Device for clamping a container in a mixer for fluids
AssigneeCps Color Equipment S.P.A.
InventorsUmberto Marazzi, Umberto Richichi
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Abstract
A device for campling a container in a mixer for fluids comprises a clamping unit (7) selectively operable for clamping a container by the application of compressive forces. Resilient compression members (40) and a sensor (50) are associated with the clamping unit for detecting the application of a predetermined clamping force to the container by means of the determination of the deflection of the resilient compression members (40) proportional to said predetermined clamping force.
Claims10
A device for clamping a container in a mixer for fluids, comprising at least one clamping unit (7) selectively operable for clamping, in use, at least one container by the application of compressive forces, and sensor means (50, 60) associated with the clamping unit for detecting the application of a predetermined clamping force to the at least one container, characterised in that the clamping unit comprises one or more resilient compression members (40) adapted, in use, to exert a compressive force, the sensor means (50, 60) detecting the deflection of said one or more resilient compression members (40) proportional to the predetermined clamping force.
A method for controlling the clamping of a container of fluid products in a mixer for fluids of the type comprising at least one clamping unit (7) selectively operable for clamping, in use, at least one container by the application of compressive forces, characterised in that it comprises the following steps:
- arranging a container of fluid products inside the mixer;
- providing resilient compression means (40) associated with the clamping unit (7);
- actuating the clamping unit (7) for clamping the container by the application of compressive forces to the resilient means (40);
- detecting the deflection of the resilient means (40) proportional to a predetermined clamping force;
- actuating the mixer for initiating a mixing cycle, and;
- detecting the deflection of the resilient means (40) proportional to the forces exerted by the container on the clamping unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.