ITPR20090072A1 - UNBELIEVABLE ORDERING SYSTEM - Google Patents

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ITPR20090072A1
ITPR20090072A1 IT000072A ITPR20090072A ITPR20090072A1 IT PR20090072 A1 ITPR20090072 A1 IT PR20090072A1 IT 000072 A IT000072 A IT 000072A IT PR20090072 A ITPR20090072 A IT PR20090072A IT PR20090072 A1 ITPR20090072 A1 IT PR20090072A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1414Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container
    • B65G47/1428Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container rotating movement
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1442Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of the bottom or a part of the wall of the container
    • B65G47/1457Rotating movement in the plane of the rotating part
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • B65G2201/0247Suspended bottles

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Description

DESCRIZIONE DESCRIPTION

TITOLO: APPARATO ORDINATORE SCOMPONIBILE TITLE: DETACHABLE ORDERING SYSTEM

CAMPO DI APPLICAZIONE DELL'INVENZIONE FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION

Il presente trovato si inserisce nel campo dei dispositivi o apparati per ordinare ed allineare contenitori in plastica vuoti alla rinfusa oppure preforme, vale a dire cartucce dalle quali si originano le bottiglie in plastica a seguito di particolari operazioni di riscaldamento e soffiatura. The present invention is included in the field of devices or apparatuses for sorting and aligning empty plastic containers in bulk or preforms, ie cartridges from which the plastic bottles originate following particular heating and blowing operations.

Più precisamente l'invenzione riguarda il particolare metodo di assemblaggio delle varie parti dell'apparato al fine di poter consentire un miglior trasporto e contenerne le spese. More precisely, the invention relates to the particular method of assembling the various parts of the apparatus in order to allow a better transport and contain costs.

STATO DELL'ARTE STATE OF THE ART

Sono noti da tempo apparati riordinatori utilizzati allo scopo di ordinare e allineare i contenitori disposti alla rinfusa, comprendenti una prima giostra di culle, rotante secondo un asse di rotazione verticale, e mezzi sollevatori, denominati in gergo tecnico alzini, che portano i contenitori, in caduta da un cono centrale, ad una quota superiore scaricandoli all'esterno e provvedendo al loro raddrizzamento entro una seconda giostra detta dei separatori ove cadono in posizione verticale per poi uscire allineati su una linea di trasporto. Unscrambling apparatuses used for the purpose of sorting and aligning containers arranged in bulk have been known for some time, comprising a first carousel of cradles, rotating according to an axis of vertical rotation, and lifting means, known in technical jargon as alzini, which carry the containers, in falling from a central cone, at a higher level by unloading them outside and providing for their straightening within a second carousel called separators where they fall in a vertical position and then come out aligned on a transport line.

Detti apparati ordinatori presentano l'inconveniente di essere di dimensioni ingombranti che richiedono particolari condizioni di trasporto sia su strada che per nave; infatti la loro dimensione obbliga a richiedere speciali permessi e richiedere alle società di servizi specifici accorgimenti che incrementano notevolmente il costo di trasporto di detti apparati. Said ordering apparatuses have the drawback of being bulky dimensions which require particular transport conditions both by road and by ship; in fact, their size obliges them to request special permits and request specific measures from service companies that significantly increase the cost of transporting said equipment.

ESPOSIZIONE E VANTAGGI DEL TROVATO EXPOSURE AND ADVANTAGES OF THE FOUND

Scopo del presente trovato è quello di ovviare ai sopra lamentati inconvenienti mettendo a disposizione della tecnica un apparato ordinatore di contenitori che può essere suddiviso in porzioni o sotto parti per cui poter essere in seguito riassemblato per mezzo di soli collegamenti meccanici. The purpose of the present invention is to obviate the aforementioned drawbacks by providing the art with an apparatus for arranging containers which can be divided into portions or sub-parts so that it can be subsequently reassembled by means of mechanical connections only.

In particolare le parti suddivisibili dell'apparato ordinatore riguardano la giostra delle culle, la giostra dei separatori ed il cono di distribuzione dei contenitori provenienti alla rinfusa, col vantaggio di poter effettuare spedizioni con ingombri standard e non dover pagare sovrapprezzi al trasporto con risparmio in termini di costo. In particular, the divisible parts of the ordering apparatus concern the carousel of the cradles, the carousel of the separators and the distribution cone of the containers coming in bulk, with the advantage of being able to ship with standard dimensions and not having to pay surcharges for transport with savings in terms of cost.

Una volta arrivati a destinazione le sotto parti verranno riunite nelle loro linee di giunzione e convenientemente fissate da collegamenti meccanici. Once arrived at their destination, the sub-parts will be joined in their junction lines and conveniently fixed by mechanical connections.

Detti scopi e vantaggi sono tutti raggiunti dal dispositivo o apparato ordinatore scomponibile, oggetto del presente trovato, che si caratterizza per quanto previsto nelle sotto riportate rivendicazioni. Said objects and advantages are all achieved by the separable ordering device or apparatus, object of the present invention, which is characterized by what is provided in the following claims.

BREVE DESCRIZIONE DELLE FIGURE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Questa ed altre caratteristiche risulteranno maggiormente evidenziate dalla descrizione seguente di alcune forme di realizzazione illustrate, a puro titolo esemplificativo e non limitativo nelle unite tavole di disegno. This and other characteristics will become more evident from the following description of some embodiments illustrated, purely by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawing tables.

Figura 1: illustra, nel suo complesso, un apparato ordinatore di contenitori in plastica di tipo noto con sistema di suddivisione delle parti rotanti oggetto del trovato, Figure 1: illustrates, as a whole, an ordering apparatus for plastic containers of a known type with a system for dividing the rotating parts according to the invention,

Figura 2: la giostra delle culle Figure 2: the carousel of cradles

Figura 3: la giostra delle culle dall'alto in configurazione disassemblata Figure 3: the cradle carousel from above in disassembled configuration

- Figura 4: lo schema di suddivisione delle giostre della macchina ordinatrice, - Figure 4: the scheme of subdivision of the carousels of the sorting machine,

Figura 5: il cono centrale di discesa dei contenitori e sue suddivisioni. Figure 5: the central cone of descent of the containers and its subdivisions.

DESCRIZIONE DEL TROVATO DESCRIPTION OF THE FOUND

Con particolare riferimento alla figura 1 si indica con 10, nel suo complesso, un apparato riordinatore utilizzato per ordinare e allineare contenitori o preforme in arrivo alla rinfusa. With particular reference to Figure 1, the number 10 indicates, as a whole, an unscrambler apparatus used to sort and align containers or preforms arriving in bulk.

Nello specifico l'apparato 10 comprende almeno una prima giostra 1 denominata giostra delle culle perché portante una pluralità di alloggiamenti sulla sua periferia; tutto l'apparato 10 ruota secondo un asse di rotazione verticale centrale. Una seconda giostra 2, detta dei separatori, si trova concentrica alla prima giostra ed esterna ad essa; la giostra 1 risulta più alta per permettere a mezzi 4 sollevatori, denominati in gergo tecnico alzini, di portare le culle ad una quota superiore (tramite camme o mezzi analoghi, da dove vengono poi evacuati i contenitori verso l'esterna giostra 2. Specifically, the apparatus 10 comprises at least a first carousel 1 called the cradle carousel because it carries a plurality of housings on its periphery; the whole apparatus 10 rotates according to a central vertical rotation axis. A second carousel 2, called separators, is concentric with the first carousel and external to it; the carousel 1 is higher to allow lifting means 4, called alzini in technical jargon, to bring the cradles to a higher height (by means of cams or similar means, from where the containers are then evacuated towards the external carousel 2.

I contenitori alla rinfusa vengono fatti scivolare verso la periferia della giostra 1 mediante un cono 5 centrale. The bulk containers are made to slide towards the periphery of the carousel 1 by means of a central cone 5.

Nella giostra 2 dei separatori i contenitori cadono in piedi cosicché possono uscire allineati su una linea di trasporto, prelevati ad esempio da una stella aspirante. In the separator carousel 2 the containers fall to their feet so that they can come out aligned on a conveyor line, taken for example by a suction star.

Entrambe le giostre 1 e 2, così come il cono 5, sono rotanti e supportate da ralle 6 e 7 indicate in figura 1. Both carousels 1 and 2, as well as cone 5, are rotating and supported by washers 6 and 7 indicated in figure 1.

Come accennato sia le giostre 1 e 2 che il cono centrale sono dimensioni ingombranti che richiedono particolari condizioni di trasporto fuori standard, che obbliga a richiedere speciali permessi e specifici accorgimenti che incrementano notevolmente il costo di trasporto di detti apparati. As mentioned, both the carousels 1 and 2 and the central cone are bulky dimensions that require particular non-standard transport conditions, which oblige to request special permits and specific measures that significantly increase the transport cost of said devices.

L'apparato 10 può essere suddiviso in porzioni o sotto parti per cui poter essere in seguito riassemblato per mezzo di soli collegamenti meccanici; in particolare le parti suddivisibili dell'apparato ordinatore riguardano la giostra 1 delle culle, la giostra 2 dei separatori ed il cono 5 di distribuzione dei contenitori provenienti alla rinfusa; le altre parti possono essere anche smontate quindi contenute in container standard. The apparatus 10 can be divided into portions or sub-parts so that it can be subsequently reassembled by means of mechanical connections only; in particular, the divisible parts of the ordering apparatus concern the carousel 1 of the cradles, the carousel 2 of the separators and the distribution cone 5 of the containers coming in bulk; the other parts can also be disassembled and therefore contained in standard containers.

Dette sotto parti possono essere riunite nelle loro linee di giunzione e convenientemente fissate da collegamenti meccanici. Said sub-parts can be joined in their joint lines and conveniently fixed by mechanical connections.

In pratica la giostra delle culle, la giostra dei separatori ed il cono di distribuzione sono scomponibili in sotto parti o porzioni indicate nelle figure con i riferimenti 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 51, 52, 53; dette sotto parti o porzioni sono definite da linee di separazione LI, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 appositamente studiate in modo da realizzare dimensioni massime poco ingombranti e contenute in misure standard di trasporto. In practice, the cradle carousel, the separator carousel and the distribution cone can be divided into sub-parts or portions indicated in the figures with the references 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 51, 52, 53; these sub-parts or portions are defined by separation lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 specifically designed to achieve maximum dimensions that are not bulky and contained in standard transport measures.

Dette linee di separazione LI, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 sono mantenute pressoché lineari in modo da suddividere le giostre in segmenti di arco e che chi cono in tre porzioni distinte. Said separation lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 are kept almost linear so as to divide the carousels into arc segments and that they cone into three distinct portions.

Ad esempio, con riferimento alla giostra delle culle, indicata con il riferimento 1 nelle figure 3 e 4, si osserva che le due porzioni di estremità 11 definite tra le linee di separazione LI, L2, radiali, sono unite al disco centrale 15 o ruota interna della giostra stessa, mentre le due porzioni laterali indicate con 12 e 13 vengono ad essere distaccate sia dalle estremità 11 che dal disco centrale o ruota interna; per poter essere riattaccate mezzi quali collegamenti meccanici sono previsti sulle linee di giunzione. For example, with reference to the carousel of the cradles, indicated with the reference 1 in Figures 3 and 4, it can be observed that the two end portions 11 defined between the radial separation lines L1, L2, are joined to the central disc 15 or wheel internal of the carousel itself, while the two lateral portions indicated with 12 and 13 are detached both from the ends 11 and from the central disc or internal wheel; in order to be able to be reattached means such as mechanical connections are provided on the joining lines.

Quanto detto la giostra 1 culle vale anche per la giostra 2 dei separatori mentre per quanto riguarda il cono 5 centrale questo viene ad essere suddiviso non secondo una linea di separazione radiale comeLl o L2 bensì con due tagli lineari del disco indicati in figura 5 con L5 ed L6; l'ingombro definito tra L5 ed L6 rimane a misura in un container di dimensioni standard, così come avviene per le giostre. What has been said above the carousel 1 cradles also applies to the carousel 2 of the separators while as regards the central cone 5 this is to be divided not according to a radial separation line such as L1 or L2 but with two linear cuts of the disc indicated in figure 5 with L5 and L6; the space defined between L5 and L6 remains tailor-made in a standard-sized container, as is the case with carousels.

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RIVENDICAZIONI 1. Apparato (10) riordinatore per ordinare ed allineare contenitori in plastica, o preforme, in arrivo alla rinfusa su di un cono (5) centrale e comprendente: a. almeno una prima giostra (1) denominata giostra delle culle perché portante una pluralità di alloggiamenti sulla sua periferia; b. un asse di rotazione verticale centrale c. una seconda giostra (2), detta dei separatori, concentrica alla giostra (1) d. mezzi (4) sollevatori, per sollevare i contenitori o le preforme caricate in culle della giostra (1) ed evacuare detti contenitori verso l'esterna giostra (2), caratterizzato dal fatto che la giostra (1) delle culle, la giostra (2) dei separatori ed il cono (5) di distribuzione sono scomponibili in sotto parti o porzioni (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 51, 52, 53) definite da linee di separazione (LI, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6) in modo da realizzare un ingombro inferiore alle dimensioni massime di container di trasporto di tipo standard. CLAIMS 1. Unscrambler apparatus (10) for sorting and aligning plastic containers, or preforms, arriving in bulk on a central cone (5) and comprising: to. at least a first carousel (1) called cradle carousel because it carries a plurality of housings on its periphery; b. a central vertical axis of rotation c. a second carousel (2), called separators, concentric to the carousel (1) d. lifting means (4), for lifting the containers or preforms loaded into the cradles of the carousel (1) and evacuating said containers towards the external carousel (2), characterized in that the carousel (1) of the cradles, the carousel (2 ) of the separators and the distribution cone (5) can be broken down into sub-parts or portions (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 51, 52, 53) defined by separation lines (LI, L2, L3, L4 , L5, L6) in order to achieve a smaller footprint than the maximum dimensions of standard transport containers. 2. Apparato (10) secondo la rivendicazione 1 caratterizzato dal fatto che dette linee di separazione LI, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 sono mantenute pressoché lineari in modo da suddividere le giostre in segmenti di arco ed il cono in almeno tre porzioni distinte. 2. Apparatus (10) according to claim 1 characterized in that said separation lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 are kept almost linear so as to divide the carousels into arc segments and the cone into at least three portions distinct. 3. Apparato (10) secondo la rivendicazione 1 caratterizzato dal fatto che la giostra delle culle (1) reca due porzioni di estremità (11) definite tra le linee di separazione (LI, L2), radiali, unite al disco centrale o ruota interna della giostra stessa, due porzioni laterali (12) e (13) possono essere distaccate sia dalle estremità (11) che dal disco centrale o ruota interna per poter essere riattaccate con mezzi quali collegamenti meccanici su dette linee di giunzione; la giostra (2) presenta una suddivisione analoga a detta giostra (1) mentre il cono (5) centrale è suddiviso secondo due linee di taglio lineari (L5) ed (L6).3. Apparatus (10) according to claim 1 characterized in that the carousel of the cradles (1) has two end portions (11) defined between the radial separation lines (L1, L2) joined to the central disc or inner wheel of the carousel itself, two side portions (12) and (13) can be detached both from the ends (11) and from the central disc or inner wheel in order to be reattached by means such as mechanical connections on said joining lines; the carousel (2) has a subdivision similar to said carousel (1) while the central cone (5) is divided according to two linear cutting lines (L5) and (L6).
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