Method and apparatus for arranging and orienting packages
AssigneeACMI Corporation
InventorGiorgio Oppici
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Abstract
An apparatus (1) for sorting packages, comprising means (2) for supplying the packages to at least a station (3) for their manipulation and orientation, which is characterised in that the manipulating station (3) comprises at least a manipulator head (7) having at least two degrees of freedom of motion. In particular, the manipulator head (7) is movable by translation according to the axis of an orthogonal Cartesian triad and is movable by rotation about a substantially vertical axis. A method for putting in step packages conveyed by conveyor belts set side by side including varying the speed of said belts.
Claims15
1-9. (canceled)
An apparatus (1) for sorting packages, comprising means (2) for supplying the packages to at least a station (3) for their manipulation and orientation, said manipulating station (3) comprising at least a manipulator head (7);
- at least a belt conveyor (6) associated with the manipulating station (3),
- the manipulator head (7) being movable by translation according to the axes of an orthogonal Cartesian triad and by rotating about a substantially vertical axis, for orienting the packages on an upper surface (6a) of the conveyor belt (6) contemporaneously to the movement of the packages caused by the advancing of said conveyor belt (6),
- characterized in that said means (2) for supplying the packages comprise a pair of conveyor belts (4, 5) movable with variable and independent speeds in order to put the packages in step before their supply to the manipulating station (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.