Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Anbringen eines blattförmigen Gegenstandes um den Hals von Flaschen in einem Kasten

摘要

A case 6 is intermittently conveyed on a box transfer conveyor 8, and contains vessels 4 disposed in an array of four vessels in a longitudinal row and three vessels in a transverse row. A magazine introduction conveyor 18 is disposed to extend in a direction orthogonal to the conveyor 8, and a robot 24 is disposed adjacent to a crossing between the both conveyors. The robot has four grips 36 mounted thereon, each having suckers 66 and a retaining plate 68 which maintains a leaflet 12 declined downward. The leaflet includes a fixture 12b with an opening 12a therein and a display piece 12c which extends from the fixture. The grips hold attracted a leaflet around the opening in the fixture to remove it from a magazine 16. After the grips are driven into the case to bring the leaflet into abutment against a partition 10, the grips are moved to terminate the abutment, whereupon the lower portion of the leaflet drops into the space defined by the partition, and the grips are centered with respect to the vessel to fit the leaflet around the vessel. In this manner, a fitting of the leaflet around the vessel contained in the case is enabled by using the robot 24, and thus can be automated without requiring a manual intervention.