Apparatus for crating and uncrating containers
OwnerHermann Kronsederinventor
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Abstract
A apparatus for packing or unpacking containers, particularly bottles, into and from carrying crates, respectively, including a rotation element mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis and having suspended therefrom, in the manner of gondolas and at locations spaced from its axis of rotation, a number of container pickup heads adapted to repeatedly travel through a closed loop path including a pickup position and a grip release position. Each container pickup head is connected to the rotation element by a suspension device permitting the pickup head to move relative to the rotation element in a substantially vertical plane, and a drive and control mechanism is provided for the movement of the pickup heads relative to the rotation element in a manner to generate the loop path in a desired configuration.
Claims31
Apparatus for the crating or uncrating of groups of containers with respect to crates adapted to hold a group of the containers comprising a rotation element mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis, means for rotating said rotation element about said axis, a plurality of pickup heads for gripping a group of containers radially spaced from said axis and angularly spaced from one another around said rotation element, suspension means pivotally suspending each pickup head from said rotation element, said suspension means causing said pickup heads to rotate with rotation of said rotation element while permitting movement of said pickup heads relative to said rotation element in a substantially vertical plane so that the radial distance between said pickup heads and said axis can be varied and guide means for guiding said pickup heads through a closed loop path between a pickup position for gripping a group of containers and a grip release position for releasing the group of containers as the rotation element rotates, said positions being spaced horizontally and vertically from each other in the same vertical plane.
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