US 12,492,081 B2
Method for positioning an article to be transported and device for carrying out the method
Christian Arend, Memmingen (DE); and Tom Stachel, Kempten (DE)
Assigned to MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed by MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,358.
Claims priority of application No. 102020130342.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153531 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B26D 1/143 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/08 (2013.01) [B26D 1/143 (2013.01); B26D 5/007 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for positioning an article in a slicing machine having a discharge unit, the method comprising:
detecting an actual position of the article on the discharge unit by an optical unit, wherein the optical unit is data-connected with a control of the slicing machine,
automatically comparing the actual position with a predetermined target position for the article by the control, and
in the event of a discrepancy between the actual position and the predetermined position, automatically displacing the article to the predetermined target position by a belt of the discharge unit on which the article rests, wherein
a transverse position of the article is changed by a transverse distance by moving the belt of the discharge unit on which the article rests, and
a rotational position of the article about a vertical axis is changed by driving a plurality of straps of the belt of the discharge unit at different speeds,
wherein the belt is a displacement belt and the plurality of straps are controllable individually and independently of one another regarding running speed and deflectable pulleys displaceable individually and independently of one another in the transverse direction.