Attachment of a tray gripper of a tray sealing machine
AssigneeMultivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG
InventorsAlbert Gabler, Markus Behr, Sebastian Fackler, Bernd Hoepner, Michael Huber, Florian Keller, Markus Kropf, Christoph Wagner
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Abstract
A tray gripper may be attached to a gripper arm of a tray sealing machine. For this purpose, the tray gripper is moved to a pre-assembly position by hooking the tray gripper onto the gripper arm. In addition, an eccentric is operated for exerting a clamping force upon the tray gripper that is disposed in the pre-assembly position, so that an attachment structure of the tray gripper is tensioned against an abutment structure of the gripper arm.
Claims17
A method for detachably attaching a tray gripper to a gripper arm of a tray sealing machine, comprising:
- moving the tray gripper into a pre-assembly position by hooking the tray gripper onto the gripper arm;
- and
- operating an eccentric for exerting a clamping force upon the tray gripper that is disposed in the pre-assembly position, so that an attachment structure of the tray gripper is tensioned against an abutment structure of the gripper arm.
A tray sealing machine with a sealing device for sealing trays and a gripper system for introducing the trays into the sealing device, the gripper system comprising;
- a gripper arm;
- and
- a tray gripper detachably attachable to the gripper arm for gripping the trays;
- wherein the gripper arm comprises an eccentric which is operable to be adjusted between a receiving position and a tensioning position;
- in the receiving position of the eccentric, the tray gripper is configured to be brought into a pre-assembly position by hooking the tray gripper onto the gripper arm;
- and
- the eccentric is configured to be adjusted to the tensioning position when the tray gripper is in the pre-assembly position and to thereby exert a force upon the tray gripper so that an attachment structure of the tray gripper is tensioned against an abutment structure of the gripper arm.
A method for detachably attaching a tray gripper to a gripper arm of a tray sealing machine, the method comprising:
- moving the tray gripper into a pre-assembly position by hooking the tray gripper onto the gripper arm;
- and
- operating an eccentric for exerting a clamping force upon the tray gripper that is disposed in the pre-assembly position, so that an attachment structure of the tray gripper is urged against an abutment structure of the gripper arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.