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EP1714877B1
EP1714877B1 EP05008450A EP05008450A EP1714877B1 EP 1714877 B1 EP1714877 B1 EP 1714877B1 EP 05008450 A EP05008450 A EP 05008450A EP 05008450 A EP05008450 A EP 05008450A EP 1714877 B1 EP1714877 B1 EP 1714877B1
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Volker Oehlert
Ralf Petrick
Ralf Schibalski
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Theegarten Pactec GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/14—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents the ends of the tube being subsequently twisted
    • 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
    • B65B25/005—Packaging other articles presenting special problems packaging of confectionery
    • 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 device and a method for aligning articles, in particular for the preparation of packaged in Sburgchenfaltungsart small-piece articles or similar products, such as. B. Products with unilaterally shirred packaging supernatant, within a packaging machine.
  • the packaging of small-sized articles is well known. So z. B. in the EP 0 733 548 A1 described in connection with Figures 46 and 48, the bag packaging.
  • the article to be packaged is off-center wrapped in a sheet of packaging, which is closed at the bottom by folding one end.
  • the protruding second end of the packaging is then gripped and twisted in a so-called rotating station relative to the captured part-packed article to form a knot and a rotating lobe and the article is fully packaged.
  • the small-piece articles packaged in a bag-fold manner must be sorted, i. standing on the ground and delivered with the rotary lobe upwards from the appropriate packaging machine. Only in this way can they be grasped in a suitable manner and arranged in the outer packaging or multipack.
  • EP 1 518 787 discloses a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method which allow in a simple manner a secure and reliable alignment of the articles by simple means.
  • the device comprises at least two synchronously moving endless conveying means, which are arranged such that they take the articles for conveying along a conveying path between them, preferably by clamping, and that the articles automatically reach their end position after reaching the end of the conveying path Orientation, preferably by 90 degrees, at a supporting edge adjoining the end of the conveying path, the device can easily and reliably align the articles with high speed.
  • the alignment edge is arranged eccentrically with respect to the center of gravity of the article and / or the articles are taken off-center of the funding with respect to their center of gravity. There are then no complex movements in the device necessary because the article itself cause the alignment of the alignment by their weight force, so quasi set up in "Stehaufmännchen” kind. In the simplest case, they tip off at the alignment edge and land on their floor. The distance of the conveyor line or the alignment edge is selected according to the article.
  • the alignment edge can, for. B. may be formed by one of the funding, which may be shorter than the other funding in the conveying direction.
  • wire hangers or rods in a suitable embodiment is conceivable.
  • a guide plate in particular in the region of the end of the conveying path, is provided.
  • This baffle guides and guides the articles so that they do not stick or jam to the rest of the device, particularly the conveyors, and make the alignment in a "soft" motion. It is also possible that the baffle is designed as alignment edge.
  • the guide plate is preferably arranged below the conveying path. So it can be the z. B. laterally hanging article also support.
  • a third conveying means in particular a conveyor belt, is arranged below the conveying path on which the aligned articles fall after the end of the conveying path.
  • the third funding so z. B. the actual article delivery from a packaging machine done.
  • the funding is to weed out mispackaged or damaged items, as the items get aligned and orderly on the funding and can be recognized there by suitable means and discarded.
  • the conveying speeds of the conveying means are adapted to each other.
  • the at least two conveying means are designed as belt conveyors. This allows a particularly simple construction and drive of the device.
  • the at least two funding can z. B. be arranged one above the other.
  • the at least two conveying means are arranged such that they grip articles between the belt by clamping. It makes sense to do this in bag-fold-wrapped articles at the knot of the rotary lobe. At the same time, an off-center arrangement is achieved (see above).
  • the articles are thus released after reaching the end of the conveyor line and change due to their focus arrangement on the second belt conveyor supporting / tilting automatically their orientation.
  • a transfer means for taking over the article may be provided in the device.
  • the transfer means the packaged items z. B. take over from the packing head or the rotating station.
  • the transfer means may be formed by a pair of grippers. Meaningful way is the takeover to synchronize the movement via gears, such. As gears, shafts, axles and levers coupled to the drive of the funding. This allows a coordinated movement with only one drive.
  • the transfer means may be controllable via a gear, in particular a pneumatic cylinder piston, wherein preferably one of the grippers via the transmission from an operating position into a reject position is movable. So it is possible to combine the adoption of the article in the device with the removal of mispacked or damaged items without additional parts.
  • one of the grippers is articulated via a pivot lever in order to carry out a movement that evades the articles in the conveying path.
  • a collision with the articles in the conveyor line can be avoided.
  • z. B. moves up above the conveyor line in a position in which it is located outside the scope of the article.
  • the gripper as the other gripper for receiving another article z. B. moves / pivoted in the direction of the packing head.
  • the take-over speed of the transfer means is preferably coupled to the conveying speed, so that the packaged articles are not damaged and / or the packaging itself is not damaged or opened.
  • the device according to the invention may preferably be used for the alignment or setting up of small packaged articles or similar products packaged in a bag fold type, such as e.g. B. Products with unilaterally shirred packaging supernatant, which are taken at the node of the rotary lobe or the shirred "knot" and placed by the orientation. More particularly, the device is suitable for use as a product dispensing station in a confectionery packaging machine.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of an apparatus 1 for the preparation of packaged in Sburgchenfaltungsart items 2, such. Chocolate, inside a packaging machine (not shown) serving as a product delivery station in a confectionery packaging machine.
  • a packaging machine (not shown) serving as a product delivery station in a confectionery packaging machine.
  • the device 1 comprises two synchronously moving endless belt conveyors 3, 4, which are formed by rollers 5, 6 and 7, 8 surrounding round belts 9, 10.
  • the belt conveyors 3, 4 are arranged so as to grasp the articles 2 for conveying along a conveying path 12 between them by clamping.
  • the one belt conveyor 3 is arranged above the other belt conveyor 4 and spaced so that the article 2 at the node 13 between rotary lobe 14 and actual article between the round belts 9, 10 are clamped.
  • the focus of Article 2 is therefore off-center with respect to the nip.
  • the articles 2 are moved along the conveying path 12, in the figure from left to right, between the round belts 9, 10 of the belt conveyors 3, 4.
  • the articles 2a, 2b are aligned laterally, so that only their bottom 15 is visible.
  • the rotary lobes 14 are directed backwards in the viewing direction. This alignment of the article 2 results from the arrangement of the articles in the rest of the packaging machine.
  • the articles 2, 2c After reaching the end of the conveyor section 12, the articles 2, 2c automatically change their alignment by 90 degrees due to their off-center focus arrangement. For this purpose, they tilt forward at an adjoining the end of the conveyor line 12 alignment edge 16 (opposite to the viewing direction), as indicated on Article 2c.
  • the alignment edge 16 is formed by the lower belt conveyor 4, for which purpose it is designed to be longer than the other belt conveyor 3 in the conveying direction F.
  • the article 2 are therefore no longer clamped or released at the end of the conveyor line 12 by the belt conveyors 3, 4 and then tilt over the round belt 10 of the lower belt conveyor 4 and fall on a synchronized therewith arranged below the conveyor speed conveyor belt 17, as by Article 2d is indicated. As a result, they change their orientation by 90 degrees and are aligned by tipping at the Ausrichtkante 16 and get up on their bottom 15 to stand.
  • the distance between the alignment edge 16 and the Round belt 10 and the conveyor belt 17 is selected based on the necessary for alignment "drop height" and the article dimensions.
  • a baffle 18 may be provided in the region of the end of the conveyor line 12. This baffle 18 guides and guides the articles 2, so that they do not get stuck or jammed on the other device 1, in particular on the round belt 10 or the guide roller 8 and the alignment is done in a "soft" movement, so the articles are not damaged be or fall over.
  • the baffle 18 is arranged below the conveying path 12 and in particular below the upper region of the rotating round belt 10. So it can be the z. B. laterally hanging article also support.
  • the baffle 18 is indicated only dashed / transparent, so that the essential parts of the device 1 are not obscured.
  • a transfer means 19 is provided, which is formed by a pair of grippers 20, 21.
  • the control of the gripper 20, 21 takes place to synchronize the movement via levers, which are connected to the drive of the conveyor z. B. gear wheels, shafts, axles, etc. are coupled, so that the takeover speed of the transfer means 19 is coupled to the conveying speed.
  • the grippers 20, 21 are each about aligned with each other, aligned approximately horizontally in the direction of view axes 24, 25 in order to take the respective article 2a respectively via a jaw 20 A, 21 A between them and take over from the packing head, not shown, the packaging machine.
  • the grippers 20, 21 introduce the article 2a between the belt conveyors 3, 4 in the conveying path 12, where it is clamped between the round rubber belt 9, 10 and further promoted.
  • the gripping jaws 20A, 21A extend in and counter to the viewing direction from the corresponding levers 20B, 21B of the grippers. This allows the grippers 20, 21 to be mounted very close to the conveying means 3, 4, or to move without colliding with them.
  • the gripper 20 is then moved back to the dashed line indicated position 20 'for receiving another article from the packing head.
  • the gripper 21 or its gripping jaw 21 A does not collide with the article 2 in the conveying path 12, it performs an evasive movement. In this case, it is moved upwards above the conveying path 12 into a position 21 ', which is indicated by dashed lines and in which it is arranged outside the circumference of the article 2. As soon as the article 2 has moved along the conveying path 12, the gripper 21 is also moved / pivoted in the direction of the packing head for receiving a further article.
  • a pivot lever 22 which is pivotable about an approximately horizontally oriented axis 23 in the viewing direction and so the gripper 21 moves upward.
  • the gripper 21 is movable via a gear 26 from the normal operating position into a reject position.
  • the gear 26 is formed by a pneumatic cylinder piston 27, which is hinged on the one hand on the gripper 21 and on the other hand supported on a lever 28 and also about the axis 23 is pivotable.
  • variable-length gear 26 and the cylinder piston 27 In normal operation (operating position), the variable-length gear 26 and the cylinder piston 27 is extended and has no active function. However, if articles by appropriate measures from the packaging machine as mispacked, damaged, not packaged, etc., is reported via the gear 28 and the cylinder piston 27 of the gripper 21 moves to a rejection position in which these items z. B. fall down or blown out. Subsequently, the gripper 21 is moved back to the original position, ie in the operating position and can be used again for gripping articles.

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Claims (23)

  1. Dispositif (1) permettant d'orienter des articles (2), notamment de placer verticalement des articles en petits éléments emballés en sachets pliés, ou des produits similaires, qui comportent une projection de matériau d'emballage resserré d'un côté à l'intérieur d'une emballeuse, le dispositif comportant au moins deux moyens de transport (3, 4) sans fin qui se déplacent de façon synchrone et qui sont disposés de manière à saisir entre eux, avantageusement par serrage, les articles (2) afin de les transporter le long d'une section de transport (12),
    caractérisé en ce que, après avoir atteint l'extrémité de la section de transport (12), les articles (2) voient leur orientation se modifier automatiquement, avantageusement de 90 degrés, en raison de la disposition de leur centre de gravité, au niveau d'une arête d'orientation (16) faisant suite à l'extrémité de la section de transport (12).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'arête d'orientation (16) est disposée de façon excentrée par rapport au centre de gravité des articles (2) et/ou les articles (2) sont saisis de façon excentrée par rapport à leur centre de gravité par les moyens de transport (3, 4).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'arête d'orientation (16) est formée en l'un des moyens de transport (3).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'un des moyens de transport, notamment le moyen de transport supérieur (3), est plus court que l'autre moyen de transport, notamment le moyen de transport inférieur (4), par référence au sens de transport (F).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu une tôle de guidage (18), notamment dans la région de l'extrémité de la section de transport (12).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de guidage (18) est conformée en arête d'orientation (16).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de guidage (18) est disposée au-dessous de la section de transport (12).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un troisième moyen de transport (17), notamment une bande transporteuse, sur lequel les articles orientés (2) tombent après avoir atteint l'extrémité de la section de transport, est disposé au-dessous de la section de transport (12).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les vitesses de transport des moyens de transport (3, 4, 17) sont adaptées l'une à l'autre.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les au moins deux moyens de transport sont conformés en transporteurs à courroie (3, 4).
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les au moins deux moyens de transport (3, 4) sont disposés l'un au-dessus de l'autre.
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que les au moins deux moyens de transport (3, 4) sont disposés de façon à saisir des articles (2) en les serrant entre les courroies (9, 10).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les articles sont libérés après avoir atteint l'extrémité de la section de transport (12) et voient leur orientation se modifier automatiquement en s'appuyant sur le deuxième transporteur à courroie (4, 10), en raison de la disposition de leur centre de gravité.
  14. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un moyen de transfert (19) destiné à transférer les articles (2) dans le dispositif.
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de transfert (19) est formé par une paire de griffes (20, 21).
  16. Dispositif selon la revendication 14 ou 15, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de transfert (19) est couplé à l'entraînement des moyens de transport afin de synchroniser le mouvement.
  17. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 16, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de transfert peut être commandé par un organe de commande (26, 27), notamment un ensemble pneumatique à piston et cylindre (27).
  18. Dispositif selon la revendication 17, caractérisé en ce que l'une des griffes (21) peut être déplacée par l'organe de commande (26, 27) d'une position de fonctionnement dans une position de retrait.
  19. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 15 à 18, caractérisé en ce que l'une des griffes (21) est articulée au moyen d'un levier pivotant (22) afin d'effectuer un mouvement évitant des articles (2) se trouvant dans la section de transport (12).
  20. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 19, caractérisé en ce que la vitesse de transfert du moyen de transfert (19) est couplée à la vitesse de transport.
  21. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les articles (2) sont des articles en petits éléments emballés en sachets pliés, ou des produits similaires, qui comportent une projection de matériau d'emballage resserré d'un côté et qui sont saisis au niveau du noeud (13) de la pointe rotative (14) ou analogue et qui sont placés verticalement par le processus d'orientation.
  22. Utilisation du dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 21 comme station de sortie de produits dans une emballeuse de confiseries.
  23. Procédé permettant d'orienter des articles (2), notamment de placer verticalement des articles en petits éléments emballés en sachets pliés ou de façon similaire, dans lequel les articles (2) sont saisis, avantageusement par serrage, entre au moins deux moyens de transport (3, 4) sans fin, qui se déplacent de façon synchrone, afin de les transporter le long d'une section de transport (12), de sorte que, après avoir atteint l'extrémité de la section de transport (12), les articles (2) voient leur orientation se modifier automatiquement, avantageusement de 90 degrés, en raison de la disposition de leur centre de gravité, au niveau d'une arête d'orientation (16) faisant suite à l'extrémité de la section de transport (12).
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AT05008450T ATE391077T1 (de) 2005-04-19 2005-04-19 Vorrichtung und verfahren zur ausrichtung von artikeln
ES05008450T ES2305936T3 (es) 2005-04-19 2005-04-19 Dispositivo y procedimiento para alinear articulos.
DE502005003557T DE502005003557D1 (de) 2005-04-19 2005-04-19 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Ausrichtung von Artikeln
EP05008450A EP1714877B1 (fr) 2005-04-19 2005-04-19 Dispositif et procédé d'alignement d'articles

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