Method and device for conveying containers in a suspended position
AssigneeTiama
InventorsEtienne Leprat, Arnaud Brosse
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for conveying in translation, in a transport zone, glass containers (2) held in a suspended position between two slide rails on which slides a counter-ring (7) arranged on each container which has a ring surface (8) defining the opening of the container, the method consisting of ensuring the movement in translation of the containers (2) by a bearing surface (18a) of at least one belt (18) driven in translation and exerting mechanical pressure on each ring surface (8) of the containers (2) to create a bond by adherence between each ring surface (8) of the containers and the bearing surface (18a) of the belt.
Claims19
A method for conveying in translation, in a transport zone (Z), glass containers (2) held in a suspended position between two slide rails (11) on which slides a counter-ring (7) arranged on each container which has a ring surface (8) defining the opening of the container, the method consisting of ensuring the movement in translation of the containers (2) by a bearing surface (18a) of at least one belt (18) driven in translation in a translation direction and exerting mechanical pressure on each ring surface (8) of the containers (2) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement to create a bond by adherence between each ring surface (8) of the containers and the bearing surface (18a) of the belt.
A conveyor for moving, in a transport zone, glass containers (2) in a position suspended by a counter-ring (7) arranged on each container (2) which has a ring surface (8) defining the opening of the container, the conveyor including:
- two slide rails (11) separated to define between them a translation path (12) of the containers (2) and to support the containers by their counter-ring (7), these slide rails (11) being suitable for ensuring the sliding of the containers on their counter-ring;
- at least one belt (18) driven in translation in a translation direction and mounted overhanging the translation path (12), this belt (18) having a bearing surface (18a) substantially parallel to the support plane (P) defined by the slide rails and intended to be supported on the ring surfaces (8) of the containers (2);
- and a system (22) exerting mechanical pressure on the belt (18) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement to create a bond by adherence between each ring surface (7) of the container and the bearing surface (18a) of the belt (18) to ensure the driving in translation of the containers suspended by their counter-ring (8) which slides on the slide rails (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.