System for securely conveying articles and related components
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-035/00
B65B-039/06
B65B-039/00
B65B-003/04
출원번호
US-0879686
(2004-06-29)
등록번호
US-7331156
(2008-02-19)
발명자
/ 주소
Hartness,Thomas P.
Hartness, III,William R.
Davidson,Mark W.
출원인 / 주소
Hartness International, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Dority & Manning, P.A.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
17인용 특허 :
195
초록▼
A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article, articles being gripped by adjace
A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article, articles being gripped by adjacent links so as to achieve a predetermined spacing between the articles. A processing station is disposed along the conveyor, the conveyor being driven so as to move the articles through the processing station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers, the processing station including mating elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing for processing the articles. The articles may be containers, and the processing station may be a filler or other container processing elements.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A system for conveying articles for processing, the system comprising: a conveyor configured to convey articles, the conveyor including a plurality of links, each link having a body, a cam follower member, at least two opposed gripping members, and a gear drive mechanism incl
What is claimed is: 1. A system for conveying articles for processing, the system comprising: a conveyor configured to convey articles, the conveyor including a plurality of links, each link having a body, a cam follower member, at least two opposed gripping members, and a gear drive mechanism including a double rack and pinion arrangement interconnecting the cam follower member and the gripping members, the cam follower member being movable to selectively move the gripping members between a first position and a second position via the gear drive mechanism, the gripping members when in first position being disposed in an open position, and the gripping members when in the second position being disposed in a gripping position for contacting one of the articles to hold the article during transport, articles being gripped by adjacent links so as to achieve a predetermined spacing between the articles; and a processing station disposed along the conveyor, the conveyor being driven so as to grip the articles upstream of the processing station and to move the articles through the processing station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers, the processing station including mating elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing for processing the articles. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing station is one of a container rinser, a filling machine, a container capper, or a container labeller. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the articles are containers and the processing station is a filling machine. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the conveyor is releasably attached to the filling machine so that containers may be filled during the attachment. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the mating elements of the filling machine are filling elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the filling elements are disposed substantially in a circle about a vertical rotating axis. 7. The system of claim 1, including two of the conveyors. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the articles are containers and the processing station is a filling machine. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the two conveyors comprise an inner conveyor located closer to a vertical rotating axis and an outer conveyor located further from the vertical rotating axis. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the conveyor receives the articles from an accumulator. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the accumulator is a one of a spiral accumulator or a linear accumulator. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes at least two of the processing stations. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing stations include a filling machine. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing stations further include one or more of a rinsing station, a capping station, or a labeling station. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing station includes a transfer station for transferring articles from an upstream conveyor to the conveyor. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processing station includes a timing device and an auxiliary gripping conveyor for gripping articles from the timing device. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the timing device is one of a screw or a star wheel. 18. The system of claim 16, wherein the auxiliary gripping conveyor is a top-gripping conveyor. 19. A system for conveying containers for filling, the system comprising: a conveyor configured to convey the containers, the conveyor including a plurality of links, each link having a body, a cam follower member, at least two opposed gripping members, and a gear drive mechanism including a double rack and pinion arrangement interconnecting the cam follower member and the gripping members, the cam follower member being movable to selectively move the gripping members between a first position and a second position via the gear drive mechanism, the gripping members when in first position being disposed in an open position, and the gripping members when in the second position being disposed in a gripping position for contacting one of the containers to hold the container during transport, containers being gripped by adjacent links so as to achieve a predetermined spacing between the containers; and a filling station disposed along the conveyor, the conveyor being driven so as to grip the containers upstream of the filling station and to move the containers through the filling station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers, the filling station including filling elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing for filling the containers. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the system further includes at least one of a container rinsing station, a container capper, or a container labeller. 21. The system of claim 19, wherein the conveyor is releasably attached to the filling machine so that containers may be filled during the attachment. 22. The system of claim 21, wherein the filling elements are disposed substantially in a circle about a vertical rotating axis. 23. The system of claim 19, including two of the conveyors. 24. The system of claim 23, wherein the two conveyors comprise an inner conveyor located closer to a vertical rotating axis and an outer conveyor located further from the vertical rotating axis. 25. The system of claim 19, wherein the conveyor receives the containers from an accumulator. 26. The system of claim 19, wherein the conveyor and the filling station include cooperating elements for releasably attaching the conveyor to the filling station for filling the containers. 27. The system of claim 19, further including a transfer station for transferring articles from an upstream conveyor to the conveyor. 28. The system of claim 27, wherein the processing station includes a timing device and an auxiliary gripping conveyor for gripping articles from the timing device. 29. The system of claim 28, wherein the timing device is one of a screw or a star wheel. 30. The system of claim 28, wherein the auxiliary gripping conveyor is a top-gripping conveyor. 31. A system for conveying containers for filling, the system comprising: a conveyor configured to convey the containers, the conveyor including a plurality of links arranged in a single conveyor belt, each link having a body, a cam follower member, at least two opposed gripping members, and a gear drive mechanism including a double rack and pinion arrangement interconnecting the cam follower member and the gripping members, the cam follower member being movable to selectively move the gripping members between a first position and a second position via the gear drive mechanism, the gripping members when in first position being disposed in an open position, and the gripping members when in the second position being disposed in a gripping position for contacting one of the containers to hold the container during transport, containers being gripped by adjacent links on the single conveyor belt so as to achieve a predetermined spacing between the containers; a filling station disposed along the conveyor, the conveyor being driven so as to grip the containers upstream of the filling station and to move the containers through the filling station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers, the filling station including filling elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing for filling the containers, cooperating elements disposed on the conveyor and the filling station for releasably attaching the conveyor to the filling station during the filling of the containers; and at least one additional processing station, the conveyor being driven so as to move the containers through the additional processing station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers. 32. The system of claim 31, wherein the additional processing station includes at least one of a container rinsing station, a container capper, or a container labeller. 33. The system of claim 31, wherein the additional processing station includes a transfer station for transferring containers from the conveyor, the transfer station including a mechanism to move the movable grippers so as to release the containers. 34. The system of claim 31, wherein the additional processing station includes a transfer station for transferring containers to the conveyor, the transfer station including a mechanism to move the movable grippers so as allow the gripping members to grip the containers. 35. The system of claim 31, further including an additional upstream conveyor for supplying containers to the conveyor. 36. The system of claim 31, further including an additional downstream conveyor for receiving containers from the conveyor. 37. The system of claim 31, further including a track, the conveyor following the track between the filling station and the additional processing station. 38. The system of claim 37, wherein the track is configured so as to invert the containers. 39. The system of claim 38, wherein the track is configured to reorient the containers upright after the containers are inverted. 40. The system of claim 38, wherein the processing station is a rinser. 41. A system for transferring articles received from a source, the system comprising: a timing device for spacing the articles received from the source with a predetermined spacing; a first gripping conveyor including a plurality of first links, each first link including at least one movable gripper for gripping one of the articles, articles being gripped by adjacent first links so as to achieve the predetermined spacing between the articles; a second gripping conveyor including a plurality of second links, each second link having a body, a cam follower member, at least two opposed gripping members, and a gear drive mechanism including a double rack and pinion arrangement interconnecting the cam follower member and the gripping members, the cam follower member being movable to selectively move the gripping members between a first position and a second position via the gear drive mechanism, the gripping members when in first position being disposed in an open position, and the gripping members when in the second position being disposed in a gripping position for contacting one of the articles to hold the article during transport, the articles being transferred from the first gripping conveyor to the second gripping conveyor so as to maintain the predetermined spacing between the articles; and a processing station disposed along the second gripping conveyor, the second gripping conveyor being driven so as to grip the articles upstream of the processing station and to move the articles through the processing station maintaining the predetermined spacing via the movable grippers, the processing station including mating elements spaced according to the predetermined spacing for processing the articles. 42. The system of claim 41, wherein the timing device includes one of a screw or a star wheel. 43. The system of claim 41, wherein one of the first or second gripping conveyors is a top gripping conveyor. 44. The system of claim 43, wherein the other of the first or second gripping conveyors is a bottom gripping conveyor. 45. The system of claim 41, further including a controller for synchronously controlling the timing device, the first gripping conveyor, and the second gripping conveyor. 46. The system of claim 41, wherein the second gripping conveyor grips a given article before the first gripping conveyor releases the given article. 47. The system of claim 41, wherein the source includes a source conveyor. 48. The system of claim 47, wherein the source includes an accumulator upstream from the source conveyor. 49. The system of claim 41, wherein the timing device is a screw, the first gripping conveyor is a top gripping conveyor, the second gripping conveyor is a bottom gripping conveyor, and further including a controller for synchronously controlling the timing device, the first gripping conveyor, and the second gripping conveyor.
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