WO1982003209A1 - Procede de groupement, d'orientation et d'emballage d'objets et systeme de mise en oeuvre du procede - Google Patents

Procede de groupement, d'orientation et d'emballage d'objets et systeme de mise en oeuvre du procede Download PDF

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WO1982003209A1
WO1982003209A1 PCT/DK1982/000022 DK8200022W WO8203209A1 WO 1982003209 A1 WO1982003209 A1 WO 1982003209A1 DK 8200022 W DK8200022 W DK 8200022W WO 8203209 A1 WO8203209 A1 WO 8203209A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65B5/105—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by grippers
    • 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
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/007—Packaging other articles presenting special problems packaging of ice-cream
    • 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
    • B65B35/36—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
    • B65B35/38—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers by suction-operated grippers
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a method of grouping, orienting, and packing objects of a nonuniform cross section sub ⁇ stantially decreasing towards one end, and whereby the objects are advanced in a row on conveying means, stopped by a stop, and gripped by a gripping device carrying said objects into a packing box preferably of cardboard.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a system for carrying out the method.
  • the method according to the invention is characterised in that the objects are advanced on a first endless con ⁇ veyor in their respective sleeve-shaped carriers receiv ⁇ ing said object in a vertical position with the broadest end at the top, that the carriers with the objects are stopped by the stop extending across said first conveyor, and that the further advancing of the. carriers is sub- sequently taken over by a second conveyor, which while retaining said carriers positions said carriers substan ⁇ tially horizontally, that the carriers are subsequently stopped again by means of the second conveyor, whereafter a pusher pushes the objects 'in groups substantially hori-
  • the objects may be completely automatically packed in appropriate packing boxes in a quick and effi ⁇ cient manner. This is especially due to the fact that the carriers always ensure a correct and uniform trans- 10 fer of the objects onto the supporting device in such a manner that they may be gripped easily by the gripping device and situated possibly in layers within the pack ⁇ ing box, .
  • the mutual distance of the objects situated on the supporting device is adjusted to the gripping device, whereby it is rendered possible to adjust the mutual distance of the objects during their transfer to the supporting device.
  • the space in the 20 packing box is efficiently utilized, the gripping de ⁇ vice being adapted to ensure said efficient utilization at the arrangement of the objects.
  • the packing box may be advanced on a third conveyor comprising means for 25 opening and later on closing the box, whereby it is possible automatically to remove filled up packing boxes and to feed empty boxes.
  • the invention furthermore relates to.>a system for carry ⁇ ing out the method and it comprises conveying means ad- 30 vancing the objects in a row, a stop temporarily stop ⁇ ping the objects, and a gripping device transferring the objects to a packing box.
  • This system is characterised in that it comprises a first endless convevor travellin ⁇ about horizontal axes of rotation and being adapted to receive loose, vertical, sleeve-shaped carriers, each with an object situated vertically with the broadest end at the top, and to advance said carriers in a row to- wards a stop extending across the advancing path of the first conveyor, said system being adapted to feed the carriers in groups from the first conveyor so that said carriers engage an advancing means on a second endless conveyor, that the advancing means during the further advancing of the filled carriers retain and transfer said carriers in groups into a horizontal position, and that the movements and.
  • construction of the first con ⁇ veyor and the second conveyor are synchronized in such a manner that each group of carriers is horizontally positioned and stopped at the same time as a new group of carriers from the first conveyor are advanced so as to engage the second conveyor, that the system comprises ' a second pusher adapted so as simultaneously to push the objects out of each group of the horizontally positioned carriers and onto a supporting device, which in turn is adapted to retain the objects substantially in the same orientation, and that the gripping device is adapted so as simultaneously to grip said objects and to situate them in an open packing box.
  • a simple and efficient system is obtained permitting packing of ob ⁇ jects such as filled, packed ice-cream cones in layers in packing boxes,
  • the sleeve-shaped carriers may according to the inven ⁇ tion be of such an interior shape, that the objects are substantially centrally retained in the carriers, .where ⁇ by the object is protected against i ipacts as well as they remain centered so as to be uniformly and centrally actuated by the second pusher in a direction towards the longitudinal central axis of the objects.
  • the system may com- prise a first pusher adapted to push the carriers in groups off the first conveyor and onto the second con ⁇ veyor, whereby a particularly reliable system is obtained.
  • the supporting device may comprise a supporting means for each object, and said supporting means may be mutually displaceable between two adjustable positions, of which said means in one position receive the objects transferred in groups from the second conveyor, whereas the means in the sec- ond position are adjusted for direct gripping by the gripping means of the gripping device.
  • said mutual distance of the objects during the filling up of the packing box is such that tha space therein is efficiently utilized.
  • each supporting device may comprise two symmetrically shaped loops shaped and situ ⁇ ated in such a manner that each object may rest substan ⁇ tially immovably thereon until they are gripped by the gripping device,
  • the gripping device may com ⁇ prise a vertically displaceable, oblong gripping beam adapted to turn 180 on a vertical axis of rotation, and which at each end comprises sucking heads gripping their respective objects in the group situated on the support- ing device, said sucking heads at one end of the gripping beam in the lower position thereof gripping the objects from the supporting device, whereas the sucking heads at the other end of the beam transfer the preceding group of objects to the packing box.
  • a Vesult a particular— ly simple gripping device is obtained.
  • the sucking heads may at each end of the gripping beam be mounted on a car ⁇ rying means, of which at least one is adapted to turn 180° on a vertical axis at the same time as the gripping beam is turned 180° for delivering and receiving new groups of objects.
  • the system may comprise a third conveyor advancing the packing boxes and tempora- ⁇ rily keeping said boxes open during their filling up v/ith objects, whereby an automatic replacement of filled boxes by empty boxes is obtained.
  • the third conveyor may co-operate with a platform supporting the packing box during its filling up with objects ⁇ said platform being vertically displaceable and retained at least in a position at a level above the advancing path of the third conveyor.
  • Fig, 1 is a top view of a preferre ⁇ .embodiment of a system according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of part of the system of Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is an end view of the system of Fig. 1, whereby parts have been removed for the sake of clarity,
  • Fig, 4 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A of Fig. 2 and illustrating part of the second conveyor of the system as well as a carrier with an object indicated by dotted lines,
  • Fig. 5 is a top view of the conveyor and the carrier of Fig. 4,
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B of Fig. 1 and illustrating a supporting device temporarily retaining the objects prior to their transfer to a packing box by means of a gripping device,
  • Fig, 7 is a sectional view taken along the line C-C of Fig. 1 through-the supporting device
  • Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic, sectional view corresponding to Fig. 6 , but closer to the packing box and v/ith parts removed for the sake of clarity.
  • Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic, sectional view taken along the line D-D of Fig, 1 of a platform supporting a packing box, whereby parts have been removed for the sake of clarity,
  • Fig. 10 is an axial, sectional view taken along the line E-E of Fig. 11 through a preferred embodiment of a sleeve-shaped carrier according to the invention.
  • Fig. 11 is an end view of the sleeve ⁇ shaped carrier.
  • the system illustrated in.Figs. 1 to 3 comprises a first conveyor generally designated by the reference numeral 1.
  • This first conveyor comprises an endless conveyor belt 2 travelling about horizontal axes and adapted so as to advance vertical sleeve-shaped carriers 4 indivi ⁇ dually in a direction indicated by an arrow 3, cf. Fig. 1, until a stop 5, cf. Fig. 1.
  • the stop 5 extends across the advancing path of the first conveyor.
  • an object in the form of an ice ⁇ cream cone is situated in each carrier 4 at a filling machine (not shown) . From this filling machine, the car ⁇ riers are transferred onto the first conveyor 1 by means of a generally known system for grouping objects in rows.
  • the sleeve-shaped carrier 4 is of such an interior form that the ice-cream cone is main ⁇ tained in a vertical position with the broadest end at the top.
  • a first pusher 7 is located at one side of the advancing path of the first conveyor, cf, Fig. 1.
  • the pusher ex ⁇ tends in the longitudinal direction of the first conveyor from a position immediately adjacent the stop 5.
  • This pusher is adapted to push a group of carriers 4 with ob ⁇ jects 6 adjacent the stop 5 aside and off the first con ⁇ veyor 1, whereby these carriers engage their respective advancing means 14 on a second conveyor generally desig ⁇ nated by the reference numeral 9.
  • this second conveyor has only been indicated by dotted lines.
  • a par ⁇ tition 10 is arranged between the advancing path of the first conveyor 1 and the advancing path of the second conveyor 9 opposite the first pusher 7.
  • this partition is vertically displaced below the plane of the conveyor belt ⁇ while the first pusher 7 transfers carriers onto the second conveyor 9.
  • the partition 10 displaced in such a manner prevents the carriers 4 abutting the stop from interfering v/ith the second conveyor 9 since said carriers are continuously biased by the first conveyor 1 due to its continuous running .
  • the second conveyor 9 comprises an endless chain 11 tra ⁇ velling about vertical shafts 12, 13 through appropriate sprockets.
  • the endless chain 11 carries .a plurality of advancing means g-enerally designated by the reference nu ⁇ meral 14 in Fig. 4.
  • an advancing means comprises a C-shaped supporting mem ⁇ ber 15 fixed on the endless chain 11 and secured to each chain link of said endless chain 11 by means of angular members 16, 17.
  • a holder 19 is secured to the supporting member 15 by means of an appropriate hinge 18. At the hinge, this holder is adapted to turn 90° clockwise from the position illustrated in Fig, 4 in the direction in ⁇ dicated by means of an arrow 20.
  • the holder 19 carries tv/o curved loops 21, 22 being adapted.as shown to engage a carrier 4. These curved loops 21, 22 are secured to- the holder 19 in any appropriate manner such as for in ⁇ stance by welding.
  • the C-shaped supporting member of the advancing means is adapted at each end to slide along a pair of parallel supporting slides 23, 24 extending parallel to the ad ⁇ vancing path of the second endless conveyor in at least the major part of the path half extending from a position immediately adjacent the first conveyor and past, the gripping device described more detailed below.
  • These supporting slides 23 r 24 ensure a reliable support of the endless chain 11 when being transversely loaded wi h ⁇ ing the said portion of its path.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 furthermore illustrate that the holder 19 a the bottom carries a pivotail mounted roll 25 abut ⁇ ting a guiding slide 26,
  • This guiding slide is of such a shape that the holder 19 is moved from the vertical po ⁇ sition illustrated in Fig. 4 in the direction indicated by the arrow 20 and into a horizontal position opposite the gripping device described in greater details below.
  • a retaining slide 27 extends on the other side of the roll 25 and substantially parallel to the guiding slide. This retaining slide 27 ensures that said roll 25 re ⁇ mains immediately adjacent the guiding slide " 26 during its entire movement along said guiding slide 26.
  • an advancing means 14 is present for each carrier 4, and during the further move ⁇ ment of the second conveyor in the direction indicated by an arrow 28 in Fig. 1, the holder 19 of each advanc- ing means 14 is gradually guided into a horizontal position.
  • the number of holders 19 with carriers 4 in the horizontal position always corresponds to the number of carriers transferred onto the second conveyor 9 by means of the first pusher 7. In the embodiment illustrated, it is a group of four carriers 4,
  • the guiding slide 26 ensuring the above arrangement of the carriers 4 in a horizontal position is shaped in such a manner that this horizontal position is positioned be- tween a second pusher 29 and a supporting device 30.
  • the second pusher 29 comprises pushing bars 31, 32, 33, 34, cf. Fig, 1, which extend in horizontal direction pa ⁇ rallel to each other and towards the horizontally ar ⁇ ranged carriers 4 on the second conveyor 9.
  • the second conveyor 9 is driven in a generally known manner, and its driving means are adapted to stop the second con ⁇ veyor temporarily each time a new group of carriers 4 has been transferred into the horizontal position oppo ⁇ site the second pusher 29, Besides, ⁇ .the system is con- structed in such a manner that the pushing bars 31-34 of the pusher 29 are axially situated opposite the stopped carriers 4. Furthermore, the system is construct ⁇ ed in such a manner that a new group of empty advancing means 14 is simultaneously stopped opposite the first pusher 7 .
  • the driving means of the system are adapted to advance the second pusher 29 towards the second conveyor 9. During this advancing, the objects in the carriers 4 are axially pushed out of the associated carriers 4 through the driving means of the system and onto the supporting device 30 at the same time as the partition 10 is removed and the first pusher 7 pushes a new group of carriers 4 off the first conveyor 1 and onto the second conveyor 9.
  • the group of transferred objects 6 is temporarily re ⁇ tained by their respective pairs of loops 35, 36, These loops are symmetrically shaped about a vertical plane coinciding with the longitudinal axes of the objects 6.
  • Each pair of loops 35, 36 are furthermore shaped in such a manner that they follow the exterior outline of each object.
  • the object is immovably retained in the space between the pair of loops in a required * po- sition both as to axial direction and to inclination.
  • each pair of loops is arranged on their respective carrying block 37, 38, 39,
  • each object 6 is stopped in front by a transverse loop portion 44 extending be- 11
  • the loops 35 and 36 are integrally shaped at the ends.
  • Detachable spacer rings 45, 46, and 47 are arranged be- 5 tween the four carrying blocks of Fig. 7 and on one of the two shafts 41, 42. These spacer rings are used for determining the minimum distance between the carrying blocks.
  • the greatest mutual distance of the carrying blocks is determined partly by the frame 43 and partly 10 by distance bars 48 and 49 mounted on said frame and extending substantially parallel to the shafts 41 and 42 from each end of the frame and towards the centre of the supporting device. At the centre of the supporting device, the spacer bars are adapted to engage stops 50 15 and 51, respectively, on the underside of the two inter ⁇ mediate carrying blocks 38 and 39.
  • the carrying blocks are moved forward and backward on the shafts 41 and 42 by means of a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly 52 secured between parts 53 and 54 projecting downwards on 20 the two outer carrying blocks 37 and 40, respectively.
  • the piston rod of the pistons-cylinder assembly is se ⁇ cured to the part 53 projecting downward, cf, Fig, 7, whereas the cylinder is secured on the part 54 project ⁇ ing downward. .
  • a short shaft 55 extends between the two intermediate carrying blocks 38 and 39 and is secured to one carrying block 38 and adapted to pass through a bore 56 in the second carrying block.
  • a compression spring 57 extends betv/een the two carrying blocks 38 and 39 and about the
  • This compression spri ⁇ g is adapted to press the two intermediate carrying blo # cks 38 and 39 away from each other and into engagement with the spacer bars 49 and 48 when the pneumatic piston-cylinder assem ⁇ bly 52 presses the two outer carrying blocks 37 and 40
  • the pneumatic piston-cylinder assembly and the compression spring 57 transfer the carrying blocks into a position in which each carrying block is in alignment with the carriers 4 horizontally arranged on the second conveyor and ready to deliver their objects 6, .
  • the piston-cylinder assembly 52 of the supporting devices ensures that the carrying blocks are further approached each other so that the objects are spaced in such a manner that they are ready to be received by their respective sucking head 58 on a gripping device described in greater de ⁇ tails below and generally designated by the reference numeral 59.
  • Fig, 7 diagrammatically illustrates the ob- jects by means of dotted lines both in the position in which they are transferred to the supporting device, and in the position in which they are ready to be gripped by the gripping device 59.
  • the spacing be- tween the carrying blocks may be regulated as desired.
  • the gripping device 59 comprises a shaft 60, cf. Fig. 8, adapted to be vertically displaced, cf. the direction indicated by the arrow 61.
  • the shaft 60 carries a horizontal gripping beam 62 which at each end carries a carrying means 63 and 64.
  • each carrying means carries four sucking 58 located at such a mutual distance and with such an inclination that in the lower position of the shaft 60 they are able to grip their respective object 6 on the supporting device.
  • the suck ⁇ ing heads are supplied with vacuum through hoses 68.
  • the gripping device 59 is constructed and adapted in such a manner that initially when the shaft 60 i ' s in its lower position it sucks the objects 6 from the supporting de ⁇ vice 30, then lifts said objects in a vertical position above the supporting device 30, and finally swings them over an open packing box 69 by turning the shaft 60 __ , 180 on its vertical axis,
  • the gripping device 59 is furthermore adapted and constructed, in such a manner that at the following lowering by the gripping beam 62, it releases the objects 6 positioned over the bottom of the open packing box 69, At the same time, the collecting of new objects 6 at the opposite end of the gripping device is repeated.
  • the carrying means 63 of the grip ⁇ ping device 59 is adapted to turn 180 on a vertical axis 66 and is controlled in such a manner that it per ⁇ forms said movement during the moving from the support- ing device 30 to the level above the open packing box 69. In this manner it is ensured that the groups of ob ⁇ jects 6 as desired may be located alternately with the broadest end turning in opposite directions, cf. Fig. 8.
  • the packing boxes 69 are automatically advanced on a third conveyor 70, cf. Fig. 1, along a path shown by • means of arrows 71, 72, and 73. In a generally known manner, this conveyor is adapted suc . that the packing boxes are automatically opened and stopped in the fil ⁇ ling up position.
  • the third con ⁇ veyor 70 is also provided with guiding bars not de ⁇ scribed in greater details, which ensure that automati- cally the packing box is open during the filling up and closed during the further advancing on the conveyor 70.
  • the packing box 69 is stopped and retained under one end of the gripping device 59 so as to be ready to receive the objects to be filled therein.
  • the packing box 59 is retained and supported partly by grip ⁇ ping means 71 pressing against the box from each side, partly by an elevator device generally- designated by the reference numeral 72.
  • the elevator device 72 comprises U-shaped plates 73 ver- cally located with one on each side of the advancing means of the third conveyor 70.
  • the D-shaped plates 73 are connected with a connecting member 75.
  • this con ⁇ necting member communicates with the cylinder of a pneumatic piston-cylinder assembly 78.
  • the piston rod 80 of the piston-cylinder assembly 78 is secured to a sta ⁇ tionary part 81 of the frame of the third conveyor 70.
  • the bars 76 and 77 extend vertically through slide bearings 82 and 83 in the stationary frame part 81.
  • the gripping means 71 and the U-shaped plates 73 are vertically displaced up and down.
  • the platform formed by the gripping means 71 and the elevator device 72 at the up ⁇ per end is vertically displaced up and QCV.TI together with the packing box 69 supported by- ⁇ his platform.
  • the system is adjusted in such a manner that the packing box 69 is arranged at a level always being the most advan ⁇ tageous level for the filling in of objects.
  • the platform is arranged in an upper position during the beginning of the filling up " of a new box 69, whereas
  • Fig. 9 also illustrates a dog 83 permanently connected to the advancing means of the third conveyor 70, said 5 advancing means advancing the dog 83 in the direction indicated by an arrow 84.
  • a stop 85 displaceable both horizontally and vertically is used for stopping a packing box 69 above the elevator device 72 during the advancing on the third conveyor 70.
  • the stop 85 is 10 displaced into the path of the packing box 69 by means of a pneumatic cylinder 86 which in advance has been adjusted to the desired horizontal position depending on the size of. the box.
  • the gripping means 71 reciprocate transversely to the
  • the slider 91 is in a manner not described in details connected to the gripping means 71 by means of a connecting means 93, As a consequence of the mutual displacement of the connecting member 93 and
  • the function of the above system has already been de ⁇ scribed, and it operates mainly as follows.
  • the first conveyor 1 advances the carriers 4 each with an object 6 until a stop " 5 where they are retained until a pair of advancing means 14 on the second conveyor 9 are ready to receive a new group of carriers 4.
  • the partition 10 is automatically removed and the first pusher 7 pushes a group of four carriers 4 into engage ⁇ ment with four advancing means 14 on the second con ⁇ veyor 9.
  • the carriers 4 are gradually hori ⁇ zontally positioned, the following advancing means 14 gradually being filled with new groups of carriers 4 during a temporary stopping of the second conveyor 9.
  • the gripping beam 62 is lowered, and in its lower position the sucking heads 58 at one end of the gripping beam 62 suck the objects on the supporting de ⁇ vice 30, whereafter the gripping beam 62 is lifted again and the objects just collected are swung over the open packing box 69.
  • these objects are again released and located on top of previously arranged layers of objects within the packing box 69.
  • the objects may be turned 180° as desired in the air during the transfer to the packing box. As a result, the objects are arranged with the broadest end turning in alternating directions in each layer.
  • the packing box As the packing box is filled up, the packing box is lowered to a lower ' level by means of the elevator device 72, whereby pre ⁇ viously arranged layers of objects are not damaged by new objects and the sucking heads 58 in question.
  • the third conveyor 70 advances a new box 69a at the same time as the box filled up is re ⁇ moved while its flaps are being closed.
  • the second con ⁇ veyor 9 Upon emptying the carriers 4 of objects, the second con ⁇ veyor 9 again positions the carriers 4 in the vertical position by means of the guiding slide 26 and the retain- ing slide 27, whereafter said carriers are further ad ⁇ vanced by the second conveyor 9 so as to be supplied to - a fourth conveyor 88. On this fourth conveyor 88, the carriers are returned for refilling of objects.
  • the transfer of the carriers 4 from the second conveyor onto the fourth conveyor 88 is performed gradually by means of guiding slides or grooves 89 pressing the carriers out of the engagement with the advancing means 14.
  • a guide 95, cf. Fig. 3 may be provided.
  • This guide 95 extends along the path of the carriers on the side of said carriers facing away from the second con ⁇ veyor 9,
  • the system is controlled in a generally known manner by means of compressed air and electric and e- chanical control means in such a manner that all steps are completely automatically performed in an exact suc ⁇ cession.
  • the preferred embodiment of a sleeve-shaped carrier ac ⁇ cording to the invention and illustrated in Fig. 10 comprises an interior outline corresponding to the ex ⁇ terior outline of the object in such a manner that the carrier when situated on one end surface 96 retains the objects in an almost immovable position with the broad ⁇ est end at the top,
  • the carrier is provided with longitudinal ⁇ rooves 97 qn-r-:., c ? the inside, said grooves implying that the ambient temp ⁇ erature, e.g. at a freezing plant, may easily reach the sides of the objects.
  • the carrier 4 is especially adapted to be used in connection with ice-cream cones or the like conical ob- jects.
  • the interior out ⁇ line may, of course, be shaped in accordance therewith.
  • the carriers 4 are provided with radial flanges 98, 99 permitting an automatic handling of the carriers by means of guiding bars or the like engaging the flanges 98, 99,
  • the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. Many modifications may be performed without thereby deviating from the scope of the inven ⁇ tion.
  • the carriers may for instance be of many various shapes, as well as the advancing means 14 may be of various shapes corresponding thereto.
  • the gripping de ⁇ vice may also be adapted in many various ways, as well as more than one sucking head for each object nay be used.
  • the supporting device may be secured in many ways such as for instance by means of adjustment screws in ⁇ stead of spacer stops and bars.
  • the pusher bars 31-34 may vary in length at the same time as the loops 35, 36 on the carrying blocks are mutually displaced in such a manner that the ice-cream cones are collected mutually displaced in axial direc ⁇ tion.
  • the second conveyor is present in-the form of an endless conveyor with vertical axes of rotation. It may, however, also be present in the form of an endless, conveyor belt travelling about horizontal axes, the advancing path of said belt extend-
  • the second conveyor may then be provided with sections extending across the advancing direction. On these sections, each group of objects is inserted direct- ly from the first conveyor and retained by means of ad ⁇ vancing means in the form of appropriate guideways or the like receiving their respective group of objects.
  • the carriers are horizon ⁇ tally positioned in groups at the end of the second con- veyor for the release of the objects and subsequently ver ⁇ tically positioned on the .underside of the second conveyor, where the carriers are again removed from this conveyor in a direction perpendicular to the advancing direction.
  • the moving direction of the first- conveyor here extends pa- rallel to the axes of rotation of the second conveyor, and the transfer onto the second conveyor is performed in groups each time another guideway is aligned with the first conveyor.
  • the permanent stop 5 extending across the moving path of the first conveyor is in this embodi- ment positioned at the end of each guideway being far ⁇ thest from the first conveyor, and therefore' it is po ⁇ sitioned on the second conveyor,

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Un procede de groupement, d'orientation et d'emballage d'objets ayant une section non uniforme decroissant vers une extremite, consiste a faire avancer les objets (6) sur des moyens d'acheminement, a les arreter a un arret et a les saisir par un dispositif de prehension transferant les objets dans une boite d'emballage (69). De maniere a assurer un emballage rapide et efficace de ces objets en couches dans une boite d'emballage, on fait avancer les objets (6) dans leurs elements porteurs respectifs laches, en forme de manchons (4) sur une premiere transporteuse (1). A partir de cette premiere transporteuse, les elements porteurs sont transferes en groupes sur une seconde transporteuse (9) adaptee pour positionner les elements porteurs (4) horizontalement. Ensuite, les objets sont presses sur un dispositif de support a l'aide d'un poussoir (29), ce dispositif de support supportant temporairement les objets (6) jusqu'a ce qu'ils soient saisis par un dispositif de prehension (59) levant ces objets au-dessus et dans une boite d'emballage ouverte (69). Un systeme de mise en oeuvre de ce procede comprend une premiere transporteuse et une seconde transporteuse (9) recevant les elements porteurs depuis la premiere transporteuse (1) dans leurs moyens d'avance respectifs. Ces moyens d'avance sont adaptes pour que lors de l'avance supplementaire a l'aide de la seconde transporteuse, les elements porteurs (4) tournent dans une direction horizontale, dans laquelle le poussoir (29), a l'aide de barres de poussee (31-34) pousse les objets (6) hors de leurs elements porteurs respectifs (4) et sur un dispositif de support (30). Ce dispositif de support est adapte pour retenir les objets (6) jusqu'a ce qu'un dispositif de prehension (59) recupere ces objets et les transfere dans une boite d'emballage (69) qui avance sur une troisieme transporteuse (70).
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