公开(公告)号：US12060189B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17431573

申请日：2020-01-15

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Tobias Gut ,  Johannes Kirzinger

IPC: B65B61/02 ,  B65B17/02 ,  B65B21/24 ,  B65B43/10 ,  B65B43/18 ,  B65B57/02

CPC classification number: B65B61/025 ,  B65B17/025 ,  B65B21/242 ,  B65B43/10 ,  B65B43/185 ,  B65B57/02

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device (1) used to package articles into printed packaging blanks (2). In the method, a plurality of packaging blanks are first positioned in a magazine (4) and subsequently extracted from the magazine (4). Subsequently, articles are brought together with the packaging blanks (2) extracted from the magazine (4) such that a particular packaging blank (2) forms a particular packaging or a particular component of a particular packaging for in each instance at least one article. It is moreover provided that the packaging blanks (2) are printed onto, with the printing onto a packaging blank (2) being carried out temporally after the positioning of the packaging blank (2) in the magazine (4) and temporally before the particular bringing together of the packaging blank (2) with the particular at least one article. The device (1) can be operated in a corresponding manner.

公开(公告)号：US20240253883A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18574488

申请日：2022-06-21

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Thomas WIMMER ,  Marcus KREIS ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Johann LUBER ,  Thomas HENSEL

IPC: B65D71/42 ,  B65B17/02

CPC classification number: B65D71/42 ,  B65B17/025 ,  B65D2571/00141 ,  B65D2571/0066

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing packaging units and packaging units produced by such a method, comprising at least two substantially similar articles, wherein the at least two articles are held together by at least one packaging blank (14).
With the method, a main surface of the packaging blank (14) is applied to first end faces of an article grouping (20), forming a connection between the articles and primary fixing means of the packaging blank (14). The primary fixing means fix the positions of the articles relative to one another within the article grouping (20). The side surfaces (24) of the packaging blank (14) are subsequently folded over, wherein secondary fixing means interacting with the shell surfaces of the articles are formed. The secondary fixing means are formed by strapping sections, which surround defined regions of the shell surfaces of the article grouping (20) and fix the articles in a substantially parallel alignment to one another.
The invention also relates to a packaging device for carrying out the method.

公开(公告)号：US11964395B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US17262383

申请日：2019-05-16

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Christian Dany ,  Arsalan Mehdi ,  Erhard Beer ,  Manuel Kollmuss

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08

CPC classification number: B25J9/1692 ,  B25J9/1623 ,  B25J13/085 ,  B25J13/088 ,  G05B2219/39024 ,  G05B2219/40267 ,  G05B2219/42304 ,  G05B2219/50391

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to calibrate a handling device (18) including a handling robot or parallel kinematic robot (24), with a tool head (28) suspended from at least two parallel kinematically movable arms (26). Each of the at least two arms comprises an upper arm, which is movable between two end positions about a defined upper-arm swivel axis (38). Each of the at least two arms also comprises a lower arm (40), which is swivelably mounted on the upper arm. The upper arms are brought into approximately corresponding angular positions by detection of load torques and/or of angle positions. First one, than another of the upper arms is brought into one of the two end positions, and the angular position reached is detected and used for the position initialization or angle initialization of the particular upper arm, whereupon the upper arm is returned.

公开(公告)号：US20220127029A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17277835

申请日：2019-08-21

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Jens LOSERT

IPC: B65B21/24 ,  B65B35/36 ,  B65B43/14 ,  B65B43/26 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B59/00 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65G47/52

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for packaging articles (2). Hereby, outer packages (3) are moved by a first conveying device (10). Temporally following this, the outer packages (3) are moved by a second conveying device (20), which second conveying device (20) is located next to the first conveying device (10). Furthermore, articles (2) are inserted into a respective outer package (3), while the respective outer package (3) is located on the first conveyor (10) and/or while the respective outer package (3) is located on the second conveyor (20).
It is intended, that the outer packages (3) are received on the first conveyor (10) by format parts (5) and, together with their respective format part (5), are transferred to the second conveyor (20) located next to the first conveyor (10).
Furthermore, it is provided that the outer packages (3), which will be continuously arranged on the format parts until then, will be removed from the format parts (5) together with the inserted articles (2) and the format parts (5) will then be returned to the first conveyor (10) for renewed seizure of outer packages (3).

公开(公告)号：US11117754B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16620038

申请日：2018-06-12

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Simon Berger ,  Richard Eschlbeck ,  Thomas Hensel ,  Herbert Spindler ,  Martin Bauer ,  Lucas Kiefer ,  Georg Goetz

IPC: B65G47/24 ,  B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/256 ,  B65G47/91

Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.

公开(公告)号：US10882702B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16093321

申请日：2017-03-21

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Johannes Kirzinger ,  Manuel Kollmuss

IPC: B65G47/08 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B65G47/90

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus (10) for handling piece goods (2) for forming a palletizable layer or partial layer, with the piece goods (2) being moved in at least two parallel rows (1) and the layer comprising a plurality of piece goods (2). At least two piece goods (2) that are transported beside each other in parallel rows (1) are seized in a clamping and/or force-locking and/or form-locking manner, are then spatially separated from the at least two parallel rows (1) and are then brought into a specified relative target position (P1, P2) and/or target alignment in relation to subsequent piece goods (2). The apparatus (10) comprises at least one manipulator (5) for piece goods (2), and at least one transport device (3), where the piece goods (2) arranged in at least two parallel rows (1).

公开(公告)号：US20200172343A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16570413

申请日：2019-09-13

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Klaus ETTENHUBER ,  Thomas AUER ,  Bernd KOEHL ,  Christian AURACHER

IPC: B65G39/18 ,  B65B43/32 ,  B65G13/02 ,  B65G13/12 ,  B65G47/24

Abstract: Disclosed is a method used to handle outer packages (10) with foldable top flaps (12; 12-v, 12-h, 12-l, 12-r). The handling can be carried out in association with a mechanical removal or introduction of articles (14) out of or into the outer package (10). The method provides the unfolding and/or the holding open of at least one top flap (12; 12-v, 12-h, 12-l, 12-r) in order to at least partly uncover an opening (16) to make accessible an interior space of the outer package (10), as well as providing the application of a tensile force (32) to the at least one top flap (12; 12-v, 12-h, 12-l, 12-r), the tensile force (32) being specified and/or variable over the course of the conveying phase.The invention includes a transport section (20) which carries out the method during the conveyance of outer packages (10).

公开(公告)号：US10604291B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US14886230

申请日：2015-10-19

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Alban Hutter ,  Wolfgang Fechter ,  Roland Hofstetter

IPC: B65B65/00 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B43/42 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B21/18 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B35/36 ,  B65B61/20 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B65B21/04

Abstract: The invention includes an apparatus (01) and a method for handling articles (02). The apparatus (01) includes a first conveyor (03) for supplying articles (02), a second conveyor (04) for supplying outer packagings (05), a third conveyor (06) for discharging filled outer packagings (07), and a placing surface (08) arranged between the second conveyor (04) and the third conveyor (06). The apparatus also includes a device (09) for transferring supplied outer packagings (05) from the second conveyor (04) to the placing surface (08), a device (10) for transferring articles (02) from the first conveyor (03) into outer packagings (05), and a device (11) for transferring filled outer packagings (07) from the placing surface (08) onto the third conveyor (06). The method places articles (02) into outer packagings (05), staged on a placing surface (08), from one or more article flows lined up one after the other uninterruptedly and/or with gaps between them and/or grouped. The outer packagings (05) themselves in turn are supplied independently of the articles (02) in a transport direction (41) and are transferred (91) onto the placing surface (08) individually or groupwise transversely to the transport direction (41). After the articles (02) have been placed in the outer packagings (05), they are transferred (111), in turn individually or groupwise, transversely to the transport direction (41) in order to be subsequently discharged in the direction of the transport direction (41) or opposite to it in parallel to the transport direction (41).

公开(公告)号：US20200039756A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16467562

申请日：2017-02-21

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Manuel KOLLMUSS ,  Erhard BEER ,  Michael ASTNER ,  Arsalan MEHDI

IPC: B65G47/08 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method handling moved piece goods. The apparatus comprises a manipulator for the piece goods, at least one transport device transporting the moved piece goods to a seizing range of the at least one manipulator and at least one horizontal conveying device assigned to the seizing range and/or to a movement range of the at least one manipulator, via which horizontal conveying device the moved piece goods are transported in the seizing range of the at least one manipulator. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises at least one detection device for obtaining space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data of piece goods to be seized by the manipulator, wherein the at least one horizontal conveying device and the at least one transport device are calibratable and/or controllable based on the space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data.

公开(公告)号：US10406678B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15527093

申请日：2015-11-09

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Christian Westermeier ,  Josef Unterseher ,  Manuel Kollmuss ,  Marco Ehberger ,  Michael Hartl ,  Peter Zeiner

IPC: B25J9/02 ,  B25J17/02 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus (1) and a method for handling articles and comprises an upper suspension (3) with at least three rotatably driven positioning arms (5), where the positioning arms (5) each comprise at least two arm sections (7, 9) that are swivelable relative to each other and operated independently of one another. A manipulator (32) comprises one or more clamping jaws (34, 36) and is mechanically coupled to the positioning arms (5) such the manipulator can be positioned by movement of one or more of the positioning arms (5). At least one drive shaft (12) is linked non-rotatingly to the manipulator, such that the manipulator is rotated by movement of the at least one drive shaft (12). Rotation of the at least one drive shaft (12) also controls the one or more clamping jaws (34, 36) via the at least one actuating shaft (14).