Device for providing sorted closure elements
AssigneeSidel Engineering & Conveying Solutions
InventorDaniel Spiesser
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Abstract
A device for providing sorted closure elements in the form of crown caps, having a space for bulk storage of the caps, a lifting conveyor in the form of a belt entering the space and including, on an outer face, a plurality of cleats oriented transversely and spaced in order to define a recess between a lower cleat and an upper cleat, wherein each recess collects a plurality of the caps as the recess passes through the storage space and is capable of sorting unbalanced caps present inside the recess. The lower edge of the upper cleat has a convex section opposite the belt. The sorting of the unbalanced caps is configured to cooperate with the movement of the lifting conveyor to cause the incorrectly oriented caps to fall.
Claims17
A device (2) for providing sorted crown capping elements comprising:
- a volume (3) for storage in loose form of said caps (1);
- a lifting conveyor (4) in the form of a belt (40) provided with an ascending strand that enters said storage volume (3);
- said lifting conveyor (4) comprising, on its outer face, a plurality of cleats (5) that are oriented transversely with respect to said belt (40) and spaced apart so as to determine a housing (6) between the upper edge face (501) of a lower cleat (500) and the lower edge face (510) of an upper cleat (51), each housing (6) picking up a plurality of said caps (1) as it passes through said storage volume (3);
- a means (9) for sorting by unbalancing caps (1) that are present within said housing (1), said sorting means (9) cooperating with the movement of said lifting conveyor (4), so as to cause the poorly oriented caps (1) that are present in said housing (6) to drop, wherein
- the lower edge face (510) of the upper cleat (51) has a convex section in opposition to said belt (40), and wherein the upper edge face (501) of the lower cleat (50) comprises a concave section that forms a groove (8).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.