Method and plant for the storage of sausages
AssigneePulsar Industry S.R.L.
InventorsEmanuele Gigli, Lorenzo Grandi, Massimo Venturi
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Abstract
In a method and a plant for the storage of sausages, two rows of sausages are simultaneously transferred from a loading station to a support cross member of a vertical store by a pick-and-place device. The pick-and-place device has two support arms that are parallel to one another, have an elongated shape, have respective pluralities of holding members, and are movable relative to one another between a closed position and an open position. The sum of the holding members of the two support arms is equal to the number of hooking members of the support cross member of the store.
Claims15
A plant for the storage of sausages comprising a loading station for the storage of a succession of sausages;
- a store, which extends in a first, substantially vertical direction and has a plurality of storage levels, which are arranged on top of one another in the first direction and each comprise at least one respective support cross member, which extends in a second, substantially horizontal direction and is provided with a plurality of first hooking members distributed along the support cross member in the second direction so as to each receive and hold a respective sausage;
- and a transfer unit to transfer the sausages from the loading station to the store, the transfer unit comprising a pick-and-place device, which is movable between a first operating position, in which the pick-and-place device retrieves the sausages from the loading station, and a second operating position, in which the pick-and-place device releases the sausages onto the support cross member;
- wherein the pick-and-place device comprises two support arms, which are parallel to one another, have an elongated shape, are provided with respective pluralities of holding members and are movable relative to one another between a closed position and an open position;
- the sum of the holding members of the two support arms being equal to the number of first hooking members of a support cross member.
A method for the storage of sausages in a plant comprising a loading station for the storage of a succession of sausages;
- and a store, which extends in a first, substantially vertical direction and has a plurality of storage levels, which are arranged on top of one another in the first direction and each comprise at least one respective support cross member, which extends in a second, substantially horizontal direction and is provided with a plurality of first hooking members distributed along the support cross member in the second direction so as to each receive and hold a respective sausage, the method comprising the steps of:
- simultaneously retrieving two rows of sausages from the loading station,
- wherein the two rows of sausages are simultaneously retrieved from the loading station and are simultaneously released onto the support cross member a pick-and-place device comprising two support arms, which are parallel to one another, have an elongated shape, are provided with respective pluralities of holding members and are movable relative to one another between a closed position and an open position, wherein the sum of the holding members of the two support arms is equal to the number of first hooking members of a support cross member;
- simultaneously transferring the two rows of sausages from the loading station to the store;
- and
- simultaneously releasing the two rows of sausages onto the same support cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.