Box transfer Mechanism (Open Loop Automation)
This project relates to improvement in transfer and conveying devices, and it relates particularly to devices for transferring set-up boxes or say bottles for filling and refilling processes. This mechanism have several advantages in manufacturing line of bottling or other eatable or medicinal products where an ingredient is added at one position of bottle and the other ingredient at other position. The mechanism give an opportunity to provide multiple spots for adding/spilling different ingredients at different positions giving a slight pause to fill the ingredient at every spot .
In the past many different types of box transfer mechanisms have been used. For example, flight bars mounted on a chain and sprocket driving mechanism are frequently employed for engaging for lower trailing edge of the box to push the same from one location to another. These are cumbersome, expensive and do not produce the precise positioning of the boxes which is frequently required. Another type of transfer mechanism frequently used involves a push plate attached to a plunger rod such as that disclosed in Berney U.S. Pat. No. 3,435,738. Also suction cups have been used to set up and position boxes such as are also disclosed in said Berney Patent. The problems with the prior art box transfer devices have been that the ones which provide precise transfer movement and positioning are relatively expensive and complicated.
It is an object of the present project to provide a relatively simple and inexpensive positive box positioning and transfer mechanism which will frictionally engage set of bottles or say boxes and maintain such engagement with constant gap , maintaining throughout a precisely predetermined transfer and positioning .
It is an object of the present project to provide a relatively simple and inexpensive positive box positioning and transfer mechanism which will frictionally engage set of bottles or say boxes and maintain such engagement with constant gap , maintaining throughout a precisely predetermined transfer and positioning .
