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AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsAlexander Frank, Patrick Mueller, Philipp Kuettel
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The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for transporting products (10), in particular for packaging machines, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one product feed (12), via which products (10) can be fed in one after another, at least one transfer device (18) having a multiplicity of mutually independently movable movers (22), wherein at least one mover (22) has at least one product holder (24) for removing at least one of the products (10) fed in by the product feed (12), comprising at least one product discharge (36, 39, 40), wherein at least one intermediate transport (30) is provided to receive the product (10) removed from the product holder (24), wherein the intermediate transport (30) is arranged upstream of the product discharge (36, 39, 40) and is designed to be movable independently of the product discharge (36, 39, 40).
An apparatus for transporting products (10), the apparatus comprising at least one product feed (12) configured to feed products (10) in succession, at least one transfer device (18) having a multiplicity of runners (22) that are movable independently of one another, wherein at least one of the runners (22) has at least one product holder (24) for removing at least one product (10) fed by the product feed (12), at least one product discharge (36, 39, 40), and at least one intermediate transport means (30) for receiving the product (10) removed by the product holder (24), wherein the intermediate transport means (30) comprises at least one conveyor belt (32), wherein the intermediate transport means (30) is arranged upstream of the product discharge (36, 39, 40) in order to deliver the product (10) to the product discharge (36, 39, 40), wherein the intermediate transport means (30) is configured to be movable independently of the product discharge (36, 39, 40), wherein between the product feed (12) and the intermediate transport means (30), at least one slide plate (14), is arranged, on which the product (10) held by the product holder (24) is moved and/or rotated, and wherein at least one cutout (16), in which the at least one conveyor belt (32) is at least partially arranged, is provided in the slide plate (14).
A method for transporting products (10), in particular for packaging machines, wherein at least one product feed (12) feeds products (10) in succession, wherein at least one transfer device (18) has a multiplicity of runners (22) that are movable independently of one another, wherein at least one runner (22) has at least one product holder (24) that removes at least one product (10) fed by the product feed (12), characterized in that the product holder (24) feeds the removed product (10) to at least one intermediate transport means (30), wherein the intermediate transport means (30) feeds the product (10) to a product discharge (36, 39, 40), and wherein at least one dog (38) of the product discharge (36, 39, 40) extends into an area between two adjacent conveyor belts (32) of the intermediate transport means (30) to guide the product (10) from the intermediate transport means (30).
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