IP Library Granted Patent US 10,662,051
Granted Patent B2
US 10,662,051 · App. 16/346,472 · Granted May 26, 2020

Cassette having a press roller

Inventor: Dan Barron (Schaffhausen, CH)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B67D1/0001B30B9/20B65D35/28
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Patent No.
US 10,662,051
App. No.
16/346,472
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention is characterized in that a cassette ( 10 ) of a dosing device ( 1 ) is, for the first time, provided with a press roller ( 30 ) in order to be able to empty a tubular bag ( 20 ), which is held in the cassette ( 10 ) in an exchangeable manner, with a smallest possible residual amount.

Claims (15)

1. A cassette ( 10 ) comprising first and second mutually connectable cassette trays ( 11 , 12 ), between which a tubular bag ( 20 ) to be emptied is suspendingly held and is emptiable in a largely residue-free manner by means of a press roller ( 30 ), wherein the tubular bag has an outlet opening, wherein the press roller ( 30 ) includes a cylindrical metal core ( 31 ) having mounted thereon a hollow-cylindrical casing ( 32 ) made of foamed, elastically compressible plastic, and wherein the core ( 31 ) is on both sides provided with respective rotationally fixedly mounted gearwheels ( 34 ), and wherein in the second cassette tray ( 12 ), on an inner side thereof, are arranged two parallel toothed racks ( 26 ) aligned with and matched to the gearwheels ( 34 ), characterized in that the gearwheels ( 34 ) have thereon respective freely rotating running wheels ( 41 ), which running wheels each have a larger diameter than the gearwheels, and wherein the first cassette tray ( 11 ), which in the closed state lies opposite the second cassette tray ( 12 ), has therein tracks ( 27 ) for the running wheels ( 41 ).

2. The cassette as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that each of the running wheels ( 41 ) has a running surface which overtops the teeth of a corresponding one of the gearwheels ( 34 ).

3. The cassette as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that each of the gearwheels ( 34 ) is part of a double-walled hub ( 35 ) including inner and outer concentric pipe sections ( 36 a , 36 b ) which are fixedly connected to each other via a radially running connecting wall ( 37 ), wherein the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) has an internal diameter which is matched to a diameter of the core ( 31 ) of the press roller ( 30 ) such that the core ( 31 ) of the press roller ( 30 ) fits with press fit into the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) of the double-walled hub, while a ring gear, which forms a corresponding one of the gearwheels ( 34 ), is molded onto the outer pipe section of the double-walled hub ( 35 ).

4. The cassette as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) of the double-walled hub ( 35 ) has an end wall which at least partially covers the inner pipe section and which forms a cover surface ( 38 ) which, in a direction of mounting, forms a stop for the core ( 31 ).

5. The cassette as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) is longer than the outer pipe section ( 36 b ).

6. The cassette as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) of the double-walled hub ( 35 ) has a plurality of radially outwardly springing tongues ( 39 ), wherein each of the tongues ( 39 ) has a radially outwardly directed retaining boss ( 43 ).

7. The cassette as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the running wheels ( 41 ) each include a tubular bearing bushing ( 40 ), onto an end of which a corresponding one of the running wheels ( 41 ) is integrally molded as a flange, wherein an internal diameter of the bearing bushing is matched to an external diameter of the inner pipe section ( 36 a ) of the double-walled hub ( 35 ) such that the bearing bushing runs rotatably on the hub.

8. The cassette as claimed in claim 6 , characterized in that the bearing bushing ( 40 ) has an annular groove or a step-like offset ( 42 ), in which the flexible tongues ( 39 ) engage.

9. The cassette as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the cassette trays ( 11 , 12 ) are made of plastic and the toothed racks ( 26 ) are integrally molded onto the second cassette tray ( 12 ).

10. The cassette as claimed in claim 9 , characterized in that tracks ( 27 |) are integrally molded in the first cassette tray ( 11 ).

11. The cassette as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that the tracks ( 27 ) are shaped as flange grooves, in which the running wheels ( 41 ) travel.

12. The cassette as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the first and second cassette trays ( 11 , 12 ) are articulately connected to each other via a hinged connecting joint ( 14 ).

13. The cassette as claimed in claim 12 , characterized in that the first and second cassette trays ( 11 , 12 ) are connected to each other via a film hinge.

14. The cassette as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that the first and second cassette trays ( 11 , 12 ) each have a bottom face wall ( 18 ) and a circumferential side wall ( 19 ), and wherein the toothed racks ( 26 ) and/or the tracks ( 27 ) are shaped as corresponding thickenings or thinnings of the bottom face wall ( 18 ).

15. The cassette ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that a minimum nominal measure between one of the tracks ( 27 ) and a tooth root of a toothed rack ( 26 ) on the same side of the closed cassette ( 10 ) maximally exceeds by half a height of a tooth of the toothed rack.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055101 FRAME 0109. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
To: SYNTEGON POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055646/0698 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2021
From: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
To: SYNTEGON POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055101/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
To: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055041/0182 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: BARRON, DAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 049039/0838 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 221 605 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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