Machine for treating or conveying containers
AssigneeMakro Labelling S.R.L.
InventorSimone Marcantoni
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Abstract
A machine for treating or conveying containers, comprising a guide extending along a feed direction for feeding the containers and a plurality of carriages for supporting the containers slidably mounted on a same guide consecutively to each other; said guide and each carriage together defining respective linear motors. Each support carriage comprises at least a part of respective gripping means and, in particular, two gripping means respectively mounted on different and consecutive carriages along the same guide. The carriages are movable towards or away from each other so as to regulate the reciprocal distance along the feed direction for feeding the containers and define a picking area of the gripping means between them as a function of the type of container to be picked or released.
Claims17
A machine for treating or conveying containers, comprising:
- at least one conveyor for conveying the containers, the at least one conveyor comprising:
- a guide extending along a feed direction for feeding containers with a substantially annular shape so as to define an outward stretch and a return stretch;
- a treatment unit for treating containers arranged along said guide for performing a treatment on a container in transit;
- a plurality of carriages for supporting the containers slidably mounted on a same guide consecutively to each other;
- said guide and each carriage defining together respective linear motors;
- each support carriage comprising at least a part of respective gripping means of a respective container wherein said gripping means is configured to interact with a respective container to be treated;
- wherein each of said gripping means comprises two gripping members respectively mounted on different and consecutive carriages along the same guide;
- said carriages being movable towards or away from each other so as to regulate the reciprocal distance along the feed direction of the containers and define a picking area of the gripping means defined between them as a function of the type of container to be picked or released;
- said machine for treating or conveying containers is configured to convey the containers leaving a top and a base of the container free for treatment;
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- said treatment unit for treating the containers is configured to perform a treatment on the base and/or the top of the container itself retained laterally by the grippers.
A method for conveying or treating containers, comprising the following operating steps:
- providing a conveyor for conveying containers comprising a guide extending along a feed direction for feeding containers with a substantially annular shape so as to define an outward stretch and a return stretch;
- providing a treatment unit for treating containers arranged along said guide for performing a treatment on a container in transit;
- providing a plurality of carriages for supporting the containers slidably mounted on a same guide consecutively to each other;
- said guide and each carriage defining together respective linear motors;
- providing at least a part of the gripping means for picking a container on each carriage so as to interact with a respective container to be treated;
- wherein two gripping members are provided for each of said gripping means respectively mounted on different and consecutive carriages along the same guide;
- the method envisages moving the carriages towards or away from each other so as to regulate the reciprocal distance along the feed direction and define a picking area of the gripping means as a function of the type of container to be picked and released;
- said machine for treating or conveying containers is configured to convey the containers leaving a top and a base of the container free for treatment;
- and
- said treatment unit for treating the containers is configured to perform a treatment on the base and/or the top of the container itself retained laterally by the grippers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.