用于包装捆包的装置和装袋这种捆包的方法外文文献翻译

附录AApparatusforbaggingabaleandmethodofbaggingsuchbaleMccorkleTJ,HoltyAG,MayerED.Abstract:Abalebaggingapparatusforwrappingabagaroundabaleofcompressedmaterialincludesabaseframememberhavingafirstendandasecondend,atransportationsystem,abalechuteandabagretrievalsystem.Thetransportationsystemisprovidedtotransportabalethroughthebalechutehavingabagforwrappingthebale.Additionally,thebalebaggingapparatushasthebagretrievalsystemtopositionabagfromafirstpositiontoasecondpositiontoathirdposition,whereinthethirdpositionanopenendofthebagispositionedaroundtheoutputendofthebalechutewhenthebaleistransportedbythetransportationsystemthroughthebalechute.CrossReferenceThisapplicationclaimsthebenefitofU.S.provisionalapplicationSer.No.61/614,901,filedMar.23,2012,theentiretyofwhichishereinincorporatedbyreference.FieldThepresentdisclosurerelatestoanapparatusforbaggingabaleandmethodofbaggingsuchbale.SummayThepresentdisclosuredescribesanembodimentofaninventiondirectedtoabaggingapparatusforbalesofcompressedmaterial,suchascotton,havingabaseframeparalleltoalongitudinalfeeddirection,aconveyorsystemcoupledtothebaseframe,abalefeedingstationatoneendofthebaseframemember,abalechutecoupledtothebaseframedownstreamofthebalefeedingstationalongthelongitudinalfeeddirection,abaggingstationcoupledtothebaseframememberbetweenthefirstandsecondendsafterthebalechute,agantryhavingagantrybeamcoupledtotopsectionsofverticalsupportsparallelthelongitudinalfeeddirectionbetweenthefirstandsecondendsofthebaseframemember,abalepusherhavingadrivingmechanismcoupledtothebaseframearrangedtomoveinthelongitudinalfeeddirection,andasealingmodulelocatedatthesecondendofthebaseframememberandamethodforbaggingthereof.Theresultingbalebaggingapparatushasasimpleconstructionforeasyinstallationthatallowstheefficientandeasyplacementofabagaroundthebagchuteforbaggingabale.Inaccordancewiththestructureofthedescribedembodiment,thebaggingstationislocateddownstreamofthebalechutealongthelongitudinalfeeddirectionbetweenthefirstandsecondendsofthebaseframemember.Thebaggingstationhasagantryandthesecondsectionandgapsectionoftheconveyorsystem,wheretheatleastonegapsectionisprovidedbetweensecondandthirdsectionsoftheconveyorsysteminthebaggingstation.Thegantryhasatleasttwoverticalsupportshavingtopsections,agantrybeamhavingendscoupledtothetopsectionsofthetwoverticalsupports,atrackcoupledtothegantrybeam,andaretrievaldevicemovablycoupledtothegantrybeam.Theverticalsupportsarepositionedtransverselyfromthebaseframemembersothatthegantryandretrievalassemblyispositionablealongthelongitudinalfeeddirectionandsecondgapsection.Theretrievalassemblyisconfiguredtopick-upanopenendofthebagfromapalletofbagssothataclosedendofthebaghangsdownwardly.Theretrievaldevicecanthenmovefromafirstpositiontoasecondposition,wherethesecondpositionisapositionwheretheclosedendofthebagisalignedperpendicularlytothelongitudinalfeeddirectiontotheatleastonegapsection.Afterwhich,theretrievaldevicemovesinadirectiontransversetothelongitudinalfeeddirectionsothattheclosedendofthebagispositionedintheatleastonegapsection.Theopenendofthebagcanthenbemovedinthelongitudinaldirectionforwardlytowardsthebagchutetopositiontheopenendofthebagaroundthebalechute.Thisinventivestructureallowsthestraighteningofthebagforplacementofthebagaroundthebalechuteinacompact,efficientarrangement.Bystraighteningthelengthofthebag,thebagisbetterpositionedtoreceivethebalefedintothebalechuteusingasimpleandeasytoinstallstructure.Additionally,thesecondsectionoftheconveyorsystemcancompriserollersinclinedoutwardlyandupwardlyfromacenterpositionofthesecondsection.Byincliningtherollers,thebaggedbalefedfromthebalechuteonlycontactstherollersofthesecondsectionoftheconveyorsystemalongcornersofthebale.Sincethecornersofthebalearemostlycottonandthebottomsurfaceofthebaledoesnotdirectlycontacttherollers,damagetothebagfromthebailingwireorotherhardsurfacesismitigated.Additionally,thereislowerfrictionalresistanceforbaggingthebale.Thenumerousadvantages,featuresandfunctionsofthevariousembodimentsoftheinventiondescribedhereinwillbecomereadilyapparentandbetterunderstoodinviewofthefollowingdescriptionandaccompanyingdrawings.Thefollowingdescriptionisnotintendedtolimitthescopeoftheapparatusforbaggingacottonbale,butinsteadmerelyprovidesexemplaryembodimentsforeaseofunderstanding.BriefdescriptionofthedrawingsExamplesofancottonbalebaggingapparatusaccordingtodifferentembodimentsoftheinventionwillnowbeexplainedinmoredetailwithreferencetothedrawings,wherein:DetaileddescriptionofillustrativeembodimentsoftheinventionA.DiscussionofVariousEmbodimentsAsgenerallydiscussedabove,priorartbalebaggingmachineshavecomplicateddesignsinvolvingmultiplemovingmechanicalpartsandcomplexstructuresthatrequirecarefulmaintenanceandthatarepronetomalfunction.Toovercomethisshortcoming,theembodimentsinthepresentdisclosureweredevelopedtocreateaneasytoinstallcottonbalebaggingmachinethatissimplertomanufactureefficientlyandcommerciallypractical.Forexample,asseeninFIG.1,oneembodimentofthecottonbalebaggingmachine100includesabalefeedingstation300onafirstendofthecottonbalebaggingmachine100,asealingmodule800onasecondendofthecottonbalebaggingmachine100,abalechute500,agantry700,andabalebaggingstation600betweenthefirstandsecondendsofthebalebaggingmachine100,andaconveyorsystem200thatiscoupledtothebalefeedingstation300,sealingmodule800,andbalebaggingstation600inawaysuchthattheconveyorsystem200isusedtotransferabale,e.g.,cottonbale,inalongitudinalandlinearfeeddirectionfromthebalefeedingstation300tothesealingmodule800.Thecottonbalebaggingmachine100alsohasabaseandabottomframemember105atthebaseofthebalebaggingmachine100thatrunssubstantiallylinearlyinthelongitudinaldirectiontosupportthebalefeedingstation300,thebalechute500,thesealingmodule800andtheconveyorsystem200.Oneendofthebottomframemember105ispositionednearthebalefeedingstation300,whilethesecondendispositionedneareitherthesealingmodule800ornearthebalebaggingstation600.Whenthesecondendofthebottomframemember105ispositionednearthebalebaggingstation600,thebottomframemember105furthercomprisesasecondsectionforsupportingthesealingmodule800.Thebottomframemember105hasasolidorhollowbeamand/oratleasttwolinearbarsorbeamstocreateaframethathasthelinearbarsorbeamspositionedinparalleltothelongitudinalfeeddirectionandconnectedtransverselybyfeetforsupportingthebase.Thebottomframemember105ismadefromsteel,ferrousalloys,compositematerials,orothermaterialthatcanbeusedtosupportthestationsandbaleduringthebalebaggingoperation.Additionally,thebalebaggingmachine100hasatleasttwoverticalsupports110forsupportingthegantry700betweenthefirstandsecondendsofthebalebaggingmachine100.Preferably,fourverticalsupports110areusedforsupportingthegantry700,sothatthegantry700ismovableinlongitudinal,transverse,andverticaldirectionswithrespecttothelongitudinalfeeddirection.Thefourverticalsupports110arepositionedtransverselyonoutersidesofthebottombaseframe105,whereoneendofeachofthesupports110islocatednearthebaseofthebalebaggingmachine100andthesecondendofthesupport110islocatedabovetheconveyorsystem200.Thisefficientdesignforabalebaggingmachine100usesaconveyorsystem200comprisingatleastafirstsection205,asecondsection210,athirdsection215,andagapsection220.Thefirstsection205oftheconveyorsystem200islocatedatthefirstendofthebalebaggingmachine100nearthebalefeedingstation300,whilethesecondsection210islocatedatthebalebaggingstation600afterthebalechute500,andthethirdsection215islocatednearthesealingmodule800atthesecondendofthebalebaggingmachine100.Thegapsection220islocatedbetweenthesecondsection210andthethirdsection215andhasagapdistancegreaterthanthethicknessofabagusedforbaggingthebale,e.g.,agapdistancegreaterthanatleast6inches.Theconveyorsystem200usesconventionalconveyorsknownintheart.Forexample,rollersareusedwhicharerotatablycoupledtoaframeortray.Therotatingrollerscanthenbeusedasaguidingmechanismtohelpmovethebaleinthedesireddirectionsbyhavingtherollersrotateinthetransverseandlongitudinaldirections.TherotatingrollerscanbemadefromTeflon,plastic,metal,orothermaterialthatfacilitatesthemovementofthebalealongthebalebaggingmachine100.Additionally,theconveyorsystem200canalsousebelts,chains,and/orotherdrivingmechanismstomovethebaleinthelongitudinalandtransversedirections.Thefirstsection205usestransverserotatingrollers206coupledtoaframeusingpinsorotherfasteningdevicestoallowtherollerstorotateinatransversedirectionwithrespecttothelongitudinalfeeddirection.Byhavingthetransverserotatingrollers206rotateinthetransversedirection,thebalefedthroughthebalereceiver305cancontinuetomovetransverselyontothefirstsection205oftheconveyorsystem200forthesimplestagingofthebale.FIG.2showsthatafirstgap207canbeprovidedbetweentwoormoretransverserotatingrollers206ofthefirstsection205.Thefirstgap207hasagapwidththatallowsabalepusher400tomoveinthelongitudinalfeeddirectionbetweentheatleasttwotransverserotatingrollers206,asdiscussedbelowindetail.Thetransverserotatingrollers206ofthefirstsection205canbedriventorotateinthetransversedirectionusingarollerdrive(notshown)orcanfreelyrotate.Thestagingdevice310ofthebalefeedingstation300isasidebumper311locatedontheoppositesideofthebalereceiver305acrossthefirstsection205oftheconveyorsystem200tostagethebalebeingfedfromthebalefeedingdevice315.Forexample,thesidebumper311runslinearlyinthelongitudinalfeeddirection,i.e.,hasoneendnearthefirstendofthebalebaggingmachine100andhasanotherendclosertothebalebaggingstation600.Byhavingthesidebumper311locatedontheoppositesideofthebalereceiver305,thesidebumper311isarrangedtostopthebalefedontothetransverserotatingrollers206toeasilyandsimplystagethebaleinanappropriatepositionforthelongitudinalfeedingofthebalealongthebalebaggingmachine100.Thestagingdevice310canalsoincludeaswitchoraphotoeyeorlightcurtain(notshown)todetectthepresenceofthebaleattheappropriatelocation.Whenthebaleisdetectedbytheswitchorphotoeyeorlightcurtainintheappropriateposition,theswitchorphotoeyeorlightcurtaincanbeusedtocontrolthemovementoftherollerdriveofthefirstsection206.AsseeninFIG.1,thebalepusher400hasastartpositionnearthebalefeedingstation300.Thebalepusher400hasapushingsection405,apushingsectioncarriage410,andadrivingmechanism415formovingthebalepusher400fromthebalefeedingsection305tothesecondsection210oftheconveyorsystem200andbacktothebalefeedingsection305.Thepushingsectioncarriage410couplesthepushingsection405tothedrivingmechanism415toallowthepushingofthebaleinthelongitudinalfeeddirection.Thepushingsection405ofthebalepusher400hasaplanarfacethatrunstransverselytothelongitudinalfeeddirection.Theplanarfacehasasurfacecontactareathatallowsthedistributionofforceonthepushedbale,sothatthepushedbaleisnotdamaged.Thepushingsection405andpushingsectioncarriage410aremadefromsteel,metalalloys,composites,andothermaterialthatisdesignedformovingloads.Thedrivingmechanism415movesthebalepusher400alongalineardrivetrack420coupledtothebottomframemember105linearlyinthelongitudinalfeeddirection.Thedrivingmechanism415canbedrivenbyaservogearmotor416thatdrivesarack(notshown),i.e.,agear,alongapinion(notshown)onthelineardrivetrack420.Theskilledpersonwouldappreciatethatotherdrivemechanismscouldbeusedtomovethedrivingmechanism415alongthelineardrivetrack420,suchas,chains,pulleys,orsimilardevices.Thebalechute500ispositionedafterthefirstsection205butbeforethebalebaggingstation600.Thebalechute500hasaninputend505nearthebalefeedingstation300andanoutputend510nearthebalebaggingstation600forreceivinganddischargingthebalemovedlongitudinallyalongthebalebaggingmachine100.Thebalechute500comprisesatleasttwopivotingsections,butpreferably,hasatleastfourpivotingsections515,516,517,518,mountedonachuteframe520attachedtothebottomframemember105.AsseeninFIGS.5-7,theatleastfourpivotingsections515,516,517,518arepivotallyconnectedtothechuteframe520usingactuators525,e.g.,doubleactingpneumaticcylinders,tomovebetweenatleastaclosedpositionandanopenposition.Thepositioningofthe525arecontrolledusingacontroller(notshown).Thebagretrievalassembly720comprisesthethirdservomotor707,aretrievalarm721,andabagretainingdevice722.Thebagretainingdevice722iscoupledtooneendoftheretrievalarm721closesttotheconveyorsystem200.Theretrievalarm721iscoupledtothethirdservomotor707inawaysuchthatthethirdservomotor707isusedtocontroltheverticalposition,i.e.,theZ-direction,oftheretrievalarm721indirectionstowardsandawayfromtheconveyorsystem200.Thebagretainingdevice722coupledtooneendoftheretrievalarm721hasdevices,e.g.,suctioncups,clamps,grippingfingers,thatareconfiguredtograspthebalingbagsfordisplacingthebags,i.e.,pickup,fromabagfeedpositionthroughthebalebaggingstation600tothebalechute500.Thebagretainingdevice722canalsohaveabagopeningdevice740coupledtoeitherthebagretainingdevice722orthesuctioncupsclosesttotheopenendofthebagformaintainingthebagsintheopenposition.Forexample,thedeviceformaintainingthebagsintheopenposition740canuseanozzletoinjectairintotheopenendofthebagtoinflatethebagandmaintainthebagintheopenposition.Theskilledpersonwillappreciatethatthethirdservomotor707canusevariousstructurestomovetheretrievalarm721intheverticaldirection.Forexample,theretrievalarm721canbepositionedverticallyusingarackandpiniongearstructure,pulleys,belts,chains,orotherdevicesthatallowthecontrolledpositioningoftheretrievalarm.Thesealingmodule800isasealingmoduleknownintheartthatcanusetapeoraheatingelement(830)toclosetheopenendofthebagaroundabaggedbale.Thesealingmodule800,asshowninFIGS.1-4,includesthethirdsection215oftheconveyorsystem200,aleftclosingactuator805,arightclosingactuator810,andabottomclosingactuator815.Thesealingmodule800islocatedatthesecondendofthebalebaggingmachine100afterthegapsection220ofthebalebaggingstation600.Thesealingmodule800inthisembodimentissupportedbyandattachedtothesecondsectionofthebottomframemember105ofthebalebaggingmachine100.Inthisembodiment,thebalebaggingstation300doesnotincludesidebumper311,instead,oneendofthebaletransferringsystem1300iscoupledtothebalefeedingstation300tofeedabalefromanoppositesideofthebalefeedingstation300fromthebalefeeder315.Theotherendofthebaletransferringsystem1300iscoupledtoanadjacentbaleprocessingequipmentthatisusedtopreparethebalesforsubsequentbagging,forexample,abalepressingprocess.Aftercompletionofthepressingprocess,bale1000ispositionedonthestaticrollers1320ofthetransferringconveyorsystem1310sothattheoverheadtransferdevice1330isengageablewiththebale1000tomoveandpositionthebale100transverselyintothebalefeedingstation300tobeginthebaggingprocess.Moreover,safeguardscanbeinstalledonthebalebaggingmachine100forsafetyoftheequipmentandoperators.Forexample,asafetyswitch(notshown)canbeinstalledontheconveyorsystem200thatdetectsanyobstructiontostopthebalepusher800fromadvancinginthedirectionofthelongitudinalfeeddirection.Additionally,whilethemethodsofoperationhavebeendiscussedaboveindetail,thesequenceofthestepsisnotlimitedtotheabovedescribedmethod.Infact,thesequenceofthestepscanbeperformedinanyorderasneededforthebalebaggingoperation.附录B用于包装捆包的装置和装袋这种捆包的方法包装袋围绕一捆压缩材料包装的捆包装置包括具有第一端和第二端的基座框架构件，输送系统，捆溜槽和袋取回系统。提供运输系统以通过具有用于包裹捆包的袋子的捆包槽运送捆包。止匕外，捆包装置具有袋取回系统，用于将袋从第一位置定位到第二位置到第三位置，其中在第三位置，袋的开口端围绕捆扎槽的输出端定位，当捆包由运输系统通过捆溜槽运输。交叉参考本申请要求美国临时申请2012年3月23日提交的第61/614,901号，其全部内容通过引用并入本文。领域本公开涉及一种用于包装捆包的装置和装袋这种捆包的方法。概要本公开描述了一种发明的实施例，涉及一种用于一捆压缩材料（例如棉花）的装袋装置，其具有平行于纵向进给方向的基架，连接到基架的输送机系统，一个捆包进给站底部框架构件的端部，沿着纵向进给方向联接到捆包进给站下游的基部框架的捆包滑槽，在捆扎槽之后在第一和第二端之间联接到基部框架构件的装袋站，具有连接到垂直支撑件的顶部部分的台架梁，其平行于基部框架构件的第一和第二端之间的纵向进给方向；捆包推动器，具有联接到基架的驱动机构，该驱动机构设置成沿纵向进给方向移动，位于所述基座框架构件的第二端的密封模块及其装袋方法。所得到的捆包装置具有简单的结构，便于安装，从而能够有效和容易地将袋放置在袋溜槽周围以便包装捆包。根据所述实施例的结构，装袋站位于捆扎槽的下游，沿着纵向进给方向位于基架构件的第一和第二端之间。装袋站具有台架以及输送系统的第二部分和间隙部分，其中至少一个间隙部分设置在装袋站中的输送系统的第二和第三部分之间。台架具有至少两个具有顶部部分的垂直支撑件，具有联接到两个垂直支撑件的顶部部分的端部的台架梁，连接到台架梁的轨道以及可移动地联接到台架梁的取回装置。垂直支撑件横向于基部框架构件定位，使得龙门架和取出组件可沿着纵向进给方向和第二间隙部分定位。检索组件被配置成从袋的托盘拾取袋的开口端，使得袋的封闭端向下悬挂。拾取装置然后可以从第一位置移动到第二位置，其中第二位置是袋的封闭端垂直于至少一个间隙部分的纵向进给方向对准的位置。之后，取出装置沿横向于纵向进给方向的方向移动，使得袋的封闭端定位在至少一个间隙部分中。然后可以将袋的开口端沿纵向方向向前移动到袋斜槽，以使袋的开口端围绕捆扎槽。本发明的结构允许矫正袋以便以紧凑，有效的方式将袋放置在捆扎槽周围。通过矫直袋子的长度，袋子更好地定位成使用简单且容易安装的结构来接收进入捆包槽的捆包。此外，输送系统的第二部分可以包括从第二部分的中心位置向外和向上倾斜的辊。通过倾斜辊子，从捆包滑槽输送的袋装捆扎物仅沿着捆包的拐角接触输送机系统的第二部分的辊。由于捆包的角部大部分是棉花，并且捆包的底部表面不直接接触辊子，因此可以减轻从包线或其他硬表面损坏袋子。此外，包装袋子的摩擦阻力较小。鉴于以下描述和附图，这里描述的本发明的各种实施例的许多优点，特征和功能将变得显而易见和更好地理解。以下描述并不旨在限制用于装袋棉条的装置的范围，而是仅为了易于理解而提供示例性实施例。A.各种实施例的讨论如上所述，现有技术的捆包机具有复杂的设计，涉及需要仔细维护并容易发生故障的多个移动机械部件和复杂结构。为了克服这个缺点，本公开的实施例被开发出来，以创建一种易于安装的棉包装机，其更容易制造并且商业上实用。例如，棉包装机100的一个实施例包括在棉包装袋机100的第一端上的捆包进料台300，棉包装袋机100的第二端上的密封模块800，捆包槽500，捆包机700和捆包机100的第一和第二端之间的捆包装置600以及输送系统200，其以这样的方式联接到捆包进给站300，密封模块800和捆包装置600输送机系统200用于将捆包例如棉包沿纵向和直线进给方向从捆包进给站300传送到密封模块800。棉包装袋100还在捆包机100的基部具有基部和底部框架构件105,该基部和底部框架构件105沿纵向大致直线地延伸，以支撑捆包进给站300，捆包槽500，密封模块800底部框架构件105的一端位于捆包进给站300附近，而第二端位于密封模块800附近或靠近捆包装置600处。当底部框架构件105的第二端框架构件105位于捆包装置600附近，底框架构件105还包括用于支撑密封模块800的第二部分。底部框架构件105具有固体或中空梁和/或至少两个线性杆或梁，以产生具有平行于纵向进给方向定位并且由脚横向连接以支撑底座的线性杆或梁的框架。底部框架构件105由钢，铁合金，复合材料或其他可用于在捆扎包装操作期间支撑站和捆包的材料制成。此外，捆包机100具有至少两个垂直支撑件110，用于在捆包机100的第一和第二端之间支撑台架700.优选地，四个垂直支撑件110用于支撑台架700，使得台架700可相对于纵向进给方向在纵向，横向和垂直方向上移动。四个垂直支撑件110横向定位在底部底座框架105的外侧，其中每个支撑件110的一端位于在捆包机100的基部附近，支撑件110的第二端位于输送系统200的上方。用于捆包机100的这种有效设计使用包括至少第一部分205,第二部分210，第三部分215和间隙部分220的输送机系统200.输送机系统200的第一部分205位于第一部分捆捆包装机100在捆包送料台300附近的端部，而第二部分210位于捆包槽500之后的包装袋600处，并且第三部分215位于密封模块800的第二端附近包袋装置100.间隙部分220位于第二部分210和第三部分215之间，并且具有大于用于装袋的袋的厚度的间隙距离，例如大于至少6英寸的间隙距离。输送机系统200使用本领域已知的常规输送机。例如，使用可旋转地联接到框架或托盘的辊。然后可以将旋转辊用作引导机构，以通过使辊在横向和纵向方向上旋转来帮助将捆包沿期望的方向移动。旋转辊可以由铁氟龙，塑料，金属或其它材料制成，这些材料有助于捆包沿着捆包机100的移动。另外，输送机系统200还可以使用带，链条和/或其他驱动机构在纵向和横向移动捆包。第一部分205使用使用销或其它紧固装置联接到框架的横向旋转辊206,以允许辑相对于纵向进给方向在横向方向上旋转。通过使横向旋转辐