forth along at least one trajectory, which can be generated by superimposing the back-and-forth movements along at least two axes that are at an angle to each other, wherein preferably two of the axes lie in the plane of the cross-section of the container to be attached to the container holder, wherein the back-and-forth movement along each axis occurs at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift.
  • the trajectory can be generated by superimposing the back-and-forth movements along two or three axes with different frequencies and/or with a phase shift and has a sequence of path segments, of which at least one, preferably each, comprises or consists of exactly one complete back-and-forth movement along the axis along which the back-and-forth movement with the lower frequency occurs, wherein the superimposed back-and-forth movements with the higher frequency or the same frequency, each optionally with a phase shift, are comprised along the other axis or axes.
  • the lower frequency of the complete back-and-forth movement forms the frequency of the sequence of path segments.
  • at least one of the eccentric drives, preferably both, is frequency-controlled for rotation.
  • a frequency ratio of the reciprocating motion along two axes of at most 1:20, 1:15, or 1:10, preferably 1:4 or 1:3, more preferably between 1:1 and 1:2, and even more preferably greater than 1:1 to 1:2 or 1:1.5, e.g., with a frequency ratio of 1:1.001 to 1:2 or 1:1.5.
  • the axes In a trajectory curve that can be generated by superimposing the reciprocating motion along two axes at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift in the rotation of the eccentric drives, the axes preferably lie in the plane of the cross-section of the container, which is to be attached to the container holder.
  • the The trajectory is linear or arc-shaped, perpendicular to each other.
  • the path does not include rotation of the container holder or the container itself around its own axis.
  • the device is configured to drive the container holder along a trajectory formed by the superposition of reciprocating motions along at least two overlapping linear or arc-shaped axes of motion that are at an angle to each other, wherein the reciprocating motions along the axes occur at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift.
  • the axes of motion along which the superimposed reciprocating motions at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift occur form the trajectory along which the reciprocating motion of the container holder and the container attached to it takes place.
  • the device By moving the container holder along the trajectory curve, the device is designed to accelerate components in the container relative to the container, so that solids and/or liquids contained in the container are sheared as components by the acceleration against the container wall and by the movement along or against the container wall and are thereby intensively mixed.
  • the device is designed for the back-and-forth movement of the container holder and the container attached to it along the trajectory and for the relative movement of components or their mixture with respect to the container.
  • the container holder and any container to be attached to it are preferably not rotaryally driven and, further preferably, not rotatable or not fully rotatable, e.g., pivotally mounted or not rotatable about its central axis by a maximum of 30°, or a maximum of 20° or 10°, e.g., in a device with a first and second swivel arm.
  • the container holder or the container is driven exclusively to a back-and-forth movement along a path.
  • the trajectory which can be adjusted or predetermined by varying the frequencies and/or phase shifts of the superimposed movements of the container holder along at least two axes of motion, accelerates solids and/or liquids as components and a mixture thereof relative to the container attached to the container holder.
  • the back-and-forth movement of the container drives the components within the container and the mixture thereof against the inner wall of the container.
  • the trajectory allows the angle of incidence and refraction of the solids and/or liquids and their mixture against the container wall to be determined.
  • the device is optionally configured to move the container holder and the container itself along the trajectory with adjustable or predetermined acceleration and speed. Because the device is configured for an adjustable or predetermined trajectory and/or acceleration and/or speed along the reciprocating path, the solids and/or liquids and their mixture are driven relative to the container with adjustable or predetermined acceleration and/or speed, allowing for predetermined or continuous adaptation of the process to the solids and/or liquids and their mixture.
  • a trajectory can be formed by at least two superimposed individual oscillations; preferably, a trajectory resembles the trajectory generated by superimposing back-and-forth movements along at least two linear or arc-shaped axes of motion at different frequencies and/or by phase shift.
  • a back-and-forth movement along a trajectory that resembles a back-and-forth movement along superimposed linear or arc-shaped axes of motion exhibits different frequencies and/or a phase shift relative to each other. Therefore, a trajectory is generally not a circular path.
  • the frequency difference can be, for example, at least 0.01 Hz and/or 0.01% to 900%.
  • the phase shift of the back-and-forth movements along the linear axes can be, for example, from 0.01° to 180°, preferably 1° to 179° of 360°, which corresponds to a complete back-and-forth movement.
  • 0.01° to 180° represents a complete back-and-forth movement.
  • a movement of 360° corresponds to 0.0028% to 50% of a complete back-and-forth movement
  • 1 to 179° of 360° corresponds to 0.28% to 49.7% of a complete back-and-forth movement.
  • the linear or arc-shaped axes of motion are, for example, perpendicular or at another angle, e.g., 5° to 85°, to each other, particularly in the plane of the container's cross-section and/or perpendicular to a central axis of a container attached to the container support.
  • the trajectory includes at least one straight section, the end of which is, for example, a vertex of the trajectory, at which the solids and/or liquids and the mixture thereof are accelerated from or against the container wall.
  • these movements can be coupled by a gearbox or cam track and driven by a motor.
  • a motor-driven gearbox that adjusts the reciprocating motion along the path can have a fixed gear ratio between the superimposed movements along each axis, or an adjustable gear ratio, e.g., a continuously or step-shifting gearbox.
  • the gearbox can be slip-driven, e.g., a belt drive or a friction drive.
  • the output speed of the gearbox driving one or both of the eccentric drives is preferably at least 1 Hz, more preferably at least 2.5 Hz, more preferably at least 5 Hz, more preferably at least 7 Hz, e.g. up to 50 Hz, up to 40 Hz, up to 30 Hz, up to 20 Hz or up to 10 Hz.
  • the output speed of the gearbox is equal to the frequency of the reciprocating motion.
  • the reciprocating motion along each of the axes of motion can be driven by a separate motor, wherein, for the purposes of the invention, the lower output speed is the frequency of the reciprocating motion and constitutes the frequency of the sequence of path segments.
  • the speed of each drive motor can be controlled, fixed, or variable over the duration of the process.
  • the device allows the trajectory to accelerate the solids and/or liquids, as components of the mixture, in a defined direction to a specific location on the inner wall of the container.
  • the geometry of the container and its inner wall, in conjunction with the trajectory, can support the mixing process, allowing the trajectory to be adjusted depending on the shape and size of the container's cross-section.
  • the device is configured to change the trajectory of the reciprocating motion and/or the acceleration and/or speed of the reciprocating motion during the process, e.g., in a first phase, to set the reciprocating motion along a first trajectory and with a first acceleration and speed, and in a subsequent second phase, to set the reciprocating motion along a changed trajectory and/or with a changed acceleration and/or speed.
  • the back-and-forth movement can be linear in the first phase and along overlapping trajectories in the second phase.
  • the trajectory can be determined, for example, by a gear system that drives the movement of the container.
  • the device allows for a predetermined or dynamically variable and directed acceleration of the contents relative to the container by adjusting the trajectory and accelerating the reciprocating motion of the container.
  • the container holder and any attached container can be driven in a controlled linear reciprocating motion in a first phase, for example, by driving only one of the levers back and forth while the other lever remains undriven and pivots between the eccentric drive and the container holder.
  • the container mount is designed for attaching a container.
  • the container mount incorporates a container or forms the container, e.g., as a single component.
  • the container can generally have a closable opening, e.g., a lid that can be opened and closed at an end opening, or a lid that can be opened and closed at each of the opposing openings. End cross-sectional openings of the container.
  • the container can have two spaced-apart openings, one of which is a feed opening and the other a discharge opening, e.g. for the continuous feed of ingredients and the removal of a mixture produced from them.
  • the device is configured to move solids and/or liquids and their mixture perpendicularly against the container wall with a controllable acceleration that is significantly greater than the acceleration due to gravity and therefore essentially independent of it.
  • the acceleration can be at least 15 m/ s2 , preferably 25 m/ s2 , preferably at least 50 m/ s2 , or at least 100 m/ s2 , or at least 200 m/ s2 , or at least 350 m/ s2 , e.g., up to 500 m/ s2 .
  • the device can be configured to accelerate the container holder and a container attached to it with an acceleration of at least 20 m/ s2 or at least 100 m/ s2 , e.g. at least 200 m/ s2 , preferably up to 1000 m/ s2 or up to 300 m/ s2 along the path segments, e.g. at a vertex of the path segments.
  • the container holder and the container attached to it are preferably driven to a back-and-forth motion with an acceleration of at least 0.5 m/ s2 or at least 1 m/ s2 or at least 2 m/ s2 , at least 3.5 m/ s2 , preferably at least 60 m/ s2 , more preferably at least 100 m/ s2 , at least 150 m/ s2 , at least 160 m/s2, at least 200 m/ s2 , e.g. up to 300 m/ s2 or 450 m/ s2 , up to 260 m/ s2 or up to 250 m/ s2 along each of two axes.
  • the container is generally preferably driven in combination with acceleration to an average speed of at least 0.5 m/s, preferably at least 2 m/s, more preferably at least 3.5 m/s, e.g. up to 10 m/s or up to 20 m/s or up to 6 m/s, e.g. 3 to 4 m/s, each along one of the axes, preferably along each axis.
  • the path of movement along at least one axis, preferably along each axis, is e.g. 0.1 cm to 24 cm.
  • the container holder and the container attached to it can, for example, be driven to a reciprocating motion extending along each axis over a distance of at least 1 mm or at least 2.5 mm, at least 1 cm, preferably at least 2 cm or at least 5 cm, at least 10 cm or at least 15 cm, e.g., up to 100 cm, up to 50 cm, up to 30 cm, or up to 20 cm.
  • the reciprocating motion of the container is harmonic.
  • the reciprocating motion of the container holder can be linear in a first phase; generally, the trajectory is non-linear and can be, for example, sinusoidal, loop-shaped, or arc-shaped, preferably following a so-called Lissajous figure or hypocycloid, which preferably lies in the plane or is two-dimensional, or which is three-dimensional by moving the container holder along an arc whose radius is formed by the first pivot arm.
  • the back-and-forth movement is linear in a first phase and, in a second phase, forms a trajectory along at least two overlapping, non-linear path segments, each containing at least one vertex.
  • a non-linear trajectory e.g., a movement along a path whose segments each have at least one vertex, promotes the impact of solids and/or liquids and their mixing, e.g., perpendicularly onto the container wall, as well as movement along the container wall.
  • the reciprocating motion comprises a trajectory path that includes at least two, preferably at least three, more preferably at least four distinct path segments, each with at least one vertex, which preferably transition into one another sequentially, preferably programmatically.
  • Each of the axes of motion along which the movements superimpose to form a trajectory path can be linear or arc-shaped, so that the non-linear motion of the container holder along a sequence of path segments is generated from the superposition of the movements along two axes of motion.
  • the vertices and intermediate sections of a path segment are determined by the frequency difference and/or the phase relationship of the superimposed reciprocating motions along at least two axes.
  • the device can be configured to change the frequency difference and/or the phase relationship during the reciprocating motion.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the device according to the invention, in which the first pivot bearing 1 is mounted on a frame part 2.
  • the first pivot joint 1 has two axes spaced apart and perpendicular to each other, one of which is formed by a support 3 rotatably mounted about its longitudinal axis, and the other by a pivot bearing 4 attached to the support 3, in which the first end 11 of the first pivot arm 10 is articulated.
  • the first pivot arm 10 is formed by two parallel partial arms, which are articulated on both sides of the support 3.
  • the second end 12 of the first support 10 is pivotally articulated to a container receptacle 13 about an axis that is arranged parallel to the axis of the pivot bearing 4.
  • the device has a second pivot arm 20, which is arranged parallel to the first pivot arm 20 and is articulated at its first end 21 and at its second end 22 to a third pivot bearing 23.
  • the third pivot bearing 23 is designed identically to the first pivot bearing 1 and, in the embodiment shown, is coupled to the first pivot bearing 1 in such a way that the second end 22 is pivotably connected about an axis to the same rotatably mounted support 3 as the first pivot arm 10.
  • the first pivot bearing 1 and the third pivot bearing 23 have parallel and spaced-apart axes.
  • the second end 12 of the first swivel arm 10 and the second end 22 of the second swivel arm 20 are each articulated to the container mount 13 by a second swivel bearing 18.
  • a first lever 14a is pivotally connected at its first end 15 to the container holder 13 and is driven at its opposite second end 16a by a first eccentric drive 17a for reciprocating movement.
  • a second lever 14b is arranged in the illustrated central pivot position approximately perpendicular to the first lever 14a, with both levers 14a and 14b being arranged approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm 10.
  • the second lever 14b is driven at its opposite second end 16b by a second eccentric drive 17b for reciprocating movement.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment comprising exactly one first pivot arm 10, the first end 11 of which is freely pivotable in a first pivot bearing 1, which is a ball joint.
  • the second end 12 of the first pivot arm 10 is pivotally connected to the first end 15a of a first lever 14a and pivotally connected to the first end 15b of a second lever 14b, which is arranged at an angle of 60° to 120° to the first lever 14a.
  • the first and second levers 14a, 14b are arranged in a plane that is approximately perpendicular to the extension of the first pivot arm 10, optionally parallel to the plane in which the frame part 2 lies.
  • first and second levers 14a, 14b can be arranged at an angle of, for example, 85° to 45° or up to 60° to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm 10.
  • the first lever 14a is driven by a first eccentric drive 17a, which is articulated at its second end 16a, to move back and forth along its longitudinal axis.
  • the second lever 14b is driven by a second eccentric drive 17b, which is articulated at its second end 16b, to move back and forth along its longitudinal axis.
  • FIG. 4 Figure 1 shows an embodiment in which a container 30 is detachably or permanently attached to the container receptacle 13.
  • the opposing end cross-sectional openings of the container 30, which is optionally rotationally symmetrical between The container 30, which extends to its terminal cross-sectional openings, forms a feed opening 31 for ingredients to be treated and a discharge opening 32 for treated ingredients, in particular a mixture of the ingredients.
  • the feed opening 31 and the discharge opening 32 may have a lid for reversible closure or be open for the continuous feed of ingredients and/or the continuous discharge of the mixture of ingredients.
  • the container 30 may have a cross-section that increases from the feed opening 31 to a central section 33 and/or decreases from a central section 33 to the discharge opening 32.
  • FIG. 5 Figure 1 shows an embodiment with a first pivot arm 10, which is pivotably attached at its first end 11 to a frame part 2 by means of a first pivot bearing 1 formed by a universal joint.
  • the container holder 13 is attached by means of a second pivot bearing 18, so that the container holder 13 is pivotally connected to the first pivot arm 10.
  • the first lever 14a is pivotally connected at its first end 15a to the first pivot arm 10 in a region that is fixedly connected to the container holder 13 and that lies along the first pivot arm on a section thereof that is pivotally connected to the second pivot bearing 18 relative to the first end 11 and to the first pivot bearing 1.
  • the second lever 14b is also pivotally connected at its first end 15b to the first pivot arm 10 in the region that is fixedly connected to the container holder 13.
  • the container receptacle 13 is connected to the first pivot arm 10 by the fact that the first ends 15a, 15b of the first and second levers 14a, 14b are articulated to a region that is part of the container receptacle 13 and/or is fixedly connected to the container receptacle 13, in particular to a section 12a of the first pivot arm 10, which is articulated to the second pivot bearing 18 opposite the first pivot bearing 1, wherein the container receptacle is fixedly connected to this section 12a.

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  1. Dispositif pour le mouvement de va-et-vient d'un réceptacle de récipient (13) le long d'une courbe de trajectoire, comprenant
    - un premier bras pivotant (10) articulé à sa première extrémité (11) sur un premier palier de pivotement (1) fixe, le premier palier de pivotement (1) étant agencé pour pivoter selon deux axes disposés perpendiculairement à l'axe longitudinal du premier bras pivotant (10),
    - un logement de récipient (13) monté sur la deuxième extrémité (12) du premier bras pivotant (10) opposée à la première extrémité (11), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif en plus comprend
    - un premier levier (14a) entraîné pour un mouvement de va-et-vient, qui est articulé sur le premier bras pivotant (10) à une certaine distance de la première extrémité (11) du premier bras pivotant (10)
    - et un deuxième levier (14b) entraîné en mouvement de va-et-vient, qui est articulé sur le premier bras pivotant (10) à une distance de la première extrémité (11) du premier bras pivotant (10), le premier levier (14a) et le deuxième levier (14b) étant conçus pour déplacer le premier bras pivotant (10) autour des deux axes du premier palier pivotant (1).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le premier levier (14a) est entraîné en mouvement de va-et-vient par un premier entraînement excentrique (17a) et le deuxième levier (14b) est entraîné en mouvement de va-et-vient par un deuxième entraînement excentrique (17b).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le premier entraînement excentrique (17a) et le deuxième entraînement excentrique (17b) comportent chacun un moteur de rotation commandé qui est monté de manière fixe.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le moteur de rotation commandé respectif du premier entraînement excentrique (17a) et du deuxième entraînement excentrique (17b) est formé par un moteur de rotation commun avec un engrenage.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par un deuxième bras pivotant (20) qui est disposé parallèlement au premier bras pivotant (10) et qui est articulé à sa première extrémité (21) dans un troisième palier de pivotement (23) et qui est relié par sa deuxième extrémité opposée (22) au logement de récipient (13).
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la deuxième extrémité (12) du premier bras pivotant (10) est articulée sur le logement de récipient (13) au moyen d'un deuxième palier de pivotement (18).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le premier palier de pivotement (1) comporte deux axes perpendiculaires entre eux et perpendiculaires à l'axe longitudinal du premier bras de pivotement (10).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que deux axes du premier palier de pivotement (1) sont espacés ou sécants.
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4 ou dispositif selon l'une des revendications 5 à 8 pour autant que dépendante de la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les premier et deuxième entraînement excentriques (17a, 17b) et le premier palier de pivotement (1) sont montés sur un même bâti.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le premier palier de pivotement (1) et le troisième palier de pivotement (23) présentent des axes de pivotement parallèles entre eux.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4 ou dispositif selon l'une des revendications 5 à 8 ou 10 pour autant que dépendante de la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le premier entraînement excentrique (17a) et le deuxième entraînement excentrique (17b) sont commandés pour être entraînés à des fréquences différentes et/ou avec un déphasage.
  12. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le logement de récipient (13) est solidaire d'une portion (12a) du premier bras pivotant (10) qui est articulée en regard du premier palier de pivotement (1) sur un deuxième palier de pivotement (18) disposé dans le premier bras pivotant (10), la première extrémité (15a) du premier levier (14a) et la première extrémité (15b) du deuxième levier (14b) étant articulées sur une zone qui fait partie du logement de récipient (13) et/ou qui est reliée de manière fixe au logement de récipient (13), en particulier sur la section (12a) du premier bras pivotant (10) qui est articulée sur le deuxième palier pivotant (18) en face du premier palier pivotant (1).
  13. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le premier palier de pivotement (1) et un deuxième palier de pivotement (18) sont formés indépendamment l'un de l'autre par une rotule ou un joint de cardan ou un palier de cardan.
  14. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un récipient (30) est fixé sur le logement de récipient (13), dont les ouvertures de section transversale (31, 32) opposées sont ouvertes pour l'alimentation continue et le prélèvement continu.
  15. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un récipient (30) est fixé au logement de récipient (13), dont la section transversale augmente d'une ouverture d'alimentation (31) à une section centrale (33) et diminue de la section centrale (33) à l'ouverture de prélèvement (32) opposée à l'ouverture d'alimentation (31).
  16. Procédé de traitement d'ingrédients dans un récipient (30) qui est entraîné et guidé de manière forcée le long d'une courbe de trajectoire au moyen d'un dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, le premier levier (14a) et le deuxième levier (14b) étant entraînés pour un mouvement de va-et-vient avec des fréquences différentes et/ou avec un déphasage.
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