Diversion device for products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11603271-B2
Application number	US-202117562770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Dec 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a diversion device for a transport device for transporting products. The diversion device comprises a first element mounted to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second element mounted to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, where the axes of rotation form an angle with one another and the first and the second elements overlap in a region so that the first and the second elements enclose a diversion region. A product supplied to the diversion region can be diverted in the diversion region by rotating the first and the second elements and can exit the diversion device after having passed the diversion region due to mass inertia.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diversion device for a transport device for transporting products, the diversion device comprising a first element mounted to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second element mounted to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, wherein the axes of rotation form an angle with one another and the first and the second elements overlap in a region so that the first and the second elements enclose a diversion region, wherein a product supplied to the diversion region can be diverted in the diversion region by rotating the first and the second elements and can exit the diversion device after having passed the diversion region due to mass inertia.

2. The diversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is circular disk-shaped and the second element comprises an inner frustoconical surface, wherein the first element in the diversion region engages with the frustoconical surface.

3. The diversion device according to claim 2 , where the first element comprises two circular disk-shaped segments which are arranged concentrically to one another and spaced from one another along the first axis of rotation and which are mounted to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation, wherein a product can be received between the segments and be transported through the diversion device and wherein the frustoconical surface of the second element encloses the two segments in the diversion region.

4. The diversion device according to claim 2 , wherein an angle between the first axis of rotation and a lateral surface of the inner frustoconical surface of the second element in at least a partial region of the diversion region is between 0° and 20°.

5. The diversion device according to claim 2 , wherein an angle between the first axis of rotation and a lateral surface of the inner frustoconical surface of the second element in at least a partial region of the diversion region is between 0° and 5°.

6. The diversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is drivable to rotate about the first axis of rotation by a first drive device and the second element is drivable to rotate about the second axis of rotation by a second drive device that is independent of the first drive device.

7. The diversion device according to claim 6 , wherein the first drive device and the second drive device can drive the first element and the second element at a same rotational speed.

8. The diversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element and the second element are drivable by a common drive device to rotate about the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation, respectively.

9. The diversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element and/or the second element comprise/comprises a surface made of stainless steel for coming into contact with the product.

10. The diversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the diversion region enclosed by the first element and the second element is configured such that a product that enters the diversion region along a supply direction exits the diversion region in a discharge direction, wherein an angle between the supply direction and the discharge direction is between 45° and 135°.

11. The diversion device according to claim 10 , wherein the angle between the supply direction and the discharge direction is between 60° and 120°.

12. The diversion device according to claim 10 , wherein the angle between the supply direction and the discharge direction is between 85° and 95°.

13. A transport line for transporting products, the transport line comprising a first transport device for transporting products along a first direction of transport, a second transport device for transporting products along a second direction of transport, and the diversion device according to claim 1 arranged between the first and second transport devices, wherein the first transport device can supply products to the diversion device and the diversion device can divert products from the first direction of transport to the second direction of transport and supply them to the second transport device.

14. The transport line according to claim 13 , wherein the first transport device and/or the second transport device comprise/comprises a V-shaped conveyor belt.

15. The transport line according to claim 13 , wherein the second transport device comprises a sliding region extending along the second direction of transport for receiving products from the diversion device and a compartmentalized conveyor belt downstream of the sliding region, wherein products can pass from the sliding region to the compartmentalized conveyor belt and can be transported in the compartmentalized conveyor belt along a third direction of transport.

16. A packaging system for packaging products, the packaging system comprising a treatment machine for products and a packaging machine for packaging products and the transport line according to claim 13 downstream of the treatment machine and upstream of the packaging machine.

17. The packaging system according to claim 16 , wherein the treatment machine is or comprises a centrifuge.

18. A method for transporting products, wherein the products are diverted from a first direction of transport to a second direction of transport by way of the diversion device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Multivac Haggenmueller Kg

Inventors

• Fauter Christian

Classifications

• B65B35/24

  by endless belts or chains {(B65B35/205 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65G47/082 Primary

  grouping articles in rows · CPC title

• B65G13/10

  Switching arrangements · CPC title

• B65B35/58 Primary

  Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position · CPC title

• B65G47/683

  with tilting of at least part of the conveyor to make use of gravity · CPC title