Article dispensing – Mechanical release or separation of articles – Plural integral transversely acting controllers
Patent
1998-09-04
2000-06-27
Noland, Kenneth W.
Article dispensing
Mechanical release or separation of articles
Plural integral transversely acting controllers
206499, B65G 5900
Patent
active
06079593&
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a storage container, an unloading device and a slide for removing palettes, as described in the preambles of claims 1, 2, 14 and 29.
Such unloading devices and storage containers are used to remove consumer articles stacked therein, e.g. articles on palettes, for example pipette tips inserted into holed palettes and the like, separately palette by palette from the storage container.
A careful procedure is necessary in order to protect the pipette tips from dirt, whereby the storage container also functions as a packaging container. Such a device for making available a plurality of objects, in particular pipette tips, and a method for providing them is known according to DE 44 19 291 A1. With this device or according to this method the pipette tips, which are packed stacked inside one another in columns owing to their cone-shape, are unloaded individually by means of a device, wherein the device has a base plate provided with openings, onto which the packaging box open on the ground is placed. The openings in the base plate are, for the passage of the pipette tips and to keep the latter inside the packaging, adjustable in size or position. A disadvantage here is the undefined position of the columns of pipette tips in the packaging and the associated difficulty of assignment with opened packaging to the openings of the removal device.
The objective of the invention is to create a storage container, a slide and an unloading device for removal in order to obtain transportation in which the goods are protected and kept away from environmental influences, and easy handling for the separate unloading of the goods directly from the storage container.
The objective of the invention is achieved by the characterising features of claims 1 and 2. The surprising advantage is that the storage container can hold a stack of consumer articles predetermined by the height of the storage container, whereby by inserting the stack into the storage container from the base or lid side or placing the storage container over a stack an automated and thereby also sterile packaging is possible. Then to remove individual consumer articles only the assigned slide needs to be pushed onto the storage container, which by sliding backwards and forwards relative to the storage container after opening or removing the base opening permits the separate unloading of consumer articles from the bottom of the stack. Owing to its simple design the storage container can be manufactured efficiently and from different materials, preferably the housing can also be made of cardboard or plastic. In this way an easy to handle and safe functioning storage container is produced, which is suitable for storing and unloading different consumer articles, in particular items that have to be packed carefully and in sterile conditions. The combination of a holding arm adjustable perpendicular to a base opening of a storage container with a limit stop connected movably therewith, which can be adjusted between a holding and release position, forms a very simple, safe functioning unloading device, which permits the individual removal of the bottom palette in a stack of palettes at the same time protecting the palettes from environmental effects during the separation and removal.
The preferred development according to claim 3 permits at any time the use of an separating device on the storage container, so that no additional equipment is required for the individual removal of palettes from the storage container.
By means of having different openings in the side walls according to claim 4 with different separating sequences the separate removal of palettes can be achieved.
A simple design of the separating device and the separating sequence can be achieved by the embodiment according to claim 5.
By means of the development according to claim 6 in a simple manner the filling level of the storage container can be continually checked.
The preferred embodiment according to claim 7 permits a controlled movement of the separating device without the sli
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C.A. Greiner & Sohne Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Noland Kenneth W.
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