Apparatus for supplying articles to a transferring line, in particular for feeding a container filling machine
AssigneePackservice S.r.l.
InventorAntonio Battisti
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Abstract
In an apparatus for feeding articles to a transferring line leading to a container filling machine, a conveyor moves a plurality of articles to an inlet section of the apparatus, where a plate moves vertically from the inlet section to an outlet section of the apparatus, where the articles are to be released. A plurality of collecting magazines are placed at the outlet section for receiving and piling the articles and then a pusher moves the articles situated in a pile in each collecting magazine to a related box of a box transferring line.
Claims15
An apparatus for feeding articles to a transferring line, this transferring line feeding a container filling machine, the apparatus including:
- means for conveying a plurality of articles to an inlet section of said apparatus;
- a plurality of working means, set, with an initial configuration with predetermined mutual distances, at said inlet section for receiving said articles from said conveying means, and operated after receiving said articles, to move vertically from said inlet section to an outlet section of said apparatus, where said articles are released, and then to move back to said inlet section;
- a plurality of collecting magazines, situated at said outlet section for receiving said articles and for supporting said articles to define corresponding piles of articles;
- guide means, cooperating with said plurality of working means for changing said predetermined mutual distances between said plurality of working means during the transition from said inlet section to said outlet section, in which the distances between said plurality of working means are set to match distances between said collecting magazines, and for resetting said plurality of working means to said initial configuration during a transition back to said inlet section;
- pushing means, situated at said outlet section and operated when said piles, situated inside each of said collecting magazines, are completed to convey said piles of articles to boxes made in a transferring line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.