Method and device for the transfer of piece goods to a conveying installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9199796-B2
Application number	US-201414219191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Dec 1, 2015
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

The device for the transfer of piece goods ( 70 ) to a conveying installation ( 1 ) comprises at least one goods piece receiver ( 51 ) for positioning a goods piece ( 70 ) in a transfer zone (Z) of the conveying installation ( 1 ). The conveying installation ( 1 ) comprises a plurality of conveying elements ( 10 ) which are moveable along a conveying path and are for conveying the taken-over piece goods ( 70 ). The device moreover comprises a slide mechanism ( 52 ) with a slide element ( 53 ), by way of which a goods piece ( 70 ) can be moved in a push movement out of the goods piece receiver ( 51 ) to the conveying element ( 10 ) and can be transferred to the conveying element ( 10 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An installation with a conveying device and a transfer device for transferring piece goods to the conveying device, wherein the conveying device comprises at least one conveying element which is designed as a holding clip that is movable along a conveying path and is for conveying a goods piece, wherein the transfer device comprises at least one goods piece receiver which forms a rest for positioning and providing at least one goods piece in a transfer zone of the conveying installation, wherein the goods piece receiver in the transfer zone is arranged below the at least one holding clip, wherein the transfer device is designed such that the at least one goods piece can lie on the rest due to gravity during the transfer, and wherein the transfer device comprises a slide mechanism with at least one slide element, by way of which the at least one goods piece can be moved in a transfer movement out of the goods piece receiver to the at least one holding clip and transferred to the at least one holding clip.

2. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein the slide element comprises a guide surface that runs in the movement direction of the at least one holding clip in the transfer zone, wherein the guide surface is a sliding surface.

3. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one holding clip comprises at least one movable clip limb.

4. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer device comprises an intermediate conveyor and the goods piece receiver is part of a conveying element of the intermediate conveyor that conveys the piece goods from a processing device into the transfer zone.

5. A method for transferring piece goods to a conveying installation by way of an installation according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
providing at least one goods piece in a goods piece receiver in the transfer zone;
moving the at least one goods piece out of the goods piece receiver, to the at least one holding clip of the conveying device;
transferring the at least one goods piece to the at least one holding clip and conveying the at least one goods piece out of the transfer zone,
wherein the at least one goods piece, by way of a slide element of a slide mechanism, is moved in a transfer movement out of the goods piece receiver transversely to a longitudinal axis of the goods piece, to the at least one holding clip and is transferred to the at least one holding clip.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one goods piece, by way of the transfer movement of the slide element, is pushed out of the goods piece receiver to the at least one holding clip.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one goods piece, by way of the slide element, is moved in a transfer movement out of its idle position in the goods piece receiver to the at least one holding clip.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the transfer movement of the slide element is a linear movement, a pivot movement or a combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one holding clip is moved along its conveying path during the transfer of the goods piece.

10. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at lest one holding clip comprises at least one movable clip limb, and the goods piece is pressed by the slide element into the holding clip and is clampingly held by the clip limbs.

11. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one holding clip, which is moved along the conveying path during the take-over of the goods piece, exerts a driving force onto the goods piece, and the goods piece slides along a guide surface of the slide element during the take-over.

12. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the slide element moves the goods piece upwards from below, to the at least one holding clip.

13. The method according to claim 5 , wherein several piece goods by way of the slide mechanism, are simultaneously moved in each case to the at least one holding clip of the conveying installation and are taken over by this element.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the piece goods are transferred to the at least one holding clip by way of a common slide element.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein, in each case, several piece goods are subjected to a processing step in a processing device, and the piece goods after completion of the processing step are commonly conveyed to the transfer zone, and the piece goods by way of the slide mechanism are moved simultaneously to the at least one holding clip of the conveying installation and are transferred to the at least one holding clip.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, in each case, several piece goods are subjected to a processing step in a processing device, and the piece goods after completion of the processing step are commonly conveyed to the transfer zone, and the piece goods by way of the slide mechanism are moved simultaneously to the at least one holding clip of the conveying installation and are transferred to the at least one holding clip.

Assignees

• Ferag Ag

Inventors

• Fenile Roberto
• Guhl Simon

Classifications

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