High-speed storage
First Claim
1. A device for temporarily storing cans, comprising:
- (a) a supplying conveyor system;
(b) an intermediate storage system;
(c) a handling system which is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the conveyor system into the intermediate storage system, wherein the supplying conveyor system is at the same time also a delivering conveyor system, and the handling system is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the intermediate storage system onto the conveyor system;
(d) a first auxiliary can storage and a first transfer device for transferring cans onto the conveyor system are arranged upstream of the conveyor system; and
(e) a second auxiliary can storage and a second transfer device for transferring cans from the conveyor system into the second auxiliary can storage are arranged downstream of the conveyor system.
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Abstract
A device (1) for the temporary storage of preferably unlacquered cans (11), comprising a supplying conveyor system (2), and intermediate storage system and a handling system (3) which is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans (11) from the conveyor system (2) to the intermediate storage system. The supplying conveyor system (2) is also simultaneously a delivering conveyor system (2); the handling system (3) is designed and controlled in order to simultaneously transfer a plurality of cans (11) from the intermediate storage system (30) to the conveyor system (2); a first auxiliary can store (8) and a first handover device (12), by way of which cans (11) can be transferred to the conveyor system (2), are disposed upstream of the conveyor system (2); and a second auxiliary can store (15) and a second handover device (17), by way of which cans (11) can be transferred from the conveyor system (2) to the second auxiliary can store (15), are disposed downstream of the conveyor system (2). A method for intermediate storage is also disclosed.
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19 Claims
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1. A device for temporarily storing cans, comprising:
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(a) a supplying conveyor system; (b) an intermediate storage system; (c) a handling system which is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the conveyor system into the intermediate storage system, wherein the supplying conveyor system is at the same time also a delivering conveyor system, and the handling system is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the intermediate storage system onto the conveyor system; (d) a first auxiliary can storage and a first transfer device for transferring cans onto the conveyor system are arranged upstream of the conveyor system; and (e) a second auxiliary can storage and a second transfer device for transferring cans from the conveyor system into the second auxiliary can storage are arranged downstream of the conveyor system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for temporarily storing cans, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a device comprising a conveyor system, an intermediate storage system and a handling system; (b) filling the intermediate storage system with a plurality of cans which are transferred simultaneously by the handling system from the conveyor system to the intermediate storage system; (c) simultaneously the conveyor system is emptying the intermediate storage system by means of the handling system, wherein a plurality of cans are transferred simultaneously from the intermediate storage system onto said conveyor system; and
including(d) for filling the gaps between cans, operating the conveyor system with a speed that is reduced compared to a normal speed, wherein a gap between cans in a first auxiliary can storage is moved past a transfer position by means of the first transfer device, and a can following said gap between cans is transferred onto the conveyor system by means of the first transfer device at a speed that is reduced compared to the normal speed, thereafter the speed of the conveyor system is increased to normal speed, and the speed of the first transfer device is increased. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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Specification