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US 2012/0102878 A1Published application
Mosaic tesserae or tiles feeding device and machine using said device
OwnerLuciano Morini, Jovanka Pizzoinventors
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Abstract
The orienting device (101) comprises a hopper (103) for containing tiles (P) with an exit mouth for the exit of the tiles, wherein to the exit mouth a rotating member (111) is associated, provided with a plurality of annular channels (115), of cross dimensions corresponding to a dimension of said tiles.
Claims28
A feeding device for feeding mosaic tesserae or tiles, the device comprising:
- a containing hopper for containing the tiles with an exit mouth for the exit of the tiles, wherein a rotating member is associated with said exit mouth, which is provided with a plurality of adjacent annular channels along an axial development of said rotating member, wherein cross dimensions of said annular channels are such as to allow insertion of said tiles in said channels, and wherein rotation of said rotating member causes a supply of said tiles from said annular channels into a plurality of corresponding feeding channels adjacent one to the other, in a number corresponding to a number of annular channels in said rotating member.
A machine for filling trays with mosaic tesserae or tiles, the machine comprising:
- at least one rotating table, rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to a bearing structure;
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- at least one selective filling device for filling a tray with mosaic tesserae or tiles, wherein a plurality of feeding devices are arranged on said rotating table, and wherein said rotating table is controlled so as to bring selectively the one or the other of said feeding devices in at least one filling position, at least one of said plurality of feeding devices comprising a containing hopper for containing the tiles with an exit mouth for the exit of the tiles and a rotating member associated with said exit mouth, which is provided with a plurality of adjacent annular channels along an axial development of said rotating member, wherein cross dimensions of said annular channels are such as to allow insertion of said tiles in said channels, and wherein rotation of said rotating member causes a supply of said tiles from said annular channels into a plurality of corresponding feeding channels adjacent one to the other, in a number corresponding to a number of annular channels in said rotating member.
A machine for filling trays with mosaic tesserae or tiles, the machine comprising:
- at least one carousel, rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to a bearing structure;
- a plurality of filling devices for filling trays with mosaic tesserae or tiles, said selective filling devices being fixedly arranged around the axis of rotation of said carousel, wherein a feeding device is associated to each selective filling device, said feeding device comprising a containing hopper for containing the tiles with an exit mouth for the exit of the tiles and a rotating member associated with said exit mouth, which is provided with a plurality of adjacent annular channels along an axial development of said rotating member, wherein cross dimensions of said annular channels are such as to allow insertion of said tiles in said channels, and wherein rotation of said rotating member causes a supply of said tiles from said annular channels into a plurality of corresponding feeding channels adjacent one to the other, in a number corresponding to a number of annular channels in said rotating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.