EP2383212A1 - Winding device for a tape - Google Patents
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- the present invention has as its subject a winding device for a tape; in particular said device is incorporated into a depalletizing machine for bodies arranged on pallets and bound to each other by means of a tape.
- Machines are known for palletizing cylindrical bodies, known as "snake palletizers".
- the bodies are organized into several rows arranged one above the other. Normally the central bodies in each row rest in the concavity formed by two adjacent bodies in the row below.
- a tape is used (made of paper, for example) which extends snake-fashion between the rows of bodies.
- Machines are known which carry out depalletization of bodies organized in this way. In order to be able to carry out this depalletization simultaneously with the removal of the bodies from the pallet, there is a need to wind up the tape which kept the bodies themselves bound together.
- machines are known in which there is a spool onto which this tape is wound. This spool is made to rotate by an electric motor whose spindle rotates with respect to the spool according to a constant transmission ratio.
- Machines of this type have a disadvantage connected with the fact that during the winding of the tape the latter could break if the tension of the tape caused by the action of the spool exceeds a breakage value.
- the technical task at the base of the present invention is to propose a winding device for a tape which will overcome the disadvantages of the known art mentioned above.
- an object of the present invention to make available a winding device capable of preventing the tension of the tape from exceeding a breakage value.
- An additional object of the present invention is to propose a winding device capable of improving productivity.
- reference number 10 indicates a winding device for a tape.
- this winding device 10 is incorporated into a depalletizing machine 1 for bodies held on pallets by means of at least one retaining tape.
- This machine 1 comprises a winding device 10 for the tape which is removed from the pallet.
- the winding device 10 comprises:
- the transmission means 4 comprise a flexible annular body 40. Perpendicularly to its own extension, said body 40 can therefore be deformed. Annular body 40 is substantially inextensible (at least for the degree of tensioning to which it is subjected).
- annular body 40 is a belt 401, preferably a round belt.
- the drive rotor 2 and the driven rotor 3 comprise corresponding pulleys 200, 300 in which the belt 401 engages.
- the annular body 40 could be a chain, and in that case the drive rotor 2 and the driven rotor 3 could comprise two toothed elements which mesh with said chain.
- the body 40 extends along a route comprising:
- the winding device 10 comprises furthermore a spool 30 for winding said tape.
- the spool 30 is dragged in rotation by said driven rotor 3.
- the transmission ratio between said driven rotor 3 and said belt 401 is constant.
- said spool 30 is integral with the driven rotor 3 (in that case the transmission ratio is unitary).
- said spool 30 is keyed onto the same spindle as is the pulley 300 which forms part of said driven rotor 3.
- the winding device 10 comprises furthermore:
- guiding means 52 for the slider 5 between the first and the second position extend perpendicularly to the direction 31 of connection, imposing on the slider 5 a trajectory perpendicular to the direction 31 of connection.
- idling element 51 comprises a roller 510 which facilitates sliding between said annular body 40 and slider 5.
- Idling element 51 is located at one end of the slider 5.
- Tensioning means 6 advantageously comprise elastic means 60, for example a spring. In the solution illustrated by way of example but not limitingly, the spring is a helical spring. Tensioning means 6 (preferably elastic means 60) extend between one end in contact with guide means 52 and another end in contact with slider 5.
- Tensioning means 6 act on the slider 5 opposing the passage of the slider 5 from the first to the second position.
- tensioning means 6 oppose the displacement of the slider 5 from the first position to the second position.
- first position idling element 51 makes said first run 41 of the route of annular body 40 assume a bowed configuration; in the second position idling element 51 allows said first run 41 a less bowed configuration.
- the displacement of slider 5 from the first to the second position is brought about by a variation in the degree of tensioning of the annular body 40 along the first run 41, induced by an increase in a resistive torque acting on the driven rotor 3.
- a similar increase in the resistive torque is accompanied by a variation in the line of extension of annular body 40 along the first run 41.
- This increase in the resistive torque is brought about by an increase in the resistive force exerted by the tape on the spool. This increase in the resistive force, if no intervention occurs, could reach values such as to cause the breakage of the tape itself.
- winding device 10 comprises means 7 of inverting the motion of the drive rotor 2, activated directly or indirectly by the passage of the slider 5 through a predetermined position during the stroke from the first towards the second position.
- Said predetermined position can at its limit also coincide with said second position.
- the inversion of the motion of the drive rotor 2 allows the inversion of the direction of rotation of the driven rotor 3 and thus the direction of rotation of the winding spool 30 which is attached to it, with a consequent reduction in the degree of tension of the tape which is being wound onto the spool 30.
- the inversion means 7 comprise:
- the transducer comprises an inductive sensor, preferably of analogue type.
- This inductive sensor comprises an inducer; when the slider 5 moves with respect to the inducer, a variation is caused in the impedance of the inducer and this translates into an output electrical signal from the inductive sensor.
- the slider 5 it is necessary for the slider 5 to be made of an electrically conductive material, preferably metal.
- the electronic control unit 73 compares said output electrical signal from the transducer 71 with a predetermined value; if the value of the output electrical signal (for example a voltage) is greater than a predetermined value, then the electronic control unit 73 commands said motor 72 to invert its direction of rotation and thus the direction of rotation of the drive rotor 2.
- the transducer 71 opportunely comprises an inductive sensor 710 located along the stroke of the slider 5, said sensor 710 not being integral with the motion of the slider 5.
- the slider 5 comprises an inclined profile in electrically conductive material facing said sensor 710. Displacement of slider 5 causes a movement of said inclined profile away from or towards said sensor 710, thus bringing about a variation in the output electrical signal from said transducer 71.
- the slider 5 passing through a predetermined position could move a mechanical switch, bringing about an inversion in the motion of the drive rotor 2 (opportunely this occurs by inverting the direction of rotation of the electric motor coupled to said drive rotor 2).
- Inversion means 7 are activated by the passage of the slider 5 through said predetermined position also during the stroke from the second to the first position.
- the winding device 10 comprises a casing 8 which at least partially encloses at least the following components: drive rotor 2, driven rotor 3, transmission means 4, slider 5. Externally to said casing 8 on the other hand there is said winding spool 30. In particular, spool 30 projects outwards externally to casing 8.
- depalletizing machine 1 comprises a rail along which the winding device 10 is movable (if suitably moved by an electric motor.
- depalletizing machine 1 comprises two winding devices 10 featuring one or more of the characteristics described above. In particular this enables two tapes on two neighbouring pallets to be wound.
- each actuating device 10 is controllable independently of the other.
- the casing 8 partially encloses the two winding devices 10.
- the drive rotor 2, the driven rotor 3, the transmission means 4 and the slider 5 of each winding device 10 are located inside the casing 8, while the spools 30 of each winding device 10 are located outside the casing 8.
- the operation of the winding device 10 is as follows.
- the depalletizing machine 1 comprises a pick-up device 1000 for bodies arranged on a pallet and bound together by the retaining tape.
- the depalletizing machine 1 comprises a synchronization system for the device 10 for winding the tape and the pick-up device 1000.
- This synchronization system activates and deactivates the rotation of drive rotor 2, following a preset program which depends on how many bodies there are on the pallet, how they are distributed, the route followed by the tape within the group of bodies on the pallet and possibly also the movement of the pick-up device 1000.
- Pick-up device 1000 for at least one body comprises, in its turn:
- the head 201 comprises at least a first and a second feeler profile 210a, 210b which extend parallel to each other at least along a second direction 50b transverse to the first direction 50a.
- the perpendicular projection of the gripping means 202 on a plane normal to the first direction 50a is at least in part interposed between the perpendicular projection of the first and the second feeler profile 210a, 210b on said plane normal to the first direction 50a.
- the pick-up device 1000 comprises floating sliding means 600 for the head 201 with respect to the support 301 along a third direction 50c transverse to the first and second directions 50a, 50b, said floating sliding means 600 comprising:
- a force having a component along the third direction 50c is exerted by the body on only one of said first and second feeler profiles 210a, 210b being able to cause a displacement of said head 201 along the third direction 50c to seek the alignment along the third direction 50c of the gripping means 202 and a predetermined area of the body.
- the first direction 50a is vertical.
- first direction 50a is perpendicular to the second direction 50b.
- third direction 50c is perpendicular to the first and second directions 50a and 50b.
- Floating sliding means 600 comprise return means 630 for the slider 610 to a predetermined equilibrium position with respect to guide means 620.
- Return means 630 comprise:
- the slider 610 comprises a central body 640 extending along said third direction 50c; perpendicularly to the third direction 50c, a first and a second end 650a, 650b of the slider 610 have a greater overall size than the central body 640.
- the guide means 620 comprise a short tube 6230 having a through hole 6240 into which is inserted said central body 640, said short tube 6230 being interposed between the first and the second ends 650a, 650b of the slider 610.
- the first return means 6310 are interposed between the first end 650a and said short tube 6230, said second return means 6320 being interposed between said second end 650b and said short tube 6230.
- Both the first and the second return means 631, 632 comprise an elastic spring.
- the head 201 comprises a housing 220 which forms a concavity facing towards an imaginary reference plane integral with the housing 220, said housing 220 comprising a bottom 230 counterfacing said imaginary reference plane and at least one first and one second lateral wall 240a, 240b which extend away from said bottom 230 respectively as far as a first and a second edge 250a, 250b.
- the first and second edges 250a, 250b support respectively the first and second feeler profiles 210a, 210b.
- the gripping means 202 in the preferred solution comprise a magnet 2000.
- the winding device 1000 comprises means 2010 of moving said magnet 2000 which are movable between a first configuration in which the magnet 2000 is inside the housing 220 and proximal to said bottom 230, and a second configuration in which the magnet 2000 is distal from said bottom 230 and approached to the first and the second feeler profiles 210a, 21b.
- At least said magnet 2000 and the first and the second feeler profile 210a, 210b form an operative unit 2020, said head 201 comprising a plurality of operative units 2020 side by side (in this way several bodies can be moved simultaneously.
- the pick-up device 1000 provides for the following stages:
- the method provides furthermore for lifting the head 201 and the body 90 attached to it along the first direction 50a. This brings about an elastic return of the head 201 and support 301 to the relative position occupied immediately before the stage of exerting a force along the first direction 50a to press together head 201 and body 90.
- the invention achieves important advantages.
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Abstract
Winding device for a tape comprising:
- a drive rotor (2);
- a driven rotor (3), the axis of rotation of the drive rotor (2) and the axis of rotation of the driven rotor (3) being perpendicular to a straight line which extends along a direction (31) of connection;
- means (4) for transmitting motion from the drive rotor (2) to the driven rotor (3), comprising a flexible annular body (40);
- a slider (5) comprising an idling element (51) for said annular body (40);
- tensioning means (6) which press the idling element (51) against the annular body (40);
- means (7) for inverting the motion of the drive rotor (2), activated directly or indirectly by the passage of the slider (5) through a predetermined position during a stroke from a first towards a second position.
- a drive rotor (2);
- a driven rotor (3), the axis of rotation of the drive rotor (2) and the axis of rotation of the driven rotor (3) being perpendicular to a straight line which extends along a direction (31) of connection;
- means (4) for transmitting motion from the drive rotor (2) to the driven rotor (3), comprising a flexible annular body (40);
- a slider (5) comprising an idling element (51) for said annular body (40);
- tensioning means (6) which press the idling element (51) against the annular body (40);
- means (7) for inverting the motion of the drive rotor (2), activated directly or indirectly by the passage of the slider (5) through a predetermined position during a stroke from a first towards a second position.
Description
- The present invention has as its subject a winding device for a tape; in particular said device is incorporated into a depalletizing machine for bodies arranged on pallets and bound to each other by means of a tape.
- Machines are known for palletizing cylindrical bodies, known as "snake palletizers". In such machines the bodies are organized into several rows arranged one above the other. Normally the central bodies in each row rest in the concavity formed by two adjacent bodies in the row below. To permit the aggregation of such bodies, normally a tape is used (made of paper, for example) which extends snake-fashion between the rows of bodies. Machines are known which carry out depalletization of bodies organized in this way. In order to be able to carry out this depalletization simultaneously with the removal of the bodies from the pallet, there is a need to wind up the tape which kept the bodies themselves bound together. In this connection machines are known in which there is a spool onto which this tape is wound. This spool is made to rotate by an electric motor whose spindle rotates with respect to the spool according to a constant transmission ratio.
- Machines of this type have a disadvantage connected with the fact that during the winding of the tape the latter could break if the tension of the tape caused by the action of the spool exceeds a breakage value.
- In this context, the technical task at the base of the present invention is to propose a winding device for a tape which will overcome the disadvantages of the known art mentioned above.
- In particular, it is an object of the present invention to make available a winding device capable of preventing the tension of the tape from exceeding a breakage value. An additional object of the present invention is to propose a winding device capable of improving productivity.
- The declared technical task and the specified objects are substantially achieved by a winding device comprising the technical characteristics described in one or more of the attached claims.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become clearer from the indicative, and therefore non-limiting, description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of a winding device, as illustrated in the attached drawings, in which:
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figures 1 and 2 show a winding device for a tape according to the present invention; -
figures 3a ,4a and5a show subsequent configurations of a winding device according to the present invention; -
figures 3b ,4b ,5b show in a perspective view what is illustrated infigures 3a ,4a ,5a ; -
figure 6 shows a depalletizing machine incorporating a winding device according to the present invention; -
figure 7 shows a pick-up device incorporated into the depalletizing machine shown infigure 6 ; -
figure 8 shows a component of the device shown infigure 7 ; -
figure 9 shows a view in section along the plane A-A infigure 8 ; -
figures 10-12 show different operative configurations of the pick-up device. - With reference to the attached drawings,
reference number 10 indicates a winding device for a tape. Advantageously thiswinding device 10 is incorporated into a depalletizing machine 1 for bodies held on pallets by means of at least one retaining tape. - This machine 1 comprises a
winding device 10 for the tape which is removed from the pallet. - The
winding device 10 comprises: - a drive
rotor 2; - a driven
rotor 3, the axis of rotation of thedrive rotor 2 and the axis of rotation of the drivenrotor 3 being perpendicular to a straight line which extends along adirection 31 of connection (of the axis of rotation of thedrive rotor 2 and the axis of rotation of the driven rotor 3); - means 4 of transmitting motion from the
drive rotor 2 to the drivenrotor 3. - The transmission means 4 comprise a flexible
annular body 40. Perpendicularly to its own extension, saidbody 40 can therefore be deformed.Annular body 40 is substantially inextensible (at least for the degree of tensioning to which it is subjected). Advantageouslyannular body 40 is abelt 401, preferably a round belt. In this case advantageously thedrive rotor 2 and the drivenrotor 3 comprisecorresponding pulleys belt 401 engages. - In an alternative constructive solution (not illustrated) the
annular body 40 could be a chain, and in that case thedrive rotor 2 and the drivenrotor 3 could comprise two toothed elements which mesh with said chain. - The
body 40 extends along a route comprising: - a
first run 41 between thedrive rotor 2 and the drivenrotor 3; - a second, bowed
run 42 consecutive to thefirst run 41 in which theannular body 40 is wound around thedrive rotor 2; - a
third run 43 consecutive to thesecond run 42 interposed between the drivenrotor 3 and thedrive rotor 2; - a fourth, bowed
run 44 consecutive to the first andthird runs rotor 3; - The
winding device 10 comprises furthermore aspool 30 for winding said tape. Thespool 30 is dragged in rotation by said drivenrotor 3. Advantageously the transmission ratio between said drivenrotor 3 and saidbelt 401 is constant. Advantageously saidspool 30 is integral with the driven rotor 3 (in that case the transmission ratio is unitary). In particular saidspool 30 is keyed onto the same spindle as is thepulley 300 which forms part of said drivenrotor 3. - The
winding device 10 comprises furthermore: - a
slider 5 comprising anidling element 51 for saidannular body 40; - tensioning means 6 which press the
idling element 51 against theannular body 40 along saidfirst run 41; - guiding means 52 for the
slider 5 at least between a first and a second position following a trajectory at least in part transverse to thedirection 31 of connection. - In the preferred solution the guiding means 52 for the
slider 5 between the first and the second position extend perpendicularly to thedirection 31 of connection, imposing on the slider 5 a trajectory perpendicular to thedirection 31 of connection. Advantageously,idling element 51 comprises aroller 510 which facilitates sliding between saidannular body 40 andslider 5. Idlingelement 51 is located at one end of theslider 5. Tensioning means 6 advantageously comprise elastic means 60, for example a spring. In the solution illustrated by way of example but not limitingly, the spring is a helical spring. Tensioning means 6 (preferably elastic means 60) extend between one end in contact with guide means 52 and another end in contact withslider 5. - Tensioning means 6 act on the
slider 5 opposing the passage of theslider 5 from the first to the second position. - Advantageously (see solution illustrated) tensioning means 6 oppose the displacement of the
slider 5 from the first position to the second position. In the first positionidling element 51 makes saidfirst run 41 of the route ofannular body 40 assume a bowed configuration; in the second positionidling element 51 allows said first run 41 a less bowed configuration. - The displacement of
slider 5 from the first to the second position is brought about by a variation in the degree of tensioning of theannular body 40 along thefirst run 41, induced by an increase in a resistive torque acting on the drivenrotor 3. A similar increase in the resistive torque is accompanied by a variation in the line of extension ofannular body 40 along thefirst run 41. This increase in the resistive torque is brought about by an increase in the resistive force exerted by the tape on the spool. This increase in the resistive force, if no intervention occurs, could reach values such as to cause the breakage of the tape itself. Advantageously,winding device 10 comprises means 7 of inverting the motion of thedrive rotor 2, activated directly or indirectly by the passage of theslider 5 through a predetermined position during the stroke from the first towards the second position. Said predetermined position can at its limit also coincide with said second position. - The inversion of the motion of the
drive rotor 2 allows the inversion of the direction of rotation of the drivenrotor 3 and thus the direction of rotation of the windingspool 30 which is attached to it, with a consequent reduction in the degree of tension of the tape which is being wound onto thespool 30. - With reference to the solution illustrated, the inversion means 7 comprise:
- a
transducer 71 which converts a signal linked to the position ofslider 5 into an electrical signal; - a
motor 72 which drags thedrive rotor 2 in rotation; - a control unit 73 which, depending on said electrical signal, controls the direction of rotation of said
motor 72. - Advantageously the transducer comprises an inductive sensor, preferably of analogue type.
- This inductive sensor comprises an inducer; when the
slider 5 moves with respect to the inducer, a variation is caused in the impedance of the inducer and this translates into an output electrical signal from the inductive sensor. For this purpose it is necessary for theslider 5 to be made of an electrically conductive material, preferably metal. The electronic control unit 73 compares said output electrical signal from thetransducer 71 with a predetermined value; if the value of the output electrical signal (for example a voltage) is greater than a predetermined value, then the electronic control unit 73 commands saidmotor 72 to invert its direction of rotation and thus the direction of rotation of thedrive rotor 2. - In the preferred solution the
transducer 71 opportunely comprises aninductive sensor 710 located along the stroke of theslider 5, saidsensor 710 not being integral with the motion of theslider 5. - The
slider 5 comprises an inclined profile in electrically conductive material facing saidsensor 710. Displacement ofslider 5 causes a movement of said inclined profile away from or towards saidsensor 710, thus bringing about a variation in the output electrical signal from saidtransducer 71. - In an alternative solution, not preferred and not illustrated, the
slider 5 passing through a predetermined position could move a mechanical switch, bringing about an inversion in the motion of the drive rotor 2 (opportunely this occurs by inverting the direction of rotation of the electric motor coupled to said drive rotor 2). - Inversion means 7 are activated by the passage of the
slider 5 through said predetermined position also during the stroke from the second to the first position. - In fact inverting the direction of rotation of the
drive rotor 2 causes a reduction in the degree of tension of theannular body 40 along thefirst run 41, and the tensioning means 6 thrust theslider 5 towards the first position. The displacement of theslider 5 towards the first position is accompanied by a displacement of the idlingelement 51 which further bows theannular body 40 along thefirst run 41, distancing saidfirst run 41 from a rectilinear configuration. During this stroke towards the first position,slider 5 once again transits through said predetermined position, again activating inversion means 7. Driverotor 2 then recommences rewinding the tape in the winding direction. Advantageously the windingdevice 10 comprises acasing 8 which at least partially encloses at least the following components: driverotor 2, drivenrotor 3, transmission means 4,slider 5. Externally to saidcasing 8 on the other hand there is said windingspool 30. In particular,spool 30 projects outwards externally tocasing 8. - Advantageously, depalletizing machine 1 comprises a rail along which the winding
device 10 is movable (if suitably moved by an electric motor. - Opportunely, depalletizing machine 1 comprises two winding
devices 10 featuring one or more of the characteristics described above. In particular this enables two tapes on two neighbouring pallets to be wound. Advantageously each actuatingdevice 10 is controllable independently of the other. Advantageously thecasing 8 partially encloses the two windingdevices 10. In particular thedrive rotor 2, the drivenrotor 3, the transmission means 4 and theslider 5 of each windingdevice 10 are located inside thecasing 8, while thespools 30 of each windingdevice 10 are located outside thecasing 8. - With reference to the attached drawings, the operation of the winding
device 10 is as follows. - Referring to
figure 1 : during winding, force F1 acting tangentially to thespool 30 as a result of the pull of the tape generates on the driven rotor 3 a resistive torque to the rotation caused by thedrive rotor 2. This confers on the belt 401 a tension insufficient to overcome the resistance to compression of the elastic means 60 and consequently insufficient to significantly move theslider 5. The inductive sensor consequently does not detect any variation in electrical field. - Referring now to
figure 2 : - if during winding the tape reaches excessive tension, force F2 (greater than the average of force F1), tangential to the
spool 30, generates on the driven rotor 3 a resistive force such that thebelt 401 being tensioned increases the pressure onslider 5.Slider 5 consequently overcomes the resistance to compression ofelastic means 60 and travels along guide means 52. The inductive sensor in this case detects variation in the field because of the displacement of the inclined profile of theslider 5. - Referring now to
figure 3 : - the displacement of the
slider 5 modifies the field detected by the inductive sensor and consequently the output electrical signal (for example a difference in potential) from the sensor itself. If the signal crosses a limit threshold, control unit 73 (by means of suitable software) inverts the direction of rotation ofdrive rotor 2. As a result there is a reduction in the tension of the tape being wound, and also of thebelt 401, which reduces the pressure on theslider 5, taking it back to a normal working position. At this point the windingdevice 10 recommences working as indicated infigure 1 . - Opportunely the depalletizing machine 1 comprises a pick-up
device 1000 for bodies arranged on a pallet and bound together by the retaining tape. In particular the depalletizing machine 1 comprises a synchronization system for thedevice 10 for winding the tape and the pick-updevice 1000. This synchronization system activates and deactivates the rotation ofdrive rotor 2, following a preset program which depends on how many bodies there are on the pallet, how they are distributed, the route followed by the tape within the group of bodies on the pallet and possibly also the movement of the pick-updevice 1000. - Pick-up
device 1000 for at least one body comprises, in its turn: - a
loadbearing base 70 over which the body to be picked up is positionable; - a head 201 comprising
means 202 of gripping the body; - a
support 301 on which the head 201 is hung; - means 80 of aligning the head 201 and the
base 70 along a first direction (opportunely the alignment means 80 make it possible to place the head 201 over the base 70); - means 40 of bringing the head 201 and the
base 70 along thefirst direction 50a into relative convergence (the base 70 can advantageously be the traffic-bearing surface below). - The head 201 comprises at least a first and a
second feeler profile second direction 50b transverse to thefirst direction 50a. The perpendicular projection of the gripping means 202 on a plane normal to thefirst direction 50a is at least in part interposed between the perpendicular projection of the first and thesecond feeler profile first direction 50a. - The pick-up
device 1000 comprises floating sliding means 600 for the head 201 with respect to thesupport 301 along a third direction 50c transverse to the first andsecond directions - a
slider 610 forming part of the head 201 and integral with the first andsecond feeler profiles - guide means (620) for said
slider 610 which allow the movement of saidslider 610 and of said head 201 along the third direction 50c, said guide means 620 forming part ofsupport 301; - Following the action of the convergence means 40, a force having a component along the third direction 50c is exerted by the body on only one of said first and
second feeler profiles gripping means 202 and a predetermined area of the body. - As illustrated by way of example in the attached drawings, the
first direction 50a is vertical. - In particular the
first direction 50a is perpendicular to thesecond direction 50b. Preferably the third direction 50c is perpendicular to the first andsecond directions - Floating sliding means 600 comprise return means 630 for the
slider 610 to a predetermined equilibrium position with respect to guidemeans 620. - Return means 630 comprise:
- first return means 6310 interposed between a first surface 6110 of the
slider 610 and afirst surface 6210 of the guide means 620, said first surface 6110 of theslider 610 and saidfirst surface 6210 of the guide means 620 counterfacing each other and lying on planes perpendicular to the third direction 50c; - second return means 6320 interposed between a
second surface 6120 of theslider 610 and asecond surface 6220 of the guide means 620, thesecond surface 6120 of theslider 610 and saidsecond surface 6220 of the guide means 620 counterfacing each other and lying on planes perpendicular to the third direction 50c. - The
slider 610 comprises acentral body 640 extending along said third direction 50c; perpendicularly to the third direction 50c, a first and asecond end slider 610 have a greater overall size than thecentral body 640. - The guide means 620 comprise a
short tube 6230 having a throughhole 6240 into which is inserted saidcentral body 640, saidshort tube 6230 being interposed between the first and the second ends 650a, 650b of theslider 610. The first return means 6310 are interposed between thefirst end 650a and saidshort tube 6230, said second return means 6320 being interposed between saidsecond end 650b and saidshort tube 6230. Both the first and the second return means 631, 632 comprise an elastic spring. - The head 201 comprises a
housing 220 which forms a concavity facing towards an imaginary reference plane integral with thehousing 220, saidhousing 220 comprising a bottom 230 counterfacing said imaginary reference plane and at least one first and one secondlateral wall second edge 250a, 250b. The first andsecond edges 250a, 250b support respectively the first andsecond feeler profiles - The gripping means 202 in the preferred solution comprise a
magnet 2000. - In particular the winding
device 1000 comprisesmeans 2010 of moving saidmagnet 2000 which are movable between a first configuration in which themagnet 2000 is inside thehousing 220 and proximal to saidbottom 230, and a second configuration in which themagnet 2000 is distal from saidbottom 230 and approached to the first and thesecond feeler profiles 210a, 21b. - At least said
magnet 2000 and the first and thesecond feeler profile operative unit 2020, said head 201 comprising a plurality ofoperative units 2020 side by side (in this way several bodies can be moved simultaneously. - During operation the pick-up
device 1000 provides for the following stages: - positioning in front of the body 90 a pick-up head 201 comprising
gripping means 202 and at least one first and onesecond feeler profile second feeler profiles portion 900 of thebody 90 in which there is a junction of twosuperficial portions 910 of the body which, projecting towards said head 201 approach one another; - converging said head 201 with
body 90 by means of a relative displacement along afirst direction 50a until at least one of the first andsecond feeler profiles body 90; thesecond feeler profile 210b extends parallel to thefirst feeler profile 210a along asecond direction 50b transverse to thefirst direction 50a. - If during the convergence stage of said head 201 with the
body 90 one of the first orsecond feeler profiles superficial portions 910 of the body before theother profile - exerting a force along the
first direction 50a to press together head 201 andbody 90, thus permittingslider 610 to slide with respect to guide means 620 and therefore permitting head 201 to slide with respect to thesupport 301 according to a component parallel to the third direction 50c until both the first and thesecond feeler profiles body 90; - activating the gripping means 202 to secure said body to the head 201.
- The method provides furthermore for lifting the head 201 and the
body 90 attached to it along thefirst direction 50a. This brings about an elastic return of the head 201 andsupport 301 to the relative position occupied immediately before the stage of exerting a force along thefirst direction 50a to press together head 201 andbody 90. - The invention achieves important advantages.
- First of all, it allows maximum versatility and flexibility of operation. In particular during depalletizing it makes it possible to avoid breaking the tape which is wound round the bodies on the pallet. This has positive advantages in terms of reduction in human interventions and increase in productivity. The invention thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variants all falling within the scope of the inventive concept which characterizes it. All the details, furthermore, are replaceable by other technically equivalent elements. In practice, all the materials employed, as well as the dimensions can be any that suit the requirements.
Claims (10)
- A winding device for a tape comprising:- a drive rotor (2);- a driven rotor (3), the axis of rotation of drive rotor (2) and driven rotor (3) being perpendicular to a straight line which develops along a connecting direction (31);- means (4) for transmitting motion from the drive rotor (2) to the driven rotor (3), comprising a flexible annular body (40), substantially inextensible, which runs along a route comprising: a first run (41) between the drive rotor (2) and the driven rotor (3), a second, bowed run (42) consecutive to the first run (41) in which the annular body (40) is wound around the drive rotor (2), a third run (43) consecutive to the second run (42) interposed between the driven rotor (3) and the drive rotor (2), a fourth, bowed run (44) consecutive to the first and third runs (41, 43) in which the annular body is wound around the driven rotor (3);- a spool (30) for winding said tape, said spool (30) being dragged in rotation by said driven rotor (3);- a slider (5) comprising an idling element (51) for said annular body (40);- tensioning means (6) which press the idling element (51) against the annular body (40) along said first run (41);- guiding means (52) for the slider (5) at least between a first and a second position following a trajectory at least in part transverse to the connecting direction (31); the displacement of said slider (5) from the first towards the second position being determined by a variation in the degree of tensioning of the annular body (40) along the first run (41), induced by an increment in a resistive torque acting on the driven rotor (3), this being accompanied by a variation in the line of extension of the annular body (40) along the first run (41);- means (7) for inverting the motion of the drive rotor (2), activated directly or indirectly by the passage of the slider (5) through a predetermined position during the stroke from the first towards the second position.
- A device according to claim 1, characterized in that the inversion means (7) are activated by the passage of the slider (5) through said predetermined position also during the stroke from the second to the first position.
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide means (52) for the slider (5) between the first and the second position extend perpendicularly to the connecting direction (31), imposing on the slider (5) a trajectory perpendicular to the connecting direction (31).
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tensioning means (6) act on the slider (5) opposing the passage of the slider (5) from the first to the second position.
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tensioning means (6) oppose the displacement of the slider (5) from the first position in which the idling element (51) causes said first run (41) of the route of the annular body (40) to assume a configuration bowed towards the second position in which said idling element (51) allows said first run (41) a less bowed configuration.
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said annular body (40) is a belt.
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said spool (30) is integral with the driven rotor (3).
- A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inversion means (7) comprise:- a transducer (71) which converts a signal linked to the position of the slider (5) into an electrical signal;- a motor (72) which drags the drive rotor (2) in rotation;- a control unit (73) which depending on said electrical signal controls the direction of rotation of said motor (72).
- A device according to claim 8, characterised in that:- the transducer (71) comprises an inductive sensor (710) positioned along the stroke of the slider (5), said sensor (710) not being integral with the movement of the slider (5);- said slider (5) comprises an inclined profile (711) in electrically conductive material facing said sensor (710), a displacement of the slider (5) causing a movement of said inclined profile (711) away from or towards said sensor (710), this bringing about a variation in the output electrical signal from said transducer (71).
- Depalletizing machine for bodies held onto the pallet by means of at least one retaining tape, said machine (1) being characterized by comprising a winding device (10) for the tape removed from the pallet, according to any of claims 1-9.
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