CA1042025A - Device for co-ordinating articles supplied in bulk and for succesively supplying them one by one to a wrapping machine, particularly for chocolates and the like products - Google Patents

Device for co-ordinating articles supplied in bulk and for succesively supplying them one by one to a wrapping machine, particularly for chocolates and the like products

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CA1042025A
CA1042025A CA247,214A CA247214A CA1042025A CA 1042025 A CA1042025 A CA 1042025A CA 247214 A CA247214 A CA 247214A CA 1042025 A CA1042025 A CA 1042025A
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Seragnoli Enzo
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/56Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1414Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container
    • B65G47/1428Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container rotating movement
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/682Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from a single conveyor lane consisting of one conveyor or several adjacent conveyors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Attitude Control For Articles On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)
  • Structure Of Belt Conveyors (AREA)
  • Confectionery (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides a device for feeding a wrapping machine with rectangular products having a flat base individually in succession and disposed lengthwise with respect to their direction of movement said device comprising a contin-uous rotatable disc, means for feeding said products seriatim onto the surface of said disc, guide means disposed above said disc and defining a spiral path for said products terminating at a point at the periphery of said disc such that said products are fed tangentially off said disc, and a linear conveying means arranged to feed said products from said disc to said wrapping machine and to move continuously at a speed higher than the speed of the periphery of said disc, a fixed side guard board positioned along one side of said linear conveying means, one end of said linear conveying means extending partially under the periphery of the disc at said point at which the products are fed off the disc, and said conveying means being inclined trans-versely to the direction of movement thereof and downwardly towards said side guard board, whereby products oriented trans-versely with respect to their direction of motion tend to be rotated so as to be longitudinally oriented as they are taken up by said linear conveying means moving at a higher speed.

Description

~4~ 5 The present invention relates to a device for co-ordin-ating products supplied in bulk and having an oblong shape with a flat base, such as chocolate-like articles, and feeding the articles to a wrapping machine. In particular, the present invention relates to a device of the above-mentioned type arranged to feed or supply a wrapping machine with the above type of products with substantially no waste, the products being handled individually and being arranged lengthwise with respect to the feed direction.
Conventionally and particularly as disclosed in applicants Canadian Patent No. 901,613, the products are supplied in bulk to the central zone of a horizontal continuously rotating disc or plate. A system of fixed guides and switching or deviat-ing elements forwards the products along a spiral path from said central zone to the periphery of the disc. During such transfer the products are spaced from each other and rotated so as to be-come longitudinally arranged with respect to the direction of their movement. The products, while following the profile of a fixed end guide, run along a given length of the periphery of said disc and are tangentialy unloaded from the disc and disposed on a belt con-veyor arranged to feed the wrapping machine. The fixed guide is located at a distance from the edge of the disc such that the wrongly positioned products, i.e. the products transversely arranged with respect to their direction of movement, are caused to fall away and thus to be removed.
However it was found in practice that the percentage of the discarded products was such as to substantially decrease the feed flow and thus the efficiency of the wrapping machine when use was made of such a device, and that the products removed by causing them to fall away were often damaged to such an extent that they could not be recovered.
The present invention provides a device of the above-- 1 - .~ .

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- ~a4zozs mentioned type which is arranged to correctly dispose, i.e.
longitudinally with respect to their direction of movement, even products which, as explained above, normally discarded by the conventional device and thus a device arranged to reduce to sub-stantially zero th`e percentage of wasted or discarded products, thereby ensuring a uniform product feed flow to the wrapping machine. The present invention also provides such a device which achieves the above advantages by means of a particularly simple and relatively economic structure.
According to the present invention there is provided a device for feeding a wrapping machine with rectangular products having a flat base individually in succession and disposed length-wise with respect to their direction of movement said device comprising a continuous rotatable disc, means for feeding said products seriatim onto the surface of said disc, guide means dis-posed above said disc and defining a spiral path for said productc terminating at a point at the periphery of said disc such that said products are fed tangentially off said disc, and a linear conveying means arranged to feed said products from said disc to said wrapping machine and to move continuously at a speed higher than the speed of the periphery of said disc, a fixed side guard board positioned along one side of said linear conveying means, one end of said linear conveying means extending partially under the periphery of the disc at said point at which the products are fed off the disc, and said conveying means being inclined trans-versely to the direction of movement thereof and downwardly towards said side guard board, whereby products oriented trans-versely with respect to their direction of motion tend to be rotated so as to be longitudinally oriented as they are taken up by said linear conveying means moving at a higher speed.
In one embodiment of the device of the present invention the conveying means co-operates with means arranged ,.

~ O~ZOZ5 to adjust said inclination of the conveying means.
In another embodiment of the device of the present invention the adjusting means includes a support structure adapted to permit the inclination of the conveying means to be adjusted ~;

- 2a -about its side located close to a lower inner edge of the side guard board.
The present invention will be further illustrated by way of the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a feeding device according to one embodiment of the invention;
Figure 2 is a sectional side view of a detail of the device of Figure 1 in one operating condition; and J Figure 3 is a sectional side view of the same detail Of Figure 2 in a second operating condition.
Referring to Figure 1 the device as is conventional comprises a continuously clockwise rotating disc 1 mounted on the vertical shaft or axis 2 carried by the casing 3 the disc rotating in the direction of the arrow f.
The product P is supplied in bulk by the endless belt -~ -4 wound about rollers 5 (only one of which is seen in Figure 1), continuously moving in the direction of the arrow f . The belt ;~
4 is disposed horizontally above the disc 1 and is inclined downwards at its end section so as to feed the central zone of the disc 1. A fixed block 6 connects the terminal end of the belt 4 to the plane of the disc 1.
As known, the products P, once they have been supplied thereto, are conveyed by the disc 1 to meet with a series of switching or deviating and guide means which are arranged, as disclosed in applicants Canadian Patent No. 901,613 to space the products from each other and to arrange each of them lengthwise with respect to the direction of movement thereof.
In particular, the disc 1 together with the fixed side guard board 7 moves the products P along a path which is defined by a first switching or deviating element 8 on its right-hand side. The switching element 8 is carried by a means rigid with the casing 3 and comprises a bar which extends from the central . . .

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zone towards the edge of the disc 1. The bar has a spiral con-figuration and is formed with a saw-tooth profile length.
The products P so deviated then proceed along the periphery of the disc 1, meeting with the terminal end of the switching element 8 and a second switching or deviating element 9 carried by a means rigid with the casing 3 and located on the left-hand side with respect to the direction of movement thereof.
The products P, once they have passed the element 9 which is also provided with a saw-tooth profile length, move ~ -forward on the disc 1 along a corridor defined by the edge of ~-the disc 1 on one side and by the guide 10 on the other side.
Said guide 10 first follows the curvature of the disc 1 to a convenient extent and extends then substantially tangentially of the disc 1. Throughout its length, the corridor has a width to `~ ;
permit the passage in contrast to the disclosure of the aforesaid Canadian Patent, of even those products P that are not correctly ~
arranged despite the actions of said switching or deviating means. ~ -A pair of elements 11 and 12 both fixed to means rigid ~-with the casing 3 and respectively comprising a circular sector r , ,' section and a plate, are disposed to eliminate dust and fragments of products P by means of a continuous scraping action.
An endless belt conveyor 13 extends horizontally and tangentially with the disc 1 at the level of the lower face of the latter, the conveyor 13 moving in the direction of the arrow f" and being wound on rollers 14 (only one of which is seen in Figure 1) carried by a means rigid with the casing 3. The rear edge of the belt conveyor 13 as viewed in Figure 1 is initially defined by the terminal end of the guide 10 and then by the fixed side guard board 15. A pair of similar devices 16 and 17 spacedly disposed along the path of the belt conveyor 13 are adapted to vary the inclination of the conveyor 13 transversely to the ; -direction of the movement of the belt. ~
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~ _ 4 Referring particularly to Figures 2 and 3 the device 16 is carried for example by the bar 18 supported by the casing 3 and disposed transversely to the belt conveyor 13. An arcu-ate bar ~ bent towards the belt conveyor 13 in a plane trans-' verse thereto is rigid with the upper face of said bar 18. Thebar 19 is a support and guide element for the radial shaft 21 via the block 20. A roller 22 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 21 tangentially with the belt conveyor 13. sy varying of the position of the block 20 along the arcuate bar 19, the inclin-ation of the roller 22 and thus the inclination of the belt -conveyor 13 transverse to the direction of movement thereof may be varied. In the embodiment of the drawings this is done in the following manner.
The left-hand end of the bar 18 and the block 20 carry two pins 23 and 24 free to rotate about the respective axes parallel to the belt conveyor 13 each pin having a through radial bore which is threaded in an opposite direction to the other.
The bores are engaged by a rod 25 right-handedly threaded on the one side and left-handedly threaded on the other side and provided with the gear wheel 26 located in an intermediate position thereon.
By manually rotating the wheel 26 in one direction or in the opposite direction the block 20 is caused to slide upwardly or downwardly along the arcuate section 19, to modify the inclination of the roller 22. This also applies to the device 17, the various ~ -corresponding parts of which are indicated in Figure 1 by the same reference numerals as those in the device 16.
The products P, on reaching the end of the corridor defined by the guide 10, are removed by the belt conveyor 13 moving at a speed higher than the tangential speed of the disc 1.
As a consequence, the products P already correctly arranged are subjected to a further spacing from each other upon passing from one means to another moving at different speeds.

lO~Z025 The products P which are not longitudinally arranged with respect to their direction of movement, i.e. those not correctly arranged for performing the subsequent wrapping operations, while lying on the belt conveyor 13 undergo a first ~ -rotation in clockwise direction. Such rotation is then completed on the belt 13 by the combined action of the belt itself suitably inclined by the devices 16 and 17 and of the side guard board 15 which acts as a holding up element on one side of the products P.
In this way, the products for which the action of the known means arranged above the disc 1 was insufficient are longitudinally orientated with respect to the direction of movement. -A horizontal guide 27 is also disposed below the belt conveyor 13 to collect the dust and fragments of the products P.
A belt stretcher 28 for the belt conveyor 13 is also provided. ~

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Claims (3)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A device for feeding a wrapping machine with rectangular products having a flat base individually in success-ion and disposed lengthwise with respect to their direction of movement said device comprising a continuous rotatable disc, means for feeding said products seriatim onto the surface of said disc, guide means disposed above said disc and defining a spiral path for said products terminating at a point at the periphery of said disc such that said products are fed tangentially off said disc, and a linear conveying means arranged to fed said products from said disc to said wrapping machine and to move continuously at a speed higher than the speed of the periphery of said disc, a fixed side guard board positioned along one side of said linear conveying means, one end of said linear conveying means extending partially under the periphery of the disc at said point at which the products are fed off the disc, and said conveying means being inclined transversely to the direction of movement thereof and downwardly towards said side guard board, whereby products oriented transversely with respect to their direction of motion tend to be rotated so as to be longitudinally oriented as they are taken up by said linear conveying means moving at a higher speed.
2. A device as claimed in claim 1, in which said conveying means co-operates with means arranged to adjust said inclination of the conveying means.
3. A device as claimed in claim 2, in which said adjusting means includes a support structure adapted to permit the inclination of the conveying means to be adjusted about its side located close to a lower inner edge of the side guard board.
CA247,214A 1975-03-07 1976-03-05 Device for co-ordinating articles supplied in bulk and for succesively supplying them one by one to a wrapping machine, particularly for chocolates and the like products Expired CA1042025A (en)

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