Assembly for feeding/picking up containers for washing machines and washing machine
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A In Sigla Ima S.P.A.
InventorEddi Meoni
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Abstract
An assembly for feeding/picking up containers for washing machines includes an external feeding station provided with a delivery area, an internal washing station, and an external output stations. The assembly further includes at least one support which can move by the action of respective actuators between at least one first configuration of alignment with a respective external station and at least one second configuration of alignment with the internal washing station. The support is provided with a plurality of grip clamps, each clamp is constituted by a pair of mutually opposite jaws, the internal faces of which are substantially concave and contoured.
Claims6
An assembly for feeding/picking up containers for washing machines, the assembly comprising:
- a support which can move by the action of respective actuators between at least one first position and at least one second position different from the first position,
- a plurality of grip clamps mounted on said support and disposed in a row, each grip clamp comprising a pair of opposite jaws pivotally mounted in order to rotate between a closing position and an opening position,
- an elastic element cooperating with each pair of opposite jaws in order to force the opposite jaws into mutual abutment,
- wherein each pair of opposite jaws consists of a driving jaw and a driven jaw, each driving jaw being coupled to a common bar, the translation of said common bar with respect to said support generating the rotation on a respective pivoting point of each driving jaw of said plurality of grip clamps against the force of the elastic elements and spacing apart the jaws of each pair of opposite jaws, with consequent simultaneous opening of all the grip clamps, the elastic element of each grip clamp elastically forcing the respective opposite jaws towards each other autonomously and independently from the other grip clamps, and
- wherein for each pair of opposite jaws the driving jaw comprises a tooth which cooperates with a respective tooth on the driven jaw to transmit the rotation caused by the common bar to the driven jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.