US 12,474,016 B2Granted

Machine for processing containers

AssigneeP.E. Labellers S.P.A.

InventorLuca Bonardi

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Abstract

A machine for processing containers includes a footing which rotatably supports a carousel for conveying the containers to be processed. Above the footing there is a protective covering extended around at least one portion of the carousel. The protective covering is movable, as a consequence of a manual action by the user, from a lowered active position, in which the protective covering is closer to the footing, in order to prevent access from outside to the carousel, to a raised inactive position, in which the protective covering is spaced upward from the footing, in order to allow access from outside to the carousel. A motor is functionally connected to the protective covering and acts cooperatively with the manual action applied by the user to move the protective covering from the lowered active position to the raised inactive position.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A machine for processing containers, comprising:

a footing which rotatably supports a carousel for conveying the containers to be processed, above said footing there being a protective covering extended around at least one portion of said carousel, said protective covering being movable, as a consequence of a manual action by the user, from a lowered active position, in which the protective covering is closer to said footing, in order to prevent access from outside to said carousel, to a raised inactive position, in which the protective covering is spaced upward from said footing, in order to allow access from outside to said carousel, and further comprising motor means which are functionally connected to said protective covering and act cooperatively with a manual action applied by the user to move said protective covering from said lowered active position to said raised inactive position;
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sensor means functionally connected to said motor means and adapted to detect a force applied to said protective covering by the user in order to move said protective covering from said lowered active position to said raised inactive position, said motor means being activatable on command, as a consequence of a detection by said sensor means of a force applied by the user to said protective covering that exceeds a preset threshold value, in order to transmit to said protective covering an action of entrainment in motion which acts in a same direction as the force detected by said sensor means.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/289,590Filed 10 May 2022
Priority: IT 10202100001305820 May 2021
Published: US 2024/0247756 A125 Jul 2024
Granted: 18 Nov 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

F16P 1/02
Safety devices independent of the control and operation of any machine: fixed screens or hoods
B65C 9/40
Details of labelling machines or apparatus: controls; Safety devices
B65C 9/0062
Details of labelling machines or apparatus: interchangeable modules, e.g. applicator heads with label magazines and glue rollers
F16P
Safety devices in general