Extraction station for the extraction from a transport system for an at least partially complete cartridge, in particular for an electronic cigarette
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsLuca Testoni, Valerio Amorati, Francesco Renco, Luca Federici
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Abstract
An extraction station for the extraction from a transport system for an at least partially complete cartridge; the extraction station has: a collecting device; at least one holding head, which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge; and a moving device which supports the holding head and moves the holding head between a pick-up position, in which the holding head is in the area of the transport system and grabs the cartridge, and a release position, in which the holding head releases the cartridge.
Claims18
An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1);
- the extraction station (S7) comprising:
- a collecting device (27) having an inlet opening (32) arranged horizontally and comprising at least one container (30) and a discharge duct (31), which extends from the inlet opening (32) to an outlet opening (33) arranged in the area of the container (30);
- at least one holding head (28), which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1);
- and
- a first moving device (29), which supports the holding head (28) and moves the holding head (28) between a pick-up position, in which the holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which the holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in the inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27).
An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1);
- the extraction station (S7) comprising:
- a collecting device (27);
- at least one holding head (28), which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1);
- a first moving device (29), which supports the holding head (28) and moves the holding head (28) between a pick-up position, in which the holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which the holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in an inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27);
- and
- a second moving device (38), which moves the inlet opening (32) between a receiving position, in which the inlet opening (32) is in the area of the holding head (28) arranged in the release position and is designed to receive the cartridge (1) released by the holding head (28), and a waiting position, in which the inlet opening (32) does not interfere with a movement of the holding head (28) and with a movement of the transport system (6).
An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1);
- the extraction station (S7) comprising:
- a collecting device (27);
- at least one holding head (28), which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1);
- and
- a moving device (29), which supports the holding head (28) and moves the holding head (28) between a pick-up position, in which the holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which the holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in an inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27);
- wherein the collecting device (27) comprises:
- a pair of twin containers (30);
- a discharge duct (31), which bifurcates so as to extend from the inlet opening (32) to two outlet openings (33), each being arranged in the area of a respective container (30);
- and a deflector member (34), which is arranged in the area of a bifurcation of the discharge duct (31) and is designed to assume two different positions in order to alternatively direct the cartridge (1) into a container (30) or into the other container (30).
An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1);
- the extraction station (S7) comprising:
- a collecting device (27);
- two holding heads (28) arranged side by side and each of which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1);
- and
- one single moving device (29), which supports the holding heads (28) and moves together the holding heads (28) between a pick-up position, in which each holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which each holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in an inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27).
An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1);
- the extraction station (S7) comprising:
- a collecting device (27);
- at least one holding head (28), which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1);
- and
- a moving device (29), which supports the holding head (28) and moves the holding head (28) between a pick-up position, in which the holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which the holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in an inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27);
- wherein the collecting device (27) comprises:
- at least one container (30);
- and a discharge duct (31), which extends from the inlet opening (32) to an outlet opening (33) in the area of the container (30) and is delimited by an inspection wall (36), which faces the opposite side of the transport system (6) and is transparent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.