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The BBC also stated that he had also begun a hunger strike near the main gate of the UN office in a bid to increase pressure on the organisation.
"I am starting a fast till death. Only when the accusations of war crimes are withdrawn and the panel abolished, will I stop this," the minister said.
The UN secretary general named a three-member panel last month to advise on "accountability issues" arising from the final stages of the 25-year conflict between government forces and the separatist Tamil Tigers, which ended in May 2009.
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This invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots. More particularly, this invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting and discriminating articles that have been separated and singulated while being conveyed to the apparatus of the present invention, and a system and method for simultaneous high speed processing of articles. The specification could be volume, individual or total, of articles; size or other physical characteristic of the articles; count of articles; or combinations of these properties.
Devices for counting or aggregating articles are known. For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,313,508 and 5,454,016, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties, disclose methods and apparatus for counting irregularly shaped articles. A pair of alternately energized light sources is provided at a sensing plane through which articles to be counted pass. Each of the light sources emits a light beam that is at an angle to the other light beam, such as an angle of about 90�.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,527 B1, also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, further improves on the foregoing methods and apparatus for counting articles by providing reliable counting of unsymmetrical articles by volume or partial volume, using three-dimensional imaging of the articles as they traverse the light beams and sensors of the apparatus. This latter apparatus and method also allows for sensing of the most efficient throughput counting speed for the particular articles being counted, enabling feedback adjustment of article feed rates into the apparatus.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,804,772, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, discloses an apparatus and method for aggregating a desired number of articles without individually counting out each article to achieve the desired number. A stream of the articles is discharged into a weigh hopper until substantially a predetermined weight of articles is in the hopper. The number of articles in the hopper is determined from the total weight of the hopper and the weight of a single article.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,360,870, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, discloses an apparatus which comprises a plurality of outlets radiating outwardly from the periphery of a feeder bowl. The number of outlets can be as few as two with no upper limit except as dictated by physical constraints. It is possible that as many as about 100 could be used depending on bowl size and/or diameter, and track size. Specifically, the device has multiple tracks spiraling or radially exiting out from a center cone or other structure. The tracks all have tooling designed to shed bulk loose product down to single file feed, exiting product in controlled flow from the bowl around the entire periphery at the end of each track. The bowl passes the excess overflow via an integral catch pan that provides a path for the bulk excess product to exit the bowl feeder from underneath the multiple tracks for a return run through the multi-track feeder. At each exit, an optical parts detector, laser, light beam, load cell, or similar type device, with a product diverter gate, and an accumulator with discharge gates, is positioned to count, weigh, apportion by volume, discriminate by some other characteristic of the articles, or some combination of these properties, the loose product into the desired batch size or volume. These detectors may combine their counts for large batch sizes, or each be individually programmed to count each total batch or any combination of these optical batches and weighed batches satisfying their requested batch size or volume.
In another aspect of the invention of the aforementioned U.S. Pat. No. 6,360,870, a bowl configuration is provided for bulk product distribution that can deliver product uniformly and/or oriented in a controlled fashion out its entire periphery overflowing out of itself evenly and smoothly around a 360 degree circle. This bowl is designed to receive bulk product from bucket conveyors, bin vibratory elevators, and/or other similar delivery means. This device by nature of its design shape will collect the product in the bottom center of a cone, bowl or other similar shaped device. The bowl has spiral vanes, tracks, diverters, or other similar devices affixed to its interior surfaces that will guide and encourage the product to climb out of and spread itself evenly and uniformly out of the periphery of the device.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,563,901 B2, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, discloses a multi-head counting system in which a counter unit counts discrete articles within a predetermined size range into lots having a predetermined number of articles. The counter unit includes (1) a first conveyor that delivers a flow of articles separated at intervals, and (2) at least one bin positioned to receive articles from the conveyor. The at least one bin may have first and second outlet gates for emptying the articles into first and second separate locations. A detector unit counts the articles that are received from the conveyor into the at least one bin and which fall within the predetermined size range. A control unit causes the first outlet gate to open when the count of articles is equal to the predetermined number of articles. However, when an article falls outside the predetermined size range, the detector generates an out-of-size signal. The control unit, upon receipt of the out-of-size signal from the detector unit, causes the second outlet gate to open, thereby rejecting the articles. The counter unit may also be used for counting articles having a predetermined color into lots having a predetermined number of articles. When an article does not have the predetermined color, the detector generates an out-of-color signal. The control unit, upon receipt of the out-of-color signal from the detector unit, causes the second outlet gate to open, thereby rejecting the articles.
The counter unit of the aforementioned U.S. Pat. No. 6,563,901 B2 is quick and efficient. However, in certain applications, as non-limiting examples, in packaging of pharmaceutical dosage forms such as pills, capsules, or the like; or of foods such as candies (wrapped or unwrapped) or other mixtures of various ingredients, apportioning the articles by gross volume is more efficient. U.S. Pat. No. 6,799,684 B2, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, discloses an article detecting and counting apparatus which comprises a detector unit which detects and maintains a count of articles that are received in the apparatus or which fall within a predetermined range of a predetermined specification such as volume, a diverter gate which holds and releases batches of articles for further processing, at least two outlet gates for emptying articles from apparatus into respective first and second locations in response to signals from a control unit which determines based on signals from the detector whether or not the count or volume of articles is equal to the predetermined number and/or volume of articles.
Notwithstanding the foregoing improvements in article detection, counting and packaging, the prior art systems are limited in their ability to provide high speed, verified accurate and repeatable batch processing and disposition of acceptable and rejected article batches.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to overcome the deficiencies of prior art devices and methods and to provide an apparatus and method for portioning articles that accurately counts a predetermined number of discrete articles, regardless of size and/or shape, and/or dispenses articles that are within predetermined specifications such as total size or volume or color (or combinations of such specifications), at a higher article throughput while maintaining very high levels of accuracy. For convenience in the following description of the present invention, and in particular preferred embodiments thereof, the terms "portioning head" and "counting head" are to be understood as referring to the same concept, i.e., a device which detects and accumulates information regarding articles passing therethrough and determines the number and/or other characteristics of the articles passing through the detector.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an article detecting and portioning apparatus that is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture and to maintain, and that is relatively easy to maintain with high levels of cleanliness.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide for continuous accumulation of articles during indexing of the portioning head and/or a container to be filled into and/or out of a fill zone.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a counting apparatus and system which employs fewer article flow control devices such as diverting gates, and substantially reduces and/or eliminates the need for article flow control device position sensors to determine device position and/or jam or fault conditions.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method in which a plurality of counting heads of the aforementioned type are co-located and arranged to provide a high-speed, verified batch filling system for continuous or near-continuous container filling operation.
Consistent with the foregoing objects, the present invention provides an article detecting and counting head apparatus, a multi-head article processing apparatus comprising a plurality of said article detecting and counting head apparatus, and associated methods for operating same. The articles could be essentially any loose articles, such as pieces of candy (wrapped or unwrapped), pharmaceutical products such as tablets, capsules, or any other dosage form which can be subjected to handling, non-consumable products such as pellets used to inflate vehicle airbags or electronic components such as chips, resistors, capacitors, transistors, or the like; or any other type of product to be separated from bulk quantities into individual or multiple package units, as long as they can be handled in bulk and separated into discrete units to, for example, have their volume determined, to be counted, measured and/or weighed, or to be otherwise subjected to measurement of other physical characteristics such as color, shape, or the like, or combinations thereof, such as volume determinations combined with count or color determination.
The counting head apparatus includes a detector unit which detects and maintains a count of articles that are received in the apparatus or which fall within a predetermined range of a predetermined specification such as volume, which detector generates an out-of-specification signal when an article or group of articles received in the apparatus falls outside the predetermined range. The detector is located in or near a chamber positioned to receive articles from a flow of articles delivered to the apparatus. An upper diverting gate is disposed in the chamber, and is arranged to alternately direct articles fed into the chamber into either of two channels within the chamber. The diverting gate position is controlled by a smart gate repositioning device, such as a smart servo motor unit, a smart stepper motor unit or the like, which can provide signals indicating the position of its drive mechanism. For convenience, hereinafter, the term "smart servo motor" is to be understood as referring generally to any gate reposition device, including smart stepper motors and the like.
A lower outlet gate, also controlled by a smart servo motor, alternates between the two channels within the chamber, independent from the diverter gate position, to control the accumulation and release of articles in the counting head. A control unit receives signals from at least the detector unit and the upper diverting gate and lower outlet gate smart servo motors to determine and command the positioning of the diverting and outlet gates and to control the feed rate of articles into the counting head chamber from an article feed device (not illustrated) to optimize counting accuracy and article batch processing speed.
In operation, the counting head apparatus receives articles into the chamber, which are detected as they pass through the detector unit. At the beginning of the accumulation of a batch of articles, the diverting gate is positioned by the smart servo motor to one side or the other of the chamber in order to divert the incoming articles into one of the two channels. For illustrative purposes, in this example the diverting gate is set toward a left side of the chamber, such that the articles are diverted into the right of the two channels. At the same time the outlet gate is positioned to block the outlet of the other channel (the left channel in this example), such that the articles entering the right channel may pass through the chamber to be received in a container, such as a plastic bottle for pharmaceutical tablets or other type of container or packaging. When the detector unit detects the count or volume of articles that have passed through the chamber is equal to the predetermined number and/or the articles fall within the predetermined range of the predetermined volume, the control unit commands the diverting gate to move to block the opposite channel (in this example, from blocking the left channel to blocking the right channel), thereby diverting the flow of articles into the left channel, where they begin to accumulate above the outlet gate. While articles continue to be counted by the detector unit and accumulate in the left channel, a new empty container is positioned below the counting head by indexing the counting head to a position over a new container and/or indexing a new container below the counting head. Once indexing is complete, the control unit commands the outlet gate to move to block the outlet of the other channel (in this example, from blocking the left channel outlet to blocking the right channel outlet), allowing the accumulated articles to drop into the new empty container. If the number or volume of articles accumulated at the time the outlet gate is repositioned is a partial batch, additional articles are allowed to pass through the channel into the container until the detector unit determines a complete batch has passed through the detector and the control unit commands the diverting gate to block the open channel (in this example, the left channel). The alternating partial accumulation process then begins anew with the accumulation of articles in the other channel (in this example, the right channel) while indexing to locate a new container beneath the counting head is completed. The present invention's counting head therefore provides the ability to accumulate and dispense predetermined batches of articles on an continuous, uninterrupted flow basis.
In the event the detector unit determines that the article characteristic being detected (e.g., count, volume, color) is outside the predetermined acceptable range, the accumulated batch is identified as bad. There are various possible approaches available for removing the bad batch from the product packaging stream, such as electronic identification of a container filled with the bad batch for removal from the container filling line downstream from the counting head, or controlling the outlet gate to release the accumulated bad batch at a time when a container is not indexed below the counting head, such that the bad batch passes to a rejected batch accumulation bin, preferably for inspection and/or recycling back into the article feed system.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of the aforementioned counting heads are co-located to receive articles from a common supply device, and a continuous supply of containers to be filled are fed into fill positions beneath the counting heads to receive article batches accumulated in the counting heads. In one embodiment of this batch counting system, the plurality of counting heads are mounted on an outer periphery of a carousel-type rotary article feed platform. As the rotary feed platform rotates, a container feed conveyer directs empty containers onto the carousel beneath the counting heads, such that a container is located beneath each counting head for the majority of a revolution of the carousel. As the containers near the completion of a revolution of the carousel, the now-filled containers may be directed off the carousel back onto another conveyer for transport downstream for further processing. The containers are filled in the following manner. As the carousel rotates, a source of articles, such as a vibratory conveyer, feeds articles to the top of the feed platform. The feed platform, which may be shaped as a flat cone, distributes the articles uniformly radially outwards towards the entrances of the plurality of counting heads. The feed rate of the articles and the carousel rotation rate are controlled such that by the time the counting head and its associated container have reached the point of removal of the container from the carousel, a complete batch has been received in the container. Due to the present invention's advantages in supporting continuous counting and accumulation, during the period of carousel rotation when a counting head is not indexed over a container (i.e., between the time a filled container is removed from the carousel and the counting head is rotated around the carousel to meet a new container entering the carousel), articles may continue to be fed into the counting head from the continuous article feed platform. Once indexed above a container, the controller may reposition the counting unit's outlet gate to allow the accumulated articles to fall into the container and permit further articles to fall through the open channel into the container until a complete batch is received and the diverting gate is repositioned to stop filling and begin accumulation in the other channel while the filled container is removed from the carousel. The control unit may also be provided with feedback control in order to control the feed rate of the articles onto the feed platform and/or the carousel rotation speed, such that the counting heads are receiving articles at a rate which optimizes the detector unit accuracy, while also receiving a sufficient amount of articles to complete a batch by the time each counting head reaches a predetermined position around the carousel. Controlling feed rate and carousel rotation speed in this manner ensures the container will receive the complete batch before the container leaves the carousel.
Other multi-head continuous batch filling configurations are also possible. For example, rather than the foregoing rotary carousel counting head and container indexing system, a linear filling station may be constructed, in which a plurality of counting heads are arranged, for example, adjacent to one another. In such a system, a continuous article feed system, such as a bin-fed vibratory feeder, uniformly feeds articles to the tops of each of the counting head chambers. Due to the continuous counting and accumulation capability of the present invention, while the counting heads are accumulating articles, groups of empty containers are advanced along a container conveyer beneath the counting heads, with one container indexed beneath each counting head. When the containers are indexed into their respective fill positions, the control unit may reposition the outlet gate to permit the accumulated articles to fall into the containers and to allow the remaining articles in the batch to pass through the open channel until the batch is complete. Once the detector unit determines the batch is complete and the control unit repositions the diverting gate to block the channel feeding the container, and all the counting head diverting gates are repositioned, the group of filled containers is conveyed downstream and a new group of empty containers is indexed into position beneath the counting heads. The control unit then may reposition the outlet gates to restart the container filling process.
Advantageously, because the counting heads of the present invention employ smart gate repositioning devices, the control unit can readily detect article jamming and other flow control problems by determining that the gates are not in the commanded position. For example, in the event a gate is not completely closed due to accumulated articles jammed between the chamber wall and the gate, the servo or stepper motor position indication would indicate that the gate is not fully closed. The controller therefore can detect errors and react (such as initiating alarms or shutting down filling system operation), without the need for additional, dedicated sensors. In addition, because the smart servo motors allow very fine gate motion control, the gates may be repositioned at very high speed, but decelerated as they near the chamber wall in order to reduce or eliminate the high-speed gate impact with the chamber wall. This feature allows higher continuous counting and filling system operating speeds without exceeding gate and chamber component wear and high operating noise levels from gate/wall impacts. The position indication and associated fine control of the stepper or servo motors also allows for controlled release of articles which have accumulated above an outlet gate, minimizing the potential for clogging of the chamber outlet by sudden release of a large number of accumulated articles. The fine control over gate position permits the outlet gate to be controlled to initially open slowly, so that only a fraction of the accumulated articles begins to fall towards the chamber outlet, to be followed by the rest of the accumulated articles as the gate begins to accelerate towards its new position.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Referring first to
As the articles pass through detecting unit, they enter a chamber 15 formed from a back plane 16, side walls 17, 18 and front wall 19. Advantageously, front wall 19 is formed from a transparent plastic sheet, allowing monitoring of counting head performance, and the sheet is provided with a locating hole 20 corresponding to a retaining pin 21. This arrangement allows for easy, rapid disassembly of the counting head assembly for inspection, cleaning and maintenance without tools, as the front wall 19 may be easily removed from the front of counting head assembly 1 by sliding upwards a short distance and lifting over the retaining pin 21. The pressure applied by pin 21 to seal the edges of front wall 19 against the sides of the chamber is preferably adjustable, for example, by use of a threaded pin or pin cap, or, as illustrated in
Adjacent to the top of center divider 25 is provided an upper diverting gate 30, which is rotatably mounted on a shaft 31 of a smart servo unit 35 to divert articles falling through detecting unit 10 into one of the left or right channels. Smart servo 35 in this embodiment is a model SM2315D servo unit available from Anamatics, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., however, alternative smart gate repositioning devices, such as the model M-Drive smart stepper motor unit available from IMS, Inc. of Marlboro, Conn. or the like, may be used. Smart servo 35 has the ability to position upper diverting gate 30 to any position between side walls 17 and 18. The smart servo 35 includes a high torque electric motor drive, and a processor which allows the unit to determine the rotary position of its shaft 31. In operation, once smart servo 35 has performed a start-up calibration to determine the position of its rotary shaft 31, the smart servo can move upper diverting gate 30 from a starting position to a desired end position at a very high, variable speed rotation, while controlling deceleration into the desired end position to prevent over-travel of gate 30. In addition, the smart servo 35 permits the exact tracking of the position and progress of the gate through its movement arc. This controlled, high speed motion avoids excess noise and gate and side wall wear from the gate striking the side walls, avoids damage to articles by minimizing the potential for the gate to trap the article against the side wall, and ensures that the gate can be moved in a manner which allows the free end of the gate to pass between the trailing edge of last article of an article batch and the leading edge of the first article of the next batch, which is to be diverted as it is falling into the other channel.
Preferably, the smart servo and/or its controller is programmed to position the upper diverting gate 30 sufficiently close to either side wall to prevent articles from passing between the gate and the side wall, or becoming lodged therebetween, but far enough away to permit high speed movement without wall strikes.
As a general rule, the higher the speed at which the gate is driven, the higher the rate at which articles may be feed into the counting head assembly, consistent with efficient and accurate detection by detecting unit 10. Once the detecting unit 10 has detected a complete batch of articles has passed by its sensors, the upper diverting gate must be repositioned (from a position diverting articles into one channel into a position which diverts further articles into the other channel) before the next article falling through the detecting unit reaches the diverting gate, in order to ensure that the completed batch does not receive additional articles. Thus, the feed rate of articles into the counting head assembly must be maintained such that the rate at which articles pass into the assembly (i.e., the distance between falling articles) is low enough such that the upper diverting gate 30 is in position to divert further articles before the first article of the next batch reaches the gate. Accordingly, the greater the gate rotation speed that can be generated by the smart servo 35, the higher the possible feed rate of articles into the counting head assembly without encountering article strikes by the gate which could introduce batch errors, and therefore the higher the article packaging production rate that can be achieved.
At the other end of center divider 25, a lower outlet gate 40, rotatably mounted on a shaft 41 of a second smart servo unit 45, is provided. As with upper diverting gate smart servo 35, servo unit 45 has the ability to position outlet gate 40 to any position between side walls 17 and 18. This gate is positioned to alternatively hold up (accumulate) articles in a channel, or to allow articles passing through a channel to pass out the counting head assembly outlet port 50. The articles passing through outlet port 50 may, for example, be received in article packaging containers (not illustrated). Lower outlet gate 40 is capable of being repositioned by smart servo unit 45 independently of upper diverting gate 30.
The center divider 25, upper diverting gate 30 and lower outlet gate 40 are formed preferably from a rigid piece of plastic material, both to minimize the inertia of the gates, thereby maximizing their rotating speed for a given servo motor torque, and to facilitate easy cleaning. Further, gates 30 and 40 are each provided with a stepped, keyed, slip-fit mounting hole which corresponds to their respective smart servo unit shafts 31 and 41. So configured, the counting head assembly chamber may be very quickly and easily cleaned and/or serviced by disengaging and lifting front wall 19 off retaining pin 21, and then simply lifting center divider 25, upper diverting gate 30 and lower outlet gate 40 directly out of the chamber.
The chamber walls 17, 18, in this embodiment feature inner wall surfaces which taper away from the center of the chamber, at least in the upper and middle parts of the chamber. While such tapering is not a requirement of the present invention, tapering away from the center is helpful in minimizing the potential for article clogging due to bridging. In the lower portion of the chamber, beginning approximately adjacent to the pivot axis of the lower outlet gate, the chamber side walls 17, 18 taper inwardly to assist in directing articles toward the center of outlet port 50. Preferably, the degree of taper in the power portion of the chamber is low enough that the distance between the side wall and the outlet gate 40 increases in the direction of the outlet in order to further avoid clogging.
The operation of the counting head assembly in this embodiment is controlled by a control unit (not illustrated in
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In the event the detecting unit 10 signals the control unit that the currently accumulating batch is a "bad" batch, for example, a batch which has a count or volume or color outside a predetermined range, the control unit may identify the bad batch for removal from the container filling and/or packaging process, for example, by allowing the filling of the container to proceed without interrupting the container filling process and electronically identifying the container with the bad batch for subsequent manual or automatic removal from the production line. Alternatively, the control unit may withhold the outlet gate 40 repositioning command until the counting head assembly is indexed above an article disposal position in which there is no container beneath the assembly, and then command repositioning of the outlet gate to allow the bad batch to be diverted into, for example, an article inspection/recovery bin. The articles thus accumulated may then be efficiently recycled into the article feed device for re-feeding into a counting head assembly.
The control unit in the present embodiment is also programmed to provide article feed rate control. As the articles pass through the detecting unit 10, signals received by the control unit from the detecting unit permit the control unit to determine whether the distance between the articles is great enough to ensure the diverting gate 30 can be repositioned before any additional articles fall into an already complete batch. The required distance between the articles can be readily calculated or empirically determined, based on the time required for the diverting gate to traverse between the channel positions, which in turn is dependent on the gate angular velocity generated by smart servo 35. If the article separation distance is insufficient, the control unit may command the feed device to slow article feeding into feed tube 2. Alternatively, if the article separation distance is greater than required, the control unit may command an increase in the feed rate to allow more rapid container filling.
As the carousel rotates, a container conveyer 140 directs containers to be filled (containers 141) onto the carousel 110. Specifically, as the containers 141 approach the carousel, container loading wheel 142 picks up the containers from the conveyer. The loading wheel 142 is synchronized to the rotation of the carousel, in order to place a container onto the carousel under each counting head assembly as the assemblies pass the loading wheel. Once a container is loaded onto the carousel, it is filled in the manner illustrated in
Preferably, the container has been filled with a complete batch of articles by the time the container and its counting head assembly have reached a predetermined position about the carousel, such as position A. Once the filled container 143 reaches container removal wheel 144, it is removed from the carousel and is passed by container conveyer 140 downstream for further processing, such as container sealing and labeling. If the container fill rate has been insufficient to fill the container by the predetermine position A about the carousel, or the detecting unit has provided a signal corresponding to the presence of a "bad batch" in the container, the container may be electronically identified by the control unit 150, and once returned to conveyer 140, manually or automatically removed from the filled container processing line at a downstream location.
As the carousel continues to rotate past the container removal wheel 144, articles continuously accumulate over outlet gate 40 until the counting head assembly passes container loading wheel 142 and a new container 141 is located beneath the counting head assembly's outlet port 50, and the container batch filling process is repeated.
The control unit 150, which may advantageously have a touch-panel user interface 151, simultaneously receives signals from each of the detecting units 10 on the plurality of counting head assemblies 1, from a "container present" indication switch beneath each counting head assembly, and controls the operation of each counting head assembly's upper diverting gate 30 and lower outlet gate 40 in response to their respective detecting unit's signals as the carousel is rotating. In addition, the control unit 150 receives article separation signals from all the detecting units 10, and may command adjustments to feed unit 120's article feed rate and/or the rotation speed of the carousel to optimize the speed of the article counting and container filling operations. The control unit may also provide equipment diagnostic functions to assist operator maintenance of the apparatus, as well as performing other functions, such as cataloguing and storing container fill data and apparatus performance data.
In order to facilitate rapid removal and replacement of counting head assemblies on the carousel, the assemblies 1 may be provided with mounting bracket plates 160, as illustrated in
Other multi-head continuous batch filling embodiments are also readily envisioned. For example, as shown in
Unlike the previous rotary carousel embodiment, in this embodiment, the containers are processed in groups of four with discontinuous container movement. The containers are indexed by container spacing unit 245 to stationary filling positions under the four troughs 210 shown in the figures, the containers are held stationary while being filled, and then the filled containers are advanced further down conveyer 240 for additional container processing (sealing, labeling, etc.).
Notwithstanding the discontinuous container movement in this embodiment, with the present counting head assemblies' continuous article counting and accumulation capabilities, the linear filling arrangement counts and accumulates articles in essentially the same manner as with the rotary carousel, despite the discontinuous container indexing on conveyer 240. As with the rotary carousel, articles loaded into source bin 220 (which may be provided with a mirror 221, to facilitate operator checking of bin fill from the floor) are fed by vibratory feeder trays 230 into the article feed tubes 2 of each of the counting head assemblies 1. Due to the vibration, the bulk articles are moved along one or more tracks leading from the source bin to the counting head. This movement separates and singulates (causes the product to assume a single file) the articles. Control unit 250, in addition to providing the operator with a user interface and controlling the feed rate of the vibratory feeders and upper diverting gates in the manner described above, controls the outlet gates in each of the counting head assemblies 1 to accumulate articles when a container is not present under the assembly (as when new containers are being indexed into position), similar to the accumulation during the rotation of the carousel when a counting head assembly is moving between the filled container removal wheel 144 and the container loading wheel 142.
A further embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of chamber inlets and corresponding detecting units, as illustrated in
The foregoing multi-fill tube, multi-detecting unit embodiment thus allows very high speed container filling while retaining the extraordinarily high batch accuracy of the other foregoing embodiments. This embodiment further allows substantial cost savings as compared to a comparable number of counting heads having single fill tubes and detecting units, as only one pair of costly gate repositioning devices to manage article flow, rather than several pairs. One of ordinary skill will readily recognize that the number of fill tubes and detectors on either side of the divider is not limited, other than by physical space constraints, and similarly, that additional channels may be defined in a housing chamber with additional dividers and corresponding diverting and outlet gates.
In addition to the foregoing alternative arrangements of counting and filling systems, alternative methods of counting head assembly operation are readily envisioned. For example, rather than repositioning the lower outlet gate to allow partially accumulated batches of articles to fall into a container following placement of a new container under a counting head assembly, the control unit may control the outlet gate to remain shut until an entire batch is accumulated. Then, if the detecting unit signals that the batch is a "good" batch, i.e., one that is within a predetermined range, the outlet gate may be repositioned to all the articles to be released into container. Alternatively, if the batch is identified as a "bad" batch, e.g., a batch which is either over- or under-range or contains defective or otherwise unacceptable articles (such as articles of the wrong color), the bad batch could be held and released, for example, into a recycling bin, during the period when a container is not beneath the counting head assembly. This approach would eliminate the need for subsequent identification and removal of containers filled with unacceptable batches from the production line.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is therefore intended to encompass within the appended claims all such changes and modifications that fall within scope of the present invention.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, New Braunfels, Texas Opinions Dav«» Kram«*r. Editor and Publisher Jim W^hre. Managing Editor Page 4 Herald-Zedung New Braunfels Texas I hursday. June n 1987 Forum LETTER POLICY The Herald-Zeitung welcomes correspondence All letters should be sign ed and include an address or telephone number The newspaper reserves the right to edit. Letters should be sent to Forum. Mew Braunfels Herald Zeitung P O Drawer 311328, New Braunfels, Texas 78131 1328, or brought to our offices at 707 Landa Thanks To the Editors. On Dehalf of Comal C ounty Senior Citizens and the Senior Citizens Foundation, thanks to the Herald Zeitung for cooperation in getting facts about our services and activities publicized Interest and participation have improved Ida Sing Accusation mitigation To the Editor. Call me "disturbed" if you w ill I have heard too many stories of people abuse" by the same agency that concerns itself with "children abuse " There is no quarrel with the great many staffers and caseworkers who deal every day in a world of bruised and damaged children and w rest them from impossible situations, both emotional and physical They are heroes in their own right and for this we praise them On the other side there is a new and damaged personnel emerging And they are asking "Why''" They are damning not praising As the Texas Department of Human Ser vices has turned on them for nothing more than a finger pointed by an anonymous caber or the sun pie act of whacking a disobedient child across his knees That act viewed by an unknown witness busybody But the real pur pose is to breathe some common sense into an area where hysteria, revenge, motive and too much government reign Here are some legal tools that just might reverse the trend for "sue happys" and others who' ac cuse an innocent person "just because": Any questioning by a governmental agency should be conducted within the home with at least one parent or parents or legal guardian present Not only shall the one accused be required to take a polygraph test but also the accusor or ae eusors before any formal charge and or arrest is made When it is determined that the child protective service has made a mistake, it should be required that the agency issue and formally publicize as much as possible, in that they have wreaked havoc and ill will to persons who are enjoying quiet enjoyment" and good reputa Hon, an apology After accusation, charge and arrest are achieved and to the ex tent that the acussed has paid for his or her defense against such un true charges that expense should be reimbursed rn full by the same state agency acting on behalf of the accusor si Belle Arnold Guest Column Of summer vacation and immodest ticks By CAROL RUST Beaumont Enterprise Boy. oil boy, here we are at the advent ol vacation time and am I ever excited A ou see tile advent of summer vacation tune tilings back lots of childhood memories, which is tile primary reason I ve started taking vacations in the spring and tail There was tile one July our family borrowed a large tent from a family and attempted to stud an even larger crop of squabbling siblings into it. us still clamoring over color books or Dr Suess readers when we arrived rn the country for our first and last Family Tent Camping Trip In the car on the w ay down. my brother kept scribbling on my Dr Suess book. "One Fish. Two Fish, Bed Fish, Blue Fish" until the title should have been "One Fish, Two Fish. Brown Fish, Brown Fish and I had hell to pay at the school library the following Monday But it was nothing like the hell our whole family was fixing to go through unsuspecting as we were back then What we didn t know is that we d just pitched the tent t and not without some aggravation, pine splinters, sweat up our nose and hurt feelings) right over the exact perimeter of a teeming seed tick metropolis By the time we discovered this, my little brother had already gotten stung on the face by a yellow jacket, shortly alter my mother sprayed insect repellent into his eyes by accident Actually, she sprayed the spray in another direction altogether at one yellow jacket and my little brother jumped into the line of fire in a desperate attempt to get away from another It didn t work He got the double whammy insect spray and sting both bile was feeling so bad about that, she barely had time to sympathize with me on account of me slamming my pinkie when one of my other little brothers "helped me" close the back of the station wagon By that time, though I was fairly well engrossed in the amazing purple colors that spring up underneath fingernails when they're slammed un&C' '.. 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TPE E'MD-' James Kilpatrick Quality schools for poor kids are possible in flu* backs of station wagons and didn't sulk too much Hut I never let my little brother forget about it, at least not until the start of school that tail We d pitched the tent under the shade of a grove of pine trees, not quite out of the olfactory reach of several cow paddies in the pasture But all in all it seemed like a perfect site. we kept remarking to each other, alter we finally got bak mg soda on my little brother's yellow jacket sting and got him to stop hollering We were feeling kind of earthy like pioneers in the wilderness, the first folks in a new territory, the Waltons before they built their house But all the while, the pepper-sized population was crawling up our legs in black masses We didn t know this then By the time we did. it was almost dark and the little buggers were hard to spot But luck was on our side. we figured, since we could apply insect spray on just about any part of our body and kill off a few It wasn't long before we quit spraying our arms and ankles and took turns in the tent for some real genocide It was then I learned that seed ticks tend to get VERY PERSONAL With a flashlight in one hand and spray in the other, we attacked the tribes in our troubled trousers This may come as new s to some of you, but the venom of 83.4% seed ticks all at once can make you very sick I'm not sure w hen Dad and Mom got tired of fighting the losing battle but Hie camp fire had died into embers and we were almost out of insect spray We packed up and headed back to our house and out of the olfactory reach of cow paddies It wasn't long before dawn, so us kids stayed up for cartoons Mom and Dad were sick in bed. Sitting in front of the TV, my brothers and I didn t feel earthy, didn't feel like pioneers in new territory or the Waltons before they built their house We felt safe. Outside of their immediate localities, has anyone ever heard much about Dennis Sidebot tom, J .Joseph Whelan, ( amorino U>pez or princess Whitfield ' Probably not But if good news were as newsworthy as bad news. their names would be widely recognized They are public school principals who have done a superlative job Each of them was recognized recently in a heartening report from the I S Department of Educ ation on the teaching of "disadvantaged" children Ordinarily in this capital of euphemisms, * disadvataged is taken to mean "black ' or Hispanic In this report the adjective is used precisely The report addresses the needs of children who are in fact culturally disadvantaged they are poor. The thrust of the report is altogether posit ive Secretary of Education W illiam Bennett is con vinced that children from the slums, the ghettos and barrios can learn provided they are given opportunities and encouragement Teaching such children may be demanding, one says it is easy to intill habits of study and discipline in youngsters who are indifferent to academic values Demanding, yes difficult, yes, But impossible' No Bennett introduces us to Dennis Sidebottom 1%1 he became the principal of the tiny Carrizozo High School in Carrizozo. N M an isolated ranching community In the area of chronic high unemployment He inherited an apathetic faculty and an uninterested student body The school was characterized by no In absenteeism and vandalism Sidebottom set out to make the school respected and he succeeded Today 37 percent of the students win their diplomas, -to percent go on to college Louise Smith became principal of Charles Rice Elementary School in Dallas three years ago Of the school s 8.r>o students % percent are black and virtually all come from low income families She decided to concentrate on skills in reading and math Teachers tutor daily after school children are encouraged to stay for a homework center where they get individual help Today 73 percent of the sixth graders are at or above grade level in reading. 87 percent are at grade level in math Chambers Elementary School in East Cleveland. Ohio, has 72H students All of them are black, three quarters live in poverty and two thirds are from single parent families For the past 18 years J Joseph Whelan has been working devotedly with this unlikely material He demands discipline Without apology he promotes old fashioned patriotism At the front door is the school's motto "To Achieve Excellence. Think Excellence " In a dozen ways Whelan recognizes and rew ards good work Camerino Uipez has been principal of Garfield Elementary School in Phoenix. Arr/, tor the past five years Some % percent of her MNI students come from low income households More than half are Hispanic. This means a bd ingual kindergarten, followed by intensive in struction in English from the second through the sixth grade Parents and local businesses con tribute time and money The school s attendance rate of % percent is the highest in the district Here in Washington DC Mine Junior High School used to be known as Horrible Hide Bennett's report accurately describes the situa turn in 1982 "Enrollment had plummeted from I.iMHi students to 298 Drugs were openly used vandalism was rampant and academic achieve ment poor " Instead of closing tin* school, as a commnumty task force had recommended, the Board of Education named Princess Whitfield as principal and gave her the assignment of turning the place around "Her plan for action included strict discipline and security policies active parental and com munity involvement and the introduction of rich curriculum that would hold the attention of all students " Today Huh* s enrollment has passed the 7uo mark, its curriculum includes Latin and •'Great Books " Vandalism and drug use have virtually ceased " School spirit has soared and it is "Horible lime" no longer The moral to all these stories is not only that top notch principals canmake top notch schools There is more to it All that is required to turn poor schools into good schools is parental sup port, community support, and a determination every hand that the jot) will bedene Bennett s report provides a hundred specific suggestions toward that end I pward of 12.5 million poor children are out there, and half of them are seer mg in tile bottom quarter on achievement tests They need all the help they can get itMike Royko Remember that scene in The Rainmaker? A young couple I know has been trying to choose a name for their first child, which will arrive soon, and it hasn't been easy They don't want to name it after a relative a famous person or themselves They want a name that's distinctive but not unusual. So they asked if I had any suggestions, since I went through the same thing a couple of times "If it is a boy," I said, "name him Bronko or Bruno Better yet, name him Bronko and give him Bruno as his middle name " The woman was appalled and said: "Why would I want to name a tiny child Bronko'* Or Bruno'" Because it's a tough world and with a name like Bronko Bruno, he won t grow up to be a wimp. "Then why didn't you name your sons Bronko or Bruno '" she asked The fact is, I tried When my first son was born, and I saw how big he was. I wanted to name him Bronko. I figured that with a name like Bronko or Bruno Royko. he would probably end up as a tight end or maybe a linebacker, get through college free, maybe turn pro, make a lot of money, and I could cash in for IO percent as his agent. As It turned out, I was half right He grew big enough to be not only a tight end but maybe a goal post But I was overruled on his name. Instead of Bronko, he was tagged with David. David is a fine name, but it doesn't have any mud or soot or coal dust on it. It s a clean, refined, sensitive name So what happened? There he stands today, about 6*/•< feet high, huge arms, strong back, and not once In hts life has he ever knocked anybody unconscious Instead, he's a shrink, a musician and a scholar Try to get IO percent out of that parlay. And as I explained to that couple, it was his name that helped shape his career W ho d go to a shrink named Bronko ' I w anted to name my second son Rocco Rico Royko I figured that lie could wind up as alder man of the 1st Ward, or maybe a jukebox distributor But I was vetoed on that, too • But if I have a son," the prospective mother said, "I'm not particularly interested rn his becoming tough or macho We just want something nice but distinctive, whether it is a girl or a boy '' Then they showed me one ol those books that contain thousands of names to help parents make a choice "We've been looking in this," the husband said "It even has a list of the most popular names today and the least popular And it also has a list of the names that were popular years ago, when you were a kid." I looked at the list and wasn't surprised by what is now popular Everybody I know has a kid with a trendy name Girls are being named Heather, Jennifer, Erin, Jessica. Kimberly, Kelly. Allison, Melissa or Stacy. Boys are Christopher, Brian, Joshua, Scott, Jason, Mark, Kevin and Jeffrey When I was a kid, I didn t know anybody nam ed Heather or Joshua In my neighborhood, boys had solid workmanlike names: Stanley, Chester Walter, Norbert, Albert. Henry or Joe Girls had in the kitchen names like Bertha, Dorothy, Helen, Mildred, Eleanor, Mary, Lucille and Gertrude. But today, it's not unusual to find people with monickers like Heather Potkowski, Kevin Bongorino or Danielle Goldberg. No wonder young people grow up confused about who they are So I suggested that they go for an old fashioned name maybe Gertrude, so they could call her Gert "I'm not going to name my daughter Gelt." the woman said. "That s awful." I suggested Phoebe, too. but they didn t like that any better than Gert. "If it's a girl." the husband said, "I'm kind of leaning toward Lisa " I made a retching sound and warned them thai by the year 2000. one out of every five young females in America would be named Lisa. And they would all marry guys named Mark Ear better to name lier Pearl There will be few Pearls, so she ll stand out And if it s a boy, Elmer "Elmer," she cried "That's horrible.'' Which shows how little she knows. There used to be a very popular song called "Elmer s Tune " Have you ever heard of a song called "Jason's Tune" or "Kevin's Tune?" When I left, they were pondering Samantha as a possibility The wife said "We could call her Sam That's cute " I told them that if they wanted to give her a man s name, why not just call her Horace and be done with it But a name choice is a serious matter and many people have been embarrassed by the label they're stuck with I'm sure many people remember the famous case of the man named Joe Crapp who went to court to get his name changed. The judge said "I don't blame you for wanting a new name, Joe What name have you chosen?" And Joe Crapp responded "I want my name changed to John Crapp. I'm tired of people always saying 'What'ya know, Joe7' " ;
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Josh Binney directed this wonderful, nostalgia-soaked vaudeville revue with an all-black cast headed by the delightful Moms Mabley. Because films like this were aimed specifically at segregated inner-city black audiences, they were treated like disposable product by the studios, which offered them a surprising amount of leeway in terms of material. Drug jokes and sexual innuendos, which would surely have been censored in mainstream films in 1948, rub elbows with some truly bizarre novelty acts including a dancer with one arm and one leg, an acrobat dressed like a monkey, and a genial "let's put on a show to keep the wicked landlord from evicting us" plot line. Mabley does her usual comedy and tap dances, Bull Moose Jackson sings, and many popular African-American acts perform. Binney was something of an expert at films like this, having directed Hi-De-Ho for Cab Calloway, Killer Diller with Nat King Cole and Mabley, as well as this film within the space of a year or so. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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