EP0604808B1 - Packing machine - Google Patents

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EP0604808B1
EP0604808B1 EP93119971A EP93119971A EP0604808B1 EP 0604808 B1 EP0604808 B1 EP 0604808B1 EP 93119971 A EP93119971 A EP 93119971A EP 93119971 A EP93119971 A EP 93119971A EP 0604808 B1 EP0604808 B1 EP 0604808B1
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Dieter Rumm
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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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/14—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation
    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
    • B65B21/183—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks the grippers moving in an endless path
    • 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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/08—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers
    • B65B21/12—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks

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  • the invention relates to a packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a packaging machine which takes up little space, with which articles can simultaneously be packed into containers or unpacked from them with high output.
  • the article conveyor has a feed section for feeding the articles to be packaged, which is driven in the same direction as the pack conveyor, and a discharge section for removing the articles removed from the pack. Between the feed section and the discharge section, there is an installation-free space for free passage of the packing heads positively controlled in their orbit in the direction of the container conveyor.
  • This arrangement allows the packing heads to have an orbit with a total of three working points, in each of which the gripping elements of a packing head can be reversed from an access position to a handle release position or vice versa.
  • each packing head has two groups of gripping elements next to one another, one group of gripping elements each being assigned to the empty containers and the second group to the containers equipped with articles to be unpacked.
  • the packaging machine shown in Fig. 1 is intended for packing and unpacking bottles in or out of boxes.
  • the box conveyor 7, 8 transports the boxes 3, 4 horizontally past the packing machine at a constant pitch.
  • the container conveyor has two parallel conveyor tracks, with 7 empty boxes 3, e.g. coming from a box washing machine, and boxes 4 filled with empty bottles on the conveyor track 8, e.g. coming from a depalletizing machine, at the same time fed in pairs next to each other.
  • the bottles 5 to be packed in the empty boxes e.g. Coming from a labeling machine or a filler are fed through the bottle feeder 9 arranged horizontally above the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor.
  • a bottle removal conveyor 10 aligned with the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor.
  • the conveying level of the bottle conveyor 10 is lower than that of the bottle conveyor 9.
  • the packing heads 1 indicated schematically in FIG. 2 each have a first and a second group 13 and 14 of gripping elements 2, the first group 13 the bottles 5 to be packed, ie the bottle feeder 9 and the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor, and the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 is assigned to the bottles 6 to be unpacked, that is to say the bottle conveyor 10 and the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor.
  • the gripping elements 2 of each of the two groups 13 and 14 can be reversed independently of one another or at the same time alternately from a grip release position into an access position and vice versa.
  • Fig. 1 it can be clearly seen that the packing heads 1 are guided by the packing machine on a vertical orbit 30.
  • the orbit 30 has three working positions, when they pass through a packing head, the gripping elements are reversed from the access position to the grip release position and / or from the grip release position to the access position.
  • the working point I is assigned to the bottle feeder 9, the working point II to the box conveyor 7, 8 and the working point III to the bottle removal conveyor 10.
  • the packing machine itself essentially consists of a continuously driven carrier 11 rotating in a vertical plane, to which a packing head 1 is movably attached in each case via a multi-articulated lever mechanism.
  • the multi-link lever transmission has a total of four levers 103, 104, 105 and 106 per packing head, the two levers 103 and 105 articulated on the rotating carrier 11 having a cam roller 103A and 105A.
  • a fixed curve carrier 100 with two closed groove curves 101 and 102 is arranged behind the rotating carrier 11.
  • the cam roller 103A of the lever 103 is in the groove curve 101 and the cam roller 105A of the lever 105 is in the groove curve 102 guided.
  • the curve of these two groove curves 101 and 102 determines the shape of the orbit 30 of the packing heads 1.
  • each packing head 1 is assigned a straight guide device, not shown, which ensures a constant horizontal position of the packing head 1 during its entire orbit in its orbit 30.
  • the packing head 1 When a packing head 1 rotates completely in the orbit 30, the packing head is first lowered in the area of the bottle feeder 9 to the front bottles 5, which are in a closed bottle pack, and when the working point I is reached, the gripping elements 2 of the first group 13 are reversed from the handle release position made in the access position for detecting the bottles 5. Then the packing head 1 lifts the bottles 5 to be packed with their bottoms from the feed conveyor 9 and inserts them into a box 3 which runs empty on the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor. During this insertion process, the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 of the packing head is simultaneously lowered onto the bottles 6 to be unpacked in the box 4.
  • the bottle feeder 9 and the bottle removal conveyor 10 can be configured congruently with the box conveyor running underneath, in which case, in certain operating situations, the packaging machine can only be operated temporarily as a packer or unpacker with double packing or unpacking performance.
  • a prerequisite for this is a corresponding changeover option on the control device of the gripping elements 2.
  • the machine can, for example at the start of operation of a bottle filling line, initially only work in two lanes as an unpacking machine and, after filling the buffer sections and the bottle washing machine, switch over to the combined packing and unpacking operation. At the end of operation, the machine can then be operated as a packer for a short time in two lanes for faster emptying of the buffer sections.
  • a particular advantage of the invention is that the packaging machine can be arranged on one side next to the bottle and crate conveyor belts, while the opposite side remains freely accessible for the operating personnel.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Packmaschine gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.

Es sind kontinuierlich arbeitende Packmaschinen zum Ein- oder Auspacken von Artikeln, z.B. Flaschen, in oder aus Gebinden, beispielsweise Kästen oder Kartons, bekannt (DE-OS 41 25 573). Diese einen kontinuierlichen Artikel- und Gebindefluß ermöglichenden Packmaschinen haben im höheren Leistungsbereich die früher weit verbreiteten taktweise arbeitenden Packmaschinen verdrängt. Nachteilig ist jedoch die Tatsache, daß derartige Maschine entweder nur als Einpacker oder als Auspacker benutzt werden können. Bei Getränkeabfüllinien für Mehrwegflaschen erfordert dies den Einsatz von zwei getrennten Packmaschinen. Bei den taktweise arbeitenden Packmaschinen gab es früher bereits Überlegungen, das Ein- und Auspacken kombiniert in einer einzigen Maschine auszuführen (DE-OS 24 60 957). Jedoch aufgrund des taktweisen Artikel- und Gebindevorschubs kommen derartige Maschinen in Anlagen mit in den übrigen Bereichen weitgehend kontinuierlichem Artikelfluß kaum mehr zum Einsatz.Continuously operating packaging machines for packing or unpacking articles, for example bottles, in or out of containers, for example boxes or boxes, are known (DE-OS 41 25 573). These packing machines, which enable a continuous flow of articles and containers, have replaced the previously widely used intermittent packing machines in the higher performance range. A disadvantage, however, is the fact that such a machine can be used either only as a packer or as an unpacker. In the case of beverage filling lines for returnable bottles, this requires the use of two separate packaging machines. In the case of the packing machines, which operate in cycles, there have previously been considerations of carrying out the packing and unpacking in a combined machine (DE-OS 24 60 957). However, due to the intermittent article and container feed, such machines are hardly used in systems with largely continuous article flow in the other areas.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine nur wenig Platz beanspruchende Packmaschine anzugeben, mit der gleichzeitig Artikel in Gebinde ein- oder aus diesen mit hoher Leistung ausgepackt werden können.The invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a packaging machine which takes up little space, with which articles can simultaneously be packed into containers or unpacked from them with high output.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.This object is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 1.

Wesentlich ist die Anordnung eines Artikelförderers oberhalb des Gebindeförderers, wobei der Artikelförderer im Bereich der Umlaufbahn eines zwangsgesteuerten Packkopfes parallel zum Gebindeförderer verläuft und mit dessen Förderspur fluchtet. Der Artikelförderer besitzt einen gleichsinnig zum Gebindeförderer angetriebenen Zuförderabschnitt zum Zuführen der einzupackenden Artikel und einen Abförderabschnitt zum Abführen der aus Gebinden entnommenen Artikel. Zwischen dem Zuförder- und dem Abförderabschnitt ist ein einbautenfreier Zwischenraum zum freien Durchgriff der auf ihrer Umlaufbahn zwangsgesteuerten Packköpfe in Richtung zum Gebindeförderer möglich. Diese Anordnung gestattet eine Umlaufbahn der Packköpfe mit insgesamt drei Arbeitspunkten, bei denen jeweils die Greifelemente eines Packkopfes von einer Zugriffsposition in eine Grifflöseposition oder umgekehrt umsteuerbar sind.It is essential to arrange an article conveyor above the container conveyor, the article conveyor running parallel to the container conveyor in the area of the orbit of a positively controlled packing head and being aligned with its conveyor track. The article conveyor has a feed section for feeding the articles to be packaged, which is driven in the same direction as the pack conveyor, and a discharge section for removing the articles removed from the pack. Between the feed section and the discharge section, there is an installation-free space for free passage of the packing heads positively controlled in their orbit in the direction of the container conveyor. This arrangement allows the packing heads to have an orbit with a total of three working points, in each of which the gripping elements of a packing head can be reversed from an access position to a handle release position or vice versa.

Es ist eine Ausführung denkbar, bei der abwechselnd durch den Gebindeförderer leere und mit auszupackenden Artikeln bestückte Gebinde horizontal an der Umlaufbahn der Packköpfe vorbeigeführt werden, wobei dann der auf ein leeres Gebinde abgesenkte Packkopf Artikel einpackt, d.h. als Einpacker arbeitet, während der nachfolgende Packkopf als Auspacker zum Herausnehmen von Artikeln aus einem Gebinde betrieben wird. Bei einer Packmaschine mit einer geraden Anzahl von Packköpfen würde ein einzelner Packkopf ständig bei jedem Umlauf jeweils nur als Ein- oder Auspackkopf arbeiten. Bei einer Packmaschine mit einer ungeraden Anzahl von Packköpfen müßte dagegen die Steuerung der Greifelemente eines einzelnen Packkopfes jeweils so ausgelegt sein, daß jeder Packkopf abwechselnd bei einem Umlauf als Einpacker und bei einem darauffolgenden Umlauf als Auspacker arbeiten kann.An embodiment is conceivable in which, alternately, empty containers with articles to be unpacked are guided horizontally past the orbit of the packing heads by the container conveyor, with the container then moving onto an empty container the packer head is packed, ie works as a packer, while the subsequent packer head is operated as an unpacker for removing articles from a container. In a packing machine with an even number of packing heads, a single packing head would always work as a packing or unpacking head in each cycle. In the case of a packing machine with an odd number of packing heads, on the other hand, the control of the gripping elements of a single packing head would have to be designed in such a way that each packing head can alternately work as a packer in one cycle and as an unpacker in a subsequent cycle.

Leistungsfähiger ist jedoch eine Kombinationspackmaschine, der die leeren Gebinde und die mit auszupackenden Artikel gefüllten Gebinde auf zwei separaten Förderspuren durch den Gebindeförderer zugeführt werden. Bei dieser Ausführung besitzt jeder Packkopf nebeneinander zwei Gruppen von Greifelementen, wobei jeweils eine Gruppe von Greifelementen den leer zulaufenden Gebinden und die zweite Gruppe den mit auszupackenden Artikel bestückten Gebinden zugeordnet ist. Eine derartige Ausführung einer Kombinationspackmaschine wird im Nachfolgenden anhand der Zeichnungen erläutert.However, a combination packing machine is more efficient, to which the empty containers and the containers filled with items to be unpacked are fed in two separate conveyor tracks by the container conveyor. In this embodiment, each packing head has two groups of gripping elements next to one another, one group of gripping elements each being assigned to the empty containers and the second group to the containers equipped with articles to be unpacked. Such an embodiment of a combination packaging machine is explained below with reference to the drawings.

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Die in Fig. 1 dargestellte Packmaschine ist zum Ein- und Auspacken von Flaschen in bzw. aus Kästen vorgesehen. Wie in Fig. 1 erkennbar ist, transportiert der Kastenförderer 7, 8 die Kästen 3, 4 mit einem gleichbleibenden Teilungsabstand horizontal an der Packmaschine vorbei. Anhand der Fig. 2 ist erkennbar, daß der Gebindeförderer zwei parallel verlaufende Förderspuren besitzt, wobei auf der Förderspur 7 leere Kästen 3, z.B. von einer Kastenwaschmaschine kommend, und auf der Förderspur 8 mit Leerflaschen bestückte Kästen 4, z.B. von einer Entpalettiermaschine kommend, gleichzeitig paarweise nebeneinander zugeführt werden. Die in die leeren Kästen einzupackenden Flaschen 5, z.B. von einer Etikettiermaschine oder einem Füller kommend, werden durch den oberhalb der Förderspur 7 des Kastenförderers horizontal verlaufend angeordneten Flaschenzuförderer 9 zugeführt. Seitlich versetzt zum Flaschenzuförderer 9 ist ein mit der Förderspur 8 des Kastenförderers fluchtender Flaschenabförderer 10 angeordnet. Damit jedoch für die Packköpfe 1 eine Zugriffsmöglichkeit auf die auf dem Kastenförderer stehenden Kästen verbleibt, besteht zwischen dem Flaschenzuförderer 9 und dem Flaschenabförderer 10 in Förderrichtung ein ausreichend großer Zwischenraum. Ferner liegt die Förderebene des Flaschenabförderers 10 tiefer als die des Flaschenzuförderers 9.The packaging machine shown in Fig. 1 is intended for packing and unpacking bottles in or out of boxes. As can be seen in FIG. 1, the box conveyor 7, 8 transports the boxes 3, 4 horizontally past the packing machine at a constant pitch. From Fig. 2 it can be seen that the container conveyor has two parallel conveyor tracks, with 7 empty boxes 3, e.g. coming from a box washing machine, and boxes 4 filled with empty bottles on the conveyor track 8, e.g. coming from a depalletizing machine, at the same time fed in pairs next to each other. The bottles 5 to be packed in the empty boxes, e.g. Coming from a labeling machine or a filler are fed through the bottle feeder 9 arranged horizontally above the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor. Laterally offset from the bottle feeder 9 is a bottle removal conveyor 10 aligned with the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor. However, in order that the packing heads 1 have access to the boxes standing on the box conveyor, there is a sufficiently large space between the bottle feeder 9 and the bottle removal conveyor 10 in the conveying direction. Furthermore, the conveying level of the bottle conveyor 10 is lower than that of the bottle conveyor 9.

Die in Fig. 2 schematisch angedeuteten Packköpfe 1 besitzen jeweils eine erste und zweite Gruppe 13 und 14 von Greifelementen 2, wobei die erste Gruppe 13 den einzupackenden Flaschen 5, d.h. dem Flaschenzuförderer 9 und der Förderspur 7 des Kastenförderers, und die zweite Gruppe 14 von Greifelementen 2 den auszupackenden Flaschen 6, d.h. dem Flaschenabförderer 10 und der Förderspur 8 des Kastenförderers zugeordnet ist. Die Greifelemente 2 jeder der beiden Gruppen 13 und 14 sind unabhängig voneinander bzw. gleichzeitig wechselseitig von einer Grifflöseposition in eine Zugriffsposition und umgekehrt umsteuerbar.The packing heads 1 indicated schematically in FIG. 2 each have a first and a second group 13 and 14 of gripping elements 2, the first group 13 the bottles 5 to be packed, ie the bottle feeder 9 and the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor, and the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 is assigned to the bottles 6 to be unpacked, that is to say the bottle conveyor 10 and the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor. The gripping elements 2 of each of the two groups 13 and 14 can be reversed independently of one another or at the same time alternately from a grip release position into an access position and vice versa.

In Fig. 1 ist gut erkennbar, daß die Packköpfe 1 durch die Packmaschine auf einer vertikalen Umlaufbahn 30 geführt werden. Die Umlaufbahn 30 besitzt drei Arbeitspositionen, bei deren Passieren durch einen Packkopf jeweils eine Umsteuerung der Greifelemente von der Zugriffsposition in die Grifflöseposition und/oder von der Grifflöseposition in die Zugriffsposition erfolgt. Der Arbeitspunkt I ist dem Flaschenzuförderer 9, der Arbeitspunkt II dem Kastenförderer 7,8 und der Arbeitspunkt III dem Flaschenabförderer 10 zugeordnet.In Fig. 1 it can be clearly seen that the packing heads 1 are guided by the packing machine on a vertical orbit 30. The orbit 30 has three working positions, when they pass through a packing head, the gripping elements are reversed from the access position to the grip release position and / or from the grip release position to the access position. The working point I is assigned to the bottle feeder 9, the working point II to the box conveyor 7, 8 and the working point III to the bottle removal conveyor 10.

Die Packmaschine selbst besteht im wesentlichen aus einem kontinuierlich angetriebenen, in einer vertikalen Ebene umlaufenden Träger 11, an dem ein Packkopf 1 jeweils über ein Mehrgelenkhebelgetriebe beweglich befestigt ist. Das Mehrgelenkhebelgetriebe besitzt jeweils insgesamt pro Packkopf vier Hebel 103, 104, 105 und 106, wobei die beiden am umlaufenden Träger 11 angelenkten Hebel 103 und 105 eine Kurvenrolle 103A bzw. 105A aufweisen. Hinter dem umlaufenden Träger 11 ist ein feststehender Kurventräger 100 mit zwei geschlossenen Nutkurven 101 und 102 angeordnet. Die Kurvenrolle 103A des Hebels 103 ist in der Nutkurve 101 und die Kurvenrolle 105A des Hebels 105 in der Nutkurve 102 geführt. Der Kurvenverlauf dieser beiden Nutkurven 101 und 102 bestimmt die Form der Umlaufbahn 30 der Packköpfe 1. Zusätzlich ist jedem Packkopf 1 eine nicht dargestellte Geradführungseinrichtung zugeordnet, die eine ständige Horizontallage des Packkopfes 1 während des gesamten Umlaufes auf seiner Umlaufbahn 30 sicherstellt.The packing machine itself essentially consists of a continuously driven carrier 11 rotating in a vertical plane, to which a packing head 1 is movably attached in each case via a multi-articulated lever mechanism. The multi-link lever transmission has a total of four levers 103, 104, 105 and 106 per packing head, the two levers 103 and 105 articulated on the rotating carrier 11 having a cam roller 103A and 105A. A fixed curve carrier 100 with two closed groove curves 101 and 102 is arranged behind the rotating carrier 11. The cam roller 103A of the lever 103 is in the groove curve 101 and the cam roller 105A of the lever 105 is in the groove curve 102 guided. The curve of these two groove curves 101 and 102 determines the shape of the orbit 30 of the packing heads 1. In addition, each packing head 1 is assigned a straight guide device, not shown, which ensures a constant horizontal position of the packing head 1 during its entire orbit in its orbit 30.

Bei einem vollständigen Umlauf eines Packkopfes 1 auf der Umlaufbahn 30 wird der Packkopf zuerst im Bereich des Flaschenzuförderers 9 auf die vorderen,in einem geschlossenen Flaschenpulk stehenden Flaschen 5 abgesenkt und bei Erreichen des Arbeitspunktes I die Umsteuerung der Greifelemente 2 der ersten Gruppe 13 von der Grifflöseposition in die Zugriffsposition zum Erfassen der Flaschen 5 vorgenommen. Danach hebt der Packkopf 1 die einzupackenden Flaschen 5 mit ihrem Boden vom Zuförderer 9 ab und setzt sie in einen leer auf der Förderspur 7 des Kastenförderers zulaufenden Kasten 3 ein. Bei diesem Einsetzvorgang wird gleichzeitig die zweite Gruppe 14 von Greifelementen 2 des Packkopfes auf die im Kasten 4 befindlichen auszupackenden Flaschen 6 abgesenkt. In Höhe des Arbeitspunktes II erfolgt dann in etwa gleichzeitig die Umsteuerung der Greifelemente 2 beider Gruppen 13 und 14, wobei die Greifelemente der ersten Gruppe 13 von der Zugriffsposition in die Grifflöseposition und die Greifelemente der zweiten Gruppe 14 von der Grifflöseposition in die Zugriffsposition umgeschaltet werden. Anschließend wird der Packkopf 1 während der Vorwärtsbewegung auch senkrecht angehoben, wobei die Leerflaschen 6 aus dem Kasten 4 herausgehoben und im Bereich des Arbeitspunktes III auf dem Flaschenabförderer 10 durch Umsteuern der Greifelemente 2 der zweiten Gruppe 14 von der Zugriffsposition in die Grifflöseposition freigegeben und durch den Flaschenabförderer 10 von der Maschine, beispielsweise in Richtung einer Flaschenwaschmaschine, abgeführt werden. Im Bereich der drei genannten Arbeitspunkte läuft der Packkopf jeweils abschnittsweise synchron zur Fördergeschwindigkeit der Flaschenförderbänder bzw. des Kastenförderers.When a packing head 1 rotates completely in the orbit 30, the packing head is first lowered in the area of the bottle feeder 9 to the front bottles 5, which are in a closed bottle pack, and when the working point I is reached, the gripping elements 2 of the first group 13 are reversed from the handle release position made in the access position for detecting the bottles 5. Then the packing head 1 lifts the bottles 5 to be packed with their bottoms from the feed conveyor 9 and inserts them into a box 3 which runs empty on the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor. During this insertion process, the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 of the packing head is simultaneously lowered onto the bottles 6 to be unpacked in the box 4. At the working point II, the gripping elements 2 of both groups 13 and 14 are then reversed approximately simultaneously, the gripping elements of the first group 13 being switched from the access position to the grip release position and the gripping elements of the second group 14 being switched from the grip release position to the access position. Then the packing head 1 is also lifted vertically during the forward movement, the Empty bottles 6 are lifted out of the box 4 and released in the area of the working point III on the bottle conveyor 10 by reversing the gripping elements 2 of the second group 14 from the access position into the handle release position and are removed from the machine by the bottle conveyor 10, for example in the direction of a bottle washing machine . In the area of the three operating points mentioned, the packing head runs in sections synchronously with the conveying speed of the bottle conveyor belts or the box conveyor.

Abweichend von der Darstellung in Fig. 2 können der Flaschenzuförderer 9 und der Flaschenabförderer 10 deckungsgleich mit dem darunter verlaufenden Kastenförderer zweispurig ausgebildet werden, wobei dann bei bestimmten Betriebsituationen die Packmaschine vorübergehend mit doppelter Ein- oder Auspackleistung nur als Einpacker oder Auspacker betrieben werden kann. Voraussetzung dafür ist eine entsprechende Umstellmöglichkeit an der Steuereinrichtung der Greifelemente 2. Dadurch kann die Maschine beispielsweise zu Betriebsbeginn einer Flaschenfüllinie zunächst zweispurig nur als Auspackmaschine arbeiten und nach Befüllen der Pufferstrecken und der Flaschenwaschmaschine in den kombinierten Ein- und Auspackbetrieb übergehen. Zu Betriebsende kann dann die Maschine zum schnelleren Entleeren der Pufferstrecken kurzzeitig zweispurig als Einpacker betrieben werden.In a departure from the illustration in FIG. 2, the bottle feeder 9 and the bottle removal conveyor 10 can be configured congruently with the box conveyor running underneath, in which case, in certain operating situations, the packaging machine can only be operated temporarily as a packer or unpacker with double packing or unpacking performance. A prerequisite for this is a corresponding changeover option on the control device of the gripping elements 2. As a result, the machine can, for example at the start of operation of a bottle filling line, initially only work in two lanes as an unpacking machine and, after filling the buffer sections and the bottle washing machine, switch over to the combined packing and unpacking operation. At the end of operation, the machine can then be operated as a packer for a short time in two lanes for faster emptying of the buffer sections.

Ein besonderer Vorteil der Erfindung besteht darin, daß die Packmaschine an einer Seite neben den Flaschen- und Kastenförderbändern angeordnet werden kann, während die gegenüberliegende Seite für das Bedienungspersonal frei zugänglich bleibt.A particular advantage of the invention is that the packaging machine can be arranged on one side next to the bottle and crate conveyor belts, while the opposite side remains freely accessible for the operating personnel.

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  1. Packing machine having at least one packing head (1) circulating continuously on a closed path (30) and having at least one controllable gripping element (2), a packing drum conveyor (7, 8) continuously leading packing drums (3, 4) past the machine in an essentially horizontal plane, an article conveyor (9, 10) arranged at least in the circulating region of the packing head (1) above the packing drum conveyor (7, 8) and extending in parallel to the latter, as well as a control device (101 to 106) for the movement by force of the packing head relative to the packing drum conveyor (7, 8) and article conveyor (9, 10), characterised in that by means of the article conveyor (9, 10) and the packing drum conveyor (7, 8) both articles (5, 6) to be packed and unpacked as well as empty packing drums and packing drums (3, 4) filled with articles (6) to be unpacked are transported continuously, and that located one behind the other along the circulating path (30) of the packing head are three working points (I, II, III) spaced relative to one another, during the passage through which the gripping elements (2) are changed over from a grip release position into a grasping position or vice versa.
  2. Packing machine according to Claim 1, characterised in that the article conveyor (9, 10) and the packing drum conveyor (7, 8) are driven in the same direction, the article conveyor possessing a feed conveyor section (9) and an offtake conveyor section (10), each of the two preferably terminating in the region of the circulating path (30) of the packing head (1).
  3. Machine according to one of the Claims 1 or 2, characterised in that at a working point (I) articles (5) fed by the article conveyor (9) to the machine are grasped, at the working point (II) following that, after insertion in a packing drum (3), the articles (5) are released and approximately simultaneously articles (6) to be unpacked located in a packing drum (4) are grasped and the latter are released on reaching the next working point (III) on an article conveyor (10) leading the unpacked articles away from the machine.
  4. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the article conveyor has a feed conveyor section (9) and an offtake conveyor section (10) and that between these two conveyor sections (9, 10) in the region of the circulating path (30) of the packing head (1) an intermediate space is available for the free passage of the packing head from above in the direction towards the packing drum conveyor (7, 8).
  5. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that on the packing drum conveyor (7, 8) empty packing drums (3) and packing drums (4) filled with articles (6) to be unpacked are fed simultaneously to the machine in the correct position in two tracks one beside the other and that the feed conveyor section (9) of the article conveyor is associated with the conveyor track (7) carrying the empty packing drums (3) while the offtake conveyor section (10) is associated with the second conveyor track (8) carrying the packing drums (4) to be unpacked.
  6. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the packing head (1) has a first and second group (13, 14) of gripping elements (2), each of the two groups of gripping elements (2) being capable independently of one another or alternately of being transferred in selectively controlled manner from a grasping position into a grip release position and vice versa.
  7. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least the part of the circulating path (30) of a packing head (1) encompassing the three working points (I, II, III) is located in a vertical plane over the article conveyor (9, 10) and packing drum conveyor (7, 8).
  8. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that during a complete revolution on its circulating path (30) a packing head (1) moves in a vertical plane extending over the article conveyor (9, 10) and packing drum conveyor (7, 8).
  9. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least in each case shortly before, during and after passing through the three working points (I, II, III) the packing head (1) runs synchronously with the conveyor speed of the article conveyor (9, 10) or of the packing drum conveyor (7, 8).
  10. Machine according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the part of the machine carrying the packing heads (1) is arranged only on one side of the article conveyor (9, 10) and packing drum conveyor (7, 8) and the opposite side is freely accessible.
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