Process and installation for the rearrangement of articles palletised according to sorts to form groups of specific sort composition
First Claim
1. A system for handling articles of different types comprising:
- a) a plurality of depalletising stations (10 to
12);
b) means for removing a layer of articles (42) from a pallet, said removing means associated with each of the plurality of depalletising stations;
c) a plurality of band conveying means (17 to
19), each of the plurality of conveying means comprising a plurality of conveying bands (43-46);
d) a plurality of sort conveying means (20-22, 23-25, 26-28), each of the plurality of sort conveying means being parallel to one another;
e) a plurality of sort stores (29 to
37), each of the plurality of sort stores being parallel to one another;
f) at least one group-forming station (13 to
16); and
g) group conveying means (38 to
41) for transporting articles (42) from the sort conveying means (20 to
28) to the at least one group forming station (13 to
16);
wherein each of the plurality of depalletising stations has associated therewith one of said band conveying means, each band conveying means has associated therewith a subset of said plurality of sort conveying means, the band conveying means conveying an article removed from the pallet by the removing means to one of the plurality of sort conveying means in the associated subset, and each sort conveying means has associated therewith a sort store for temporarily holding articles.
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Abstract
For the rearrangement of articles of different sorts, which are deposited according to sorts on pallets, to form groups of articles of a plurality of sorts, each deposited on a base, pallets of the different sorts of articles are depalletised continuously in layers by delivering the depalletised articles to individual conveyors, whence the articles are transferred to a sort-conveyor intended for the particular sort of article and with an associated sort store and are intermediately stored in the latter (that is to say, according to sorts). Subsequently, the intermediately stored articles are discharged from the sort stores by the respective associated sort-conveyor in the number and sequence required for forming a group, and are fed to at least one group-forming station and in this are deposited on a base in the desired arrangement within the group to be formed.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for handling articles of different types comprising:
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a) a plurality of depalletising stations (10 to
12);b) means for removing a layer of articles (42) from a pallet, said removing means associated with each of the plurality of depalletising stations; c) a plurality of band conveying means (17 to
19), each of the plurality of conveying means comprising a plurality of conveying bands (43-46);d) a plurality of sort conveying means (20-22, 23-25, 26-28), each of the plurality of sort conveying means being parallel to one another; e) a plurality of sort stores (29 to
37), each of the plurality of sort stores being parallel to one another;f) at least one group-forming station (13 to
16); andg) group conveying means (38 to
41) for transporting articles (42) from the sort conveying means (20 to
28) to the at least one group forming station (13 to
16);wherein each of the plurality of depalletising stations has associated therewith one of said band conveying means, each band conveying means has associated therewith a subset of said plurality of sort conveying means, the band conveying means conveying an article removed from the pallet by the removing means to one of the plurality of sort conveying means in the associated subset, and each sort conveying means has associated therewith a sort store for temporarily holding articles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process of using a system to handle articles of different types, the system including a plurality of depalletising stations (10, 11, 12), each of the plurality of depalletising stations having associated therewith a plurality of sort conveyors (20-22, 23-25, 26-28), the conveyor switch directing an article transported from the depalletising station to one of the plurality of sort conveyors, and each sort conveyor having associated therewith a sort store (29-37) for temporarily holding articles, the process comprising the steps of:
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a) successively feeding pallets each containing a single type of article to the depalletising stations; b) at the depalletising stations, removing layers of articles from the pallets and transporting the articles to said conveyor switch; c) conveying the articles on the sort conveyors to the sort stores so that each sort store contains a single type of article; and d) discharging articles from the sort stores and combining the discharge articles into groups containing different types of articles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for handling articles of different types comprising:
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a) a plurality of depalletising stations including means for removing layers of articles from pallets; b) a plurality of multiple-band conveyors for conveying articles from the depalletising stations; c) a plurality of sort conveyors; d) a plurality of conveyor switches, each of the plurality of conveyor switches being located between a respective multiple band conveyor and said plurality of sort conveyors; and e) a plurality of sort stores; wherein each of the plurality of depalletising stations has associated therewith a multiple-band conveyor and a conveyor switch, each conveyor switch has associated therewith a plurality of sort conveyors, the conveyor switch directing an article, transported by the multiple-band conveyor, from the depalletising station to one of the plurality of sort conveyors, and each sort conveyor has associated therewith a sort store for temporarily holding articles. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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