Container Transfer Alignment for Oriented Bottle Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container transport systems face challenges in accurately transferring rectangular bottles due to the inability of round receptacles to adapt to their shape, leading to misalignment and handling issues during neck handling and label application.
Innovation Solution
A container transport system with a detection device to identify the orientation of containers on a first transport element, allowing a second transport device to adjust its elements based on this orientation, ensuring precise alignment and secure reception, using wireless or wired connections and actuating motors for orientation adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If round plate-like receptacles are used for transporting containers, then the transport device structure is simple, but rectangular bottles cannot be received and transported without problems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the receptacle shape adjustable by using actuators to change the configuration of support elements. The receptacle can dynamically transform between round and rectangular shapes to adapt to different bottle geometries, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and shape adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the geometric parameters of the receptacle by adjusting the position and orientation of support elements through actuation. This allows the receptacle to modify its shape characteristics to match different container forms while maintaining a relatively simple base structure
2Ease of operation
If rectangular bottles are transferred to round receptacles, then the transfer process is simplified, but misalignment and handling issues occur during neck handling and label application
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary orientation adjustment of the receptacle before the container is transferred. The detection device identifies the container orientation upstream, and the receptacle is pre-adjusted to the correct orientation before receiving the container, ensuring accurate alignment without complicating the transfer process
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback loop where the detection device continuously monitors container orientation and provides information to the actuator system. This feedback enables real-time orientation correction of the receptacle to maintain precise alignment with the container throughout the handling process
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to a container transport system for transporting a plurality of containers along a transport path comprising a first container transport device having a plurality of first transport elements for holding and transporting the containers, a detection device, a second container transport device comprising a plurality of second transport elements for holding and transporting the containers, wherein the second container transport device is arranged along the transport path downstream of the first container transport device. The detection device is configured to detect the orientation of a container held by a first transport element, and the second container transport device is configured to align a second transport element based on the orientation of the container held by the first transport element, which orientation is detected by the detection device, in order to receive the container.The disclosure also relates to a method for transporting containers.