US 12,290,916 B2
Handling device and method for handling products, in particular food, being conveyed by means of a transport device
Alfred Wipf, Jestetten (DE); Markus Wehrli, Schaffhausen (CH); and Philipp Kathan, Schaffhausen (CH)
Assigned to Syntegon Packaging Systems AG, Beringen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/916,141
Filed by Syntegon Packaging Systems AG, Beringen (CH)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063966
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239768, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 114 084.3 (DE), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158681 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 35/38 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/0045 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B65B 25/005 (2013.01); B65B 35/38 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01); B65G 47/918 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handling device for a handling of products (14), which are conveyed by a transport device (12), with at least one handling unit (16) comprising a plurality of movably supported movement carriages (18), and a plurality of handling elements (20) which are embodied as vacuum grippers,
wherein on each movement carriage (18) respectively at least one handling element (20) of the plurality of handling elements is arranged, with at least one carrier structure (22) having at least one carrier element (24) on which the movement carriages (18) are supported in such a way that they are drivable, independently from each other in terms of speed and/or position, at least along a direction (28) running at least substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (26) of the at least one carrier element (24),
wherein the plurality of handling elements (20) are supported on the movement carriages (18) so as to be movable, the plurality of handling elements (20) in each case having a movement axis (30, 32) that extends transversally to the longitudinal axis (26) of the at least one carrier element (24), and with at least one electromagnetic drive unit (68) for an individual movement of the movement carriages (18) relative to the at least one carrier element (24),
wherein the at least one electromagnetic drive unit (68) is a linear motor system,
wherein the at least one handling unit (16) comprises fluidic or electromagnetic drives (42) assigned to a further linear motor system of the handling device for a translational movement of the plurality of handling elements (20) along the respective movement axis (30) of the plurality of handling elements (20),
wherein respectively one drive of the fluidic or electromagnetic drives (42) is arranged on a movement carriage (18),
wherein the fluidic or electromagnetic drives (42) are configured at least for a movement of the plurality of handling elements (20) relative to the movement carriages (18) along a direction that runs at least substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (26),
wherein the at least one carrier structure (22) comprises at least one bearing unit (34) by which the at least one carrier element (24) is supported so as to be vertically movable, and
wherein for a movement of the plurality of handling elements (20) relative to the movement carriages (18), the movement axes (30) of the plurality of handling elements (20) in each case run at least substantially parallel to a product support surface (60) of the transport device (12).