EP1628241A1 - Dispositif pour détecter des structures, telles que profilés ou empreintes, dans des corps de bouteilles ou récipients similaires - Google Patents

Dispositif pour détecter des structures, telles que profilés ou empreintes, dans des corps de bouteilles ou récipients similaires Download PDF

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EP1628241A1
EP1628241A1 EP05014977A EP05014977A EP1628241A1 EP 1628241 A1 EP1628241 A1 EP 1628241A1 EP 05014977 A EP05014977 A EP 05014977A EP 05014977 A EP05014977 A EP 05014977A EP 1628241 A1 EP1628241 A1 EP 1628241A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65CLABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/40Controls; Safety devices
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65CLABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/06Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
    • B65C9/067Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station for orienting articles having irregularities, e.g. holes, spots or markings, e.g. labels or imprints, the irregularities or markings being detected

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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device with which it is possible to detect the bodies or bottles of the like. Profiles or embossments reliable and non-contact. To solve this problem, a device according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
  • the at least one sensor element is preferably an electronic camera with which a camera image is generated, which corresponds to the illuminated surface of the luminescent screen which is reflected on the outer surface of the respective container.
  • a camera image is generated, which corresponds to the illuminated surface of the luminescent screen which is reflected on the outer surface of the respective container.
  • At smooth trained surface areas of the container of the screen in the camera image is bright again.
  • Embossments in the container wall and, in particular, transitions or edges formed by profilings or embossings appear in the camera image as dark areas or dark transitions.
  • the actual orientation (actual orientation) of the respective container at a detection position and the deviation be determined by a desired orientation, for example, to generate a control signal, with which then the respective container is brought by rotating about its container axis in the desired orientation.
  • a desired orientation for example, to generate a control signal, with which then the respective container is brought by rotating about its container axis in the desired orientation.
  • Other structures on the container wall can be detected with the device according to the invention.
  • another opto-electric sensor device optically scanning the respective container can also be used.
  • the device generally designated 1 in the figure is used for the opto-electronic detection and evaluation of structures or imprints on bottles 2 and is for example part of a station in which the bottles 2 for a subsequent labeling with respect to a conveying direction (arrow A) be aligned by turning it around its vertical bottle axis.
  • the bottles 2 are moved past the device 1 on a conveyor in the conveying direction A.
  • the conveyor is, for example, a linear conveyor which forms a straight-line transport path 3 for the bottles 2, or a rotary table driven peripherally around a vertical machine axis, which has stand surfaces for the bottles 2 at its periphery and a circular transport path 4 for the bottles 2 forms.
  • the device 1 is u.a. from a luminescent screen 5 with a luminescent screen element 6, which in the illustrated embodiment has a circular cylindrical shape on its inside 6.1 and on its outside 6.2 and extends over the entire height H and length of the luminescent screen 5.
  • the luminescent screen 5 is arranged on one side of the respective transport path 3 or 4, specifically in the case of the circular transport path 4 of the rotary table outside this transport path and laterally from the rotary table.
  • the vertical axis of curvature LSA of the screen element 6 intersects the respective transport path 3 or 4, on which the bottles 2 move with their bottle axis. Furthermore, the screen element 6 is oriented so that the bottle 2, which is located in the detection position shown in Figure 1, with its axis is arranged coaxially with the axis of curvature LSA.
  • the luminescent screen 5 has in the vertical direction, ie in the axial direction perpendicular to the plane of the figure, a height H that is slightly greater than the height of the area of the bottles 2 to be detected by the device 1, for example slightly larger than the height of the bottles 2. With the two edges 5.1 and 5.2 extending in the vertical direction, the luminescent screen 5 extends as close as possible to the respective transporting lug 3 or 4, ie in the case of the linear transporting lane 3 the luminescent screen 5 extends over an angular range of slightly less than 180 [deg.] vertical axis LSA.
  • the luminescent screen 5 can be made somewhat longer, i. the luminescent screen can then extend over an angular range greater than 180 ° about the axis LSA.
  • the radius of curvature that the light-emitting element 6 has at its, the respective bottle 2 facing concave inside is significantly greater than half the outer diameter, the bottles 2 have at their area to be detected.
  • the luminescent screen 5 is furthermore designed such that in the activated state the luminescent screen element 6 illuminates at its entire concave inner surface 6.1 with the same or almost identical brightness.
  • the luminescent screen element 6 is, for example, designed to be light-scattering from a translucent material and consists, for example, of a pane of frosted glass or a frosted-glass-like material.
  • light sources 6 light-emitting elements 6.3 are provided on the convex outer side 6.2 of the fluorescent screen element, for example, a plurality of oriented in the vertical direction fluorescent lamps and / or a plurality of LEDs or the like.
  • an electronic camera 7 is further provided, in the illustrated embodiment on the convex outside 6.2 of the screen element 6.
  • the luminescent screen 5 has an opening 8, through which the respective bottle 2 located in the detection position or its region having the embossing is imaged by the camera 7.
  • the camera axis 7.1 also intersects the axis LSA in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the camera axis 7.1 continues to lie in a vertical center plane M, which intersects the transport path 3 perpendicular or is oriented radially to the circular transport path 4 and to which the device 1 is mirror-symmetrical.
  • a surface element 9 is provided, which forms a flat side 9.1, which is oriented in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the camera axis 7.1, the phosphor screen 5 facing white background.
  • the surface element 9 or the surface 9.1 are further oriented so that this surface is 9.1 mirror-symmetrical to the center plane M formed.
  • the opening angle ⁇ which the camera 7 or the camera lens has in the horizontal axis perpendicular to the camera axis 7.1, is chosen to be so large that the white background also exists on both sides of the bottle 2 located in the detection position the area 9.1 is displayed.
  • the opening angle of the camera 7 in the vertical axis direction perpendicular to the camera axis 7.1 corresponds for example to the opening angle ⁇ , but may also deviate therefrom, for example, be smaller than the opening angle ⁇ .
  • Each filled with a liquid product and sealed bottles 2 are the device 1 successively fed to the respective transport path 3 and 4, so that the bottles 2 each successively reach the detection position.
  • the respective bottle 2 positioned at this position then forms, with the outer surface of its bottle body, a kind of mirror or reflection surface through which the camera 7 and the like can be used.
  • the luminous inner surface 6.1 of the activated luminescent screen 5 is viewed, as indicated by the arrows B and C in FIG. Smooth areas of the bottle body, which are also concentric or approximately concentric with the inner surface 6.1 of the luminescent screen 5, appear bright in the image of the camera, while transitions formed by profilings or embossings are reproduced in the camera image as dark areas or transitions.
  • the image data supplied by the camera 7 are processed in an evaluation and control electronics 10 (for example computers) having an image processing unit, which is then, inter alia, processed. from the number and the spatial allocation of the dark transitions in the camera image and taking into account the respective actual structuring or embossing of the bottle body, e.g. determines the angle at which the respective bottle 2 must be rotated about its axis of the bottle so that it has the required orientation for labeling.
  • the evaluation and control electronics 10 then supplies for this purpose at an output, e.g. a corresponding control signal to a bottle alignment station, not shown.
  • the two outer vertical edge regions of the bottle body of the bottle 2 located in each case at the detection position are also imaged in front of the white background of the surface 9.1.
  • a first rough statement about the actual orientation of the respective bottle 2 located at the detection position is already possible from the course of these edge regions, which, for example, appear substantially straight outside the embossing in the camera image and have a conspicuous waviness in the region of embossing the course of the edge regions in the camera image in the evaluation and control electronics 10 can be processed in support of determining the actual orientation of the respective bottle 2 and the deviation from the desired orientation.
  • the screen element 6 can also be designed so that instead of the discrete, provided on the outside of the screen element 6 light-emitting elements 6.3 other means are used, which ensure the most uniform illumination of the inner surface 6.1.
  • the luminescent screen element may be formed, for example, by a single-layer or multi-layer, light source of one or more light sources radiating light guide arrangement, for example on the convex outside of a curved lens, which then forms the inner surface of the luminescent screen with its concave inner side.

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EP05014977A 2004-08-19 2005-07-11 Dispositif pour détecter des structures, telles que profilés ou empreintes, dans des corps de bouteilles ou récipients similaires Not-in-force EP1628241B1 (fr)

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