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US3555770A
US3555770A US794610*A US3555770DA US3555770A US 3555770 A US3555770 A US 3555770A US 3555770D A US3555770D A US 3555770DA US 3555770 A US3555770 A US 3555770A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
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  • This invention relates to case packers and more particularly the invention relates to apparatus which improves the handling of bottles, jars and like articles to increase the speed of packing cases, to improve the economy of the apparatus, and to minimize bottle and label damage. While the invention has obvious application to the packing of a variety of articles, it will be described with particular reference to the packing of bottles into celled cases.
  • Another type of packer utilizes the bottle handling apparatus of the Meierjohan Pat. No. 2,695,190.
  • cases are moved in a longitudinal direction and the bottles are marshaled in a transverse direction perpendicular to the movement of the cases.
  • the cases and articles are stopped and lifting heads, each having a plurality of lifting cups, grip the bottles and convey them over to the cases depositing them into the cases.
  • This apparatus which satisfactorily transfers the bottles from the marshaling station to the cases, nevertheless requires a marshaling table of substantial size which projects trans-,
  • incoming column which is, perhaps, six bottles across, to a marshaled group of which may be thirty files of bottles.
  • the incoming bottles normally are moving parallel to the movement of the cases and must be turned through an angle of 90 to move them into the marshaling position.
  • An objective of the present invention has been to provide apparatus for conveying cases and articles parallel to each other, stopping the cases and articles and then transversely shifting the bottles to the cases.
  • This packer improves upon the packer previously described in mini- Patented Jan. 19, 1971 mizing the complexity of the problems in conveying the articles to the marshaling station and in minimizing label damage.
  • the apparatus of the type described is not without its problems however.
  • the cases into which the articles are to be deposited cannot be brought to the packing station in end-to-end abutment. Rather, the cases must be individually indexed and brought to the packing station in spaced apart relation primarily to accommodate the case flaps. Even half cases or shells which have no flaps should be spaced apart for their dimensions 'vary so widely that to bring them into the packing station in end-to-end abutment would give rise to a cumulative error which would make virtually impossible the deposit of the articles into the cases.
  • bottles will be out of round and will have varying wall thicknesses. These cause cumulative errors, particularly when long files of up to thirty or even more bottles are brought into the marshaling station in abutting relation.
  • An objective of the present invention has been to provide apparatus of the type described, the apparatus being adapted to accommodate the problems of bottle and case tolerances and case flaps.
  • the invention provides for a conveyor to bring cases to a packing station in spaced-apart relation and a conveyor to bring bottles to a marshaling station in files parallel to the line of cases, the articles in the files being in abutting relation.
  • a carriage supporting a plurality of lifting heads is provided for the respective cases, the carriage being adapted to move the lifting heads transversely between the marshaled bottles and the indexed cases.
  • Associated with the carriage for the lifting heads are means for adjusting the longitudinal spacing of the lifting heads so that they can pick up bottles in abutting relation and, during transfer, can spread apart the type shown in the Meierjohan Pat. No. 2,695,190
  • each lifting cup is permitted, by a flexible mounting, considerable lateral movement.
  • articles which are brought into the marshaling station in abutting relation can be deposited into cases in slightly spaced relation as determined by the case cells.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the appa ratus of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view partly in section taken along lines 33 of FIG. 2,
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are plan views partly in section taken along lines 4-4 of FIG. 2 indicating the head shifting mechanism
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevational view partly in section taken along lines 66 of FIG. 2, 1
  • FIG. 7 is a side elevational view partly in section taken along lines 77 of FIG. 2 illustrating the drive for the transverse conveyor
  • FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a lifting cup
  • FIG. 11 is a diagrammatical view of alternative embodiment of the lifting head carriage.
  • FIG. 1 The general organization and operation of the invention is illustrated generally in FIG. 1.
  • the invention provides a conveyor 15 for conveying bottles 16 to a marshaling station indicated generally at 17.
  • the conveyor includes an endless belt 18 over which side guides 19 and 20 and center guides 21 are mounted.
  • the guides 19 thru 21 channel the bottles 16 into longitudinally extending files of abutting bottles.
  • An adjustable stop 22 is mounted at the downstream end of the conveyor 15, the stop being connected to a double acting piston and cylinder 23 which pulls the stop 22 out of the way of the bottles when they are in marshaled position in order to relieve the pressure on the bottles.
  • At the upstream end of the conveyor 15 are four pivotally mounted detector fingers 25, each corresponding to a respective file of bottles.
  • An electric eye 26 and lamp 27 are located on opposite sides of the conveyor 15 with the lamp 27 directing a beam toward the electric eye 26 on a path normally occupied by the four fingers 25. When all four fingers are held out of the way by the incoming bottles for a sufficient length of time, the electric eye initiates the cycling of the bottle pick up and transfer.
  • a case conveyor 30 is mounted adjacent the bottle conveyor and conveys cases 29 in a longitudinal direction parallel to the movement of the bottles.
  • An indexing mechanism, indicated at 31, which includes laterally spaced stop chains 32, feeds the cases into a position adjacent the marshaled bottles and stops them in that packing station or packing position 33, where they are adapted to receive the bottles.
  • a grid structure overlies each case 29 and has guide fingers 36 adapted to seek each cell 37 of a respective case and thus to provide a guide for effecting the deposit of the individual bottles into the case cells.
  • the grid structure is used principally where many small articles are deposited in individual cells.
  • applications of the invention as for example packing gallon containers, wherein a simple rectangular frame or chute would be substituted for the grid structure.
  • a lifting head carriage 40 carries three lifting heads 41, 42 and 43, the outboard heads 41 and 43 being longitudinally movable. Each lifting head carries a pattern of lifting cups 44 corresponding to the pattern of case cells 37 into which the bottles are to be deposited.
  • the transverse carriage 40 for the liftng heads is adapted to move the lifting heads first into engagement with the bottles to grip the bottles and thereafter to convey the bottles to a position overlying the cases and to lower the bottles into the cases.
  • the two outboard lifting heads 41 and 43 are connected to the center lifting head by respective pistons and cylinders 45. During the motion of the overhead carriage 40 between the marshaling station and packing station the piston and cylinders are actuated to change the spacing of the lifting heads in order to enable them to accommodate the abutting spacing of the articles and the spaced apart relationship of the cases.
  • the cases 29 are brought into the packing station 33 to the desired position shown.
  • Limit switches 46 are used to determine that there are three properly located cases in the packing station.
  • the bottles 16 are being conveyed by the belt 18 into the marshaling station and brought into engagement with the stop 22.
  • the cycle of operations is initiated. This cycle includes the stopping of the conveyor belt 18 and the actuation of the piston and cylinder 23 to remove the stop, thereby relieving the pressure on the bottles.
  • the grids move toward the cases to bring the guide fingers into the case cells.
  • the overhead carriage 40 lowers to bring the lifting cups 44 into engagement with the bottles.
  • the lifting cups are actuated to grip the bottles and the movement of the conveyor is reversed to lift the lifting heads and move them into a position overlying the cases 29. Simultaneously with that movement, the individual cylinders are actuated to spread the lifting heads 41 and 43 away from the center of the head 42 so as to bring each head into alignment with its respective case. Thus aligned, the lifting heads are lowered causing the bottles to pass through the grids and to be guided into the respective case cells. Thereafter, the gripping devices 44 are relieved to release the bottles and the conveyor mechanism is returned to its original position. The grids 35 are lifted out of the way of the conveyed cases and the filled cases are conveyed away while three new cases are indexed into proper position. Simultane ously, a fresh supply of bottles is conveyed by the belt 18 into the marshaling station as described above.
  • the case conveyor 30 includes an endless belt 28 and the endless stop chains 32 which are on each side of the belt 28.
  • the chains 32 carry spaced stop lugs which project above the level of the upper flight of the belt 28.
  • the chains themselves are disposed slightly below the plane of the belt 28.
  • the drive mechanism for the belt and chains is not shown but it is to be understood that the belt is driven continuously and preferably at a speed greater than that of the chains.
  • the chains are driven through a clutch and brake and are adapted to be stopped very precisely for it is the chains and their stop lugs 50 which determine the positioning of the cases in the packing position.
  • the limit switches 46 are mounted adjacent to the conveyors.
  • the limit switches detect the presence of a case at each of the case positions. If no case is present at one or more of the positions, the limit switches operate to prevent the cycling of the apparatus which would cause bottles to be transferred to the packing station.
  • An indexing mechanism is indicated generally at and includes a pneumatically operated indexing stop 56 which is raised for an instant to permit a case 29 to be conveyed by the belt 28 under it and then returns to the stop position shown in FIG. 2 where it engages the rear wall of the next succeeding case to block its movement.
  • the indexing cylinder 56 is a double acting air cylinder which is operated by a valve 57 which is in turn operated by an air cam 58 mounted on a shaft 59.
  • the shaft 59 is rotated by a chain 60 which is driven by the tailshaft 61 of the stop chain 32.
  • the transmission ratio between the shaft 61 and the shaft 59 is such that the cam 58 rotates one revolution each time a lug 50 on the stop chain moves through a distance equal to the spacing between adjacent lugs on the stop chain.
  • the tail shaft 61 also drives a timing chain 64 carrying a lug 65.
  • the lug 65 cooperates with a limit switch 66 through a circuit to declutch and brake the stop chain 32.
  • the transmission ratio is such that the lug 65 passes the limit switch each time the chain 32 moves a distance corresponding to that required to introduce three cases 29 into the packing station.
  • the article conveyor includes a pair of conveyor tracks 70 which form the endless conveyor 18.
  • the bottles are conveyed into the marshaling station in randomorientation by upstream extensions of the guide rails 19 and 20, but in the marshaling station are guided into files of abutting bottles.
  • the detector fingers 25 are individually loosely mounted on a transverse rod 72 and are normally held by gravity in a vertical orientation. In that vertical orientation, the detector fingers lie in the path of a light beam from the lamp 27 to the electric eye 26.
  • the marshaling station is filled, that is when each channel has a complete file of bottles, a bottle in each channel adjacent the detector finger 25 will hold the detector finger at an angle out of the path of the beam of light from the lamp 27.
  • the impingement of the beam of light on the photocell operating through a time delay, closes one of the circuits which initiates the operation of the packer.
  • the time delay is necessary to avoid the inadvertent initiation of the cycling of the apparatus before the marshaling station is filled with bottles. This could occur, for example when four bottles pass by their respective detector-fingers at the same time, thereby instantaneously lifting them out of the path of the light beam from the lamp 27.
  • the adjustable stop 22 at the downstream end of the marshaling station includes a'comparatively soft plastic (nylon, for example), rod extending horizontally into each channel. Each rod terminates at precisely that posi-.
  • each bottle is to attain, that position being determined by the position of the outboard four lifting cups of the head 43.
  • the four bottles which are positioned by the stops determine thepositions of the succeeding (seventeen, in the illustrated example) bottles.
  • the stops are mounted on a transverse bar 76 which is fixed to a piston rod 77 of the piston and cylinder 23.
  • actuation of the piston and cylinder 23 will cause the bar 76 to be moved to the right 'as vie'wed in FIG. 3 thereby pulling the stops away from the 'bottles and freeing them of the pressure upon them so as to permit them to be lifted easily out of the marshaling station between the lifting heads.
  • the endless conveyor 18 is driven by a chain 78 which in turn is driven by a motor which could be electric or hydraulic.
  • Suitable clutching and breaking apparatus is provided to effect the starting and'stopping of the chain as required with each cycle, the objective being to stop the conveyor when a suflicient number of articles has been marshaled.
  • the article guiding grid structure is illustrated as three grids which are mounted on an elongated frame 86 immediately overlying the case conveyor at the packer section. Each end of the frame 86 is supported on a piston rod 87 forming part of a double acting piston and cylinder 88.
  • the cylinder is mounted on a diagonal brace 81 extending between main vertical columns 82 and overhead frame 83 of the transverse carriage by means of a mounting block 90 which is slideable on rod 91.
  • the block 90 is threaded into a screw 92 rotatably mounted at 93 in a mounting frame 84 fixed to brace 81. Rotation of both screws 92 on either side of the grid frame 86 causes a raising or lowering of the piston and cylinder 88 and thus determines the operating height of theguiding grid structure, thereby enabling it to accommodate cases and bottles of different heights.
  • Each grid 85 has at its upper end an outwardly flaring rim 95 mounted on a grid'frame 96.
  • the grid frame in turn is fixed to the elongated frame/86.
  • a plurality of guide channels 97 arranged in a pattern corresponding to the pattern of the case cells which is also the pattern of the lifting devices 44 on the lifting heads 43.
  • Each guide channel is formed by four flexible fingers 98 which are tapered at their ends 6 and which are angled inwardly so that their maximum dimension at their ends is considerably less than that of each case cell.
  • each guide channel 97 will seek its respective case cell and compensate for slight misalignments.
  • the piston and cylinder 88 lifts the frame 86 and the respective grids up out of the way of incoming cases.
  • the piston and cylinder lowers the guiding grid structure permitting the fingered channels to seek out their respective cells and await a deposit of bottles through the guide channels into the case cells.
  • the lifting heads 41-43 are the fundamental components of the transverse article carriage 40.
  • the article carriage has as few as two and as many as five lifting heads, depending upon the requirements of practice.
  • the size and number of the other cooperating elements, such as the guiding grid structure, bottle and case conveyors, will of course be varied according to the number of heads required.
  • three are shown and each includes a manifold 100 from which a plurality of tubes 10'1 depend, the tubes being arranged on the manifold in a pattern corresponding to that of the grid structure and case cells.
  • the manifold is connected to a source of air pressure not shown and its function is to supply air under pressure to the tubes 101 and to the attached lifting devices.
  • lifting device is illustrated in cross-section in FIG. 8, although it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to that lifting device, for any lifting device which performs the function of gripping the bottle with sutficient strength to lift it from the marshaled group of bottles and carry it transversely over to the case conveyor will suffice.
  • the lifting device illustrated is of the type shown in McHugh Pat. No.
  • 2,873,996 includes a flexible tube 103 which is connected to tube 101.
  • a rigid shell 104 which is cup shaped and whose interior surface is lined with a flexible liner or bladder 105 sealed at its lower end 106 by a collar 107 threaded onto the shell.
  • the upper end of each cup is secured to the upper end of the shell by a threaded screw 108 which has a longitudinal passage 109 in communication with its tube 103 and has lateral passages 110 in communication with the interior of the shell.
  • Channels 111 along side the liner permit air to flow around the bladder to inflate it inwardly and to cause it to grip the neck of an article, such as a bottle, which projects into the device.
  • each lifting head manifold is supported on rollers 115 which engage the horizontal flanges of longitudinally extending channel beams 116.
  • the channel beams are secured to plates 117 at each end, the plates being supported on two vertical posts 118 located at each side of the carriage.
  • the piston and cylinders 45 are mounted on each side of the channel beams 116 and supported on cross bars 122 (FIGS. 4 and 5).
  • 'A piston rod 123 projecting from one piston and cylinder 45 is connected to one of the outboard heads 41 and a piston rod 124 projecting from the opposite piston and cylinder is connected to the other outboard head 43.
  • Application of air under pressure to the double acting cylinders 45 causes the piston rods 123 and 124 to drive their respective heads 41 and 43 outwardly to a position in which they are aligned, or alignable, with the cells of'the spaced cases and the cooperating grids.
  • Application of air to the opposite end of the cylinders returns the pistons and their respective heads to a bottle pick-up position as illustrated in FIG. 2. In that fashion, the pick-up heads are moved longitudinally to accommodate the abutting spacing of the receptacles and the spaced apart relation of the cases.
  • Each post 118 which supports the lifting heads is car- -ried by a block which is connected by a pin 131 to an endless chain 132 passing about a drive sprocket 133 and an idler sprocket 134.
  • the block is maintained in proper orientation by two planographic linkages 135 and 136 interconnected by a circular plate 137.
  • the drive sprocket 133 is mounted on a shaft 140 which is journaled in supporting plates 141 on each side of the apparatus, the plates being supported on overhead frame 83.
  • a pinion gear 142 is fixed to the shaft and is driven by a rack 143 which is in turn driven by a double acting hydraulic piston and cylinder 144.
  • Reciprocation of the rack 143 through the operation of the piston and cylinder 144 causes the drive sprocket 133 to rotate first to a bottle pick-up position and then to reverse itself and to rotate to a bottle drop position.
  • Such rotation of the drive sprocket 133 causes reciprocating movement of the chain 132 carrying the posts and lifting heads up, across, and down to the opposite sides of the apparatus.
  • the transverse article carriage has been described and illustrated as having three lifting heads. As indicated, the invention is not restricted to a three-head apparatus. Rather, as a practical matter, from two to five heads can be employed.
  • An example, of a five-head carriage is indicated in FIG. 11. There the heads are indicated at 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155.
  • the center head 153 is stationary.
  • the heads 152-154 adjacent head 153 are mounted for longitudinal movement in a manner similar to that described in the earier embodiment. They are driven by piston and cylinders 156 in the manner described in the earlier embodiment.
  • the outboard heads 150 and 155 are connected to piston and cylinders 157, these devices having twice the stroke as the piston and cylinders 156.
  • the heads 152 and 154 move longitudinally in opposite directions away from the center head 153 a distance approximately equal to the spacing of the cases in the packer station.
  • the outboard heads 150 and 155 move in opposite directions twice that distance.
  • the bottle conveyor conveys bottles into the marshaling station so that the bottles are aligned in abutment with each other in four files.
  • the number of files and rows depends upon the pattern of the cases to be packed.
  • the bottles abut the stops 22 at the downstream end of the conveyor.
  • the electric eye 26 detects the condition of the marshaling station and permits the pick up of the bottles to begin when the marshaling station is filled.
  • the case indexer has been feeding the cases into the packing section in the spaced apart relation shown in the figures.
  • the cases engage respective limit switches which, when all three are operated, permit the pick up of the bottles to begin.
  • the conveyor 15 is braked and then the stop actuating piston and cylinder 23 withdraws the stops 22 to relieve the pressure on the bottles.
  • rack 143 On the transfer carriage, the operation of rack 143 causes rotation of drive sprocket 133 to move the head carriage downwardly to permit the pick-up cups to engage the bottles in the marshaling station.
  • the liners of the pick-up cups are inflated to grasp the necks of the bottles and the direction of the rack 143 is reversed. The reversal of the direction of the rack causes the lifting heads to be lifted upwardly and over to a position overlying the packing station.
  • the piston and cylinders 45 associated with the heads are actuated to move the outboard heads longitudinally away from the center head 42 until the heads are aligned with the bottle guiding grids.
  • the grid structure is lowered by its piston and cylinders 88 with the guide fingers seeking the respective cells of the underlying cases.
  • the lifting head carriage continues downwardly moving the bottles, suspended individually by each lifting device, until the bottles rest upon the bottom of the cases whereupon the air pressure to the lifting cups is relieved thereby effecting the release of the bottles.
  • the rack 143 reverses its direction and causes the lifting head carriage to reverse its direction to move over to a position in which it can pick up another group of marshaled bottles.
  • the lifting head was moving toward the case packing section, a new group of bottles is moved into the marshaling section, with the stops being returned to their initial position.
  • the lifting heads are caused by their piston and cylinders to move close together to pick up the fresh supply of bottles.
  • the carriage is raised and a new supply of cases is brought into the packing section While the filled cases are removed.
  • the apparatus is ready for a new cycle of operations.
  • Apparatus for loading articles into cases comprising,
  • case conveyor generally parallel to and adjacent to said article conveyor for conveying longitudinally spaced cases to a packing station adjacent said marshaling station
  • each head being adapted to pick up a pattern of articles, means for shifting said heads longitudinally relatively to each other to accommodate the spacing of the articles at the marshaling station and the spacing of the cases at the packing station.
  • At least one of said lifting heads being mounted on said support for longitudinal movement with respect to said support,
  • a piston and cylinder mounted on said support and connected to said movable lifting head to move said lifting head longitudinally.
  • a guiding grid structure mounted over said packing station, said guiding grid structure having a grid for each said lifting head, said grids being spaced from each other a distance corresponding to the spacing of said cases and adapted to be aligned with said cases when said cases are stopped in the packing station.
  • Apparatus according to claim 4 further comprising,
  • said elongated support comprises two spaced parallel channel members, each having horizontal flanges each movable head having rollers riding on said horizontal flanges,
  • said piston and cylinder being mounted on said channel members.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said means for stopping articles comprises a stop at the downstream end of said conveyor and engageable with each file of incoming articles

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