Product stacking device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPeter Blanz, Alfred Wipf
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Abstract
The invention relates to a product stacking device for forming product stacks (12 a-k) of product groups (14 a-k) consisting of products (16 a-k), which lie flatly and/or are brought into a shingled product arrangement (64 a-k), during a transportation movement (28 a-k). The product stacking device includes at least two stack contact surfaces (20 a-k), which are provided in order to form the product stack (12 a-k) by reducing a spacing (24 a-k) between the stack contact surfaces (20 a-k), the stack contact surfaces lying opposite one another in a product group direction (26 a-k).
Claims14
A product stacking device for forming product stacks (12a-k) of product groups (14a-k) consisting of products (16a-k), each of which includes a primary face defined as the largest face of the product, the device comprising at least two stop means (18a-k) mounted on a common conveyor with stack contact surfaces (20a-k), which are configured to form a product stack (12a-k) on a product support surface of the common conveyor by a reduction of a spacing (24a-k) between the stack contact surfaces (20a-k), the stack contact surfaces lying opposite one another in a product group direction (26a-k), wherein at least one of the stop means is provided for spacing the product groups of the delivered products apart from one another, and wherein the device is 1) operable to form a product stack configured such that the primary faces of the products are oriented at 0 degrees relative to the product support surface and 2) operable to form a product stack configured such that the primary faces of the products are oriented at 90 degrees relative to the product support surface.
A product stacking device for forming product stacks of product groups consisting of products, which lie flatly and/or are brought into a shingled product arrangement, during a transportation movement, comprising at least two stop means with stack contact surfaces, which are configured to form a product stack by a reduction of a spacing between the stack contact surfaces, the stack contact surfaces lying opposite one another in a product group direction, wherein at least one of the at least two stop means is formed by a lateral guide placed at an angle in relation to the transportation movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.