Device for removing and disposing a stack of flat products
OwnerUwe Kietzmanninventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for removing and disposing a stack of flat products from a stacking device into a bundling device, in particular, in a folding box manufacturing machine, wherein the stack is grasped in the stacking device by a gripper mounted to a robot arm, and is disposed in the bundling device, wherein the first stack grasped by the gripper and/or the subsequent second stack is/are rotated before being disposed in the bundling device.
Claims18
A method for transporting, stacking and removing L-shaped folded boxes and for disposing a stack of L-shaped folded boxes in a bundling mechanism for use in a folding box manufacturing machine, the L-shaped folded boxes having a thicker base portion and a thinner lid portion extending at right angles to the base portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) transporting the L-shaped folded boxes with the base portion leading in a transport direction and the lid portion trailing;
- b) stacking a number of the L-shaped folded boxes;
- c) grasping the stack of folded boxes generated in step b) using a robot arm having a gripping means;
- d) rotating said robot arm and said gripping means through an angle;
- e) depositing said stack of folded boxes in a bundling device;
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- f) repeating steps a) through e) while maintaining an orientation of the folded boxes in steps a) through c) and changing an orientation of the stack of folded boxes in steps d) and e) to create a substantially cuboid combined stack of folded boxes.
A device for transporting, stacking and removing L-shaped folded boxes and for disposing a stack of L-shaped folded boxes in a bundling mechanism for use in a folding box manufacturing machine, the L-shaped folded boxes having a thicker base portion and a thinner lid portion extending at right angles to the base portion, the device comprising:
- means for transporting the L-shaped folded boxes with the base portion leading in a transport direction and the lid portion trailing;
- means for stacking a number of the L-shaped folded boxes;
- means for grasping the stacked number of folded boxes using a robot arm having a gripping means;
- means for rotating said robot arm and said gripping means through an angle;
- means for depositing said stack of folded boxes in a bundling device;
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- means for alternately changing an orientation of the stack of folded boxes during deposition thereof to create a substantially cuboid combined stack of folded boxes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.