Device and method for extraction
AssigneeSidel Packing Solutions
InventorAnthony Gautheron
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Abstract
An extraction device and method (1) for moving, from a pile (3), a batch (4) of stacked flat products (2) that are not connected to one another and that form the top of the pile (3), with the extraction device (1) including a frame (5), and, mounted in the frame (5), a gripping element (6) in the form of a controlled vise for firmly grasping section by section the batch (4) to be extracted. This device also includes, mounted in the frame (5), a separation element (8), separated from the gripping element (6), carrying a support surface (9) to come under the batch (4).
Claims8
Method for extracting from a vertical pile (3) with a plurality of recesses (12), a batch (4) of stacked flat products (2) that are not connected to one another and that form the top of said pile (4), the products (2) having scallops (13) in their otherwise rectangular perimeter, wherein stacking of the scallops (13) creates the recesses (12) starting from the outside surface of the pile (3), the sequence of steps comprising:
- Slightly separating the batch (4) from the rest of the pile (3) under it section by section using a clamping means positioned at the support surface (9);
- Grasping the batch (4) section by section using a grasping controlled vise (6) mounted in a frame (5), the grasping controlled vise (6) brought into position by moving relative to the support surface (9), and
- Moving the batch (4) in the direction of a storage unit of a treatment machine of the packaging or box shaper type,
- wherein the separation of the batch (4) is carried out by initially bringing a support surface (9) into at least one of the recesses, the support surface (9) traveling under the batch (4) into the recess (12) created by the stacking of the scallops (13) and moving upward with a vertical movement against the bottom of the batch (4), and
- wherein the frame (5) is mounted on a multi-axis robotic manipulator (7) capable of moving the frame (5) with the batch (4) of products (2) from the pile (3) to the storage unit of the treatment machine of the packaging or box shaper type.
Method for extracting from a vertical pile (3) with a plurality of recesses (12), a batch (4) of stacked flat products (2) that are not connected to one another and that form the top of said pile (4), the products (2) having scallops (13) in their otherwise rectangular perimeter, wherein stacking of the scallops (13) creates the recesses (12) starting from the outside surface of the pile (3), the sequence of steps comprising:
- Slightly separating the batch (4) from the rest of the pile (3) under it
- Grasping the batch (4) section by section using a grasping controlled vise (6) mounted in a frame (5), the grasping controlled vise (6) brought into position by moving relative to the support surface (9) and acting in a zone of the batch (4) that is different from the one where the support surface acts, and
- Moving the batch (4) in the direction of a storage unit of a treatment machine of the packaging or box shaper type,
- wherein the separation of the batch (4) is carried out by initially bringing a support surface (9) into at least one of the recesses, the support surface (9) traveling under the batch (4) into the recess (12) created by the stacking of the scallops (13) and moving upward with a vertical movement against the bottom of the batch (4), and
- wherein the frame (5) is mounted on a multi-axis robotic manipulator (7) capable of moving the frame (5) with the batch (4) of products (2) from the pile (3) to the storage unit of the treatment machine of the packaging or box shaper type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.