Bag opening and product inserting mechanism
AssigneeIstanbul Teknik Universitesi
InventorMelih Bicer
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Abstract
The provided is a mechanism which enables the opening of the mouth of the bags and placing products inside. With the mechanism, it is possible to take the suspended bag, to stretch the bag from the handle portions of the bag, to make the bag ready for loading by stretching the bag from 4 different points, to restore the bag after loading, to bring the handles of the bag together and to perform the loading operations to other transfer organs in order to deliver it to the next stage of autonomisation.
Claims5
A mechanism, wherein the mechanism enables opening of a mouth of bags and placing products inside, and the mechanism comprises
- upper shafts positioned between upper shaft mounts,
- a sliding motor positioned on the upper shafts, wherein the sliding motor is allowed to move to right and left on the upper shafts and enables the products to fall into the bag,
- stretching arms, wherein the stretching arms are located on a threaded rod and enable the bag to be stretched by pressing the bag from inside out by rotation of the threaded rod,
- a movable gear train located on a body, connected to the threaded rod and enabling opening and closing of the stretching arms,
- a lower shaft positioned perpendicular to the upper shaft,
- a bearing and metal housing connected to the lower shaft and providing movement on the lower shaft,
- stepper motor seat connected to the bearing and metal housing where stepper motors are placed to hold the bags,
- a bag gripper connected to ends of the stepper motor seats enabling the opening of the mouth of the bag by sliding the stepper motor seats on the lower shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.