Installation for making up batches of articles
First Claim
1. An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation comprising:
- at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member for storing said articles species-by-species, said articles each being provided with automatically readable identification means, said station also including a reader for automatically reading the said identification means, an opening, a chute beneath said opening and a flap selectively closing off said opening to said chute, an article being placeable in said chute through said opening;
an endless chain of buckets disposed in such a manner that the buckets pass beneath the chutes, each of said buckets being provided with a controllable pivoting device to tip said buckets in order to cause an article contained therein to fall beneath the chain of buckets;
a moving belt disposed beneath the buckets, said belt cooperating with an inlet station for supplying said belt with empty boxes for receiving articles dropped from said buckets in order to make up batches of articles, and with an outlet station from which loaded boxes are removed; and
a controlling computer which controls the opening and closing of said flaps and of said chutes and also the pivoting of the buckets in accordance with a program which is established depending on the batches to be made up.
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Abstract
An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation being characterized in that it comprises at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member (4) for storing said articles species-by-species, said articles each being provided with automatically readable identification means, said station also including a reader (19) for automatically reading the said identification means and a hatch (17) communicating with a chute (18) whose opening is controllable, said installation further including an endless chain of buckets (21) disposed in such a manner that the buckets pass beneath the chutes, and a moving belt (25) disposed beneath the buckets and receiving the boxes (26) for receiving the batches of articles via an inlet station, each bucket being provided with a controllable pivoting device in order to cause the article contained therein to fall into a box, the installation including a station (20) from which loaded boxes are removed and being controlled by a computer which controls the opening and the closing of the hatches and the chutes and the pivoting of the buckets in accordance with a program which is established depending on the batches to be made up.
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8 Claims
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1. An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation comprising:
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at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member for storing said articles species-by-species, said articles each being provided with automatically readable identification means, said station also including a reader for automatically reading the said identification means, an opening, a chute beneath said opening and a flap selectively closing off said opening to said chute, an article being placeable in said chute through said opening; an endless chain of buckets disposed in such a manner that the buckets pass beneath the chutes, each of said buckets being provided with a controllable pivoting device to tip said buckets in order to cause an article contained therein to fall beneath the chain of buckets; a moving belt disposed beneath the buckets, said belt cooperating with an inlet station for supplying said belt with empty boxes for receiving articles dropped from said buckets in order to make up batches of articles, and with an outlet station from which loaded boxes are removed; and a controlling computer which controls the opening and closing of said flaps and of said chutes and also the pivoting of the buckets in accordance with a program which is established depending on the batches to be made up. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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