Installation for gravimetrical combining of bulk product components

Abstract

An installation for gravimetric combining of individual bulk good components from a series of storage containers each having a dosage device and with a bulk product chute for combining into a mixture in a transport container, the transport container cooperating with a weighing device and can be disposed beneath the bulk good chutes of the storage containers and, in dependence on the recipe for mixture, can be brought into contact with the chutes of the corresponding storage container and, subsequent to weighing of the correspondent component, can be brought to a discharge location, is characterized in that a stationary weighing device is provided below each bulk product chute and rails are disposed between the chutes and the weighing devices for accepting a shuttle holding a transport container, wherein each weighing device has an a lifting device by means of which a transport container can be lifted out of the shuttle and be brought into contact with a chute disposed above same for weighing in a component.

1 . An installation for gravimetric combining of individual bulk product components, the installation comprising: 
 a plurality of storage containers, each storage container holding a product component and having a dosing device and an outlet bulk product chute;    a plurality of stationary weighing devices, each weighing device disposed below at least one storage container, each weighing device having a lifting mechanism;    rails disposed between said storage container chutes and said weighing devices;    a shuttle disposed for translation along said rails;    at least one transport container having a bulk product inlet, said transport container structured and dimensioned to be held by said shuttle, wherein said transport container is displaced by said shuttle along said rails and positioned below one bulk product chute and said lifting device lifts said transport container out of said shuttle towards one chute to accept a bulk product component from a storage container in dependence on a desired mixing component recipe, an amount of bulk product component in said transport container being determined by said weighing device, wherein said transport container is subsequently brought to a discharge location when said recipe is completed.    
   
   
       2 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein, after lifting out said transport container and during weighing-in of said components, said shuttle is displaced for acceptance of a new transport container and for introduction thereof to another storage container.  
   
   
       3 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein said shuttle consists essentially of two displaceable carriages which can be moved independently of each other and which are connected to each other by said transport container during transport thereof, wherein only one carriage is driven and the other carriage is moved along therewith upon release of a drive and, in the absence of a transport container, said carriages cane be separately moved.  
   
   
       4 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of shuttles are provided on said rails.  
   
   
       5 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein said inlet of said transport container is disposed in a transport container lid.  
   
   
       6 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein, upon lifting out said shuttle, said transport container inlet is docked in a sealed manner to said storage container chute.  
   
   
       7 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein, upon lifting out of said shuttle, said transport container inlet forms a gap relative to said chute, said gap being suctioned during weighing.  
   
   
       8 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein two or more rows of storage containers and a plurality of said rails corresponding to said rows are provided with said shuttles and said weighing devices, and further comprising a transverse transport disposed at the head of said rails for acceptance of said transport containers.  
   
   
       9 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein each transport container has two seats disposed on each of opposite sides thereof and at differing heights, said seats having a separation from each other which is somewhat larger than a separation between said shuttle and said weighing device in a lowered position thereof.  
   
   
       10 . The installation of  claim 9 , wherein said seats are part of a frame accepting said transport container.  
   
   
       11 . The installation of  claim 1 , wherein said rails and said weighing devices are disposed on a support structure in a suspending and floor-free fashion.  
   
   
       12 . The installation of  claim 11 , wherein said storage container with said dosing devices are disposed on a ceiling of a building or on a steel structure through which said chutes pass in a downward direction, wherein said support structure is attached to a lower side of said ceiling or of said steel structure.  
   
   
       13 . The installation of  claim 11 , wherein said support structure is part of a steel structure on which said storage containers are disposed.