Device for channeling out containers
AssigneeUhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRalf Heim, Joachim Noe
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Abstract
The device for channeling out upright containers from a first transport device, which moves the container in a transport direction, includes a lateral guide section, which extends in the transport direction, and a gripper unit, which has a plurality of grippers for gripping the containers. The lateral guide section and the gripper unit are moved from a pickup position for the containers jointly in a direction transverse to the transport direction. After this joint movement the gripper unit is moved towards a discharge position for the containers. The lateral guide section and the gripper unit are then moved back to the pickup position.
Claims6
A method for channeling out upright containers from a first transport device, which moves the containers intermittently in a transport direction, the method comprising:
- providing a lateral guide section extending in the transport direction;
- providing a gripper unit comprising a plurality of grippers for gripping the containers;
- moving the lateral guide section and the gripper unit substantially jointly from a pickup position for the containers transversely to the transport direction;
- moving the gripper unit in the transport direction to a discharge position for the containers;
- moving the lateral guide section transversely to the transport direction back to the pickup position;
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- moving the gripper unit opposite the transport direction and then transversely to the transport direction back to the pickup position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.