Method for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second conveying line and an apparatus for carrying out the method
AssigneeMarchesini Group S.p.A.
InventorGiuseppe Monti
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Abstract
A transferring apparatus carries out the method proposed by the invention, for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second article conveying line by two manipulating members, operated independently from each other to pick up a corresponding pair of articles moving on the first conveying line, and to release them onto the second conveying line arranged at an angle with respect to a picking up configuration.
Claims22
A method for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second article conveying line, including:
- placing at least two manipulating members near and above said first conveying line;
- operating each of said manipulating members to follow the first conveying line with a relative substantially zero speed;
- operating each of the two manipulating members to pick up a corresponding pair of articles carried by the first conveying line in a picking up step;
- placing each of the two manipulating members near and above the second conveying line;
- operating each of the two manipulating members to follow the second conveying line with a relative substantially zero speed;
- operating each of the two manipulating members to release the corresponding pair of articles onto the second conveying line in a release step;
- with said at least two manipulating members operated independently from each other in the above placing, following, picking up and release steps.
An apparatus for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second article conveying line, including:
- at least two manipulating members for picking up a pair of articles moving along the first conveying line, in a picking up step, and for releasing the picked up pair of articles onto the second conveying line, in a release step and arranged at an angle with respect to the picking up step;
- said at least two manipulating members being operated independently from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.