公开(公告)号：EP1224121A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-24

申请号：EP00970606.0

申请日：2000-10-05

申请人： HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

发明人： HARTNESS, Thomas, Patterson ,  WIERNICKI, Richard, M. ,  DILLARD, Robert, Leslie ,  SCOTT, David, Lee ,  COOLEY, David, N.

IPC分类号： B65B5/08 ,  B65B21/06 ,  B65B21/18

CPC分类号： B65B21/183

摘要： An apparatus and method for continuously transferring articles from a pickup station to a release station using a circular, continuously rotating turret (B) is disclosed which includes a plurality of transfer arms (20) carried in a circular motion wherein pickup heads (22) carried by the transfer arms are converted from the circular motion to a straight-line motion during pick up of the articles (13) to provide a case packing machine having high speed and reliable operation. In accordance with the general aspects of the invention, a first conveyor is disclosed for conveying the articles to a pickup station and a second conveyor is provided for delivering the articles away from a release station. One of the first and second conveyors includes an arcuate conveyor section disposed below a congruent path of the pickup heads. At least one of the pickup and release stations is advantageously located over the arcuate conveyor section whereby high speed operation requiring only a small amount of machine floor space is provided. When utilized as a case packing machine, both the pickup heads and grid heads, which define a plurality of guides through which the articles are released at the case packing station, are moved in a translatory motion during article pick up.

公开(公告)号：EP0790926B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-08

申请号：EP95940527.5

申请日：1995-11-08

申请人： HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

发明人： HARTNESS, Thomas, Patterson

IPC分类号： B65B5/06 ,  B65B21/06 ,  B65B21/18 ,  B65B35/36

CPC分类号： B65B21/183

摘要： A continuous motion apparatus (A) and method are disclosed where discrete, successive slugs of articles (15) are picked up by pick-up heads (22, 24) revolving in a vertical plane path, and are transferred over a linear transfer section (26) of that path to a case packing station (18). A vertical motion mechanism (20) lowers the pick-up heads at the case packing station (18) to gently place the slugs into indexed cases (28) in a reliable manner. The slugs, pick-up heads, and indexed cases are fed at the same predescribed intervals and at constant speeds. The slug feeder (B) includes a slug converyor (10) and a slug metering section (12). The size of the slug may be easily adjusted by providing an adjustable metering block (124) carried in the metering section which moves in and out of the conveyor path of the articles to meter the number of articles in a slug.

公开(公告)号：EP0790926A1

公开(公告)日：1997-08-27

申请号：EP95940527.0

申请日：1995-11-08

申请人： HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

发明人： HARTNESS, Thomas, Patterson

IPC分类号： B65B21

CPC分类号： B65B21/183

摘要： A continuous motion apparatus (A) and method are disclosed where discrete, successive slugs of articles (15) are picked up by pick-up heads (22, 24) revolving in a vertical plane path, and are transferred over a linear transfer section (26) of that path to a case packing station (18). A vertical motion mechanism (20) lowers the pick-up heads at the case packing station (18) to gently place the slugs into indexed cases (28) in a reliable manner. The slugs, pick-up heads, and indexed cases are fed at the same predescribed intervals and at constant speeds. The slug feeder (B) includes a slug converyor (10) and a slug metering section (12). The size of the slug may be easily adjusted by providing an adjustable metering block (124) carried in the metering section which moves in and out of the conveyor path of the articles to meter the number of articles in a slug.