Height-Adjustable Gripping Plate for Bottle Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport devices for bottle-like containers require complex planning and individualized installation to accommodate different sizes and shapes, leading to increased costs and time, and are not easily adaptable to changes in systems or container variations.
Innovation Solution
A height adjustment device with a vertically movable positioning plate and actuator, allowing for universal adaptation of gripping devices to different container sizes and shapes, reducing the need for custom manufacturing and simplifying installation processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If transport devices are individually planned and manufactured for specific heights and container sizes, then gripping stability is improved, but device complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier plate is made height-adjustable along the drive shaft, transforming a static, fixed-height design into a dynamic, adjustable one. This allows the same transport device to adapt to different container sizes and system configurations while maintaining gripping stability, eliminating the need for individualized manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The height-adjustable carrier plate enables a single transport device design to serve multiple functions and accommodate various container types. By adjusting the carrier plate height, the same device can grip different container sizes, reducing the need for multiple specialized devices and simplifying installation.
2Manufacturing precision
If transport devices are rigidly assembled for specific heights, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different container sizes decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier plate's height can be dynamically adjusted along the drive shaft after manufacturing, eliminating the need for precise individualized manufacturing for each height requirement. The adjustment mechanism allows post-manufacturing adaptation while maintaining gripping precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The height parameter of the carrier plate is made variable through the adjustment mechanism. Instead of manufacturing different devices with different fixed heights, the same device can change its effective height parameter by moving the carrier plate along the drive shaft, enabling adaptation to different container sizes.
3Reliability
If individualized planning and installation are performed for each transport device, then gripping device performance is optimized, but installation time and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A universal transport device design with an adjustable carrier plate height can serve multiple gripping performance requirements. Instead of individually planning and installing specialized devices for each application, a single adjustable design can be deployed across different systems, significantly reducing installation time and costs while maintaining optimal gripping performance through height adjustment.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the height of a gripping and transport device 1 for gripping, holding, guiding and transporting containers, particularly bottle-shaped containers, with at least one first positioning plate 2, on or on which at least one first pair of gripping arms 5 with gripping sections for gripping, holding and guiding a container is mounted and pivotably mounted horizontally on at least one, preferably two, bearing bolts 3, 4, and is movable back and forth between a receiving position and a gripping or transport position by means of a switching axis, and with a drive shaft 8 for horizontally rotating the first positioning plate 2 for transporting gripped containers.With the aim of ensuring a more flexible height adjustment of the gripping device and thus adapting the transport device to the height of existing or new equipment and other transport devices and/or to the size and shape of the containers, the first adjusting plate is movable along the drive shaft 8 in a vertical direction.